AU PSL - Here kitty kitty

[afailedmurder]

[There's a dark figure wreaking havoc in Kamoshida's castle today. Look, sometimes you're in a bad mood and want to take out your aggression on somebody who's apparently in cahoots with your piece of shit dad. Anyway, he's not going to make the guy go psychotic or anything, so it's fine, no one will notice. He can loot and slaughter to his heart's content!]

Hahaha~~~~~~~~~ eat shit, trash!!

[Even if you happen to be captured and imprisoned in here... is this really the guy you want to ask for help?]

Comments

[bagcat]

Good thinking.

[hops up into the bag, and peeks his head out] Yeah, this will do nicely.

[afailedmurder]

Excellent.

[First up: Breakfast! Some canned coffees, a few salmon onigiri, and a melonpan join Morgana in the bag. Then it's off to the station.]

Help yourself to the onigiri.

[bagcat]

Alright! Don't forget, we need to get off at Shibuya.

[disappearing into the bag to nom the onigiri]

[afailedmurder]

[once they get there:]

Where to next?

[bagcat]

The station square.

You used your phone before to leave that castle Palace, right? Can you bring up the thing on it you used and show me how it works? Then I can tell you what to do.

[afailedmurder]

Of course.

[bringing up the Nav as they walk and pulling up Kamoshida on the map]

I need a name, a location, and a cognition. If we take the sexual predator from yesterday, for example... Kamoshida, Shujin Academy, castle. See?

[bagcat]

Right, right. [he's curious about just where the app came from, but they can think about that later]

This time, we don't need to enter any of that. Just enter what I tell you: M-E-M-E-N-T-O-S.

[afailedmurder]

Mementos, Shibuya Station. Who's the...

[trails off when he sees that's enough to navigate there]

Huh.

[bagcat]

All right, it worked. [and Morgana is back to his monster kitty self, too]

This is Mementos -- the peoples' Palace. Most peoples' distorted cognitions aren't strong enough for them to have their own Palace, so their Shadows are here instead. Basically, it's the collective unconscious.

[afailedmurder]

The entire collective unconscious!?

[peering at the overview in the app]

It's enormous...

[bagcat]

Yeah. I can't get very far on my own, so I was thinking that if you came with me, we could explore together. It's dangerous, but so long as we're careful, I'm sure we'll be able to reach the depths.

[afailedmurder]

Of course. I don't know how deep we'll be able to go, but there's no way I'd pass up something this interesting.

[bagcat]

All right. I promised you I'd show you something fun I could do, so follow me and watch this!

[Morgana ducks under the turnstiles and down onto the train tracks, where he strikes a pose.]

Morganaaaa, transform!

[poof! catbus is here]

[afailedmurder]

[!?]

You... utilized the collective conception that a cat can turn into a bus?

[bagcat]

Pretty cool, right? I don't really get it, but it works for me.

[clearly they need to have a movie night sometime]

Come on, hop in.

[afailedmurder]

I'll show you later...

[going to hop right into the driver's seat]

[bagcat]

Okay, let's go. You know how to drive, right?

[afailedmurder]

I'm a fast learner.

[bagcat]

It'll have to do. Just don't crash me, okay?

[afailedmurder]

I'll be careful.

[he won't. he's going to run over a Shadow like, immediately]

[bagcat]

[yowling catbus noises?!]

W-whoa, slow down! I'm a car, not a tank!

[afailedmurder]

[delighted laughter]

Did you see how it tried to scurry away?

[bagcat]

I can't see anything, you're going way too fast!!

[afailedmurder]

Look, a treasure chest!

[screeches to a halt]

[bagcat]

...I think I'm gonna be sick...

[not even paying attention to treasure, head spinning from too many collisions]