Tama

**Tama** is an unfortunate girl in a cat suit. She doesn't seem to have too many memories from before being in this suit and is currently helping Yanagishita to sell a dubious diet drink named Burning Hammer since she needs quick money to buy a certain necklace. Despite occasionally acting strange, Tama can be rather determined at times and seems to be a generally kind person.

It is later revealed that she is actually **Maria Osawa**.

## Personality

Tama has amnesia and cannot remember much from before being in a cat suit, including her real name, thus one of her main goals is to get back her memory by getting a necklace that she saw which gave her a sense of deja vu.

## Before the Scramble

Tama was walking by a knickknacks store when she saw a necklace for sale on there, getting a sense of deja vu that it was hers. She wanted to buy it but it costed 40,000 yen and she only had 20,000. As she walked away, wondering how she could get that money, she ran into Yanagishita, who asked her for services for a day. Tama at first walked away, not trusting him, but he begged and pleaded until she flipped him into a bush on reflex. After he begs one more time and promises to pay her 10,000 along with an additional 10,000 if 100 bottles of his diet drink were sold, she accepts since this would be the best way to get 20,000 yen in a day. He then gave her the cat costume to wear for handing out samples.

## 11:00 - 12:00

11:00 - 11:05: Tama is standing outside on a rather hot day, trying to hand out samples of Burning Hammer, a diet drink that apparently lets someone lose several pounds without having to go on a diet or exercise, but so far she has been unable to hand out even one. She reminds herself that she needs the money and musters the determination to hand off a drink to the next person she sees. Noticing a businessman and a homeless man (actually Sasayama), Tama tries her luck with the businessman, only for him to walk away without even a word. Someone in a chicken mascot suit who is also handing out samples then talks to her, telling her that she should go for target groups and that she'll drink all the samples so that Tama won't get in trouble.

11:10 - 11:20: Tama and the lady in the chicken suit soon return back to the Nokane building, which is prepared for the demo that will happen later that day. Tama goes to take off the chicken suit, revealing someone who introduces herself as Chiri, while she introduces herself as Tama after thinking briefly about it. Chiri tries to get Tama's cat suit off, only to discover that the zipper is busted and she's stuck in it. Tama feels hungry and wants to eat, so she tries to get just the head off but feels a throbbing sensation in the back of her head for some reason. Chiri also tells her the head is attached to the body so that wouldn't work anyways. However, she does give Tama a drink that she can still drink through a straw.

11:20 - 11:25: As Chiri talks about weight loss and calls burning hammer junk, Yanagishita walks into the room and asks them to try it themselves to see. Both of them do so, finding it to be extremely spicy to the point of them sweating quite a bit, which Yanagishita claims is the magic of burning hammer. Tama asks what's in it, to which he reveals that he imported it from America at an exorbitant price, essentially getting ripped off as pointed out by Chiri. Tama tries to cheer him up before Yanagishita then reveals the hopeless prospect of selling each for 15,000 yen. Quickly wanting to change the subject, he asks why Tama isn't out of her costume, stating that he wanted her as a model. She replies that it can't come off, reflecting on how she got into this in the first place. Tama remembers her ultimate goal of buying the necklace because it's connected to her.

## 12:00 - 1:00

12:00 - 12:05: Tama and Chiri are on lunch break, though Tama is still unable to eat anything. Soon it ends and Yanagishita walks back in, asking for Tama to bring some Anagotchi toys from the storeroom so that a recycle guy can recycle them. Tama hasn't heard of it before, so Yanagishita explains it, saying that he heard it was a toy featuring an eel popular in New York City and so he bought a lot of it. Chiri points out he was swindled again, to which his mood falls as he says how he should have realized. Chiri, thinking about food, then offhandedly remarks that eels are delicious, which Yanagishita takes as a compliment since he considers him and his products (in this case eels) to be the same. Leaving the two to their shenanigans, Tama heads into the storeroom.

12:05 - 12:10: Tama fumbles around for the light switch in the dark storeroom, eventually finding it. She turns it on to see several types of cheap products there, including something labeled a "miracle stone". Tama looks around for the Anagotchi box and finds it, but then she spots something in the corner of her eye. A cockroach quickly scurries across and Tama is startled, knowing that she has to act quick. She snatches the Anagotchi box and quickly runs out of the storeroom.

12:10 - 12:20: Tama returns to see Chiri still complimenting eels. Yanagishita says that the three can start their own company, to which both Tama and Chiri immediately refuse. When Tama asks where the burning hammer drinks are, Yanagishita says they're on the loading dock, and asks Tama to bring the anagotchi with her too while they go there. The three head to the loading dock only to see the burning hammer boxes missing. Then Tama spots a truck carrying them away. Yanagishita runs after the truck, crying for it to give the burning hammer back but to no avail. He then realizes it could have been the recycle guy picking up those boxes by mistake. He asks Tama and Chiri to go search for the truck, pointing out that they're only getting paid if the sales demo has something to sell. Neither of them are enthused at the prospect, and Tama suggests to split up and search for the truck.

12:20 - 12:25: Tama is walking along the streets of Center Gai and ends up bumping into Teruo Toyama, who is searching for lunch with his daughter Hana. The two fall over and bow to apologize to each other, but then bump their heads, causing them to both fall over again. Hana simply walks away with Toyama chasing after her, and Tama notes that she seems unusually cold and distant for her age. She continues on with her search for the truck.

12:35 - 12:40: Tama walks all the way to Shibuya Station but still can't find the truck. With 25 minutes until the sales demo, she wonders what she's supposed to do about the situation. She then hears a voice behind her and turns around, seeing a woman with a notepad (Chiaki) asking her if she's happy with her life and then permission to ask more questions. Tama feels that she is too jittery and suspicious, so she says that she's busy but Chiaki pleads repeatedly and keeps bowing. Tama feels sorry for her and relents, and Chiaki asks again if she is happy with her life. Tama replies that she is a cat, to which Chiaki writes down "cat" in her notebook and then ends the interview there in an awkward manner. Tama heads off in search of the truck with burning hammer.

12:45 - 12:50: Tama doesn't find the truck and with 15 minutes left, she decides to head back. Yanagishita is wearing a miracle stone and gives one to Tama, demanding she wear one too for good luck. She takes it and as she does, Yanagishita's phone rings. He answers and suddenly jumps with joy, shouting that the recycling guy realized his mistake and put the burning hammer back on the loading dock. He asks Tama to get the burning hammer while he preps the demo room. Tama looks at the miracle stone, wondering if it actually worked. She wishes on it to get paid her 20,000 yen and heads out.

12:50 - 12:55: Tama walks out and sees the burning hammer boxes but notices they're scattered around. Having a bad feeling, she opens one of the boxes to see several broken bottles. Tama finds the rest of the boxes in a similar state and falls to her knees, wondering what will be done now.