Hizen Tadahiro (肥前忠広) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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jigokulogs2022-04-23 11:28 pm
harimaya) wrote in jigokulogs2022-04-23 11:28 pm
( open ) 002
Who ⬤ Hizen & you
What ⬤ Catchall for the underground and tdm (funeral) prompts
When ⬤ April
Where ⬤ See prompts.
Content Warnings ⬤ TBA
ABOVE GROUND
UNDERGROUND
UNDERGROUND: TAMAMO BULLYING EDITION
WILDCARD
What ⬤ Catchall for the underground and tdm (funeral) prompts
When ⬤ April
Where ⬤ See prompts.
Content Warnings ⬤ TBA
ABOVE GROUND
(The best way to stop people from getting in is to watch the entrance. He doesn't expect anyone to just waltz in through the obvious entrances and there are plenty of people keeping an eye out there. Instead, Hizen opts to watch a smaller, less obvious entrance that people can use to sneak in past whatever guards might be on duty.
He keeps his distance, preferring to watch from the shadows of an alley and enjoys how slow the job is for the time being… by enjoying a rice ball. It might be a job but he's still entitled to his snack breaks. Not even the government back home can take that away from him.
When he catches someone poking around, he finishes the last of his onigiri and begins to make his way towards his new target, )
It's closed.
(Some oni have thrown some boxes or something in front of to make it more difficult to get through but it's not impossible.)
Try somewhere else.
UNDERGROUND
(When it comes to closed, dark spaces, Hizen has always had an advantage. After all, wakizashi are convenient for assassinations and all wakizashi spirits seem to inherit a natural talent for sneaking around in dangerous places. Being the sword of an assassin only makes it easier for him.
He knows how to walk quietly, making sure he makes as little sound as possible in the tunnels. Let the sound of water below and the streets above drown out most of his sounds so he can sneak around. He keeps to the shadows and knows where to hide or how far back to stay to keep out of sight. There are no special abilities or powers at play here— it's all skill so anyone with a special talent or sharp senses will be able to sense him eventually but he's good at lying low in wait, stalking potential prey.
His eyes adjust to the darkness and he can make out who his allies and enemies easily. When he sees a fellow Shuten member, he makes a point to take a heavier step so he's heard but stays out of sight a moment longer before revealing himself. He's been shot once this month and he's not in the mood to get hurt again because of friendly fire fo all things,)
It's a dead end.
(The direction they're heading in right now.)
(If he sees someone who isn't a Shuten, he sticks to the shadows and just... keeps watching! Eventually, he might yawn and warn though,)
Keep going and you'll be in trouble.
UNDERGROUND: TAMAMO BULLYING EDITION
(You are a Tamamo and you have managed to make it underground. Somewhere along the way, you've called Hizen out for stalking you or just ran into him. Either way, with alliances established and so on, he doesn't look impressed when he realizes he's stumbled onto a Tamamo.
He tugs at the scarf over his face and let's out a short laugh,)
You guys really came? Thought you'd be worried about breaking a nail or something.
WILDCARD
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He dislikes being noticed by others, especially when something is wrong and he stiffens, looking absolutely annoyed,)
I can fix it.
(He cannot. But that doesn't stop him from trying.)
... Stop looking.
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And Kamui doesn't seem to be deterred by Hizen's annoyance, either: he doesn't budge, but he doesn't move to touch him either. Not without permission, of course.]
Are you sure? It's harder to adjust the knot on yourself than if someone else does it. It's no trouble.
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It isn't working and eventually he just gives up and grumbles,)
... Fine.
(He'll allow Kamui to help.)
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Okay.
[Kamui approaches at last, undoing the tie completely to redo the knot as neatly as possible. As he works, he casts an innocent glance up at Hizen's face. He looks.
tsunderemad.]Are you upset about the suit? Mine took a lot out of my paycheck, too.
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tsunderemad.)... Never wore anything like this before.
(It is... his first suit! And it's very uncomfortable.)
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[He's like a kid........... cute. He loops the tie with a practiced hand: evidently, Kamui's done this many times before.]
My job-- well, my job before here, had strict rules for attire. I had to wear a suit every day: not as nice as this one, though.
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(Maybe he should explain.
But that means
explaining.)
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[more importantly, he finishes the knot and straightens it, pulling it up snug to Hizen's collar. Not too snug, though: just enough to not look sloppy. Don't mess it up again, Hizen.]
There you go.
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(He just manifested into this world knowing how to talk and walk and read and most importantly, how to follow orders.
When Kamui finishes, he brings a finger to the knot and tugs at it just slightly. A little looser but not so much it ruins it. He'll be considerate enough to keep it neat after Kamui went through the trouble and everything.)
... Thanks.
(It's short, a little awkward, but he can be polite believe it or not!!! He also seems to consider something for just a moment before continuing,)
Ya know, just 'cause someone looks human here doesn't mean they are.
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You're welcome. Let me know if you need help again.
[A pause. Hizen's brutal efficiency at the casino, in spite of his appearance, returns to Kamui again. Sure, any human could be that capable-- he knows men who are-- but.] ...Do you know? I was wondering, but thought it would be rude to ask.
[He smiles, almost teasingly.]
If you'd ever like to share, I wouldn't mind listening. Maybe I can tell you what I am, too.
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(He will most certainly not ask for help again. He will just be mad. He would rather die mad than ask for help, thank you very much.)
You're better off assuming everyone here is weird. (He could have said that nicer.) It's weirder to be a regular human here.
(Kamui smiles and Hizen does not! He will be exactly as prickly as ever.)
Spirit.
(Kami to be exact for Kamui who should be able to recognize this means he is... definitely a type of Japanese spirit. He won't elaborate which really doesnt help considering everything has kami in Shinto.)
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I see... then I'm glad to have fought alongside a spirit, Hizen-san.
[Whatever kind of kami he so happens to be, anyway.
And one good turn deserves another, so he can elaborate too, can't he?] I'm still human-- technically-- but I'm also something called an observer. [Kamui brushes aside his bangs, making his silver eye look a bit more obvious.] I can feel different things, or enter different planes, that other humans cannot.
[A beat.] It goes without saying that I didn't mean to come to Jigoku-cho, though.
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He only shrugs in response at first. He usually avoids eye contact or looking at others in general but he looks up to see what Kamui is showing. It's his first time really looking at it and he can tell... something is off. He keeps his reaction controlled, careful not to look surprised or even interested. He's as tired and uninterested as ever... but he's watching; like an animal watches another, trying to understand where the other fits in the chain.
Feel different things
Enter different planes humans can't enter
Still human. "Technically."
... Huh.
And he looks away again.)
... I guess you're okay. (No, he will not return the praise? The compliment? Though, coming from Hizen, this is as close as it really gets to him returning the favor at all.) If you figure a way out though, you better share.
(A beat,)
I'll kill you if you don't.
(#JustCasualHizenThings)
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I would kill me for that too.
[He lowers his hand back to his side, the fringe falling away and into place where it half-hides his eye once more.]
Luckily for us both, I'm willing to share. [There's no reason to keep something as big as that hidden; to keep somebody trapped in some in-between world away from everything they've known. This isn't the first time he's been stuck like this, and he wouldn't wish the waiting on anybody. Not when he's not the only person with something more important to do than be at someone's funeral.]
It'd be pretty hypocritical of me not to, after all I've been saying about figuring this place out.
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He gives Kamui a nod of approval. Really, he doesn't know if he can trust Kamui but someone once told him he should try not to assume the worst in people all of the time. Kamui hasn't really given him a reason to distrust him completely and if anything, he seems to have a good head on his shoulders... but old habits are hard to break.)
... What've you been saying exactly?
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How often do you use the network?
[HOLD UP, he's pulling out his phone to find some of his comments. Once he pulls up his network post from last month, he turns the screen around for Hizen to see.]
I've been gathering information since we arrived. [Which might not help the trustworthiness part, but whatever! it's important.] Apart from spirits like you, everyone's young and in reasonably good health: not exactly the demographic you'd find among the dead.
[He glances around the area: no wandering oni in suits to overhear this, right?]
I still don't think we're really dead, or in Hell. And if we are, there's something strange going on. As much as I want to fulfill my contract, this feels fishy... so I want to find another way home.
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(Gather information, really. He prefers to not engage because he's just as terrible online as he is in person, oops. But the network is a good place to gather intel on others, especially once he figures out who is who.
... Most people aren't using the network like that though, are they? Well, apparently Kamui also does.
Ah, he recognizes this post, though. He'd almost forgotten about it, to be honest.)
Enough people here aren't who I'd expect to see in any of the hells either. Didn't even know there was an afterlife for spirits, either... (Which is to say he doesn't doubt he could have broke and died but he really did think breaking would be the end for him. Swords... don't have an afterlife maybe? Why would they?) To be honest, everything sounds more like being spirited away. Ya know, like the old stories?
(He looks at Kamui to see if he's familiar with what Hizen is talking about. He said himself he was from Japan in that post.... but most young people don't care about the old stories anymore. Most of the stories were forgotten long before Hizen was summoned.)
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Yes, I know what you mean.
[Speaking of time: if he's been disappeared by some gods or spirits, can he be brought back to the same time and the same place he left? What if, in all the chaos, he's dropped into some incorrect point of the timeline...?]
Maybe that makes the fact that we signed a contract even worse.