(post-mingle) text; un: UEHARA

[metafictions]

Good morning, everyone. I hope you're well.

[read: he hopes that you're not too hungover and that none of you died out there last night.]

Despite the different clans to which we've been assigned, we all find ourselves in strange territory in Jigoku-cho. It may look close to what several of us recognize as Japan, but as you might've already discovered, familiarity does not guarantee similarity. The other day, I met a man who could have easily been from my world, perhaps even my continent or country-- only to discover he hailed from a completely different planet.

So, I'd like to begin gathering information. [He's no Sutoku, but this is important to all of them, and-- as he's been taught-- there are no shortcuts when it comes to investigation.] The more that we know about our fellow lost souls, the more we will have to work from as we learn more about this place and why we're here. We can start with something simple. If you would like, please share where, and when, you are from.

I'll start. I am from Tokyo's 25th Ward, in Japan, on Earth, in the year 2005.

(ooc: feel free to threadjack around! ✌️)

Comments

[metafictions]

Yes, very familiar to me, though you’re a century behind me.

By the way, does your username mean you’re truly London's chief justice? It’s good to see those who might be considered colleagues— I'm a detective, actually. [If the nosiness didn’t give it away.]

[perfectlytimed]

That's correct. I've held the office for roughly a decade.

I don't recall seeing you at the meeting last night. Are you not with the Department of the Enma?

[metafictions]

[Oh... how awkward.]

I was assigned elsewhere, it seems... it was a surprise to me too, to be honest. I suppose your experience at home doesn't necessarily translate to your role in Jigoku-cho.

[Oddly, it feels a little like he was the only one who didn't get invited to the party.]

Though, I do wonder. Did you find many of your Enma colleagues were law enforcement in their previous lives?

[perfectlytimed]

Some, but probably not the majority. There are government workers from other departments, some military types, and some whose so-called 'management experience' comes from heading criminal organisations.

I suppose I understand the reasoning behind it, but it still leaves a rather bad taste in my mouth.

[metafictions]

[Where Kamui’s from, the line between a paper-pushing bureaucrat and an enforcer “processing” lawbreakers is all too often razor-thin. He gets it.]

I see the logic too. Administrators are administrators, wherever they may come from.

Still, it’s strange to ask you to enforce the laws of a place to which you’ve only just arrived. Even you, Chief Justice.