soul_logs | [ semi-closed] they just keep trickling in

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[ semi-closed] they just keep trickling in

Characters: New guests and their volunteer helpers
Location: Around Shibusen
Rating: G
Time: April 19-20
Description: Another small BREW hiccup results in another "round" of unexpected newcomers into the city.

Just like last time, a very small group of individuals has appeared within Death City, and just like last time, no one even knew about it. Fortunately things have been relatively calm these past few days and it's an especially warm day today, so at least any impromptu help and touring should go smoothly.

[ooc: Just like last time, this is a consolidated log for the volunteer intro buddy system. Either the new character or the volunteer can start the thread. For each thread, indicate the character names in the subject line. Whether or not another character is pulled in is up to the players, BUT the threads are closed to the initial partnered characters (hence the "semi-closed" label.

The new characters are also free to start a thread with one another if they so wish.]

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Hm? And why is that? To wield the full splendor of such a magnificent blade... why, it is a wonder why people are not fighting to be his partner!

[Oh Saber....]

This world is quite the strange one, indeed. But I must admit, though I was quite angry upon waking up here, my interest is somewhat outweighing my frustration!

[It's good if she just... tries not to think about her Master. Her poor Master, now all alone in her final moments...

Her hands clench at that thought, but she tries not to let her smile fade. No need to keep showing all those nasty negative emotions around someone she barely knows.]

[His reply was... peculiar. It wasn't so much words as it was a face, one of slight pain and disgust. It wasn't as good as Kid or Black*Star's version, but it was right up there.]

Yeah, they always wonder why until they meet the guy.

[But he recovered quickly enough. Instead he focused on informing her as best as he could.]

You're one'a the quicker ones to get used to things. It ain't so bad once that happens, especially if you're used to fighting. What I do here ain't too different from what I did back home, so I got into the swing of it pretty quick.

Uh... what else...

Oh yeah. BREW was nice enough to stop the timeline it plucked ya from. At least, that's what people are sayin'. So whatever it was you were up to right until ya woke up here, you'll go right back to it when you're dismissed. So for a lotta people here, this is kind of a break. For some... they get to live a little longer.

Some people still think this place is purgatory or whatever, too.

[He still didn't get that, but he could understand the people that were looking death in the face before coming... to Death City... huh. Was this a better alternative?]

"Stop the timeline"... so it somehow freezes events as they were unfolding, does it? [And that... wipes the smile off her face pretty quickly. Her voice is almost soft when she speaks, overall acting completely different from the person she had been up until now.]

What of those still in whatever sort of world we were taken from? What happened to them?

I'm told everything's stopped, like y'hit the 'pause' button when watchin' a movie. So whoever you were with that ain't here's stopped, too.

[Of course, that said nothing of what happens when you die here. He didn't know that, but he had a friend from another timeline killed in the line of duty. Even now, Kanji had to wonder what would happen to that little thread...]

[Her hands curl into fists as Kanji says this, teeth gritting. It's a good thing they were past the walls and sides of buildings on their way up the stairs - she just may have driven her fist into the structure nearest her. But perhaps it would have been better that way. Now she just has all of this pent-up frustration building with no way to release it. Yet.]

How absurd... does this BREW believe it is doing a service by freezing the events unfolding in our homes? [Her voice is still low, but there's a deadly edge to it now. Not like before, with her flamboyant threats and demands. She means business now.] Perhaps someone needs to step up and learn how to control this device, because not everyone left behind is fortunate enough to be frozen in a good situation!

[And that's what this all comes down to. Saber, the selfish hedonist that she is, can only think of someone else's situation right now. Not her own. How can she think of herself when her Master is stuck in some kind of limbo? Possibly because of her?

... Damnit. This place just keeps getting worse and worse.]

That's the thing... the guy who made BREW's long gone. Nobody knows how to use it, just that it kinda grants wishes. We dunno if it does somethin' else, and nobody wants to step in and poke it to see if somethin' else happens because it's our only way home, y'know? What if pokin' it, I dunno, turns off the wish?

[It was a hopeless situation, their doorway here to begin with, but Kanji didn't know about the Book of Eibon, nor the possibility of it holding knowledge of BREW's invention. Whether it was in Shibusen's hands or the Witches was currently unknown.]

Right now, they got the brains takin' apart the Madness Emitters we went in to power down, see how the Witches are usin' it. I dunno if they'd know more about BREW, but it's worth a shot, right?

If it cancels the wish, then so be it. Tell them to meddle away! Perhaps that will send us all home! [As a former construct brought to life to fight for someone so they can gain an omnipotent wish-granting device, for Saber to say that, it meant a lot.]

It is one thing for this place to interest me. It is a completely different thing for me to care about the plight of these people, who are not my people nor the person I have sworn to serve.

What?! But if it cancels the wish, that means we're all stuck here! I got a home, a life to get back to after this. I for one ain't gonna let myself be stuck here.

And I said the same thing once. I told 'em, this ain't my city. This ain't my fight. I got plenty of those to do at home. But... I still give it my damn all, do what I can with the power I got.

But you just got here. It's a shitton to take in. Before you decide on somethin', whether you wanna fight or not... Sleep on it, y'know?

A necessary sacrifice! Who knows how many people are suspended in a frozen state of near-death as a result of this wish? Would it not be more kind to release them?

[She's being strangely selfish, she knows. Thinking of one person over many? That one person may not be herself, but she can still be selfish. And she's okay with that.

... Except she's really not. Or not as okay with it as she originally thinks. So her anger simmers down again and she grumbles, gritting her teeth and crossing her arms, looking at anything but Kanji.]

That is wise advice. I think I will follow it.

'Preciate it. [A nod, and he ignored the mild strain in his legs as they neared the top of the stairs. Kanji needed a small break once they hit the top, and he took a moment to stretch his legs.]

Shit... I hate takin' these damn things all the time! But it ain't like an escalator here'd work out- with our luck it'd always break.

[He eased out a breath.]

A'right. Before ya head off to see the head honchos, lets give that soul a scan, figure out which you are. Won't matter if ya choose not to fight, but it won't hurt to figure that out, right?

... I do admit, I'm quite curious. [Even though Saber is sure of what category she falls into - she was the metaphorical sword of her Master once, why would she not be an actual sword now? - she's still interested in seeing how this whole examination is supposed to play out.

Maybe she's also eager to prove to everyone that Emperor Nero's soul isn't a shriveled, black little thing, or entirely nonexistant. But that would be petty. ~~And therefor completely in-character.~~]

Ah, but is this really that exhausting a climb? [Surprisingly, this small woman who doesn't seem that physically intimidating hasn't even broken a sweat on the trek up the stairs.] This is nothing. I have traveled over far worse conditions.

Some days it's easier... like if that sun ain't beating down on ya. [Accompanied by the jerk of a thumb toward the celestial body that seemed quite happy to see the two of them, laughing away.]

Then it gets seriously cold at night, so a run up these stairs helps warm you up.

[But the building before them was another oddity, very symmetrical in all sorts of ways, and beyond clean despite the students milling about the front 'yard', chatting away and studying after a lesson.]

This here's the Death Weapon Meister Academy. ...Shibusen's less of a mouthful, though. Here they train up Weapons and Meisters while teachin' 'em about resonance and all that stuff.

Also optional; never set foot in a class myself. [Even if... the Weapon he lives with gives him a very, very dirty look for skipping.]

Anyway, the soul scanners are inside. They're like x-rays and they tell ya which one you are. We usually have a big set-up for when huge groups of new people roll in, but lately it's just been spitting people out at random.

[... Sorry, Kanji, Saber totally missed everything you just said. Her green eyes had idly followed his gesture upwards, and are now stuck staring at the grinning, laughing sun with a look of total comedic shock on her face.]

What in Apollo's name is that?!

[He'd gone on ahead a step or two before the exclamation broke out, and he turned. She was looking up for s-- oh. Oh.]

[He was so damn used to the thing at this point that he'd forgotten.]

The sun. Moon's like that, too. They both like to drool sometimes, and there's a lotta people who play Dodge The Drool when that happens.

[Said with an absolute straight face. Few things phased him any more about this world.]

Dodge... the drool...

[What. The. Fuck.]

Are there any other absurd things about this world I should be made aware of?

Uhh... oh, yeah. There's this rumor that Weapons transform their first time by throwin' themselves down a flight of stairs. That's bullshit.

There's another rumor that you resonate better with your partner if you kiss 'em or sleep in their bed. Uh... th-that's bullshit, too.

[Saber has to fight the urge to facepalm at that. She may not know how this whole transformation thing works yet, but flinging yourself down stairs... what the hell has that ever accomplished?

Oh, but that second thing certainly catches her interest...]

Oh? And why do you think such a thing is so absurd? Physical contact can create a wonderful union between two individuals, you know. [A slow grin spreads across her face, and she chuckles in a very not-so-innocent way.] If forging a close bond is the key to this "resonate" business you mentioned, then what better better way to do so?

H-huh!? [Oh. Ohhh, he's red again. Waving a hand as if to dismiss the idea, he turned his head away.]

B-because it just IS, damn it! I m-mean, if that's what it took, then me and-- [Whoa. WHOA. Hey, let's reel this shit back! Backpedal, Kanji! Backpedal for your life!!]

I-it's been proven wrong, that's all ya need to know!!

Oh? So you've tried to test this rumor before? Perhaps you just haven't explored enough! [Oh this kid is just too funny. Saber's not even trying to hide her laughter at Kanji's flustered response.] Do not give in now! Continue to explore, and perhaps you will find that this myth is indeed true!

Th-the hell!? Y-ya got it all wrong, w-we weren't tryin' to test-- I mean--

Th-there's no myth to test! Cut that out!!

Do not be so embarrassed, Kanji! Exploring bonds with the people you wish to be close to is one of the joys of youth, is it not? [Her laugh falls short momentarily. Wow that line of teasing made her sound old, best avoid that...]

Besides, if I'm mistaken, why have you become so flustered, hmm? A simple misunderstanding shouldn't cause such a reaction!

Y-yeah, well, y'don't just spring shit like that on a guy! Give me a damn heart attack...

[Yeah, he needs a minute. Whew.]

[She quirks an eyebrow.]

Does a bit of lighthearted teasing truly exhaust the people of this age so quickly? Strange...

Sh-shuddup!

...Let's get your damn soul scanned. [Ohhh, grumpy grumpy. He tried not to stomp a little as he made his way to the front doors of Shibusen.]

How very eloquent.

[She laughs again before trailing behind him.] After you...

[ semi-closed] they just keep trickling in

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obvs this is the best time to go hit up his new post

Yes, of course.

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