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jigokulogs2022-04-02 10:32 pm
stubboarn) wrote in jigokulogs2022-04-02 10:32 pm
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Who ⬤ dimitri + u
What ⬤ APRIL CATCH-ALL / Night Parade / assassination / etc.
When ⬤ all month
Where ⬤ [ hand gestures ]
Content Warnings ⬤ none right now, i'll update as they come up.
ooc. prompts are going to be in the comments, just hit me up where you feel like it. if you want something else, feel free to pm me and we can hash it out. here is my plotting toplevel!
What ⬤ APRIL CATCH-ALL / Night Parade / assassination / etc.
When ⬤ all month
Where ⬤ [ hand gestures ]
Content Warnings ⬤ none right now, i'll update as they come up.
ooc. prompts are going to be in the comments, just hit me up where you feel like it. if you want something else, feel free to pm me and we can hash it out. here is my plotting toplevel!
no subject
[ dimitri exhales.
he's here to share information, however, so this is what he tells him:
that no-one else is allowed down underground because the steam is incredibly hot and for safety reasons, everyone is being kept out of it;
that older enma department members believe the steam was used to circumvent the white wolf's senses, which they are known for being keen as it is;
the kappa fear a crackdown on their tribes (though he says this isn't a surprise);
that assassinations are uncommon though not unheard of, but nothing of this scale has been seen in memory. ]
The White Wolf are not cooperating with anyone outside of the Alliance, for now they are focused on keeping the Daitengu's body safe and respected from others who have taken an interest in them, for good or ill.
If it were up to me I would force them to talk. [ dimitri purses his lips to a thin, disagreeable line. ] Fortunately, I am not the crown prince here.
What can you tell me?
no subject
[ Yuri is learning that Dimitri can be very stubborn. He's all but shed his princely demeanor. What he tells Dimitri is:
- The Kappa didn't know what they were really building. The low-level workers lacked the knowledge and were under the impression the mechanism was a generator.
- The upper management of the Kappa tribe, who would know more, have gone missing.
- The generator had many pipes connected to it, and appeared to use a lot of water.
- No magic was detected in the assassins' camouflage, nor around the generator itself.
- He affirms the Kappa fear a crackdown and are terrified that without the Daitengu's protection, the other factions will hunt them down.
He'll also share some theories: that the generator was sabotaged, or that Kappa leadership collaborated with another faction or tribe within the Alliance dissatisfied with the Daitengu. Either way, what he wants to impart is that there are forces at work greater than the Kappa grunts. ]
I suggest your department focus on locating the missing Kappa leaders. They could be complicit, or they could be victims, considering they haven't shown themselves by now.
no subject
[ he should tell felix, he'll feel vindicated.
dimitri frowns and listens intently at his words. after a while, he says, ]
The Leicester Alliance from home had a similar problem - with the failing health of Count Riegan, the possibility of power shifting in the Alliance was the talk of the round table until Claude was declared heir.
I see parallels in our situation here. [ dimitri sighs. ] I will do what I can. In return - please see what you can find about your incoming leader.
I have my own theories. None of them are worth mentioning right now, but for this one thing -
[ he pauses, trying to recall his memory and to word this properly for him. ] - if you recall during the parade, a lot of the depictions of local myths had humans as the enemy.
Out of all our faction leaders, the Daitengu is the only one masked. But the others are visibly not human.
... I think that kind of sentiment is at play here. [ dimitri sighs. ] Of course, there is nothing to confirm such a theory, but it's been lingering in my mind for a while.
no subject
[ Duke Riegan's succession had been civil. This is like the Leicester Alliance if the Leicester Alliance and its neighboring countries were run by crooks. Even if Sutoku had a perfect heir tucked away somewhere, Yuri expects the situation to get uglier before it gets better.
He contemplates Dimitri's next words. The poor, subjugated humans depicted on the floats hadn't escaped his notice. If Dimitri's theory were true, it would shake the youkai deeply. ]
Are you saying it was a human behind the mask? If our assassins didn't like that, it's odd they'd pass up the perfect chance to expose them, don't you think? The Daitengu could have been hiding their identity for other reasons.
[ To protect the people close to them, or not letting their enemies use their past against them. All reasons Yuri's taken on fake identities before. ]
no subject
It fits their alliance rather nicely, don't you think? Different clans working together, human and ... otherwise [ 'monster' doesn't seem polite, and dimitri is out of his element here as a fussy noble ], and not like the way the other factions are arranged.
But like I said, it's merely a theory. I haven't got anything to prove it with other than a passing judgment of the situation.
[ and it's true, the daitengu could be hiding their identity for other reasons. but this is the one he's been pondering lately. ]
no subject
[ A youkai could have pulled one over the assassins if they possessed some otherworldly ability, but a human not so much. Yuri would rather not think the Alliance leader so vulnerable. Though as things stand, it's not looking so great either way.
He holds out his notes to Dimitri. It's a summary of what he's told him, which isn't everything he knows, but everything he thinks will help make a case for the Kappa. ]
In any case, take this for your investigation. I suspect you'll have a busy month ahead. Watch your pretty head out there. It could get ugly.