First Slice - Let the Games Begin!

[thejackal_is_in]

Characters: Akabane + vatheon
Location: Plaza
Time: Morning
Style: Either
Status: Open like a freshly bleeding wound 83

[Sometime during the night, a new guest has arrived. Already he is standing and observing everyone who passes by, blending into the shadows. His large fedora is tipped over his eyes, still damp like the rest of his clothes, although these

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[girlpowertouka]

[Touka's walking by, cheery and oblivious, as usual.]

[thejackal_is_in]

[O hey, have a creeper~]

Good morning.

[Can't really tell, being underwater and all, but since people were starting to come out more frequently, he's going to assume that it's morning.]

[girlpowertouka]

[Okay! She looks over, surprised.]

Oh! Good morning. Are you new here?

[thejackal_is_in]

Indeed I am.

[girlpowertouka]

Oh, well, I'm Touka Kishi. Nice to meet you. Did you just get here?

[Judging by the damp clothes.]

[thejackal_is_in]

Not just, but I did regain consciousness around four to five hours ago, if I am not mistaken. Who knows how long I may have been present before then.

[girlpowertouka]

Oh, yeah. That part is kind of weird. Has anyone told you about this place yet?

[thejackal_is_in]

A few. I now know that this is an underwater city by the name of Vatheon, a charming place that draws in foreigners in order to support itself.

[He tips his hat at her lol I'm stupid and completely missed the first part of the previous sentence]

Forgive me for my rudeness. My name is Kuroudo Akabane. It is a pleasure to meet you, Touka-chan.

[girlpowertouka]

You too, Kuroudo-san.

Okay. But you didn't get new clothes yet? Do you want me to show you were you can get some?

[thejackal_is_in]

They should not take long to dry, but if you could possibly give me a brief tour of the city I would be ever so grateful.

[girlpowertouka]

Okay! No problem! This is the Plaza, it's kind of the center of the city. And that --

[She points.]

-- Is the coral. It's like the townspeople's god or something. No! Right! It's the vessel of their god. Or vassal? Something like that. They call it the Lamufao.

[thejackal_is_in]

[Akabane takes a good look at the coral. There's certainly something odd about it. A strange power he can feel even from here...]

Is it that which brings us here?

[girlpowertouka]

We don't really know. It's all kind of vague and mysterious around here. Although the coral seems to be our biggest clue to --- whatever is going on. If you don't touch the coral, after a couple of weeks you'll start to feel all sick and lethargic and stuff. Not fun. But then when you touch the coral you feel better. Although then the curses start.

[thejackal_is_in]

Curses?

[How very ominous. Considering how very boring the atmosphere seems to be, hopefully those should provide him some entertainment.]

[girlpowertouka]

Yeah. Usually they're pretty harmless. But one time there were those gross zombies and another time there were these really annoying monsters. One one time we all had animal ears and tails, and one time rubber ducks rained everywhere, and one time --

[She blushes and then quickly recovers.]

Anyway, they're mostly more annoying than anything. Although the zombies and the monsters got kind of dangerous. But we're putting together a buddy system and stuff so no one gets hurt anymore!

[thejackal_is_in]

[He just smiles at her, as though listening to her ramble is the most fascinating thing in the world. Which it's not, but he certainly wouldn't mind fighting zombies.]

How quaint. I do hope that works out for you all.