jigokulogs | (open) september catchall

Who James Moriarty and...you? Yes, you!
What September log with open prompts!
When Throughout September
Where Everywhere and anywhere
Content Warnings some talk about sex, will update more if needed

(moriarty has two "modes" which is basically just him as a more sociable grad student sort and then his mastermind LARPsona! i'll mark the different "modes" as indicated)

1. SUBSTORY - ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US (nerd mode)

[Hey...are you here checking out this internet cafe with all of its issues, too? Well, someone is already here, dark blue eye makeup and all, putting his hands on his hips as he continues on with some kind of argument with the owner.]

Look. All I want to do is like, put a virus on there. I'm no programmer, but it shouldn't be too hard. If those guys want to steal it, then they'll pay the price. ["I don't want anyone to put viruses on my computers!"] Look, don't you get it? They won't come back if they know that its not worth it, w-what- [And now the owner is just throwing their hands up and walking away.] Come back here! It's totally a good idea! Mathematically sound, in fact! Ugh!

[Don't mind him, he's just going to move to slump in a seat with his head in his hands going UGHHHHHHHHHH]

2. SUBSTORY - BOUNTY HUNTIN' (crime mode)

[Moriarty is playing nice. Of course, he'll be a diligent little worker for the Enma. Sometimes, one has to do exactly what they're told before they can get anywhere - he doesn't have a hold in this world like he did when he was alive, or in that dream of a Singularity, so play nice he must, for the information, at least.]

[Which is what he's doing now, scouring the streets for anyone suspicious, or interesting - even if he recognizes a face or two, that isn't stopping him from walking up, dark eyes narrowed as he says in his most authoritative voice.]

You, there. Tell me what you're doing in these parts.

[And if you're a fellow Enma, he'll simply sniff, unimpressed.]

Are you making any headway in this investigation? One would hope you're not slacking off.

[Mean!]

3. GENERAL - COSMOPOLITAN CALLED THEY WANT THEIR ADVICE BACK (crime or nerd mode, you choose!)

[When he has downtime, a certain someone can be seen browsing through some magazines at a local stall in the Tamamo district - he's bored, obviously. There's a lot to keep his mind on, true, and he is meaning to find out more information, but he, out of curiosity, has picked up what is obviously a trashy romance magazine, complete with 100+ NEW SEX TIPS and IS YOUR BOYFRIEND CHEATING ON YOU? TAKE OUR QUIZ TO FIND OUT stickers emblazoned on the cover.]

[Curiosity killed the catboy, however, and he's making random disgruntled noises as he flips through it, finally stopping at a page - he squints down at it.]

"Cook dinner topless, put a little tomato sauce on your chest, and ask him to lick it off?" [He looks APPALLED.] What kind of nonsense advice is this? Who wrote this?

[And then another flip of the pages, another noise of disgust.]

"Use a ruler to gauge how much his di-" [A look of >:O] That's NOT how you use a ruler!

4. WILDCARD + CLOSED PROMPTS

[holds everyone's hands please please please IF YOU WANT CLOSED PROMPTS PLEASE HIT ME UP VIA DM OR crystal#4450 on discord! I'm also vampirize@plurk! Or just throw a random prompt at this nerd, I'll roll with it!!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I'm sorry, but I have no idea what any of that means.

You really haven't run into a single Servant here? There's like five of them.

If I ran into one, then I apparently didn't find out they were.

[ ~~Somehow he didn't find out about Ryouma being a Servant.~~ ]

Wow. Okay.

[He puts the magazine back on the rack and folds his arms with a little hum.]

Basically, you know how wizards and mages can summon familiars for them to fight in stories and such? I'm a kind of "familiar". Servants are figures of legends summoned by mages to fight for them.

Edited 2022-09-22 19:33 (UTC)

Well, sorcerors can already do that normally, so it's not really just "in stories" for me. [ Though he's since learned that apparently, this sort of thing isn't "normal" for some people? ] So it's...kind of like summoning ghosts as familiars?

[ ...If he really thinks hard about it that's kind of messed up??? ]

Not really ghosts. Many of us have the memories of those long gone. But we're more like magical beings that are in the form of a great figure of legend, abilities and all.

[Magical copies, in their own way.]

So not literally ghosts, but something like...copies of once-living people?

[ Nevermind, this is pretty messed up. ]

Not even copies, really. Its more like... "the perceptions of those in history and legends made into their own image".

For example, a hero's deeds reflected in a Servant who is larger than life. Or a man who was believed to be a vampire in life who is then most certainly a vampire as a Servant. The beliefs of humanity change Servants and their form.

[ For some reason, Skylark finds himself thinking back to how Hizen had so sharply insisted that he's a killer's sword. In that sense, they were a little like gods—a god may influence their domain, but it didn't mean their domain didn't influence them too. ]

So...who are you, then?

A mathematician.

[Is that all he'll say? Guess so.]

...Wait, so Ruler as in like the measuring stick?

[ He had more questions than just that but he has to get this out of the way first. ]

Ruler like a judge! A judge!!

[A beat.]

I have a ruler, but that's besides the point.

That's still making a measurement of some kind!

...But I guess I still wasn't far off the mark anyway.

You're really off the mark! Thats not why I'm a Ruler!

Then why are you a Ruler?

I'm an arbiter. A neutral figure and overseer of conflicts between Servants.

...Why would Servants need an arbiter for their conflicts?

[ He knows Moriarty mentioned earlier that Servants as summoned to fight for mages, but that doesn't really explain the context. ]

The conflicts in question are grand ones. Wars, in fact. They usually fight for the sake of obtaining a Holy Grail, usually along with the mages that have summoned them.