Obscure In-Joke #1

[sheep_whiskey]

So there's this guy, yeah? He's sort of just...wandering around, looking at all the shops and demons and stuff. He appears to be fiddling with his cellphone as he does this.

Eventually, he finds a help desk, and there is shortly an announcement going out over the airwaves.

"Attention, attention. Will he lost child Yamato Hotsuin please report to the first floor help desk? Repeat, will the lost child Yamato Hotsuin please report to the first floor help desk?"

...um.

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[toliveistoprotect]

[Blah blah he's been here for a while, still learning the ways of the Civilians and all--]

...

[What is that announcement, is that Hiro's voice...]

[toliveistoprotect]

[The first thought that comes to his mind is "I am not a child". Despite his young age, he's still the chief of JP's.

The next thought is considering whether to answer this or not. Which doesn't take long. Had it been anyone else, Yamato would ignore the announcement.

However, it's Hiro. He would make an except for him.

SO.

After a short while, Yamato's walking towards the help desk.]

...Hiro.

[sheep_whiskey]

"Wow, I didn't think that'd work."

Slight smile.

[toliveistoprotect]

What were you expecting when you made that announcement?

[sheep_whiskey]

Shrug.

"I figured someone from JP's would show up."

Looking around.

"Is this a JP's base?"

[toliveistoprotect]

No. This area is currently beyond JP's reach.

[It's not like they can access this place easily...]

[sheep_whiskey]

"Hm."

Hiro seems to be considering things; from his expression, it's clear he's fallen into tactical mode.

"Septentriones?"

[toliveistoprotect]

No Septentriones here.

[Nope, no giant aliens out to wreck the place.]

[sheep_whiskey]

Oh well that's good.

MEANWHILE

"I think I saw a takoyaki stand earlier."

[toliveistoprotect]

[Well. That's one way of getting his attention.

You can see it in the slight reaction on his face.]

You did, Hiro?

[sheep_whiskey]

Nod.

"It's right this way."

Feel free to follow him.

[toliveistoprotect]

[And follow, he will.]

[demifemme]

Given that the one child they had hanging around was Lucifer, Shura set off for the first floor help desk to go gather more information about this "lost child".

[sheep_whiskey]

There's a guy in white hanging around the desk, looking expectant.

He's probably the one that made the announcement.

[demifemme]

That sure looks like it. She walks up to him. "Are you the one who called?"

[sheep_whiskey]

Pause.

Yep, that sure is a naked tattoo demon there.

Sneaking a glance down at his cell phone, Hiro notes the race displayed: Fiend.

Glancing back up at you.

"...you're not going to kill me if I make a pun, are you?"

[demifemme]

Shura raises an eyebrow. "Depends. How bad is the pun?"

[sheep_whiskey]

Pause.

"Wow. You're the least homicidal Fiend I've ever met."

[demifemme]

Shura burst out laughing at day.

"I try!"

[sheep_whiskey]

"And yeah, I made the call."

Pause as he considers.

"Did you come here to kill Yamato?"

[demifemme]

She shrugs. "I don't even know who Yamato is. Why would I wanna kill him?"

[sheep_whiskey]

Huh.

"In that case, nice to meet you. I'm Hiro Kageyama."

[demifemme]

"Likewise. I'm the Hitoshura, or Shura for short. What did your COMP say about me?"

[sheep_whiskey]

Bringing up his cellphone - just the highlights for now.

"Fiend race, Holy Strike, some sort of unique group Physical skill...Gaea's Rage? Only passive is Pierce...Racial ability is a little weird, something called Magatama?"

Considering.

"40 in all stats, Null everything..."

Looking up now.

"...uh. Sorry, got distracted."

Pause.

"What's a COMP, anyway?"

[demifemme]

She jerked her head towards his cellphone. "A computer for analysing and summoning demons. Which apparently, you have in your cell phone. Somehow. Lots of COMP just error out on me, y'know."

[sheep_whiskey]

"It's just an app, really."

Pause.

"I don't think it can error out, actually - all the information on it comes from the Akashic Records."

[demifemme]

"Any relation with the scriptures of Miroku?" Another document that mentioned her was weird, to say the least.

[sheep_whiskey]

"Probably not. The Akashic Records is the data for all of reality. It's somewhere in space, since it's too large to fit on a planet."

Pause.

"It's like...the hard drive that contains all of existence."

[demifemme]

Shura brings a hand up to her face and groans a little. "I don't know why I'm not really surprised this exists."

[sheep_whiskey]

Shruuuug.

"Yeah, I know. After a while you learn to just roll with it."

[demifemme]

"No choice, really." It was that or go nuts.

"Anyway, why are you looking for a child? Is he a demon?"

[sheep_whiskey]

"Nah, he's only like a year younger than me."

Pause.

"I figured, an announcement like that, even if he didn't show up, one of his employees would."

[demifemme]

"One of his employees? At your age?" She was skeptical, to say the least.

[sheep_whiskey]

Shrug.

"Secret government devil summoner organization."

[demifemme]

"Oh, of course. Why didn't I think of that.






Seriously."

[sheep_whiskey]

Pause. Thoughtful look.

"Well, it used to be one. Pretty sure most of the government is dead, now."

[demifemme]

"That reminds me of home. Of course, there, everyone is dead, government included."

[sheep_whiskey]

"We've got Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya left. Pretty sure the rest of the planet has been reduced to absolute nothingness."

Thoughtful pause.

"I think there's maybe...three thousand humans still alive, tops?"