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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2017-12-01 07:10 pm

23 - Crazy Cat Shuffle

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~
smilingbullet: (M1870 Italian Vetterli)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-04 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Crossing Crisis
[ Well he's in a bind. He's already told some people that they shouldn't buy all of the cats, it's unfair to other people, but nobody is listening. ]

So... If we find some buckets of water and dump on them, will they take a hint?

[ If they fight about cats, treat them like fighting cats...or something. ]

Sunshine Struggle
I get that cute things are cute, I like those things too, but jeez, this is crazy, ayakashi being the cause or not.

[ He wanted a few of the cats too, to be honest. But he'll wait a couple days, see if the initial excitement dies down....even if that causes a risk of there not being any cats left. He's patient, anyway, and has spent most of his time in the Near Shore recently. ]

Taking Stock
[ While D2 has been working on bullets that contain holy water, it's a bit tricky. He has done some test runs at the back of the temple, to see if they do as intended--but he has yet to do a field test on actual ayakashi. While he has his customary water guns with him, and extra bottles of holy water, he also has loaded a gun with altered bullets.

Technically, one should not bring a gun into a crowd, but if there's something he knows, it's how to hit exactly what he wants to hit. Basically, his aim is perfect. And he needs to kill some ayakashi---though he can't actually properly do that without Forrest.

He can, at least, hurt them and make them hiss off to lick the burns.

They bullets hits their mark, but, well.. ]


Not as effective as I'd hoped.

[ Yeah, he still needs to work on these bullets. ]
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

crossing crisis

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-12-10 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
.....That seems like a lot of work.

[He's just passing by- people can die over these if they want, he doesn't care- but Chikusa still feels the need to slow and offer his opinion. His gaze lazily drifts to the chaos.]
smilingbullet: (M1870 Italian Vetterli)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-12 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
You think so?

[ D2 tilts his head thoughtfully. ]

But it might snap them out of it.
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-12-12 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...How many buckets of water would you need for that many people?

[Because it sounds like, to Chikusa, the answer is "way too many".]
smilingbullet: (Jungle Carbine)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-12 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno. Maybe a hose would be better.

[ You just go buy a hose and find the nearest water pump. ]
kokuyoyo: (Tell him next time I'm going to be)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-12-12 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
....Wouldn't the pressure from a fire hydrant injure them...

[Like, by all means it's easier, but he thought other people cared about that kind of thing.]
smilingbullet: (M1870 Italian Vetterli)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-13 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .......Chikusa... ]

I wasn't thinking about using fire hydrants..

[ Only briefly. Maybe. ]
kokuyoyo: (And the cops are back.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-12-13 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[what]

Then what would you use...?
smilingbullet: (JS 7.62)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-13 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
There are normal garden hoses in stores.

[ And Japanese shops have these small spaces between shops where all sorts of things can be found--- ]
kokuyoyo: (Tell him next time I'm going to be)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-12-13 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

Are you going to do it?
smilingbullet: (C14 Timberwolf)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-20 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't decided yet. You'd think it funny, wouldn't you?

[ Since Chikusa is a bit of a sadist. ]
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-12-20 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... Maybe.

[At least he's honest?]
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-20 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ at least he's that yes ]

I should have guessed.

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nopixiedust: (insovereign) (Nope I went the fuck home like)

taking stock

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2017-12-11 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Wow!

[Swinging in from one of her wires, Wendy lands skillfully besides Forrest. If someone's head gets kicked in the process, well- that's fine. He was an asshole anyway. Trust her, she's been watching.]

What are those?

[Wendy doesn't know much about guns, so those bullets are plenty impressive enough to her for right now.]
smilingbullet: (Brügger & Thomet APR)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-12 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh Wendy, kicking people in the head. Not that it's the most surprising thing to see. ]

Bullets with holy water in them. [ He frowns at the gun in his hand. ] But I need to rework them.
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[personal profile] nopixiedust 2017-12-12 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? [Standing on the tips of her toes, she tries to get a look.] What's wrong with them?
smilingbullet: (Blake rifle)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-12 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
The water isn't really getting to the ayakashi. The whole point with these bullets is that they're supposed to have some effect on them.
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2017-12-14 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
...Oh. Well, can you make them be... thinner?
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-20 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The bullets? Not unless I get another firearm and different bullets.

[ And then he'd have to get used to breaking into another type of bullets. Though maybe that would work better. He looks thoughtfully at the gun in his hand. Hm... ]
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[personal profile] nopixiedust 2017-12-20 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it can't be that hard to learn how to use a different gun, right?

[She really has no idea. But one gun can't be too different from another gun, right? Well, as long as the shape is roughly the same...]
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-21 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, well, I already know how to use a whole lot of different guns. It's tweaking the bullets that I'm thinking about.
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[personal profile] nopixiedust 2017-12-21 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Then that's even easier! So it sounds like all you need are the supplies.
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2017-12-29 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, and all I need to do is make sure to figure out how to work them and make them not so complicated to produce without ruining them.

[ Too much change in a bullet and it won't go the way you intend it. ]
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[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-01-12 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Well.... You made these bullets, right?
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2018-01-12 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
I modified them, at least. [ He rubs at his neck with his free hand. ] I have no idea how to make bullets from scratch.

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