[open] a smoke and mirrors game

[no_kyouken]

Who ⬤ Majima meowjima & Open
What ⬤ March 2022 Substories
When ⬤ March
Where ⬤ Around
Content Warnings ⬤ Can add as needed

Notes: Majima is a snake man from Slumscape! Covered in a sheen of white scales, snake eyes, split tongue, tail, fangs.

Doms Wanted!

[ Majima is out on the street with a night queen, also with a hand of exasperation dragging down his face, ]

Fuck's sake. It ain't that hard, lady. Just tell him he's disgustin'.

[ He shoots a contemptuous sideways look at the sniffling pig yokai at her feet. Who pipes up helpfully, ]

Hey, he's pretty good at this, maybe I should ask for him.

[ Majima bristles like a cat. Bursting out noisily, ]

Shut it, you!

[ Hrr. He turns is attention back to the girl once again trying to explain how to just be fucking scornful. She keeps closing her eyes and meekly repeating after him, shaking her nine tail whip punily.

Majima has both hands on his face, head tilted back, before long. ]

High Definition

[ Oh... Majima knows better than this one. His lip curls incredulously when he's asked to participate ]

No thanks.

[ He points at whoever is nearby too, ]

Y'all shouldn't either.

[ But he's not hanging around to babysit anyone. What is he, your mother? He carries on his way, slouched with his hands in his pocket. But of course nobody listens to him, it can't be so bad, right?

He pauses later in the night, a cigarette drooping from his lip as he watches some truly bizarre behavior. ]

All right there?

[ His tone conveys that he really doesn't want to be bothered with this, but here he is and he's a little too soft to just walk away. ]

Look at this sweet jacket

[ Majima listens to this story about the jacket. Tilt to the side the take a look at the back of it. It doesn't seem that damn cool, or that damn inflammatory, but he has definitely seen guys throw down over someone's jacket in Sotenbori before... ]

Yeah, all right, I'll help ya cross the bridge...

[ A sigh. He rolls up his shirt sleeves in preparation for a fight. Maybe someone with a little more attention to detail will notice that all is not at it seems and come enlighten him to the plight of Hasihime. Otherwise Majima's taking this at face value and muscling his way through this. ]

Welcome to the Night Parade

[ Majima doesn't trust... anyone in this town, really. A place like this, you need to take just about everyone with a grain of salt. So he sneaks a little closer to what the Kappa are doing. He's not so sure he likes what he sees: Lots of extremely carefully covered cases are being quickly taken further into the city's underground, suspiciously more than one might need to simply be building some parade floats or decorations.

He comes back from the sewers chewing on a cigarette. He takes out his phone and gets on the network then, ]

We got anybody real stealthy wanna come take a look at somethin' with me? Make it worth your while.

[ He did get that advance from the Enma, he can turn it over for this. ]

[[ooc: Here is the current info on the Kappa mission. Once I know about your skillset, we can put that to the mods and move forwrd. ]]

Comments

[pervy_kappa]

[Wow, man. Are you going to state it like youkai are entirely irrational? That sounds disrespectful as shit.

Which is making both sides look bad.

Not that Majima seemed to be lying about the powers bit. It wasn't as if Gojyo hadn't noticed that being brought to another new world had once more brought down their skills to a certain standard.

He glanced back at the group of girls. I watched as the water boiled and bubbled up behind them.]

'Tch... Shit.

[He looked at the guy with the jacket. Shrugging his shoulder with an unsure gesture.]

"N-no way, man! I have every right! This bridge belongs to the city! It isn't right that I can't cross it cause some chicks are angry! If you aren't going to help, just put me down, and I'll pay someone else to help me!"

[Well fuck. It seemed like both sides were going to be stubborn about this.]

It seems we got brought into something messy, yeah?

[no_kyouken]

[ Majima spreads his hands with exasperation. Then he throws the guy off the bridge. ]

Have a nice swim, buddy.

[ Where are his cigarettes, this was such a waste of time... ]

[pervy_kappa]

--Ah!!

[Damn.

That happened so fast. One moment Gojyo was trying to talk the both of them down, and the next-- Well.

That certainly was their client going over the edge of the bridge.

Fuck.

He needed that money too.

Damn it, man! What the hell!?

[Which, in his opinion, was more than enough reason to be just a little pissed. He didn't care if this entire encounter meant having his ass handed to him by some hot shirtless youkai chicks! He needed to make up for having all his money stolen from him at that damn cat cafe!

He grabbed Majima by the collar, practically lifting him as he glowered up into the other man's eyes.]

You just enjoy doing whatever you damn well please, don't you?

[Meanwhile, all of the hashihime seems to be cheering Majima on. A few of them even seemed to hang onto him despite Gojyo's glaring.]

[no_kyouken]

[ I mean, yeah. He does. ]

Ya think a loser like that even had anythin' worth takin'? Go fish him out, maybe he'll thank ya.

[ And also. He takes hold of Gojyo's hands and hisses at him, slit eye narrowing and fangs out. ]

Now get yer hands off me.

[pervy_kappa]

[Oh now you've gone and done it. ]

You... Asshole...

[Where the conflict seemed to be enough to start bringing out the more feral urges of Majima's youkai, it only further insighted Gojyo's. Nails sharpening as he gripped harder into Majima's collar, a hint of blue filling into his otherwise crimson eyes as his pupils dilated. ]

You think I'm going to let you go and fuck me over two times in a row now?!

[First the incident with the lake spirit in Hakagemachi and now this. ]

Well, I hate to break it to ya bub, but I don't take kindly to people who think they can get away with anything. Especially not with me.

[Hence he pulls harder at Majima's collar, practically lifting the guy up by his clothes. ]

I ain't gonna be the one fishing him out. You hear me?

[no_kyouken]

[ The fangs come for his face in a snap, and the swing of a fist after it, feet kicking out too. Majima's primary opinion of himself is that all he's good for is fighting, and he'll gladly let loose. ]

[pervy_kappa]

[And like a graceful asshole Gojyo takes the punch like a champ.

After all, it meant that in all technicality it was Majima who made the first blow.

That meant that he didn't have any reason to hold back for shit. Spitting aside the small trickle of blood that gathered at the corner of his lip, he started to grin. His grip stubbornly tightening on Majima's collar as he started to drag his stubborn partner-in-crime over to the side of bridge.]

You really gotta learn to cool off man. Here let me help ya.

[no_kyouken]

[ He hisses and grabs a fistful of Gojyo's shirt. If they're all going in the river, they're all going in the river. Umabie isn't the only water elemental around today, so it'll be just fine. Majima tips himself backwards and drags his not-friend with him. ]

[pervy_kappa]

[And over the bridge, they both went. Like, true stubborn bastards, they made an impact with the water, Gojyo refusing to let go of Majima even as they found themselves sinking further into its depths.

Majima may think he still had a fighting chance. But even a snake that could swim would eventually need to come out for air.

But for now, a fight was still a fight. And while Gojyo remained clinging to Majima's collar, he did his best to pull the other man down, lifting his foot and driving it towards his stomach.

This fight was no longer about the mission. No, now it was about pride.]