“Um, miss, are you sure this is safe?”<br/>“It’s purrfectly safe,” Koko replied, casting her line back into the pond that said<span style="font-weight: bold">“Do Not Fish Here” </span>and winking at her client. There was nothing quite like fishing during a long tour… Actually, there was just nothing quite like fishing. Granted, Koko was mostly cat, complete with ears and a tail and paws that were simply too big for her three-foot-tall frame.<br/><br/>“I wonder why it says not to fish here; the fish are enormous!”<br/><br/>“I know, right!? They’re big enough to eat me! Or even you!”<br/><br/>No sooner had the tiny cat voiced her thoughts, a large fish leapt out of the water and latched onto her client’s head. Koko stared incredulously as the fish gobbled her companion, then turned its fishy fish eyes on her.<br/><br/>“Uh… You don’t want to eat me. I’m too cute for ingestion. In fact, my cuteness might cause<span style="font-style: italic">IN</span>digestion.” She chuckled at her cleverness, for she really was too clever, then yelped as the hungry fish snapped at her. Instinctively, she retrieved her goldfish-shaped frying pan from her back and brought it swishing down hard on the scaly menace’s head. Thankfully the frying pan came with a super-extended handle for ranged attacks… And tall people.<br/><br/>She turned her blue eyes to the sign as she packed away her fishing rod and lures, preparing to walk away from the pond of evil, people-eating fish with one client less than she’d arrived with. Koko stopped at the sign and pulled a magic marker from her jacket pocket, writing<span style="font-style: italic">seriously </span>under the warning sign.<br/><br/>“Koko! You’re back! Er… Where’s Kathleen?”<br/>“Kath-who?”<br/>“The client, Koko. You know, the person you left with to go fishing at a fishing-prohibited pond with?”<br/><br/>“Oh, her. Fish food.”<br/>“What?”<br/>“A fish ate her.”<br/><span style="font-weight: bold">“What?!”</span><br/>“Turns out that’s why fishing wasn’t allowed. The fish eat people. A bit frightening really, didn’t see it com-”<br/><br/>“You’re fired.”<br/>“Nyan?”<br/>“You. Are. Fired.”<br/>“Why?”<br/>“Because, Koko, you dimwitted feline, this is the fourth client you’ve lost this month alone!”<br/>“Oh. Has it? Really? Wow. Really on a roll, huh? Are you sure we can’t work something out? I can go fishing! Bring back some tasty fishes- Nyyyyaaaaaaaaaaan!”<br/><br/>She landed on her cute little cat butt a few moments later, having been punted bodily from the camp site.<br/><br/>“Well then. Not my day, I guess.” The little cat checked to make sure she had all her important possessions: frying pan, collapsable tacklebox and fishing rod, and… Really, that was it.<br/><br/>She walked a few minutes in silence, paws shoved in her pockets, when a small dot of light caught her attention. It wasn’t… normal light, and it couldn’t be moonlight because the sun hadn’t set yet…<br/><br/>“What is this?” She reached out slowly to touch it, but it darted away.<br/><br/>“So shiny… An<span style="font-style: italic">ultra-rare fishing lure!</span>Mewants!” Without another thought or word, Koko darted after the mysterious shiny light… And straight into a tree.<br/><br/>“Owies… These fishing lures are clever. If I’m not careful, they could bring destruction to the world. I must stop them! You! Shiny dot! You shall catch me fish!”<br/><br/>The hunt was on. Koko raced down the road, tracking the dot while making sure it was not guiding her to her doom. Pity be to anyone else on the road, as there was a tiny cat duststorm being lead along by a mysterious, shiny light anomaly.<br/><br/>There was no way this could end well.