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jigokulogs2022-07-12 05:32 pm
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[2 / open] you're the only one who makes me excited
Who ⬤ Kate Galloway (bratherine) & maybe you?
What ⬤ timtam apartment shenanigans andsidequests substories
When ⬤ Throughout the month
Where ⬤ All over the city, check individual prompts for specific locations
Content Warnings ⬤ Mr. Libido / Stardust but probably nothing else!
— tamamornings.
— substory: mr. libido.
Adult businesses throughout the city have been reporting a nearly naked man dancing outside their storefronts and harassing customers. Store employees can’t deal with him because he runs every time they take a step outside. They need your help to catch this pervert and make sure he doesn’t come back. Careful, he may think you’re like him and take a shine to you instead! You might not want to hear what kind of lurid talk he’s open to a friend about… Please help rid Jigokucho of this tighty-whitey clad menace!
— substory: stardust.
With things seeming to get back to normal, there are preparations that need to be made for the next citywide festival: Tanabata! A little competition is being held between the factions to collect as much “Stardust” as possible in the lead up to the festival. “Stardust” is a magical fragment of the heavens that has fallen to the city at night. There are rewards for those who gather the most up, but exposure to a lot of Stardust can have some interesting effects. It increases the feelings of joy and satisfaction one gets from indulging in one’s desires; be it fighting, fucking, gambling, drinking, dancing, singing, or even just quiet meditation.
No wonder this stuff is so valuable and everyone’s trying to get their hands on it. Are you going to collect it for your faction, or are you going to try to sell it off to people in town who just want to vibe? Don’t get caught hawking the stuff by your faction, if so!
— substory: stardust, part ii, magic kiss edition.
— wildcard.
bratherine) & maybe you?What ⬤ timtam apartment shenanigans and
When ⬤ Throughout the month
Where ⬤ All over the city, check individual prompts for specific locations
Content Warnings ⬤ Mr. Libido / Stardust but probably nothing else!
— tamamornings.
Ugh!
( The noise any unfortunate fellow Lost Soul at the laundromat nearest the Tamamo starter apartments hears is the dulcet tones of one irritated teenager, yanking her work uniform out of the wash only to find...
Something's been eating holes through her shirt.
Fuck's sake. She actually tries with the laundry, for once in her life, because fuck knows Marc isn't here to foist that duty onto, and...
This.
She glares at the shirt, balling it up and dumping it in her washing basket, poking her head into the washing machine to try and figure out just how the fuck this happened.
Did you, uh, wanna use this machine? Or just figure out why this girl is so mad at her laundry? )
— substory: mr. libido.
substory description
Adult businesses throughout the city have been reporting a nearly naked man dancing outside their storefronts and harassing customers. Store employees can’t deal with him because he runs every time they take a step outside. They need your help to catch this pervert and make sure he doesn’t come back. Careful, he may think you’re like him and take a shine to you instead! You might not want to hear what kind of lurid talk he’s open to a friend about… Please help rid Jigokucho of this tighty-whitey clad menace!
Shut. Up.
( The sight of Mr. Libido is an unfortunately familiar one for far too many people, and in the continuing farce that is Kate's life, she just had to run into him while trying to get her grocery shopping done. Apparently, telling yet another practically naked idiot to fuck off is an invitation to hear way too much detail about why he's doing this particular dance.
Is this better or worse than getting into a fight with a naked dude? Honestly, it's a coin toss.
She continues to stalk her way back, bags heavy in her hands, as Mr. Libido bounds along to keep up, chattering all the while about **** and **** and *********.
Kate twitches.
Kate puts down her bags, yanks the breadstick out of one of them, and wields it like it was an actual weapon. It is not, but it's the closest thing she has at the minute. )
Fuck off already.
— substory: stardust.
substory description
With things seeming to get back to normal, there are preparations that need to be made for the next citywide festival: Tanabata! A little competition is being held between the factions to collect as much “Stardust” as possible in the lead up to the festival. “Stardust” is a magical fragment of the heavens that has fallen to the city at night. There are rewards for those who gather the most up, but exposure to a lot of Stardust can have some interesting effects. It increases the feelings of joy and satisfaction one gets from indulging in one’s desires; be it fighting, fucking, gambling, drinking, dancing, singing, or even just quiet meditation.
No wonder this stuff is so valuable and everyone’s trying to get their hands on it. Are you going to collect it for your faction, or are you going to try to sell it off to people in town who just want to vibe? Don’t get caught hawking the stuff by your faction, if so!
( Stardust glitters in the night. It's actually kind of fascinating, in a "shit that should be in a fantasy film" way. But more importantly than that, it's a kind of competition. And Kate can't say no to one of those.
It's easy to find her at dusk, using the last remnants of daylight to guide her across the walls and balconies of buildings, climbing above the streets of Jigokucho with well-placed jumps and practiced, fluid motion. She's become more used to the paths she can climb in the city, particularly in Tamamo district, but the further out she wanders, the more apparent it becomes that she needs time to plan her routes up and down rooftops, and it's an easy time to grab her, even if she's in the middle of plucking bits of stardust up and tossing them in a drawstring bag. It happens on the street when she chances upon that sparkle, but mostly? Mostly Kate is going onto the rooftops to clean stardust from there, assuming it's more likely to have an ample supply of the stuff than the streets where everyone walks.
And collecting ample supplies comes with its own drawbacks. Or perhaps bonuses, depending on how you look at it. The stardust is, after all, more than just sparkly. The delight floods her veins with each course she uses to jump from one rooftop to the next, each time she runs and the wind picks up in her ears. It's growing darker by the second, but it doesn't seem to matter.
She wants... She wants. God, what does she want? To have fun. To forget. To let everything but this feeling melt away into nothing, so she can simply be.
And, when Kate's happy, she's talkative. Anyone she runs into at this point will be greeted. Perhaps not enthusiastically, but with a certain gleam that isn't normally there. A lightness which suits her even as it comes across foreign and unfamiliar. )
Why're you out?
( A simple enough question. What are you up to, stranger? Or less stranger? )
— substory: stardust, part ii, magic kiss edition.
( Kate may not be out hunting for stardust in the daylight hours, but that doesn't mean the hunt is over. She's not about to ignore flecks of stardust which she stumbles across between errands, or on her way to work at the restaurant.
She's also not going to ignore fellow competitors, either. There's new strength flowing in her veins and an odd, intrinsic knowledge of just how much better that power Tenkohime gifted her has become. There's a good, if not reckless, mood which has overtaken her, no thanks to all the stardust collecting she herself has been doing.
So, wherever you may be, if you look like you're trying to grab some sparkly stuff, Kate walks right over and taps you on the shoulder.
First things first: determining whether this person is a fellow Tamamo, to be helped, or someone to be hindered. Her eyes scope out any type of identifying pins, or uniform, which may be worn, as well as whether she recognises said person from headquarters. )
Can help you with that, if you want.
( It's fine! Trust her. :) )
— wildcard.
( need / want something else? hit me! feel free to contact me (exits#8071 /exits) if you wanna chat things out. )
EMBER OVERFLOWS
no fuckoff (347)
TAMAMO
☆ Brat
@megumi
( ...
yeah. that was a text she definitely just read with her own two eyes. man, who would have thought a day would come where superpower-providing pills would seem so normal. )
never know
they might start doing that here
( cause why the fuck wouldn't they, honestly? )
@dosei
sure.
place in shuten called axercise
wanna go?
no subject
ya why not
better than gettin bitched at for vandalism
no subject
cool
when you free?
( Kate, given your propensity to doing everything, you're the one whose schedule needs checking. )
no subject
whenever
tmrw i guess i got nothing else to do
[ responsibilities...what responsibilities. ]
no subject
6pm?
( Hopefully it isn't too busy in the evenings. )
no subject
dont be late or ill kick your ass
>action if you want!
( True to her word, she'll be there on time, thank you. )
someone is going to die
this is...probably the first time he's actually met up with someone like this, on purpose. he shows up a little earlier (not out of punctuality, mind you), absentmindedly kicking rocks while he waits, and only bothers looking up when kate approaches. the fact she's a bit taller than him makes him only a little bit salty.
he tilts his head, but doesn't offer much more of a greeting, fingers wrapped tight around his phone. hello, motherfucker. ]
at least it'll be fun for them
Seeing people on photos in a dodgy app versus real life is something of a new experience for Kate, who has never seen the benefit in doing shit like this before. But whatever.
... He's short. Which is saying something from her 5'1" ass. )
Hey.
( A nod of greeting as she pauses outside the door and pushes it open for the both of them. )
Ready?
( She's a little excited, though it only shows in how quickly she enters. She's always wanted to give this sort of thing a go. It seems... cathartic. And fuck knows she could do with some catharsis. )
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this is definitely also out of his own ballpark, but who is he to talk. he's done weirder shit, anyway, back in haunted youkai town, and haunted youkai town didn't even have an axe throwing range.
dosei quirks a brow as she opens the door for both of them, but finally shrugs and steps past. not to say he isn't thrilled at the he idea of lobbing sharp objects without abandon, but she seems way more into it than he is at the moment.
after a few seconds of his phone screen casting shadows his face as he types, he lifts it up for a better look. ]
thought youd been here before
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( She did recommend it, but it wasn't a personal recommendation as much as an "I've heard about this thing and it sounds cool".
So, ultimately, she wins. She gets to try this thing out, and she gets to recommend it to someone else so she doesn't have to go by herself like a weirdo.
But they're soon loaded up with axes and an instructor, who holds their axe in a tentacle as they rattle off all the safety instructions with the bored visage of someone who has been ignored more often than not when explaining how to do this properly. )
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dosei narrows his eyes with an indignant noise, but eventually just gives a shrug of the shoulders. maybe that's fair, but he isn't gonna say it. there are more important things at hand, anyway.
needless to say, he is zoning the fuck out for this entire explanation, looking about as bored as their instructor is (although, the tentacles are something else). he absentmindedly bounces it about in his hand, ignorant to the slight press of the metal into his palms, opting to eyeball the targets instead with a vigor that only a man desperate to chuck sharp objects could have.
as soon as they get the go ahead, he opts to continue the cycle of completely disregarding all safety explanations and just chuck the fucking thing.
...which, ironically, doesn't miss completely, instead hitting the bottom half of the target itself, but he isn't getting any rewards for that throw either. it's the effort that counts. ]
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Strangely, Kate pays some amount of attention. She won't be the most attentive person to ever come through the doors of the venue, but she does take what this person is saying at least somewhat seriously.
Look, it's unlikely she'll ever need to use axe throwing as a legitimate form of attack, and if her contract is fulfilled, she'll never have to think about warfare or fighting people again, but right here and now? It's a skill that's worth keeping in mind, and at least not completely embarrassing herself with.
Speaking of the actual act of throwing... )
Y'weren't listening.
( Obviously, but she points it out anyway. It's a good thing for Kate, though, since she can cross reference his nonchalant style with what the instructor said and lift the axe over her head, tossing it two-handed at the target.
... A little north west of bullseye, but pretty solid, really. )
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really, the fact he managed to actually hit the target is impressive enough, considering dosei's throwing skills generally suck ass. he merely gives a derisive snort at her critique, clearly unbothered by it- not snarky enough for him to consider it mocking, so it gets a pass for now.
he just leans back and watches her, narrowing his eyes at the two-handed grip and the difference in stance before his gaze snaps to follow it as it flies through the air. hm, that was...significantly better than him. makes his fingers twitch, so once the go-ahead is given, he's already ducking to go pull the axe from the target for a fresh start.
he'll wait for her before he starts throwing anew, though...fingers pressing absentmindedly to the blade, he doesn't seem to notice he's starting to cut himself accidentally- the scrunch of his brows showing he's clearly occupied with thinking really, really hard about how he's going to attempt to one-up her already.
despite how he might seem, he is nothing but a overly determined little bastard, and it shows in the way he near-perfectly mimics her actions from before for he makes an attempt of a better toss...which surprisingly manages to land not too far from kate's initial shot, although he may have thrown himself forward a bit too far in the process. ]
(no subject)
@mona
nothing to lose here
rules could be different
no subject
I understand that you are curious, and while I don't think that curiosity is bad in itself, I simply cannot betray those who taught me what I know. I cannot dishonor the art of astrology.
no subject
how long you been doing it
( colour her curious, tbh. )
no subject
[ which is a total guess on my part but we're rolling with it ]
no subject
that's pretty long
( that's most of her life, so of course it sounds long. )
no subject
[ mona....... ]
no subject
( See: running and her. )
no subject
You must have an area of expertise yourself, then. What is it?
no subject
nah
just knew people like you
( She lies, because it's easy via text. Because being haunted by the girl you used to be sucks and she doesn't feel like talking about it on EMBER. )