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text; un: rk

[trueorder]

Well... this has all been quite exciting, hasn't it?

text

[worldbent]

[Oh??]

[This was certainly an interesting text to get, in light of all that had happened. Matoba has spent the last 3 days since returning from the overnight Sutoku meeting in a tandem of forced rest (by his clanmates and fellow exorcists) and sneaking out to and fro to acquire information. It was difficult, for a Sutoku, to pass through the streets right now, with all the Enma heat.]

[But.... This could useful.]

Soma-san. I'm happy to hear that you survived through all of that.

Not that I would expect anything less. Any exciting stories?

[trueorder]

It's just important to know where to stand.

I have a few exciting stories, but I wonder if you have some, as well? Since you are in the thick of it.

[ A nice exchange of information since he's hit something like a brick wall in his investigation. ]

text; un: gohan

[harimaya]

(It's been a couple of days and Matoba has probably heard word of some Shuten punk going around asking for an annoying archer with a covered eye. It takes him awhile because he hates talking to people but eventually he finds a promising lead. His name, maybe? So one day, Matoba is just going to get a random message from someone,)

are you alive or did you die

[worldbent]

[Matoba is indeed still recovering from all the excitement still, but receiving a ~mystery text~ like this was sure.... interesting.]

[He takes a moment to cross reference the username with any other posts he'd been on, and manages to find a few hits. He isn't certain who this is, but he has some ideas.]

That depends.

Would you like me to be, gohan-san?

[harimaya]

it's a yes or no question

(He's already tired. God damn, a second message will follow up, though.)

where are you
i want you to look at something

text; ᴜɴ: ᴊᴜᴇʏᴜɴ ᴄʜɪʟɪ (sometime mid-april)

[cutcloud]

Master Matoba,

I hope you're faring well and that your wound has been healing as expected. You haven't been pushing yourself while injured, I hope?

In return for your generous gift, I have something for you as well. It's a small token but I hope it'll be able to help you out sometime. If not, I hope you'll at least like the look of it. Please let me know how you would like to receive this.

-Chongyun

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[worldbent]

Chongyun-kun,

I am doing better each day. It seems it will be about a month before my arm is usable, but I do try to keep my strength up what little I can in the meantime.

I would be pleased to receive something from you. The Family Mart in Sutoku territory receives packages, I am led to believe; you may leave it there for me to pick up.

まとば

[WHAT IS ITTTTTTT]

action → the next day.

[cutcloud]

[ The package left for Matoba at the Family Mart in Sutoku territory is a small box wrapped twice with jute and knotted at the top with a narrow, neatly folded note slid beneath. Upon unwrapping the jute and opening the box, inside he will find two small, glinting flowers made of ice crystals.

While there hadn't been any icy cool before opening the box, once it's been opened, there's the faint aura of chill—and they stay cold, enchanted as they are, to the touch even with constant handling. Not so cold as to hurt (human) hands, the temperature they keep is like touching chilled silver after being out in a hot day. Refreshing.

They're both enchanted with some kind of ward, but it isn't a traditional repellant.

His note reads as thus: ]

Master Matoba,

Since you were kind enough to share some of your charms, I wished to return the favor. Please accept this gift of flowers made out of ice crystals. I carved them myself.

If you encounter an evil spirit, cast one toward it — the spell I have cast upon them will immediately come into effect and hopefully be of some use. One will freeze whatever you have cast it at in place. The other, when crushed in your hand, will dissolve the spell.

-Chongyun

Text; un: bbhood

[appleforyou]

How’s your eye? Still attached to your face?

[…This was her way of checking in.]

text; un: matoba

[worldbent]

If it wasn't, I would expect you to know already.

[That was the job, wasn't it?]

But since we both know that isn't the case, how is your search going?

5/12 audio; un: sangria

[breweries]

[ after maybe calling cain since that hell convo, shylock will also have to do a hip human thing and call matoba too! no arrows and letters sent by ravens for you, bitch!!! the phone won't stop ringing too until matoba picks up. ]

I do wish you wouldn't rile up my customers that way. This is exactly why I don't usually allow humans into my establishments, you know?

[ but somehow shylock doesn't sound mad. yet. ]

audio;

[worldbent]

[The first call, Matoba ignores. (He ignores every call, though.)]

[The second one makes him frown, but he picks up.]

I was the one paying, you know. [What is this customer service. smh.]

...And that time, I wasn't actually trying to rile anyone up, but I cannot help it if he cannot take simple facts. Is he really one of you?

6/17, text; un: braver

[identitycrisiscore]

[ Shortly after this post goes live- ]
matoba, this is you, right?
it's cloud.
is that offer to get a hold of a weapon still open?
[ He's not going on a cross-faction sponsored team with just a pipe. He is, in fact, smarter than that. ]

un: matoba

[worldbent]

[He certainly saw that post, and has been making some preparations of his own- despite the fact that he's been yelled and scolded into bedrest more than once, in the last week.]

Opportunities come by so quickly in this city, don't they, Strife-san?

Of course. This certainly wouldn't be the time for any of us to be stingy.

What is your preference for a weapon? Details are helpful. The armory is under somewhat tight security, you understand.

action | probably like almost right after kaigou-no-bou stuff idk

[psionicmolotov]

[ Not having a lot of space to himself when he's not keeping busy has made Kimmuriel uncharacteristically restless. He wanders Sutoku's base of operations, steering away from where groups of people normally gather, uneasily patrolling to settle himself a little.

Being so off-balance is a strange feeling and so he goes to bother someone else he actually knows to offset it a bit. Even if that person is Matoba, who has been currently sitting in a backroom making charms for days and exhausting himself even more.

He pokes his head into the room and doesn't even bother to ask how he's feeling because he's confident of the answer here. ]

When was the last time you left this room? [ His voice is mildly judgemental. ]

[worldbent]

I would leave it more often if concerned busy-bodies did not make it their jobs to bombard me with worries over my health.

[Not naming names or anything but you know who you are!! Matoba frowns to himself at the implication that he was at fault for this, and not at Kimmuriel's attitude, which was honestly #relatable.] But if I am to stay here and "rest" [the quotes are audible], then at least I ought to be doing something producti--

[Whatever the rest of Matoba's grumpy complaint was going to be is cut off by a sharp intake of breath. The brush he was working with falls from his hand as he clutches his skull, and gnashing his teeth, suppresses a strangled sound just barely at the back of his throat.]

text; un: akeboshi

[paperpusher]

Matoba-san--

You may be receiving a request for protective wards from a man named Majima. Majima-san is one of the people in this city who is possessed, but he requires assistance with other spirits and not the possession itself, which should be considered something similar to a shiki in Majima-san's case. I trust that the Matoba clan is capable of fulfilling this request without causing undue difficulty. Please consider this a business referral and handle it appropriately.

Natori

[worldbent]

Natori-san,

Understood. We will take on this job from here.

We value your business, as always.

Matoba

un: majima

[no_kyouken]

[ Here he is. ]

Got yer contact from Natori, he said ya might be able t'help me with some yokai that keep givin' me trouble.

M'Majima.

[worldbent]

[dat boi]

A pleasure, Majima-sama. Matoba Seiji, at your service. Natori-san informed me that he would be sending you my way.

To begin, could you give me a description of the yokai and whatever abilities and behavior it has exhibited?

text; un: fushiguro

[mahoraga]

[ after the kidnapping and the nonsense that happened at Sai no Kawara ]

The sweatpants were the right choice after all.

[ all the running they had to do in inappropriate outfits. ]

text

[worldbent]

If you can't do a little exorcism in a suit then you haven't enough experience yet.

[Matoba didn't do much running, per se. His night was mostly politics- the before and after.]

You and Strife-san walked the perimeter beforehand, correct? Nothing had been out of the ordinary, I assume?

Voice Message | (After Tanabata) UN:9182344890108339344??8043!$702D!!$666

[sacrificesmustbemade]

[Matoba find a recorded message on his phone, though mysteriously, it seems to have gone direct to that. It starts off with a low siren-like noise that continues to play in the background as Leshy's rough voice speaks over it.]

Matoba.

Lieutenant of the Sutoku Alliance.

I have acquired a great power. I found and devoured it in a moment of absolute need. It might be of use to you, a hunter's power against the One-That-Hunts-You. Meet me at the time and location I leave with this message and we can discuss further.

Come alone. This is a game for two, only.

[worldbent]

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