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[baofeng]

[In the background of this voice broadcast is some soothing guzheng music being played from a secondary speaker, like this. This is not for you, this is for him to destress, but you’re welcome to enjoy it nonetheless.]

Hello everyone. Has anyone else set up safe… safe-ish… safer? -well, so-called “safe spots” outside faction headquarters?

I’ve been doing what I can to fortify my apartment building, and I’ve seen yokai take shelter here when they’re caught out by something. Perhaps it would help all of us to know the locations of potential shelters around the city? Or a sign that one’s nearby, like colored lights or a flag.

[A pause.]

I hope everyone’s doing okay. If anyone has something they can’t get off their mind… you could go on an anonymous account and say it. It might help. We’re here to listen.

(ooc: threadjacking is allowed, encouraged even!)

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[playfoul]

We're warding locations around Sutoku. I'd rather not say where over a public network, but anyone looking for shelter in the area can message me.

[ He won't turn away someone in need, but Yuri's only circulated the information within Sutoku for a reason. Even if faction wars are on pause, he doesn't trust a city of gangsters not to make trouble. ]

[baofeng]

Right. I think that's fair.

[He hums thoughtfully.]

How is it over there? I haven't left my place in... [it's hard to keep track of time in the blood rain....] a while.

[playfoul]

Blood rain, nightmares, and hauntings... You haven't missed much.

[ He waves a hand, though it's not visible over the voice feed. ]

I hear it's worse around Kaigo no Bou.

[baofeng]

I see.

Did it start from Kaigo no Bou? Or did it start at the beach party? I didn't go to the party, so I don't know what happened... if anything did.

[He's gotten no context until now, other than his work groupchat blowing up with panicked evacuation messages between his native coworkers. It's nice to finally communicate with other Lost Souls again.]

[playfoul]

[ Not even the beach party? How long has this guy been holed up? ]

The beach party was surprisingly peaceful, believe it or not. I'd begun to think we'd have a pleasant day for once before things went to shit. They suspect those cursed figurines gathered at the tower are acting up.

[baofeng]

[He's been holed up a while. It's a long story.]

So just like the Night Parade.... do we have bad luck with festivals or something?

But that makes a lot of sense. Thank you for telling me. I... hope we're able to resolve it soon.

[playfoul]

At least we've ceased fighting one another in the meantime.

[ Goddess knows it's a small positive in all this, for however long this unity can last. ]

Yeah. This blood rain's getting old and our food stores aren't getting any fuller.

[baofeng]

Do you think this’ll be enough to stop the turf war for good?

[Maybe if it goes on for so long that everyone forgets what their plans were before the rain? But that's not a good scenario either.]

[playfoul]

I wouldn't bet on it. I can't imagine an age-old war will be solved overnight.

[ The problem with eternal life (or in this case, death) is that grudges are also eternal. ]

[baofeng]

That's true. How unfortunate.

[Sigh. He doesn’t disagree, though.]

private

[playfoul]

That's a headache for tomorrow. For now, let's just get through this mess.

[ Privately, he'll message Yizhi a select few addresses in Sutoku territory that stretch into Tamamo. ]

In case your quarters fill up, you can redirect them to our shelters.

[baofeng]

Thank you. Truth to be told, I’m not in the loop for the logistics on Tamamo’s end, but if you find yourself in need of extra space, you can ask this person for addresses or supplies.

[He sends Jin Guangyao’s network contact in return.]

[playfoul]

Noted. Let's hope this crisis doesn't drag on to the point where it's necessary.

[ But if so, it's good to have options. If only securing cooperation from other clans could be this easy normally. ]

shall we wrap after these tags? yuri is one comment off from this thread qualifying for rewards btw!

[baofeng]

We'll pray for clear skies, for what good that'll do.

[Praying to Heaven kind of loses its sacredness after you witness the Celestials act all touristy about your culturally important war machines... but it still has spiritual value, you know? He doesn't have a more productive thing to do anyway.]

Stay safe, sir.

yes sounds good!

[playfoul]

If the heavens could do anything about this, I expect they would have rescued their investment properties by now.

[ He chuckles dryly. Meeting the Celestials has caused him no small crisis of faith, but he's also benefited from their very deep pockets, so it's not like he can complain? He has a prayer or two in him for a time like this. ]

But yeah, you too.