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The Game is Changed

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What: Mictlan
Where: Mictlan
Summary: 2/2/10AC
Warnings: Tentacles and Kandori (not necessarily in that order but thankfully not together)
Note: Only bring one of your characters to the log and if they are fit to go that night. This isn't part of the main event for this month.

It was obviously a dangerous mission, and hidden away by the cover of the reddish tint of the 13th hour. With most of the city still focused on what had happened during the tournament and the Anoli, there was little question to the disappearing Seven and Wisemen...or if they had noticed at all.

But eventually that would readily turn into questions, and the panic and confusion that could ensue might be dangerous. Thus it was time for a little trip into the temple that once yielded no answers and see what exactly had happened...and hopefully able to stage a rescue attempt. But what did the Mictlan have for them in store, and would they be able to get in at all? It was hard to judge.

As the Visitors arrived, they were ushered into the front doors of the temple in the center of the ghost town. Most of the demons were being kept at bay, in a bid to better keep their strengths and powers.

For who knew what they might need in there...the video had cut off so many times, after all.

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[suppliesgadgets]

"We're all fine, thank you. As for where we have been, it's quite a long story actually..." Q finally was able to stand away from the group, dusting himself off before calmly adjusting his tie. "I do suppose an abridged version will suffice for now..."

He walked over to where Raidou was an put a hand on his shoulder.

"This is Raidou One-Four. I suppose if you are all here, it means that you knew something had happened in the temple so I will spare you the details. All of us came here after a dream that a door in the Mictlan would be opened. After our...fight with the creatures, we were all teleported to his homeworld. We're not quite certain what happened, truthfully, but it seemed we arrived just in the nick of time." He turned around. "Mister Narumi, if you could so kindly explain what happened..."

[chinmokusatsu]

To the observer, Raidou's face seemed to twitch very slightly at the manly shoulder grasp. Or, the mispronunciation of 'fourteen'. Or both, really. The look was gone so fast that it was hard to tell.

Meanwhile, the caAAAAAAAAt that seemed to be with him moved to jump up and sit on his free shoulder, ears flattening and making a series of meowing sounds, that only Koromaru would have been able to understand- though it didn't seem that the cat had heard Koromaru in return.

"Next time, we're taking the express route through the Corridor. None of this portal nonsense."

The summoner gave the briefest nods in response.

[amodernman]

"Tentacles...?"

Given how confused Narumi sounded, it's likely that they didn't have anything to do with that.

As Q began his explanation, Narumi finally returned his hat to his head, brushing some dirt off his jacket and scanning the new crowd of people with curiosity.

"Right..." He slipped his hand under his hat to grab at some of his hair in exasperation before beginning his own explanation.

"That's Raidou the 14th, actually. We run a detective agency out of the Capital in the Taisho era. I guess that would make us before all this end of the world baloney went down."

He readjusted his hat and continued, turning his focus to the others. "Anyway, we were working a case at the Diet Building-- there was a rumor floating around about monsters appearing in broad daylight, and since Raidou's a demon summoner, we went to check it out.It was around then we ran into your gang in the middle of downtown looking like they'd been hit by a tornado. We helped them out and were flapping our gums for a bit since all your pals got stranded, and that's when the demons showed up.

"Unfortunately for me and Raidou, this little lady--" And here he gestures to Tae with a hint of irritation, "--went on ahead into the building to investigate, ended up getting herself caught right in the middle of it. Q and the gang helped us clear out the civilians and stop the Diet Building from getting wrecked."

"When they told us what was happening in your city, we agreed to give them a hand, and Raidou was gonna help send everyone back here. Of course, then it looks like that's when your friend dropped us all out in a pile anyway."

[modernwoman]

"Investigations require risks!" Tae replied at Narumi, clearly annoyed with the single, least important part of his story except to herself and with her own hint of irritation.

[amodernman]

"Is that your excuse whenever Raidou has to go find you?"

He simply brushed it off as if it were an every day nuisance. Because really, it was.

[modernwoman]

And she brushed his face with her hand as if it were an every day nuisance. Because really, it was.

[greyerrant]

Loken tries not to give in to the temptation to shoot them all for being annoying. Really hard.

[greatseal]

Minako tries to see if she's got the important information out of the witty banter that's being slung around right now. "So you fought the tentacle monster and then wound up in another world?" This part is directed at Q, or whichever of the formerly missing quartet is paying attention. "And then you all decided to come back here, at the exact same time we came to rescue you. So, what happened to the monster?"

1/3

[suppliesgadgets]

Q frowned at that question.

"To tell you the truth my dear, we haven't got the foggiest idea. Whatever pulled us in wasn't present when we got out, stayed around with you or come back with us..."

2/3

[amodernman]

Naurmi swatted Tae's hand away from his face with a grumble.

"Sorry doll, but we've never seen any kind of tentacle monster. Whatever was trying to take your friends for a ride never even so much as made a peep in our city."

3/3

[youonlylivethrice]

"I believe I may have an answer to that question."

Kandori hadn't said or done much during the entire exchange, Guybrush's hand incident included, but now he was standing close to the crystal, stroking his chin.

"A Trapezohedron...although the angles are irregular...guarded inside a temple that only opened after a dream..." The typical smile on his face, he turned towards the others. "Are any of you familiar with the writings of H.P. Lovecraft?"

[otakuro]

"..."

As the definitively most nerdy amongst the group, Atsuro feels it his binding obligation to respond after he takes a brief glance around. Enough media featured things like Cthulhu, after all... Forget media; something named 'Nyalatotep' had been a fusion option the last time he glanced through the Cathedral of Shadows, and it wasn't a far cry to guess what it was meant to be.

"I... didn't actually think that was supposed to be a real shape. But you're talking about Nyarlathotep, aren't you?

"The Haunter of the Dark."

A sudden chill runs down his spine. "...Doesn't using the trape...whatever summon Nyarlathotep?"

[greatseal]

"Nyarlathotep?"

She knows the name. Not for nerdy reasons like Atsuro, although she does have a fair amount of occult and mythological knowledge from doing research on the Personas she summons. That name is familiar for a much more personal reason... the history lesson given by Theo.

"I heard that he's Philemon's enemy. They made a bet about humanity, with Philemon siding with us and Nyarlathotep against us."

[fools_journey]

Elizabeth had given Minato a similar history lesson, and he nods his agreement with Minako. "Nyarlathotep bet on humanity devolving into utter chaos and destroying itself, from what I heard."

[helenchanted]

"Nyarlathotep...are you saying that guy is Philemon's enemy? That doesn't sound very encouraging..." She gave the crystal a look like she half-expected the glowing tentacles to leap out again at the least opportune moment.