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IZOU'S PALACE
KYOTO BAKUMATSU PALACE
You find yourself in historical Kyoto at night. The city is shadowy and beautiful, elegant but hostile. It's a sophisticated city, but you don't belong there and it knows it. Everyone knows it. You are being watched.
Worst of all, a terrible demon haunts the streets of this powerful capital city.
Eli Walsh, Kirumi Tojo, Still Sunrise, Argenti, Yi Sang, Celeste, Mafuyu Asahina, and McGillis Fareed, do you dare journey into hell?
You find yourself in historical Kyoto at night. The city is shadowy and beautiful, elegant but hostile. It's a sophisticated city, but you don't belong there and it knows it. Everyone knows it. You are being watched.
Worst of all, a terrible demon haunts the streets of this powerful capital city.
Eli Walsh, Kirumi Tojo, Still Sunrise, Argenti, Yi Sang, Celeste, Mafuyu Asahina, and McGillis Fareed, do you dare journey into hell?
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That... is a bit before my time.
[And considering they seem to be somewhere not-quite real and not-quite Nekiya, the 'demon' issue is a bit more pressing?]
I suppose we'll find out soon enough about this demon, no?
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Then he turns to face Kirumi once more. ]
We will need to find this demon as soon as possible. Luring out this demon may be easy or it could be difficult, depending on what exactly would draw it out.
[ He looks thoughtful at all of this. He doesn't have any further thoughts on any other kind of strategies, so... ]
But perhaps we shall find more clues upon our close investigation of other areas. I believe we should start next with the park.
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[ Celeste gets a nod of acknowledgement upon his arroval— it doesn't hurt to have more eyes and ears with how this environment seems to be. ]
I do not believe it will be difficult to find that demon, if they are so prevalent to deem groups required to take it down. If that is what we focus on, then some further observation may be helpful in a likely encounter.
[ The park is a sound idea, especially with what they understand now about this palace. No divorce papers needed. ]
I'm... thankful that only eavesdropping and watchfulness are truly necessary. I would assume that we are more of an audience than set pieces, if that makes sense.
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[There are plenty of dangerous spots in a park, after all! Trees, dark places...especially at night!]
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I am used to being vigilant for danger!
[ Argenti will actually walk swiftly towards the park so please keep up yall. Besides the drunks that he is actually ignoring (wouldn't it be hilarious if they needed to be interacted with...), what is even in the park besides foliage? It was briefly described before, but if there are any other points of interest, he will be keeping an eye out for it! ]
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[Really, they should all be keeping their eyes and ears open for danger, but, like, he's trusting he doesn't need to say that!
Anyway, yes, definitely keeping up with Argenti, but also not ignoring the drunks outright, either! He'll be trying to listen in on what they might be talking about amongst themselves, but considering he rolled a four (4), I'm assuming the powerwalking by was a bit too speedy to decipher Drunk.]
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[There's one of those zen sand and rock gardens in the middle of the park. I don't know if they exist outside of buddhist temples but neither does Izou probably and this is his mind palace so. It's here now.
There's a few scattered drunks, a young couple tucked away in the corner probably trying to canoodle... And also a few kids playing in the sand??? Where are their parents.
If Kirumi is watching out for danger, she will observe that most of the trees are Japanese Cedar, and aren't really big enough for someone to hide behind and escape notice with her looking directly at them... The large sakura tree maybe, but it's in the center of the park, so not great to hide. The lanterns scattered about leave plenty of dark corners, but it's not so dark that looking directly at them as she is, she would miss seeing something... Right?
Celeste... yeah. He hears one drunk say something that sounded like;
I heard the demon has blood red eyes and sickles for claws!
But the guy sounded like... super drunk so maybe take that with a grain of salt. Or maybe not. Maybe it's true.]
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Other than that she's silent, letting the other three talk. She's listening, of course, but as usual with her, she's keeping quiet]
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That strikes him as very odd. ]
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In the meantime, though, with Kirumi staring into the void and Argenti heading to the kids, Celeste will find his way over to the couple. Divide and conquer, or something like that! (More like "be a nibshit" but anyway--)]
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Yi sang will inspect the sakura tree. It's in the middle, but it's very nice and big. He'll look behind, then up at its branches. ]
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Argenti: No! The kids are unattended. Sometimes it be like that. They don't seem uncared for, their clothes are neat and clean. They are chattering amongst themselves. One's even caught a firefly in his hands! Do you want to listen in?
Celeste: The couple does not notice you! They are definitely canoodling, the girl is giggling and the man seems to be getting a bit handsy. You perhaps feel as if you are intruding.
Yi Sang: There's nothing behind the tree it doesn't seem, nor anything up in its branches. However despite seeing nothing, after looking you can't shake the feeling of being watched]
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Kirumi doesn't really lower her guard, but at the same time the sight of the dog is nice to see. The rest don't need to hear about this, she can enjoy the dog's presence over there all by herself.
Good luck all of you with your stuff!]
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Haha, just kidding. It's just a bunch of kids, anyway.
So he will definitely eavesdrop by turning away, closing his eyes with a smile, sparkling at his allies who happen to be looking over in his direction, or something. Yeah! He's listening in...strategically! ]
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Anyway his strategy makes sense... The children don't notice him immediately, and he'll hear one of them say;
My brother's coming to walk me home when he finishes work, 'cause there's supposed to be a demon out at night!
The others exclaim with shock, but are then distracted by Argenti who is simply too dazzlingly radiant (5 + 1 = 6) for them to not notice. They all stare at him silently which is a little creepy to be honest.]
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Well, that's interesting, at least it means the demon's probably hanging around this time of hour...he thinks.
Anyway, he is sure being stared at, which is like...well, he probably feels it is odd on some instinctive level even if he is unfortunately used to turning heads/being stared at due to his handsome looks. Ah well, best to check if any of the those staring begin to look weird.
...As for himself? He'll probably just smile, not knowing what else to do, and sneak a peek at his fellow CERTAIN TO BE NON-TROUBLE-CAUSING COMPANIONS? :| ]
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These blossoms are known for both their beauty and tragically short life. A strong wind can take out the flowers and leave naught but what resembles a corpse of a tree.
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There continues to be nothing (visible, anyway) within the branches. A flower petal falls onto his head as if daring him to make good on his threat which is apparently just how he talks.
The sensation of being watched also intensifies at his words, though.]
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Also a knife wouldn't do much? He does get an intensified gaze though from somewhere. Mission accomplished. ]
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So daring! Especially with rumors of demons about.
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Which he does!!! They are very startled and embarrassed at being interrupted!!! They are going to try and rush past Celeste to avoid him. Does he let them or try to stop them?
Either way, startling the couple has now inflicted Celeste with the sensation of being watched!!]
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And it's 0% better that he was watching for the spook moment and not to be a creep about the canoodling, I know this as well.
Regardless, he will try to stop one of them, because he figures stopping one will stop them both!! And tbh being watched is fine and normal, he'll barely notice that sensation.]
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And then turns into a TERRIBLE MONSTER
CONGRATULATIONS CELESTE YOU'VE TRIGGERED THE FIRST ENEMY ENCOUNTER.
She swings her naginata at his head but just barely misses (10).]
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[Well, he was certainly not expecting that, and it's only by some sheer stroke of luck that he hits the deck in time for her to miss.
He does realize doing that is kind of a compromising position, so he fires off an Eiga (8) while jumping back to his feet. Partly as a distraction, but hey, if it manages to hit at least a little bit that'd be a bonus.]
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She then moves back, away from Celeste to try and fire at him with her bow but.... misses again (2). Great fight so far, guys.]
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