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Peace & Chaos

Who ⬤ hinata + you!
What ⬤ event log
When ⬤ april
Where ⬤ everywhere really!
Content Warnings ⬤ none! will update if they should come up!

( in times of peace )

hanami.

[ He was always told that he'd know he was in love when the moment felt right. The kids at the orphanage used to describe it like butterflies flying around in your stomach, and your face feeling all hot. Ichi once described it as just wanting to live with a person for life. But Hidetoshi... He described it exactly like this. You'll be under a tree, a leaf will land in their hair, and you'll want to pluck it from their hair. And when they look at you and thank you for your kindness, you'll know that you're in love. Because that's how you find true love, after all! Underneath a tree!

Hinata doubted it at the time. The drunken ravings of an older man who flirted with whoever moved in hopes of finding someone who would deal with his bullshit 24/7 under the guise of marriage. He'd never been in love before. Mostly because falling in love often was impossible for a Yakuza. It was a weakness anyone could exploit. And Hinata was NOT weak. Never weak.

But now, at this very moment, he finally understood it. Because there they stood. A person... underneath a tree. A cherry blossom petal clinging to their hair like some kind of parasite. It fascinated him. This light feeling in his gut, this warming in his stomach, this feeling that he'd want to spend the rest of his life with them.

Yes. This was love, was it not?

Hinata would approach, his face flushed as he lightly picked away the cherry blossom petal from the person's hair. This is the moment he'd been waiting for. ]

I'm in love with you.

[ And he blurts it out, like a bumbling fool. ]

kanamara matsuri.

T-This is...

[ Hinata stares down at phallic-looking treat in his hands, his eyes wide with fear and his brows furrowed with worry. Now that he's touched it, there's nothing that he can do about it now. But the way that the person at the stand is staring at him with an increasingly eager smile on their face, he knows that there's no way he can just throw it away or put it back. He knows how these kinds of things go. He isn't that foolish.

This thing is surely cursed. One bite of the thing and he may as well kiss his entire dick goodbye.

Those passing by would have the misfortune of seeing Hinata collapsed on the ground on his knees, swearing to himself over the fact that he bought something without actually looking at it.

Or they may find themselves being grabbed by the wrist when they are reaching for one, Hinata doing his best to stop them from falling to the same fate that he did. ]

night parade.

[ Of course, Hinata somehow found himself being dragged along to help out with the parade. Though truthfully, a part of him had fun doing it. He'd never actually been to a parade before. And participating in one was never on his radar because he never had the time as an adult. Yet here he was, living the dream that his younger self longed to have. In Hell of all places. He'd say that he wouldn't mind staying forever if there weren't people back home depending on him to help them out.

Though not wishing to play all that active a roll, Hinata found himself dressed as a tengu of all things. It felt fitting. But he can't help but wonder if the boss man would scold him for dressing up like a tengu instead of a proud oni.

Walking along the parade float, listening to the cheers of the crowd, Hinata's gaze went towards the artwork that was being depicited on the float. The humans seemed to be chasing down the yokai, doing the thing that humans always seemed so good at.

Harming the things that they didn't understand. ]

It seems nothing's changed. Even here...

( in times of chaos )

assassination.

a (shuten). [ He should have known that the peace would not have lasted. These types of things are the perfect event for something to go down. Once the smoke cleared, and the confusion settled down, there was a brief bubble of confusion as others tried to understand what was going on. But chaos quickly broke out yet again once everyone realized that Daitengu was dead. Assassinated by some kind of group of mysterious assailants. But the main thought that was going through his mind first and foremost was making sure that his own faction leader was okay.

He was the key to him actually going home, after all.

Looking for someone he recognized, Hinata would grab the shoulder of a fellow Shuten Clan member. ]

Where's our boss?! We have to find him!

b (ota). [ Some time after the event, anyone wanting to visit the scene would see Hinata hanging around the scene himself. It probably looks very suspicious to any other individual still on edge about the death of Daitengu. But Hinata would be oblivious to how suspicious he may look. Instead, he would be doing his best to gather his own evidence to confirm the many theories about who may have conspired to kill Daitengu. ]

wildcard.

[ Feel free to throw anything at me! If you want to plot something out, feel free to contact me on my plurk: graywaves ]

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[ dimitri freezes when he moves towards him. when he realizes that all he wanted to do was take the petal from his hair, he relaxes, but only slightly.

and then he makes his confession. what to do? as a prince, it's not uncommon for anyone to make professions of love to him, which usually turns to talk of duty and the like. dimitri's days before jigoku-cho were filled with talk of such things. love for him is such a paltry thing he can't have.

he's not in faerghus anymore, though, but such sentiments remain in his head. he has a grim look on his face when he hears the words. ]

Oh my. I'm so sorry for you.

I'm afraid I cannot reciprocate in good faith, and I wish you better luck next time.

Ah... next time...

[ Hinata gives him a slow nod, a light smile on his face as if he were understanding of the other person's feelings. But the moment he would turn his back to walk away, Hinata would squat down close to the ground and run his hands through his hair out of sheer embarrassment. Hidetoshi is a damn liar! That didn't go the way he expected it to go at all!

Thankfully, due the effects of the food, he didn't get a chance to properly sink down into the rabbit hole of regret and awkwardness that would most likely hit him once he leaves the area. Instead, Hinata simply stood back up and faced Dimitri yet again with a smile as if he didn't just have a slight breakdown. ]

Sorry about that. I... don't usually do that kind of thing. I wish you nothing but happiness nonetheless...

[ dimitri frowns at him. ] I understand. It's a courageous, though difficult, predicament to be in - being in love. [ for however deep his feelings are to him, dimitri will take it seriously because he has chosen him to confess his feelings to. ]

Will you be alright?

I'm not so selfish to think about my own happiness - no need to worry about me. [ and that's partly true, it's not really in dimitri's interest to think of himself as someone deserving of such a thing ... but that's not something to say to a stranger he's just met. ]

But if you're feeling lonely, I can keep you company. I certainly wouldn't mind.

[Sheliak had never been to a parade this lively before. Nobles didn't interact with the common folk very often. They ruled over the common people instead of among them like the clans here. Arrakis would sneak into the city to see the local festivals but Sheliak never joined him. Maybe he should have. How was he supposed to enjoy his first parade like this alone? Helping with the parade was a nice distraction from that question.

Sheliak chose to dress up as an oni. Anything else felt like he was betraying his clan, even if it was just a festival. He didn't recognize Hinata until he spoke, but his comment quickly stole his attention. Sheliak's eyes narrowed slightly under his oni mask as he followed Hinata's gaze. He couldn't take his eyes off the humans chasing the yokai. His human body felt heavier and his chest tightened when he turned to the monstrous yokai. It wasn't supposed to be that way. When he finally spoke he sounded hesitant.]

What do you mean?

I mean the artwork. Humans chasing around the yokai... It seems familiar is all.

[ He didn't understand the whole story, of course. There could be a valuable reason as to why the yokai were being hunted down by humans. But whatever the reason, the yokai seemed to be holding a grudge long enough for the event to stick in their minds for who knows how long. ]

It just seems to matter where you go, humans can be pretty cruel. Though it's interesting that the yokai let themselves be bested by them like that. You think they hid themselves all the way down here in order to get away from 'em?

I see.

[That was the problem. Sheliak was born human so he couldn't help but defend them and in his case they did indeed have a legitimate reason for hunting down the monsters. It didn't make it any easier as the monster, especially when the monster was tricked into believing he was something good. Sheliak tensed slightly. He didn't want to talk about any of this. He was still felt deeply conflicted about what he was but perhaps that's why he couldn't stop from commenting on what Hinata said.]

It is certainly possible. There are no yokai where I come from but humans tend to find other beings to be their monsters. They probably just want to live normal lives same as everyone else.

[Ydris is absolutely staring at the man on his knees by this stand, holding some manner of phallic food treat in utter lament.]

Why the dramatics? Oh, hmm... [the matter of shame flies right over Ydris' head.

They presume it's the wrong flavor or something]

Buyers remorse? [nailed it]

This buyer is feeling pretty remorseful alright...

[ What would happen if he were to drop it? Or maybe even give it away? Both seem like bad ideas. What if that somehow makes the curse ten times worse? The Tamamo Clan can be pretty crafty at times. What if they want to make sure those in the Shuten Clan suffer for their crimes for being brutes? ]

I'm surprised you're not freaking out too. I mean... aren't you a little worried about what would happen if you were to take a bite?

[ He had long gotten over the nervousness of eating the food that was located in this world. Mostly because within the first month, he mostly stuck to drinking because cheap beer from the store near his apartment was the easiest to afford. And steal when he didn't exactly have enough cash. Once he started getting sick, eating to survive was a necessity so he began doing so. But only the boxed lunches when he was feeling like spoiling himself. ]

This has Tamamo Clan written all over it. And I feel like I've fallen right into their trap. I'm finished...

I do not worry over food, no. What is concerning about it? [completely over their head, jumping right over this candlestick.

Ydris can bring up new and zestier concerns for him to have, though!]

Do you think it is drugged? Those in Tamamo do have a history of apply aphrodisiacs to such things.

Drugged. Now that I think about it, that could be the case too. But I'm at least eighty percent sure that if I take a bite out of this thing, my dick is disappearing right along with it...

[ He should risk it. He should totally risk it, shouldn't he? Cowering over a piece of food is pretty pathetic, isn't it? The Tamamo Clan wouldn't actually curse something to do such a thing, would they? It's really hard to say for sure... ]

Have you tried it yet? Has something happened to you?

[Just like that, Ydris has decided it is now just a fun time to mess with this man]

Yes, my dick fell right off. Now I have tentacles, instead.

[and then just two ghostly tentacles form from smoke around them, floating disembodied from Ydris. One waves at him casually, the other winds into a circle like it's trying to do an "okay hand" gesture]

Much more versatile, very popular at the bath house. [that part, not a lie!]

You know, most people would consider it extremely suspicious for someone not with the Department to be here.

[Dazai will let his voice be heard before revealing himself, slipping out from behind some convenient debris - and perhaps he really did just happen to be walking there, not hiding and checking things out himself at all.

If he were genuinely suspicious of Hinata, however, would he really bother saying as much? But then, if he wasn't suspicious of Hinata, why would he be starting up a conversation like a much younger and skinnier and frankly more handsome Columbo?]

Criminals do so love returning to the scene of the crime.

[ Hinata quickly turned his head towards the sudden voice that seemed to be referring to him. Once he noticed it seemed to be just some regular-looking guy, he let his guard drop. But just barely. Even a regular-looking guy could shank him if he wasn't careful. And he wasn't exactly in a position ability-wise to let that happen. ]

Hah?! I ain't suspicious!

[ He then paused, thinking about his words. That's something a suspicious person would say, right? Letting out a slight grunt, Hinata would look towards the ground with a slight pout. ]

Well... I guess why you would think that. Though, I may not be the smartest individual but even I know that it would be idiotic to return to a crime scene. Any yakuza member worth their salt would know that.

[ He glances towards the man, lifting an eyebrow. ]

Wait a minute... who the hell are you? You're pretty suspicious yourself. Appearing out of nowhere like that... kinda like the people who assassinated Daitengu-san, don't you think?

It's true that the smartest individual would not generally admit he's a yakuza member while prowling around the scene of a crime.

[That's probably a little bit more subtle here than it would be at home, even, but still. Regardless, Dazai isn't judging! ... Any criminal tendencies. He's maybe judging the lack of intelligence just a teensy bit.

He lets out a chuckle, short and humorless.] Assassinations are a little above my pay grade.

But if you think I'm suspicious, you're not as unsmart as you think you are! I'm hanging around here, the same as you, after all.

However, I am with the Department, so I do have some legitimization for my suspiciousness.

The Department? Ah, hell...

[ Just his luck that someone from the Department would end up catching him here. He doesn't particularly like the Department but his expertise would probably be a lot more helpful than what he planned on doing. Like staring at the crime scene with his hands on his hips hoping that something would jump out at him and be suspicious. That's what they did in detective movies, didn't they? ]

Well, did you find anything interesting? I've been staring at the place where Daitengu was for a while now. Nothing seems amiss...

[ At least to him. ]

Still, I think it was pretty well-coordinated for an assassination. It could've been an inside job since that clan tends to be pretty sneaky...

[ There's no way he's gonna accuse his own clan, of course. He's a loyal henchman! ]

It was extremely well-coordinated.

[Dazai agrees. And of course it had to be well-coordinated, to have a chance of success, but it was still exactly that.]

Well-planned, taking everything into account, and not letting a single overt participant be taken for questioning or even identification... They knew what they were doing all around.

[Were this Dazai's old stomping grounds, he'd know every detail of the event already, and everyone even sideways involved in it, but hell is surprisingly new to him, and he has barely even started making connections. That makes this interesting... but also kind of annoying, really.]

By the way, Mr. Yakuza, would you mind introducing yourself? I'd rather not go through the trouble of arresting you just to get you identified.

I'm glad we're in agreement.

[ It's actually pretty concerning how clean of a job it was. Quick and easy with no way to trace it back to the actual perpetrators. Was it something personal? Or were they aiming for the other bosses to create total chaos? It's a pain overall...

Hinata blinks a bit in surprise when the other man actually asks him to introduce himself. The slight jest at arresting him was funny.

At least he hopes it was a jest. This guy is hard to read for sure. ]

Are ya really that concerned about who I am? [ Hinata sighs but ends up relenting anyway. It's just a name. ] But it's Tatsugami. And just who are you, Department Man?

[It was definitely a joke! Probably!! ... Well, it was at the time it was made. Who knows what it might become? (Arresting seems like a lot of work though.)]

"Concerned" isn't what I'd call it, Tatsugami-kun.

[Can he get away with kun-ing him? Dazai decides yes. They don't seem that far apart in age.]

If you call me that, I feel like I should open a store~ [Department store GET IT?! (He is not nearly as funny as he thinks.)] I'm Dazai Osamu.

[ Hinata's eyebrow noticably raises at being called Tatsugami-kun. Oh, how the mighty have fallen... Not that he was all that mighty in the first place. But the only person who really called him that was Hidetoshi. Even if the older man tended to act more like a kid than Hinata did.

Deciding to let it slide, Hinata simply shrugged. ]

Alright then, Osamu-san. Now that we're properly acquainted, how about we temporarily team up to see what kind of information we can find?

[ He is purposefully ignoring the awful joke. Even if it was a little clever. ]

You're a cop and I'm a dumbass brute. That makes us the perfect team.

[ He can beat up the evidence or something. To be perfectly honest, Hinata's just trying to leech off of the man's intellect. If he's a cop, that must mean that he's good at this kind of stuff. At least he certainly hopes. Then it'll be two dumbasses investigating the crime scene. ]

[Dazai lets out a theatrical little laugh at that.]

The perfect team, indeed! But if you have that level of insight, you can't be so dumbass after all.

[What a nice guy Dazai is. Look at him being all supportive and nice and -]

You must have at least ten percent of my intelligence!

[... Nah, he's still a dick. And also a dumbass, frankly; just a highly intelligent one.

Boasting aside, he has no problem whatsoever with teaming up. They do both stand to gain from it, and even if they find no useful information, Dazai will find out a thing or two about Tatsugami. If nothing else, that will make the investigation less boring!]

[ Ten percent of his intelligence. Truly an honor. ]

Well then, when the ten percent that I have I'm going to propose a solution to how to solve this mystery. You cop types always tend to do something weird when solving these kinds of things, right? So let's do something odd and hope it has some logic to it.

[ Typical movie logic. ]

They usually work backwards or think of the why first instead of the how, don't they? So, let's see. Why would someone want to assassinate him? He seemed like a nice guy, at least. Definitely the person least likely to pull one over on ya unless he's just that good at being a fake nice guy. So, it could possibly be a power struggle within? Maybe someone thought that he was too nice and wanted to rule the Sutoku Alliance in a different way than he did? You're a cop. Surely you know more about them than I do.

Personally, I think figuring out the how might help lead us to the who, which in turn could lead us to the why... but I'll save the 90% for later.

[The how is not so easy to establish anyway - and the why is certainly an interesting topic. The problem is that, semi-comical boasting about his intelligence aside, Dazai is as new to hell as anyone, and he doesn't know half as much of hell politics as he would like. (The façade, yes. The real stuff? Not so much.)

Oh well, he may as well talk his way through his thoughts. Whether extremely intelligent or extremely dumb, a comment from Tatsugami might just give him some new insight.]

Of all the factions, the Alliance seemed the shakiest from the start. While that doesn't mean there's no reason for in-fighting, targeting its leader can only weaken the Alliance further, and they can't afford that. It seems unlikely, then, that it was an inside job.

At the same time, other factions should have much bigger concerns than weakening an already weak opponent.

[None of it makes sense. At the same time, should he really be expecting logic, here? Humans wouldn't necessary have any, and there's no reason to suspect that youkai are any better.]

Given their love of gossip, it's possible that the Daitengu knew something they shouldn't, but then whoever told them should have been taken out as well.

The timing is complicated regardless. Someone wanted this to be seen.

[So much about this is so easy for Dazai to figure out, and yet it feels like he's missing the one little fact that would bring all the puzzle pieces together, and have the resulting image make sense. It's kind of annoying, and so he goes to the other extreme on purpose.]

Orrrr maybe it was personal! With a nose like that, it would be no wonder if they stuck it somewhere it didn't belong.

It was a pretty big nose. [ He kind of laughs a bit at the memory of it before straightening his expression again and flicking Dazai on the shoulder. ] No respect for the dead, huh? Yeesh. Young people these days...

[ As if he's that much older himself. Still, Dazai's words certainly get the cogs in his brain going. Sure they're going very, very slowly after being covered in cobwebs for years but they moving at least. An inside job was his only real idea since that seemed like something that someone in the Ueno Clan would do. Hell, it was already done way before he had already joined that clan. ]

There had to have been something beneficial to his assassination if not to just take over as leader. Now that I think about it killing him would not benefit someone vying for leader. There's a whole bunch of people not used to life in Hell who would probably fight against it. Especially since we have those damn contracts in place. I'd be pissed if my leader was taken out leavin' me stranded. That would lead to a revolt and a revolt by Sutoku Alliance members seems scary as hell. No pun intended.

[ It wouldn't be all out war in the physical sense but in the mental sense. They'd probably dig up the poor bastard's internet history or something. And that's something Hinata wouldn't wish on any of his enemies. ]

Could have been beneficial in another way. Back in the place I'm from, I've heard about other clan members killing others for turf. Maybe Daitengu had hold over an important piece of territory or knew someone who did and killing him was the quickest way of claiming it without complications?

Everybody dies eventually. [He shrugs. Clearly respect (or even the lack thereof) has nothing to do with it all.

As for Tatsugami's theories: Dazai is not convinced, but he does weigh them very carefully in his mind.]

I suspect that taking it over the traditional way would have offered fewer complications. The assassination has attracted a lot of unwanted attention.

If there was another faction, though... they could stand to benefit from the chaos while Shuten and Tamamo clash.

[In fact, Sutoku itself could stand a lot to gain that way - if it wasn't for their own position being at least as weakened by the assassination. Dazai has some theories for that reason... but nothing he can prove, and nothing he can say for sure is the case, anyway.]

You must be fun at parties.

[ What a downer outlook. Everyone dies eventually is a true statement. But to say it out loud is kind of dispiriting.

Hinata doesn't comment on it further. Instead he gets to thinking. Another faction? That's an interesting idea for sure. Something that Hinata hadn't even considered but it at least made some amount of sense. He snaps his fingers, his eyes alight as his two brain cells finally grinded together and sparked a single thought. ]

Oh, I get it! It's like a detective novel, isn't it? While everyone thinks it's the guests that murdered the master of the house, it turns out it was the neighbor's killer hound that got loose that did the deed.

[ Though he then sighed, his shoulders sagging dramatically. ]

Sucks that everyone else has to be dragged into this mess. I always expected I'd end up in Hell but I always thought I'd die in my early forties. I'm still young.

But that's neither here nor there now. We have some theories running through our head for now. Should we take the time to investigate?

Invite me to one and find out~?

[... Is that a threat..? He says it so sweetly, it almost seems like a threat...
Then again, maybe Dazai legitimately wants to be invited, because free booze is good booze.]

Woof!

[Which, apparently, means "yes". Though that is a remarkably creative version of events... Everyone knows that the butler did it. (The question is: who is hell's butler?)]

Mhm, let's take a look. With how smooth this operation went, I doubt there was any evidence worth mentioning left behind, but...

Well, I'm here.

[Yes, he really does have that high an opinion of himself. Unfortunately, he often proves himself right.]

What's the matter? Can't take a dick?

[is this the kind of thing you should say to someone prostrate on the ground with a cock-shaped sausage on a stick in their hand? no. is that exactly what Hinata just said to Hinata? of fucking course. there was just something so funny about seeing dudes suffering over the same kind of genitals plastered across their own crotch. walking away wasn't an option.]

It's not like I've ever done something like this before. B-But I ain't a punk either!

[ Says the punk who is actually too nervous to take a bite. ]

This ain't cowardice! This is self-preservation! Of course you ain't got nothing to worry about here. I'm sure the Tamamo Clan is out to get me. No... Shuten men everywhere!

[ He noticeably slouches like a giant baby. ]

And I'm the only idiot who seems to have fallen for it...

[who's he trying to convince, her or himself? Hazel squats down, leaning her arms on her knees to keep herself stabilized as she continues staring flatly at him.]

Probably because most other dudes know what a fucking dick looks like from pissing with their eyes open.

[how hungry or blind did he have to be not to notice this was a massive dick?]

I mean, dude, come on. It's not like it's gonna fucking climax cheese all over you.

[probably.]

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night parade

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sorry I'm so late orz

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