[ CLOSED ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-_oLjmCGY

[rollin]

Who: the idiots who think this will actually amount to anything
When: IC 11/23 onward
Where: Various!
What: The rescue mission Yata, Sheba and co. discussed at the citywide meeting!
Rating/Warning: at least PG because some people swear like sailors

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[ Once everyone arrives at the agreed meeting area, the CERES Metro-rail Station at the Residential District, Yata briefs the group on what to do. As discussed in the citywide meeting yesterday, the group will split into six teams that were decided by drawing lots. Everyone should know who they're teamed up with by now. Yata's instructions are simple enough: don't work alone (buddy system!), and if anyone finds anything, report to him. Should the missing arrivals be found, don't wait on anyone's orders. Yata admits that he's not smart enough to call the shots, but if he found who they were looking for, he believes that taking action should be the team's first priority. Anyone is free to protest, but he won't go back on his word.

Then he makes a special shout out to Hiccup and Toothless because look look guys it's a dragon how cool is that okay back to business.

By 9:15 AM, all teams should be on the move! ]

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT | SHOPPING DISTRICT | ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT | TECH DISTRICT | PLEASURE DISTRICT | VIVID

Comments

[flaredo]

You never know what bargains-- I mean info they might have.

But also bargains.

[ Yang is an honest girl. ]

[dishonorstudent]

But still... I gotta admit, it's pretty impressive. Little Yata's got some backbone after all, heh. And here I thought I'd be babysittin' my whole way through.

[masakados]

[No, Athena... that reaction is a bit too much...!!]

Eh, really? [THAT'S NOT GOOD AT ALL.]

[masakados]

[Hey there, Shinjiro. It kinda pleased him earlier, actually, to see that they were in the same group. This guy is interesting, even if Naoki doesn't know too much about him yet.

Naoki's grinning when that nod is given to him, his attention drifting briefly to the axe he's toting. He doesn't use any weapons himself, so it's always fun to eye other people's as long as they're not being swung at him.]

Heh, that's true. I haven't found anyone who's played as much as me yet.

It's the easiest way for me to earn credits.

[ruby_roses]

[Ruby attempts to recompose her self... and not stare... and is failing kinda spectacularly. Ryuko's got a great body and just... no, can't start thinking like that.]

Y-Yeah, let's get out of here.

[Luckily for Ruby the thugs back off once she unfolds her massive scythe, slam it into the ground and fire off a shot that gets her about half way up the nearest building. After that, she kicks off the wall and explodes into a cloud of rose petals as she zips from wall to wall before getting up to the roof.]

[psycholawgy]

[ No, sorry. You brought it upon yourself. ]

It was my fault! [ SOBS. ] I spent too much when I got here. I bought food for every person I could find!

[masakados]

... Why?

[There's generosity and then there's going too far...]

[rollin]

[ He smirks. ]

Heh! 'Course I do. [ He jerks a thumb at himself. ] They don't call me HOMRA's vanguard for nothin'. Anything they throw at me, I give it right back to 'em!

OTA, before district split-ups!

[perfectstrike]

[Along with Yata's briefing, Peko has something Extremely Important (to her) to say. She has her electronic student ID out and open to a certain loser's profile. It's written in Japanese, but Peko is more than willing to explain what it says.]

His name is Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu, in the Western order. He is approximately this tall, [she holds up a hand just below her shoulder level to indicate around 5'1",] and likely wearing a suit and an eyepatch. If you do see him, please inform me immediately.

[rollin]

[ Yata didn't expect this this announcement from Peko, quiet as she is, but he listens to what she has to say. Kuzuryuu is an awfully fancy name. He's a rich kid—that much is obvious—but he has no clue what his relationship with Peko is.

He squints at the profile. ]

He hates milk...

[perfectstrike]

He does.

[Stated as if this isn't something weird at all?? Apparently it is totally normal for a teenager (if he is really a teenager, look at that baby face) to hate milk so much it was included on his student profile. Along with his like for karintou. Amazing.]

I would strongly recommend not even mentioning it around him.

[BUT. But. She is smiling a little thinking about it, though she doesn't seem to realize.]

[niceguypose]

[Luckily, Lee presumably can read the Japanese, and he nods as he takes in the information. Such a formidable-looking and tiny man...]

How strong is he?

[rollin]

Gotcha.

[ Yata doesn't even question it as he crosses his arms and nods. Even if he's at 5'6 and has already learned how to drink milk (unlike some gangsters), he understands the feeling all too well. ]

It can be rough for that kid... [ He's not a kid, though. ] He your brother?

[ That's why she's smiling, right? ]

[niceguypose]

Ack...! Athena-san, then, we have to move quickly!! [He's quickly caught up in her emotions.] Who knows what will happen if we don't?!

[perfectstrike]

That is...

[WHAT A TRICK QUESTION. She knows what Lee is asking for, and the correct answer would be 'not very.' This boy is a twig. If Lee could beat Peko, he would annihilate Kuzuryuu.

But she has so much faith in him. And he's the heir to the largest yakuza family in Japan, in spite of his kind nature, and he's the Super High School Level Yakuza, which is clearly printed beneath his name along with his somewhat weak-looking height/weight stats.]

He is not a martial artist. But I think... he is much stronger than I am.

[perfectstrike]

...I do not recommend you call him a kid, either. He is in high school, after all.

[SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FINGERS IF YOU CALL HIM A KID, YATA... But urk--! Not her brother, not even a little bit. How does she want to describe this...]

But, that is...

[Hnngh. There's a bit of a strange, strangled noise as she tries to figure that out.]

He is something like a... childhood friend.

[Your childhood friend is the Super High School Level Yakuza according to this ID card? Maybe that kind of explains the weird way she was approaching the tea shop.]

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[deontology]

[Hello everyone here is your resident buzzkill...sure looking buzzkill-y. He's not necessarily happy to be out here, because as far as he's concerned, this is a pretty poorly run operation. Not that he's surprised, when it's an operation run by hotheads, but still. Still. He has his professional pride!!!

He...also has no idea what most of this technology is despite his best efforts at studying it all. It's hard, when you're already a couple hundred years behind everyone else.

So Sousei is shifting from totally closed off posture (arms crossed, eyes narrowed, expression flat) to peering curiously at a screen, an eyebrow arched.

He's not going to ask, but he's really so bemused by this... really dumb picture of a cat on the screen, in whatever building they ended up exploring. Clearly, someone wasn't actually doing their work here....... not that any of the employees are around at the moment, but still.

What.]

[psycholawgy]

... They. They wanted food.

[ Such a simple answer, and yet so complex. ]

[masakados]

But couldn't they have gotten some for themselves?

[harepiece]

[Looking at the screen when she flips it over! This sure is weird-looking... Why is the future so fancy?? Of course, Oz doesn't actually need to look at the picture when it's shown, but it would be pretty strange if he didn't.]

All right! Is he a friend of yours?

uehuehuehue

[harepiece]

[Oh look, it's one of Sousei's teammates who is also a couple hundred years behind everyone else! Who thought it was a good idea to let the ye oldes loose in the tech district, truly.

BUT ANYWAY Oz comes flouncing over as soon as he notices that a) Sousei is looking a little more open to interaction (it's like he has a radar built in or something) and b) there's a cute cat on the screen!! Good ol CERES. They may be questionable overlords, but they sure do have excellent taste in game graphics.]

Oh! I wonder what that is. A new game, maybe? [oz don't get distracted mid-mission... But he's glancing around after that, since there sure is a suspicious lack of employees currently. HM.]

They must be really bored if they just sit around playing games during their shifts.

[allthreefourths]

[ haha wow hiccup's first unrelated thought: that is short, was he that "tall"--before he shakes that off and realizes he should probably focus on the task at hand. don't mind the viking with the dragon beside him as he leans in slightly to commit that picture to memory, given he can read absolutely nothing on the rest of that ID. ]

Me and Toothless here were going to scout around before we searched on the ground, so we'll touch down if we see someone like him.

[ he could also act like a visual cue that the new people thing was true... he's not too sure what toothless and him should look for, besides people who don't blend in, with confused expressions on their faces. ]

We'll... mention you're looking for him, too, maybe we can bring him to you. What's your name?

[allthreefourths]

[ katsura, what is-- cat ears? did he just seriously snap a picture of toothless while he was stuck in a door, he's been here long enough to know that when you pull out your phone like that with the snap, that's what it means. who knows how that works, but it works.

goodness. katsura's continuing adoration with toothless is amusing, however, after he's done being confused. ]

... Out. Probably. [ a low sound from toothless, as he attempts to move backwards. ] I don't think there's enough room in here for us and Toothless's... impressive wingspan.

[ hiccup's trying to look at katsura's face as he speaks but those ears. ]

[allthreefourths]

[ please don't judge him, yuzu... he didn't choose this life, the luck of the draw did. or, in this case, the unluck of the draw.

he probably shouldn't be showing this kind of stuff to young girls, though, so the moment yuzu tunes in and hiccup responds, he makes sure that the only view she gets is his face and a very black wall. ]

If this were anywhere else I'd say no, but this place can be... unexpected, at times. [ as nicely as he can put it. ] Everything you saw, just-- as far as you're concerned, Yuzu, this is just a really dark room with nothing in it.

[ also, he really has to add (because the thought of him messing around in a place like this? what a misconception): ]

And messing around would be me and Toothless in the sky, far, far away from here. By the way.

[dielectrics]

And my big brother.

[ Killua adds without missing a beat. He does take the opportunity to not-so-gently elbow Yata in the side for the potential plan ruining, but hey, that's totally how normal people act with their siblings, right? Or so he's heard. ]

We're meeting her here, remember? [ He nods meaningfully toward the bouncer, even as he tries to crank up the innocent quotient of his smile. ] Inside.