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[stubboarn]

Who ⬤ ENMA + whoever’s unfortunate enough to get swept in this + whoever wants to help!
What ⬤ September substory #4: bounty-hunting!
When ⬤ [ hand gestures ]
Where ⬤ [ … hand gestures ]
Content Warnings ⬤ blanket tag for violence, will update as other things come up.




RELEVANT OOC LINKS

Dimitri post
Link in the Faction page
Update link in Dimitri’s OOC CR/planning post
September substory page

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OOC

This is the LOG for the bounty-hunting substory in September! There are several threads in which this log is divided in. Here’s an explainer – each one is identified as to whether it’s ENMA-specific or OTA. The descriptors are vague by design: I'm leaving it up to players to figure out the nuts and bolts of how they wish their thread will go, and whether or not their characters will team up with officers or pull in friends from other factions to help out, etc. They're really just more of a guide as to what you can expect from the log!

1. ENMA // OFFICE WORK – is your character more the office type? There’s a need for several warrants to be written up for all the poor unfortunate souls who’re going to be detained. This is for you! Feel free to specify your own location where it works for you/your thread partners; in general, I’ll put the default as Kaigo-no-bou.

2. ENMA + OTA // EASY MODE – if your character is more inclined to go the diplomatic route, this is the option for you. NPCs here only need some intimidation and a bit of force in order to get them to comply. Locations can be anywhere, up to you/your thread partner/s where you want to detain people and meet your quota (there is none, but you know) for it!

3. ENMA + OTA // HARD MODE – if your character is more the violent type, this one is for you! NPCs here are more likely to be aggressive or desperate, motivated by money, greed, or petty grievances against something or another. Locations can be anywhere and is up to you and your thread partner/s. NOTE If your character wants to escalate it to flat-out murder, that’s your choice!

4. OTA // CHILL OUT DUDE – This one is just a meet-and-greet, before and/or after the job! Swap stories, meet people, scold your coworkers – sky’s the limit. As with all things, unless you want it set elsewhere, the default is some cafeteria in Kaigo-no-Bou for the setting, just specify in the thread subject where you want it to be!

5. OTA // MISTAKEN IDENTITY – are you from another faction and would like to be arrested by our illustrious department? Now’s your chance to experience this grief first hand! DISCLAIMER Dimitri is not responsible for your ass getting arrested. Go bail yourself out.

As well, there will be a HANDWAVE thread. This is for anyone busy who needs to close off a plot – just give us a small writeup as to what happened if you feel this needs to be noted for everyone. I’ll leave this up to your discretion as to what needs to go here!

Dimitri himself will be going back and forth doing detaining/entrapment, and office work. If anyone wants to meet him / harass him, here’s your chance to do so. If you want something substory-related with Dimitri that's more of a private interaction, hmu on the WILDCARD thread.

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LINKS FOR RP

ENMA // OFFICE WORK
ENMA + OTA // EASY MODE
ENMA + OTA // HARD MODE
OTA // CHILL OUT DUDE
OTA // MISTAKEN IDENTITY
OOC // HANDWAVE
WILDCARD //


For anything else, you can contact me via PMs to this account or over at discord – whether in the game chat, journal PMs, or discord (wrryypugnant #6666).

Comments

[killtime]

She can't argue with that. Real bitch energy is more than fair. Andy only shrugs in acceptance, apparently not entirely put off by this description.

"Something about being sent to kill your ass?" She probably shouldn't say that with so much nonchalance, but given present company, it's probably no surprise for shit like that to be disturbingly casual. It isn't so far off from how she met Kamui herself — pointed a sword right at his throat that day they'd met. "You spared his life, and you two have been soul-bonded ever since. That sound about right?"

Andy also knows about the fat cat. But that seems like a detail for another time.

[rank1]

Travis' chin drops a little, like it might hide the quirk to the corners of his mouth –– that involuntary confession that the description is touching to hear out of a third party's mouth. Still, he waves a hand dismissively. This chick's a fucking stranger to him. Hearing her describe their friendship that way should feel like she's walked into his motel room and made herself at home.

"He say it just like that?" he says, bluntly. "Soul-bonded?"

[killtime]

She probably would have made herself right at home. This woman's the fucking type — and it wouldn't be the first time either.

"No," she responds readily, "But it sounded that way. He's a little too honest with that shit."

Not that she would change that about him. She likes Kamui. She likes how earnest he is when it comes to his people. She likes being one of those people. Maybe that's part of why she's stuck by him this whole time.

"Why? Am I wrong?"

It's clear from her tone that she won't buy it even if he tries to say that she is.

[rank1]

Travis stops meandering around; he wants to say go kick rocks, bitch but he's the one left scuffing the toe of his shoe against the ground, so to speak.

"Nah, sounds just like him."

Travis might be a difficult person at times, but he's no liar, and Kamui... well. Kamui is ooey-gooey half-melted chocolate under a hardened candy shell, sometimes. It's not that hard to see, either, once you know what's under there.

"Sucks that he's blowing my cover, though. I worked pretty fuckin' hard to get the reputation I have, you know."

[killtime]

Too honest, the both of them. Birds of feather, in that way — and Andy supposes she isn't really surprised either.

"The fuck kind of reputation is that?" she quips back dryly, slinging her axe back over her shoulder and leaning to one hip, "I might be one of the only people in this shithole who's even heard of you, and I have a feeling I got the biased version."

With Kamui being all ooey-gooey and all.

[rank1]

His mouth bobs open, then closes again as he mentally pulls off his blinders; he's been a lot of things to other people over the past fifteen years, but two things have been consistent, and that's being a loser and being a bloodthirsty loner, but that was there. This is here, where no one's peddling snuff films of him killing people, where there aren't idiots taking a go at him to get what he's got. (Whatever that is.)

"Nah, you just got the insider version," he replies, finally, a little bit of heat on his voice.

Fuck, being vertical is starting to feel like a drag. He's gonna sit right down on the pavement. There we go, gritting his teeth as he goes.

"I'm just not a team player." He glances her over, a little more lingering than truly necessary, entirely unsubtle. "You?"

[killtime]

Andy seems intrigued by that answer — or at least a bit amused. The corner of that mean mouth quirks upward ever so slightly as she eyes him in return, her attention just as blatant as his. Sure, the man doesn't seem to like her much — and she hasn't given him much reason to, more intentionally than not — but she's starting to get it now, a little. The whole Travis Touchdown thing. Why Kamui likes him so much.

"Me?" she echoes wryly, giving her axe an idle twirl. "I don't know. Came here alone, didn't I?"

That's not really an answer. The truth is, she is a team player. She can be, anyway — when she's not too busy being obstinate. This is a woman who is often obstinate. And probably more willing to fight than she should be. If there was any doubt about that, she kills it when she goes on dryly.

"You're eying me like you want to have another go."