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: Stepping up beside her sister, Royal gestures to one of Vannen's hopeless subordinates, raising one hand to make a V-sign over her mouth and stick her tongue out while two other hands throw up the horns and wave them at him in a dismissive tsk-tsk. "Queens don't have to explain themselves, ya peasant!" The vainglorious <DRAGON> members stocks and ego plummet rapidly in the wake of the psychic snipe.
: Charlotte raises her Grapple target a foot higher, levitating him telekinetically due to the height difference. "Villains working under the guise of altruism is a tacky look, even for your guild. You know what your little master.. what all of your officers corp has done." Using both hands to sheath her sword, Charlotte takes on a classical dueling stance, preparing to draw. "We won't allow you, him or anyone else doing this for impure reasons to triumph, to even prosper.. or.. to throw that power around." She grips her swords hilt. "I have two sisters and all of Dragonsblood and anyone else who harms them will experience my anger! Glimpse an Infinite Veil! BANISHING BLADE!" In an act of profound overkill Charlotte burns an item Daily power and quick draws her sword, sending the two flying into the first solid object that can stop their flight. P4 is knocked out utterly, Vannenglory is knocked onto his chest in a stupor. This resolves the current encounter, though you're still In Combat. Charlotte looks to Royal and .Attak and tilts her head for a moment before flashing a thumbs up and gesturing to the Northern Stairs in the formerly sealed room.
: Descending down into the manufacturing center, .attak looks as imposing as ever, an extra giant dog sparking and swirling with potentialities. Keeping pace with his allies, he sniffs the air (active perception 44) for the smells of lizardmen in waiting. His ears twitch in time with the ghostly cheering.
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: Jubilette howls.. with laughter! "TACKY!!! HAHAHAHA! What the gently caress are you doing here?!"
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: "Hamedo!" Before Charlotte can act he thrusts a hand forward and invokes a split second vacuum pulse that violently explodes. Attak can only hear his teammates gasping and an explosion. Jubilette wrestles around with him, pausing briefly to calcify her hand around his throat and anchor it. The rest of her leans to one side and inhales a consumable that dissolves into her chest like a commercial mint.
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(My thanks to everyone for enduring this wait. Initially things were going on in multiple parallel conversations in Discord that I intended to neatly transfer to the thread within 2 months at the most. Then 2020 happened as well as some personal loss of my inner fire, necessitating another long break. Then again, it took seven months during/after Other City, didn't it? Ah well. Thanks to my players and luck willing any lurking readers. I'll provide recaps and then things are back to normal pace, ideally.) PREVIOUSLY ON DIGITAL DEVIL WORLDS... The party ventured to the Other Shore for a culmination of shadows and emotions originating from their friend, Akane, leading to a confrontation with a secondary group of antagonists working in the shadow of ORDER. Bishop(Adachi) and Braxienne(Allison) as well as Hiro(Kane) fought the party with the use of a weapons grade summoning scroll, conjuring up a primal Demon lord. Your math teacher, Adachi, has sided with you following the distinct treachery of Allison and Kane and you were able to help the Hattori sisters. In the wake of everything the two guilds Ailuridae(or the Red Panda Appreciation Society, a seemingly benign casual hang out guild) and ORDER(or the Order of the Divine Way, your traditionally ostentatious try-hard world-first guild title) have dissolved. It is clear that you can't trust White_Blade, the guild leader of Ailuridae any further, and that the heads of ORDER are all well aware of the Game and actively scheming against each other. If nothing else Isabella the Controller and Thaddeus the Striker are well-prepared to make their own bids for winning the zero-sum prize. You don't know them in real life or what they would wish for... but you find that their online personas aren't good indications of what to expect. Summary Post of past Isabella conversations. --- Akio discovering Isabella's Keylogger Part 1, Part 2 Tsukiyo meeting Genjuro Part 1, Part 2 Dragonsblood raiding Noriko's Mindscape Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Akio and Noriko meeting Anne and Shio at Nekketsu Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 Shiokaze Kidnapped! Meeting with Isabella, Full Accusations Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Itsumi and Hiroko Adventure Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Noriko and Akio Spying on Mister Adachi Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 Tsukiyo breaks into Genjuro's Condo Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 Takashi, Akane and Takano raiding a Dragonsblood Mindscape Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (Ongoing) --- (These posts are still being cleaned up but I will summarize their plot threads in my next post Friday night.) Doomykins fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Jun 27, 2020 |
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(Making a date edit: Shiokaze Kidnapped occurs on Friday, June 12, meaning that the Sunday deadline occurs on Sunday, June 14. This is to give some breathing room between events, as that will be a side scene playing out in Discord and not tethered to a hard time it occurs between other events.) (I also need to edit a scene closure from earlier, with Noriko, Akane and Akio Spying on Mr Adachi.) (And finally I will continue steadily touching up the earlier linked scenes. I also plan to expand past this post to some surprises for the Online side of things. And I still need to finish Takashi's online raid scene, though it is safe to assume the outcome was HATES THADDEUS.) --- Akio, Noriko: (Scene Finish for Spying on Mr Adachi.)  : As Noriko and Akio console Dahlia and peer through the sensitive information she was able to photograph with Akio's phone, Akane in her full-punk disguise carefully creeps closer to the Adachi household as your teacher closes the front door and heads in. : "Ah, Mitsuki? Kenji? Where are you?"(note to self: update pogs) Adachi Mitsuki: "RIKU! You'll never believe what happened..!" The lady of the house thunders downstairs, enshrouded in full menacing aura! : "Nin-nin.." Akane hides by the front door and windows and reaches up, fondling her own chin with both hands until a little ethereal *fwish* precedes her fingers shifting through her own skin. She gently lifts up a shimmering visage of her own skull and guides the wisp to phase most of the way into the wall.--- : A few moments later Akane rejoins Noriko and Akio, giving Akio a big showy hug around one arm and a friends kiss on the cheek. "I got it~!" Alongside real life contact information for Thaddeus, you obtain a time and date for Mister Adachi meeting with Allison. A spycraft success! The three of you get away before Mr Adachi's description of your oddities might lead his formidable wife to look for you.--- The Week of June 8-14 Music Monday, Everyone, At School, Lunch: A great deal of information has passed between the lot of you. Takashi has confronted and seen the extent of Thaddeus' nascent elite goons and other outsiders Isabelle has drawn together to help him. Akio has an uncomfortable ultimatum hanging over his head to meet with her, where the same Isabelle will tell him how to destroy Thaddeus, yet it feels nothing good can come from a meeting he has been extorted into attending. Tsukiyo has drifted away from the group yet is in deep, discovering how deep the strange new ties Genjuro has with unknown assailants willing to use force and blackmail to control others. Now Tsukiyo has your Overseer Redd Hott over a barrel after exposing her as another spy on your group, forcing her to return the favor and spy on her own taskmasters, yet will likely be called to attend them as well, forcing Tsukiyo to keep up the same facade. At least Jun and Manami are able to help her with that. Akio and Noriko have pulled together a surprising amount of information, including a chance to spy on Mr Adachi meeting with Isabelle's best goon, Allison, before a planned departure? And a great boon, real life contact info for the med school big-brained college student behind the lizard-brained Thaddeus. And last but not least, Itsumi has come upon other non-ORDER guild figures flexing muscle all the way into real life, including with gangster ties! Do <Fishy Gits> send others to sleep with fishes?! You've been through a lot after being drawn into this scheming duel by Takamura. Maybe he doesn't entirely deserve justice for his murder, yet however you feel about it, it is clear that remaining in the game will bring you into worse confrontations. --- Akio, Itsumi, Noriko, Takashi: There's still no sign of Kane returning to school. Akio finds himself unofficially drafted into the Hattoris confidence with Noriko. Takano catches Takashi in the hall and Itsumi at the Student Council room, beckoning to her boyfriend sweetly that she has a surprise and confidently inviting Itsumi to share her own discoveries with the others. The first thing at stake, however, is the group sharing information... and the immediate decision of what to do with the hottest piece of information discovered.  : Eating cleanly and deliberately from a homemade lunch, senpai watches Akio and Noriko as she leads the conversation. ".. To say I disapprove of your improvisation would ruin suspension of disbelief faster than the last Skull Blaster movie, so we'll drop it. I want you to tell me what you're thinking of doing." Her gaze is firm, serious. You know she's tasked you to spy on Adachi, so the question of the follow-up is inevitable, simply a matter of being there on the proper date and time.: Grabbing a handful of her matching lunch from the stylish box with a few extra cookies set on the side, Akane ruins the proper caloric value of this meal by sipping on a bottled sweet tea. "You wanted us to take initiative! Well, if we catch Thaddy without his goon squad and kick his rear end, that's like ripping the head off the dragon!": "It's more of a hydra here.": "Pfft, with 2 heads, maybe. We'd be halfway there." Akane looks over to Akio, then Takashi, then Noriko and winks at each before making a chopping motion with her hand to the center of the table. "And it's the worst head, too!"--- Tsukiyo: It feels like forever since you could do this, to sit down next to...  : "Tsuki!" Miho is extra bubbly in the last week, still burning with the passion from Other Shore. "How was your weekend?" Right, the time Tsukiyo almost died entombed in an air conditioning vent. That weekend. "Did you do anything fun?! I really miss having you guys over at the Inn.." She breaks a pair of chopsticks and bows her head with a classic itadakimasu before starting into a little beef bowl.Usually Manami would join your group but she's called out sick today. 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 Akio // Monday, June 8th - Lunch"You've got that right," Akio agrees, minding his table manners as he speaks. "Thaddeus is a pig and I'd enjoy kicking his rear end, but it might be a mistake to take him on before we know what Isabelle is planning. It's like she wants us to clash," he says with a frown. "On the other hand, if we defeat him before when she's making me meet her in person, well, she can't very well keep threatening me to tell Thaddeus our home addresses and identities if he's no longer in the game, right? On the other, other hand, I might end up learning something useful from that meeting, but I doubt it's going to be freely given." He sighs and picks up his chopsticks and continues eating from his homemade lunch with plenty of meat and rice.
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Tsukiyo - June 8th, Lunch Tsukiyo gives a weak wave towards Miho after finding her in the cafeteria, heading towards her seat and putting her bento lunch next to her. When her girlfriend asks about the fateful events of the last weekend, however, the samurai girl spends almost an entire minute in awkward silence, trying to find the best possible way to avoid explaining that she not only faced death on Gen's apartment but also had a terrible nightly rendezvous with Eri which ended with the latter's abduction and interrogation. "I caught up in homework." is the chosen excuse before she starts to eat from her own food box. "The Inn, huh... did something weird happened on the beach since that day, by the way? I was worried that I might have dragged you into trouble..."
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The Week of June 8-14, School Lunch Music Akio, Itsumi, Noriko, Takashi: Akane nods along until Takano sets her dish down a bit hard, causing a sudden startling noise. : "It is exactly what she wants, the trick is to figure out why so we can foil it! And I don't like you going to see her because she has to have that planned out too. Everything she does is to a specific end, she plays every situation the same way. Never engages without victory being assured, never commits anything that isn't already temporary, never saw an exploit she didn't like." Senpai sizes Akio up and then her features soften with heartfelt concern. "Drawing you in isn't spur of the moment or coincidental. You're in real trouble.": "So beat up Thadd, take both their teeth out." Akane peers over to her sister with puppy dog eyes, then tries to get serious. ".. Well, we should at least go snoop on him too. That is the most mature and least risky "confrontation", right?! And he's a walking catalogue of ego disorders, he has to screw up and leak something!" The sisters look to the rest of you for input and conversation. Now is the time to make a plan of action!Tsukiyo: A beat passes between the two of you as Miho rests her hands, looking directly at Tsukiyo with concern and just a touch of disbelief. : She exhales through her nose and looks bemused. "Tsuki-chan is still a bad liar. But.. I don't wanna push you." She eats contentedly. "Is Manami-chan OK?"--- Online, Some Night This Week Everyone: Logging into Digital Devil Worlds to unwind, chat, take stock of things or just alter your load outs you all become aware that your Mindscapes are unusually popular recently, extra crowded tonight.  : In each of your Velvet Rooms Shikome speaks, sharing her general sentiment with your group but in five subtly different tones, including accounting for Tsukiyo being divided from the others. "Ambrose, there's four people spending all hours of the day at your library.." "Mister Attack, your ship is crowded every night, including right now!" "Miss Bright, there's something weird going on in your little town.." "Mori-chan! I think your recruitment ad got a lot of feedback!" "Ah.. uhm, Miss Flagelo, there's a few people bearing arms at your shrine.."To Everyone: "And whenever you're ready, I know you'd want to clear out some of the money you made in the Other Shore! Teufelsbrucke is open to you and.." Your little attendant bats her blue-velvelt sleeves together, too long for her hands by about six inches. "Nobody could take you in a fight, even in a griefer zone!" She looks up from beneath her extra long sea of white hair and beams with pride.
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Akio // Monday, June 8th - Lunch "I know, Takano-senpai. She said she was going to make me taste defeat," Akio says with a pained grimace, then looks over at Akane. "I like the idea of snooping on Thaddeus, but let's put off beating him up for now. I don't want to play into Isabelle's hand if we can avoid it." "I'm concerned about what Kane is up to as well, I haven't seen him since the school trip. He never invited me over to his place when we used to hang out, but he told me he lived alone with his mother. I'm guessing he's not living there anymore, but it might be worth going over to speak with his mother to see if she knows anything?"  Ambrose <the Black Blade> // Bibliotheca Argentea"All hours of the day? Their thirst for knowledge must be great indeed," Ambrose says sarcastically. "Thank you for bringing it to my attention, Shikome. I better go see for myself what they are up to." He gets up from his desk and heads for the teleporter in his office. "I'll coordinate with the others regarding Teufelsbrucke later, I've got my shopping list written already." He steps onto the pad and teleports down to the communal area of his mindscape and starts looking for the quartet.
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 Tsukiyo - June 8th, Lunch"Argh." Tsukiyo looks down, immediately struck with guilt once her bluff is called out. "S-sorry, I've been through a real lot lately, especially with trying to look into the stuff that happened last night... But yeah, me and Manami have been in touch, and she's fine. I think. She should be here, shouldn't her?" She fiddles a bit with her phone, sending a message to her... and another to Itsumi. To Itsumi posted:Tsukiyo: Hey To Manami posted:Tsukiyo: R u with Jun?  Flagelo - Velvet Room"What is it now, more Hattori toadies trying to mess around?" Of course, that would be the best possible scenario. The worst of course could be that word of Eri's failure could have gone out and "Mister X" have sent people to scout her out. In either case, she'll meet them head on. "Yeah, I guess I can take anyone on ORDER head-on, can I? I'd like it to be the truth, but... going alone is going to be hard..."
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 Kasaya ItsumiItsumi listens for a break in the action before revealing what happened with the man at the Pier, "Hey, uh... so I went and saved this guy at the pier after listening in on the police scanner for anyone in trouble... Anyway, it turns out he was being harassed but a bunch of yakuza-like people. They were shaking him down because he borrowed gold from his guild, 'Fishy Gits', and then quit. Do any of you know anything about that guild, other than its awful name?"
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(Our good friend Mortify is stepping out so Takashi will be NPC'd.) School, Lunch  : "Was is that easy? I thought you were sent to watch him, not break into his house.": "I understand not trusting Sensei, but it doesn't follow that he could lay a trap for you if he doesn't know you're going into his bedroom. Maybe if he was truly paranoid..": Akane peers over to Akio, looking his lunch over for a second before focusing on him. "I thought Isabelle was going to sic you guys on Thadd anyway. I can see how it works.. we hate the guy, so just wind us up and set us loose? I mean.." she peers over to Noriko, typically saucy eyebrows reversed in arches of concern. "She had to know you'd run into him at the Fortune House. Maybe.. maybe that was set up the entire way? And that little poo poo attacked you!": "While I agree that attacking him is pushing our luck.. currently.. we should still gather information. No engagements.." Senpai looks down her nose at Akio and Noriko in then. Then Akane, who lets out a shrill eep! "And no extra adventures. Look up his social media and spy on him?" She straightens up a bit, squaring her shoulders. "It would take a few who can pass as college students, if he is living on dorm. I believe I would qualify.. and could keep group safety at a premium.": Having lost track of his lunch briefly to watch Takano, Takashi boots back to awareness, imitates the squaring up motion and speaks with confidence: "Then I'll be going too!": ".. and I want to know what we can do to help you, Akio. There's no suicide missions here."Akane leans over to grip Akio's arm to lend him assurance. And to lance part of his lunch with her sticks. --- Tsukiyo:  : You get a quick text back from Manami: "Yeah! Where are you!? Don't tell me you're at school!"
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(pretend this is in the same post as above) Itsumi replies to Tsukiyo's text promptly: quote:> Sure --- (Still part of the above post) Itsumi thinks for a second and responds to Akio, "I think I agree. Isabelle seems to be the more pressing concern here. He's just a horny dragon right now..." --- (again, still above) "Thanks, Shikome!" she says before connecting to her mindscape to investigate.
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Akio // Monday, June 8th - Lunch "I appreciate your concern," Akio replies to Takano even as his eyes are focused on Akane, giving her a dirty look as she pinches some of his food in the least subtle way ever. "...but I'm not sure what to do about it." He cracks a smile, letting the little imp get away with her ill-gotten gains, then looks straight at Takano. "As I see it there's no way that I can avoid going to the meeting if we don't deal with Thaddeus in advance, which we've already established is something we don't want to do. We could try fortifying our homes, place down sentry wards and inscribe teleportation circles that'd let us rush to each other's aid, and so on, but no one knows better than you and I that there's no such thing as a perfect defense. Given enough time Thaddeus would find a vulnerability to exploit." He shakes his head. "It's better if I'm the only one that's exposed to danger, especially seeing as that creep has a fixation for Noriko in game." He turns his head to Noriko and looks at her with concern. "I don't think Isabelle intends to kill me, at least."
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Online Music Akio, At Bibliotheca Argentea:  As you teleport into your own grand library you come upon a set of four figures of impressively high level, various auras and multi-layered enchantments pulsing raw magical energy from each of them. They are quite at home, poring over the most advanced tomes in your Mindscape. Based upon your own knowledge and experiences these would be detailing the anatomy of greater constructs, undead and outsiders. As you arrive they gradually take notice!  : Fatal_Flame is a striking tiefling man, nearly naked, his very presence increasing the temperature of the room. An infernal presence is obvious, undoubtedly a Warlock. "Ahh, Sir Ambrose greets us! It is an honor, sir!" He rises and pulls off a full body bow to the floor, where his horns clink against the tile. : A fully monstrous Gorgon by the name of Zzztheno does not get up from a luxury recliner, sunken into it with snakes draped over the top. "It really is about time. We've been ever so eager to answer your invitation, Master." : Opting for the floor a copper Dragonborn in tribal pelts and ornaments is larger than humans but not the hulking giant you'd expect from the lizard-brained Dragonsblood goons. He is unguilded and simply known as <Radiant> Huitzil. He sits up and brings his palms together, bowing his head respectfully. "Lord Ambrose." : The odd one out is recognizable as <Nasty> Noxia, the green-scaled dragonborn seen with Thaddeus in Noriko's Mindscape, and the girl Isabelle fingered as owning Barnabus. Indeed, she has the fat owl as her in-game familiar, sitting on the chair she briefly ducks behind. She slowly rises and bows her head quietly towards you, her guild tag conspicuously absent.Itsumi, at Sunny Swenett:  All seems well in your sunflower ringed city. Exactly the sort of friendly, inviting place that players of all levels should feel free to stop by and unwind, do some socializing, some trading, some group finding. Shikome mentioned things had grown strange around here. As you pass through the city nothing seems amiss at all. Some people even pass and greet you warmly.. Passive Perception, Itsumi: Your digital bags suddenly feel a semi-random number of coins lighter. Your senses aren't sharp enough to catch who did it but you can see a short figure quickly rounding into an alley, breaking into a run after their disciplined walk to the corner! Noriko, at The Garden of Persephone: At the Garden you find things have been reconstructed, so to speak. Nothing spells "garden of the dead" like large black trees regrowing from the ashes of Thaddeus' shenanigans. Waiting for you in the publicly accessible parts is a large brooding pact of ah.. a certain flavor of player, many with role-playing addons flags, titles and profiles waiting to be read by curious onlookers, but mostly each other. Several stand out as particularly high level, Epic or close to it.       Old style demons, brooding boys(oh, Akane is missing out!), bloody clerics, dark knights, stylish vampires and a strange one, a Gold-Scale Dragonborn Paladin. Maybe she got lost looking for ORDER or some holy-themed undead fighting clown show. They all respectfully and reverently watch you, waiting for you to speak... a bit too long, in fact. But then again your call did indicate a heavy roleplay tag! Takashi, at The Drifter:  The imposingly large .attak joins his familiar airship arena, spying a set of strange customers waiting for something. As they all rise at the sight of him, it's an easy guess what it was.      Tsukiyo, at the Tower of Victory:  You find four players paired off into two active PvP duels sparring at the foots of the temple. A wild bunch to be sure, all high level and full of vigor and very active, very deliberate efforts to truly win. There is no casual engagement or play here. You're sure if you could hear them their mice and keyboards would be clicking furiously.     A harpie lashes at a drill-handed man with the talons of her feet, sparks flying with each pass. A cocksure archer kites a relentless bull-headed man of a towering, stout frame brandishing a heavy mace and thick blade. And closest to you is somebody startled by your appearance, turning around and shivering nervously.  : A Kobold! ... A level 3 Kobold! Frederickson <Aspiring Hero> bows repeatedly to Tsukiyo, backing away as she advances to stay out of her path! "G-G-Good evening, Miss Flagello! Wow! I can't believe I can s-s-see you! Y-you must be s-s-so busy, hahahaha.." It's a mystery how scales can sweat but Fred is managing, rubbing the back of his head. He looks wildly outclassed, wearing a simple leather armor and cloak set with bog standard short sword and light shield.
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Ambrose <the Black Blade> // Bibliotheca Argentea "I'm pleased to see there's an audience for the advanced topics. Welcome to my library." Ambrose regards each of the four in turn and acknowledges them with a small nod. As he gets to Noxia his eyes linger on her with a sharp stare for a moment. For what reason had she come here? She seemed to realize she was placing herself at risk. No guild tag? Interesting. Ambrose breaks off his stare and looks over to the Gorgon, Zzztheno, and arches an eyebrow. "My invitation? I don't recall sending one."
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Flagelo - Tower of Victory Ahh, yeah, people are coming here in droves to fight, huh. Maybe picking on someone for sparring could help her vent some steam. But... it seems a little lizard is on the way. Gosh, how long has it been that she was level three? Despite it only been a few months or so she felt that four years have passed since then, with so much stuff to deal with! "Hm... Oh. Yo. You looking for someone to spar with?" She says while giving a friendly wave to the Kobold.
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Noriko - Withered Garden of Persephone Though death had come to the garden once again, the shambling processions of spirits continued to move onward, as if nothing had been disturbed. Memento-Mori moves among the throng, lingering before the group of strangers, but her avatar has a strange, shadowy quality to it.  A Shade of Persephone, Lost to Spring: "...again, death comes to the garden. an inevitable end, hastened by another futile gesture. in her absence, the garden may wither..." Her avatar flickers and fades, and a thick fog rolls over the valley, consuming the spirits and closing in around the group, leaving only the space they are standing in. When the fog clears, the group has shifted deeper into the instance, standing on a bridge over a frozen river just beginning to thaw. A Torii gate looms ahead, but a heavy mist obscures the path. Something stirs in the river below.  Corpses flow downstream at a steady rate, unimpeded by the ice flowing around them. As the strangers look down into the water, one of the corpses slows, opening it's eyes. She rises up from the water.  At first in a daze, she shortly becomes aware of her surroundings, making her way to the shore. Shaking weeks or perhaps months of accumulated snow from a nearby tree, she pulls a frozen shrine maiden's robe from the branches, donning it before making her way to the bridge.  Callista, <River Guide> gestures towards the river. "Do you see how they clog the shores? We must drink of it to live. We must rely on it's bounty to feed our families. Yet it takes lives without mercy... An overflowing river, a breaking dam, a tsunami or typhoon... even so much as a slippery rock on an isolated shore. And as surely as the water may take life, it may give it anew. Each of these lost souls did not go to waste. The sea thrives on the bounty they provide. The cycle continues." She turns towards a red Torii gate, and a path up the mountains. Without saying another word, she moves up the path.  The mountain path gives way to snowed over forests, trees stripped of bark and scorched, but still showing signs of life. At times, the trail disappears, Callista scrabbling up a rock or through a bush, only occasionally slowing to make sure the others were keeping pace. Crossing a narrow land bridge, she leads them into a clearing, a path in the forest.  A natural gate in the forest, bound with rope stands dormant. Callista places her hand upon one of the trees. "Winter can not rule the land forever. From death comes new life. The ashes of the fire of autumn and melting snows of winter bring forth the bounty of spring. Life, as inexorable as death." The gate springs to life.  Looking at them expectantly, she gestures towards the gate. "Well? She's waiting for you." Moving deeper into the instance, they arrive at a grove of cherry blossoms, fully in bloom, lush growth unimpeded by the cold or the ice they are rooted in. Birds crowd the tree branches, little black birds with shiny feathers and inquisitive eyes. Jays, jackdaws, rooks, magpies, and of course, many, many crows and ravens. Each pair of eyes is intently locked on the party of travelers as they gather in the center of the grove. "Live your life while you have it. Make the most of what you have. And remember that you will die. Good luck." Callista turns and heads back down the path, leaving them alone in the clearing, as the birds begin to stir in the trees overhead. One by one, they take to the sky, gradually circling one another and tightening formation until they begin to coalesce into a solid mass...   [Area Broadcast]: Persephone comes to her garden. Winter falls upon the earth, as spring returns to the underworld.  Memento-Mori appears before the group, fully manifested in her new avatar. Hovering in the air above, she looks down the mountain below. With a snap of her fingers, the lush growth expands outwards from the sakura grove, sweeping down the valley. Structures seem to grow forth as freely as trees and flowers, and in moments the entire glacier range is full of life again.  "Welcome to my garden, outsiders. Thank you for accepting my invitation. I apologize for the mess that has been made of my home, and for any trouble you had in reaching this grove. My garden is a shrine to the endless cycle - birth, death, and the life that springs from it. A place to contemplate the true meaning and value of death. Each of you has your reasons for coming here today. Who are you? Why do you want to become Nokanshi?"
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Kasaya ItsumiText to Tsukiyo posted:> Sure, I'll see you there Itsumi shows up promptly to the meeting place with Tsukiyo, greeting her warmly as she arrives, "Hey, Tsuki-chan, what's up?" --- Itsumi's mindscape As soon as she notices the thief's presence, she blinks towards them in rapid succession, hoping to appear right in front of them, causing them to run into her.
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Tsukiyo "Icchan!" Tsukiyo waves warmly at her, crossing her arms and letting out a drawn sigh. "Yeah, there's uh... some stuff I got to tell you that happened since the Beach incident. I... didn't had anyone else to contact without making it too awkward, you know. But yeah, I did some... 'research' with Manami and Jun and well..." She begins to brief Itsumi in detail about their invasion plan on Genjuro's apartment, what happened there and the consequences which followed, leading up to the encounter with Eri/Redd and her being 'recruited' by them as a double agent in the operations of the 'Mastermind'...
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