The kitsune's shrill, mocking laughter taunts you as she flits through the trees with supernatural ease.
"Oh, you're following along surprisngly well... for a foreigner!" the fox girl sneers. "But can you keep it up?"
"Get back here!" you roar. "Give me back my bag, you bitch!"
"So uncouth," the kitsune laughs, shaking her head as she waves the travel pack provokingly. "The mountain's a dangerous place, you know! If you keep getting distracted, you'll fall!"
Your breathing becomes ragged as you sprint through the precarious mountain forest, doing your best not to lose the escaping fox girl among the uneven terrain, jutting boulders, and dense foliage.
"Shit! Why is this happening?" you curse to yourself.
After a long, arduous college semester, you thought a trip to rural Japan would be the perfect chance to unwind. You booked a two-week stay at a rustic lodge in Kirifu, a quaint little village tucked away in the mountains. The locals barely speak English, and your Japanese is poor, but it's nothing a translation app can't handle. Not two days after arriving, your travel bag is stolen by a larcenous kitsune—you had everything in there! With no way to communicate your plight to the locals, you had no choice but to give chase, leading to your current predicament.
"Watch your step, '${character.name}'! It's a bit slippery!" the fox girl jeers, coming to rest atop a tall red pine.
"How do you know my name?!" you demand, between labored breaths.
"Found your credit card!" she explains, fishing out the plastic object. She promptly tosses it off a nearby cliff. "Oop~! There it goes!"
"FUCK!" you scream in horror as you watch it fall.
"And... ooh~! What's this?" the fox girl says, as she takes out a small, unlabeled spray bottle—it's your friend's homemade bear mace. You grin to yourself, getting an idea.
"Don't you dare! That's a gift!" you cry out.
"Ah, perfume for a special someone, maybe? Let's try it out!"
The fox girl points the nozzle at herself, and sprays.