un: kyouken

[justbeingknife]

Option A:
Uh.
Don't panic: possible livestock emergency.

One of the locals told me she left a hen on my porch. Guess what? Porch, no chicken.
So, you know.

If seen, do not engage. Report all chicken- and chicken-related activity.

[ ooc: Network/action, feel free to sight this chicken around town if you like! ]



Option B:
I heard some of you booze hounds were sniffin' around, so lemme save ya the trouble. My name's Majima, and I run the bar. The rules are don't be an asshole.

Here's a map. There's pool and darts. Got some smokes, too, but you better give me a real good reason why I should part with those.

Comments

[stealyoursoul]

Figure out a way to kill me.

[He knows of a few, but he doesn't quite trust anyone here yet with those methods. Once he can be sure someone isn't going to blab, he might tell them.]

[justbeingknife]

...You don't know how to kill yerself?

[ It was possible? Majima wasn't all that familiar with non-Japanese supernatural creatures; all of them seemed to have one weakness or other. And it wasn't like he suspected this could be some kind of odd test. ]

Most people take a kinda dim view to other folks tryin' to off 'em. Guess it makes sense you'd have a different perspective.

[stealyoursoul]

Not exactly. The last thing that killed me was my brother, so only another Sunai has the power to take me down, and I doubt there's one of those being kept in someone's back pocket.

[That's not entirely true, but Leo only has to tell the truth from his own point of view, not it in its entirety. He can be drowned, being much denser than a normal human being, and his true form, while powerful, is also very vulnerable. A bullet or blade in the right place will take him down like anyone else.]

I don't want to hurt anyone more than necessary. There's too many good souls here and I'd hate to take one of their lives.

[justbeingknife]

Oh. ...That's decent of ya.

[ Not that Majima really considered himself a moral authority on anything; he'd simply figured that someone whose life depended on ending those of others would be a little more callous about the general concept.

Maybe there was simply a line between the good and the bad, the way there was between civilians and gokudō. ]

Is anyone helpin' you?

[stealyoursoul]

Not so much. I've done a lot worse back home.

[He'd been the Sunai on the front lines for a reason. He was the one that got his hands dirty. Whatever kept him connected to people tended to get lost when he went dark.]

I've got one or two people I've contacted to see if I can take their souls.

[justbeingknife]

No, I mean... tryin' to find a way to kill ya, or trying to find alternatives or some shit. Even making contingency plans for if yer plans fall through.

[ In other words, was anyone trying to help Leo, besides maybe offering to be meal of the week.

Majima had sort of been... assuming that the authority figures were handling this? It sounded kind of Not Ideal. ]

[stealyoursoul]

Nope. Seems like this is one of those sticky situations that no one wants to actually deal with until it blows up in their faces.

[Leo is not optimistic about how this is all going to turn out. He will say he did warn people when it did happen.]

[justbeingknife]

Fuckin' great. Well, fightin' demons is about as far outta my area of expertise as you could get.

On the other hand, I know a couple people around who'd be better at it. Or at least interested in makin' sure ya ain't go on too big a rampage.

[stealyoursoul]

Monster, not demon.

[He's a bit insistent on the terminology. Unlike demons, he actually had a bit of a heart.]

Oh? Care to point me in their direction so I have someone to turn to when the shit hits the fan?

[justbeingknife]

Monster. Sorry.

If a tech solution'd work, call up Tony and explain the problem. He'll be all over it.

Alexandre's dealt with monsters, dark and holy magic. I figure both Sora and Yuuki both know ice magic, if that'd help. There's actually a couple of dragons here, too. Figure they might be up for dealin' with smoke and fire.

Then there's Supergirl. Bein' invincible sounds like a pretty good defense against monsters to me. Barring that, the androids are tough, and they ain't have souls to eat, apparently.

[stealyoursoul]

I've met a few of those people. Kara's probably going to be one of the better ones from what I've seen of her power set. But I'll be sure to contact them before I'm too far gone.

[Give them a chance to get organized against a monster that was very, very hard to kill.]

[justbeingknife]

Glad to hear it.

...Good luck.