Nakahama

Surprise, Bayushi.

Thank you for joining us and playing the game! I knew you were away for a few days days but glad that you've decided to return to us, in any form. I hope you're doing better now! When you took Secret Love, I knew full well you could become someone 's new target. It just took a ...

I bet if we played by Oka rules, a crowbar to the back of her leg would fix that real quick...Better not catch you in the parking lot later... Sumie brooded about her loss. Not that 'Oka rules' had any likelihood of being real, but she was sure that her Kuni homeworld could play by way better rules ...

He was good looking, there was no denying that.

"Hmm, you're pulling off more 'Farmer and Snake' than 'Scorpion and Frog' there, Bayushi-san.", she said referring to the two fables.

She shook her head.

"Choices have consequences, and not just for those involved. Kuni-san chooses to live like ...

"Blackmail is a gamble, as is all forms of bussiness. We gambled, we lost, we take our chips and see what we can cash out." He checks his communicators. No messages yet... Perhaps he'd gone too far the prior night.

"Yes that was her name. Yasuki Honoka..." He had seen the most likely reason she ...

Like Sumie wanted some lousy plushies as prizes! Here she thought the prizes were going to be something more cooler or at least practical! Maybe a tour of the jungles to fight the Jigoku Flower? Or tickets to a resort vacation on a tropical island? Sorry (not sorry), a less lame tropical island ...

Taraka nodded.

"You did, Kuni-san. But, uh, as much as we appreciate you taking the time to explain the finer points of your practice...shouldn't you be out searching for Bayushi-san? I'm sure his condition grows worse the longer you spend dallying with us.," she suggeted.


"You're damn right ...

-



-


"Great, I knew I could count on you already," she nodded enthusiastically before remembering something all of a sudden.

"Oh, uhm, if someone finds Pointless . It was stolen from me a few days ago," she said dubiously on the matter. "It's as if it never belonged to me! I barely got to ...

"Crime scene?" Suh-Hyun glanced at the Yasuki, "The same one my clanmate died at?"

"He seemed a decent sort of individual, if a bit...overconfident in some regards...if he's injured and not seeking medical attention then I can understand the concern." And she did believe that, which allowed her ...

With her target not in sight, Sumie decided that it would be best to kill some time with some of the festival games. They were too celebratory and feel-good to her liking, but at least there was a competitive aspect that gave her the opportunity to ruin somebody's day! Sure, it might have been a ...

"I...don't know you." Suh-Hyun blinked at the blunt Kuni, then looked down at the picture. "Yes, he's a security specialist with a Scorpion firm. I can't recall which one. Wears an oni mask sometimes."

She turned her eyes side to side looking in the crowd, "But I haven't seen him here. Is ...

Taraka turned at the approach of the Kuni.

"Oh, is that what he's supposed to look like?" Taraka said, studying the picture. "Sorry, Kuni-san, I haven't had the pleasure of meeting that samurai. Honestly, I've kind of wondered if Bayushi HInata was an actual guest or an alias. Is he missing?" she ...

Earlier...

"You just missed him, I think he said he was going to the Shrine of Wealth."

"..The Shrine of Wealth?" She asked them for clarification.

Now...

Kuni Sumie was at the Shrine of Wealth, meandering about through the crowds like she had a clear purpose in mind. For this occasion, she was ...

" Seriously ?" Sumie said with a few blinks before groaning and just letting Hinata go unceremoniously.

"Fiiiine. I was only trying to do my job, a medical professional! By the way. I don't play a role on the informator," she would say with a glance at Kyoshi.

"And, I'm also the most non-lame one ...

"Kuni-san, let me heal him." He had taken his eyes off of tge scorpion for a moment, while checking on the situation with the karo and the others. Now Hinata was being carried away. Where did she come from?


"Hah? What?" Sumie glared at the Kitsune. "Oh, no, no, no! You're not touching him with ...

The Scorpion perks up as he hears his superior's voice, like a child caught doing something naughty. He slowly turns towards the source, his face turning apologetic as a hand goes to cover his stomach.

"Ah! Kazushi-sama! I was... I was totally just-" He stammers on his words, his eyes narrow then ...

Residential Blocks, Upper Nakahama City

Zzzzzzz

Kuni Sumie was a nocturnal creature who didn't live by the normal society norms of doing duty during daylight or even a normal routine! At least, that's a tenet she would go from time to time to differentiate herself from the normals, the lameos ...

Hum...

''Ah...''

Shiwahime was ill equipped to say what kind of things Sumie was affected by but she'd wager she needed friends. Man, all that edge must be exhausting to keep sharp.

''...well good for you...and thanks for warning me about that cult.''

For a brief moment, he mind's eye stared ...

Shiwahime smirked at that

''Don't think sex is involved....it's called Lavoie or something. Know anything about those? How many pseudo-cults are there anyway?''


"I don't know." She shrugged that, not having the lore for that, and only going by word of mouth. "Do I look like some cult expert to ...

"So whatever! There's more than one game with an ERP table," she scoffed at the idea of Edge of Darkness. It was perhaps more liberating that she could ditch that game completely behind her and look into far more obscure games that didn't have the backing of some large entity encompassing all of the ...

''It's near Tenjin town. They don't seem evil but certainly are straight top counterculture. I can't tell you more since they have not told me all that much themselves''

She shrugs

''I'm afraid that I might not be too mainstream for them...or too much of a jock. I also worship the Lords of Death ...