DAY ???

[cascadingfailure]

[ Once upon a time, two heroes were having a very fun time in the city.

Okay, maybe it wasn't particularly fun. Maybe it was a normal time. Just two guys hanging out, doing whatever an ancient timeloop bound phantom thief and an ancient reincarnating demigod do in their spare time, you know?

But this day was unlike any other, because on this day said demigod finds himself consumed, and by consumed I mean there's a sudden swirl of wind around Eclipse, kicking up dust like a very small tornado. A very small starts to slowly peel away at his colour, pulling them away like yarn that dissolves into thin air. And at the same time, he begins to fade…

Mars, on the other hand, is completely fine! So that's nice. ]

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[inspiteful]

[ Excsue me what is going on, why can my life not calm down for 10 minutes. ]

Wait, what's going on --

[cascadingfailure]

This program has activated the Tokyo-F Program Transfer System! Please remain calm while you are prepared for your new assignment, Spring Born Wind.

[foolmetwice]

[??!?!?!?!!!?!?!]

[NO!!!!]

[THEY JUST GOT MORI BACK NOPE NOPE NOPE]

Hey! Hey! Nobody said you could do that!

[IMMEDIATELY grabs Eclipse by the arm, his grip tight, as though to yank him away from the creepy color-blowing wind]

[inspiteful]

Wait, transfer --?

[ Is this why they gave Mori back? ]

1/4

[cascadingfailure]

Actually, this program was given instructions to do so by %SYSOP%. Please do not -

[cascadingfailure]

ERROR DETECTED

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!!UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY IMMINENT!!

!!ACTIVATING COUNTERMEASURES!!

PLEASE HOLD.

[cascadingfailure]

[ Everything around Eclipse and Mars seems to distort, stretch away from them, and then melt. Sound and light bend as if refracted through water, and then: a moment of absolute darkness, with nothing to be seen or heard or felt.

And then, they land back in Tokyo-F. Well, no - it's busier, brighter, contorted. Certainly, if this is Tokyo-F, it's not the city as anyone knows it. Everything glows, every last window blazing with kaleidoscopic light, wrought iron and stained glass in all the windows. In the shadows cast from the light, the street is still filled with those who aren't quite occupying the same space as Mars and Eclipse - black outlines that jostle them with their heat as they go past, like walking past a furnace but without tangibility you can reach out and touch. Their silhouettes are something like people. The sky shudders with stars - none of them still in their celestial orbits. Vertigo will overcome the two of them, causing their stomachs to lurch if they look up at any of it.

There is a television on, somewhere. They can hear singing, and a broadcasting of what sounds like a bit of the last game.

There is a map in front of them, showing them where they currently are. There is one building marked on it to their north, that glows brightly and conscpiciously. ]

[inspiteful]

[ When Eclipse can finally see again, the first thing he thinks is: is this the Liar Hell version of Tokyo? But it's not quite like how he remembers the city being like during maintainence, though the sky is equally regret-inducing.

...He looks at the map. ]

....Soooooo...

[foolmetwice]

[the feelings of dizziness and vertigo-- Mars clenches his teeth right through them, and not once does his grip on Eclipse's arm release. in fact, he is still holding that arm when they all pass, when their surroundings come into view]

[he looks at the map]

[then Eclipse]

[and then]







God fucking damn it.

[inspiteful]

We don't exactly have much of a choice, do we?

[foolmetwice]

Depends on what "choice" you're talking about here. Like hell we're sticking around.

[HSS just got Mori back they are NOT GOING TO STAY TRANSFERRED NOPE NO WAY NUH UH NOT THIS TIME]

We're going back.

[inspiteful]

Well, yeah, but we're going to have to find a way back.

[ He points to the map. ]

Should we start by looking here?

[foolmetwice]

[clenches his teeth tightly and gives a curt nod, gaze swinging towards the map]

. . . yeah.

[they're going back they're going back they're going back]

[TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP. mostly to see if it gives the portion of hell they're in some kind of name? because this doesn't look like the liar hell Mars remembers, either]

[cascadingfailure]

[ The map indicates that they're in Shinjuku, but does not have any particular information besides that. Everything on the map and the city's general layout does, at least, seem identical to Actual Shinjuku to Mars (and of course Tokyo-F Shinjuku to the both of them by extension). ]

[inspiteful]

...It's another Tokyo, but it doesn't seem to be any of the ones we've been in before.

[foolmetwice]

[ah]

It's Shinjuku. I recognize the layout.

[reaches out to tap the glowing building on the map]

. . . this place seems pretty purposefully marked. Almost like a trap.

[inspiteful]

The problem is otherwise we'll just be wasting our time looking around...

Wonder if it's better to knowingly walk towards a likely trap than to walk into it like ignoramuses.

[foolmetwice]

[khhhhhh. . .]

They both sound pretty shitty, honestly.

[but. . .]

. . . come on. Let's be on our guard.

[they still have heart weapons and henshin (AS FAR AS HE KNOWS???) so maybe they'll be. . . okay?]

[inspiteful]

"They both sound shitty" is about right.

...Yeah, let's go.

[ ONWARD TO THE BUILDING. ]

[foolmetwice]

[grabbing his combat knife from his belt as they walk, holding it tightly and readily in his hand JUST IN CASE]

[cascadingfailure]

[ it's what appears to be an office highrise, though it doesn't seem to be labeled or anything. The crowd thins out a lot around this block, and you can no longer hear the television broadcasts. the doors are not locked. ]

[inspiteful]

[ Well now. ]

...So I'm guessing we go in?

[foolmetwice]

[mmmmmm DON'T LIKE THIS. . .!]

. . . I'll go first.

[reaching out to open the door, putting himself in front of Eclipse just in case something leaps out at them from the front]

[cascadingfailure]

[ Open the door, aaaaand...





You find yourself in what appears to be the waiting room of what appears to be a...normal business office? Complete with a reception desk and dangerously gaudy decorations.

Behind the desk is some variety of cute. So cute, it's incomprehensible. Enjoy your headache. ]

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