It was a rainy summer in Gensokyo. Some went out to play in the drizzle, others staying indoors. One brave cat sailed the Misty Lake on quest for his daily catch. "Fish get excited during rain, perfect for me." He casts his line, reeling in at the pace a small fry would swim in an attempt to attract bigger fish. This was repeated for an hour before a tug prompted the cat to begin reeling in, carefully so as not to snap the line. The cold rain buffeted him as the waves rocked the boat. The line went left, right, and pulled hard. Then, with one mighty pull a large fish was put onto the deck. The cat would have caught more but as a storm was brewing he had no choice but to head for shore. As he was pulling a cart with his catch back to his cabin, a girl with blue hair and icicles that seemed to be her wings ran up to him. "So, what'd you get!?" She asks. The cat looks back at his only catch. "Either I sell it or eat it." The two went inside the cat's house to shelter from the rain. He gives the girl a cup of green tea. "Wait here Cirno." He says going into the kitchen to prepare the catch for consumption. He puts on a headband and sharpens his knives. Clean, immaculate cut after another, our feline gutted the fish while preparing the good parts. He then prepared the rice to go with the bits of fish, putting them together and on a large platter. As he sets it down on the table, a girl with mismatched eyes and an umbrella came in. "Hey Nao." She says. "Hello Kogasa." The cat greets her as he placed another zabuton for her to sit on. Cirno happily dug in while Kogasa tells her to leave some for her and Naori. The three of them talked and enjoyed Naori's cooking. "It's been raining non-stop for weeks, do you think it's another incident?" Kogasa asks. "I doubt it, it is the rainy season after all." Naori replies. "Whoever it is I'll whoop their butts!" Cirno boasts with a thrust of her fist.
Meanwhile...
"The water spirit seems cross with us..." A Youkai says. "It does not matter, we can take her." A hooded figure reassures the nervous Youkai. "It has begun, the Eternal Rain..."
