It's a fine day for shopping. Especially since a young black Khatta by the name Feli Kurai has far much more spending money than he usually has.

Up ahead and to the right is a store with a banner proclaiming it as "Lucky's Games". The banner looks to be a bit different from the first time Jynx saw it. Perhaps that has something to do with the catastrophe that nearly destroyed the first sign in question. But that's long past.

Jynx walks on down the road, turning the iron over and over in his pocket. ( Hey! Haven't been there in a while. Might as well drop in on old Lucky and see if he has anything new. ) The Khatta makes his way over to the shop's entrance.

Inside the storefront can be seen a wide array of games, most of them hand-crafted from wood, dominated by a wide selection of board games, as well as a wide selection of card decks and rules for every (legal) variation imaginable.

Jynx pads on inside eyeing any promising looking games.

"Waiiiiit up, Jynxie!" squeals a voice from behind the black Khatta. A rapid pitter-pat of paws can be heard, catching up with Jynx.

Jynx shudders, guess who? "Eve!" The Khatta spins to meet his sister, "What are you doing out here?"

"Following YOU!" the kitten says, dashing up and grabbing Jynx's leg. She then wrinkles her nose and quickly pushes away. "Ewwwww! You're STINKY!"

"See? Now you know what it means to repel, you do that to me every day… " Jynx grumbles. "Does mom know you're out here?"

Eve shakes her head. "No. But I'll be back home before dinner, so she won't miss me, hmm? And you know me. I'm too lucky to get into any serious trouble."

( Yeah, but you cause plenty of trouble for me… ) "Well, stick close and don't wander off. And when we're inside, don't touch anything! Okay?" Jynx eyes his little sister.

Eve bats her eyelashes innocently. "Yes, Jynxie!"

Jynx takes Eve's paw, and together they go inside the shop.

As soon as Jynx walks in, he can see why he didn't see too many shoppers milling about in the store from the window. The Lapi proprietor has his paws up, as do a few customers who are cowering near the main counter. A few Kavis with handkerchiefs tied over their faces wave crossbows around menacingly. One of them covers the door just as Jynx enters. "Hit the floor!" one of the three Kavis barks at Jynx and Eve. "One wrong move, and you're … you're … you're gonna have a REALLY bad day!"

Jynx blinks, "Wha?!" Then it registers, "Oh, o-okay, just don't shoot!" Jynx gets to the ground, "Get down Eve!"

Eve squeaks, but stands right there, placing her hands on her hips, and lifting her chin defiantly. "I'm not scared! My big brother is a HERO, and he's going to make you all SORRY that you chose to lead a life of crime!"

Jynx gulps, and hisses cattily at his sister, "EVE! Get down NOW!" He looks up at the Kavi…

"I mean it!" the Kavi growls. "You get down, or you're going to look like a DONUT, you hear me?" The Kavi doesn't fire, but his hand is very shaky, the bolt is cocked, and his finger is on the release trigger.

Eve looks down to Jynx, and stage-whispers, "Okay, now's when you grab a conveniently-placed prop, leap over their heads, and beat them all senseless!"

Jynx blinks at Eve, then smiles dumbly at the Kavi, "Heh heh, I'm sorry sir, you see, my ssiter here isn't, well, all there in the cranium, if you catch my drift… " he then turns back to Eve with a scowl, "Get down furball! I don't wanna tell mom 'n dad that you got yourself killed!"

Eve pouts at Jynx. "You mean you AREN'T going to clobber them all just like you did all those terrorists? OH! I get it! You're FAKING!" She winks exaggeratedly. "I won't tell them that you're plotting their downfall."

The nervous Kavi wavers, shifting his crossbow to point away from Eve – and toward Jynx now. "Hey. What's this? Terrorists? Clobbering? You better not move a FINGER, blackie, or you're dead! DEAD! Dead, you hear me? Like … not living! DEAD!"

Jynx shivers a bit, "Uh, heard l-loud and clear sir! EVE! Shut up and GET DOWN!"

Eve pouts. "Oh … okay, already." She reluctantly gets down onto the floor. "You can go ahead and pound on them now, Jynxie. I think they have their guard down."

Jynx sighs, and looks back to the Kavi. "I-I'm sorry sir, we just got her out of the asylum the other day… I guess she's not cured yet… " he lies.

The other two Kavis are presently busying themselves, one of them relieving the customers of their shekels, and helping himself to Lucky's daily receipts as well. The other is scanning the customers with his own crossbow. "Okay," says the third. "Move across the room, and join the others." He gestures with the crossbow, indicating that Jynx should get up and move past a display of Barrels of Fun and Gooshurm Racers.

"I did NOT come out of the Asylum, Jynxie!" Eve protests. "I'm telling MOM!"

Jynx nods, and stands up. He grabs Eve's tail tightly, "Y-yes sir!" With another, "shut up Eve!" the black Khatta drags the kitten over to the indicated spot.

Eve protests and yowls the whole way.

The Kavi, having a blue bandanna (henceforth referred to as "Blue", while "Red" is grabbing the receipts and "Yellow" is watching the other customers) says, "Not so fast. Empty your pockets, blackie."

Jynx blinks… then gets mad, "Hey, we only came here to look!" He lets go of Eve's tail and crosses his arms, "You've got more than enough!"

Blue points the crossbow meaningfully at Eve. "Empty your pockets, or I empty this into the kitten."

Eve looks up at Jynx with pleading eyes. She looks like she's about to start crying now.

Lucky, the Lapi proprietor, groans when he sees Jynx. "Oh no. I THOUGHT I was having a stroke of bad luck today… "

Jynx hmmms, should he? He sees the eyes, and sighs. "Okay, FINE!" He pulls out the contents of one pocket, "See? Empty!"

Jynx keeps his hand in the other pocket.

Blue says, "Fine. Next pocket. If you don't please me, I'll just have you hand over the trousers and let me check myself. And then wouldn't that REALLY make the little fuzzball cry, huh?" Blue laughs wickedly, and Yellow and Red join in.

Jynx hisses reflexively, and pulls out the other pocket and the iron, "I guess THIS is what you were looking for?"

Eve backs up, toward a pile of leftover Guy Fox Day dolls on clearance. She shrinks down. If she really stood still, she could probably pass for another doll amongst the pile.

Blue lets out a shrill whistle that makes his bandanna flutter. "Now, that's more like it, blackie!" He holds out a paw for the coin.

Jynx motions to give the coin to the Kavi, but clumsily drops it, "Oops!"

"Ha ha! Very funny, blackie. Well, you messed with the wrong Kavi." Blue brings the crossbow to bear…

Jynx gulps audibly, "It was an accident! Honestly!" The Khatta looks around for Eve, ( Great, where'd she go? )

The coin drops to the floor, landing on an expensive metal playing piece that must have been liberated from a display case, and dropped on the floor in the robbers' haste. The iron coin strikes the metal playing piece, causing a curious thing to happen: sparks fly, for just an instant.

The sparks distract Blue. He looks down, just in time to see the sparks strike one of the tails of one of the Guy Fox Dolls. Thankfully, it's not one of the explosive types.

Or, that is, it's not SUPPOSED to be. But the tip of the tail begins to smoulder … then spark, as a flame ignites and begins to slowly creep along its length.

Jynx acts quickly! As fast as he can, he grab's Blue's bandana and yanks it down over his eyes. He then gives the Kavi a brisk shove towards the other robbers. "Eve! Where are you?"

Blue howls in surprise, dropping the crossbow as he is shoved back. The crossbow hits the floor … and promptly fires. The crossbow bolt shoots across the room, ricocheting off the Wheel of Fortune. Somehow, this sets the wheel into motion, as it begins clattering and spinning apparently of its own accord.

Eve mews, "Save me, big brother!" She has burrowed her way into the pile of Guy Fox Day dolls.

Jynx grabs up the burning fox doll, and tosses it to one of the Kavis, "Think quick!" He then looks around for Eve, "Where in Dagh's name are you?" He can't see her due to the dolls.

"I'm the CUTE one!" Eve squeals, waving her paws around.

Yellow shrieks as the flaming Guy Fox is thrown to him. He catches it. Goodie for him.

*SIZZLE*

*SPTANG* The crossbow bolt is still ricocheting about the room, deflecting off of a display case, and then the window.

Jynx dives into the dolls and starts tossing them over his shoulder, "You must be the ugly one, because I see nothing cute here!"

"That's MEAN, Jynxie!" Eve grabs Jynx by the tail.

Jynx YOWLS! "Ease up on the claws!"

"AIEEEEEE!" shrieks Yellow as the Guy Fox goes off in his paws, sending colorful sparks everywhere, and making loud whistles and shrieks of its own – in addition to those of the Kavi carrying it. The Kavi goes dashing out of the store, knocking the door open as he goes.

Jynx grabs up Eve, much to the dislike of his poor tail, and looks around for the iron coin.

The coin is just within reach … but as soon as Jynx reaches for it … the crossbow bolt ricochets by, smashing into the coin and sending it flying! The bolt hits a light fixture right above Red's head, causing it to fall with a crash onto the Kavi. Lights out, Red.

That just leaves Blue, who has liberated his head from the bandanna, not caring so much about revealing his identity. (After all, a Kavi is a Kavi, right?) With a feral growl, he LEAPS at Jynx, a dagger in hand!

Jynx hisses a few curses and assorted foul words, and chases the coin. He then notices the Kavi, "YIPE!" He hits the floor as quickly as he can, with Eve in tow.

The Khatta is too lightning-quick for the Kavi to make true his aim. The Kavi's knife slices through the air above Jynx, still continuing his charge … and tripping over the white kitten, who lets out a pained squeal.

Blue falls into the pile of Guy Fox dolls, which start spilling down all around him, bowling him out the door, which is still open.

As Jynx gets a moment to look down, he notices a shiny glint in his hand. It's an iron shekel, somewhat the worse for wear, being impacted by sharp objects, but still valid tender.

Putting Eve down, Jynx runs over and picks up the playing piece that was lying on the ground. He then bolts over the the doll display, and clacks the coin and playing piece together near one of the fox dolls' tails.

Sparks fly! That's … that's GOOD, isn't it?

A fox tail catches ablaze. So does another. And another. Hmm. This could get out of hand really fast.

Lucky lets out a sigh of relief as it seems the robbers are defeated. And then his eyes go wide at the smoldering fox tails. "Ahem. Sir … what are you doing? And I was certain that these were the … oh dear."

As the tail starts to pop and crackle, Jynx does anabout face, grabs up Eve yet again, and zooms for the door. "ThanksforhtehospitalitysirI'llbesuretocomeagain!" he says as he passes Lucky by.

Eve squeals as she hangs on to Jynx. Blue squeals, too, when he's stepped on … and again when he realizes what's happening.

*SIZZZZZZZZLE*

Out the door goes the Khatta, "Now you see, Eve, that's why you shouldn't talk to strangers or play with fire… "

Eve just whimpers and clutches onto Jynx, as a colorful fireworks display erupts in the background.

Jynx makes for home, "And if you keep whimpering like that," he grumbles, "I'll tell mom you wet the bed… "