Texts: i thought you dyed your hair already

Texts: i thought you dyed your hair already
Date of Scene:	20 October 2023
Location:	Texts
Synopsis:	Kyouka tells Darien about Kiseru's ghost info.
Cast of Characters:	Kyouka Inai, Mamoru Chiba
Tinyplot:	Inner Conflict

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(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: hey shields i got an interesting tidbit to share which you might find relevant to one of you current predicaments

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: why am i shields now what did i do this time

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i thought i was supposed to be judicious with use of your real name

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: you usually call me darien lol. if im not in trouble go for it

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: usually is just code for 'boring'. anyway so /apparently/ theres a lot more youkai than normal around and its because the world of the living and the world of the dead are 'moving closer together' or something

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: like take this with a grain of salt i got this from a contact who i consider useful but crazy

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: you're so rude. also, sounds legit. py-tan's been having some issues. im about to deal with some kinda bakeneko even now. interesting that someone else noticed

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: yeah well listen she said that in her opinion, this is being caused by someone attempting to take the vacant throne of Izanami-no-mikoto, aka the god of death, and apparently that would be bad?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: sounds like it would be bad yeah

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: listing off possible culprits she mentioned 'ancient ghosts' or something and i was like 'hmm that sounds like someone i know'

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: yeah there's. a lot. okay great

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: so anyway if himeko-chan is attempting to usurp izanami and ascend her empty throne that might be an issue and you should maybe tell her not to

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: well like himeko's not but part of her might be? its complicated

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: yeah apparently. ghosts are a lot more complicated than i was led to believe and frankly i dont appreciate it

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i like it, keeps me busy

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: you would. also she was very keen on telling me the difference between youma and youkai

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: thats unrelated to himeko it just annoyed me

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: tbh i would probs have been annoyed too. were you also trying to leave, because thats the worst

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: no but i know what you mean and that is the worst

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: you know if i see a big spooky skeleton i dont care if its a youma or a youkai its still getting stabbed. or.. i guess i call someone else to stab it. dammit being retired sucks

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: anyway stab first, let himeko sort em out

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: thats my policy on skeletons

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: sure. or like, tell me. im down with the skellies

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: (one of the youkai was a skeleton)

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: a bone tree ?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: bc thats so last week

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: you'll appreciate this, ok, this is up your alley

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: no just the normal sort. except giant. but not a tree.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: there was a bone monster in this butcher shop back room, right? and rashmi was there with me. i asked her to text sailor moon to get agemaki to purify the shit out of it. she did but she also sent sailor mars who thought i was the one who called this monster into existence, like excuse me im not that spooky ffs, but she JUSTICE SPEECHED ME over sth that wasnt even my fault

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: indiscriminate justice-speeching should be criminalized. thats cruel and unusual. why didnt you just text agemaki yourself

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i was busy standing between the bone monster and rashmi

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: oh i thought you didnt have her number or something

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: no i have her number but the first one that always pops into my head is sailor moon's FOR SOME REASON so thats who i asked her to text

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: you're a sap, but thats why i like you. anyway once it became apparent you werent the monster-dad you should have justice speeched mars back

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: something about not judging a book by its cover idk

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: i asked her if she was blind lmaooooo

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: oh yeah listen so naru got shot by one of those soul guns the other day (shes fine) but when i tried to steal it it blew up

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: do you know why they blow up

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: no but talk to naru again, i got an infodump from riventon and in turn dumped it on naru

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: rude. but ok i will.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: that wasnt rude i dont want to type out the whole thing again. tldr theres a new model that only kills you 80% now

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: no i mean dumping on people is rude. i guess 80% dead is preferable to 100% dead but as someone who has been multiple sorts of dead in my lifes i find i prefer to not be dead

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: oh worm

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: anyway yeah she has the info. also i think riventon was gonna talk to her too, so

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: and thats ok, like we're not worried about that?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: she's a big girl and i know where he lives

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: second part is more reassuring than the first, im a big girl too and that doesnt stop me from getting my ass in trouble

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: thats true. anyway she'll be fine, i think it's a date

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: you kids and your cross-alignment dating, you're gonna give me grey hairs

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: lbr i'm on the wrong side only in name at this point. im working on it

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: besides i thought you dyed your hair already

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i know honey but if i took everyone's word for their good intentions id be dead a long time ago. also fuck you

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: im sorry i cant hear you over the sound of your creaky-ass walker

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: thats just my teeth grinding

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: :D