[open] shuten clan mingling

[no_kyouken]

Who ⬤ The Shuten Clan Lost Souls
What ⬤ Post-event drinking meeting
When ⬤ After some Kappa punching, I assume
Where ⬤ The White Koi, Shuten Clan bar
Content Warnings ⬤ Dranking, Shutens

un: majima Get yer asses up an' come to th'White Koi by 7. It's on Shuten turf, corner of Bunyudomachi. We're meetin'. [ The bar is almost exclusively Shuten members, most of them wearied with nightly patrols and clashes. There's plenty of muttering and chatter about the recent assassination, with the common complaint being 'fuck I have to get my funeral suit out of storage'. Majima points lost souls into a slightly more secluded room done up in the titular white koi pattern. ] Siddown, who's heard what. [ He is also weary and bruised from some fights, leaning back against the wall with a cigarette and a drink. ] 🐍 This is a mingle, sure they got together to talk info but they're Shutens so it's assumed they're going to get drunk, yell, and throw hands. 🐍 Lordy please do whatever you want, I'm not the cops. 🐍 OOC info collection 🐍 Toraguma's orders

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[sleepinglyra]

[Getting shot was a sore subject for Sheliak as well. If you watched closely you could tell he was trying not to favor his left arm too much. He was relieved that Hizen brought it up first. Sheliak didn't know much about guns so he just quietly listened to Hizen and Kamui. After a brief prideful hesitation, Sheliak took out his own bullet and held it out to Kamui. It was a useless clue in his hands but maybe Kamui would find something he couldn't.]

I have one. Unfortunately the writing is destroyed on this one too.

[harimaya]

(Ah, doesn't this prove his point? That enough people were shot that its possible people might have them? He doesn't know how many would keep their own bullets like they did but if they're going to doctors... wouldn't the doctors be pulling them out? Couldn't they find places in their territory (or others) that were removing them and collect them....?

... Or maybe that's a bad idea. Ah, he hates thinking.)

Guess it's normal for them to get messed up.

(He never really thought of it before but when he thinks about it now, it makes sense. Metal warps at high heat and high force. It's the same for swords and they're much slower and weaker than the ferocity of a bullet.)

Might be a good one out there somewhere, though.

comes back with a possible theory several months later

[sleepinglyra]

[Hizen should think more often. He has good instincts and going to doctors for more bullets was in fact a good idea, if someone hasn't already though of it and collected the bullets first. If only their bullets weren't damaged. Sheliak agreed with Hizen's observation with a slightly annoyed hum as he looked over his bullet again.]

Apparently.

[It was frustrating having an important clue that they couldn't read. Surely there had to be a way. He tilted his head to the side, his eyes narrowed as he studied the bullet. Why couldn't it have been a blade? He understood those.]

Maybe we don't need a good one. It's highly unlikely that every bullet was damaged in exactly the same way. If we focus on how each bullet is different, perhaps we can recreate the symbol with enough bullets?

[It would be the worlds most confusing puzzle, where you worked with what you didn't see rather than a clear reference, but it might work. Assuming he didn't misunderstand how bullets work, which was possible.]