The Misadventures of Shangri-La Chapter 1 - Raccoons on the Run! TO THE TOWN OF SHANGRI-LA!
A place of beauty, peace and harmony. Aside from all the past history of corruption and feuding that will soon play a large part in destroying this idyllic paradise setting.
As Mayor Khushrenada awoke to begin the day, he was surprised to get news from his secretary Isabelle telling him that there were 30 new villagers in town for him to meet. How was this possible? Hadn't he made his intentions clear that he was going to break the Nook monopoly. Why would Tom Noon suddenly invest in making more houses for villagers with the potential that he would never get his money back? Khushrenada went to investigate.
This could be trouble......
Hurrying over to the celebrations happening for the opening of the new police station, Mayor Khushrenada gave an impassioned speech for the villagers to rise up and storm Nook Homes and throw off the economic burden he has imposed on them all for too long. With the crowd in a frenzy, they grabbed some torches and pitchforks and prepared to storm Nook Homes.
The villagers marched on Nook Homes only to find it closed which was odd. Nook Homes was never closed at this time of day. Storming it, they discovered it empty with Tom Nook nowhere to be found. Maybe he's hiding out at the T & T Marketplace, suggested someone and the mob then marched over there to storm and torch it. However, it was also closed. Breaking in, they discoved the place empty with no one inside or any merchandise around. The only things left were some empty costume boxes in the stockroom.
"What do you think this means?" asked Booker.
Mulling it over, the answer dawns on Mayor Khushrenada along with a realization of the dreadful consequences it entails. "Tom Nook and his cronies have disguised themselves using these costumes. That is why there are so many new villagers in town. It is so that they can blend in unnoticed along with all the new faces. They knew we were coming," Mayor Khushrenada explained.
Mayor Khushrenada quickly orders Porter to close the gates to make sure they don't escape as well as to keep anymore new villagers from coming in to confuse the situation and allowing the Nook clan to change disguises and keep hiding.
With that, notices were posted on the bulletin board and letters were sent to all villagers to apprise them of the situation. These notices advised all citizens to keep an eye out on their neighbors and report any suspicious activity to City Hall where there would be a brief non-trial and the accused would be killed to be safe. In the meantime, to keep Tom Nook from having an advantage and being able to spot his enemies, Mayor Khushrenada enacted a Villager Task Force Town Ordinance to help weed out the Nook Mafia. It was to be composed of Booker, Dr. Shrunk and Phineas. They were to conduct their manhunt for the Nook Mafia undercover by also disguising themselves like other villagers to blend in with the crowd and keep Tom Nook from being able to target them easily.
With that accomplished, Mayor Khushrenada sat back and waited for the results of this new law to come in. Maybe he should go and collect some seashells while he waited. Yes, that sounded like the best use of his time now. Off he went to the beach unaware of the other sinister forces also preparing to act in this newly created chaos......