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/ Friday - Other City (#beatthemidterms) "Where could he have gone!?" Takashi says fiercely, watching Itsumi run back towards the mural. If Itsumi is taken into the mural, Takashi will herd the others in and then follow as rear guard.
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Other City Music Indeed, Itsumi is also drawn into the mural and vanishes. The rest of you follow suit and discover Akio rooting through the lockers of a bathhouse. The only saving grace is that this seems to be the men's room. Akio: You discover an additional 700 Gold(140 each) among all of the small bills and loose change you can lift from wallets and clothing pockets... er, that is, giant money bag sacks and small urns that you smash on contact. Just like real life. quote:Sockerbagarn - I think I'll peep on him next, if this goes well You draw back the overly dramatic and massive stage-style curtain that covers the small tile walkway between the locker and the actual Men's Bath. A lone man with admirable musculature sits at the back of the smoothed faux-stone circular cropping of the bath, undressed and lounging in the great warmth. He is singing terribly, one of those modern retro-faux-80s pop songs.  : "My punch is or-a-cle, zo-zo-zooo~ Battle stance is in-tan-gi-ble, ho-ho-hooo~ Each day is special, each fist is mi-ra-cle wo-wo-woooo~" Ah, upperclassman Kunio! A great upstanding man that Akio knows well and Takashi has met before. In fact you agreed to join up with him as part of the Naoki toughs that'd be protecting any Naoki kids that get mixed up with Nekketsu kids tonight! He seems to be very deep in enemy territory at the moment!Ah, he pops one eye open as he notices all of you. He grins on recognition of the two boys and stands up, striding confidently towards your group. He is completely naked. He is a medium-weight. : "Takashi, Akio! It warms my heart to see you guys doing well tonight! If you're looking for a place to cool your hot blood, you've found it!" He turns and sweeps his arm, indicating the pristine bath. Without shame or hesitation, he looks over the rest of your party. "I'm sorry ladies, but this is the men's side." He sets his fists on his hips and casually lets the conversation flow. The sound of gentle rushing water gives this place a relaxed feeling compared to the rest of the warped city. Somewhere a shishi-odoshi goes *da-dunk*.
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Other City Music : "But he's not a Shadow, baka." You hear a few distant bing bings, maybe a wahoo. Ryuka must have grabbed a hand-held.: Kunio looks over his shoulder and grins at Itsumi. "Why are you out here at all? If you want safety you can stay at home until tomorrow. It's just one night..." Your group steps out of the spa and out into a massive area before an even larger dining hall... or the warped perception of it, a legendary karaoke bar with meat platters to die for and dozens of beers on tap. It looms over you, impossibly too large for the city, yet there and dominating the horizon all the same!    A nearby lamp post flickers wildly, radiating rampant sparks and the occasional arc of electricity that thankfully stays confined to the heavy metal framing it is made of. Off to the side is a decorative trio of great fountains all gently streaming water that pools around them and then passes along grating that moves under the sidewalk, subtly connecting the three. Between them is a colossal mass of metal and chains similar to the gate Genjuro set earlier. Perhaps he really doesn't want you there... yet you see nothing. : "Perception is everything, you know. Guys seem me stridin' like this... they know where I stand." He flexes a fist and doesn't even react(or isn't aware) of a brilliant aura of noble white light erupting around him, the very jacket blazing with Naoki's colors. The aura builds up swiftly and briefly flares up as tall as the karaoke bar! It fades away but a certain charm resonates with Kunio. "They also know that if they ain't ready for a guy this confident... to step off. S'fine by me. Smashing small fry ain't gonna impress no one... and ain't no manly bonds formed without a worthy fight." He strides forward a bit and glances up at the bar. "Hmm.. ya know..." He scratches the side of his face and seems a bit... bashful? His cheeks are red. "I thought ya came here 'cause Tsukiyo's supposed to represent Naoki now. Beat up that cute little shark-faced girl, Manami. And that was after Manami and her crew beat me up." He shrugs. "I guess things are different now, but I won't change. Nothing cool about decking a girl. In fact..." He peers up at the bar and resonates with that confidence again. "I hear Nekketsu's got a new banchou or two too. Even declared "truce" ground this year."Cold wind billows out of the open doors of the "bar" every so often. Everything around this part of the Other City seems more concrete, like the shadows are deeper here. After awhile you get accustomed to it and notice that silhouettes of people are walking around, wearing faded versions of the Shadow's masks. And beside them are the great glass coffins and the frozen figures of those lacking a connection to the night's affairs. A gust of hurricane force briefly flies out of the bar. Something is clearly active in there! As your senses have honed you notice a pair of brilliantly gleaming coffins sitting in the middle of Genjuro's Chains. Doomykins fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Apr 25, 2018 |
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Akio // Friday Night - Other City The sudden burst of static and unpleasant hissing makes Akio wince. Seems like it's about time to get out of here! He couldn't get anywhere without a way to break the chains anyway, and he didn't know the people in the coffins. He looks through the chains again and barely has to concentrate before he appears on the other side of them, leaving white rose petals slowly drifting to the ground behind him. It was odd how easily you got used to this kind of stuff... Using Fey Step to teleport back out. Catching back up with the others, he tells them what he saw, looking a bit defeated as he does. "Um, I wasn't really able to do much in there, the chains were in the way... I did see a short vision from the real city though, but it didn't really tell my anything. Genjuro was there again, talking with two women sitting at a table, the ones that I saw in the coffins. It sounded like they knew each other from the past, but I'm sure I've never seen them before. One of them stood out, she was wearing a large hat and I think she spoke with a French accent? The other woman wore glasses and looked like she arrived on a bike." He shrugs. "Like I said, not very useful..." --- Little Shio? Could the 'foreigners' be related to her in some way? The older girl definitely knew about Joker, and she disapproves? Maybe they were yokai too, something was clearly off with them... He looks suspiciously at them, but Shiokaze grabs his attention as she begins to cackle like an idiot, and soon he finds himself rolling his eyes too. "Of course we came, anyone should've seen that coming..." The tengu seemed more ridiculous than scary to him at the moment. "Um, why were you hunting for troublemakers anyway? I don't see why you'd get involved... And where is Joker, then? Did he go that way, maybe?" he points at the open gate at the back of the bar.
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Noriko // Friday Night "...Itsumi." Noriko says, having followed along as she entered after Tsukiyo and Takashi. "...you just told them everything." She makes a chopping motion with her hand and bonks her lightly on the back of the head. She stares at Shiokaze for a long, uncomfortable moment, her expression empty but somehow seemingly bringing the temperature of the air down a few degrees around her. after a moment, she fishes the cursed glass bottle out of her handbag and flips it onto the grill. (possibly shattering it all over the table.) "stay away from my house. we were nice enough to let you get away last time. i'm getting tired of being nice to people who want to hurt me." Mirthless fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Apr 30, 2018 |
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/ Friday - Other City (#beatthemidterms) Takashi grabs a beer from a nearby table, staring down the owner if questioned, and raises a toast of the foreigners, returning the wink at the mama bear type before taking a swig. "We're here to stop Fenrir," glancing over at the battered manifestation, "so it seems our purposes are at least parallel for now. But, to quote a 90s American film, <Don't start nothing, won't be nothing.> Don't threaten my friends again."
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Other City Music : As Akio leaves the chained mass, he sees Kunio watching him come and go with his arms crossed, regarding the situation carefully. "Hmm... there's a lot of strange moods in the air tonight, aren't there? Maybe we can clear some up." He follows the group into the karaoke bar and seems unusually reserved and quiet. You're not quite sure how much of the Other City he's really witnessing.--- : Shio gradually winds down. "Pirihiihiihiihii.. hoo.. hah!" She points at your group in further triumph! "You say you're not looking for trouble but you come to the one place you're guaranteed to find it! You think I'll fall for that!?" The bitter sting of an idiot's truth rings out. She sets her fits on her hips and looks off to the side, chortling further. "I told you, Joker's not here. We broke that gate down and even if you got away from me, I'd knew you'd come this way!"Passive Insight(All): You don't think Shiokaze is actually capable of lying. Joker really isn't here. Noriko's glass disrupts the remains of what was a nice spread. Both foreigners grin and share a look with each other as Shiokaze leans over the table for aggressive posturing! : "That's big talk from a kid that breaks into houses!" She looks down her nose at Noriko, which if not for the illusion would be quite the gesture. "And a buncha punks who started picking fights with Order before we did!" The businessman finishes his karaoke and your ride to the danger zone is finished. A new Shadowed singer takes to the stage, a woman with the undeniable aura of a formidable naga... she uncoils and begins to sing about a venomous touch!: "Oi, Drinky Crow." Shio turns in response to the nickname and the male foreigner cups the back of her head before pressing her lips to a large ornamental oynx-black bowl the size of his massive hand. He tips it up lightly and leaves the loud-mouth Tengu to enjoy the drink, chuckling. "Forgive our friend. We do not know what little sorceries she and the boy get up to..." It seems improbable that the bowl holds that much liquid but Shiokaze keeps chugging along.: "Shio is the guardian of Nekketsu for now, so you really did pick a fight coming here. Why don't we chat?" The big woman raises a leg and exercises a great bit in control in bringing it down in an axe motion before sweeping the table clean. She returns to a proper seat as the two hail a Shadowed waiter who replenishes the spread and offers drinks to all.. including you two.quote:Even if you've already eaten earlier, you can drink Beer. A lot of it. Your first binge will affect your stats in an unknown way... well, unknown as far as game stats go. You know alcohol will make you sluggish, at least! : The big man lets Shiokaze go and adjusts the bowl so that none of the still-present liquid inside spills. Shio hiccups loudly and lays her head down on the table, eyes rolling. "In an old tongue you would call me A Raging Tempest or Living Storm. But for now, please call me Kyou.: "Endless Quaking, Sunders Mountains or even End of Waves. But please, call me Yuzuki. Me and my brother support this little group and your game... as shameful as it is that he is hiding from you tonight, we believe in Joker's goal.": "Ha..." Manami clears her throat. "Joker-kun has been wronged by ORDER and I guess you guys have too. I'm Nakamura Manami, 2nd year." She gives you guys a chance to properly meet her, since three of you haven't, but otherwise she looks deadly serious! "Our wish is to win the game and overthrow all of these awful people who get to the top and oppress others. I know what that's like... we'd win a lifetime of revolutionary spirit to change the world for the better!": "Maybe we are meant to fight, but we do not even know what you fight for... and you pursue the Wolf of Naoki. Why don't we chat first? My treat." Kyou gestures to the stacked rows of golden amber pillars, droplets of beautiful moisture glistening, reflecting the neon lights of the bar.
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Tsukiyo "Joker almost killed someone last time we met... And I won't let him kill bro-I mean, Fenrir." Tsukiyo keeps her distance, her hand still resting atop her weapon as she approaches the bar, glaring daggers at Manami and the others. "And I'm here to ensure this game ends. Even if you have good intentions, Manami-San, whoever is running this show has probably killed hundreds of people with this 'game'. That's why I'm going to have it end once we 'win' it." Not drinking!
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Noriko // Friday Night "...do you really think ending this game will make cosmic entities stop playing with our lives? they'll just find some new way to amuse themselves with us." Noriko grabs a glass of beer and holds it up to the light, peering through the amber liquid. "we're more than human now because of this game. the only thing i want from the game is to stay this way when it's over." Noriko drinks
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Akio // Friday Night - Other City "Joker's goal, huh?" While Akio was annoyed to find that Joker hadn't deigned to show up, hearing these people elevate him to some sort of shining beacon of progress actually made him seethe with anger. That rear end in a top hat did not deserve it! How could they follow him? "Was it the revolutionary spirit we saw in action when he took advantage of Hideaki and wallowed in his misery? When he and his pet tengu tried to place a curse on Noriko, left beheaded mice at her doorstep, stole her hair in the night and made her feel unsafe in her own home, totally unprovoked!?" he spits out furiously. "What a load of bullshit! You don't make this world a better place by pulling poo poo like that! And don't think I haven't heard about you, Manami. You're nothing but yet another bully, and you say you want to overthrow the people that oppress others? I suggest you take one long hard look in the mirror, hypocrite..." "But hey, cheers to Joker's goal." Mostly to make a rhetorical point and without thinking, he swipes up a glass from the table and chugs it down angrily, then slams it back down again. "Setting the world on fire and hoping for the best, I'm sure that'll work out exactly the way you want." Guess I'm drinking!
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