[open] everybody wants to be a cat

[thatdamnknight]

Who: Edna earthpulse, Flynn Scifo thatdamnknight and you!!
When: 6/11 IC.
Where: A restaurant in town
What: Two suckers got roped into helping a restaurant with a promotion. Come for the free samples and prizes, stay for the cat puns!
Warnings: Gratuitous amount of puns.

a. with flynn.

[Hey you! Yes, you! If you're walking by a certain restaurant (one with balloons all around and colorful blue and pink decorations clearly indicating some special event), a blond clad in this waiter attire plus bonus matching cat ears and a cute cat plushy hanging off his arm approaches with a plate full of pastry goodies. There's a couple cupcakes, a few slices of apple pie and some truffles. Mmm delicious!]

Paw-don me, would you like to try a free sample? They're the purr-fect way to brighten up a day.

[Forgive him for the puns. They said to use puns. Ugh, too many puns. They come out so awkward sounding, too. Is he blushing awkwardly on top of everything? Of course he is. Flynn can't not blush like a schoolgirl when out of his comfort zone.

The 'they' in this case happens to be the restaurant where a certain Yuri Lowell used to work at. It turns out they were having a promotion with some TV show, 'Hiya Feline' or whatever, and ended up short-staffed. Calling Yuri to help out lead to him roping Flynn into helping out instead. The roping further continued with Flynn asking for Edna's assistance. The additional helping hand will make things go all the smoother. Plus, better suf-fur together than alone, right?

But hey, the samples are very tasty! Try one?]

b. with edna.

[ It is not very much like Edna to participate in these sorts of things, she'll insist if asked, but a part of her is secretly pleased at being able to wear cute things and having people notice her for it. The "being noticed" part is especially...coincidental, as it turns out her resonance (or those of others) has apparently risen to the level that normal humans can see her, all while waitressing in this Hiya Feline (tm) getup. In her opinion, it's much better than the hastily-made ghost-esque bedsheet she was forced to wear as to make things more convenient for her customers at her regular job.

Flynn roping her into this particular situation with the power of sunshine, puppy eyes, and flattery totally has nothing to do with either. Nope. None at all.

With menu in hand, Edna will be addressing the nearest person who comes up to her with a sickeningly sweet smile that doesn't quite reach her eyes and a higher-pitched voice. ]

We're running a special collaboration today, so if you're feline [ internally grimaces ] in the mood for cute desserts, meow's your chance.

[ ...Unless she recognizes them, in which case they'll be greeted by her real self: monotone voice, apathetic expression, and smile wiped off her face, with her brow betraying just a hint of an expression like she saw a particularly nasty insect flying around. There's no point pretending around them, after all. ]

Oh. It's you.

c. with both.

[No cute event can be complete without some cute prizes! It's why right outside the restaurant is a nice little prize wheel stand with prizes ranging from a free dessert or free meal to a life size plushy of Miss Feline herself and other merchandise. One spin costs 1 credit so it's a good deal!

The two lucky individuals manning it right now are none other than Flynn and Edna. Flynn, on his end, smiles brightly and still a tad awkwardly as he tries to draw in passerbyers. Gratuitous amounts of cat puns will never stop feeling strange despite them coming a lot easier now.]

Come and try your luck! For one credit, you can win a paw-sitively fantastic prize!

[Edna on the other hand, has blasted through the "awkward" zone of expression and is in full-fledged apathy mode as she follows Flynn's tentative lead to the...best(?) of her ability. ]

Unless you don't like desserts, food, or giant dolls, in which case you probably have a bigger underlying problem on your hands and I would wonder what's wrong with you.

[ does this even count as reverse psychology ]

So go on. Give it a spin. Prove me wrong.

Comments

c!

[trueend]

[Quietly... questions their advertising choices. But more importantly, Frisk can never say no to a free meal, so. They'll be tilting their head at the prize wheel stand, wondering if this is worth it, before taking out their card.

But first—]

... 'S not rigged, right?

[Look. They've had Experiences with luck based games in this place, okay.]

[thatdamnknight]

[have no fear!! knightly honesty and valour is here to ease any worries! that and flynn had asked the manager earlier regarding the odds. the better prizes like 'GIANT MISS KITTY TOY' have only one spot on the wheel and that'll make it tricky, but no rigging to his knowledge.

flynn smiles warmly.]

Not at all. Getting the nicer prizes is more difficult, but not im-paws-ible. All the prizes are worth more than one credit, as well.

[so a pretty good deal, almost as good as his cat pun game.]

[earthpulse]

Besides, you're talking to Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes here. Pretty sure he won't let anything dastardly sneak under his watchful eye.

[ All said in a completely flat tone, of course. Thanks for the seal of reliability(???), Edna. ]

[trueend]

[Hm. Well, they'll just have to take their word for it. And even if there turns out to be some kind of sham here, one credit is one credit. Not that big a loss, since they're receiving a monthly allowance plus their salary.

So. They nod and fork up that sweet, sweet money.]

Okay. That sounds... purrfect.

[Who said Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes is the only one allowed to pun?]

c!!!

[feminine_carnivore]

[ Everything here is so new to Chie. She's grown up and never left her small town, where everyone she saw on her morning jogs knew her name and waved hello. Even if it wasn't as idyllic as it seemed at first, she loved it there!

Which leaves her a little lost and confused in the big city here, as it were. But she can't just lament all day! She's gotta get stronger, for Yu and for everyone else who might need her help! For her whole world!

It's all a long preamble to why there's a girl in a plaid skirt with bike shorts visible beneath, and a green track jacket stopping in front of the restaurant with a confused look on her face. ]

Huh? Me? [ With her attention properly caught, she pauses her jog, taking a few steps closer to look at the prize wheel. ]

Uh, I really prefer meat over dessert... [ Sorry Edna. It's just.. well she could go on forever about meat. That's the kinda girl she is! Not to mention she likes dogs more too. ]

But one credit isn't a lot I guess isn it? [ She shrugs, handing her card to Flynn to swipe?? ] I guess I could give it to Rise-chan or Narukami-kun if I win, they like that kind of stuff.

[thatdamnknight]

[ah, a love for meat is something flynn can understand! desserts have nothing on a good hamburger or ribs. speaking of hamburgers, having some for dinner tonight has a good ring to it. nice and meaty and maybe with a double patty. perfection.

meaty dinner plans can wait till later. helping customers comes first! with a smile, flynn takes the card and swipes it. chie is good to go for the spin!]

One of the paws-sible prizes is a free meal and this restaurant has fur-ly good rib eye.

[granted, the prize is one of the rarer ones, but at least chie might have a chance at something she'd like for herself. a good rib eye or some other meaty meal they have here for free? so worth it.]

[earthpulse]

If even your friends don't want it, you could always give it to meow too. Just saying.

[ Edna, this prize wheel isn't for you!! You're working here!! ]

C...he can't leave you two alone, can he

[a_meebo]

[Mikleo's on the other side of the street when he hears two familiar voices trying to sell for a raffle or whatever it is they're doing. He looks over and...well, he's not expecting Flynn and Edna dressed like they are. Neither does Mikleo expect Flynn to be making cat puns.

Excuse the water seraph as he snaps a quick photo of the pair before walking over, waiting until they're done with their current customer before greeting them. Mikleo keeps his CEREvice out, though, just in case he needs to use it to communicate with Flynn. Honestly, why does CERES need to make the seraphic invisibility power more complicated than it needs to be?]

Alright, I'll bite. How did the two of you get roped into doing something like this?

[Especially Edna.]

nope, never!

[thatdamnknight]

[the glitching gods seem to be on flynn's side today. not only can he see edna, but meebo's actually visible, too. the familiar face gets a smile, if one that turns a bit more wry at the inquiry (and yes, flynn failed to notice the picture getting taken, but it spares him from feeling more awkward than he already is). it really is that obvious that neither of them would normally do this, isn't it?]

Yuri used to work here and was asked to paw-ssist in this promotion. [the puns will never stop...] I ended up coming in his stead.

[some persuasive argument and chatting and he's the one in a kitty-esque get up. that about sums up his story. what a great, awkward way to spend a day. yuri will get to suffer via flynn not being able to stop punning for awhile so at least there's that.]

[earthpulse]

And Sir Goody-Two-Shoes Knight here used his wiles to coerce me into this situation, manipulating the goodness of my heart. Despicable.

[ Which is a total lie, and Mikleo should be able to pick up on that quite easily. The real reason is that she's weak to sunshine-y people and cute outfits, which this situation hits dead-on. ]

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[bewrightback]

[Phoenix Wright happens across the scene curiously. It's a cute scene, and he takes a moment to take a picture that he snapchats to Trucy.

He steps up, and he can't help but grin as he listens to the barrage of puns. At the end, he's probably giving himself away with his all-to-proud smile as he tries to sound skeptical.]

I don't know... What's the cat-ch?

[thatdamnknight]

[that pun kills any chance of the skepticism coming across as such. it succeeds in gaining a small chuckle out of flynn. having someone play along with the puns instead of getting irked by them is always welcome.]

No cat-ch here, Sir, aside from paws-sibly winning a great prize if you're fur-tunate enough.

[earthpulse]

[ Phoenix...why...internally Edna is mortified about the snapchat, even if it's from and to people who don't even recognize her.

This is karma for pulling that exact same stunt on the poor sap of a knight she's working with right now, isn't it.

Or it's just Phoenix Wright. Either way, keeping up the cutesy act is kind of annoying and tiring. ]

Or feline disappointed if you got your hopes up too much and don't win anything. But your ego can handle it. Probably.

[ The worst promotional kitty cosplayer. ]

c.......

[discard]

[........ Why is this happening.

Leon's actually so bemused that this is happening as he's passing by that... he lets them go through their entire spiel, silent and staring and utterly unimpressed.

And, once they're through with their entire spiel:]

No.

[Ice cold.]

What do you think you two are doing?

[thatdamnknight]

[ever the grump, eh, leon?

but it doesn't deter flynn from smiling brightly at the good and rosey knight! a welcome face and one so well respected, how could flynn possibly not smile! icy words have no impact on a sunshiny blond, this is simply a fact of life.]

We're purr-moting an event at this restaurant, Sir Leon.

[earthpulse]

Cat-ching as many unsuspecting victims as we can in the process.

[ Seeing Leon is at once both incredibly embarrassing and relieving. It's embarrassing because...Leon. On the other hand, it's because Leon is Leon that she knows she doesn't have to put up the overly saccharine cutesy act. ]

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[topscores]

[........

He'll stare at Flynn for a minute, but then he shrugs.]

As long as you don't make another pun. [He's the only one who can make bad jokes, okay] I guess I'll try a free sample.

[Don't act like it's a hardship either, Nice. He's always up for free stuff.]

[thatdamnknight]

[he does not mean to steal that pun thunder! blame that on the restaurant owner. getting told to not to make them only makes that awkward blush intensify, too.]

I... I apologize for those. We were told to incor-purr-ate...

[a small grimace comes immediately after the word. that was completely unintentional. good god, he's making them without trying now...]

...As many as paw-- possible.

[topscores]

[.......This is terrible.

He sighs, and then holds out his hand and tries to ignore how embarrassed Flynn is looking right now.]

Just give me the samples or whatever.

[His priorities...]

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[yaayaa]

[Naki has a weakness for desserts and cute things...there's no way he could pass this up!

While he pays that one credit though, the fox on his shoulder can't help asking--]

Would there really be something wrong if someone didn't like these things?

[thatdamnknight]

[pardon flynn for staring momentarily. it stops a 'thank you, purr-lease spin whenever you're ready' right in its tracks. sorry, talking foxes aren't a common thing back home so it throws him off guard.

the staring stops quickly enough, with the smile from earlier returning. lil talking fox dude HAD asked a question and it'd be rude not to reply.]

No, not at all. That had been intended as a joke. [he thinks...] People are free to like and dislike what they please.

[earthpulse]

[ Meanwhile, coming from Glenwood where they apparently have dog and cat seraphim, it's not much of a surprise at all. ]

Yeah. It was a joke. Try not to file a complaint with the management about damage to your ego.

[ Reason for complaint: Edna in general. ]

C (I hope this isn't too late...)

[protectthecastle]

[As soon as she's stopped laughing at Flynn's pun, she's giving Edna a bright smile (because she can actually see her, this time) as she holds out her card to pay the one credit for her first spin.]

Well, I do enjoy all those things, so I do not think there is a problem at all.

[And also because she has to say it:]

You both look very cute.

not late at all~

[thatdamnknight]

[ah, miss veronica! flynn's smile widens upon seeing the familiar face. it's nice to see her again and with hopefully less carrying this time around. he's about to say something else while taking her card...

but then she compliments their attire. c... cute... okay, maybe they do look about as cute it gets, but hearing someone refer to him as such still gains a blush out of flynn.]

T-thank you, Miss Veronica. That is kind of you to say.

[earthpulse]

Cute, huh? ...Thanks.

[ ...Oh. It's Veronica again, aka the really nice girl who is too nice and pure for her own good. That means Edna actually feels slightly bad being too blunt or sarcastic with her. What's telling is that she isn't looking Veronica in the eyes while taking the card, a very faint pink tinge on her cheeks too. (Very faint though. I-It's not like she actually likes compliments or anything...)

She swipes it, and then hands it back to her after the prize wheel has registered the credit transaction. How handy. ]

It means these outfits are doing their job. They've been scientifically proven to provide the wearer with optimal cuteness.