IZOU'S PALACE

[goei]

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?

 

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Comments

[goei]

Course he apologized. Ryouma always knows the right shit ta say. Even when we were kids he was always the one apologizing fer me when I put my foot in my mouth.

I cut him. Didn't make me feel better, just worse. I wasn't expecting him ta just stand there and take it.

[fullmoonmutt]

I mean, what the hell did you expect? He felt like shit and wanted you to mess him up, so you did because you were pissed.

[ Eli, deciding he's tired after all this stupid running around, finally plops down to sit beside the curled-up, tearful Izou. ]

I'm sure he didn't feel better about it after, either. I get it. It's real easy to lash out when you're upset and want to take it out on someone, but... I don't know. It never seems to resolve anything real, right?

[ wow eli such insight if only you applied it to yourself ]

I... I've been doing that a lot, too, lately. Back home, too. S'why I don't have any friends myself but it sounds like you still have this Ryouma guy.

[goei]

Not really. Every time I see him I just yell at him. Tell him this time I'm gonna kill'im fer sure. Not that I ever do.

But what else'm I supposed to do? I can't just change my mind. Then I'll look even more pathetic than I already do.

[Izou: MY PRIDE AS A MAN DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE CONCEPT OF FORGIVENESS. At leas he doesn't point out how Eli is one to talk.]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ WOW, THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR. Don't even start about pointing out about who's one to talk, Izoooouuuu. ]

For the love of... Do you care about him still or not?! There's nothing pathetic about making up your damn mind! Getting mad at him and yelling and saying you'll kill him every time sounds fucking exhausting!

[goei]

Of course I do! He's been my friend since forever! I probably wouldn't even be a heroic spirit at all if it weren't fer that idiot!

But he told me I aughta hate him, so how'm I supposed ta act like nothing happened, huh!?

[fullmoonmutt]

Yeah, well, you don't fucking hate him, so just sit your stupid asses down instead and work it out! Holy shit! I'm a goddamn moron, and even I know that's how you do it! You don't act like nothing happened! You gotta talk about it!

[ HE DOESN'T DO THIS HIMSELF BUT LOOK, HE'S A MORON, HE JUST SAID IT. ]

[goei]

I don't wanna hear that from you, all you do is yell threats and punch people, idiot!!

[fullmoonmutt]

What?! Hey, fuck you, all you do is yell threats and say you're going to kill people! At least I actually follow through with my punches!

[goei]

What, you want me ta follow through and kill you fer real!?

[fullmoonmutt]

Doesn't matter 'cause you never would! You actually give a shit for some reason! You won't off me, you'll sleep in a goddamn bean bag chair instead of your room to avoid embarrassing your roommate! You're not a bad guy despite everything you did!

So just admit it already! You hate being called a demon! You don't want to mindlessly kill anymore! You just want to have someone care about you again! Instead of all this bullshit all those shadows were yammering on about!

[beathollow]

( --embarrassing? she thought it was just about his standards (him being a grown man and her being. not. that...) )

[fullmoonmutt]

[ i mean look at him his behavior is pretty embarrassing??? ]

[goei]

[This actually gets Izou to get up on his feet because how dare!!!! How very dare!!!!!!]

I- Of course all of that's true!! But how'm I supposed ta try and let people care about me without getting hurt and used up again!? I ain't smart enough ta avoid gettin' manipulated!!

[fullmoonmutt]

[ And that gets Eli back to his feet, too. They squaring off, booooys. ]

Then start with me because I'm too fucking stupid to manipulate you, asshole!

[goei]

[Just two dogs barking.]

Why th'hell would you care about me!? You ain't smart enough ta lie to me neither!!

[fullmoonmutt]

[ bark bark bark ]

I got my reasons, so shut up and accept it, you old geezer!!!

[goei]

[Izou looks like he wants to keep arguing, but with what's being said, it's hard to.]

Tch. Fine! But call me old again and I'm gonna make you regret it fer real, you brat!

[I... Guess they're friends now???]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ his reasons include hot damn, that demon costume and schtick was kind of cool actually ]

I'll call you whatever I want! That's what friends do! [ eli no it is not ] But good. Now we can get out of here. Kirumi said she's going to cook us steaks and everything.

[ She actually only promised Eli a steak, but he's extending this to Izou now. BECAUSE. ]

[goei]

[Eli and Izou discussing what is and isn't cool and edgy later. Anyway he can't even continue being mad because;]

Steak!? Like we each get our own and everything!?

[fullmoonmutt]

Yeah! And from cows, too! No kangaroo or croc meat, instead!

[ This is purely an Eli dilemma; he's just forgetting Izou has no context for this. ]

[goei]

[??????]

The hell is a kangaroo??

[fullmoonmutt]

You don't...? Uh. It's like a. Let's see. A... giant, jacked-up rabbit.

[ He puts a hand out at about average 'roo height, sort of? ]

Like, sometimes our size, and they can totally gut you with the claws on their back legs if you ain't careful.

[goei]

And you go and eat a big weird monster like that??? What are you, Kintaro??

[IZOU HE DIDN'T EAT THE ONI AT ONIGASHIMA HE JUST BEAT THEM UP???]

[fullmoonmutt]

Mate, I wasn't making it up when I said I'm from the end of the goddamn world. We eat whatever we can get our hands on!