jigokucho | EMBER 3.1 - A Social App for Lost Souls! [Sept. Substory OVERFLOW]

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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
-Increased stability and quicker performance.
-Improved accuracy of [various] data tracking.
-EMBER Go! increase in spawn points throughout the city.
-WARNING added; "If USERS trespass upon any part of the city they are not allowed in order to collect characters, do be quick about it.
(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™".
(This feature costs Dragon Coins at an hourly rate.)

-CAPTCHA Temporarily disabled.

Please see the ORIGINAL EMBER 3.0 post for full information.
Thank you.

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[He'd snort in amusement, finishing his coffee and tossing it smoothly into a recycle bin as they passed. Huh.. he guessed resources were tight even in hell.

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-!

( Don't perceive her like this! Even if it isn't exactly something she hides well. Back home, it was easy to harden all that into rage which kept people away, because those people saw her at her worst and never made it better.

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 ~~cheat~~ win. )

[He'd laugh, a warm, genuine laugh, unlike his typical unhinged cackle.]

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~

( She's getting more accustomed to the sudden handholds from people (thanks, Shin!), and it's not like it wouldn't be easy enough to pull back if she wanted to.

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. )

[He'd whistle, impressed with her reflexes, before he'd grin, shooting one himself, and then another. Headshots, the both of them. He had no idea what the feel of an actual gun was like, but these arcade ones? 10/10, he was ready to own.

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.]

( He's definitely good at this, Kate can appreciate the quick and easy way he hits off those headshots. It definitely means she's going to need to play a little dirty, but if you don't cheat at least a little at video games, are you really playing video games?

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. )

[If you tell a teenage boy to impress a cute girl, you bet they are gonna do everything in their power to impress that girl!

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~?

( Okay, maybe that backfired a little. He got a lot of points there, but the enemies are ramping up and the distraction of showing off means she takes the next wave - not as quickly or as accurately, but she manages it, focused and steady as she picks off each target. )

Minus ten for showin' off.

( Definite hypocrisy there tbh. )

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