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[mahoraga]

Who ⬤ Megumi and awesome people (YOU)
What ⬤ May catch-all - substories, IC Mingle log, Megumi's part-time job, anything else that comes up
When ⬤ Throughout May
Where ⬤ Various places
Content Warnings ⬤ N/A - will add as I go


SUBSTORY #1: thanks mods i happen to love body heat meme

[ This is just about the last time he takes free food from anyone, even if they look like a harmless rabbit. Curse his slight fondness for rabbits. While Megumi went a good half hour with no side effects, the chill gradually sets in after that, his long-sleeved clothing and large collar that usually keep him fairly warm no longer making the cut. The worst part is, the effects set in right in the middle of the busy pavement. He would be able to deal with this better if he could wrap himself up at home.

Megumi tries to tough it out for as long as he is able to, arms wrapping around himself as he tries to keep the shivers at bay. He doesn't particularly like to draw attention to himself or make people worry about him, but it's hard to walk normally when the chill seems to have permeated every inch of his body. ]

What did she feed me ... [ Another day he wishes he could summon Divine Dog. Their fur would actually feel divine right about now.

Eventually, his hands seem to seek heat on their own, grabbing the sleeve of someone nearby to give them a light tug closer. ]

SUBSTORY #2: the one with the butts and wild goose chase

[ As if life couldn't get any harder, upon Megumi's refusal to help it with its pointless request, the shirime in all its eye-in-butt glory has taken to following him around, harassing him with its request incessantly.

"So, you'll help me, right? Hey, are you listening? Will you help me? I want the A5! You'll help me, right?"

There's only so much of being followed around and pestered that a boy can take. He doesn't even know which vending machine the shirime is talking about and it keeps ignoring the question when he asks.

There's only one way to solve this problem: Pawn it on someone else. Though he feels a little bad about this, there's no other choice. Megumi addresses whoever might be nearby, thumbing at the silly-looking yokai who's following him. ]

You. Can you help him?

IC MINGLE #1: welcome wagon

[ Megumi doesn't particularly care about movies, preferring to spend his evenings with a good book. When he does watch movies, it's when he's being roped into it by someone else.

He doesn't have much interest in using the movie ticket but it also feels like a waste to throw it away when someone else might want to use it. Anyone who's hovering around the theater will be approached by a tall young man with a deadpan expression. He straight up puts his ticket in your hand. ]

Here. Enjoy.

IC MINGLE #2: haniwa dolls

[ As the night goes on, and the partying locals and lost souls continue to drink themselves silly, a lot of people are focused on having a good time and paying less and less attention to the sporadically emerging dolls. They were creepy at first, but after the fourth time you see one popping up, it becomes a bit easier to ignore, apparently. It's because people are paying less attention that they're being less cautious and allowing themselves to be exposed to its cursed effects.

At a local nightclub, a fight seems to have broken out, a wolf demon randomly breaking out into some paranoid hysteria about everyone else's faces changing, and charging at the other patrons with his sharp claws. At the center of it all is a haniwa figure, and though Megumi's spiritual senses have dulled immensely, he can still pick up its off-putting, dreadful aura.

The other patrons, some also succumbing to the hallucinations, are obviously going to return in kind. A bottle thrown by one of the angry patrons sails through the air towards your character. Before it can hit, they'll be yanked to the side by a young man with dark hair. ]

I have to get rid of that figure. [ He turns to the person he's grabbing now. ] Go somewhere else.

[ He can handle this!!! (Allegedly ... )

ooc: As a note, Megumi is a helpful boy who will be trying to remove the statues as advised by Enma. He might succumb to the effects after a while and i'm happy to plot it out with whoever ]

PART TIME JOB: book shop boys (later in the month)

[ Megumi has found a part-time job at a local bookstore in the Sutoku Alliance. There are books of all sorts available, and the colourful and upbeat members of the staff (with the exception of .. Megumi, who stands out with how quiet he is by comparison) are always ready to help out.

A: If your character looks unsure of what they want to browse, they'll be approached by a quiet young man in a blue apron, who will point at one particular book in the non-fiction section. ]

This one wasn't bad.

[ The title reads 'Everything You Need to Know About Concrete Engineering'. That's ... so boring, why would anyone (who isn't a builder) ever read it??? ]

[ B: Or, if your character happened to wander near the shelves behind some bashful yuki-onna who quickly takes off and leaves, they might get falsely accused of a book-related crime.

Megumi will approach them with a book in hand (a romance story, apparently) and open up the cover. Written on the pages are the romantic exchanges between two regular patrons, who have chosen to trade their love notes through this one book.

The latest one reads "There isn't a day I go on without thinking about you. I long for the touch of your fingers, to hear the sound of your voice. My heart can take no more of this cruel fate that separates us."

Love between enemy faction members? Whatever, he doesn't care. Megumi looks very unimpressed. ]

Please have your love affair somewhere else.

[ OOC: Do something else with me??? You can reach me via PM or at charsiu (feel free to add) ]

Comments

[laughitoff]

[it's all the straight man energy, Megumi. this guy is actually batting his eyelashes at him for effect now, using the poetry book he's holding to cover part of his face, like a substitute for a society lady's fan. he does not seem dissuaded by Megumi's expression or tone.]

Well, if you're presenting me with such heart-pounding writing so boldly to my face, what other conclusions am I meant to draw, hmm? I must say, this is a first for me.

[mahoraga]

[ The batting eyelashes ... If Megumi's expression could get any drier, it does. He knows he's being messed with. He's been through this too many times. The fact that Wei Wuxian would start messing with a stranger he didn't know is already telling Megumi a lot about his personality. ]

Do I look like I would write this sort of thing? [ He does Not. ] I was asking if you wrote it.

[ But that's probably a 'No'. That, or this person is fantastic at deflecting responsibility through confusion and distraction. ]

You're my ... senior in the Sutoku Alliance, aren't you? [ Tired of senpai already. ]

[laughitoff]

[oh gods in the heavens, he's so serious! this newbie is so serious and stern, not flustering or cracking at all in the face of this silly act! Wei Wuxian is delighted.]

Ah, yes, I suppose I would be counted your senior. But worry not! I admire both your forthrightness and initiative!

But ask yourself this, young man: why would I have written something you're presenting to me? Especially a love letter? Wouldn't that be nothing but a path to disappointment for myself?

[mahoraga]

[ Megumi, on the other hand, is feeling very tired and like he has aged a little while having this conversation (despite being a teen). ]

Someone's been writing these love notes in the books these past few days. I was trying to find the culprit. [ The culprit who committed that heinous book-related crime. Who could ever do something so horrible!

He sighs. ] But it's probably not you. [ Unless Wei Wuxian is really good at deflecting blame somehow. Megumi eases up at least, wondering if he should apologise for the false accusation ... ]</small

[laughitoff]

Ah! Well, no, it's not me, I'm afraid. I may be a generally suspicious figure, but I promise you, I don't have a paramour here or anywhere else, ha!

[glances down at the defaced book again, shaking his head]

While you lie in wait on your hunt, it might not be a bad move to leave little paper slips on some of the shelves, though, as an alternative target? If the point is to pass love notes and not simple defacement, anyway.

i am on vacation sorry for lateness!

[mahoraga]

[ They're cleared this up at least. While he does owe his senior an apology, he decides that he doesn't really want to apologise because Wuxian was such a menace to him before pokmyjdyj ]

That's ... actually a pretty good idea. [ Megumi's been focused on catching and reprimanding the culprit that he wasn't considering alternative, less accusatory strategies. Well, this person wouldn't have been promoted in their clan if he weren't smart.

He should thank him also for the solution, but he ... doesn't. Still kind of sulky for being trolled before. They can move on from that, at least, as he decides to give the new strategy a try. ]

Were you looking for any particular book, senpai?