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的場静司 | Matoba Seiji ([personal profile] worldbent) wrote in [community profile] jigokulogs2022-04-18 06:17 pm

OPEN ➸ Two ⦿ Circles

Who ⬤ Matoba Seiji and you! with mixed OTA/limited prompts
What ⬤ The first attack of the Matoba curse, selling charms, and various business™
When ⬤ Between the 2nd and 3rd weeks of April, roughly (more than a week after Night Parade, before the Daitengu's funeral, basically)
Where ⬤ Sutoku territory
Content Warnings ⬤ Violence/blood likely from first prompt, will warn for anything specific in tag headers!



A1 ➸ FIRST STRIKE - limited to the first 3 tag-ins, new CR for now please!
[(OOC; Before tagging in to these prompts, please read through this information and feel free to ask questions there or via PM! I will be NPCing the attacker for these threads.)]

[Despite the Daitengu's untimely demise and the uncertainty surrounding the Alliance, Sutoku territory was back to business as usual for the most part by the week after the Night Parade. The streets are bustling with shoppers and workers like nothing untoward had even occurred, and although everyone remains suspicious behind closed doors, few seem to be on much of a high alert.]

[...Which is likely why none of the youkai around you blink an eye at the stumbling, muttering Kawatengu pushing past people on the sidewalk and menacingly growling. He's probably just had too much to drink- that's the most likely excuse, right? Even though it's the middle of the afternoon, but in big cities like this you learn to keep to yourself and not worry much about weirdos on the street around you.]

[Except that if you look at him closely, his right eye is blotted out as if possessed by something, and if you have any supernatural senses at all you can just barely feel something awful and malicious emanating from him. Too late, it becomes obvious that he's not just shambling about randomly- he has a target, and the black-haired man walking a few paces in front of you both seems to have no idea what's coming when the Tengu lunges forward with a nasty hiss--]


RiGHt...EYe......


A2 ➸ What the hell was THAT - OTA!

[After the sudden scuffle that erupts in the middle of the street, something black and hideous like a huge mass of sludge erupted out from the mouth of a Tengu and lashed itself away through the street, scrambling up the side of a brick building and slithering off to parts unknown. Whatever that thing was, it just attacked a man on the street in broad daylight, and to the spiritually sensitive had an oppressively awful, malicious aura that may be unlike anything you've felt. Youkai are left knocked back on the sidewalk in the wake of its escape, and some were sent scrambling to get away.]

[The man who was attacked, however, seems more calm than anyone. He ignores the panic of the youkai around him, and even the Tengu that's now left knocked out cold on the sidewalk. Instead, he seems to take notice your stare first and simply smiles- wiping away whatever blood was drawn from him in the scuffle with little concern.]


I do apologize for the commotion. It's probably not used to big cities like this.

--

B1 ➸ Souvenir Shop - OTA!

[With great power came great... opportunities. Or so he'd been told by the Tengu Elders upon being granted back both his spiritual senses, and his ability to create protective charms. Opportunities, in this case, meant a job offer to help mass-produce the tacky little souvenir good-luck charms sold at the gates of the Tengu Temple for any desperate enough for luck that they would even buy a trinket for their troubles.]

[Well, far be it for Matoba to judge a good scam. It was excellent business and a good dog and pony show for the weak and Sightless, both in the human realm and this one.]

[Since the Night Parade had just gone by and no-doubt plenty of festival goers had drawn bad to terrible luck in the Hadaka, there was plenty of business, which meant that Matoba had plenty to do as he sat manning a stall, carefully inking charms on strips of paper to go in the bright little pouches lining the counter. When he notices his new customer, he glances up, and flashes you a bright and cheerful smile.]


In need of a bit of luck?

B2 ➸ Protection Racket - Open to Sutoku Alliance and those with Spiritual Senses

[If he recognizes you as an ally, or if you're the spiritually sensitive sort, he might notice that you're unlikely to be tricked by these useless little trinkets- but that just meant that he had an opportunity to do a little... under the table business. His eye will then sharpen on you, and he gestures you away from the pouches.]

Not those ones. I have something else for you.

--
[ooc; questions/plotting/etc! Hit me up via PM or [plurk.com profile] kitsoru!]

harimaya: (🍙 bontan ame)

A2

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-24 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
(There's a disgusting feeling in the air.

It's something that immediately alerts him and for just a moment, he wonders if the enemy has somehow found its way into the city. No, this doesn't feel exactly right, though. It's lacking that distinct, distorted pressure that comes from space and time being twisted because of them. Since he regained his senses he's certain he'd be able to tell the difference. This is something else.

He goes to investigate. He knows it's going to be trouble but he can't help it. Call it a sense of duty or something. He arrives just in time to watch something emerge from the body of a tengu.

Possession? He wonders and he starts to chase it until it scurries up the wall of a building. There's no real way to follow it up like that. He'd never be able to catch up with it by just climbing on whatever he can to. No, it's going to escape and he stops short, looking back at it's former-host-slash-victim and sees--
)

... You.

(The exorcist. Matoba.)
harimaya: (🍙 yakitori)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-25 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hizen.

(Not Hizen-kun. Because his priorities are definitely in order.

The silence means he was definitely going to follow it and he doesn't at all seem bothered by however strong it might have been. His eyes narrow and he watches Matoba. It's his first time meeting him since he regained his strength and ability to sense things. The feeling is a lot more clear now, instead of that fuzzy, vaguely uncomfortable feeling he had before.

He begins to walk over... and kneels down to check on the unconscious tengu.
)

... What was that?
harimaya: (🍙 dorome)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-25 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Neither have you.

(Being able to call him -kun is a right. There's no deep reason for his response. He's just prickly.

He looks over the tengu. They look like they're alive, just unconscious and well... he can't just leave him in the middle of the street? Hizen might be a prickly punk but he isn't a complete and total jerk. He knows better than to ask for help too so he's just going to lean down and begin the process of relocating them... out of the way. No where special. Just out of the way.

He's still listening to Matoba, though. So that was it?
)

You don't seem worried.
harimaya: (🍶 sake)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-28 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
(He might be scrawny but he's stronger than he looks, especially now that Toraguma has returned him to his full strength. He's used to doing dirty and hard work for the others back home. Moving a single body is nothing.

He drags him over to the side, against the wall of a store and glares at the owner who is already glaring at him. Well, it's not like he can make anyone leave him alone or something. Hizen has done as much as he's willing to for this tengu.
)

...

(Is it his first time dealing with a curse, he doesn't say right away before admitting briefly,)

've heard stories. (He hasn't dealt with an explicit curse personally because--) ... I usually do different work.

(Curses require careful thought and specific actions. Hizen is more direct with his duties. He leaves the complicated things to others while he simply kills.)
harimaya: (🍙 curry udon)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-28 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
(Hizen is likes to be a simple as possible, thanks. Please assume he is simple. The moment people assume he has a brain cell or any complicated use is the moment he has a bad time.

He glances at Matoba's arm. It seems fine? But he isn't going to confirm for himself. If Matoba isn't on the ground bleeding or dying, he's fine. Quality healthcare from Hizen Tadahiro.

He does feel like he is... learning something about Matoba right now though; a better understanding of this curse he hadn't bothered to care about before. And something something so Matoba is a country boy which, if Hizen was a nicer and more social person, he'd be interested. But he isn't.

What's most important is what Matoba says about his reward,
)

... Your eye.

(Because like Matoba, he's also received a gift of power. Or rather, had something returned to him. Not that he really needed it to before to be able to sense how bad it felt. But he can tell that whatever Matoba received, it has something to do with that eye.)
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harimaya: (🍙 karaage)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-29 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
(Please don't perceive him.

He waits for Matoba to explain. If he's going to explain. He's interacted enough with him to know that this asshole just says what he wants to when he feels like it and there isn't much he can do to make him speak. And of course, instead of just saying, he demonstrates.

In response, he only raises a brow. It isn't a sensation he's unused to feeling and coming from Matoba, it isn't surprising but he can see what he's gained. So he's more like an exorcist now and--
)

You're stronger.

(Not as weak as he was before. He doesn't mind the exacting look Matoba gives his sword. He'd rather it be that form than this one, after all. It's a pretty typical sword! Like Hizen himself, it's dark-- black lacquer and a polished bronze pommel and guard. It's definitely the nicest thing he owns and is in far better condition than his human form is. If Matoba has an eye for value, he might pick up on the fact that the sword is a little too nice for someone as grungy as Hizen. Though plain, it looks expensive. Definitely not on the same level as say, the higher lords and elites but definitely something that would belong to a family with some money.)

Good for you.

(He doesn't sound too excited. But that's just how he is.)
harimaya: (🍙 katsusando)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-30 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
(Sometimes you're a time-traveling sword spirit that has overseen a failed timeline and felt all of the pressure that comes with that and you have to be really nasty and oppressive to make him worry...)

... No.

(And he wonders why he would bring that up now. It feels ominous to him and he narrows his eyes, suspicious.

Ah. He understands now but he isn't any less suspicious. Things usually come with prices and Matoba has made it quite clear that his services aren't free. And yet, he offers the talisman as promised before...

He approaches Matoba but keeps an eye on him as if trying to see if there's some other meaning to all of this. He doesn't trust anyone. He looks down at it, studying the writing to see if he can make sense of it and then glances at Matoba once more to make sure this isn't a trick...

And reaches out to touch it and waits


for nothing to happen.
)
harimaya: (🍙 curry udon)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-30 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
(He is always worried. He is always stressed. He is always exhausted. Matoba doesn't have to do anything it is Hizen's natural state of being.

It seems the talisman is meant to be good, though. Or at least, not bad but something about Matoba's question makes him frown. His grip on his sword tightens. The only ones who have ever been allowed to touch it were the ones who summoned him. For a sword tsukumogami, trusting someone near his true form is personal.
)

... Do you have to?

(As in, does Matoba have to be the one thath does it? It isn't like the saniwa's charms that he can just take and carry for himself?)
harimaya: (🍙umaibo)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-04-30 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
...

(He's quiet, considering the explanation and looking at the talisman once more. Hesitantly, he brings his sword up in front of him. If his palms were open, it would look like he was presenting it to him with both hands but instead, he holds on firmly. He'll let Matoba apply it but he won't say anything about it.

It's already a big deal to him. He doesn't want to make it an even bigger one.

Instead, he focuses on the question,
)

Mhm. (He nods. He still carries it around with him out of spite, as a reminder to not let himself get caught vulnerable or weak again.) Yeah.
harimaya: (🍙 champon)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-05-01 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
(why is Matoba like this

He doesn't say a word as Matoba does his work. He can feel something form inside him-- a tight feeling in the pit of his stomach that both makes him want to scream but also keeps it closed. If he was more aware of his feelings, he'd have the word for this. He'd know how to handle it. Instead, all he can do is silently endure his discomfort in front of someone else.

(Anxious. The word for this feeling is anxious.)

The magic he feels isn't totally unlike the saniwa's. He's familiar with what purification feels like and it isn't his first time feeling someone else's power fill him but Matoba feels more like power than the Saniwa's care.

(As he thought. Even with the offer of protection, he dislikes being handled by others.)

He's relieved when the spell ends and he turns his sword over to study it. Despite his discomfort, he can still feel the spell's effect. It's a good spell. He can't deny that and for someone who values strength like Hizen, he can certainly appreciate it.
)

Got it. I'll be careful. (Not to waste it on a stupid moment. He remembers his manners,) ... Thanks.

(It's as awkward as one would expect. He returns his sword to his side, where it feels safer. Where he feels better. In turn, he reaches into his pocket and retrieves the same bullet as before. Matoba's lucky he has it on him if only because others have been trying to gather information (Hizen included).)

Can you see it better now?
harimaya: (🍙 higashi)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-05-02 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
(He frowns, eyes narrowing when Matoba speaks again. He isn't sure what Matoba can see. He closes his hand around it tightly and though he knows more than he's admitted, it's easy to play the fool when no one expects more from you.

Matoba saw something. Felt something. That much was obvious.
)

... What was it? (And so Matoba doesn't try to play it off, he follows up pointedly,) You're in a good mood.
harimaya: (🍙 wataame)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-05-02 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
(He glares at Matoba, taking it as an insult like he's being called weak. It'll take more than something like that to kill him. Even without his full strength at the time, Hizen Tadahiro is too full of spite and rage to just fall over and die easily.)

Don't get crazy ideas.

(Shoving the bullet back in his pocket. He doesn't really know what Matoba is thinking but the whole energy here is bad.)

Got enough of those spreading around this place.

(TOO MANY PEOPLE IN HELL TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE.)
harimaya: (🍙 katsudon)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-05-04 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
Hizen.

(Again. It sounds so patronizing coming from Matoba. He doesn't like it. And yet with each correction... he has a little less bite. Let him gradually become resigned to the term.)

Tch. (Arms crossed, grumbling,) Coming from you, it all sounds insincere...

Whatever. (He's letting it go,) I can take care of myself but what about you.

(A glance back at the building he'd lost the monster at,)

Aren't you worried about it coming back later?

(Like, in the same day?)

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