#cherubiccallow

Haruhi desperately sprinted through the woods, trying to outrun- or at least outmaneuver- the pursuing soldiers. She wasn’t even sure what she had done to offend them, but she knew that they had really short tempers and really hot lasers. She had to wonder how a civilization that short-tempered could get so technologically advanced without destroying themselves first.

“Screw this!” she yelled. In one fluid motion, she brought her wrist up, her wrist opened to reveal the Universal Transport, and she slammed her other hand down on the control, disappearing in a flash of light.

She reappeared mid-run, falling face-first onto the ground. She got up, taking a moment to mark the previous universe as dangerous as her wrist closed back up.

She then realized that she had reappeared in front of a person.

“My mom’s dead, ass hat.”

“Not happening. You’re too…Weird. It might be contagious.”

Battle intro: "Bratty kids get spankings, I'll happily tear that ego down a peg!"

Victory: "Let that be a lesson to ya." 

Defeat: "Bah, guess I need to try next time..."

Assist: "Don't let it get to yer head." 

Taunt: "Throwin' a tantrum won't make this any easier on ya."

Reacting to Taunt: "An' I thought Oni kids were attention hungry..." 

Flee: "Gah, I've had enough of this."

Reacting to Flee: "Yeah, get outta here! Hope you learned somethin'."

Tie: "Yeah, I've had my fun. Get outta here an' go whine about your dad or whatever it is you do."

Perfect Victory: "Hard t'exploit weaknesses when I ain't got any! Guess yer pretty useless without that, huh?"

Finishing Move: "Let's crack that diamond skin a' yers!" 

My dearest readers, in the past weeks, you may have noticed a disturbing trend sweeping across Gensokyo. Perhaps your friends or loved ones were affected by this diabolical hex. Perhaps you yourself were afflicted! Regardless of the technicalities, the curse seems to have subsided. For now.

But what is this mysterious plight I speak of? Recently, many of Gensokyo's notable residents, the dollmaker Alice Margatroid and spoiled celestial Tenshi Hinanawi among them, seem to have been cursed with feline features. Cute, right? Wrong. Dead wrong. Are we to expect more cat curses in the future? If everyone became a cat, nothing would get done!

Send "Pocky" for my muses reaction to yours biting down on the other end of the pocky.