Week 1, Saturday

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This whole post contains a blanket CONTENT WARNING for gallows and hanging imagery.

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[Once again, right at noon, the Contestants are invited to the studio to participate in another exciting game. The set has changed entirely since the last time they were there, with the mountain climber game replaced by a large board of some sort. Several prinnies are near it, carrying large cards with random letters written on them. It seems as though they might be helping out for this game. But there is something else off to the side too...(CW: gallows)

As always, Dazai is there, waiting on stage for everyone to sit down. He's dressed in his usual black suit getup, but his smile seems a bit forced today.]

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[arraignments]

[ JUST GONNA TRY BODILY SHOVING HIM AWAY WHOOPS.... ]

[houndumb]

[PLANTS HIS FEET AND SHOVES BACK]

[arraignments]

[ grabbing front of his shirt!!! ]

Touch him like that again and I'll kill you!

[iblistriggered]

Goro, Nora...! It's fine. Don't fight...! [he'll grab a hold of Goro's arm, gently]

[houndumb]

What, is he made of paper or somethin'?? The guy survived having an entire crab to the face, ya MORON.

[TRIES TO BITE HIM]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Sharply:]

Nora, Goro, stop!

[odasaku]

Nora!

[ oda will grab nora by the back of his shirt and literally pull him up like how a cat would pick up a kitten ]

[visionem]

Stop.

There's too much opposition for you to make any headway right now. [ He's more watching Goro than Nora here. ]

[arraignments]

[ WOW, NORA???? WOW!!!!

Thanks for BITING HIM, it only makes him stronger angrier. He's about to call on Loki, when he feels the gentle hold on his arm...


... and hears everyone speaking up. His expression falters a bit, and he winces, letting himself get separated. He takes a deep breath, narrowing his eyes at Nora. ]

... ... Sorry for losing my temper at you. [ looking down ] And sorry for stressing all of you out.

[ It's. So stiffly said, lmao. So clearly forced before he moves to sit near Moriarty, hand holding his VERY BLEEDING shoulder. ]

[iblistriggered]

Oh geez, you're bleeding...!

[now he has to worry about Moriarty AND Goro!!]

1/2

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[He doesn't see much, but when he suddenly smells blood nearby, he looks up - and his eyes go wide as he sees Akechi bleeding.

Quickly, he looks over to Nora, sees him being held -

And despite the pain, his eyes turn fierce.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[And suddenly, he moves- as quickly as a Servant can, grabbing nora's head with a single hand, wrenching him out of Oda's grip with a strength far stronger than what he should have, slamming the unruly dog to the ground.]

How dare you.

[His grip tightens around Nora's head, black leather creaking as his gloves feel the force from it.]

[houndumb]

[Okay so like 30 things just happened in quick succession:

1. Ugh, human blood is so gross, tastes like licking metal. RUSTY metal. How do rogue demons do this shit.

2. Scruff #1! He growls at Oda because this is at least the second time he's been scruffed with Moriarty involved since arriving but y'know, he would have disengaged either way because there's like 10 people here suddenly yelling about a very small thing, in his view??

3. There's a glare at Akechi when he backs down, Nora unrepentant because like--]

Yeah, well, I AIN'T sorry so--

[4. So he entirely deserves the sudden Moriarty Super Special Slamdunk or whatever we're calling it, and it takes him a minute to recover from that, because seriously he's just been yanked all over the place and it's disorienting??? But once he's done Nora just glares up with one red eye, just as fiercely.]

See, I KNEW you were fuckin' fine, ya damn old man!!

[He's going to try kicking free and if that doesn't work then yeah he's going to try chomping. Y'all.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[The kicking definitely doesn't work, though Moriarty is still hanging on, even if he gets bitten - like he doesn't even feel it.]

Stop. Struggling.

[darkova]

... enough!

[It takes him a few tries to open his hip bag with only one good hand but eventually Ingway does, yanking out one of his mason jars- only this one is... pale yellow? He opens it with a struggle and...

...dumps it on the two struggling men. In a puff of smoke and magic where they once were is now two giant frogs, about the size of cats.]

And stay like that until you both calm down!

[He's just gonna grumble in garbled French- this is so dumb]

[arraignments]

[ OKAY SO...

Goro doesn't even have a chance to respond to anyone else before he sees James-san kind of just...

SUDDENLY UP AND ATTACKING NORA... And, for a moment, Goro looks incredibly stunned. ]

Dad, wait-!

[ It's... too late, though. Doesn't help, either, that Moriarty'll soon be a frog(????). ]

[prayerwheel]

....if you can hold still for a few moments, I can heal your shoulder. It's not much, since I'm not a cleric, but it's better than nothing.

[overconfidant]

[...yeah, um, about that bleeding shoulder. Akira was already tense and glaring from the knocking on Moriarty thing. Hurting Goro alone would piss him off.

Both?

The blue fire that starts to wreathe Akira might indicate he doesn't care that his Persona will be small and cute and weaker. He's not as fast as Moriarty but his eyes are just as fierce and viciously dangerous.]

Divine-

[arraignments]

[ . . . yeah, he recognizes all the signs. He's moving quickly, planting himself in front of his boyfriend, and then...

... just grabbing his face and snatching him into a kiss that he hopes will be enough to distract. ]

[houndumb]

[At this point Nora is still in full dogpile mode and he's either scruffed by Oda or squished by Moriarty and either way there's so many people the collateral damage might have been interesting and attempting to evade would have been real interesting too -- either way Akira gets a proper glare of some sort and also:

Ah, yes, right in front of his salad here. He still doesn't eat salad. Why is this entire game just people shoving their love lives at him for some reason, save him??? He'll take the Divine Judgment, y'all.

Anyway he'll be a frog soon so maybe Moriarty's mustache will save him.]

[eldritcheyes]

[Leo's also trying to get between them, scowling at Nora.]

Hey, man! Knock it off, you don't mess with somebody who doesn't feel well! And stop pissing off Akechi, he's got every right to punch you for that stunt!

[He glances back at Akechi, not scowling but looking sympathetic.]

Don't get blood on your hands over this. You're better than that, Akechi.

[arraignments]

[ Aw, that does have him giving Leo a hesitant look before uh... the sit of shame. ]

[eldritcheyes]

[Before Akechi moves to sit down, Leo squeezes his shoulder. Most of them are tired and at least a little frayed emotionally, it's understandable.]

I'm around to talk later, if you wanna vent to a third party.

[arraignments]

[ Unfortunately, it's around this time he's distracted by Moriarty's Everything... but, at least he'll apologize for that at the party, later. ]

[eldritcheyes]

[Buddy, forget the coffee. You need sleep and anxiety meds.]