[center][h1][color=crimson]Ryūnoko Keodis[/color][/h1][/center]
[@Aku the Samurai][@TimelessParagon]
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[color=crimson]"Oh, sorry, were you talking to me?"[/color]
Leaning back in his stool, the Western Dragon, Sunfury, Informant, and quite a few other titles he couldn't give less of a shit about kicks his combat boot-clad shoes up on the table of the corner booth he sits in. With the flick of a middle finger, he knocks the top off of a glass bottle of Diet Coke and takes a quick drink.
[color=crimson]"Yeah, see, I can do MOST of what you're asking me to do here, messenger, but you missed a few problems."[/color]
He leans back, and swirls the glass bottle like it's a fine wine.
[color=crimson]"On your first report, lovely! Good to see Funhouse is actually spreading his wings. Means I can give a lovely little nugget to the next sword-swinger who walks in here, about who set the Moon beyond the horizon."[/color]
He sits for a second, tapping his index finger on the bottle.
[color=crimson]"I do wonder, though. If I really did come back..."[/color]
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Standing here again, after so long? It feels strange. Not quite like a dream, but more of a nostalgic slap in the face by a wet fish. Oya-jiji, or Michikatsu-sama if you need to be pretentious, called me here to meet the replacement. Yeah, sure, rub it in that I retired by showing me who took over the place. Not like that'll cause issues of anything. Probably more for the new Upper 2 than for me, but still. I get the whole "Yakuza is family" thing, but this is a bit ridiculous. Anyways, seeing all the castle servants looking at me like a ghost will never not be funny. They think I died or something? 
Walking into the central compound again feels like going to a childhood home. I helped build this place, and what it means. Seeing it again after... 8 years now? Well, there's a headrush of memories. The hallway is the same, the decor, the art... I stol- sorry, [i]acquired[/i] some of this art myself! If nothing else, it's nice to be back after so long. Now, let's see who my current replacement is.

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A geiger counter starts ticking away, mounted on the bar under a plaque that reads "If clicking - Boss is Pissed"
[color=crimson]"I wonder how quickly he'd step aside."[/color]
He shifts slightly, letting the ticks fill the air for a few seconds, before sighing, and the ambient noise dies down, being replaced with the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAo_Ycocl1E]sound of soft synths and the voice of David Paich[/url].
[color=crimson]"As for your other demand?"[/color]
He chuckles
[color=crimson]"Nah. Oyajiji and I came to a bit of an arrangement before I left, back when you were a twinkle in his eye. I run my little web, learning what I want and talking with who I want. In exchange, anyone Oyajiji sends don't have to pay nearly as much as anyone else, and I don't tell deep secrets like where he is at any given time. That was the deal, and the only way it changes if he comes and renegotiates it himself."[/color]
The Western Dragon gestures to the building as a whole
[color=crimson]"You see this? The only reason that it works is because it's neutral. All of my various locations stay about because they're peaceful. They're only peaceful because I don't have some yee-haw with a sword or some idiot with a brand new Blood Demon Art breaking down my front door every two days. So, I've build myself a reputation."[/color]
He takes his feet down, and stands up. Pacing the floor behind the serving counter, he gesticulates.
[color=crimson]"I am the man with Information. You need anything to be known or done on our side of the perception? I'm your man. I have my fingers in both pies, yeah? You're asking me to take my fingers out of the slayer's pie, open myself up to a Hashira visit, and get paid... two weeks of income from one of my larger clubs and a box of meds I won't need as long as I can keep my neutrality. You need a bigger bribe.[/color]
He leans against the serving counter, tipping his shades to show the edges of the shredded kanji in his eyes.
[color=crimson]"Now, to your actual business, instead of the pointless posturing and threats of demons I help keep afloat through my info-"[/color]
He winks at Xaku
[color=crimson]"And have beaten before."[/color]
He gestures at Ryoshu
[color=crimson]"Let's talk the price of death. What you want in particular will affect the prices of what I give you. Now, you're looking into the killing of an Ubuyashiki, which is bad for business... and a personal pain in my ass due to how many slayers will be on my doorstep the day after."[/color]
Walking around and behind the counter, he hums as he taps a section of the cabinets behind. A hidden compartment opens, which he looks through for a while.
[color=crimson]"So, what do you want to know? More importantly..."
[center][h3]"What are you willing to pay?"[/h3][/center][/color]