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

[junkyarddog]

[MORE WHINING, at an increased volume.]

[kokuyoyo]

[....Mm. Chikusa pauses, blinking at Ken. That... is good. He's never assumed himself to be much of a sadist, because that takes a lot more effort than he thinks he's capable of, but for some reason this is really... endearing?]

[Well. He's learned his lesson. Chikusa still takes a long step back and away from Ken before releasing the spell, however.]

...So that's that.

[junkyarddog]

[It's good that he does, but it's probably not enough. As soon as Ken's body is obeying him again, he's trying to tackle Chikusa.] I'm gonna bite you to death, shitty kappa!

[Someone may have picked up a phrase or two from Hibari. It sounds a lot less serious than when Hibari used to say it, though.]

[kokuyoyo]

[TIIIIIIIIIMBERRRRRRRRRR-]

[Chikusa goes down immediately, made of sticks and prayer as it is, and he barely manages to catch himself so that his head doesn't crack down against the concrete.]

Ow.

[Have you ever heard a more deadpan saying of the word- ]

[junkyarddog]

You're stupid and you suck. [Ken scowls down at Chikusa. But he's less interested in actually beating Chikusa up than he acts, so instead he reaches up and - yeah, Chikusa's beanie is being pulled down as far over his face as it'll stretch. Suffocate in your own headwear, Chikusa.]

[kokuyoyo]

You're dum-

[And then his voice gets muffled as the material stretches surprisingly well. There's an annoyed noise, and Chikusa's hand lightly (lazily) smacks at Ken's chest. Bad dog, bad dog!]

[junkyarddog]

[Ken laughs outright, clearly pleased with himself.] Now you look stupid, too!

[kokuyoyo]

[Chikusa's hand finds Ken's face to shove at.]

You always look stupid.

[junkyarddog]

[Ken responds in the most natural and childish way possible, by messily licking Chikusa's hand as punishment for putting it over his face. He and Chikusa have mastered the art of sibling rivalry without the bother of actually being related.]

[kokuyoyo]

[True to the usual, Chikusa makes a disgusted noise that's muffled by his hat. Immediately, he wipes his hand against Ken's jacket, or at least tries to.]

You're gross.... Get off of me already.

[junkyarddog]

Don't wanna, byon. [Ken sounds immensely and aggravatingly self-satisfied.]

[kokuyoyo]

[...This little shit. Reaching up, he pushes his beanie back again so that he can give Ken the full force of his dead eyes.]

...I'm definitely getting you smelly shampoo.

[junkyarddog]

I just won't let you use it on me! [Problem? Solved.]

[kokuyoyo]

I'll make sure I do. [But his hand is still flopping down in defeat.] I can still beat you.

[junkyarddog]

Nuh uh! I'm getting good at borderlines now, too! [Well, he's getting pretty decent at making them. Holding them? Not so much. He's definitely not as good as Chikusa is yet, not by a long shot...but at least the playing field is more even now that he can use them too, even if it's not as effectively.] I bet I could totally kick your ass, byon.

[kokuyoyo]

Then get off of me, and I'll show you.

[Chikusa is positive about this much, even if he only had to be put on the defensive.]

[junkyarddog]

[Ken bares his teeth down at Chikusa in what's half grin, half threat display, and clambers off of him. He crouches nearby, waiting and eager, practically vibrating with energy.]

[kokuyoyo]

[All the excited adrenaline pumping through Ken certainly can't be helped with how lazily Chikusa rises up to his feet, reaching up to adjust his hat with one hand and wiping his other against his pants further. Then, with a snap of his wrist, he draws up a borderline from inbetween them.]

[junkyarddog]

[Ken smirks at this, and pops a cartridge into his mouth. Chikusa gets the mildly dread-inducing sight of watching Ken swell up onto Kong Channel, cracking those massive knuckles...and then he's smashing the flat of his fist against Chikusa's borderline, as hard as he can.

How much effort are you willing to put into holding that borderline, Chikusa? And for how long? Ken seems like he's planning to pushing Chikusa to the limits of his voluntary exertion.]

[kokuyoyo]

[Dread inducing and.... other things. Chikusa has found that he learns a lot about himself the more he is around Ken. Really interesting things. That have to do with hormones.]

[Which means he's sure as hell never going to bring this up to anyone ever.]

[The woes of being a teenager will have to be shelved for a quieter time. Tightening his jaw and physically bracing himself despite the fact that it's his borderline that's under attack. For all that he's pretty good at keeping it up, has gone through multiple ablutions now that have tested it... It's still Kong channel. This has smashed a steel door off of its hinges, once. It's definitely testing him with ever smash of Ken's fist.]

[But Chikusa can be extremely stubborn when he cares to be. He keeps it up for as long as he can, the barrier burning bright. He can keep this up for... a few minutes... right...]

[junkyarddog]

[Ken, for his part, seems like he can keep it up indefinitely. He keeps hammering his fist against that borderline, with something almost like patience. He normally wouldn't have the patience for a war of attrition on someone, because he wouldn't be sure how long it would go on and he'd get bored...but he knows Chikusa. He doesn't expect this to drag on for long.]

[kokuyoyo]

[True enough... While Chikusa probably could hold up for a lot longer than he is.... eventually...]

[Well. Ken's constant pounding is leaving him sore. Pressing a hand to his head, he glowers over at Ken. Well, as much as his face will twist into that expression.]

...Weren't you hungry or something...

[Maybe he can just... slide out of this without having necessarily 'lost'.]

[junkyarddog]

We can eat after I beat you, byon. [Ken sounds absolutely smug. He knows what Chikusa is trying to do; he's lived with this boy his whole life, after all.]

[kokuyoyo]

[That smugness really pisses him off... Chikusa's jaw tightens a little more in annoyance.]

So you're never eating, then.

[junkyarddog]

[Ken hammers on Chikusa's borderline again.] You'll give up soon, byon. This isn't a real fight, so you'd rather be lazy than worry about winning, right?