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jigokulogs2022-03-07 10:00 pm
harimaya) wrote in jigokulogs2022-03-07 10:00 pm
Entry tags:
- bungo stray dogs: dazai osamu,
- ensemble stars: ritsu sakuma,
- fate: sakamoto ryouma,
- fire emblem: felix hugo fraldarius,
- granblue fantasy: nehan,
- mahoutsukai no yakusoku: shylock bennett,
- original: daylight vis lornlit,
- stand still stay silent: lalli hotakaine,
- touken ranbu: hizen tadahiro,
- touken ranbu: ichimonji norimune
( open ) 001
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)
SUBSTORY: WELCOME TO THE NIGHT PARADE (II)
SUBSTORY: LOOK AT THIS SWEET JACKET
WILDCARD.
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.
β Hizen is in the Shuten Clan.
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β You can check out my intro comment for some ideas, too.
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[ That being said, though...there is something about the phrasing that makes him curious about something. ]
Wait a minute. What do you mean by 'it's bad to come across the parade before you're supposed to'?
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It's just how the story goes back home. Never been to one so I couldn't tell you if it's true.
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But, whatever. It's not like it's going to change our situation much even if I had.
[ Felix nudges one into position himself and looks over their work so far. ]
Anyway, we've been at this for awhile. I think everything looks as fine as it'll ever be. Your thoughts?
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(Her head is hovering. She's watching from afar, scrutinizing their every move.
But Hizen kicks one cone into place and seems content to call it a day. He begins to make a line for their overseer,)
I'm getting our pay.
(Whatever it is. They were never promised money but Hizen will settle for food. He's a simple spirit.)
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[ Felix just knows it'd be asking for trouble. Anyway he'll go towards the goose overseer, scowl deepening as he does so. He too wants some compensation, whether it's money or food will be good enough for him.
Or a badass sword! That'd be acceptable as well. ]
We're finished. Time to pay up.
[ Naturally the said overseer wants to look over their work one more time (despite having a, uh, good eyeful of it) before letting them go or providing any payment... ]
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She's drawing out the entire process and it's very clear that she's trying to make them anxious but Hizen doesn't seem to react much. If anything, all he does is glare at her and there's something... not quite human about it. It's like an animal, watching prey, all tense and ready to strike. Felix, likewise, doesn't look like the type to get anxious and fidget.
Finally, eventually, she reaches into her kimono and pulls out a worn, paper envelope and begins to pick at the bills inside. What she offers is meager, less than what would really be minimum wage for all of their work, but they were never going to get much from this. No one offering jobs to new spirits for their efforts is exactly rolling in cash, are they? Everyone is paid hourly whatever they can be paid and the difference is often made up in snacks and other small gifts by those feeling generous or grateful.
The each only get a few notes. Nothing more. Nothing less. Hizen reaches to take his share and shoves them into his pocket.)
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...Felix does take the bills offered to him, however, looking about as pleased as one would expect upon being given hardly anything for work. ]
Hmph, that's it?
[ He'll take it, looking just as irritable as before, before stuffing it into his own pocket as well. ]
Talk about irritating. If there is a next time don't whine so much if what you're giving us is basically going to be a damned pittance.
[ He turns away from her, though he will cock his head towards Hizen to see if he is going to say something else, or begin to make his way out of the area like he will be in the next second. ]
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So their job is being framed as volunteer work instead of a real job. She's making this look like she's doing them a favor by offering them anything at all
He notices Felix's look in his direction but Hizen has never been one for words. This isn't the sort of fight he's suited for and he just mumbles something under his breath. No, he's just going to turn on his heel now that the job is over. Felix is welcome to follow him! Because Hizen is going to make a beeline... right for a food stall-- a cheap little wagon selling only one thing: grilled dango. )
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[ Felix gives the goose overseer one last scathing glare before he turns on his heel and goes straight over to the food stall with Hizen. Hm...this is not the first time he has seen these little food stalls, but he hasn't exactly frequented them.
Though he himself isn't exactly a big talker as well, given how Hizen goes over to this place... ]
Hmph. What a surprise, it looks like they actually sell something decent here.
[ He will turn his attention to the vendor to get like a decent amount; nothing more than necessary, just a reasonable quantity. It's a familiar kind of food to him as well, though, since Dango was actually something available to eat back at Garreg Mach. Hopefully it is just as spicy here. ]
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(Felix doesn't look like he's Japanese? Hizen's just trying to explain. He's trying to be nice? Whether or not it's actually helpful is another issue.
Sorry Felix, at most, it's just... lightly salted! And that soy sauce glaze over one them? It's salty-sweet. Hizen opts for a single stick of some plain ol' yakidango and he's already munching away. It's clear he's hungry but he takes his time and doesn't buy anymore. He'll pocket the rest of his change.)
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[ And then he has a taste of the dango, his lips curling into a frown. ]
Ugh, they don't taste the same. What's up with that?
[ Felix will still finish the rest of it, though. There's no point in letting food go to waste. It's not overly sweet or anything, just not what he's expecting at all. ]
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Even more curious though is that last little bit. He's on his second of four dango now and it tastes fine. He didn't order any other flavors so as far as he's concerned, everything had looked and smelled normal, too.)
... What'd you expect?
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[ Felix is trying not to sound like a child who has consumed something sour and isn't enjoying it in the slightest, but it is hard for him to place his tone as anything other than mildly disgruntled at all times. ]
At least the ones I've had.
[ Hizen, on the other hand, seems much more used to the way these are judging by his lack of adverse (which is probably a strong word, really) reaction. ]
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(Tilting his head to one side. He's never had a spicy dango before. He's not picky. Food is food. But he's always associated dango with being a sweet snack. )
... They're usually sweet where I'm from. (A glance at the stand,) Looks like it's probably the same here, too.
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[ Maybe he'll just make it all himself at some point. It can't be really all that hard, right? ]
Hmph. I shouldn't be surprised Hell of all places wouldn't have something exactly the same food I'm used to. But that doesn't seem to be the case with you.
[ To be honest, most of the food here seems different, among other things. But not so much so that he finds himself completely foreign to it. In the end, it's nothing like how he imagined it'd be in Hell, nor what people or books have said of it. ]
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(Is this a human thing. Or that thing some of the other spirits get when they start thinking about where they're from? Hizen prefers to not think much about Tosa if he can help it. Those memories are a sore topic for him.
But he thinks...
From what he's observed and what he understands about people and spirits...
Being far from home can be difficult sometimes.
Hm, if he frames it a certain way in his own mind. Yes, he might not miss home but he can understand missing the food.)
... Where're you from?
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[ Though it is possible others have heard of it, at this point Felix doesn't think there's a good chance of that being the case unless there are more who have been brought here from Fodlan in the first place. ]
And you?
[ He is...admittedly mildly curious. In the grand scheme of things it's also a rather practical question, now that he thinks about it. ]
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Japan.