Texts: Sooner is better than later

Texts: Sooner is better than later
Date of Scene:	12 December 2023
Location:	Texts
Synopsis:	Naru and Kyouka texting Mamoru before Soryuu Shrine.
Cast of Characters:	Naru Osaka, Mamoru Chiba, Kyouka Inai
Tinyplot:	Midnight Tokyo
Tinyplot2:	Silver Crystal

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(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: Random <3 cause you probably could use some right now. (And more for the rest of the boys <3 <3 Cause I doubt any of them are taking my calls / want to hear from me right now)

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: <3! I'm so excited and so tense

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: So much stuff I have to get done before Monday, most of which I need to get done before Friday because work week

(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: I'm excited, nervous for everyone.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: Everyone?

(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: You. The boys. How things will change or go weird. There's a lot of nervous to be had.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: oh, yeah. i don't know if they're following me. that's... i'll find out monday

(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: And even if they dont right now, that doesn't mean they never will.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: i'll make sure they do eventually. i just can't wait any more for me.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: i'm going to my sister's shrine on friday or saturday to try and get her out

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: since she stepped into the death void and hasnt come out

(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: Okay.. know that I <3 Himeko .. but that just prompted the mental image of you sitting at the shrine entrance shaking a bag of treats.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: it's at least not as haunted as it used to be

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts Mamoru Chiba: hey chiba i got something you need to know

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Kyouka Inai: <3 thank you i love my name. what is up

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: i wonder if that would work

(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: We've collectively had stupider plans. :)

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts Mamoru Chiba: turns out theres some kind of horrible deadly spiritual nuke buried under Soryuu Shrine and if you throw too much dark energy around there it might destroy the world. something about a Throne of the Dead. i know you're concerned about Himeko-chan (i am too) but be cautious with what you do there plz

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Kyouka Inai: the whole place is soaked in dark energy. i wasn't planning on throwing any more around, i'm just planning on being a psychic medium and getting her out without going into the death void portal thingy

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: ... we definitely have

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts Mamoru Chiba: ok well just so you know. this comes from a trustworthy source. theres a Conceptual Weapon or something called the Throne of Want, has to do with becoming the incarnation of death. apparently its real bad news if anyone gets their hands on it, so anything which potentially empowers or opens a way for spirits there is risky

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts Mamoru Chiba: obv im not telling you to not try and help Himeko-chan im just saying be aware of potential hazards

(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: And as a bonus, it doesn't preclude trying something else when that (predictably) fails.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Kyouka Inai: sounds like its even more important to get himeko out, then, because her mom the youkai wants her to become the goddess of death, and she's the one whos also behind all these youkai flooding tokyo where people can see them. she probably wants to open that door. as soon as i get hime-chan out im gonna ask moon and agemaki-san to purify the shit out of it

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Naru Osaka: sorry inai-sensei is telling me shit about himeko's shrine, coincidentally. its sounding like i need to get himeko out sooner rather than later. maybe i'll bring agemaki-san with me again, she purified neph's house before the party

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts Mamoru Chiba: yes to all of the above. i knew that already and i agree. the new information is that apparently its not just her mom who wants that throne and so its imperative that door stays shut. long as we're on the same page its all good

(PHONE) Naru Osaka texts Mamoru Chiba: Sooner is better than later, yeah. And Agemaki-san is <3

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Kyouka Inai: for sure for sure. i just have to get himeko out first.

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts Mamoru Chiba: i know you do. if i can help i will

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts Kyouka Inai: careful, i might ask you to ground me and it'll be spooky af, hahaha

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts Mamoru Chiba: dont worry, im the most grounded person i know