Chapter 12: The Game
"Honorable ladies and gentlemen!" Katie yowls, "I am purr-oud to purr-esent the first ever AKIBA Maid Caf? Quest! Get purr-eady for this heart-pounding, exciting, titillating game where you find your heart's desire and purr-esent it to your maid! Meeeyow!! Put your hands together neow!!"
Katie wriggles her hips as she holds a microphone she's plucked out of thin air.
Her fluffy hair is swishing everywhere too.
And of course this whole performance just showcases those incredibly bouncy, boingy, enormously huge tits of hers.
Watching my little Big stare so earnestly at them is pretty entertaining.
"This is a game for every Master and Mistress in the AKIBA maid cafe. Everyone must purr-ticipate! Are there any questions?"
"You haven't explained a single thing," I call out.
"Meow-ha-ha-ha! Purr-eow! You're a clever one, Master. Let me pat you on your little head, purr-ecious."
She actually pets my head with a little pat-pat-pat.
"Tsk" I was pretty sure I heard someone click their tongue nearby too, but I pretend not to. It's just too creepy.
"Masters and Mistresses, I will neow explain the rules of the quest!"
Katie thrusts her hand towards the sky.
The lights in the cafe dim, and she is instantly lit up under a bright spotlight.
What was this, some kind of cheesy TV show?
"The name of the quest tells mew everything about the game. Purr-etty simple, wouldn't mew say? No need for an explanation at all!"
The cat-eared girl goes on with a self-satisfied air.
I still have no idea what she was talking about.
"Masters and Mistresses, it's purr-fectly simple! All mew have to do is show your little Katie-chan what mew have been looking for here in AKIBA."
". . . . . . . . ."
"Just call out 'Katie-chaaan' and I'll be there purr-ight away!"
". . . . . . . . ."
"Then, your little Katie-chan will judge whether it's the thing mew were really looking for or not."
And with that, her face breaks into another huge Cheshire grin…as if there were nothing more to say.
I'm completely lost.
This whole thing is giving me a serious headache. Although that cat girl's the one that needs to have her head checked…
So many questions. Where to even start?
"So…" I begin, "you're assuming that we came here to find something?"
"Meowst definitely," she purrs back, bringing her face right up to mine.
Her gaze pierces right through me, as if she's reading my mind.
"Dearest Master, there is definitely something mew are looking for. Something you're missing. Something mew need. There's no doubt a-meowt it. Something you absolutely meowst have..."
"Let's just say I do," I offer. "That doesn't necessarily mean it's here in Akihabara."
"You may not find it in Akihabara," she purrs back, "but in AKIBA, Master, I assure you that mew can find anything at all!"
This cat girl is making absolutely no sense. Crazy things just keep coming out of her Cheshire mouth, hanging there like a crescent moon in the sky.
"…a place where mew can find anything you want…a place where there's so much to find, mew can't find anything at all…" she chants. "That's what AKIBA is, Master. The place called AKIBA…the town called AKIBA…the world called AKIBA!!"
Well, that's certainly what people say about Akiba. I always thought it was just a figure of speech though. Was I wrong?
It can't be literal…can it? Was I being naive?
Should I have paid closer attention?
I'm in a maid cafe…which has turned out to be some kind of Wonderland after all.
Maybe I just need to go with the flow.
Still, I'm better off asking a few pointed questions.
"How are you going to know whether the thing I bring you is what I really want?" I continue.
Katie seems completely unaffected by my accusing tone. Thrusting out her huge chest with grinning confidence, she replies, "A maid is supposed to know everything about her Masterrr!"
"Hey, you!"
Ignoring Katie and flashing me a look that says she's completely above this charade, my little Big waves at me to come closer.
I lean over the table, and she whispers in my ear.
". . . . . . . . ."
"...why don't you ask her that?"
"Um…Miss Katie?" I ask. "Finding something means finding it by leaving this cafe, doesn't it."
"Purr-fectly correct!"
"So…we might just go straight home then. That's allowed too, right?"
"Purr-eow-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-ha-haaaaa!!! HAAA-HAAA-HAAA HAAA-HAAA-HA ha-haaaaa!!!"
She simply explodes into laughter. Hands crossed over her stomach guffawing, like she's just heard the funniest joke in her life.
It was a bit terrifying, actually. It didn't look like she could contain herself. Cackling and flashing her bright white teeth at us the whole time.
"Well I guess mew could, couldn't mew! I don't see a purr-oblem with it. If you can find the way!"