( OPEN ) it's the time for ugly sweaters

[maskreant]

WHO: Akira Kurusu, local nasty crimeboy and people
WHERE: places in Recolle
WHEN: throughout this god forsaken month of December
WHAT: December happenings (includes event log stuff, Catmosphere Cat Santa, and... stuff) Thank god i wrote up a comment. Reply to the plotting comment if you would like Akira to send your character a Christmas card, too!!
WARNINGS: Akira existing.

santa is coming to town

[ The cat cafe staff have spent relentless hours deliberating over the limited edition Christmas menu all for naught, but they changed their process for the whole month. All hail aromatherapy! You'll be hit with the refreshing smell of fresh pine, peppermint, cookies if you lurk any deeper. Everyone's favorite carols are also playing... mixed in with carols sang by cats. You may curse the owner for this. They also have a cat music video for these carols on some of the flat screen TVs that would usually show menu items.

So Akira is at work dressed up as... Santa. Without the beard at least, but his outfit is rather extravagant for the occasion. Of course there's that small touch of cat ears attached to the hat. It wouldn't be Catmosphere Cafe without it! He's seated on a grand throne, decorated with snowflakes, ribbons, and presents around it. The cats aren't tearing it apart, either. Amazing. ]

Have you been naughty or nice?

spice adventures

[ Usually, he would ask someone he knows to join him, but... He feels a bit off as of late. It means that he'll be dragging some poor soul (or even call up random people) to join him on his quest. With taste being gone, this is one way to entertain himself when he's hungry.

If you even look at a restaurant momentarily with a spicy challenge, Akira is there with a flyer for it. ]

Want to give it a try together? It'll warm us right up.

[ If you need a reference as to how well your character handles spice, please refer to this chart. Akira is three chili peppers hoping to level up... This will help with anyone's courage stat, too. ]

christmas event surprise

[ Akira definitely has been a victim of garlands, mistletoe bats, and slipping on ice like an idiot. Go ahead and and pick your choice! He's running away as fast as he can from two out of those three and, like his predecessor, will pretend to be dead if he slips on ice.

Also, for those that are around when he opens his present from the Retrospec Christmas tree, you'll notice he has been staring inside the box he opened...

For a long time. He remember reading the description as "a stone worth 100k yen" on his ticket, but... Uhm. ]

wildcard!

[ HIT ME. Akira's cat won't be joining him later in December due to the cold, but he's around the university and sometimes the most desolate of areas. Anyone may even catch him or a dragon in the forest. ]

Comments

[sketchythief]

I'll be careful.

[ I forgot to mention that he has winter gloves, but let's pretend I already mentioned that. The gloves help with the garland not prickling at his hand, so it's easy to grab at it and yank in an attempt to free Akira. He's doing this all the while keeping an eye out for his surroundings so that he won't get snatched up too. He may be a pseudo-thief but he's not yet an escape artist.

It's been pretty loosened up, but it looks like Akira is a bit above the ground. ]

I think you can get down now.

[maskreant]

[ Like the winter mittens? Wow. Akira looks rather grateful that this is going well, especially when he has more control over his wrists. His dagger appears out of thin air like usual and he uses it to cut through the remaining garland to make this go along faster.

...

It doesn't seem to like it. ]

Run.

[ IT'S TIME. ]

[sketchythief]

Huh--

[ Good thing Akira told him beforehand, because Daisuke sidesteps an incoming garland stretching out towards him and quickly steps on the end firmly so that it doesn't wiggle free. Doing this kind of thing still takes some time to get used to and he breathes out after the adrenaline starts to fade. ]

That was close! [ He says as he yanks at the closer garland that has Akira captive. Did it work now?? ]

[maskreant]

Yeah, let's go.

[ The garland are Not Happy. Even with Akira free, they try to entangle the both of them together. With a couple of extra swipes, he keeps an opening for them to escape. Taking Daisuke by the wrist, they're on the run!

From Christmas.

Except they slip on some ice and start slide alongside the sidewalk like they're sledding. ]

[sketchythief]

[ Daisuke could have easily avoided the ice, but Akira has him by the wrist.

They run together, they fall together.

They end up sliding into a pile of snow that someone just gathered because they're shoveling the snow off the streets. God, that's freaking cold even with the winter clothes on. As if on cue, some of those strange bats come to laugh at them. ]

Are you okay...?

[maskreant]

[ Once they hit the snow, right into the pile so they're practically buried, Akira thinks they're free... There's a sense of relief in his shoulders and it shouldn't be long till he surfaces from this wintry pile of hell, but

he doesn't appear or answer. ]

[sketchythief]

[ Daisuke looks down, seemingly concerned at this pile of snow (it's Akira). Why isn't he coming up? The bat keeps laughing at them, but it eventually gets tired of doing so and flies away. ]

Akira...? Are you okay?

[ Daisuke digs the snow out with his hands, trying to see what happened to him. ]

[maskreant]

[ And what Daisuke finds is Akira... Lying on his side with his eyes closed. With the amount of clothing he's wearing, it's hard to judge if he's breathing by the rise of his chest.

He's (pretending to be) dead, Daisuke. ]