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jigokucho2022-09-11 10:04 am
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Entry tags:
- 1001 knights: naito fuuga,
- ace attorney: godot,
- ace attorney: yujin mikotoba,
- better call saul: jimmy mcgill,
- call of the night: yamori kou,
- gundam: mcgillis fareed,
- little witch academia: croix meridies,
- marvel: peter parker (mcu),
- my hero academia: midoriya izuku,
- nier: 9s,
- one piece: sabo,
- original: amelia steinbeck,
- original: leviathan astrape,
- project sekai: rui kamishiro,
- rise of the tmnt: donatello,
- tales of: baldr,
- touken ranbu: otegine,
- transformers: soundwave
[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!))
[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!))
ACTION MENS
Afternoon, Prof. Or Doc? Which would you prefer? [Gotta be courteous about our slightly too-familiar nicknames, after all.
He slides into the seat across from Mikotoba and pulls a few notes out of his wallet. Godot may be an absolute maniac about coffee, but he'd never expect someone else to foot the bill for it. Once the worker has come and gone with his order, then he addresses the matter at hand.]
It's a big mystery, isn't it? Nobody knows if it's true or not, and nobody's really got a choice either way.
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[Technically, both are applicable, though he does happen to be hearing the latter a lot more with the work he's been doing lately. Might be nice for a change.]
Indeed. [He takes a pensive sip of his own drink, mulling it over, before he replies.] On one hand, the stakes for reneging on the contracts of well over a hundred souls would be dire. There are Lost Souls with abilities I can hardly comprehend. It would be simple to mutiny against our clan leaders. In theory.
Yet... they have no obligation to us while we are in their world, and on their terms. Should it be necessary we can always be pushed back down to our knees by our leaders. And the alternative is the wastes outside the city, with no way to return home. We've essentially been press-ganged, have we not?
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[He honestly didn't consider the notion that the Lost Souls could ever prove a threat to the head honchos around here. Mostly because he knows he certainly couldn't, but also because others have spoken to him about losing their powers. How does anyone fight back in a place where somebody seems to have absolute, supernatural control over all the inhabitants?]
The contracts are the carrot on the end of an ever-lengthening stick. And nobody knows anyone who can directly confirm they got even a nibble. [He smiles.] Just as I suspected.
Awfully convenient if you need people to fight for you. Under contracts they've never laid eyes on, too.
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[His fingers wrap around the warm cup of coffee as his brows knit together: it's all so troubling, he scarcely knows where to begin. At least they hadn't offered him anything more sophisticated than a trip back home, and Susato's safety-- the idea of anything else in such a deal feels... awfully familiar, and very wrong, to him.]
It's as I said. I will be doing what is asked of me, within reason, but my object is to return home above all else. I will not be fighting any battles here that are not my own.
[A beat. Wryly:] Figuratively. I highly doubt I could win many literal battles against the beings who live here.
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(But he won't yet say it's impossible. He can't. This place itself should be impossible, but here it is. And as Ms. Wexler said- if there's no hope, then what's the point of it all?
A question he's become intimately familiar with.)
All the cynical musings don't make their way onto his face, which remains in a calm smile.]
Neither could I, amigo. Nor am I planning to try. So the next natural question is, "what happens if we don't?" Follow orders. Play along for the contract.