nerine: (So this is the coming of age)
мarιanna "мonтѕ" мedιna ([personal profile] nerine) wrote in [community profile] jigokulogs2022-05-17 08:48 pm

semi-open 🍵 our crazy hazes

Who ⬤ Monts and Various
What ⬤ May Catchall and Substories.
When ⬤ Mid-May
Where ⬤ Here and there in Jigokucho.
Content WarningsCW: Light body horror descriptions.

Notes ⬤ Open prompts in the comments, some closed ones as well.



"It's been two months."
federates: (A-B-C-D-E-F-U)

moon medicine

[personal profile] federates 2022-05-19 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ barton is, indeed, enma; however, this wouldn't yet be advertised but for the fastidiously pressed uniform that he wears, if that's enough of a giveaway. he's likely on patrol of sorts, or simply needed to get out and moving - restlessness plagues his bones and has his trigger finger itch. brisk walks can only do so much in the end. ]

Ah!

[ he snatches his hand away. he does wear gloves, so the chill of her hands may not be readily apparently, but he can tell she's not exactly a heated furnace. and while he isn't averse to physical touch, having a stranger reach for his hand - intentionally or not - still has him startling. ]

What's that got to do with it?
federates: (put yourself)

[personal profile] federates 2022-05-20 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ is... is that a law? barton feels embarrassed that he hasn't the faintest clue. but whatever - it's not as if he has that to hide of all things. he likewise levels her with a once-over, as if adjudging whether this person has done something worthy of an arrest. alas, nothing he can discern. ]

Yeah! I'm Department of Enma.

[ barton's eyebrows arc, though this may be difficult to tell what with how his cap shades over his eyes. and now, with a scoff and a rough tone that's meant to be rude, ]

Sure as hell ain't Tamamo, huh? [ his least favorite; but mostly, he did notice that not to be once of her suggestions...! ]
federates: (i'm over it now)

[personal profile] federates 2022-05-24 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
... You think the mochi's done something to you to make you feel cold?

[ readily spoken like someone familiar with this set of facts. but, ah. now why she had been reaching for his hand abruptly makes sense... ]

[ that hand he had jerked away? barton lifts it again, this time in a clear offer that she's welcome to take it, should she like to try alleviating her condition. ]

Not the first time I've heard about this. Had the rabbit warned you at all? Made you sign anything?
federates: (do anything)

[personal profile] federates 2022-05-25 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ barton's unsure how to receive that information, and there's a moment in which he looks perplexed. it doesn't necessarily sound like she was misled, or urged into consuming it, but it's a better set of facts than... having something to sign, ignoring it, and then consuming it anyway... ]

Who's "they"? Your employers, clients, the rabbit, what?

[ just to be clear. duty calls, etc. ]

[ an eyebrows raises at her last point. ]

I don't know 'bout that. [ while his voice doesn't necessarily contain venom, he does rattle of these monikers like they're casual fact: ] The snotty, punk brat I talked to didn't seem to be helped any by extra layers.

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cutcloud: for all uncreds. (pic#15485725)

haniwa & the rain.

[personal profile] cutcloud 2022-05-21 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Monts isn't the only one who finds the rain peaceful. For a boy who can't yet take the heat and hides inside on sunny days, the overcast and cool brush of droplets is a relief. Water is the most yin of all the elements, and he's rather fond of it. Enough so that he hasn't even bothered with an umbrella, opting to instead walk through the fall with his hair brushed back out of his face.

What is he doing? Investigating, of course. As an exorcist the haniwa are of concern to him, especially since he gets an off feeling from them. Many of his skills may still be suppressed, but he can still just tell when something is weird. He had been marking where they appear in a quickly drawn map, but they're popping up so frequently now that he's stopped doing that and instead chosen to count their numbers.

He spies Monts and raises a hand in hello. That's about when he notices that she seems ... a bit out of it? ]


Miss Monts? [ he calls out to her as he closes the distance, eyes flicking toward where she's looking, ] Is something wrong?
cutcloud: (pic#15485738)

[personal profile] cutcloud 2022-05-24 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He stops beside her with a scrutinizing gaze lashing over the alley. Just some trash and dirt. Nothing strikes him as strange on the surface … but that tracks with the rumors he’s heard of late. Evil rarely comes out to shake your hand like an old friend. ]

Not quite. I heard rumors of strange activity so I’m investigating the area.

[ Crossing his arms, he recounts, ]

Two women swore that they saw their dead husbands wandering around like possessed zombies. That turned out to be unrelated—those men had a torrid love affair, eloped, and ran away together, faking their second death in Hell to escape their wives—but that lead to a series of people mentioning hallucinations around these buildings. Odd shadows, things out of the corner of their eye that were gone upon a full look … unusual activity even in the spirit realm. A lot of people have been feeling uncomfortable or upset in general.

[ He can even sense it … something off. Pinpointing it, however, is the real challenge. ]

Have you noticed anything amiss?
cutcloud: (pic#15612125)

[personal profile] cutcloud 2022-05-26 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
It's my job as an exorcist.

[ He watches her face. Even if he isn't the sharpest at times, he would have to be completely oblivious not to notice that something isn't right with her. Whenever he sees her she's normally quite upbeat. ]

Yes, I've been investigating the haniwa. They've been populating at an extraordinary rate ... it's concerning. I don't get a good feeling from them.

[ Speaking of them—he follows her gaze toward the small cluster on the ground. Four of them, staring at them with black hollow eyes. No good. Which is why he sighs, taking a few steps forward and pressing his fingertips together before raising his arms up, crossing his wrists. ]

Just one moment. [ there's a shimmer of spiritual power; it blends, becoming a hexagon that dissipates into a few translucent blue charms. catching them from the air, he slaps one over each haniwa, ] This should help. I've been sealing them as I find them.
cutcloud: (pic#15612129)

[personal profile] cutcloud 2022-05-27 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure if they're possessed. It could also be a curse, an enchantment, or just their nature ... whatever it is, I don't like it.

[ He picks one up as well. It's quiet, and it seems to have lost whatever dark influence it's had for now ... how long his seals will last, he can't say. While Tenkohime did grant him a fraction of his powers back, they're that—a fraction. The strength of the haniwa is also unknown. Can they change over time? Does the amount of them matter? So much he doesn't know.

He looks over to the one in her hand. ]


I have some power now, but it's nowhere near enough to seal all the ones I keep finding. [ he sighs. ] They may as well be rabbits...

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paperpusher: (listen)

[personal profile] paperpusher 2022-05-22 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mai I need you to know I have a vendetta against his ugly misshapen bucket hat. He insists on wearing them like some sort of hair-focused Superman--]

Haha, they were a gift. I'm told they're the height of fashion. [Or so said the person who pawned them off on poor Chongyun.] But I got so many complaints the last time I covered my face, I figured I had to thread the needle somehow!

[He holds the door to the lobby open for her with a flourish, which in and of itself probably negates anything the glasses do to disguise his identity.]
paperpusher: (and I might've got to be with one)

[personal profile] paperpusher 2022-05-28 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[(grumbly BatBale voice) sorry for sparkling.]

Haha, I wish I could say my life isn't that exciting, but... [...Chongyun did punch him off of a bridge. In, y'know. A friendly helpful way.] I'll tell you, but you have to promise to be kind about it. Okay?

[He ignores the whispers like he's an old hat at it (as old as his hideous bucket hat), moseying towards the ticketing attendant without any additional flourish. The poor teenage youkai tearing tickets fumbles the pair he hands over.] Ah, you're going to pirate it? How cruel. Maybe you should've been treating me instead of the other way around.
paperpusher: (give me one good movie kiss)

[personal profile] paperpusher 2022-06-07 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, please feel free to comment. [He leans in a little closer, like they're two lovers sharing a secret-- and it also helps to hide his face a little better, even if it causes a stream of excited whispers to rise up around them.] The truth is, I had a private screening with Tenkohime before the movie was released, and she just sat quietly and watched. I don't know if I can handle enduring it in silence again.

[He says it jokingly, but...]

I'll try not to let it go to my head. Do you mind if we sit in the back? We'll have a little more privacy that way.

[He says it like he's a shameless flirt, but he means it much more literally-- if he sits in the front then people will be staring at him for the entire movie.]
paperpusher: (me、the notorious bottom dweller)

[personal profile] paperpusher 2022-06-12 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
It certainly says something. [He lets the wry tone come through, even if he keeps his comment under his breath before switching back to the carefree flirting voice.] Well, who could blame them? I can't hold it against everyone for wanting to look at a beautiful woman like yourself instead of my silly movie.

[He tugs his hat further down as they walk into the theater and head for the back, which does absolutely nothing to prevent the audience already in their seats from breaking out in excited whispers and craning their necks (in some cases, extremely long necks) around to look at them. Natori's an old hat at getting this timing right, though; he gestures for Monts to sit right as the lights dim for the previews. In an undertone:] What do you think? Would you rather sit here while I get the snacks, or should I be a terrible excuse for a gentleman and send you out there alone?

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