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]

[He actually genuinely screams when Celeste grabs him because for a second he thinks he's being attacked, his hand goes to his sword any everything.

But then he realizes what's happening and relaxes... a little.]

You! Yer a creep! Sneakin' up on me!!!

[fullmoonmutt]

[ It's a surprise pincer attack! Because Eli is still pouncing to smother Izou in a hug, too, squashing him between a werewolf and a vampire. What are the odds, huh? ]

Aw, Celeste, you could have let me chase him a little longer!

[ See, hugging is fine when it's bullying. This isn't as embarrassing. ]

[cirquedesang]

[Hey, look, it's an idiot sandwich!]

We~ell, since it's not out of your system yet, he'll just have to be prepared for you to chase him down at any moment.

[Okay, but he is looping Eli into the hug properly, though. Stealth soft by way of hedging Izou in even more.]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ mega idiot sammich... ]

Wh-?! You don't got to hug me, too!

[ SEE, THIS IS WHERE IT GETS EMBARRASSING! ]

[goei]

[A werewolf, vampire, and a ghost walk into a palace-]

Augh! This was a goddamn trap! You- You-!!!

[Well. It is just a hug. Maybe... Maybe he can drop his guard just this once. And hug back.]

... Thank you fer doin' all this work fer me.

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Having not expected Izou to actually hug back, well... uh... hm... OKAY, FINE, THIS IS FINE. He'll allow this, so, yeah, here's one big group hug??? ]

S'all good. These places are pretty messed up, yeah?

[cirquedesang]

[Group hug, good. Yes. Accept the group hug both of you.]

You would have done the same for us.

[Calling him out!]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ LOOK, ELI WON'T DISAGREE, BUT??? ]

...yeahh, if I get stuck in one of these? You all should run the other way. Trust me on that one.

[ No DOING THE SAME, no way, no thanks. ]

[cirquedesang]

If you're stuck in one of these, you won't be able to make us.

[fullmoonmutt]

...tch.

[ No further comment. ]

[goei]

[He will hold on a moment longer.]

Yeah. And if any of you guys tell anyone else what happened in here, I'm gonna kill you for real.

[Hey, remember how you guys are on the fifth floor? So when the palace dissolves around everyone, you're up. In the sky.

For the sake of not murdering everyone, though, there's something to cushion their fall..... unfortunately it's an open garbage bin.

PALACE CLEARED]

[beathollow]

( ah )

[fullmoonmutt]

[ oh..... ]

[kandata]

[Sigh]

[cirquedesang]

[Ah- He doesn't even get a chance to respond to the threat before they're falling???

...And still in the group hug. Don't mind him as he clings a bit tighter.

...And kindly don't call him out on making sure he's the one the other two land on. (One last 16 for good measure.) That was completely incidental, yep.]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ WAIT, THAT MEANS ELI IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE HUG TRIO?!?!? AAAA!!! ]

[cirquedesang]

[NO IT MEANS HE GETS TO BE ON THE TOP]

[goei]

.... Sorry. I didn't realize it was gonna do that.

[Pausing.]

S'everyone ok?

[cirquedesang]

[Muttering into Izou's shoulder--]

...Not the worst trash heap I've been dumped into.

[fullmoonmutt]

...guess this is better than hitting the pavement.

[ GRUMBLE GRUMBLE ]

[idealitas]

We wouldnt—

[ and then the raccoon man along with everyone elsewas dropped into the trash.

this is apparently a happy ending for a palace run. we take those. ]

[goei]

[Groans.]

Wouldn't what?

[beautifulknight]

[ NO??????

HE'S OUT IMMEDIATELY AAAA ]

[goei]

[SEE YA SPACE COWBOY....

we'll collect him for dinner later]

[cleansewithfire]

[ ...Well, okay.

Sunrise wirelessly lands in the trash with everyone, then slowly climbs out, equally wordlessly. ]