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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[opening_act]

[ The Izanagi cosplayer who has been silent until this point gives him a thumbs up from where they're posing like a corpse on the floor. ]

Cool. Let's get back to it, then? [and, turning to look at the other Noah ] And hey, did you bring the fake blood like you were supposed to or do we need to do that in post?

[ After an hour of this, the photoshoot is done.

What do you do next? ]

[crystallinelore]

In any case, I shall be on my way.

[he's gonna just. walk out.]

[loveandthunder]

[ and as soon as he walks out, someone's grabbing back of his collar. ]

Look what we have here—a lost kitty-cat, huh?

[ behind him is a blonde man, dressed in black. ]

I've been looking all over for you.

[crystallinelore]

[tail: puff

but he keeps his voice even]

Is that so?

[loveandthunder]

They're worried sick for you back home, you know?

[crystallinelore]

That is what we do best. Have you come to take me back?

[loveandthunder]

Sure have ♪ You'll be a good kitty, won't you?

[crystallinelore]

[tailflick...]

I shall behave, yes.

[loveandthunder]

Then, right this way, please.

[ to the ~fancy limo~ that's pulled up nearby—one would intuit the color is black but it's so reflective of the light around them that it's hard to look at, vibrant flashing rainbow. ]

[crystallinelore]

[oof that is hard to behold, but he'll cooperate. into the limo.]

[loveandthunder]

[ it's a nice limo. it even has champagne and ice cream and also probably the rest of the crew that fell with you, but they are all asleep. ]

[crystallinelore]

[pauses]

...You know, it seems more like a kidnapping when you start knocking people out?

[just. conversationally.]

[loveandthunder]

Now, now. Can't be helped! The ride gets turbulent. Better for your little souls that you're asleep for it, don't you think?

[crystallinelore]

Fair enough, I suppose.

[snagging some ice cream first though.]

[loveandthunder]

[ ~red velvet~ which google tells me pairs well with riesling or something so that's what we're going with

closing the door, which in turn locks with a resounding click, and then he's getting to the front of the limo, into the driver's seat ]

[crystallinelore]

[yeah he expected the lock

reclining casually in such a way that if he abruptly passes out he will not fall face first in his ice cream. and proceeds to eat.]

[loveandthunder]

Any music requests?

[ while he's starting the car up ]