WEEK 1 DAY 5: MISSION

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Mission: "Observe from Tocho."
Time Limit: Medium
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Key wall in front of Nishi-Shinjuku. Objective to be met is appropriate dress.
Wall Rewards: Poison Chains
Reaped Rewards: Thunder Pawn
Mission Rewards: 10,000 yen



["Tocho" is a nickname that refers to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, which has two panoramic observation decks. It shouldn't be hard to get there, but what awaits when you arrive?]

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KEY WALL

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[Guarding the wall in front of Nishi-Shinjuku (and therefore Tocho) is this Reaper. She looks pretty unhappy to be there. Maybe you'd better just get down to business.]

[juuichi_yosamu]

[Oddly, this player - one she'd harassed before, noticably - is striding her way with a clear intent in his eyes.

...even more oddly, he'd wandered far from his pactmate, despite being only one of two pacts existing in the UG at this point. He's entirely alone.

And he doesn't seem to ready himself for battle, though he keeps enough distance that he can if need be.]

Is it really as easy as surviving until the end of the week and taking a different path?

[A bit cryptic, but it's obvious he's not here to get past the wall.]

[leggierissimo]

[Getting down to business... isn't that something she should have been doing these last few days? Regardless, this one isn't a Player. Just a fellow Reaper, taking a short break. Hey, he didn't get in trouble for anything. He's been a model student. He's entitled to one.]

Manning a wall, hm? Isn't it a little boring?

[carsharkkonishi]

[And here comes the green Pokemon's partner, dressed in loose fitting business clothing. She seems rather serious for her normal upbeat nature.]

Have you seen my partner? He's green, and looks like a lizard.

On the way to Tocho

[shinbunshinobi]

[If any Reaper has been paying attention this week, they'll know that this Player is on that's in it to win it. The only yen Sasuke has on him is the reward for yesterday's mission. The rest of it was used up for that damn Grizzly Gaiden mission, and even after that, he had to work to the bone to keep the yen going. This game is a little too important to just leave it up to someone else.]

[Yesterday was a nice break, but he's pretty sure things aren't going to stay that way as he makes his way to Tocho.]

[tamedhollow]

[Ichigo HAD to harry today. If he didn't, he wasn't going to survive. He wasn't going to be able to get back. And Hollows? Well. They had a hell of a survival instinct.

He looks at Sasuke from a rooftop before jumping down in front of him. The kindness is gone out of his expression. His yellow-on-black eyes are now predatory, with slitted pupils and a cold viciousness. But instinct had taken over, at least a bit.

I have to survive.]

I'm sorry about this. But I can't get Erased.

[he runs his claws over his pins and a skull-like symbol appears on the ground behind Sausuke. Three Noise crawl out of the symbol; a single Goth Metal Drake and a pair of Death Thrash Minks. The dragon-like Noise immediately charges]

[needsmorezippers]

[Neku knew the 'harry or else' orders would come at some point... he was just hoping later rather than sooner. Still, he's not the type to want to be Erased, so he'll obligated to participate.

Lucky for you, Players, he still doesn't want you Erased. So he'll be picking Noise according to skill level. WHO WANTS A FIGHT?]

Somewhere near Tocho

[carsharkkonishi]

[She's been frenetically searching for her partner since the mission started; he's been missing since she woke up. Where could he have gone? Did he get the mission? Still, he never left her behind....

Was he...no, he couldn't have. He was too smart for that.]

Grovyle? Where are you?

[leggierissimo]

[No fighting here, I hope~ Still, Neku, he's rather disappointed. After all of those subtle pushes to get points, and here you are being forced into doing it. There's hardly any sympathy there, because you're not getting yourself Erased whether you mean to or not, but still.]

Having fun, Neku-kun?

[notsogrimreaper]

[Le gasp! Is someone attacking others?]

W-What are you doing?

COME FIGHT NOISE. BOSS OR OTHERWISE! also the Noise Box trick

[tamedhollow]

[Ichigo doesn't want to be Erased. If he's erased, he can't get hom. He can't get back to Rukia. To everyone. He can't save anyone... if he's Erased. Hollow instincts seem to take over when he receives the message.

Eat or be eaten, huh.

Was that the way it had to be?

He looks at the Noise pins in his hands. Wall pins, too. He has an idea. It's not a very nice idea, but he thinks he might be able to put something together to impress the higher ups... and maybe get away with not Erasing anyone]

[juuichi_yosamu]

[And look! Someone rather alone and vulnerable, coming out of a nearby clothing store - chances are he got quite a few strange looks when he bought the two outfits, but his money was still good.

...didn't he have a partner at the beginning of the week? A girl, about his size?

He's certainly not with her now.]

Road to Tocho

[carsharkkonishi]

[Rhyme hasn't been enjoying her day. She can't find her partner, and time is running low. She refuses to do this without him, though. He had to have something to fight for, right? So she's been searching on her way to Tocho, hoping that the worst hasn't occurred.]

[juuichi_yosamu]

[Well, there's one good sign at least - tucked at just about eye level, there's a small package wrapped in green leaves, nestled slightly in the boughs of a shrub.

Even if he's not right at your side, he's backing you up, Rhyme. Or maybe it's just coincidence.]

I just want to tag everyone ;;

[notsogrimreaper]

[OH NO A REAPER SPOTTED YOU-Orrrr not. He's looking right at you. But not attacking. Just staring. Then smiling. Then... blowing a kiss? Weirdo.]

Area around Tocho

[poppetstrings]

[Harrying duty today on threat of erasure.

Something she most certainly doesn't want, especially when she still has people to protect. There will be nothing easy from her on this day, and she's actively hunting down players. Even if it doesn't feel good to do so.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Having become separated from her partner, Zecora is, well, lost. Of course, this city is simply too big. So she's taken to following the walls, in the theory that eventually she will find where she needs to go.]

[notsogrimreaper]

[Got enough time to stop harrying and talk to a friend?

Because Ryoji's rushing over to say hello.]

ANYWHERE IN THE PLAYING AREA~

[leggierissimo]

[Joshua knew it would come down to it sooner or later. He hasn't received a message himself, of course not - he knew what he was doing. He'd been harrying from the start. No points came from maintaining walls. And he wasn't about to let himself be Erased.

It didn't mean that he wasn't disappointed in a fellow Reaper or two, though.

Today, Joshua can be found roaming the playing area freely. If everyone else is upping the ante, he can't exactly pick off Players at his discretion. No hard feelings, of course. He's just doing what he has to do to survive~]

[tamedhollow]

[If Ichigo had to step up his game to survive? He would. Maybe when he was human, he'd be able to ignore his instinct to survive. But Hollows? Hollows had an extremely powerful survival instinct. Hueco Mundo, the world of Hollows, was a place where it was literally eat or be eaten. Hollowfication programmed a soul with that instinct, deeply entwining it into its very being. It was impossible to ignore.

And Ichigo was not going to be eaten.

Later, he would feel guilty. Full of despair, for judging his soul to be more worthy than theirs. But right now? He's focused on the task.

He watches the boss-level Drake Noise he summoned tear apart a group of three Players, one at a time. With fire. With energy bursts. With blades. The ferocious Noise has one Erased, and the other two very close. It's making quite a racket in the UG, probably enough to garner the attention of other Players and Reapers. Ichigo simply watches the monster work from a perch up high]

[suicidoll]

(Okay, so maybe Kreutzer was one of the fellow reapers to be disappointed in, but that was the least of her worries. She was just having fun with the players; honest! She just prefers mind games over killing players.

In fact, she may have just thrown some noise at a group of players for the hell of it. She's simply watching it from a distance with a tea in her hand. Can't you just feel the lack of enthusiasm, Joshua?)

[notsogrimreaper]

[Is this a fellow Reaper to be disappointed in? Because although Ryoji seems new, he doesn't seem too concerned about helping in harrying. He's just wandering around, looking for people he knows, and peeking into shops occasionally.

And then he spots you. Ooh, wings! We should talk to each other, huh?]

Um, hi there! I should introduce myself, huh?

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji is looking around nervously, hoping another Reaper doesn't notice him and tell him to attack.

All these people... dead? He can hardly believe it. But he's not attacking them. Just watching... maybe one of them is...]

Road to Tocho

[ceiling_cat]

[The stubbly man leaning against a building wall is nearly invisible in the crowd: button-down shirt half undone, black vest and black slacks make him look like a badly groomed waiter taking a smoke break.

He's not smoking, though. He's watching, brown eyes narrowed thoughtfully behind his sunglasses. And what he's watching isn't the hustle and bustle of the Shinjuku crowds. It's the Players dashing and dodging between them.

So: another world, that much he'd expected, but another District isn't what he was expecting at all. He knows Joshua's feelings about Shibuya. What possessed him to aim for this place?

He can't pinpoint the Composer's location without making himself much too obvious, and he'd rather not handle any awkward explanations about certain memos handed down from above. The activity on this road makes it clear that it's the day's route. Boredom should bring his target by sooner or later - he flinches from the word, even mentally, and substitutes Composer. Whatever it is he's bringing Joshua home to, there's no point in being prematurely dispassionate.

Hanekoma indulges himself for a moment in a pang of guilt, and then refocuses on the Players passing by.

Business comes first.]

Re: Road to Tocho

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[Neku really, really doesn't want to harry anymore today- though, in reality, he knows he probably hasn't done it enough to get him out of trouble. He scowls a little at the ground, walking without paying much mind to where he's going, when he sees someone that (to him) pretty much always stands out.

Cue utter bewilderment.]

Mr. H?!

[PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE REAPER WINGS BEHIND THE BOY.]

TOCHO

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[A Reaper flies away defeated from the scene as a group of three players assemble.]

Well, one Mister Ballcap down! Anyone else waiting to ambush us? [the girl says.]