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Chino Tomoki ċƒé‡Žĉ™şç´€ ([personal profile] cardsflippedup) wrote in [community profile] omegafriends2014-08-31 04:49 pm

002 [Omega Network]

Late at night on the 30th, there comes a strange post on the Omega Network. The post is made with the account of a super known as Gorgon. What's strange about that is the fact that this particular super has been missing in action for well over a year. So. What's the deal?

If you look closely, the video playing is very jaunty, but it catches the glimpse of a very frustrated looking Tomoki, who has been missing for a few days, himself. He appears to be tied to a ...recliner. The video finally focuses on Doctor Maki and his sinister doll.

Maki doesn't seem to notice that his "guest" is recording anything. It would probably help if he weren't looking at the creepy little doll perched on his arm while he was talking. "I trust you're comfortable, Mr. Chino? Not that it'll be much of a concern of yours for long..." There's no mistaking the smug, villainous self-satisfaction in Maki's voice. Good job, Tomoki, you've got him monologuing.

"It's very simple, you see. This world is deteriorating day by day. With each passing minute, it becomes corrupted. Less pure. Soon, it will cease to be beautiful. The world must be preserved, Mr. Chino. It must be judged." This is all said in Maki's even, normal speaking tone, but he's starting to pace slightly. This is getting him worked up.

"It is impossible to judge anything until it has ended. For without an ending, things can still change. They can become impure. Inferior. If the world is not destroyed now, while it can still be judged as good, then how will it be remembered? It cannot be judged as a good world until it is destroyed--and I seem to be the only one willing to step forward and do that. The world must be destroyed. It is inevitable." Maki does not seem at all bothered by this assertion. "Mr. Hino got lucky and foiled my last attempt. I assure you, Mr. Chino, that this will not happen again. I've prepared. I've grown stronger. And now, nothing can stop me."

Tomoki barks a humorless laugh.

"Wow. 'Mr. Hino's got some explaining to do but that doesn't matter right now. Doctor Maki, was it? That was a pretty impressive evil speil, even by Venture City standards. Do you really have the bite to back it up? I mean, villains are kind of a dime-a-dozen in this place."

"I assure you, I have more than enough bite to back it up." Maki's eyes flash an unsettling shade of purple. And if anyone is paying attention to the creepy little doll on Maki's arm, its eyes just flashed purple, too. Maybe it's just a reflection of the light in Maki's eyes? "I won't be stopped again."

There's a pause. Come on, Tomoki. You've gotta think fast or you're as good as dead. Especially if he figures out you have a watch recording all of this. "And what exactly are you going to do with me? I'm not really in the way of your plans. Was it really necessary to tie me to a recliner in some abandoned laboratory?"

Hey, Tomoki, don't be hating on the stolen La-Z-Boy. It might be a floor model some Waste Yummies yanked off the showroom floor once Maki realized he had no actual setup in his black hole void laboratory in which to hold prisoners, but it beats several other options. "I don't know what your relationship is with Mr. Hino, but I am taking no chances. A resemblance like that does not happen by simple coincidence." The doll's pose has shifted so that its hands are now on its hips. It is sassing Tomoki.

Wow, that doll needs to get out of here with that. He tries not to let that ruffle him. Stupid doll. "Great, so basically you're going to off me and dump me in a river or something, right? What is this, the docks? Where are we, anyway?"

"Don't be ridiculous. We're in the void." A couple of Waste Yummies lumber forward to turn Tomoki's recliner around to face the gigantic window showing off what's outside of Maki's laboratory. It's...nothing. Just a void. It's not even an interesting void, it's just there. All empty and void-y. "I assure you, there is no chance of rescue here."

There's the sound of a low whistle. Probably the first hint that Tomoki is really nervous. "Well. You're definitely thorough. I guess we'll just have to see." And that will be the point where Tomoki shuts off the watch and hopefully puts it away before Maki realizes he had it out and was recording it this whole time.

His goose is cooked unless someone can get to him.

[OOC: this is a small plot and most of the people rescuing him have already been established! However, anyone is free to comment, especially people who might know him or knew his missing fiance. If you want to get in on the plot anyway, then shoot me a PM and we can try to work something out! Otherwise this is mostly The Hino family, Rei, and Aya's game.]
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okayeverybody: (the guardrail is tempting me)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-02 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[It's probably about ten minutes after the end of Tomoki's broadcast that there is a quiet knocking on the door of his apartment. Rei didn't have any contact information for Eiji (a fact he needed to change, really, but how did you obtain contact for someone when you didn't own a cellphone and lived in a van?), so he just hoped that he was at his brother's apartment.]

[He's frowning at the Omega Watch in his hands that he doesn't realize is his, whenever Eiji gets to the door.]
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okayeverybody: (snaps me wide awake)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-02 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He's still frowning at it for a while, but eventually looks up and nods.]

Seems like he's really gotten himself in a mess this time.
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okayeverybody: (what's happening?)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-02 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rei takes note of this, and eyes the bag for a moment before looking up at him.]

You're going after him, I take it?
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okayeverybody: (you feel like you're alone.)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-03 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Curious headtilt.]

Because Tomoki is your brother?
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okayeverybody: (the plot line you deserve.)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-03 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[...Rei finds this all very interesting, and wanders along after him, pocketing his OmegaWatch.]

If it's all right with you, I'd like to come along.
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okayeverybody: (from deep and desperate fantasy.)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-03 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[He twitches slightly the way he commonly does when he switches from one personality to another, and his voice gets deeper and rougher around the edges.]

I don't see you hesitating! Danger is my game, brat.

[He then swipes a hand backward through his hair and shakes his head.]

...sorry. Jin likes to fight. We'll be fine.
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okayeverybody: (it's guarding adventure)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-03 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Persistently sorry for Jin. He's a butthead.]

[Rei smiles a little, nodding.]


Tomoki is my friend. It wouldn't be right of me to not help.
talktothedoll: (double the creep factor)

[Action]

[personal profile] talktothedoll 2014-09-03 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[There are a couple of Waste Yummies in the process of dragging a large, plush leather couch out of a furniture store and towards a tiny, door-sized black hole.

So they thought getting Maki some furniture to match the recliner they stole for him to tie Tomoki to would be a good idea.]
bun_bun_maru: (Journalist mode GO)

[personal profile] bun_bun_maru 2014-09-06 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[What that Yummy may not realize is that it's being followed! Aya Shameimaru, Teen Reporter, lurks out of sight, camera in hand, following the creature around. Does this have something to do with her disappeared mentor? Maybe, maybe not, but it's definitely a scoop.

She's pretty sure that she's not visible to the monster, but that might not be the case from other directions...]
pyreseer: (mask)

[personal profile] pyreseer 2014-09-12 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's totally not from the other way round.] Pssst.

[There's a Japanese girl behind her, dressed in a Shinto shrine maiden's regalia, stick with the braided paper and all, plus a red domino mask to hide her identity.]

Be careful. Those things are a kind of monster.
bun_bun_maru: (Unexpected turn of events)

[personal profile] bun_bun_maru 2014-09-13 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[OH SHIT oh wait it's not another monster. It's a heroine! A cool one! Aya keeps her voice low.]

I know it's a monster! That's why I'm following it. It's up to something.
pyreseer: (mask)

[personal profile] pyreseer 2014-09-13 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
I think I could get one with my ofuda. Should I?

[If she got one it would probably distract the other once it wasn't holding the other end of the couch.]
bun_bun_maru: (Go on.)

[personal profile] bun_bun_maru 2014-09-13 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course not! If you did that, how would we follow them?
pyreseer: (mask)

[personal profile] pyreseer 2014-09-14 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
So you're suggesting we just jump through that black hole thing for no good reason?

... all right.
bun_bun_maru: (Unexpected turn of events)

[personal profile] bun_bun_maru 2014-09-14 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aya hesitates at that.]

...You didn't bring an elite group of cool backup heroes along, did you?
pyreseer: (mask)

possibly this would be a good time for rei and eiji to show up?

[personal profile] pyreseer 2014-09-15 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[The mysterious masked miko frowns.]

... no. No, I didn't. As far as I know, there aren't any Shinto priests or other miko in Venture City. It's just me.
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okayeverybody: (to play target practice with people.)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-15 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Well that certainly did just happen. Rei sort of boggles for a while at Eiji as he runs off, standing still for a long moment before he quite clearly switches off, and Jin grins manically, taking off running after Eiji and cracking his knuckles as he goes.]

Finally! I was wondering when we were gonna get to hit things!
bun_bun_maru: (Cute)

[personal profile] bun_bun_maru 2014-09-15 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well! How opportune. The Teen Reporter will quietly follow the group from the rear - she doesn't want any trouble, but she also doesn't want to miss this story.]
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pyreseer: (mask)

[personal profile] pyreseer 2014-09-16 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[What...

What did Eiji just do? Because that was definitely Eiji, unmistakably Eiji, and he'd just done some weird transformation with a weird belt like he was one of those masked rider you'd hear about from time to time.

She forgets to use English as she runs up to him.]


Evil spirit, begone!

[She slaps an ofuda onto the Yummy Eiji just punched.]

Eiji, what are you doing?
okayeverybody: (as i give myself to death)

[personal profile] okayeverybody 2014-09-16 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well that certainly seemed to have happened. Rei, for his part, had a feeling that Eiji had something along those lines up his sleeves-- some kind of something to put them at an advantage, because he didn't seem like the type to be stupid enough to be as confident as he was with just a pair of humans rushing into an actual black hole.]

[Though the song was sort of entertaining, and he made a mental note to ask about it when the angry miko girl wasn't interrogating him. In the meantime, he let Jin continue to beat up Trash Yummies, which was starting to feel the slightest bit redundant, since every time he knocked one down they got back up within a few minutes.]
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pyreseer: (mask)

[personal profile] pyreseer 2014-09-19 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Are you some kind of masked rider, Eiji? Why does your belt even sing?

[These are the important questions.]