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Episode One: “The Citrus Uprising”

It was a scorched Thursday afternoon in Whisker Ridge Trailer Park, and SPC. 40 was restless. Parker stood motionless on the porch of the faded teal trailer, the breeze barely nudging his tank top. He didn’t need to speak—everyone could feel it. Trouble was coming.

Across the cracked blacktop and down the road that reeked of old fries and motor oil, the Orange Order was staging a takeover. They had claimed the Walmart loading docks like ancient ruins and transformed the 7-Eleven backlot into a feline fortress. The air around it buzzed not with cicadas, but tension.

At the head of it all: Linence.

Unlike the chaos she led, Linence was pure control. Her orange coat shimmered like warning lights in the sun, her eyes cold and unreadable. She perched atop a toppled shopping cart like royalty, calculating every pawstep of her army. No nonsense. No mercy. The rumor was she once headbutted a car alarm into silence. No one doubted it.

SPC. 40 gathered on the porch. Poppas spilled some dry kibble trying to flex. Alvira filed her claws dramatically while Maxwell chewed on a chunk of siding. Meow Meow blinked slowly from the shadows, already halfway up a nearby fence. Ice Cream hissed in the distance without turning her head. And Yeti, queen of leisure, swiveled a single ear in acknowledgment before dipping her paw back into a bowl of tuna.

“We’ve got orange fur on our turf,” Parker muttered without moving his lips.

Linence had sent a message. Spray-tagged in neon orange across the old mattress wall near SPC. 40's domain: “Get ready. The sun always rises.”

Even the squirrels stopped chattering. War drums weren’t pounding yet—but the bug zapper crackled just a little louder that night.

To be continued...

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TRAILER PARK CATS.

In a dusty corner of nowhere, where the trailers hum and the wind smells faintly of barbecue sauce and motor oil, lies a legendary feline settlement known as Whisker Ridge Trailer Park—home to over 150 cats, each one weirder than the last. But at the heart of this chaotic kitty kingdom sits SPC. 40, the most feared, admired, and downright unpredictable crew in the park.

The group is led by Parker, a slab of pure muscle with a light grey coat and eyes that see straight through your soul. He doesn't talk much. He doesn't have to. One glare, and even the raccoons know to clear the road.

Right behind him, trying to fill boots far too big, is his brother Poppas—a black-and-white cat built like a beanbag chair in a baby tank top. He struts. He postures. He flexes… and everyone laughs. But loveable? Oh, he’s got that in spades.

Then there's Alvira, the tuxedo showstopper who sashays through the park like she’s got theme music. Every cat’s heart skips a beat when she walks by—except her twin brother Maxwell, who’s too busy chewing on extension cords and trying to flex for butterflies. He’s huge, he’s sweet, and he’s got the brainpower of a soggy crouton.

Meow Meow, the smallest, is a stray who snuck in under the radar. Jet black with bursts of brown and white, she’s part kitten, part ninja, and all attitude. She doesn’t take orders. She gives them—with throwing stars made from bottle caps.

Ice Cream, the lone sentinel, perches on a high cat tree outside the SPC. 40 trailer. Mostly white with cold patches of brown and black, she’s got the eyes of a retired assassin and the patience of someone just waiting for a reason.

And then there’s Yeti—a fluff-drenched Himalayan-Siamese mix who never moves far from her circle of food bowls. Long tail. Blue eyes. Infinite chill. She is gravity, and the rest of the park orbits her.

Together, they rule SPC. 40. But they have one rule: No orange cats allowed. Why? Maybe an orange cat stole Parker’s sardine stash years ago. Maybe it’s just superstition. Maybe they just don’t like the way they blink.

Every day in Whisker Ridge brings drama—trailer break-ins (usually by squirrels), turf wars settled by dance battles, mysterious hairball messages, and tales told around the glowing bug zapper. But one thing’s always certain: if you mess with SPC. 40, you're asking for clawmarks in places you didn’t know you had.

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