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

I see what you mean. ttly justified, even if he stopped being THE densest a century ago >.>

[boneofsword]

[Archer sighs and looks away. He's guilty as charged, even if the guils suspiciously isn't there. It's clear that he overstepped the bounds.]

That's true, but none of us knows what limitations do apply here. Who knows what may happen if you run out of mana.

[He's being overprotective without meaning to, but Caster's wellbeing is his responsibility, even if his god's going to kick his ass again.]

entropy did a good job on this one?

[futhark]

Oh..? [ Caster's eyes open wider as if he just noticed something interesting- no, it's not interesting as much as curious because, gods, is it possible? Is the person that buys the most into Archer's shit, Archer himself? ]

Is that how you excuse this to yourself? Shi- you probably believe it even! [ He scoffs and grins a crooked smile, the dismissive kind, as he walks closer and pokes Archer in the chest with his finger ]

You know what I think? I think this is the only way you can safely indulge yourself-- while safely staying in your vague asshole persona.

[ Because Heaven's would certainly crumble to dust if Archer was to be honest and direct for once - instead of a manipulative bastard. Caster stays still only for few second later, to see Archer's reaction to his words, but turns around and disappears right before he might have a chance to form a reply.

Leaving his shinki effectively stranded in whatever part of Heavens the fight took place. Perks of being a capricious spirit / now god - can fuck off randomly at any given time ]

better than good tbh

[boneofsword]

[To say Archer is surprised is an understatement. He's so floored that if Caster used a bit more force he'd have a one chance in the lifetime to see mister prim and proper land on his ass wearing the most idiotic expression. How is that possible for Caster to read him as easily as- as he does read his god? It's only fair, he supposes in that rational part of his mind that hasn't gone numb from the shock, otherwise one of them would be at obvious disadvantage.

Archer opens his mouth trying to protest but can't actually find words to denyt that accusation. Then Caster just vanishes and Archer is left alone. It takes him awhile to find his voice and move.]

Go to hell, Caster.