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Okay which of ya idiots 'round here was tapping into the Azure Flames? That stuff's not meant for any sorcerer or whatever ta go mucking 'round in. 's real dangerous stuff fer literally e'ryone who ain't me. People've tried and probably blown themselves up while I was takin' my nearly dying nap. I'm 'ere ta make sure ya city ain't on fire and maybe help put down whatever idiot's tryin' ta tap inta it.

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It's late morning. The sun is shining, and there is a man on foot in Domino, cursing 'damned brats' and 'I left my bike in an intentionally safe place with boring people'. He's maybe investigating screams somewhere, that sound like a man being thrown through the sky. Or maybe he's just lost. The city got bigger and weirder since the last time he was here.

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I am. And where the national government is, Mr. Cyril.

I didn't either, but she managed to take the time to not be a total cartoon character.

::Buckles herself, but god, she was NOWHERE near as top heavy as she was the last time you saw her, based on the belt.::

I'm guessin' it's why the city feels more twisty and why I actually gotta focus to keep the fire in check, when it used to keep me from bein' nearly all a walkin' bonfire. I can infer what fuckin' happened, considering that damned weird tower that's out there too. Hot shit Haita, and I mean that.

Honestly brings me back ta when I was your age, 'fore my civilization got thrashed. Don't take that as a downer statement, ya'll're more organized, put together, an' got WAY stronger freakazoids than I did.

We'll see, I'd 'ate ta just 'ave 'er yammer about work at me.

Domino's functionally inside the 'first dimension' might be a part of it, but we have four or five parties all running their own schemes, it looks.

So definitely more than usual.

Yeah, I mean, even I've got Capital-N Names now, and you know how against that I was last time you blew into town. The shit with the tower was a trainwreck but everyone came out of it more or less okay, at least nothing that hypnotherapy can't make a little easier.

What I'm saying is your guess is dead on.

I'll take the compliment where it's due - if nothing else that's what OOPARTS was for. Though now it's folded into Sector Security and I'm kind of the face of that. Just as much a shock to me as you, I promise.

Honestly, it'll be good for her - she needs a break just as much as I needed one, and it'll be good for her to rant to someone who isn't me about work for a bit.

...Not least of all because I think she's about one bad day from scoopin' her fiance's brains out with a spoon and, as up the wall as Evelyn drives me, I do appreciate her having a functioning brain with which I can bounce ideas off of.

Edited 2023-07-09 08:52 (UTC)

"Huh? Ya'll ain't conquered the world yet? Damn, ya'll REALLY need ta get on that shit. I could have Earth whipped with what ya'll have in three months."

There's a lingering stare at Shiyoko and after triple checking Kamala's buckled in, he continues.

"Huh. Who knew? I guess it makes sense. Even the absolute mad're still people." Cyril is a good driver. He's probably safe. But he is FAST and it feels incredibly reckless as he peels the car out and does a few donuts to get a good feel for it before starting driving proper.

Wooo!

::She's like the recklessness, truly her mother's daughter.::
::

Congrats Haita. Don't give me 'em, I wanna take a good look at ya, person ta person, and I wanna see if I can guess any. I'm thinking somethin' ta do with conquering?

Yeah, yeah. I'll be on helpin' out yer second in command duty then.

Also, askin' real quick, is mild arson still a crime or are ya'll still lame on some fronts?

... Eh, we could, but Noriko says it'd feel kinda scuzzy to Judai and she doesn't want to challenge the Kaibas or the Akabas, to go gallivanting and just conquering things. As for me, Kamala has a right to grow up relatively normal, and I've been. Trying to undo a lot of damage, Cyril.

::Drumming her fingers on the door, her hair blowing in the wind.::

Mmm, well, you did just say not to give you 'em so that'd be telling.

Of course. You're welcome as long as you play by our rules while you're here. No matter how weird it's probably gonna get.

Also I'm going to just say yes, mild arson is still a crime, and not draw any further implications from that question.

I don't know either what their greater intentions are.

But the Western Court's been dealt with. My partner cast their leadership all into a prison deep within a Misiurewicz point, and seized the authority of their nameless queen for herself.

Edited 2023-07-09 09:06 (UTC)

*that works. She climbs down-- she's wearing a t-shirt and shorts with sandals, but you can tell she has a swimsuit on underneath by the straps. standard summer fare. very normal.

She also looks like she's been out in the sun a little too long though and just hasn't really cared much about that fact. Takes the map and looks over it, muttering something and pulling out a phone to compare some things.*

... Okay but, weird question, since now this is gonna bug me.

Can y'get back to Neo-New Babylon?

Wonderful, then.

We'll have dinner. Tonight. I'll send you the address, but you might end up a few minutes late, the city's been doing a lot of new construction.

Oh there's been a lot happening, and I wouldn't be surprised if all the new stuff is half due to the weirder incident that's been happening that we haven't been able to nail down, or because Noriko or Kouji (who's mayor now, by the way) or whatever other faction is doing a whole lot of rapid development.

*you know who ELSE looks like he's looking around for the source of screams and people being flown through the sky?

This weird scribble of a guy, who gives you a weird, weird vibe just looking at him, even as he tries to look into the distance, hand over his eyes to shield from that dastardly sunlight.

He's extremely excited trying to track down what clearly seems to be in the direction of the screams, mostly because how often is it that a wind turbine suddenly manifests and makes a guy go flying into the stratosphere??*

I respect Domino as a state, so, yeah. I'll do it ya'lls way when I'm here, yeah.

Good ta know. No arson fer me from this moment forward.

And since yer were the one 'ittin' me with my family shit, I'll leave ya with one thing Haita, jus' outta a lil' spite fer ol' times sake.

Briars look like they work in twos. An equal an' opposite. Gina an' Kiko, real easy ta figure out. Fire an' water. Trena's got the counterbalance in Sophia, an' browsin' through shit seems that Kaz 'as another pair of little terrors who're weird 'cause he decided ta marry a Dream Witch. Stuff worked like that for alot of the ol' gods with a counterbalance ta 'em. I'm only like, a fourth but if we look, I'm seekin' counterbalance in relationships. Ennie, Marias, Esch. All an equal an' opposite o' me in some way.

The question comes ta mind, lookin' at the Ogre's datin' history, that ain't what 'e's seekin'. So where's 'is counterbalance?

Me damn. Tha's alot ta take in.

Half does feel like it's jus', y'know, regular development, but regular development shouldn't throw me off THIS bad. So, yeah, I'm gonna blame yer new big eldritch tower and the huge flows o' magic.

He blinks a few times.

"Are ya... okay, kid? Ya look like ya might need ta take a break from the sun an' 'eat. Maybe drink water? Ya look like ya might still need ta drink water."

Yeah the Tower thing's a mess all on it's own. It doesn't help that until it was all handled, apparently it was. Age restricted on if you could even approach it??

Doesn't help that regulation is a joke right now. The country's government's in constant collapse, and I feel like every couple of weeks I see news about someone having to step down due to various problems. So it feels like everyone's going nuts trying to get as much done as possible while anyone higher up can't say "no".

"What a time ta show up. I fuckin' 'ate the Tengu.

... wait so yer signer's a fae queen now an' yer ol' court's all jus' imprisoned?"

Huh.

Prolly? It's in the Sea of Flames, so I'd jus' need ta find one o' yer sorcerers with enough juice ta punch a hole big enough ta go through and bam, I'm back? I. Think. Why does yer question fill me with a sense of dread.

's usually jus' a one scheme town.

Tha's not great.

I'm just trying to see how long I can last like this, that's all. I'll have water soon. *waving a hand a bit, as some of the sand keeps the map propped up along with the phone, as she goes to a nearby bag and pulls out a notepad and a pen, writing some things down.

... the handwriting is kinda messy thanks in part due to the heat exhaustion. She already realizes this, grumbling, before finally pulling out a bottled water as well and downing half of it.*

Dangit. I need a better gauge.

It's not jus' the construction, feels like there's somethin' else 'appening too.

Like, the streets are slightly twistier? I dunno 'ow else ta explain it.

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