[ OPEN ] August 2012 Introduction Log

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Characters: OPEN to new arrivals and NPCS.
Where: En route to Casualty Communal
Rating: Gen
Time: March 12 onwards
Description: Welcome to Death City!


It had been a little over a week since the sandstorm, and thus a little over a week since the last batch of newcomers. When the readings indicated that BREW was activating again so quickly, it was a bit of a scramble to get everything prepared. The last time it activated before then was early February, so this really was a small time frame. It had been some time since that happened.

But everyone dutifully prepared just in time for the first arrivals. It was also a relatively good day despite the past few rain showers. At least things were much calmer now.

[ooc: Player characters will also be joining the log. Everything after the sub thread Soul Perception is open to all characters.

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Comments

[computations]

Your trust is safe with me. I planned on keeping my own situation a secret also. Perhaps we will remain in each other's debt.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha held out her hand to Sion.]

You're the only one I'm willing to trust here.

[computations]

[Thankfully, Sion knows that gesture.]

To a hopefully productive partnership.

[GRABBING HER HAND.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[GOOD. Akiha gives a slight squeeze before letting go. No, she's not going to make it an actual handshake.]

Hopefully.

...there is a group here that I'm going to look into. For the potential allies and protection they may offer if something unexpected happens. I'll let you know what I think about them after their upcoming meeting.

[computations]

What if I attended with you? Or is this a sign up only type of meeting.

[ritsu_kouyou]

...I don't know. I was invited by a current member.

[She didn't know if it was an invitation-only meeting, or one of those informal things that anyone could walk into. And it never occurred to her to ask as she didn't know Sion was there yet.]

[computations]

[If Akiha was Shiki, she would have made a very sharp comment. Thankfully, she is not.]

I understand. Rather than risk trouble, I will manage with something else.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Perhaps you can spend the time figuring out what kind of weapon you are? So I know what style I need to learn.

[Akiha's not exactly trained to use weaponry, though she's confident she will be able to make what she knows already work for to her advantage.]

If I decide this SEES group is worth perusing, I will ensure you can attend the next meeting with me.

[computations]

That is an acceptable trade. Once I am fully moved into my living quarters, I will begin practice on this...transformation that is supposed to take place.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha gives Sion a dubious look. She's kind of glad she doesn't need to figure out some kind of transformation thing. Though she's not sure what the catch with being a meister is. It seemed pretty straightforward to her.]

I hope this residence is acceptable. Though I doubt it.

[Akiha is going to be irritated that her bedroom in the mansion is bigger than this apartment she has to live in. WITHOUT her 1600 thread count Egyptian cotton sateen sheets.]

[computations]

You may have issues, yes? I happen to be used to living on the streets so I will take whatever is given to me.

If there is anything you require extra of, you are more than welcome to borrow it from what I am supplied.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I don't understand how you managed to live on the streets in all that filth.

[computations]

If you have any spare time some day, I will teach you methods on how to survive in such environments.

[She's...taking it seriously.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

No, thank you. I would rather stay in one of those American 'motels' than an alley.

[computations]

...turning down a chance to gain knowledge is not wise.

[ritsu_kouyou]

It is unnecessary knowledge as it is for a possibility that highly improbable. I'm a Tohno, Sion. I will not sleep on the streets.

[computations]

The probability of you showing up here is even more minuscule than you living on the streets. Please ponder on that.

[ritsu_kouyou]

And, as you know, I am not living on the streets here. Nor will I elsewhere.

[computations]

...I do not agree with your reasoning but you are welcome to ask me for advice at anytime.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I'll be sure to remember that. [Said through grit teeth.] And when you need to know how to negotiate with an irrational idiot, you're welcome to request the same of me.

[computations]

The answer is violence so I doubt I require assistance in that area.

[ritsu_kouyou]

The answer is not always violence, Sion. [It's pathetic that Akiha has to say that.] Violence at improper moments can break important contracts and alliances.

[computations]

Those type of things are hardly a concern to me. Especially when it comes to certain males of the human species. [AKA Shiki]

[ritsu_kouyou]

And this would be why I'm the one investigating potential allies here and you're learning to morph into whatever you are.

[computations]

[Tapping her feet!]

I...will admit that you have a point.