WEEK 4 DAY 2: MISSION

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Mission: Clear noise from all stations.
Time Limit: Long
Noise Plane: Duet
Wall Instructions: Place walls throughout the city. Seal off the school and the dorm.
Wall Rewards: Konohana Sakuya
Reaped Rewards: N/A. Due to the nature of today's mission, the Reapers have been ordered to keep their hands (and their noise) off the Players.
Mission Rewards: Purity Launcher

[Today's mission appears simple on the surface, but it's curious, isn't it? Clearing noise entirely from an area will require a lot of fighting, and just like the first day... pacts. Furthermore, what do they mean by "all stations?" Well, when the Players arrived in town, there was certainly a train station or two...]

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Ryoji's attempt to cheer himself up start!

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji's still about as depressed as he was yesterday. It seems like this week is out to make him and everyone else absolutely miserable. And judging from the murder, his memory-wiped friends, and Mewtwo's harassment, it's succeeding.

But he does need to at least enjoy himself for a while, right? He still has a few days before he needs to die, and he still is looking for someone to actually do the job... Really, until his plan is thought through, he should just live the last few days of his life to the fullest.

So then why is he MIA? Ryoji may be difficult to find, as he's spending a lot of time running all over the city. He stops for only a second to check 'his' cellphone, then bolts again. And when he does scroll through his messages, there may actually be a hint of his old self showing through as he grins and chuckles.

...Meanwhile, anyone involved in the Game may receive a strange text apparently sent by Asakura:]

Hey baby. I just wanted you to know that you definitely don't vex me. I hope you feel the same way.

[That... certainly doesn't sound like something the psychopathic reaper would say... Maybe while taking a break from fighting the noise, investigating this strangeness could be a nice distraction.]

[vexed_snake]

[First order of business when your phone goes missing: attempt to call your phone. That is just what Asakura is trying to do.

Come on, come on, pick up already...]

[notsogrimreaper]

[Someone answers the phone, but it's a moment before they speak. There's just the sound of panting. Ryoji has been running around a lot, but hey, this is creepy too!]

Hello, Asakura.

[vexed_snake]

Who is this?!

[Using his name like that means that whoever this is knew exactly what they were doing, which makes this even more vexing.]

[notsogrimreaper]

My name is of no importance. What matters is that I have something important to you, and you're going to do anything to get it back.

[Ryoji actually has to pull away from the phone to suppress a giggle. He's always wanted to talk like they do in cop shows.]

[vexed_snake]

[So. Not. Amused.]

Or you're going to give it back before I kill you.

[Oh, Asakura, if only you knew...]

[notsogrimreaper]

[Yeah that was pretty much exactly what Ryoji wanted to hear.]

You won't be able to kill me. At least, not until you find me.

So tell me, Asakura, do you want to play a game?

[vexed_snake]

[There's a bit of a growl from his end of the line. He mad.]

I don't have time for your vexing games. Where are you?

[notsogrimreaper]

I don't think you're in any position to make demands of me! I have something important to you, after all.

But where I am is part of the game. I'm giving you the day to find me. If you can find me before sundown, then you'll get what's so important to you back. If not...

[vexed_snake]

[There is an actual growl coming from Asakura, and Ryoji might hear a noise that strongly suggests that Asakura just kicked over a trash can in frustration.]

What do you want?

[Pause.]

And where are you?

[notsogrimreaper]

I have a simple answer for both of those questions. Find me and you get your phone back. I just want to play for a bit, and then I'll be out of your hair.

[Permanently, if this works.]

[vexed_snake]

[There's another noise that sounds as though Asakura has violently upended a trash can somewhere.]

Fine. I'll play your vexing game.

[notsogrimreaper]

[It's easy to hear the smile in Ryoji's voice now.]

Good. You have until the end of the day. Catch me if you can!

[And there's a click.]

[vexed_snake]

You--!

[Well, if Asakura weren't vexed before, he's sure vexed now. He's flying over the city, looking for some punk with a purple flip phone that doesn't belong to them.]

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji's doing his best to stay two steps ahead of Asakura, though he does pause a few times, if only to continue texting.]

Question: how big is your 'cobra'? Just want to make sure I'm getting the facts right. I don't want to oversell you to some cute girl.

brb dying

[vexed_snake]

[Wait...WHAT? Asakura stops to perch on a nearby rooftop to compose his own reply.]

Big enough to kill you with once I find you.

[Asakura, no, not Venosnaker...or does he know that?]

I am too oh my god

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji actually has to completely stop in his escape when he sees the next text. He's clutching at his stomach, the laughter and the exertion making his sides hurt.]

Well, I guess there are worse ways to go. Still, don't really want to be choked by your cobra. Be a little more gentle, Asakura!

I can't stop laughing

[vexed_snake]

More cobra than you can handle. I don't do gentle, you

[And that's when a combination of Asakura's keysmashing anger and the new-to-him phone's autocorrect takes over. In his haste to reply, he accidentally sends the text without being able to fix things.]

duck blowfish such duck dog xylophone desktop duck

I laughed so hard that I forgot to tag

[notsogrimreaper]

Oh, Asakura wants to give it to me rough, does he? As long as the duck and dog stay out of it, we can talk!

[Ryoji's pretty certain that he's laughing hard enough to be heard across the city, but getting this chance to annoy the Reaper is worth it.]

This entire thread has reduced me to varying levels of incoherence...

[vexed_snake]

[At least Asakura has finally figured it out. Not that this helps. In fact, it only makes it worse.]

You'll regret it when I find you. I've been in prison for a while.

[Asakura, no, ambiguous threats are bad. Not like he's had any luck otherwise. Surely there's got to be some idiot with his phone around here somewhere. He's once more flying low over the city, trying to see if he can find the culprit.]

I'm pretty sure I just keysmash every time I get a reply

[notsogrimreaper]

Oh, a bad boy, are you? Tell me, what really happens when someone drops the soap? I've always wanted to know.

[Ryoji pauses for a moment to send his text, and he's actually out in the middle of the street. If Asakura is paying attention, he might notice the flash of his cell phone's screen as the teenager flips it shut and jogs off again.]

Same. XD I can't stop laughing...

[vexed_snake]

[Asakura catches it, quickens his pace, and starts following the teenager more closely. He's recognized Ryoji now, and he's starting to put two and two together. He'll send another text, just to make sure that this is in fact his phone. He wants to catch Ryoji in the act.]

Why don't I show you in person? Have some soap handy when I find you.

And now I'm sobbing in fear.

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji flips open the phone again, immediately after Asakura sends the text. If he has time to send a reply, he'll write this and send it:]

But that's not romantic at all! I may want you to go rough, but I'm not into that kind of roleplay!

[Either way, he's caught in the act. Will Asakura catch him now?]

[slacksoff]

[...He doesn't recognize the name, nor does he recognize the number at first. But from the way it sounds, it sounds like an...unusual love note.

...A very, very unusual love note. Vexed is certainly an interesting word choice, but...]

Who are you, man? ...Or woman, perhaps? ;)

[notsogrimreaper]

You really don't know me? I'm hurt! I may be a man, but I promise I have as much love for you as any woman.

[Ryoji is restraining laughter the whole time he types the text. He thought it was funny enough to send it to the girls, but seeing his best friend in the Game answer is funnier than anything else.]