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- ace attorney: yujin mikotoba,
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- project sekai: mizuki akiyama,
- tiger and bunny: barnaby brooks jr.,
- tokyo revengers: hanemiya kazutora,
- tokyo revengers: takemichi hanagaki
EMBER 3.1 - A Social App for Lost Souls! [Sept. Substory OVERFLOW]
The EMBER Application icon flashes alive on the homescreen of all the Lost Soul devices across Jigoku-cho.
An Update has just been installed, welcome to EMBER 3.1!
BUGFIXES & UPDATES
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-EMBER Go! increase in spawn points throughout the city.
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(EMBER is not liable for injury nor legal troubles which may be incurred.)"
-Helper NPC: YDRIS, added to help users within EMBER, Go!
-YDRIS can be set to automatically feed and pamper collected "Little Lost Souls™".
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take you out?
and here I thought youd never ask~
food or activity?
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why one?
let's do both
( Food and dancing? Axe throwing, escape rooms, rock climbing? There's a whole city of shit out there. )
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He'd grin. Just the response he was hoping for.]
Great ♥
then meet me at the corner of shugou and kyoukan in 1/2 hour?
[There looked to be a ton of fun spots in the Sutoku region that he was itching to try out. Arcades, batting cages, a knife throwing arena -- not to mention so many izakaya. And when better than with a hot girl-?
And of course there were shopping arcades. He had promised her a leopard themed something, after all.]
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( That should give her enough time to at least freshen up and grab a taxi from the heart of Tamamo's territory to where they're designated to meet. It doesn't take much to be allowed to get out of Mizukume early, excuses about learning more about new Shuten recruits seems good enough for the staff there (and, honestly, she probably could have outright said it's a date and gotten away with it, too. Clan of freedom and all that jazz. But the excuse sates the pang of guilt which beckons her to stay, to keep working, getting closer to her goal). Though, disappointingly for Kate, she doesn't have enough time to change outfits.
Which means she turns up in shorts and there's no chance of teasing Kazutora with a promise to show him her tattoo if they hit it off. Disappointing. Instead, when she makes her way past a couple of frustratingly slow walking yokai, there's a flash of an elephant in profile, its trunk raised, with a lotus design. It's finely done work, careful thin lines and bright splashes of colour. And the girl its attached to isn't so bad either — everything about her physique a tribute to a lifetime of running, sixteen-seventeen-whatever-the-fuck-her-age-is-now years in service to any way she can burn off all the energy inside her. Brown hair has been left loose since she left Musashi's office, flat ironed hair starting to slowly return to a more natural curled state as it falls in thick curtains down to her waist.
And yes, as promised, she does manage to clock in a couple of inches shorter than Mikey. It's a tough life. )
Not late, am I?
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Oh she was-- SO cute. After years of being locked away in a reform school with a bunch of murderers and thieves, all men, and after having just been released, Kazu had almost forgotten how .. soft girls were, even one as toned as Kate. The way her hair cascaded over her shoulders, her voice, her incredibly adorable petite height. And her tattoo looked so badass, he couldn't wait to see it up close.
He'd grin, his cheeks going a touch pink with that thought.]
Just in time.
[He was wearing an oversized white jacket with a large red tab on the left arm and the symbol of a headless angel on the back, the words "Team Walhalla" written in English beneath. His scoop neck black t-shirt clearly showed the intricate, classically yakuza-style tiger tattoo on the right side of his neck and shoulder, but his mess of black and blonde hair obscured a good chunk of it.
He'd walk up to her and put a cold can of coffee on her head, one he'd just bought at the convenience store behind him.]
Wow, and here I was just joking, but you are short-!
[He'd laugh, his earring jingling as he did.
Teenage boys cannot flirt, and Kazu is no exception oop.]
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(There's a theme, huh?)
Canned coffee is not something she would have thought to drink before Jigokucho, but much like that vending machine coffee Majima bought her a while back, it proves to be surprisingly good as she — for once, politely — cracks it open, takes a sip, and immediately levels a look at him for that comment.
(Do not punch the guy you just agreed to hang out with, Katherine. This is still, ostensibly, a date under the "it's not wasting time" excuse of being info gathering.) )
...I never noticed.
( Flatly, and if he's observant enough, Kazutora might just notice the flash of silver on her tongue with her words. But there's no real sharpness to them, just the reflexive irritation which has long since become a part of her repertoire. (She used to be normal, once upon a time.) )
You just got here, right?
( Takemichi already grassed you up, sry bout it. )
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He would indeed notice the stud on her tongue and immediately become more intrigued by her. Between her style, her tattoo, and this new development, he already knew she had great taste; he'd always thought tongue piercings were sexy.
He'd nod at her answer, wearing a distant smile, and go to crack open his own can, starting to lead her towards the massive arcade he'd seen earlier.]
Yeah, just arrived a day or so ago. A few guys I knew from home are here too; we all came from separate timelines but arrived in hell together. One of them's the guy I need to kill!
[He'd drop that info cheerfully, but it was important to him she knew where his headspace was from the get-go. He liked her, and he didn't want to lie.]
You like arcades, Kate-chan?
[But he could just as cheerfully switch topics, unbothered by the heavy task he'd set for himself. For some reason, he felt like Kate would understand.]
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Of course, Lost Souls aren't most people, as Kazutora so eloquently and cheerfully demonstrates. Kate likes to think she has a good poker face, has spent years crafting a mask that's supposed to keep her safe, but there are moments when someone says something so bizarre that the surprise is written clear on her face.
Timelines? The guy he needs to kill? Well, her notebook's going to be getting some interesting additions tonight. )
... Haven't been to one in ages.
( That's true enough. The version of herself who last went is all but a different person. Someone who had dreams and smiled easily. Who didn't have a reason to make a contract with Hell.
A girl she misses. )
... Can we go back to th' timeline shit?
( It's asked as they move away from the corner because excuse me what the fuck. )
OH NO KATE WEEPS-!!!
Surprise. Well.. that made sense. He'd just confessed that he was going to murder someone. Most people would be surprised right?
But then she'd query the timelines.. and he'd have to smirk. His kind of girl, questioning the especially weird over the typically morbid.]
Sure! Eehhh let's see~~ two-- no, three! of the guys I knew back home are now a few years older than me and say they came from a future that I haven't lived yet. The guy I wanna kill comes from a time just a few months from what I know, I think. And my friend comes from a time a hour or so before me.
[He'd take another sip and grin at her, stuffing a hand in his pocket.]
Pretty fucked up, huh?
(': it gets worse. not right now, just in general.
And possibly (almost definitely) a conversation she's going to need alcohol for. Armed with only coffee, all she can do is walk — she knows this part of Sutoku territory well enough, but never really looked at the arcades on offer before.
This will be a night of many new experiences. )
Mental. ( Her free hand goes to her temple. Yet more reasons to be glad she's by herself here. No movie-verse time travel bullshit to contend with. Just the stories of a million other people to compare her own with. )
Think this place likes shit complicated.
( Or sad. Messed up. Dramatic. ) S'pose tha's why it's hell.
( Even if, since the truce, since the blood rain cleared, it's been mostly easy to forget that fact. Jigokucho became just another city, bustling and full of pockets of crime. )
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He'd level a gaze at her as they walked, hands tucked in pockets with a light laugh.]
Fuck, I can't remember a time when things weren't complicated. It's always been that way.. It's the same for you, I bet, yeah? You seem like you're carrying a burden..
[His eyes would soften briefly. He didn't know Kate yet, but he felt like he did, in a way. She felt like him - kids forced to grow up too fast in a world that didn't give a shit about them..
But as he said that, he'd stop and slip behind her quickly, placing a hand on her shoulder and pointing the other over it at the billboard that announced they'd arrived at the Jigoku-cho MEGA arcade. The sounds of ping pong machines and DDR came wafting towards them from the wide sliding doors.]
But you know what? Fuck complications. Tonight, lets just be kids and shoot zombie heads-!
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Anger came easy then, because no one expected anything else.
But that no longer exists in Jigokucho. No one looks at her and sees the tragedies, the loss of potential, any of the sixteen years which makes up the reason she ended up here.
(Because even that missed little girl is to blame for this predicament, if she thinks about it.) )
They hire you t' be the clan shrink or summat?
( He might be able to talk about things easily, but Kate prefers a nice dose of sarcastic banter before she prods at the weights on her shoulders.
Thankfully, they get to the arcade just in time, and the heavy atmosphere of the conversation shifts with almost instantaneous speed as Kate drains the last of her can and tosses it into the bins outside the arcade itself. Even hell has an environment, indeed. (Honestly, she just doesn't want to be stuck on cleaning duty again. She does enough of that at work.) Kazutora lightens up and Kate's eyes glint with something excited and competitive. )
Loser buys drinks.
( Now, time to formulate the right way to
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Me, the shrink?? Fuck, I would suck at that-!
[And then he'd grin widely, matching the competitive glint in her eyes.]
Ohh well I hope you've got a lot of change on you, cause I am an arcade king.
[Or at least he was, two years ago when he played at them. The memory of being a purse for his old "friends", back before he met Baji, still stung, even now, but it did give him opportunity to really refine his gaming skills.
He'd take her hand and lead her to a two person zombie apocalypse game, which, he'd think, was ironic, as there were likely actual zombies in Jigoku-cho. The game was in a small booth with the self-explanatory title "SHOOT UNDEAD THINGS" with two screens and two guns.
He'd pop in the necessary coins and pick up one of the guns, grinning slyly at her.]
I hope you're ready to get your ass whooped~
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But she wants to see where this goes. And maybe, just maybe, something in her wants a break. A reprieve from work and orders and all the things which play on her mind each passing day.
And it's easy to get that when his enthusiasm for a harmless fight spurs her on, too. You got your crown on hand, king? 'Cause she's gonna take it, by hook or by crook. With the other pistol in hand, Kate immediately fires a shot at the first thing which comes ambling towards them. )
I do th' spanking around here.
( Yes. Yes that word choice was deliberate. )
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And then what she said registers and he'd blush, glancing over at her as he did and grinning.]
Do you now? Damn that's sexy; tell me more--
[And then a zombie he'd missed because he was an idiot boy trying to flirt would growl and lunge at him, and he'd make an incoherent sound of irritation, trying to shoot it off.]
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So, when her comment provides just the distraction she hoped it would, Kate decides to snipe his kill and the next zombie with fatal, but not headshots. A little less on the bonus points, but that's fine. As long as she keeps this up, winning is still a possibility. )
Mmm... ( Dammit, missed that one. One more try— ) Impress me first.
( Miss Ma'am. )
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Kazutora would smirk and turn to the screen, eyes wide and focused.
And then he'd start to unleash a series of shots at the screen, eyes narrowing. He'd hit one, then two, then three zombies in a row, taking them all down before needing to reload.
He'd turn to her and pretend to blow smoke from the tip of his gun, grinning in mood proud of digital deaths. And completely not paying attention to the next set of zombies waddling towards them.]
Well, how's that for impressive~?
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Minus ten for showin' off.
( Definite hypocrisy there tbh. )