Return to Tokyo-D

[opening_act]

[ You step through the portal into a place where black coats your vision— a solid, glossy coating of darkness that blocks out all light. For a moment, it is as though you've been been blindfolded, and all light is lost from your reach.

The light does not return.

But colors, in impossible neon hues hew through the dark and spangle newly across your vision. The city is drenched in kaleidoscopic light, the skyscrapers spiral to the heavens. At street level, it is Tokyo. Above that, stars move out of their orbits in dizzying motions. Other forms crowd the street with you— shiloettes of people drained of all their colors like it's bled into the city instead move about, not quite tangible but still giving off body heat. Monochrome figures also move through the crowd, a few demons, and

One demon that maybe some of you will recognize? Or not?

There's a girl with big puffy pigtails in full color with a bag full of groceries slung across her shoulder, heading somewhere. ]

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[vitainmorte]

[ nobody explained hell to me properly.

She freezes up for a long moment, startled by-- the colors, the people, the lack of colors on the people(this she knew of, a bit, but had yet to see), and just... the amount of things she absolutely doesn't recognize.

But there's someone who is in color, and that's as good a place as any to start; she watches the girl go for a moment before trotting after her, calling out: ]

Um-- excuse me--!

[opening_act]

[ Exael turns around and then her mouth form a small 'o' as she looks— okay, she's not that bad a host, even if she hasn't talked to this idol before, she can recognize one of her production's idols!! the clothes are distinctive.

She waves at her through the crowd as she trots over ]

A guest! Did you get a special backstage pass? If you didn't, better stick with me! Security is fussy sometimes.

[vitainmorte]

[ Well. she looks conflicted, definitely, because that implies she's-- ]

-- A producer?

[letgrow]

[That's fuwafuwacottoncandy-san!]

Then, this place is...

[vitainmorte]

[ -- WAIT THANK GOD ]

Camellia!

[letgrow]

-Cypress! Are you all right?

[Offering her hand either way]

[opening_act]

Tokyo-D!

[ it's hell. But Exael is cutting her way through to Cypress, so if Camellia is by her Exael overheard ]

[letgrow]

-Miss Exael! It is you then.

[cw_suicide]

[... he does NOT recognize because he is just a babby but obviously he can't let that show. but man, that is so much neon.]

Who knew the void would be so colorful...

[vitainmorte]

[







staring at, blatantly confused ]

[cw_suicide]

[... hello flower child.

he just cheerily waves to]

Everyone arrive in one piece? Kind of fortunate a healer came along, isn't it?

[opening_act]

You turn off the lights to get everyone's attention for a big show.

[ She's spotted the idols, since your full color is attention grabbing as hers ]

[cw_suicide]

[cotton candy pinks and teal-blues is sure... noticeable, yeah.]

That is definitely one tactic. Though too much of the same light can be a blinding and therefore cause its own kind of void.

Ah, but... you are...?

[letgrow]

....you're not Coriander.

[failedsafe]

[hey so this is a lot?

The darkness shouldn't be, but it is oddly comforting for a moment and then there are all these bright colours and then the city. She looks around her, eyes widening at, well, everything, but particularly the sky.

When her gaze returns to earth she sees someone with cute pigtails, the only one in colour.]

Hey! Heeeey, excuse me!

[opening_act]

[ Exael cuts through the crowd, waving, like she's just spotted old friends. People who are definitely supposed to be here, everything sanctioned, yep. ]

Wow, I lost track of time. Guests already!

[cw_suicide]

[guy in pink and teal-blues waving at Baritones girl?]

[letgrow]

[Puts a finger to her lips]

We're celebrities here.

[crystallinelore]

[is he having audition ptsd issues... well he can suck it up either way.

he's immediately trying to make his way to an edge of the crowd, ears flattened, not wanting to feel quite so surrounded.]

[opening_act]

[ The crowd parts for him, a little— people have taken phones out and are filming, chattering— is he the real one? If that's a full-color cosplay fake, that's amazing. They should ask how he got those details done! Unless he's a Liar— a lot of them can just shapeshift too, right? But cosplayer demons are pretty rare, who wants to just pretend to be a damned.

Chatter, chatter. Phones on him the whole time. ]

@ THE OFFICE

[loveandthunder]

[ someone's walking through the office, scrubbing a hand through blonde hair— ]

They said they're missing some idols, so I'm gonna go and—

[ hm.

it seems there are many missing idols here. ]

. . .

Seems my job's done?

Re: @ THE OFFICE

[vitainmorte]

[ oh

Looks faintly embarrassed. ]

Um. Hello.

Re: @ THE OFFICE

[cw_suicide]

[DRAMATIC FINGER POINT]

Be better at your job!

[a beat.

and then he's waving the hand dismissively]

Which is to say, yes. We've done it for you. Do we get a special prize?

Re: @ THE OFFICE

[letgrow]

[Tilts her head, looking at him]

[failedsafe]

[in the office but looking around a bit, not trying to hide!]