The akuma had eight hands.
Eight.
"What the fresh hell is this?" Queen Bee screamed. "Seriously! What is this?"
"A spider?" Ladybug looked distinctly uncomfortable. "A lady spider riding a tiger. Holding...things? I'm confused."
The akuma was indeed holding things. And was also riding a tiger. And her powers were seemingly completely random.
"I am Karma!" The woman screamed. "And I will show you divinity!"
"If that is seriously a lady spider riding a tiger, I'm just gonna go ahead and nope on outta here." Rena Rouge muttered from next to Chat.
"Karma?" Chat frowned. Eight hands...riding a tiger... He felt like he should know this, but he was completely distracted by the effects of this akuma. Some people fell to their knees, or prostrated themselves, and started fervently praying. some dropped and started meditating. Some people simply acted happy. Others started babbling. The rest just dropped. In fact, the tiger seemed to be the only normal thing - it's claws were tearing things to shreds as the akuma rampaged.
"This is not 'karma'," Chat muttered, "this is chaos."
Nodding, Rena lifted her flute. A few notes produced copied of the group, including the missing Jade Turtle. The copies leapt into the fray, distracting the akuma while trying not to get hit.
"Bee, Chat, start relocating casualties." Ladybug ordered. "Especially the wanderers - they're completely oblivious to the danger. Rena, keep up the diversions - see if you can lure her away from Chat and Bee. Help me look for the item, it has to be-"
Chat didn't stick around to listen to more: he knew the drill. Grounding his baton, he dropped in, grabbing a man who was wandering too close to the tiger's slashing claws.
"Hello friend!" The man beamed as Chat landed next to him. "What a lovely day! Are you well? I hope you're doing well!"
"I'm great. Could you do me a favor and head that way?" Chat smiled at him as he pointed away from the akuma's current path. "And maybe take a few others with you?"
"I would love to help you." The man beamed. "And make some new friends! Oh yes, friends are wonderful."
As the man turned to leave, Chat reached down, hauling up one of the people and leapt away.
"Hey!" The lady squawked indignantly. "You interrupted me!"
"Do you really think this is the time for that?" Chat asked her.
"Nothing should interrupt your daily devotions." The woman frowned at him severely. "How dare you ignore the tenants of the faith?"
Chat set her down in a side alley. "Well then, continue here, where it's safer."
The woman fell to her knees, hands clasped in front of her.
Rinse, repeat. People praying had to be forcibly moved, cheerful ones were happy enough to leave on their own (though they could get distracted when they met new "friends" and got to chatting). The unconscious ones Chat simply moved to a safer location, and arranged them as comfortably as he quickly could.
"My Lady!" Chat called, landing at her flank as her yo-yo spun. Ladybug didn't even spare him a glance, though her lips quirked at the sound of his voice. "Have you found the item?"
"We think so." Ladybug said. "Necklace."
Chat studied the akuma, who was wearing a myriad of jewelry. "I see it: thin chain, gold, small pendant?"
