Scenario:Catura and Cidala - Wild Rides, Wild Imaginations

Wild Rides, Wild Imaginations

Catura visits the Tiger Temple to pass on her duties to Huang and Bai, the next year spirits. The Cidala sisters eagerly ask Catura about the Divine Generals Assembly, imagining how much fun it must have been. Determined to join the next assembly, the Cidala sisters and Catura eventually settle down and begin the transferring of responsibilities.

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On a sunny day just before the end of the year, a rumbling sound echoes down the road of a small village.

The rumble goes past farmers and fields until it reaches the Tiger Temple, where the Divine Tigers of the Twelve Divine Generals reside.

Catura: Here we are...

Catura: Nice work, Milky... Moomoo... Take a good rest, okay?

The Divine Ox and guardian of the north-northeast, Catura, gets off her beloved motorcycle.

Crying Voice: Grr! Grrrr!

Catura: Hm? What... is that?

Hearing a strange cry, Catura looks around the temple grounds in search of the sound's source.

Bai: ...

Catura: Oh... There you are! Hello, Baaai!

Bai: ...

Catura: Hm, maybe she didn't hear me... I should get closer...

Catura slowly makes her way toward one of the Divine Tigers, Bai, who is standing in the distance, immersed in a book.

Catura: She's reading something... Wow, it has so many words. I only read... illustrated storybooks...

Bai: Huff, huff... Huff, huff!

Bai breathes heavily through her nose as she continues reading, unaware of the arrival of a guest. Catura takes a peek at the book's cover.

On the cover is a realistic illustration of a woman, and the title written in purple font—

"The New Horizons of a Passionate Skyfarer."

Huang: Grrr!

Catura: Oh, there's that voice again... Is that a voice?

Bai: Huff, huff... Huff, huff!

With Bai still too absorbed in her reading to notice anything, Catura decides to poke the Divine Tiger in the armpit to get her attention.

Catura: Poke.

Bai: Grr!

Catura: Poke.

Bai: Grr!

Bai: W-wow! This story is so exciting that my body's reacting from just words on a page... That's the Passionate Skyfarer series for you.

Catura: Bai...

Bai: Huh? Oh, Catura. You're here.

Catura: Moohoohoo! It's been a while, Bai...

Bai: It has! Oh yeah, I guess it's almost time for you to pass us the year spirit duties, huh?

Catura: What were you reading just now? Can I have a look?

Bai: Oh, this? Um, it's got some pretty difficult content and doesn't have any pictures, so...

Catura: Oh, I see... That sounds hard.

As Bai hugs her book to her chest, a puffy-eyed Huang approaches them with Laolao closely behind her.

Huang: Oh, Catura... Hic... It's been a while... Hic...

Catura: Huh? Huang... What's wrong?

Catura: Your eyes are red... Are you okay?

Laolao: Don't worry about her, gawr. Some time has passed since we last met, Divine Ox. Is your mother in good health?

Catura: Oh, Laolao! Long time no see... Mama is also doing good!

Catura: But... I still want to know... what happened with Huang.

Laolao: Nothing to fret about, gawr.

Laolao: She didn't realize the back of her skirt was rolled up while walking outside, and only found out when she got back that everyone could see her panties, gawr.

Catura: O-oh no!

Laolao: When she finally realized, she burst into tears and has been wailing since. She should really have double-checked before going out in new clothes, gawr.

Catura: So that cry I heard earlier... was Huang.

Huang: Sigh... Sniff... Why didn't anyone tell me...

Bai: Well, I mean, I wouldn't go up and talk to some weirdo who's parading their panties around town either.

Laolao: This wasn't the first time so everyone's probably just used to it by now, gawr.

Huang: Whaaat, no way...

Laolao: Now, since the Divine Ox is here, gawr... Let us begin the handing over of duties.

However, what the Cidala sisters want to hear most from Catura is not about the passing of responsibilities, but something else.

Cidala Sisters: Tell us about the Divine Generals Assembly!

Laolao: Gawr?

Catura: The Divine Generals Assembly? Hm, I thought... I sent you a report about that...

Bai: Yeah, we got it.

Huang: And we read it. But there was one thing...

At the end of the report was a note that piqued the interest of the Divine Tigers.

"All of us danced the hula. End of report."

Huang: What's the "hula"? Why were you dancing at an assembly? I want to know more about that!

Bai: We've been dying to know since. In fact, we're not interested in anything but the Alohas Super Resort right now.

Laolao: What are you saying, gawr! Hurry up and get to discussing your new responsibilities!

Huang: Oh, be quiet, Lao! We need to hear everything about Alohas! Otherwise we won't be able to get anything done!

Laolao: This is an utter embarrassment, gawr...

Catura: Alohas... It was so fun and wonderful! It's hard to explain...

Catura: Hmm... First, Vajra, Vikala, and Mahira went to the luau...

Thinking back to her memories at the resort, Catura describes her experiences there bit by bit.

She tells the three about Vajra, Vikala, and Mahira dancing and shaking their hips on stage, together with bare-chested men who held blades in their hands.

Bai: Oh my! That almost sounds scandalous!

Huang: I'm sure it wasn't that scandalous! They're all Divine Generals, after all!

Catura: It was... fun!

Bai: Was it? What were the rest of you doing while those three were dancing?

Catura: Hmm... We had some delicious food while watching them...

Bai: That sounds like a whole lot of ruckus to me...

Huang: I think I'd be way too preoccupied to eat...

Catura: Let's see, what else was there...

Catura describes the open air bath the seven Divine Generals soaked in together.

Bai: Seven lovely girls together... spending some intimate time together... Just imagine all the possibilities!

Huang: What possibilities are you imagining exactly?

Catura: Let me think...

Catura: Oh yeah! We had pineapple juice at the bath... It was so good!

Huang: Pineapple?

Bai: Never heard of it... Did you like it?

Catura: Yep... All of us loved it!

Bai: Does it warm up your body or something when you drink it?

Catura: Hmm... I remember it had a sweet, refreshing taste.

Huang: I see. So they made juice out of something called a "pineapple."

Bai: But we still don't know what this "pineapple" is. It could be a metaphor, for all we know.

Huang: Metaphor?

Catura: What's a... metaphor?

Bai: Well, to put it simply, a metaphor is basically...

Bai: ...

Catura: Huh... What's wrong, Bai?

Huang: Let her be, Catura. Bai's just trying to say something clever but can't think of the words for it.

Bai: Grr...

Huang: Anyway, it's pretty hard for us to picture Alohas in our minds...

Catura: We had our assembly too, of course! Though... it would've been even better... if everyone was there.

Bai: Right...

Catura: Alohas was lots of fun... but I'm sure it'd be fun anywhere... if we're all together!

Huang: Yep, exactly!

Catura: By the way... Were the both of you busy with something... when we had our assembly?

Huang: Yeah. A lot of monsters appeared on an island close by, so we went to deal with that.

Bai: It's really too bad we couldn't make it to the assembly.

Catura: I see... You must be needed a lot... as feng shui practitioners!

Catura: Oh, speaking of feng shui... Are you able to invite fortune... for matters on love too?

Bai: Of course!

Huang: Wait. Catura, does that mean you've finally found... your destined prince charming?

Catura: Moohoohoo! That's right...

Huang: Grr!

Bai: Ooh, I sense a wholesome chat session coming!

Catura: Yep! Let's spend some time... talking about love together!

Laolao: Gawr... That can wait until after you've finished passing on the year spirit duties, gawr.

Bai: Fiiine.

Catura: That's true... Okay, I'll start handing over the responsibilities then.

Huang: Let's do it! Then we'll get straight to chatting after!

Laolao: That's all you girls think about, gawr...

Laolao watches on as Catura and the Cidala sisters finally begin the passing on of year spirit duties.

'Twas a peaceful day under the clear, blue skies, just before another year comes to a wonderful close.