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( ooc: assume that this has been passed around among the AU'd characters or something. )

I'm sure we all heard Gwen's news. It seems that the kaiju has mental effects that the ability to influence memories and emotions. I believe that is the reason for the strange behavior that some of our coworkers have been exhibiting since our arrival.

Since that appears to be the case, what should our plan be? I would like to open this forum to hear suggestions. Personally, I don't believe casting them out will be beneficial to us in either the short or long run.

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[ the shift between the concept that is "muramasa" and the person that is "tasuke" is both easy and disorienting, but manageable. muramasa's been doing it for days now, sifting through the fake memories and the true shape of perfect steel, submerging himself in the former until he is ready to be the latter again. the quenching lasts longer each time, but progress is being made. he doesn't have to pay attention to how easy it is to let the other person be the dominant part of his self instead of the blade, making the decision to change how he thinks is as easy as swinging a hammer.

raised (familiar) voices echoing down the hall drag his attention away from his hunt for unicorn tapestries; the building is old and strange enough that noise travels strangely. they're below him in some gallery below, talking in harried tones when tasuke finally peeks his head through the doorway to see what the fuss is about. just in time to see a muzzle flash and to hear the gunshot from tezcatlipoca's weird, fucked up gun and to see daybit recoil as something hits him straight in the gut.

a servant like muramasa would rush the fuck in, but you know what some shitass 17 year old is going to do in a situation like this? dive for cover and hit post. ]

@here

tezcatlipoca shot daybit

[ (eventually all worked iron reaches a point where it doesn't need to be put back in the fire after it's been quenched.) ]

Edited 2025-10-05 03:56 (UTC)

[ WHAT DID WE JUST FUCKING SAY??? ]

What did we literally just talk about?

[ no if silco was in his right mind he'd be all about this
he'd be hootin and hollerin and making a big deal about it
but he ISN'T and that's bad for EVERYONE ]

[ radio silence.

brb perceiving Horrors. ]

[ HE'S SORRY ]

[ No time to waste on the why or what happened or even panic about their own people turning against each other as they feared, Yuta is simply switching into Work Mode and breaking out into a dead sprint towards the dropped location, Rika following without question. ]

omw

how well can you work that new teleportation upgrade, tasuke?

[ it takes time to reply. a little too long.

like what he saw wasn't something a boy (a child) was ready to see. and it can't be the gunshot; neo-tokyo knows the sound of violence better than it knows the people in it.

it's something else? ]

BAD? only a week

with it

[ It takes too long for comfort to receive a response and Yuta has to quell the intense worry that it causes, focusing instead on telling Rika to go get his first responder bag where it's stashed in their room when a reply doesn't come quickly enough. She's fast enough with all her weirdly potent enhancements that she can probably be back by his side by the time he reaches their destination.

The response he eventually gets (to his great relief, thank god) is somewhat expected anyway. ]

it's ok i've sent rika to go get my bag.
are you in danger?

noyes

what the fuck IS that

[ he's not panicking. he's not panicking. he's not panicking. ]

what's happening??

[ no response.

just the blinking green indicator that user @forgery remains online and connected to the network. ]

[ OH DAMMIT he's running as fast as he can (which, without cursed energy to boost him, is so much slower than he could actually be.) ]

tasuke
please
talk to me