Meanwhile on Las Vegas, Eve called Ezekiel to find what Casino they went to.
"The MGM" he shouted over the noise of the casino."They seem to think this is the best place to look but right now it feels like were searching for a needle in a haystack."
"I'll be right over but stay on the line until I get there." Eve knew the MGM was one of the larger casinos so she could use some help locating them.
"Is there something you can summon to make this process go faster?" Katie said getting tired of checking every single slot player.
"Even if I try there's no guarantee she'll appear." Said Nate who was also getting frustrated.
"We have to try or we'll be searching forever." growled Katie.
"Fine; summoning Espy." he took out a book and selected a medallion coin of a dog with a giant head and 3 eyes.
But before he could put it in the group would be redirected.
Eve was only 2 blocks away but Las Vegas blocks were huge and traffic lights took forever. The fact that it was around 10 pm (peak hours for people looking to party or finally be able to go outside without dying in the triple digit heat) didn't help matters.
Eve began to notice a trend of 'pedestrians have the right of way'; jay walkers and people crossing against the light were slamming their fists in to cars as they narrowly avoided getting hit. It started with just a few people here and there (which could easily be attributed to human impatience), but then people started to cross the streets in ways that made no sense.
Either there were a lot of drunks out (entirely possible) or this was something bigger."Ezekiel?"
"Yes boss?" he said waving over Nate and Katie. Judging by the tome of Eve's voice he knew something important was about to be said he put her in speaker. "You're on speaker."
"NATE" she was shouting over the ocean of honking cars. "IS THERE A YO-KAI THAT MAKES PEOPLE ABNORMALLY AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS CARS?!"she wasn't sure why she choose those words, as opposed to 'makes people disobey traffic laws' or 'be impatient'.
Nate nearly dropped the Espy coin. "Oh (insert swearword). You're kidding me! Where is this happening?!"
Ezekiel was confused by how upset Nate was. "I will take that as a yes. Eve where are you?"
"RIGHT OUTSIDE THE MGM ON THE MAIN STRIP!" Eve said trying to shove past people while not getting trampled or shoved on to the hood of a car. She somehow managed to get within visual range of the rest of the party. They all stood dumbfounded as hundreds of pedestrians forcibly jay walked, some of them angry some laughing and dancing, but all of them making sure to slam or punch the hood of what ever car they were near needless to say traffic was at a standstill.
Nate ran straight in to the middle of the strip shining his watch in every direction "JIBANYAN!"
"Jibanyan?" Ezekiel asked the much calmer Katie.
"Jibanyan was the second yo kai friend Nate made. If there was one yo-kai he thought he could trust to not abandon him it would have been Jibanyan."
After 15 minutes of frantic searching Nate located Jibanyan ."Hey Nate! this is awesome!" said the little red cat with a round head and two tails. He had an uncanny level of energy. As he paused to say hi, he was visibly glowing with the power of the leylines.
"No this is not awesome-Just like it wasn't awesome when you were inspiriting people 9 years ago!"
"But I'm finally doing it, I'm defeating the cars!"
Ezekiel and even looked at Katie for an explanation.
"long story short that's the ghost of a cat that died pushing his owner out of the way of a truck, he now has a hatred of cars. "Katie wondered what Nate's next move would be.
"Jibanyan please- you're my friend- you know this is wrong." He said chasing after the cat.
"But I'm finally winning." The cat paused. Nate was his friend and he hated to be a disappointment.
"You're hurting people." the two looked around at the sea of trapped cars and people who were being pushed, shoved or even trampled.
"I'm sorry Nate." Jibanyan made a sad face "What can I do to make it up to you?"
"Tell me where the portal is."
"It's in the yo-kai realm, so you'll need Mirapo to get there."
"So Mirapo isen't responsible." Nate said out loud. "Is Mirapo in Las Vegas."
"Of course, where else would it be; I guess maybe Dublin—but no it's defiantly in Vegas I saw it's not too long ago at the Mirage. Here let me prove it, take out my friendship medal." Jibanyan in his power powerful form returned to the medal/the yo-kai world.
Nate held the coin when he suddenly heard a voice. "You can summon Espy now." Nate smiled he knew he could trust one of his oldest friends. He went back to the group (getting the out of the street as fast as he could along with the other jay walkers)"We need to go to the Mirage!"
"The Mirage, can we take a cab?" asked Ezekiel.
"Does it look like we can take a cab?" Katie motioned at the sea of cars that had only started to move.
"Running it is." Ezekiel said as the group ran as fat as they could to not lose the lead.
"ok. Jibanyan gave me his word I could summon Espy." He slammed in the coin. "summoning Espy!" the little song played and the 3 eyed dog appeared.
"Espy find Mirapo!" Nate said the same as when he was 11.
"Who are they?" asked the creepy dog.
"I'm Eve and this is Ezekiel." Eve said hoping to move thing along.
"Eve you are thinking about your unrequited love for Flynn Carsen, and Ezekiel you are thinking about how much money is actually held in a casino."said the yo kai.
"For the love of…" he had enough experience to ignore Espy 's quirks, "Espy we need you to find Mirapo. Eve and Ezekiel..think about porn."
"what?"Eve glared her eyes.
"Espy has the mind of a nun. If your mind is too dirty to be readable she will pass you over." He shouted.
