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nobody's gonna break it up (Open)

Who Tenshi and YOU!
What General July Shenanigans, Substories and Plot-stuff
When July!
Where All around
Content Warnings CW Stardust/Magic Drug induced Rough Sex (Ibaraki thread), mild injuries, nudity, might be some weapon play

1) Time-Consumption (Sub-Story)
Tenshi was staring down at this really pretty watch that she'd picked up out of a dumpster. No, she wasn't dumpster diving. Don't judge her! Look, she was just tossing something and saw it in there. Never you mind the unlucky snot who was still in the dumpster. They were still breathing. Probably. Hopefully. It wasn't her fault and it wasn't her problem either.

She wiped the grime off of it and stared for a minute. "Damn. This looks valuable. What the hell was this doing in there?" She frowned.

(OOC: Only request - its disappearance does not lead to permanent/fatal harm to either character. Plenty of other hilarious awfulness before she inevitably loses it.)

2) Cursed Corners
The cackling was getting on her nerves. She raised her hand up and shook her fist at the lipstick wearing hag on the roof. "Get down here you witch! What do you think you're doing?" Of course, her shrieking had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that there was a blue haired punk with a crowbar that she was currently fending off with her bokken, just barely. It was a hallucination. She knew it was a hallucination, but that did not change the fact that she really didn't like this girl.

"I'd like to see you handle a kappa!" That got a few laughs from the onlookers.

3) Mr Libido (Sub-Story)
She groaned. "I thought I was supposed to have gotten a promotion," she muttered as she finished a slice of peach before pocketing the pit in a small bag out of respect. She wiped her hands and looked over at the nearest contracted agent, regardless of their faction and folded her arms. "Whaaaatever. So we have to go deal with a pervert. Like it or not, that's the job. You in, I assume?"

She reached for her sword, paused and left it there, going over to grab a wooden bokken and prop it up on her shoulder. "No killing. He's just a damned pervert. Let's just hope he's not a masochist if we have to beat the snot out of him."

4) It's In the Stars... (Plot-Related)
Finding stardust was the order of the day, and so she had a bag out and was rifling along the river beds and the less likely to be poured over, hunting for the little crystals. She let out a crooning sound of delight when she found one, grabbing it and blinking as she felt a sort of warm sensation when she picked it up, staring at it for a moment. "That's funny."

Oh, did she hear someone? She turned her head to regard whoever had just happened by, popping the crystal into her bag and checking to see if she knew them from the faction. Better safe than sorry. She intended to get these back to them, not just hand them over to someone else... "Here to help?" she said, eyebrow raised but a smile on her face.

5) It's In the Stars.... Fight Club Flavored (Plot-Related)
Tenshi had moderate success with getting the stardust crystals, perhaps more because she was just sort of obsessed with finding them in her spare time. She wanted to impress her masters enough that they gave her some more leeway, or perhaps something actually useful to her. So, she was trying to put in an effort. The side effect, however, was that she was carrying enough of a supply that there was beginning to be an effect, and perhaps not an entirely positive one.

Having closed her satchel and properly secured it, her eyes were starting to dilate and she felt her hand twitching at the side, running over the wooden sword at her side. She caught sight of someone who looked promising and pointed at them. "Hey, you! Yeah, you!" she shouted, grinning with a look on her face that could only be described as lightly ecstatic. "You look good for a fight, whattaya say?" Seriously, someone needed to remind her that she wasn't in Shuten. "Come on. Off the streets. Don't want those Emma guys getting uppity." Yeah, she would have said that even if they were in Emma.

(OOC: Tenshi, in canon, gets the biggest kick out of having adventures and getting into fights, proving herself, so ... yep. She's feeling the urge for a tussle in good fun. Again, no permanent harm. She has the sense to break out the wooden sword for this after all.)

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Anything is possible, as always. If you want adult content material, there's opportunities within the "Stardust" prompt, but please run it by me first.

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"Yeah. Newly arrived." With very little clue of what he's supposed to be doing, but here he is. At this point, better to go along with the missions and things that they want assistance with. Especially if there are other people who actually know what they're doing and he can learn from.

He takes a good long look at the candy looking stars, and thinks about all the times people gathered up star sugar to let him cook something nice. "It's sugar?"

"Nero. Nice to meet ya."

"Not candy. Something called stardust." She relaxed fully as she zipped the pouch up, ready to take him at his word with a quick, curt nod before gesturing around the river banks nearby. "Apparently it falls this time of year at night? I think they use it for magic or something. I can feel it has some sort of property." Well, it was much closer to a drug the way they used it, but she at least understood it was something to be treated carefully.

"We can look together. More hands make light work, and we're rooting around for needles in a haystack. What they got you working in over there? I'm still bouncing these days mostly."

Star dust, star sugar, how far apart are they really? He'll walk a little before kneeling down and looking closely for anything that matches what she's already got. "Wouldn't be too surprised if there's some kinda ritual attached."

"Whatever anybody else doesn't want to deal with for now. Odds and ends, part time stuff. Know anybody who pays well?" Have to spend money to make money, and it's not as though he could take out an entire loan this early. Even if he wanted a small restaurant, it'll take a while to get the money.

"Maaaan, I'm still remembering how to figure out money. It's kind of a pain remembering to do things like saving when you haven't been doing it for ... uh, probably a century or two. I lost track at some point." she snorted and then laughed a little too loudly while she started to work along the water's edge, pushing rocks aside and checking just under the water. As long as the isonade weren't reappearing, they were all good.

"I'm a pretty damned good fighter, so having me work for Musashi in security made sense. Most folks won't hire me for ... other things." She didn't quite put it as a Tamamo thing, but she was bouncing at the brothels. "You'll get assigned something soon enough, and stuff like this'll pay."

"Damn, it'd be nice to not have to worry about it for that long." He's lifetimes away from when money wasn't a problem for him. Money's always been an object, no matter where he's lived.

He lifts up one of the rocks to see if there's anything that might be hidden there. That's an interesting piece of rock, but he's not sure if it's exactly the same as what Tenshi has.

"I'm not much of a fighter." A lie, but not exactly. Without his magic, he doesn't have nearly as much fight utility as he's used to. If it really came down to it, he could probably punch somebody. "How long did it take for ya?"

"Heaven's boring as you can believe. I don't recommend it. No, you don't have to worry about money, but all there is to eat are peaches and everyone's meditating or attending Amaterasu's court all the time. Earth and Hell are much more lively." A firm shake of her head. Nope, she didn't care about money as much as adventure, definitely, and her sense of adventure wasn't always safe or responsible.

Thankfully, the pieces they were looking for were pretty distinct, so when he found one that looked like part of one of the crystals, she motioned towards it and held her bag out. "That should be one, yeah." She smirked. "They put me up as a bouncer almost immediately. Something something, bad attitude with the customers. But don't worry. We've got enough muscle around here at the very least. We're fine as long as the Shuten punks don't make too much trouble, and we've got tricks. I can go toe to toe with any of them for one."

A definite exaggeration, that.

People really take the comfort of a nice and safe life for granted. But he supposes, he's going to meet these kinds of people anywhere he goes. He leaves the North, he finds them in East. He leaves the world, he finds them in hell. "How'd ya get from heaven down to hell? Sounds like a long trip."

He gives a nod and picks up the stardust, putting it in a breast pocket for safe keeping. Immediately he can tell there's something odd about it, but he can't really put his finger on why. It's almost warm for a rock.

"Good to know. Should I let ya know if I need help?" It'll probably cost him, but they are all part of the same group. Maybe there's a discount?

"Would you believe me if I told you a Kappa kicked my ass and I woke up on the banks of the rivers of hell and don't really remember how I got here?" Because that's exactly what freaking happened and she wanted to kick that Kappa's mangy ass twelve ways to Sunday. "I get kicked down to Earth sometimes by the higher ups. I never really fit in up there anyway."

As they continued to grab for the rocks and she laughed. "Well, if it's a good rumble or I'm on orders, just give me a call. Otherwise, it'll cost you dinner." So, the good news was that she really didn't have a sense of wealth. She'd take a cheap but tasty meal.

"I'd have to. Everythin' else that's happened is pretty insane." And with waking up in hell as a baseline, why not? Why wouldn't there be kappa that could beat people up and send them to hell? He's not even sure what a kappa is, but if she knows the name, he figures they're real.

"I can do a good dinner." If nothing else, at least his ability to cook hasn't been affected on the trip down to hell. He really wouldn't know what to do with himself if they took that away from him.

"It's actually kind of a normal thing for me. Not the getting my butt handed to me part. I'm kind of a badass. But fighting Kappa? Oh that's totally normal." She shrugged and smirked over at him. "Youkai like they have here are all over my world, though they're all more human in appearance."

She smirked and nodded over at him. "Alright. Well, it'll be a deal, at least as soon as we have to do something anyway. This stardust stuff just takes time."

"Fightin' kappa specifically, or other types of youkai too?" Figures there would be people who love fighting no matter where he went. Ah well, at least Tenshi's not trying get Nero into a fight after just meeting him.

Maybe he should reevaluate who he normally hangs out with at home.

He gives a slight smile and a nod as he continues looking for the stardust. A good pay out is as decent a reason as any to go along with this.

"Kappa was just my last duel before I got here. I've fought all kinds of youkai before, and a few other kinds of beings. It's something we do when we get bored down there." No, Tenshi. Most people had reasons for doing what they did. You're the one who started fights purely out of boredom.

As she found another piece, she shivered a bit and looked it over. "Say... you got any idea why this stuff feels this good to handle? You've never seen anything like it before have you?"

"Heaven is down?" He doesn't know what the layers of hell, heaven and earth are supposed to be. This is an honest and slightly confused question. But honestly starting fights just from boredom is unfortunately familiar to him.

"Could be somethin' about the magic in them?" He's used to collecting star sugar, but that's different. It definitely didn't lead any weird lingering heat behind when he touched them. Those were just a slightly different, slightly better kind of sweet.

"Eheh. Over there. Nah, heaven's way up. More of its own plane of existence. Hence the whole 'heavens' thing. I just meant back in my world." And she wasn't always great with words. "And yeah, I'm thinking these things are probably magical in some way. I bet they're having a little effect on us... must be what they're looking for. Doesn't feel bad though at least."

Pause. "You're not feeling bad are you?"

"Huh. We don't really have that concept back home." But he's willing to learn a little, now that he's here. He holds up his one piece up to the light, it just feels warm? Not in a bad way to him.

"... Kinda wanna drink." And if that's all the effect it has on him, he's fine with it.

"I have to remember a lot of your worlds don't really have the idea of heaven." Nah, she was never going to remember. Let's be honest about this. She didn't have the patience to remember things like that.

"A drink? Yeah, we could totally go out for drinks when we're done getting some of this up, but after we drop them off at the base. You'd be surprised how easy it is to lose things around here."

Let's be honest. There's a lot of things that people are just not going to remember, because it's simply not going to be relevant to them. Where's Japan? Who knows. They're in hell not on Earth.

"'cause of pickpockets, or something else?"

"Well that's part of it. Thieves mostly, but there's curses too, monsters and plenty of other things that could cause you to lose whatever it is you were trying to get." there had been that watch recently, after all. Oh man was that annoying.

"It's best to just finish your work whenever you're doing it, and then play afterwards so you're not going to get called in again afterwards. In theory."

"How many curses and monsters are we worried about down here?" Help. Probably more than a handful, if it's hell. Probably enough to be a problem. Best to go straight back to the faction and deliver whatever amount of stardust they can find.

"Got it. Good advice." He figures playing does not actually count as legitimate activity and he could be called back in. But maybe it works? Who knows.

"Well, it's a city full of youkai and a lot of them basically are curses made flesh? There's absolutely lots of weirdness you can deal with. Not every day but enough to be aware you should watch out if something feels weird." Ignoring the fact that the stardust definitely felt a tiny bit wierd right now.

"So, what do you do for fun?"

"Drink wine, cook, enjoy the peace and quiet. Maybe chat with somebody about the recent events." And also steal. There was a lot of theft in his past, and even in his present he advocates for break-ins way too much to not be suspicious. That's not something he's just going to offer up to somebody he barely knows without a reason.

"Sounds kinda idyllic and quiet. I prefer my life to be a bit adventurous, but everyone's got their thing." She wasn't going to knock it either, because cooking for yourself and drinking were definitely things in short supply back home, so they could be their own adventures.

"This place's probably a little faster paced than you'd like though, isn't it?"

He kind of figures. Her type is always somewhere nearby, even if he doesn't particularly mean to run into them.

"I can deal with it." He doesn't want to, but with little other choice, it's the only option for him. At least he's experienced several other cultures already. Not as much of a culture shock as the younger Eastern wizards would have experienced.

She grabbed up another piece and crammed it into the bag before nodding over at him. "So, the good news is that you're going to find that we've got a few over at headquarters who have a thing for being supportive, so you're not alone." Not that she wasn't useful herself, but Musashi, Jin and Nie were all pretty helpful souls.

He shoves another star piece into his bag. "'s good to know. How's the boss?" How worried does he have to be about running into her during a normal day?

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