23 - Crazy Cat Shuffle

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Crazy Cat Shuffle
When: September 20
Where: Shibuya & Ikebukuro, as well as the Far Shore
Summary: The new Crazy Cat mascot keychains are sparking real passion in Tokyo's hot spots. Brawls have broken out over the extra-rare versions, and all of this angst is attracting ayakashi. The gods have been asked to step in before things get out of control.







Crossing Crisis

The Shibuya scramble crossing is always busy, but it's especially wild today. Ten new Crazy Cat vending machines have been installed at the mouth of the alley across from Shibuya Station's exit. Rumors are flying that these machines have extra Blue-Star Cats in them: the very rarest kind! A crowd of hundreds of excited fans have gathered, but the people at the front of the lines are buying lots of cats, and the mood is starting to grow sour as the people at the back of the lines begin to wonder if there will be any left by the time it's their turn.

This crowd needs crossing guards... or just someone who can snag some of those ultra-rare Cats and sell them to the back of the line for crazy cash. Everything a god does is righteous, after all.

Sunshine Struggle

Crazy Cat machines dot the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro. The machines here are attracting some particularly nasty ayakashi: jealous little purple creatures with too many legs that stoke buyers' envy and need for more and better collectibles. Under their influence, it's not just the Cats going fast. The local stores are selling out of everything cute on the shelves.

Worse, some of the ayakashi victims are turning to theft when they run out of pocket money. Time to exterminate those bugs before they start a new crime wave.

Taking Stock

Accident? Sabotage? No one's telling, but a delivery truck carrying boxes of new keychains to restock the machines blew a tire and overturned on a major street. Under the influence of those greedy little ayakashi, collectors are descending on the wreck to snag their favorites before the police show up.

The dazed driver doesn't know what to do, the crowd is starting to get violent, and those Cats do look amazingly cute. And appealing. And, for that matter, valuable.

Bad Kitty

The cat keychains are super cute! Even gods or shinki might be tempted to buy one and take it home, but taking these keychains back to the Far Shore will give away their hidden secret. It's not just human envy that's attracting ayakashi to the Crazy Cats. There are ayakashi hiding inside this batch of cute kitty dolls, and bringing them through a shrine to the Far Shore will force the hidden creatures out of their plushie prisons.

They're big, they're mad, and they're hungry. And the Heavens are full of souls that smell delicious.

The ayakashi escaping from Crazy Cat dolls on the Far Shore resemble gigantic (taller than a person at the shoulder) versions of the cute plushie cats, with very real and sharp teeth and claws. They run and attack at random once released from the dolls, so even gods and shinki who did not bring the toys back could be faced with a fight. The patrolling shinki will do their best to hold them back with borderlines, but they need help to rend these crazy cats before they do too much damage!

In Summary:

• Placate the crowds
• Squash bitty ayakashi
• Struggle with temptation
• Defeat the cat invasion
• Have fun~

Comments

[sageprincess]

[Huh. Well. That's interesting. She had expected a laugh and an easy dismissal of her teasing, not... whatever this is. Discomfort? Perhaps she overstepped her bounds-- she is pretty new to this "friend" thing, after all.

She retracts her hand, her smile fading as she does.]

... I was merely joking. You need not take it if you do not want it.

[futhark]

[ The laugh comes next, albeit a little awkward one. He did not expect to give such negative impression. No, Zelda, you're doing very good job on "friend", don't stop ]

AH, you've simply caught me off-guard, please don't make such face. [ He reaches to stop her hand and takes it in his - the keychain trapped between their palms ] I am honored to receive such gift.

[ And it might be a chance to take a closer look at what is causing the craze ]

[sageprincess]

[Ah.

You are very close, good sir.

Or-- well, not really, but closer than she's used to allowing anyone to be. And a good deal of that is because of the crowd around them, but still. Her eyes slide down and away, and while she does not pull her hand out of his, she does release the tension in it, allowing it to drop if he doesn't keep a good grip on it.]

... You truly are as bewitched as the rest of them, making such a big deal out of nothing.

[futhark]

[ Oh, so the game "fluster the princess" is on again? Probably not a good idea, but he'll give in just for a little moment longer when he notices that his effectively holding her hand where it is. ]

You think so? Not good..! Here I thought I was resistant to such magic. [ He is - or he's pretty certain that he is ]

But- you're right, I can't take my hand away- [ He drops their hands between them, instead of taking his away, making them hold hands - with charm between it ] So, please bear with me for a little longer?

[ Grow up Cú, teasing the princess was a good idea when twelve ]

[sageprincess]

[She hates this game. This game is the worst. She rolls her eyes, though she's still not looking at him, nope. Otherwise the tactic of "not giving him what he wants" might be compromised.]

Does it ever grow tiring, laying it on so thickly?

[She flexes her fingers in his grip a bit - are you going to let go or does she have to fight for her hand back--]

[futhark]

[ Alas, that's how this whole game was created, wasn't it? If she liked it would be a different one, "flirt with the princess", but now only the "fluster" edition is left. It's got amazing gameplay, so no complaints ]

Perhaps- I'd yet have to reach the limit. [ Maybe it does become boring at some point- maybe, but he's not making any bets.

Nah, no fighting necessary, first moment he feels she's might be trying to escape he playfully doesn't let that happen- but on the second attempt his grip relaxes, and she's free to take her hand away ] Your resistance seems to be better than mine.

[ to the magic of kitty-cats of course ]