closed | call me snoopy 'cause i'm putting my nose where it don't belong

[nemuru]

Who ☽ Ritsu, Ryouma, Lan Wangji, Chongyun, Shylock
What ☽ Doing a little underground investigation, specifically around the administrative offices
When ☽ Somewheres about between the underground reopening and the Daitengu's funeral, more solid date to follow /lazy
Where ☽ The underground
Content Warnings ☽ n/a ... maybe. we'll see.

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[nemuru]

( The night is young, at least by Ritsu's standards; their meeting time is probably closer to midnight in actuality, so sorry if any of you are a little tired—but stealth requires quiet and darkness, and the less people awake, the better.

How they're all here can be a little muddy, but Ritsu's familiar vaguely with all of them—Ryouma and Lan Wangji are the two he's less familiar with, but both of them had good talking points and a good air about them at the meeting following the Daitengu's assassination. Chongyun is gung-ho and a nice, kind boy, and Shylock saved him, once, so he's fine, too.

Ritsu lets them get to know each other a little, at least get introductions out of the way, before he clears his throat. He doesn't really like being in the center of attention all that much, not like this anyway, but... well, he IS the one who was like "hey who wants to go check out the place now that the ban's lifted" so he should probably, like, make an effort. )

'kay, so... That Shiki chick mentioned they'd keep doing patrols down here, so we should try to be careful not to get seen. They probably aren't gonna kill us for just takin' a look around, but it'd be hard to explain why a bunch of guys are just strolling 'round the underground, and while tonight's not the only night I'm free to poke my nose where it doesn't belong, we shouldn't take any chances.

( That'd probably go for any time of day, actually. Especially with their... crew. They're kind of mismatched, now that he's thinking about it. Damn. )

Anyway... ( ... ) Anyone got anything helpful to offer up.

( will someone PLEASE rescue him from leader duties, he was not meant for this, this is why he didn't win the king spot in requiem. )

[breweries]

[ midnight is more than good enough for shylock -- he is a night owl anyway, given his profession, and the idea of investigating the sewers for himself has crossed his mind since that talk with tenko-hime and the meeting, so.

he won't step up as a leader of this little group, because one should really reconsider letting a western wizard preside over things, but he will speak up first nonetheless. ]

Well, thank you for gathering us here tonight, Ritsu. [ he gives the idol boy a genial smile, and to the other guys as well. ] I do hope that it is not a bother for letting us Tamamo folk look into the Underground for a spell. I give my condolences to the late Daitengu and I wish to find out more about those harrowing circumstances myself.

[ and also because he wants to see the sewers for himself if it fits tenkohime's vision, but. that's a story for another day. at least chongyun is here to make it less suspicious...? not that shylock is planning anything nefarious while they're there. ]

Now, shall we proceed?

[kaientai]

[ even if he wasn't made of magic, ryouma has never really operated on a schedule to begin with so midnight works just fine for him as well. he's not in a rush to volunteer for leadership but he's prepared to step into that if he needs to; he has the experience, after all. ]

I've always been better at asking for forgiveness than permission~.

[ whoever ends up in power can give him a boring lecture about it later, if they want. ryouma would prefer more eyes on the problem and good relations between the factions — it's about time he got better acquainted with the tamamo anyway. ]

I've got maps. Which—... ah. Knew I was forgetting something...

[ he pulls his phone out of his pocket and starts tapping away at it. shortly, everyone should receive a message with several photos in it. ]

It's not exactly practical to stop and unroll ye-olde-paper-map, you know?

[ he finds this terribly amusing. he's also focused on the relevant parts of the underground; no need to go handing out everything all at once. ]

[strikingchords]

[Lan Wangji takes out his phone and studies the bright square of its screen with a tiny frown on his face. he's not used to the idea of any maps but paper yet, and receiving information in this manner is still exceedingly strange to him to begin with. still, he's not entirely unfamiliar with the phones, at this point. he was linked a kaomoji dictionary by their dearly departed leader, and with the same diligence he applies to everything else, he's put it to use.

among all those here, he's likely the one who'd have been most likely to protest at their late start. the Lan Sect sleeps at 9 pm every night that it's possible, with an absurd clcokwork schedule that draws them out of bed at 5 am every morning to follow. but there are exceptions to that, like anything else, and the most notable are during their searches for dark creatures or doings: the well-named Night Hunts.

in this instance, in a very real sense, they are chasing a kind of ghost.

once he's confident he'll remember the map, he glances up to survey their mixed crew of Sutoku and Tamamo, giving no clue whether he has an opinion on its composition. he's led a group before, in the sense of being the one at the vanguard of a gathering. but whether he means to lead or guide or simply do what he thinks is right, it'd be strange for him to not move first once he's ready.]

We should move quickly.

[he'll suit words to action, inclining his head to the group before turning and walking purposefully away from it. he trusts at least one of them in particular to keep up.]

(private) GC: undrgnd

[nemuru]

( and the initial message is........... )

we can keep up w eachother here and post picts n stuff
dont wory no one else can see just us
knights has one of these too bil
(back in life)
so i know its useful
k thx

[strikingchords]

Very well. (o_ _)ﾉ彡☆

un: sr

[nemuru]

ohh cute kaomoji
hey did u know the daitengus fave animal kaos were bears ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

un: thanksbutnothanks

[strikingchords]

I had not realized. My thanks. ʕ •`ᴥ•´ʔ

un: rider

[kaientai]

"Back in life"? You don't think we're dead, do you?

un: sr

[nemuru]

well theres nowhere on earth that the river sanzu goes thru
or has a bunch of real youkai
so i hope were dead or this is a really messed up parallel uni

[kaientai]

That's what I figured. Another world among many or something like that. Mostly because I can't really die. (*^-°)v

un: thanksbutnothanks

[strikingchords]

Some are.

[absolutely no further explanation! nice]

[kaientai]

Are you?

[ is it poor etiquette to ask? too late. ]

ᴜɴ: ᴊᴜᴇʏᴜɴ ᴄʜɪʟɪ

[cutcloud]

I have taken a picture!

[ Was this his intended shot or not ... a mystery. ]

un: sr

[nemuru]

( CHOKKUN........................... )

is this the floor
take a pic of me instead im nicer to look at

[cutcloud]

How is this?

Ah, Master Lan ended up in the shot.

[breweries]

Group Chats, is it?
Everyday I marvel at how human technology has come so far...

[ whether that's a good thing or not is... well. ]

In any case, I shall keep everyone posted till further notice.

[kaientai]

I know, right??? You used to have to walk for a month to get anywhere interesting!

[breweries]

Was that the case for you as well? Fufu. Although, convenient as text messaging may be, there's still something romantic about sending a written letter or a note - whether by bird, arrow, or by your very self.

WATERWORKS

[nemuru]

[kaientai]

[ as always, ryouma is eager to check out new things and his number one priority (for now) is to check out the waterworks for a few reasons that he's still keeping close to his chest because all of his ideas right now are very much in the early planning stages.

his knowledge of machinery isn't very precise since, for ryouma, it's always been more of a passion than any amount of real learning or expertise. but he knows his way around enough to get a general idea of what does what. he also has his little notebook again and a penlight because the lighting down here leaves a lot to be desired, which he's not ashamed to hold in his teeth while he jots something down. it's not like they have google street view down here. ]

It's pretty great, huh?

[ this could be a great river of raw sewage and he'd be just as fascinated. ]

I always wondered what it would take to run a big city like this!

[breweries]

[ like ryouma, shylock also has his reasons why he wanted to visit the waterworks for himself. not sure how much the sutoku knows about the upcoming shuten/tamamo clash, though, but he'll keep that under wraps for now. his reasons are a bit more personal anyway.

so yes, here they are. it absolutely reeks, and if shylock had his pipe back he could've smoked out the rank smell away. but alas. ]

It is impressive, objectively. However...

[ is his clan really going to die on a hill for this place? shylock can only make a face. ]

Let's take a look around. I don't doubt that the Department would've cleaned this place spick-and-span, but you never know with another clan's pair of eyes.

[nemuru]

( Well, while Ryouma goes off and does all of that......

Sure, ghost adventures, why not, seems fun and Chongyun is cute enough about it that it really tugs on his "gotta take it seriously for his too-earnest junior's sake" heartstrings. Ritsu's only experiences with the supernatural technically are him and then, like, he guesses Yumenosaki has a handful of school urban legends, but most high schools have those; he's never cared enough to really check them out, either. He's not easy to scare, and he doesn't really believe in ghosts, either...

Halloween is one of his favorite holidays, though. So, okay, ghost hunting. How do you even talk to ghosts... It takes a few minutes of messing around on his phone, but he's got it recording. )

...If there's any ghosts or spirits or whatever around here that wanna tell us stuff, mic's open. ( . . . ) Mmm... Does this kind of stuff actually work? You see it in all the movies and stuff, but that's all make-believe.

[strikingchords]

[Lan Wangji will follow up on the physical elements of the waterworks situation in just a moment himself, but he pauses before heading deeper in to investigate the machinery further, because that was a whole lot of terms he's not used to mixed in with a topic where he's very familiar. he's not quite sure what Ritsu is doing with his phone -- the idea of using it as a recording tool, much less the idea that spirits might be able to interfere with soundwaves or photography and leave traces of themselves accordingly, would be new to him as well. he's very used to ghosts using sounds to communicate, but that's in quite different circumstances.

he's vaguely aware of movies at this point in his "living in a modern city" journey, though he's never actually seen one. do they have instructional pieces for night hunting? maybe he should investigate.]

"Work?"

[he's frowning, a more severe expression than he really intends... his face just looks like that.]

You intend speech with ghosts?

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE LEVEL

[nemuru]

( we'll get here eventually i just keep forgetting to make this one even though it's plot relevant )