Case 1: Awakening/Investigation

[sinistraljoker]

[Action: 3472 Erwin Road]

[Shoutaro groans as he reaches up to pull his hat off his face. He remembers falling asleep at his desk. Which at the moment is not feeling like a chair at all. Maybe Phillip and Akiko moved him?

But, moving his hand reveals not a fedora covering his face, but a starchy pillow instead. He sits up, groggily taking in the surroundings. Stark, white ceiling with....really strange-looking wallpaper. A room that he's never seen before in his life. And an even stranger woman sleeping beside him.

He, of course, takes this in his usual, Hard-Boiled stride.]

EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?

[Action: Downtown Mayfield]

[Shoutaro has (eventually) found something suitable to wear in his so-called wardrobe, including a semi-decent fedora...nowhere near as stylish as his own several. He's made his way downtown to get away from the 'people' in his house.]

This has got to be a dream. It's just got to be. What in the blazes is this place?

[No amount of posturing is going hide his anxiety, or frustration at waking up in this place. Maybe you can come over and try to calm him down a bit?]

Comments

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[sinistraljoker]

[Now that, he didn't expect. But he'll take it.]

No problem.

I'd take difficult over drone any day. The woman I'm with is...rather creepy.

Not sure if they've stuck me with a job. I'll look into it later I suppose.

[The word 'Butcher' has Shoutaro thinking of some nice things he could make himself later, but he'll not mention it for now.]

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[chalicejoker]

[Hajime briefly considers asking Shoutaro if he would like to trade, as dealing with spoiled royalty at home is becoming tiresome. He decides against it.]

The one I have at home is royalty...or at least says she is. She demands to be treated as such. It gets rather old.

You probably have a job of some sort; it'll make itself known eventually. Only reason I've been going to mine is because I'm still trying to lay low while I get my bearings. Playing along to some degree made a certain amount of sense.

[And hey, getting out of the house and away from his not!wife doesn't hurt...]

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[sinistraljoker]

Sounds like a pain.

[It makes Shoutaro wonder what else he could have ended up with. And shivers when Akiko in a princess dress appears in his brain.]

Good plan. Investigating this place will take some degree of low-laying.

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[chalicejoker]

She is.

[Hajime spares Shoutaro the slightly embarrassing "I now sleep on the couch" details and gives him a nod.]

I don't plan on taking any action until I can become Chalice again...and I have a target.

[But hey, plans can change...]

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[sinistraljoker]

I'll let you know if I find anything out. Actually..it might be good for us Riders to meet up occasionally...just to keep each other informed.

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[chalicejoker]

That wouldn't be a bad idea, although I'm not sure where a good place to meet would be.

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[sinistraljoker]

I'll take a look around town and let you and the others know if I find anything suitable.

Re: Downtown Mayfield

[chalicejoker]

Sounds like a plan. You know where to find me.