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Hope Carassia ([personal profile] fibrillate) wrote in [community profile] jigokucho2022-09-11 10:04 am

[locked to sutoku alliance] video, un: levirage

Hello, everyone!

[on the screen is a polite-looking person with messy green hair and purple eyes. they give a wave and smile with their whole face from behind their white-rimmed glasses.]

My name is Leviathan Astrape—Levi, if you'd all like—and let me be the first to welcome you to the Sutoku Alliance! What we do here is a little more up in the air than other factions, but I think that just gives us the freedom to be who we are. If you're not sure what to do next, just keep your ear to the ground and get to know as many people as possible! It really can't hurt in the long term, and it's always better to know more than to know less.

[they don't sound stiff as they're saying it, like they have some practice with public presentations like this, but anyone watching the tracking of their eyes could probably tell that they're reading off cue cards.]

And on that note, we have a few names to know. They'll spend some time introducing themselves, I'm sure, but please keep an eye out for Artemy, Kim, Xingqiu, Yuri, Ydris, Marie, and Cloud. [a pleasant smile as they get to the end of the list.] Please also look out for Emily Dyer, especially if you need any kind of medical assistance or you're interested in helping out there. And our lieutenants within the alliance are Matoba Seiji and, of course, the death-defying Sakamoto Ryouma.

[they gesture in front of them with an open palm towards the person behind the camera.]

You're coming in during exciting times, everyone. We just had a bit of a shake-up at the Tanabata festival. The daughter of an important financial magnate has been kidnapped by an enemy of Toraguma, and though we haven't heard any orders from the Daitengu quite yet, I think we all know how things like this play out.

[and bringing both their hands in front of them, at waist level, they smile and give a polite little bow.]

So please, take this time to get to know your fellow alliance members. [they look towards the camera, then glance at their lapel, where they have a pin with the kanji for sutoku. they laugh like they knew they were forgetting something, and look back up towards everyone else.] And don't forget to pick up your official faction pin from most places within our area if you're interested.

[they wave goodbye, then stand there for a couple seconds. without the feed cutting, they walk forward towards the camera and start talking much more casually.]

Was that okay? Getting those names right was harder than I expected, and I even cut out a lot of the last names. I don't know how you did it the first time.

Hehe, y' know, I wondered about that "death defyin'" part on paper, but hearin' ya say it like that makes it sound pretty heroic! And honestly, I'm pretty sure ya did way better with those names, now that I'm thinkin' about it...

[ anyone who isn't new here will recognise the voice that responds to them from behind the camera, especially with that accent. ryouma is pretty sure he botched a couple names last time, mostly for that same reason. he might be able to fake it and cover it when he's speaking his own language, but when it comes to foreign-sounding words all bets are off. ]

So that was perfect! I think ya gotta real knack for this sorta thing!

[ which... hmmm, take that with a grain of salt because this man long predated show business, but still!! judging by his tone, ryouma is very pleased since all his coaching and cheerleading and cue card holding paid off, in his opinion! sure the rest of the faction will agree... right? ]

((this is a mingle post! feel free to threadjack and get to know everyone within the faction. and thank you again to min for contributing ryouma here!))
semilethal: (but society as a whole)

[personal profile] semilethal 2022-09-12 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Don.

If you took it and hadn't needed it then you could've sold it, or scrapped it, or even returned it. But now we'll never know. [he wanted it and he's nursing a grudge]
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[personal profile] nightcalled 2022-09-12 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
You seem way more upset about this than I do.

[ There's a pause. ]

I get the feeling you wanted it more than me.
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[personal profile] semilethal 2022-09-12 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Of course I wanted it! But you saw that shopkeep, he wasn't going to give one to me even to look at!
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[personal profile] nightcalled 2022-09-12 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry. I was just honest.
semilethal: (3.1.6)

[personal profile] semilethal 2022-09-12 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
...guess I can't be mad about that. [HE REALLY WANTS TO THO]

If that happens again, I don't know, maybe you just have a "give me free things" kind of face, I will pay you for the stuff. I need stuff. I need a lot of stuff.
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[personal profile] nightcalled 2022-09-12 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah? What do you need it for?

[ Skipping the comment about his face, because it's kind of true in a way? ]
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[personal profile] semilethal 2022-09-12 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Depends on what it is! If it's another mech suit, probably to make a better, more beautiful mech suit.
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[personal profile] nightcalled 2022-09-12 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
That's pretty cool, honestly. Do you like building stuff like that?
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[personal profile] semilethal 2022-09-12 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[WHAT'S THIS? interest in HIS interests?]

It is my forte, my passion. [hang on. he can use this.] You said you didn't have any use for a mech suit, but is there anything you do need? Mechanical, biological, chemical...lexicographical...
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[personal profile] nightcalled 2022-09-12 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, not right now... but if I ever do need something like that, I'll definitely come to you.

[ Although... ]

Actually - could you make like - an ear-gun? For piercing ears? Something little and hand-held.
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[personal profile] semilethal 2022-09-12 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[hold on he's looking up how to make one and is getting other results] Uhh yeah probably easy. Apparently using just a plain surgical needle is better, though.
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[personal profile] nightcalled 2022-09-12 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Well, the piercing isn't going to last that long anyway. So that's fine by me.

[ How mysterious. ]
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[personal profile] semilethal 2022-09-12 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[w/e, donnie's not the surgeon general]

Alrighty. It's just a spring-loaded mechanism...give me some time to look around. I'll text you.
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[personal profile] nightcalled 2022-09-13 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good! Thank you!