[open] party @ my house

[brocon]

Who: Anyone!
When: Prrrobably fast forward to the evening of 11/22
Where: Ayumu Narumi's apartment
What: City-wide meeting
Rating/Warning: There shouldn't be any. Please let me know if there's anything that needs to be f-locked so I can change this accordingly.

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[ Whether it was through Oz or Ayumu, or possibly an anonymous tip-off or some other, you were invited to a small gathering! Of course, the only ones invited are non-natives to the city.

It's probably strange to be invited to a stranger's apartment, but Ayumu didn't want anyone who shouldn't be involved to listen in on what they were talking about. Had it been at a public place, that could have happened. And besides, having people over for a very serious reason also gave him a very serious reason to cook. There was a pretty wide variety of food, from finger food, pasta, meat, rice, and some desserts. He was particularly good at cooking that the people who usually ate his food back at home wanted to marry him, but whether or not you'd find his cooking delicious is up to you.

Ayumu welcomes anyone to enters most likely wearing an orange apron and a spatula on his hand. The first thing he tells anyone who enters is to remove their shoes and leave them by the door. He's got everything ready, and his apartment looks comfortable enough. There might not be enough chairs, but he set up some mats on the floor for people to sit on. His living room/receiving area was right across his dining room, so there was ample space for all his guests.

Once there's a good number of people around, he calls everyone's attention. ]

Right.

My name's Narumi, and this is probably going to be the last time you'll see me. [ Socialising is hard. ]

I arrived here just before Halloween. I want to know about the strange things that have happened before I arrived. From my experience, there might be a pattern to these disruptions. The CEO apparently dismisses these as "glitches." The ghosts and people losing a sense or their entire body is one.

New people usually arrive every two weeks, but there weren't any lately. They should have arrived the past week. A disruption was probably supposed to happen, too, but it didn't. I don't know if this is another "glitch" or not, but it's definitely a change from what you'd probably call "the usual".

If anyone who has been here longer can talk about past "disruptions", then the floor is yours. Knowing when and how long they happened would be good to know too. If we can at least figure this out, then we'd be able to have less casualties. I'm sure at least one person here in this room has died in this place already.

I also probably wouldn't talk about what happens here through those devices they gave us. It'll help to be careful.

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Note: City-wide meeting mingle GO. Feel free to make your own top-level comments, and you are more than welcome to threadhop! INTERRUPT YATA WHILE HE'S TALKING, GO. Actually, don't do that.

Talk about Serious Things, or whatever you feel like your character would contribute! If your character wouldn't speak in front of everyone, that's fine too. Anything goes! No breaking of furniture or else Housewife Ayumu will get very angry. His room is also off-limits, and so his his spare bedroom. If anyone would like to notice his interior, there's practically two flower vases in each room, decorated with irises and lilies of the valley. There's also a keyboard somewhere in the living room. The instrument, not the gadget.

If anyone wants to play around with the idea of stirring up trouble, please assume that Ayumu will throw a slipper at any troublemaker's head.

Comments

[particularity]

Ghah--

[Hinata half-laughs and half-yelps as he's tackled, twisting under Tenka's grip, jabbing his elbows against him.] You're heavy, Tenka...!! Let me go!

[sunshrouded]

[YEAH TAKE THAT.

Nah, Tenka's laughing himself even as he gets interrupted by that jab with an 'oof!'

Then he's back to laughing and roughly messing with Hinata's hair.]

Not until you say you're sorry, brat!!

[particularity]

You're the one who started it, oi!

[NGHHHH stop messing his hair the only piece that isn't getting totally wrecked is his ahoge b/c there's no messing that up

jab jab jab]

[sunshrouded]

[ow ow oW???

pulling the ahoge tbh]

Then I'm gonna finish it!!

[particularity]

Guhaa--

[WHY would you pull his hair Tenka???

He's actually surprisingly strong, though he just doesn't use it so he's going to HEADLOCK HIM...]

[sunshrouded]

Gugghhh!!

[WHY THIS. WHY ANY OF THIS-]

I'm gonna bite you!

[particularity]

There's no way that you're older than me, seriously--

[NO WAY

But okay you know what he's remembering where they are and loosening his grip.] I give, I give up already, oi, mercy...

[sunshrouded]

[Alright with that loosening grip Tenka's just going to move HInata's arm away- and then he's snickering.]

Ha! I win....!!

[and he's 24, whoa amazing]

[particularity]

Hah... yeah, yeah, you win. [Hinata moves to sit up, exhausted...

And his hair is a state too. He lifts his hands up to it quickly, smoothing his fingers through it, back over the scar that rings his head, brushing flat his bangs.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . and Tenka's just snickering to himself then. Just as Hinata finishes smoothing out his hair, Tenka's back to patting the top of his head.]

You're not too bad though, kid.

If you ever meet my little brother, you gotta help him get stronger too, alright? Sometimes it's just too easy to beat him.

[particularity]

[Hinata pauses, like Tenka will not mess up his hair again and just pat it like that if he stays super still. He peers up under his hand at him.]

Me? Help your little brother get stronger?

I'm not that strong myself, you know. [But the real question here is is that all right? He looks curious, honestly, about this little brother of Tenka's, what he must be like.]

[sunshrouded]

Wrong!

[He says it so fast. But then he adds:] Never say that in front of me again or else I'll really sock you, kid. You're strong. But if you limit yourself like that, you'll never get stronger.

[Sorry did you not ask to get aniki'd well TOO BAD.]

But Soramaru's always going on and on about getting stronger.... I think it'd be good for him to meet you.

[particularity]

[Hinata blinks-- caught off guard by the quickness of that response and the vehemence of it. Hey now, he said that strong... because he knows many people who are stronger. People with abilities he might not be able to fight. He just knows all too well what it's like to lose.

He brings his hand up to his neck, rubbing the side of it.]

I'd... like to meet him, [he can say honestly. One of Tenka's actual brothers... how much like him is he?] Soramaru, huh. I'll remember it. [For if they run into each other.]

[sunshrouded]

He was here for a short time, actually.... [Which does get Tenka's brow to furrow because he wants to think that Soramaru's gone home but they have... no actual confirmation of this. He was the furthest along in the timeline - there's no telling what could have happened after.]

But you'd like him.

He's way too serious and tries really hard to be an adult sometimes -- but I don't know anyone with a kinder heart.

[particularity]

[That gives Hinata pause. He was, so that means... he'd gone. Somewhere. Back into the code or back to his world or... He thinks of all of the friends he'd seem come and go.]

I know a person who's a little like that too. [Kuzuryuu. Though, well, the situation was probably vaaaastly different, but when he thinks of someone who tries to be an adult, tries to be what others expect... yeah.] But he's similar to you after all, huh, Tenka?

[sunshrouded]

Oi, that better be because I'm a very serious adult.

[NOT BECAUSE HE'S TOO SERIOUS OR TRIES TOO HARD? Also the 'kinder heart' doesn't seem to occur to him... Nah, his brothers are better than he is. But he shakes his head fondly anyway.]

Wouldn't be surprised if you see some similarities if you meet him, I guess. I pretty much raised both him and Chuutarou.

[particularity]

...no, you've completely missed the trait I was complementing. [He reaches out to prod at him lightly. Tenka please??

But then he blinks.]

You did?

[sunshrouded]

[what are you prodding him for.... he looks confused for a moment before opting to just answer the question

and realizing that he forgot to mention-]

Ah... Yeah. Our parents passed away about 11 years ago.

[tuberculosis attacking in the dark of the night like a ninja in a fox mask, if you know what i mean]

So it's just been me and my two brothers since then - though the villagers did a lot to help when I was really young.

[particularity]

[for Not Getting It gosh

But he's stopped, surprised. Tenka... Even with all of the villagers helping him... That's still a large weight to pass onto someone's shoulders, especially when they're young.

The thing that comes to mind, though is:]

You live in a good place. [With good people... it sounds like.]

[sunshrouded]

There's nowhere better than Otsu!

[HE SAID IT SO EAGERLY. And then he settles down, though his fondness is still absurdly clear.]

I love my hometown. My family's charged with protecting it but sometimes I feel like they're the ones who've looked out for us over all these years.

[particularity]

[Good, that's what he likes to see, when people talk about things that make them happy--]

Can't it be both?

[Having the villagers help them when they need it, in turn helping and looking out for the villagers... It sounds thoroughly reciprocal.]

[sunshrouded]

[Tenka laughs faintly at that, shaking his head.]

I guess it's both. All that matters is that good people get taken care of, even though it's pretty dangerous otherwise. But I've never really had to worry about Otsu.

It's a really cloudy place and gets cold a lot, but you won't find anywhere with warmer people.

[particularity]

Dangerous?

[Brigands? THIEVES?? What else do you have in your year, Tenka, Hinata's not entirely on the up-and-up.]

So everyone there... kinda makes up for it being cloudy and cold a lot, huh?

[sunshrouded]

[BRIGANDS, THIEVES, A RECORD-SETTING LEVEL OF MURDER--]

Ahh. It's 1878 in Western years.... so I guess you can say it's a pretty turbulent time. We're getting a lot more Western influence in Japan and a lot of people are unhappy with it, so they brandish swords even though it's against the law and try to act tough. But it's nothing I can't handle!

[at least it doesn't seem like Tenka's the one trying to act tough... he really does just believe in his own strength as a fact.]

But I'd say so. You should visit Otsu in your time, Hinata-kun. I'm sure that no matter what, it's always going to be a happy place.

[particularity]

[Hinata nods with more comprehension as Tenka gives the date... Yeah, that makes sense and all. And he would hope Tenka can live up to his claims.

Visit, huh...]

If I ever can visit it... I will. [Because Tenka's piqued his interest more with the clear fondness that he has for it. He can only hope that the restoration's gone well back in Japan so he can see it as somewhat like Tenka does.]

For now, I have something I need to do, so I have to stay on Jabberwock Island, but... it won't be like that forever.