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[harimaya]

Who ⬤ Hizen & you
What ⬤ Catchall for March. Open prompts in main post for substories. Closed starters in comments.
When ⬤ All of march!
Where ⬤ See prompts.
Content Warnings ⬤ TBA

SUBSTORY: WELCOME TO THE NIGHT PARADE (I)

("Outta the way, outta the way!"

A group of smaller youkai yell. They might not be big but what they lack in size, they make up for in number in spirit. They push their way through the crowd carrying a portable shrine. It's a diverse group made up of smaller youkai and spirits— little oni, cats walking on hind legs, a one eyed umbrella, something with a face as large as its body, and fish-looking creature that flails across the ground as it makes its way through.

Do you get out of the way? Or do you miss the warning in all of the hustle and bustle?

In the case of the latter, you can expect one of several things to happen…)

A.
(Hizen loudly snaps at you,)

Oi! Pay attention and get out of the way!

(You probably don't want to get caught up with these little guys. Their patience is as little as they are. The shorter the person, the shorter their temper. If you'd like to avoid confrontation, Hizen can suddenly grab your character by the arm and pull the aside. Alternatively, you can just let the crowd crash into you. Maybe he'll help?)

B.
(Or maybe you're helping Hizen with setting up for someone's game stand. Have you noticed that the owner won't actually let either of you help with getting the game part together? Leave that part to them (so they can rig it). You and Hizen can set up the prize wall made up of different masks and toy weapons.

As the little procession goes by, Hizen stops for a moment to stare and mutters,)

The "parade of a hundred demons," huh...

(He sounds like he might know something?)

SUBSTORY: WELCOME TO THE NIGHT PARADE (II)

(It's security detail!

… Or really, it's more like crosswalk duty.

On the night of the parade, you and Hizen will be expected to keep the pedestrians from crossing the street before their turn. Instead, you'll wait for scheduled stops in the parade that will give enough time for people to get to the other side.

Before the parade begins, you'll have to help set up the barrier using cones or barrels or what have you. And the person in charge of overseeing? It's a long-necked woman that keeps looking over your shoulder and telling you the barriers are too close or too far from the street. The crosswalk openings are too narrow or too wide. She keeps picking at everything you're doing! Is this your first night parade? Do you have any idea what you're doing? She asks for help and she gets sent a bunch of fresh lost souls who have no idea what they're doing!

She doesn't even have the courtesy to say this behind your back. She's right there with her long neck, complaining right in your ear. Or Hizen's ear.

And he looks like he's going to snap. )

SUBSTORY: LOOK AT THIS SWEET JACKET

(The first step to any assignment is gathering information. It's time to get to find the bridge in question and meet the client. Hizen checks the writing on one of the columns at the end of the bridge and looks over to you,)

This is it. (This is the bridge.)Looks pretty normal.

(He's unimpressed. But because timing is comedic, as soon as he finishes speaking, a man gets tossed back across the bridge, rolls like a ball, and stops right in front of them.)

...

(Hizen looks down and... looks away. He sure is going to make you take care of the talking first)

WILDCARD.

❀ Hizen is in the Shuten Clan.
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Comments

[silentscout]

I see. So it's a misunderstanding between humans and demons.

[This makes sense to him. Humans and demons are on entirely different levels, of course what is fun to one would be scary to the other. It's no different than how the birds fly away when humans start to get loud for their own parties.]

But we're in a place where they can have their parties freely, aren't we?

[harimaya]

Nah.

(He shakes his head,)

If you look at 'em or cross their path when you aren't supposed to, you're in trouble. If you're lucky, you die.

(Because dying is lucky???)

[silentscout]

We're in Hell.

[They might already be dead??? They won't be going far.]

[harimaya]

Then we aren't lucky.

(Dying would probably be nice.)

Those guys end up missing. Spirited away. No one knows what happens to 'em.

(They're just going to have to fuck around and find out???)

[silentscout]

That seems like a lot of effort for causing commotion at a parade. It's easier to just punch someone to knock them out of the way and keep going.

[The spirits make no sense to him.]

[harimaya]

(He shrugs!)

Sounds more like they just sweep people up and deal with 'em later.

[silentscout]

What a waste of time.

[If Hizen is watching though, he'll see that Lalli makes a conscious effort to stay well out of the path of any youkai. Even if it's not time for the parade yet, he's not taking any risks.]

[harimaya]

Depends on your perspective.

(He sure does notice which is good! Because dealing with death and missing people is a huge pain in the ass when it's completely unnecessary stuff that has nothing to do with him.)

[silentscout]

[Lalli will live for another day hooray]

Energy is limited and wasting it is no good. Any perspective would see that.

[harimaya]

Dealing with a human's probably nothing for some demons.

(He doesn't disagree, though!)