RoflsMazoy

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

@Mega Birb
Make the Sun a boss

I wanna fight it for burning my neck

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

Machidai

Current Location: His room

Machidai wheeled the trolley into his room and shut the door, making sure to lock the six deadbolts he had affixed. There were not many people who had the privilege of knowing what his room looked like, and there were many who were eager to find out.

There were certainly many rumors, at any rate. One of the more popular ones was that he kept it completely dark, with his most prized photographs pinned on the walls; and that he had several telescopes poking out of the windows in order to scope out prime positions to ply his trade. His room was well situated for such an endeavor, after all.

Another popular rumor was that his room was a slovenly sort of affair, since he seemed to live only for his hobby. But he never was one to entertain rumors, he stayed quiet whenever the question was asked. In fact, 'Kosuke' didn't know what the inside of his apartment looked like either, despite the fact that he had 'been' in it several times.

The lid of one of the trash cans came flying off, as the occupant inside struggled out.

"Order from Asahi;" Machidai reported. "Black and Blue Guilds under attack, defend them."

The... thing stared at him briefly, before slumping forward as he dove into Deep Ground. The boiling water clicked to indicate that it was done, and Machidai poured some into his cup noodles. He needed to move Kosuke before he woke up, and it looked like he was going to be in for a long day in Deep Ground as well. By the time he got in game, the chances of getting a ride to the Blue Guild front were unlikely, but there would need to be a witness in the Black Guild as well when the time came, anyway. Machidai had his job to do, and that's all that was really supposed to matter.

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Gunfire and shouting, his favorite to wake up to. Combat was his environment. To his body's credit though, he knew how to run away from fights. Kosuke was more of a rogue than a fighter in the end, he was always looking for ways to gain the advantage and he always kept a way out in the back of his head. He knew how to turn that focus to moment by moment combat, to probe for weaknesses and to duel someone. Of course, it meant he was more liable to get in over his head, but that also happened to be the kind of situation he loved the most.

"There's that orange loser," He said, spotting Paper Moon down below.

He had nothing against the guy, except that he was lame and annoying, being a Sniper and all. Snipers were probably his biggest counter, because he couldn't get them faster than they could get him. At least, not yet anyway. However, he was aware that right now Paper Moon might just technically be the highest ranking member of the Ebony Strykers around right now, which probably made it worth it to drop in on him; which was word for word exactly what he was going to do.

He arced in from above, on his lance and jumped off right above Shiro; turning the booster downward.

"Slaughter time, everybody! Anyone who can keep up come with me!" He shouted from above, before increasing power and lifting off again.

He didn't care whether anybody came with him or not. He didn't have a strategy except for kill everyone he came across. It was a bad strategy for sure, but he was hungry for EXP, and it was hunting time.

@Lucius Cypher@Jedly

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

Well, I'm still gonna get Kosuke stuffed in the trashcan. He's still out pretty good

EDIT: He may or may not come back some time later, don't want to miss all that EXP after all

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

Machidai

Kosuke let out a grunt but stayed out. On some level the hairs on his body felt primal fear in response to Akane's punch. Kosuke's ancestors knew what would happen if he ignored the call, he would be annihilated. But despite that, his mind was gone from his body and wasn't planning on returning anytime soon. Akane's punch only settled the divorce further as his mind decided that there would be much more pain in store if he woke up right now.

Suddenly, from behind them there came a rolling of squeaky wheels.

"Trash Man, coming through." Machidai said flatly, barging in between Akane and Kosuke.

He was dressed in a maintenance man uniform with a logo of some kind of long-necked dinosaur of some description and a cap on; hiding his face. Akane wouldn't be able to recognize him unless she got a good look, but she might feel something was familiar in the way he conducted himself. Machidai was quite infamous, after all, for being in the wrong places at the right times.

Anyway, he had a trolley with him with six trash cans on top. Without saying another word, he bent down and rifled through Kosuke's pockets, and took out his wallet. He took exactly $3.50 and then tossed the rest of wallet into a trash bin and began loading Kosuke's unconscious body into the same can.

He pulled out Kosuke's phone, went to his messaging and showed Kosuke's text to Akane before she could comment.

From: Kosuke Kimura
To: Todo Machidai

Knee extract 6 trash scan pay 3.50

"Invoice." He declared.

Then he unceremoniously dropped the phone in the trash with Kosuke before shutting the lid, then turned around and wheeled the trolley out the way he came.

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@Jedly@Mega Birb

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

<Snipped quote by Mega Birb>

Consider that there's some indeterminate years in the way between now and DGO. Things like that kinda get forgotten by people pretty fast, y'know? Actually, I bet that most people even today wouldn't know the answer to that one right away.

@KoL

I certainly don't. And my Brother used to use him as a main character for all his stories when we were like 8 or something.

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

Current Location: Backstage

Even before the White Guild takeover had started, Kosuke was on the ground. Having been the social equivalent of Coral for many, many years, the amount of stress he had been subjected to within the past 10 minutes was close to a lethal dose. As soon as their number was done, he dashed back into the backstage and threw himself at the couch they had back there. Unfortunately he aimed a little too high and bounced over the top, but his head was already spinning and at least hitting the ground felt like something. The other finishers started piling in and outside the music amped up as Arms Slave started building up to his climax.

The other guys were also talking but it was all fuzzy to him. He was blearily aware of a lot of stuff going on over there but he wasn't in a position to be worrying about that. He was fading fast, he needed an out.

He took out his phone and texted the non-family he currently had a number for, Machidai. This would be the first message he'd ever send to anybody that wasn't his sister or his mother.

Need... Extraction... 6... Trash cans...

In his current state he couldn't even see the words he was typing properly, but he was sure auto-correct had his back.

From: Kosuke Kimura
To: Todo Machidai

Knee extract 6 trash scan pay 3.50

Nailed it. He thought, as he faded out for good.

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@Jedly@Mega Birb and @Lucius Cypher maybe

~Chasers: Boundary of the Crimson Sky~

Sume-san

Sume circled around, high above the warehouse, scoping out the situation. The Yellow Jackets probably weren't looking up, but even then they probably wouldn't see anything. His scales weren't too reflective, and even then there wasn't much light going up from below to give them away.

"Bachi isn't here." He growled.

A part of the grievances the Yellow Jackets had with Sume was, what they saw as blatant disrespect. Sume had a different name for Suzumebachi for all of his forms because they all spoke differently. Suzumebachi was an awkward name to call someone after all, so he shortened it. But being a biker gang and all, they were big on getting respect so being so flippant and casual about his name was something they took offence to. Now normally whenever he met them, he would just be playing around until someone started something, but their actions as of late betrayed the fact that something was probably going on behind the scenes.

Sume didn't really care who wanted what in the Yokai world. Mostly because if they had it, then what was he supposed to do about it? But he didn't like it when people threatened others. He didn't understand why people like the Yotsuba corporation were so driven to do such things, when really they could just share everything and have fun. You only lived once, and being bad wasn't a fun way to live.

Anyway, they had to find Bachi first to find out where he sent the lens. He couldn't see him down there, and hell he might now even be down there at all. They'd have to catch someone first, but Sume wasn't one to interrogate people. He had too much strength, and he wasn't great at controlling it...

"...Looks like it's time for some trick fishing."

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@BubbleGumKing

~Chasers: Boundary of the Crimson Sky~

@BubbleGumKing
You could probably skip straight to the factory in our next post or something like that. Just because Sume is giving the ride doesn't mean I have to be the one to move them :)

~Chasers: Boundary of the Crimson Sky~

Sume-san

"I'm not quite sure whether my back will be good for riding or not, but I think I'll still be able to carry you in case it isn't." Sume said, jumping down from the chair.

He picked up Mob with his teeth and trotted merrily towards the exit. Perhaps if his form had been closer to human right about now, he would be blushing profusely. It was always quite something when people seemed to enjoy his presence beyond just casual pats. It felt warm and fuzzy inside.

He pushed open the Cafe door quite easily and stepped outside.

"Alright," He said, dropping Mob from his teeth. "Here we go!"

The transformation was almost instantaneous, but Sume had to consciously place all his limbs as they changed. Right now he was just going for the expansion route since there was a lot of room. He grew bigger on the spot; arms and legs becoming thicker and sporting sharper claws; head extending and growing a neck, face extending and teeth growing sharper, wings grew out of his back, and his tail grew, and became more whip-like.

Mako may have observed the changes that had occurred, as the speed was usually just a little too fast to be caught by human perception. He leaned down to allow Mako to climb on his back.

"Climb on," Sume said, his voice noticeably more gravelly than before.

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@BubbleGumKing

~Chasers: Boundary of the Crimson Sky~

Sume-san

Sume leaned into Ellie's hand as she petted him. He relished the pats, but he knew that there was such a thing as having too much of something good. Sometimes he played hard to get with the pats, which was warranted in a way because being petted by someone he didn't really know usually felt strange. Mako would technically classify as a stranger in the end, but being a guardian spirit and all, being in her lap felt like safe and warm. On any other day he might just curl up and fall asleep, since he was able to make himself fall asleep just about anywhere, anytime; but unfortunately they had a job to do today.

"Hmmm, I think I know where their hideout is." He said, furrowing his head in thought. "Pretty sure I got chased out of there, once."

The sooner they could complete the mission, the longer Sume could spend lounging around the Cafe.

"I can fly us there, if you want!" He said excitedly, looking up at Mako. "My dragon form is fast!"

Below them, Mod rolled out from under the chair Mako was sitting on and fixed her with a beady, black stare.

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@BubbleGumKing