[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

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . . wait hold on-]

Ah! You're a samurai then? So you're from an even older time than I am....

[OLD MAN but he doesn't say that out loud]

[bakudanma]

I'm one of the last real samurai, you could say.
Those who merely call themselves such a title are usually nothing but cowards, watching our country drift away.

_{[ Zura don't give yourself so much credit. ]}

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . . . well that sure does sound like something a ronin unhappy with increasing Western influence would say.

Ah.

Hm.]

Katsura-kun, what year is it for you?

1.2

[bakudanma]

Ah, what year.. what year..

2.2

[bakudanma]

_{[ !!!! ]}

Tenka-kun, I.. I don't know! The author is a gorilla, so he never really says. He doesn't even give me and some of the main characters a set age! Not to mention time never really passes in my series, so.. s-so—
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT YEAR IS IT??

[sunshrouded]

[Author? Main characters? TENKA DOESN'T UNDERSTAND BUT HE'S GETTING PRETTY DISTRESSED SO HE'S JUST GONNA TRY TO CLAP A HAND OVER KATSURA'S MOUTH.]

Forget I asked!!

[bakudanma]

_{[ !!!???
He pulls Tenka's hand off of his mouth, and looks at him. ]}

But.. the we opened up trading with the Amanto a little bit over 20 years ago. 23 years ago maybe? 24? 2X years ago.
I was a teenager when I decided the fight against them and that was towards the end of it.
_{[ maybe that helps. ]}

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . . oh boy. Tenka blinks at that before scratching his head.]

Amanto....

I guess your Japan really is different from mine then.

[So maybe he shouldn't have to worry as much if he's talking to a criminal?]

[bakudanma]

I'm not surprised. There seem to be a lot of that around here. AU's and what not.
Ah, but they came from space, and eventually took over. The Bakufu sided with them. Even our Shogun is worthless.

They brought things with them like Bentendos* and JUMP though, for whatever that is worth. The Shinsengumi drive cars, which is an annoyance.

_{[ he can't run that fast, man. ]}

[sunshrouded]

[Ah.]

Cars are those machines that you sit in and steer, right? With wheels. Like- a carriage with no horses....?!

[That... sort of explains that, though. The Shinsengumi are still around in Katsura's weird time.]

But if the Shinsengumi is still around, then that gives me a better idea of where you are - sort of. We still don't have cars in my time. Not even the Westerners do.

[bakudanma]

If it wasn't for us opening up to aliens, we wouldn't have them either.
Though, I think it's convenient they shine red and blue and make a sound. It gives me an opportunity to hide when they get close.

Hahaaaa, those dumb bastards.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . ]

Do you have a reason to hide from law enforcement, Katsura-kun?

1.2

[bakudanma]

2.2

[bakudanma]

_{[ n... nnnooooooo? he's not a terrorist or anything like that, of course not. He's not the leader of a faction that is against the government either. ABSOLUTELY NOT. ]}

I etched We love the B'z into one of their vehicles once.
_{[ no he didn't. ]}

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . . wow look at how much he believes you.]

Are you sure?

[bakudanma]

I'm not sure, I'm Katsura.

[sunshrouded]

So you're not sure!!

[PROBLEM]

Katsura-kun, why are you so shady?!

[bakudanma]

There isn't anything shady about me. The animators do their best to bring out my natural glow, but there is only so much they can do without breaking their budget.
_{[ you'll have to repeat that ]}

[sunshrouded]

[no you'll have to repeat that-]

That's exactly what I'm talking about... You're strange.

[bakudanma]

_{[ I'M NOT STRANGE, I'M KATSURA. ]}

Tenka-kun, have I said something to make you think like that? You don't believe I vandalized one of their means of transportation and that's why I'm a fugitive?

[sunshrouded]

I believe you could've done something worse than vandalizing... Don't get me wrong, that's pretty bad too, but I could get away with that back in my home town if I had a good reason...

[Tenka was also his town's golden boy so you know what just ignore whatever comes out of his mouth.]

But hey, I didn't say fugitive. That's all you.

1.2

[bakudanma]

Ah, well.. if you really want to know the horrible thing that I've done...

2.2

[bakudanma]

Back in school during my 2nd year, I cheated off of a test and I looked at Takasugi's when he was distracted. I'm.. I feel really bad about it, even to this day! I don't deserve any of the scholarships I was given—! And to think, nobody knows that besides me, and now you! I've been waiting 1X years to tell somebody and it's been grating on my heart since then!

I'M SO SORRY, TENKA-KUN.

_{[ THIS IS REFLECTING BACK TOO FAR. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POLICE ANYMORE. ]}

[1/2]

[sunshrouded]

[NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH POLICE.

ABORT MISSION, ABORT-

Except Tenka just has a quick reply:]

You keep surprising me, Katsura-kun.....

[sunshrouded]

I wouldn't have taken you for someone who went to school!

[RUDE AS HELL

WHY IS HE SMILING WHILE HE SAYS IT]