WEEK 3

[akudamods]

On Saturday, it is relentlessly sunny. Sunday too. Monday will be the same but with a lot of wind. For now, you get a new area: Old Shinsekai, the den of depravity surrounding the police station. Will you venture into the unknown and seedy? Or retreat into the familiar pods, keep bothering your overseers?

Maybe you plan something else altogether.

INTERNET | SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

((Internet investigations of any kind go here, and for all IRL areas, please use "investigate" in the subject line of your top-level comment, or link the thread to a moderator!))

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INTERNET

[akudamods]

10chan posting

[pr159]

[ On Sunday around the time Adam's posts used to show up over on Cardinal, instead you've got a new thread over here on 10chan from an anonymous user. ]

with entertainer out, we've got to meet the weekly horny akudama posting quota somehow, so how about a poll -- which current living x-class is the hottest?

[ And then in a follow-up a few seconds later: ]

>>409876
let's limit it to adults who at least look mostly human, btw. not here for plantfuckers.

[akudamods]

>> 153944

idk. i'm a guy so i don't really care at this point. i guess the chicks into that must have moved onto someone else now that #MedicCanExamineMYBody didnt trend on cardinal this week

[your_best_friend]

You do realize that people are now going to troll me with trashy Flowey shipfics, don't you?

You sickos. Including you, anon.

I wanted to make one too

[akudamods]

[this anon has chosen to title their posts as "Yumejoshi"]

S-tier: Devotee-samaaa! Kindly share some devotion with this humble anon!
A tier: Scion-san, that megane tho... Wolver-san, that passion... General-san... I must admit! I am intrigued by mysterious blonds!
B-tier: Medic seems delightfully tsundere, at least. Servant, Herald and Wizard are all fine yet it's too difficult to fantasize about taken men.
C tier: Vintner... forgive me, but I don't like alcohol.
D tier: Biker and Pirate, all I can say is bathe more.
Baby tier: The rest of them, unless I missed some?

Uto-Uto posting

[voidseeing]

[So. Someone feels like being a little more daring than last time around, and as such, Sunday brings the upload of a new song to Uto-Uto. There's no PV this time, just a black screen with the lyrics superimposed on it, but it doesn't really matter-- the lyrics are the important part, after all.

Its uploader (by the display name of 'EGOIST') will just be watching for the reactions... and seeing if it winds up being taken down.]

[akudamods]

Seriously! Who is egotist? Are??
definitely sounds like she collabed yeah
egotist isn't booked in the dome any time soon :/
Oh well. No choice but to rip.

[A little later, someone has actually drawn a fan PV of this song. A girl wakes up injured in a clinic and walks back home. The path through Old Shinsekai is interspersed with memories of her father, depicted as a total lowlife. The climax is looking up at the enormous tower of the police station and stepping in to report his crimes.]

Uto Uto posting

[conways_retribution]

<sub>[Well... all of that was fucked.

But it's exactly what he knew would happen sooner or later.

So he's going to post a "vlog" about this. More like an omen.]</sub>

I'm not going to rehearse this. I'm not going to practice a speech or anything.

All I'm going to do is ask you, the people of Kansai and Kanto, what did you think was going to happen?

You've been playing with fire the minute your little puppet shows started nudging us into killing each other. Like we're your guinea pigs, like our lives are just a fun little game show you love tuning into.

Now look where that's gotten this city.

This is the consequences of your actions. We told you from the start, there would be a reckoning for you bloodthisty animals. The blood on your hands was too caked on to wash off. Your shit stank too hard, and now it's come to bite you in the ass.

Enough of your mind games.

Investigation

[voidseeing]

[So let's pretend this was BEFORE the chaos because what is keeping up with things!!

Anyway, after that interesting conversation he overheard the other day, Gai is just going to pop online and run a couple of searches: one for Populist and one for Tezukayama Private Elementary School, plus one including both terms to see what he can find...]

EXECUTIONERS FIRST EXECUTION

[thefifthchild]

[A few hours before the raid, Damian's twitter account became a fair bit more active, with a crisp R for Robin as his logo and a username that makes it clear who he is. When the raid is being undertaken, the account posts a photo.

The photo is a selfie, consisting of a blood splattered Damian staring at the camera with nothing but rage in his heart, Goliath the Dragon Bat in the background, and Wizard holding up bunny ears over Damian's head. Oh, and the Commissioner's severed head, held up by the hair by the bloody fifteen year old.

Forgive me, father, for I have gone astray.]

You've seen our very first EXECUTION today. I hope you're ready for more, because we have a long list. Stay tuned, children of Kansai. Do not make the mistake of assuming you are safe.

[akudamods]

hey
@/fixer
check out the post by >>>>424115 in /m/

[The public cardinal tweet in turn directs to a 10chan thread about a screenshot, which includes the uto-uto player - apparently someone was watching in fullscreen and got into three minutes out of five in the untitled video. The focus of the image is a young man midair with blood on the shins of his white bodysuit. A dead body sits against the wall underneath his acrobatic form, with the head crushed and red. All this occurs in an alleyway where the light from above and below is almost glaring for the camera.]

THE WHITE KNIGHT RIDES AGAIN!!

no you dumbass this is the same picture from last time before it was taken down

ok well. he rides again in my heart

I would like to remind my fellow anons that this person kicked in someone's head.

SUNDAY

[akudamods]

INVESTIGATION

[conways_retribution]

Mechanic and Repair Shop
<sub>[Honestly... this place, Old Shinsekai, is a positive change of pace for Jake. After the shitshow that was last week, all he even wanted was distractions from the pain. This place, the shadiness of it all, made him feel at home.

He found himself parking by the machine and repair shop, reminiscing about the simpler days back at Dead End, helping around his Uncle Mack's own repair shop. The good days...]</sub>

(Wo)rld Peace Alleys (INVESTIGATION)
<sub>[The name of this place gave Jake an almost depressing laugh. But right now? He was looking to search around the place for anything interesting.

Going through the front doors of the, are there any ne'er-do-wells or is Jake alone? Anything else catch his eyes as he enters?]</sub>

Daily Life + INVESTIGATION

[your_best_friend]

Yakitori Bar (INVESTIGATION)

[* It seems more area has opened up for them. Flowey's not going to waste this opportunity. However, he may have a different way of going about it than most people. While some investigate the old and abandoned, Flowey decided to sit amongst a sea of humans, listening wo whatever tidbits he finds the most interesting. After all, the common citizen has the most direct account, even if it's biased in some way.]

Hyper Zone

[* Well, now that Hyperzone is back up and open, it seems that Flowey is eager to try his vines at this place again. He may spot you eying a competitive 2-player game.]

Oh! Howdy! Saw you looking at that machine. Care for a one-on-one?

Hospital Halls

[* It seems Flowey is very direct right now. He pops in front of you with a friendly smile.]

Howdy! Heh... New week, huh? What do you think will happen? I can barely wait to find out!

[fixingtodie]

[Another week, more city to explore.

Well, of all the places, one in particular draws her interest more than the others. So she starts off the day investigating the Cybernetics Mall. Casually walking in and eying up the displays. There's some pretty interesting things here. It's clear a lot of this stuff is well beyond the average person's price range. But that makes her wonder if the prices aren't meant to scare people off.

Maybe a direct approach...]

Is there any way you'd consider a discount?

[Success or fail though, she's going to enjoy the Cyber Sushi place afterwards. She tests out the voice command. Again... and again... with increasing curiosity and increasingly odd ingredients.]

It just keeps coming...

MONDAY

[akudamods]

INCIDENT

[akudamods]

Hey, has anyone seen Shooter lately?

Because if you spend a lot of time online, you’ll notice that alias trending on Cardinal. Apparently some video of him has been uploaded on Uto-Uto.

His bike has fallen over in the background, out of focus - there’s a demonic grin on his face. The camera operator is muttering “holy shit, holy shit!” The lighting is bright and irregular, as they would become from fire. That device he had on his wrist is activated and a blaze rises from - hey, what happened to the rest of his sleeves? Is his own clothing already burnt? There’s broken glass on the ground, and - another one is thrown down, muffled shattering, that’s definitely a bottle with a rag inside. The several people around him (surrounding him?) are shouting about sins and heartlessness. The camera is knocked to the ground and cuts out.

By the time you get there, to the cursed corner right by the Shinkansen and Hyper Zone, a long line has formed of police cars processing the rioters, and holographic security tape surrounds the singed remains of Naoya Homura.

npc conversation

[thefifthchild]

[Damian is more withdrawn after the trial, tending to disappear during the day and only show himself after he knows most people are asleep. With the new area, it's not long until Damian decides to go exploring.

Firstly, he'll visit the Karaoke Bar where he can be spotted trying to drag one of the smashed up robots out the door. If he spots anyone else, he'll just give them a tense look and go right back to dragging. Looks like he could use some help.

After recruiting Goliath with transporting them to the new Chop Shop, he'll have the big furry creature dump a load of around five seperate robots right in front of the mechanic.]

Can you fix these? And if so, can you repurpose them?

[From there, he'll head down to the World Peace Alley where he'll have a bowling in his hand. If he's bothered by any of the inhabitants, he'll shut them up by knocking them out. Currently though, he's just staring down at this large ball in his hands, like he wants to play but alas he has no friends.

He'll look at whoever else is here, and spot a familiar face, to which he'll just grimace, balancing the wall with one hand and looking at the abandoned pins.]

This is a fucking miserable heap of a city.

[And a few hours after that, he's standing atop the Karaoke Bar, a scowl perpetually in place on his face. He turns to the one speaking to him, that only he can hear, and glares.]

You're extra talkative today, aren't you? I thought we'd been over this, old man, a few times. It's not your place, or father's, or grandfather's, or mother's or even Grayson or Starfire... none of you get to decide who I am.

Least of all a corpse. I'm not my father, I won't waste my breath on appeasing the dead. [He's monologuing again it seems...]

TUESDAY

[akudamods]

MOTIVE

[akudamods]

[Shark and Bunny are standing with their backs to each other… a cold shoulder?]

Shark.
Bunny.
Hmph. Are you treating me like an enemy?
Nope. If you were an enemy, I’d bite you with my shark teeth.
Well, if you were my enemy, I’d kick you with my bunny feet.
So we agree that enemies ought to be defeated, right?
Right. And if it's your worst enemy, then there’s no sense dilly-dallying before you get them out of the way.
Right!
Of course, for most people that would be the Akudama…
...But if the X-Classes have their way, they’ll do anything for a chance to kill their greatest enemy.
Let me guess… they’ll kill one of their fellow X-Classes for that chance?
I mean, is it even a guess at this point? Seems like killing’s all they know how to do around here, huh?
But they’d still have to get away with it, so...
Well, we’ll see how that works out!
Until next time!

[Similar to the first week, everyone will be sent an image that suggests what form this 'chance' might take. Looks like they have some pretty creative ideas for how to kill your enemies, but then, is that any surprise in a city like this?]

PODS

[akudamods]

WEDNESDAY

[akudamods]

RAID

[akudamods]

MEETING!! MINGLE!!

[aggelos]

[So after, uh... all of that, for people returning to their rooms tonight, they'll find a note waiting for them. It's the same as the one from past meetings, and sure enough, should you decide to attend, that same strange cat from last week is sitting there, tail swishing back and forth as it regards everyone with interest.]

Well, you know why we're here. Don't suppose any of you feel like sharing what you may have found during your escapades this week, hmm?

[ooc: once again, this is a mingle where you can tag each other and thread hop, and if you want to speak to the cat specifically, feel free to ask for them!]

THURSDAY

[akudamods]