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The Blue Door: Neo Shibuya
*It's a quiet day in Shibuya, business men are going to work by train, housewives are out buying groceries, children are playing and teenagers are going out with friends. However in a dark alley a door materializes itself, lined with neon lights. Pulsing with an aura inviting people to enter...
(A greenish 7'3 man with the bottom part of his body is a snake body, jumps from building to building, but then suddenly, he notices the door and jumps down right in front of the door)
The hell Is this?
As to answer Rep's question a blue drone flies down next to him and beeps for a second to get his attention before speaking to him
My my... The first challenger to approach is a lamia... Interesting... Well! Let me explain! My name is The Curator. I use data to create worlds and stimulations! This is just one of my creations! Enter the door and you will be transported to a different world!
(He looks at the drone, with a normal stare) Um...ah fuck it why not (he turns back around, and opens the doors and slowly slithers in)
Just God don't hope this ain't a trap
(edited by Reperzel)
Bzz...
A bee-like creature, with a body resembling a dress, flies up to the opened door. A few honeycomb-bees trail behind her as she examines it.
Vesp.
With a nod, she enters, along with her followers.
As they open the door they is met with new scenery, it appears to be Shibuya's central street, however the entire city has been lit up by neon lights, so many that it's almost blinding. Save for the moon that casts it shadow over the city. The party can see multiple signs pointing in a magnitude of directions. However, the ones that stand out are the casino, shibuya underground, and a flashing police car that seems to lead down an alley.
A little music for some ambiance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-xxgykEE4o
(edited by The_Curator)
Eito also happens to find the blue door.
"Should I?"
"I certainly want to..."
(As rep sees all of the lights, reps eyes widen with surprisement) wow...this is...holy shit this is awesome, this is my kind of city! (He already knows where ta go, and he runs to the casino) NEO CITY. HERE I COME!
(edited by Reperzel)
The light is almost too much for the queen bee. She and her smaller bees fly off to the refuge of another alley, partly to check out the flashing car thing and partly to get away from the main crowd.
Jiyu was walking down the sidewalk of the city and soon noticed the blue door in the alleyway with the small group near it.
"Oh look a random door. I wonder where it leads to."
Jiyu then runs down the alleyway and into the door, passing the group.
A third challenger? This well be good.. Ho there boy in red!
The drone wizzing around then approaches Eito and pokes him lightly with a hand that extends from the bottom of it
Would you like to enter this place? I'm sure you can handle it! Fun and adventure is to be had! Go and give it a try!
--
As for Rep, he quickly moves to the cashino and is met with a bouncer at the door. Staring at him curiously but letting him in, he is then met with a variety of slot machines and card games. However one thing stands out to him, a sharply dressed man approaches him
Hmm, you seem new here. Would you care for a game? If you can impress me then I might let you in on a little secret. How about it?
[More themes!]
https://youtu.be/Ol-BTkSO5cI
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Vespequeen running down the alley is met with lots of yellow police tape and officers running around, its clear that something went down here. Upon closer investigation there seems to a murder outline of chalk with a knife next to it. Bloodied, the smell of iron fresh in the air. An officer with a brimed cap then approaches the bee and sighs
That's the 5th one today... What are you doing here citizen..? Is that a giant bee? First time I've seen that... What are you doing here? If you've lived here for long enough you should know that crime is rampant in these parts.
--
Jiyu is met with the same scene described earlier, perhaps he would like to join some of the other party members or investigate a new area?
(The llooks around at the casino, then looks at the sharply dressed man)
Never really did gambling, but screw it, let's play!
(edited by Reperzel)
Vesp?
Crime? This place must have many bad people, then. A few of the small bees hide behind her as Vespiquen looks at the chalk outline again. She'd have to be careful.
Quen. Vespi!
The small bees get back into formation around her, and she flies upwards, trying to get a better look at both the crime scene and the city layout itself.
Eito shrugs and entdrs the door. He stares at the world around him in amazement.
"Woah..."
He then decides to walk into the underground, wondering what could be in there..
Jiyu looked around at the bright lights around him. It reminded him of an anime movie that he watched a week ago...
"Wow... There's so much neon lights."
Jiyu then looks over to Eito walking to the underground, and runs over to him.
"Hey, wait up, Eito!"
"Comw on, dude, it's time to explore!"
Excellent! Well what you like to play? A game of dice? Cards? Name a game and we shall play. I do prefer a little game of dice though, but thats just my take.
--
As Vespequeen flies up and above the neon city she sees that not much is different from Shibuya except for the neon lights. However, it appears that at the edges of the city, the world simply... Ends. Nothing exists past a certain point. Just a void, cars driving towards the oblivion just seem to vanish into thin air. How strange. As for the crime scene there is not much to note. A murder in front of a gun shop with a bloody knife.
--
Eito and Jiyu enters the underground area, however with the magnitude of neon being used it's hard to tell if it truly is underground. Shops line the walls with medicine, gifts, even a small cafe in the corner being named [L3b14nc].
--
Um....surprise me, I'm up for anything (he tips his black fedora to him, feeling like this is a place for him)
How odd. Vespiquen begins flying towards the edge of the city, with her swarm close behind. Does the "end" lead somewhere? A few of the bees fly ahead to touch it first.
"Oohoohoo, now this is getting interesting."
Eito turns to Jiyu, excitement in his eyes.
"Where do you wanna go first?"
"Hmm..."
Jiyu looks around at the shops around him, eventually spotting the small cafe and pointing to it.
"Let's go to that cafe over there."
"Fair enough!"
Eito grabs Jiyu by the arm and rushes towards the cafe.
Jiyu stumbles forward just as Eito pulls him towards the cafe.
"Woah woah woah! You don't have to pull me there!"
The man laughs and brings Rep to a small table, pulling out a d20 as he rolls out, the dice flies in the air before landing on an 11
An 11 hm? Well here are the rules my snake friend. You have to guess if I roll higher or lower. If you can get 2 correct you win. If you get 2 wrong I win! So, tell me, will my roll be higher or lower then 11?
--
As the bee swarm approaches the void the air feel still, as the little bees touch the end they disappear. Nothing of them seems to remain.
Even psychic bonds are broken and any connection they have is severed... It would be smart to stay away for the time being. A blue drone does approach the swarm however and beeps a bit to get their attention
Aha! I see you have reached the end! Please turn back! This world is only made stable by cutting off the boundaries! It won't kill you to pass through it, but you might not like it. Have no fear your workers are okay! You shall be reunited eventually! But for now explore and do other things! I implore you!
--
As the two enter the cafe they are met with a more serene atmosphere, much more old fashioned then the rest of the city as there is an absence of neon. As for the patrons inside there are multiple little groups, a pair of school girls in the booths gossiping, 2 men in black suits with shades on, whispering to each other, and finally the server. A girl with long black hair looking bored at the counter, not even reacting when the duo enter.
--
Hmmm....(he grabs the dice with his snake tail, and throws way high into the air) LUCK DONT FAIL ME NOW!
"This is cool."
"Really cool."
Eito takes a moment to exqmine their choices.
"Let's talk to the server first."
"You can go do that, I'm gonna go sit on a chair."
Jiyu sits in a chair at the counter while folding his hands.
Ves...
Vespiquen narrows her eyes at the drone, but decides to take its word for it. She waves to the rest of her swarm and begins flying towards that casino from earlier.
(As the dice fall down and bounce around the number is...:17)
WOOOOHOOOO, nice game mate!
"Leaving me all alone with a girl, huh?"
"Well, this is bound to go horribly wrong or horribly right."
Eito walks up to the girl at the counter.
"Uhm, hello..."
The sharp man looks at the dice with a smile and takes it back before throwing it in the air
Hmm, I think you are mistaken, you see. I am rolling the dice, you just need to tell me if the second number is higher or lower then the first one. Let's try that again yes?
The man then rolls a 8 and looks at Rep
Higher or lower?
--
As Eito approaches the server sighs and stands up straight, looking at him with a bored expression
Hello welcome to val- I mean Leblanc, damn those transfers... My name is Jill. How may I help you? Would you like a drink? If so what kind. Manly, girly, sweet, bitter? With or without karmothime. On rocks, aged? Give me something to work with.
As Jiyu sits down the men in black shuffle around, stealing a look at him occasionally before huddling and whispering even more, what could they be doing?
--
The bouncer at the entrance of the casino looks at the bee, staring quite firmly before letting them go with a slight remark
Must be one of those "furries" I've heard about..
Inside she is met with Rep and the sharp man playing a game as well as more tables and slot machines. However she does notice a women in black step down from a set of staircases, perhaps a person of interest?
Vespiquen quietly tells a few of the honeycomb bees to head towards the person in black to check her out. She and the rest of her swarm head over to the strange magical box that so many of these humans were interested in (aka a slot machine).
Ohhhhhh, sorry mate, and of course its lower
"Uh, before we do all of that, let's juat clear something right now."
"What exact currency is used here?"
"I'm uh...
Eito takes a moment to think of an excuse before lighting up.
"I'm a foreigner and I was kinda dragged here by my friend last minute, so I didn't have much time to do research."
"Hm?"
Jiyu glances over at the two men in the black suits while mumbling something to himself. He then looks back over to the counter and pulls out his phone, scrolling away on it.
As the bee's tail the woman she enters what seems to be an employee area, however behind the scenes it doesn't look like a casino, there are weapons and bags of drugs lining the walls, further in however seems to be a room with 3 people gearing up, grabbing mask, guns, bags, ammo and meds. The woman walks up to the four and nods to them, together the 4 of them walk into a ban just outside the casino.
As for the slot machines the bee can see multiple people yelling in both despair and happiness, sounds of winning and losing, however, there is one free machine in the corner. Waiting for an idiot to gamble away all their savings....[/I]
--
[i]The man rolls and the dice lands on a 4, looks like the prediction was correct
Lucky... Well that'll be good for me. I think you've earned the little secret. Do you want to earn a little cash? I know an easy way to do so. Follow me if your interested.
--
Currency? Don't you all use credits? Where do you even come from? Sigh.. It doesn't matter. Just give me your wristband and it'll automatically convert to whatever is necessary. Unless...
The girl then looks around her before whispering to Eito
Unless you have cash. I'll gladly accept that as well. This isn't exactly a lawful establishment.
--
As Jiyu scrolls on his phone a ping is heard from all the people at the cafe. The men staring at Jiyu and pressing on a device on their arm, before shuffling and getting up, walking towards Jiyu.
(As he does a short victory, as soon as he heard "money", he stops and looks at him) I'm interested
(edited by Reperzel)
ooc: food time, must vanish
Eito pulls out a couple hundred yen bills and awkwardly moves them towards Jill.
"I have this."
"Does it work, or nah?"
Jiyu puts away his phone and turns to face the two men walking towards him, knowing that something's up. His left hand is in a fist...
"Can I help you two?"
The man brings Rep to a van outside and brings him in there, 3 other people wait inside with Rep and the man in the back as they begin to drive, a woman in black at the wheel driving across the roads as they speed down
Just give it a second and we will be there soon
--
Jill takes the bills swiftly and stares at them, before stuffing them into her pocket and nodding[/I]
I have no idea where you got this but I'm not going to ask. Now then. Your order? Just tell me what you want. Taste wise, with or without karmothrine, and if you want it on the rocks or aged. I can do anything.
--
[i]The Two men approach Jiyu and one of them speaks to him quickly, unimpressed and having one hand in his pocket
We just need a scan of your wristband. Surely you can provide that. Only criminals don't wear them. So, where is it?
Hm...this is gonna he interesting... Maybe (he then pulls out his banjo and plays it: https://youtu.be/Sd1VJy--bEo
(edited by Reperzel)
Vespiquen, having spent a solid minute trying to get the slot machine to work without credits, is approached by one of the bees she had sent.
"Combee!"
"Ves?"
"Bee! Combee!"
This riveting conversation ends with Vespiquen nodding, and she and the swarm head outside to follow the van from the air. The rest of the bees she had sent earlier are tailing the van already.
"Sweet, On the rocks and..."
Eito appears to think for a moment. Having absolutely no idea what karmotrine is and not willing to continue embarrassing himself with stupid questions, he just responds quickly, if a with a bit of uncertainty in his voice.
"Add Karmotrine, though only a little if you can."
"My wristband?"
Jiyu glances over to his right wrist, not seeing a wristband on it. Also he wondered if these wristbands were apart of the law of this place.
"Umm, I don't even have a wristband... But don't get the wrong idea by thinking that I'm a criminal."
The van eventually reaches the entrance of the underground and the group gets out, throwing on a variety of clown masks as the sharply dressed man also in a mask announces their presence to the underground mall
Why hello there everyone. This area is now under our control capiche? So just stay calm, don't move, and you will all come out alive.
The group then spreads out and begins to loot the stores, taking hostages and destroying whatever they could find, the man turning to Rep
Well then get moving, we don't have all day until the cops get here ya? I want you to go into the cafe and take down who ever is there. Just remember to keep civilians out of this.
--
The Queen following the van sees the group enter the underground. Screams, guns and windows smashing can be heard, but the public outside barely seems to pay attention to it. As if they are used to this kind of thing. What will the bee do?
--
Jill nods and moves to a machine, throwing a random assortment of what seems to be cans of soda into a blender before throwing ice into it and shaking it. Before pouring it into a cup and handing it to Eito, the contents looking like a bubbly, girly, pink, drink
Here you go. One Moon Blast. Enjoy your drink.
--
No wristband? Your going to have to come with us then. The gov-
The men are then interrupted by the sound of window smashing outside, everyone in the cafe cowering in fear, Jill taking a set of keys and hiding in the back room nonchalantly as the agents nod to each other, pulling out strange orbs
Alright.. Just stay there. We will deal with this.
"Than-"
Eito doesn't get the time to finish his sentence as the sound of windows smashing emanates from outside. He shrugs and casually walks next to Jiyu, sipping his drink.
"Bet you 500 yen it's a robbery."
WHOA WHOA WHOAH WHOA WHOA...whoa, I may be a ex-villain, but I aint doing this shit again!, so no
This situation is of little impact to Vespiquen, but she still feels somewhat concerned for anyone caught in the crossfire. Even her swarm was worried. Besides, this city shouldn't have to deal with this, nor should she if she visits here. With some persuasion from the combees, Vespiquen flies into the underground without much fanfare, trying not to be noticed yet. She releases some pheromones to call some of the grubs in her "dress" as well as some of her fully-grown swarm to form a bee shield around her.
Jiyu gets up from his chair, looks at Eito and whispers to him.
"Eito, we need to get the fuck out of this place!"
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
"You don't say."
Eito seems unimpressed as he continues drinking from his glass.
"Then again, we aren't the only ones in here that are vulnerable and I doubt those joe-shmucks can do this by themselves."
"Three choices here."
"We leave, we stay here and fortify the place or we go out and help."
Eito continues drinking slowly.
"I vote for option number two."
"I say that we leave this cafe and lay low for a while, because without those wristbands, were considered criminals."
Jiyu looks at both of Eito's wrists to see if he has a wristband on.
"Wonderful."
"Gimme a minute."
Eito downs his drink and walks behind the bar, pulling out his notepad. He writes down 'Keep safe', tears the page off and leaves in the bartender station along with 2000 yen.
"I know how much bullshit people in the service industry go through."
"Anyway, time to leave, yeah?"
Eito walks to the cafe's exit.
Oh, did you think I was asking? That's funny! Haha! No! You don't have a choice.
The man then takes Rep and drags him into the cafe, holding a gun in the other hand
--
The other heisters notice the giant bee and gulp at the sight of it,
yelling at each other how to deal with it
I thought this was going to be a simple job! No way I'm dealing with this!
Bees? Not the bees! Gahh! No! Anything but that!
No! Wh.. How could this happen? The mission's a failure!
The 3 criminals then look at each other and begin to high tail it to the van, dropping their weapons and fleeing towards the van, the only one left being the man and Rep entering the Cafe
--
The man throws Rep into the cafe and is met with resistance by the agents, but they don't seem to put up much effort, being knocked out rather easily as the man looks around
Is that all? Look, I don't wanna hurt any of ya. But if you don't hand over everything you got your gonna regret what comes next.
The man however doesn't raises his gun as a threat. Instead taking a orb out and tossing it in the air
This is an S class persona orb. Jailbroken as well. I could summon it and level this entire place if I like so don't get any ideas
--
As for the wristbands, none of the party as any on, only the native citizens seem to have them on.
As for the drink Eito begins to feel a little tipsy, it looks like karmothrine was pure alcohol and he was drinking quite a bit of it. Hopefully it doesn't come to bite him
WHA....WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!
Some of the combee fly after the criminals, but they probably won't be able to keep up with a moving van. Releasing some more pheromones to strengthen her defensive swarm, Vespiquen heads into the cafe in pursuit of thr final criminal.
Bzzz...
Both she and her swarm create a low humming sound.
"Who the fuck do you think you are, buddy?"
Eito, having succesfully gotten himself intoxicated in a hostage situation, is not exactly the most careful person.
Jiyu looks at Rep as he is pushed into the cafe.
"R-Rep? What the hell are you doing here?"
Jiyu then looks at the man who pushed Rep into the cafe.
"And who the hell are you?"
JIYU?!?, EITO!!!, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!!!, WHY CANT IT BE NORMAL!?!
(edited by Reperzel)
indeed the bee's cannot catch a speeding van, escaping into the world behind them. However the queen does meet up with the rest of the party in the cafe
--
Me? You can all just call me The Clown. I just wanna laugh and have a good time! So let's play a game...
The man then takes the orb and scans it on a wristband, the area around them begins to fade away as it's replaced by a forest. The man no where to be seen, instead a giant red dragon stands in the center, the party finds themselves in front of the dragon, hopefully they won't die! Good luck!
ohhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh SHIT!!! (He jumps up) AY MATE, FUCK YOU (a blue flame comes from his hand, and then he curshes it, and a shade of a humongous centipede with giant fangs, shows, then, omukade comes, then, it runs to the dragon, and coils around it, biting it) there we go
As the bees chasing the van regroup at the swarm, Vespiquen uses another Defend Order. With a sizable shield, she begins preparing something...
(edited by Vespiquen)
Jiyu stares at the man. The Clown? Now this really does remind him of that movie he watched. Before Jiyu could say something to him, he gets interrupted by the sudden scenery change, and stares at the dragon.
"W-What the?"
Jiyu then runs behind a tree to take cover.
"What did that damn clown guy do?"
(Gah, looks like I have to do something, sorry gonna have to end this aburtly!)
ooc: That is fine. Bees can wait.