Oishī

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**Oishī** was a minor character in ***Ascent: Trials of Vore***. She was a cat girl who's history prior to her arrival in the Tower was unclear outside of her association with Kunai.

Her first and only appearance was in *Floor 1 - The Gateway*, of which she was one of the main antagonists. Despite consuming a large number of prey on the 1st Floor, she was defeated and absorbed by Ashley Gray.

## Appearance

At the time of her arrival in the Tower, Oishī had bright amber eyes and short, slightly unkempt light blue hair, from which jutted cat-like ears. She also had a cat's tail that matched her hair color. Ashley Gray would compare her looks to staring at an anime character. Much like an actual cat's, her pupils were shown to dilate heavily before pouncing.

For clothing, she sported a pair of tiny denim booty shorts, as well as a black tank top.

## Personality

Oishī was incredibly energetic, quick to crack a joke and not shy about anything, fairly obnoxious in her volume of complaint when something she didn't like was happening - such as her being hungry or defeated and consumed. Despite this bounciness, however, she was incredibly predatory, being terrifying and sadistic in how she played with her "food" - fitting for a cat - as well as how she approached other matters.

She also possessed a degree of pride, though it was rarely shown - and thus had to be taken at her word. It could be hinted at, though, in her speech patterns, which were stereotypical of what you might expect of a cat girl (“Nyow, nyow, dere’s nyo nyeed for nyame calling, nya!”). It was unclear whether this was a natural part of her speech patterns - or deliberately put on by Oishī to convey a certain image of herself - as it was a tic she appeared to drop in the fear and rage of being consumed.

## History

### Background

The details of Oishī's life prior to the Tower are unclear aside from her being nominally friends with the lizard woman Kunai. Where both came from is unknown, but they seemed to have been aware of the Tower's nature - and its gatekeeper, Porter, to a degree - before they arrived, apparently entering the Tower of their own will.

Additionally, before coming to the Tower, Oishī acquired an eye-based charm or hypnosis ability, showing it off to Kunai before they arrived and being excited to use it to the point of constantly talking about it.***(Floor 1- The Gateway)***

### ***Ascent: Trials of Vore***

#### 1st Floor

The details of how Oishī's first moments in the Tower went are unclear. It is known, however, that she arrived with Kunai, both dressed in concealing cloaks, and - on arriving at the 1st Floor's stage room and encountering other climbers - stole a jug of water from the table Syl was or would be sitting at.

Shortly after this, a human woman who Oishī would not get the name of - but who was called Ashley Gray - approached the table attempting to find out what was going on from Oishī and Kunai. Oishī, ditching her cloak, would go out of her way to be a provocative and terrifying presence, playfully threatening to "devour" Ashley for talking to them, only reigned in by Kunai, who forced Ashley to leave to prevent Porter making an example of her. Oishī would retain an interest in Ashley, however.

Soon after, Porter arrived before the audience, explaining the situation. No-one had been brought to the Tower by accident - especially true in Oishī and Kunai's case - all selected because of attributes Porter claimed they had, Oishī included, and the right to a mysterious destiny at the top of the Tower’s 1,000+ floors, un-reached in over 50,000 years. Through this explanation, both Oishī and Kunai would be very vocal in their excitement.

Porter would then summon Marie, a failed climber from the 5th Floor, whom she consumed and absorbed to demonstrate the mentioned attributes, as well as the fate that would await failures, horrifying most but further exciting and arousing Oishī. Porter chose to leave further "mumbo jumbo" explanations of the Tower to higher floors, though. Instead, she set the rules of the 1st Floor's challenge: the group would be spread across a vast maze, and would have to survive getting back to the stage. Only 2 of the group would survive the feeding frenzy, the doors to the next floor opening after that fact. Presumably, Oishī and Kunai were teleported, together, to a distant part of the maze.

What Oishī did after this is unclear, as the next hint of her actions was she and Kunai potentially being heard in the distance by Syl, prompting she and Ashley to seek shelter with Dawn to escape her. At this time, she may have consumed one of her fellow competitors - a centaur - though this could also have been Kunai's doing. She may have also consumed other competitors - as she would later hint at - but this was ultimately unconfirmed.

A warning Dawn gave to Ashley - “When you get cat-called and don’t answer, be sure not to hesitate!” - would also allude to Oishī.

Just prior to arriving at the stage room, Oishī would capture and absorb a fellow predator - a mermaid - through her cleavage, while Kunai would deal with the mermaid's golem companion, as well as a giantess who would attempt to escape into the stage before ultimately being caught.

Entering the stage room through the last unlocked door, the pair encountered a terrified Ashley - at that time one of the only other members of the group left uneliminated - feeling confident enough to gloat and flaunt their apparent superiority, despite buying Ashley's claim that she had eaten Syl. Carrying over from her prior interest, Oishī chose Ashley as her final meal of the floor. Oishī would then be abruptly ambushed by a stealthed Syl, while Ashley attempted to overpower Kunai. This would only last for a short time, Oishī incapacitating Syl using her eye charm ability, though sheepishly admitting to an exasperated Kunai that she forgotten she had it.

After further prodding by Kunai, Oishī would set upon Ashley as well, catching her with her charm and leaving both her and Syl incapacitated in a drunken, lustful miasma. Failing to notice Ashley snapping out of this almost immediately, Oishī would turn to Kunai, the pair bantering over their next course. In particular, Oishī would chide Kunai for her lack of creativity in her intended approach to dealing with Syl. This would prove to be the cat girl's undoing.

Ashley would catch Oishī off guard, beginning to consume her before she could comprehend what was going on. Though Oishī would put up some resistance - most of it loud - Ashley would eventually overpower the cruel cat, swallowing her whole and leaving Ashley with a massive, wobbling gut. Kunai would follow, entering Syl's stomach.

Oishī would put up a violent struggle, but it proved fruitless. Not long after, Ashley's body absorbed Oishī completely, the cat girl fighting til her last moment.

Only a tiny bit of belly pudge on Ashley's front would remain as evidence of her existence. ***(Floor 1- The Gateway)***

## Abilities

* **Charm:** Oishī possessed an ability that allowed her, through eye contact, to mentally push targets into a state of drunken, lustful stupor, bringing their guard down. This caused her eyes to glow for the duration, and required concentration to maintain. The charm would immediately be broken if Oishī was otherwise distracted or surprised, and could also be resisted by certain individuals through unknown means, most notably Ashley Gray.

## Equipment

* **Cloak:** Before coming to the Tower, Oishī would acquire a cloak to conceal her appearance. Not the stealthy type, however, she would ditch it shortly after her arrival.

## Prey Tracker

**Total Prey:** Confirmed 001 - Possibly 002 - Potentially more unconfirmed

### Detailed Record

* *Unnamed Centaur* - 1F [Oral? - Ambiguous. Could have been Kunai.] ***(Floor 1- The Gateway)***
* *Unnamed Mermaid* - 1F [Cleavage] ***(Floor 1- The Gateway)***

## Relationships

### Affiliations

* **Start Group 20200517-E‏‎:** This is the group of 20 climbers that Oishī was a part of on the 1st Floor. Outside of Kunai, Oishī showed no interest in truly getting to know any of them beyond minor encounters before she'd consume one of them.

### Friends

* **Kunai:** It can be inferred that Oishī and Kunai got along, most of their banter being darkly friendly. It is unclear exactly how much of this was for show, though, and whether the pair were truly friends or simply close partners was ambiguous. What is known, however, is that Oishī felt confident enough to joke around, while Kunai seemed genuinely upset and angry when Oishī was caught by Ashley, so regardless of the true nature of their relationship, it was evidently a strong bond.

### Enemies

* **Ashley Gray:** Oishī was one of Ashley's first true enemies in the Tower. Oishī made no secret of her perverse interest in Ashley and intention to rule victorious, while Ashley's fear and later fear-tinged dislike of the cat girl was readily apparent, as she and Kunai went out of their way to intimidate and absorb everyone in their path, taking particular pleasure in attempting to subjugate Ashley and Syl, especially after Ashley's failed ruse.
* **Syl:** Oishī was one of Syl's first true enemies in the Tower, albeit indirectly through Ashley. Many of the same issues that stood between Oishī and Ashley applied to her opinion of Syl as well, though the limits of her encounters with the elf prior to their final confrontation were in Oishī stealing a jug of water from her table, and later being attacked by her from stealth, an act which Oishī quickly incapacitated her from via her eye charm.

### Others

* **Porter:** Oishī's opinion of Porter is mixed. While excited by the gatekeepers displays of power and having been aware of her for some time, Oishī is apparently well aware of Porter's power, though perhaps not as fearful of it as Kunai, as the aforementioned lizard woman had to remind the cat girl not to displease their host when she came close to consuming Ashley before proceedings had actually begun.

## Trivia

* Oishī's name is Japanese for 'delicious' or 'tasty'. When combined with Kunai's name to form 'Oishīkunai', it means ‘not tasty’, for a fun naming couplet.