Chapter 1: As the Wind Rises

[Nazo S⸸aRo]

Sept 20, 2021 1:28:13 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

Sept 20, 2021 1:20:55 GMT -6 Nazo S⸸aRo said:

He started heading for the Underground Canon Plaza (location b) with swift movements of his warmed-up body.

Hisoka makes his way through the streets and alleys and ends up at Underground Canon Plaza. Albeit the name states underground, there doesn't seem to be anything that is relate- Oh wait look is that a...giant hole in the ground? There seemed to be a glass panel covering it. The buidlings that line up along this place seems to be selling souvenirs, but it seems to be closed. Weird. Though next to the big giant hole was a working escalator and elevator.

  Hisoka looks over the buildings, he stops at the sight of the escalator and elevator. On sight they don't seem to be working so instead he goes near the giant hole in the ground. 

  Hisoka tries to get a grasp of how deep it is by sight only.



  "Hmmm... This looks fun! ♥" He says, almost giggling.

  A sudden urge overcame him and he suddenly jumped in!

  As he was about decent into the hole he extends his Bungee Gum onto an edge of the hole, on ground level, for safety. After decending into the hole for a little his Bungee Gum abruptly stops his fall and Hisoka finds himself hanging from his hand, which is attached to the edge of the wall with Bungee Gum,  swinging around inside of it. The substance connecting his hand and the edge of the hole is Bungee Gum, it has the properties of both gum and rubber. For years it's been it's sword and shield. 

  He decides to stay like that for a while until his eyes adjust to the darker tones while trying to calm himself down. 
Ahhhhhhh the thrills!!!
  "Aaah... gets me every time! ♠"

[Ame]

[Source] Tetsu said:

Ze Flyer ssems to be floating on air with no gust.

Hanna licks her finger to feel for the air, but there's no breeze

"As I thought... then, is it being held in place by magic?"

"Then... I wonder"

She looks as if she is about to cast some magic, but then shakes her head against it

"Nevermind, give me that-"

She walks over to the flyer and grabs it, starting to read it right away

[Tetsu]

Sept 20, 2021 2:00:33 GMT -6 Nazo S⸸aRo said:

"Hmmm... This looks fun! ♥" He says, almost giggling.

  A sudden urge overcame him and he suddenly jumped in!

  As he was about decent into the hole he extends his Bungee Gum onto an edge of the hole, on ground level, for safety. After decending into the hole for a little his Bungee Gum abruptly stops his fall and Hisoka finds himself hanging from his hand, which is attached to the edge of the wall with Bungee Gum,  swinging around inside of it. The substance connecting his hand and the edge of the hole is Bungee Gum, it has the properties of both gum and rubber. For years it's been it's sword and shield. 

  He decides to stay like that for a while until his eyes adjust to the darker tones while trying to calm himself down. 
Ahhhhhhh the thrills!!!
  "Aaah... gets me every time! ♠"

Hisako jumps and broke the glass panel that was covering the big hole. As he Bungee Gum his way down, he sees that the glass pieces falling down has been stop in place.

As soon as he descends, he then notice it seems to be a room  with a lot of statues and art work, what is more intriguing is that Giant Cannon that is on display in the middle of the place. He also notice that the elevators and escalator from the surface transports people down to the area he is now in. This could be a...museum?

Sept 20, 2021 2:08:59 GMT -6 Ame said:

She looks as if she is about to cast some magic, but then shakes her head against it

"Nevermind, give me that-"

She walks over to the flyer and grabs it, starting to read it right away

As Hanna grabs it and turns around to check what it is about and this is what she saw.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Flyer}

[Nana]

Sept 20, 2021 2:08:59 GMT -6 Ame said:

Hanna licks her finger to feel for the air, but there's no breeze

"As I thought... then, is it being held in place by magic?"

"Then... I wonder"

She looks as if she is about to cast some magic, but then shakes her head against it

"Nevermind, give me that-"

She walks over to the flyer and grabs it, starting to read it right away

Ranranru also have a look at the flyer.

"Tetsu? Tetsuya Motomi? Who is that? Tetsu means iron in Japanese".

"Should we go to Mount Hao to look for clues?".

"What is the time now?".

She then looks at her bracelet.

[Ame]

[Source] Tetsu said:

As Hanna grabs it and turns around to check what it is about and this is what she saw.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Flyer}

Hanna read the flyer to herself, clearly in a state of surprise

"A... memorial poster?"

She turns to Ranranru, and responds

"Right. I agree. I don't know what this 'Japanese' you speak of it, but. I will take your word for it. It's... 16:30 now"

She carefully folds the flyer and puts it in her pocket

"So... I wonder where Mount Hao is."

She looks around the skyline, trying to find it

"Oh. That would be it. It looks to be south-west from here."

"Come on. If this starts at 1700 hours, that's in 30 minutes. We should move."

As the two of them walk to Mount Hao, Hanna mumbles to herself

"Iron... Tetsu..."

"Tetsu... Iron..."

"Iron... Ferrous- Ferrous?"

She turns to Ranranru

"We're in a place called the Ferrum Highlands, right? The capital, if I'm not mistaken, Ironham."

"Then... Ferrum is similar to the word Ferrous- I think it's actually derived from it."

"I-"

"Forget it."

She sighs

"I strikes me as odd that there's a memorial for a person whos named 'Iron', in Ironham, The Ferrum Highlands. Maybe it's just coincidence. Maybe I'm looking into it too much. I hadn't even heard of 'Japanese' until you mentioned it, so it's probably nothing. And, I believe I read somewhere you are more likely to share a name with a place you live."

[Zero One/Zero Two]

Sept 19, 2021 21:00:33 GMT -6 zantz said:

*Groans as he gets up*

"Ugh, w-where am I? Hmm? A bracelet? What is going on?"

*Storm notices the other people around*

"O-oh! Do any of you happen to know what's going on here?"

"Hey, you. You're finally awake."

[Tetsu]

Sept 20, 2021 3:29:57 GMT -6 Ame said:

As the two of them walk to Mount Hao, Hanna mumbles to herself

As they slowly walk over towards Mount Hao, they can feel the temperature decreasing, yet they don't fee cold. Odd. Soon they reach an ascending path as they tried to go further on they were knock back by what seems to be a barrier.

Then they look around and something......appears

[Alucard]

Sept 20, 2021 4:10:41 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

Sept 20, 2021 3:29:57 GMT -6 Ame said:

As the two of them walk to Mount Hao, Hanna mumbles to herself

As they slowly walk over towards Mount Hao, they can feel the temperature decreasing, yet they don't fee cold. Odd. Soon they reach an ascending path as they tried to go further on they were knock back by what seems to be a barrier.

Then they look around and something......appears

Is it the scariest tetsu golem? Nah. Its just The King flying your way.

"Sorry friends I believe that area is being saved for later! Nice necklaces, you look hilarious!
...
You look well. That is good!"

You can sense a glimpse of genuine relief but the grin wouldn't give it away.

[mao]

Excel snaps awake on the ground. The last thing he remembers before being sucked into a void of brief nonexistence was breaking the champagne glass he was holding in reaction to Countess von Cheeky's response. He looks around, noticing she nor Herlock are nowhere within his viscinity. Instead, he is greeted by a mixed group of; a red-headed musician, a hooded mystery person, a red-cloaked man with platinum hair, the Ultimate Joe and a red-headed man in a white suit.

He notices the countdown on his wrist. Whenever it is poison or explosive or simply a tracker makes little difference here; if the gods want them dead, they would be dead, and there's no need for a bracelet to carry out something they could do with a snap of their fingers. The time on the watch is more interesting; does it count down to the start of the game or it's end? 60 hours to get rid of some 30 people would mean killing a person every two hours.

Investigating the map, Excel realizes they must be in Ironham. He has never been outside of Tea Plains, so it would be beneficial to look around the place and figure out what spots would be safe during the killing game... unless it has already started. He snaps his fingers, causing the holographic projection of his masquerade suit to disappear, revealing a man with messy white hair, glasses over his green eyes and a lab coat covering most of his body. He pulls out one of his many multipurpose tablets inside the lab coats pouches, and then a portable self-driving Segway, which he hops on to.

Excel begins driving on his two-wheeler around the Central Plaza to investigate the area.

[Tetsu]

Sept 20, 2021 4:45:07 GMT -6 mao said:

Excel begins driving on his two-wheeler around the Central Plaza to investigate the area.

Central Hub seems to be a huge place where all the buildings seems overly mordern and it seems to be shining and shimmering and yes it is splendid, like a big city in those history books which has places to party, hangout and even work and live it. Tall skyscrapers, floating cars , light shows, you name it, this place has it.

[Misaki]

Satorae wanders the Xcavate Building and checks out Floor 2.

[Nana]

Ranranru wondered in her head.

"Ferrum and Tetsu also means Iron. Does this mean whoever founded this place an Iron Maniac?".

She continues walking beside Hanna.

Sept 20, 2021 4:19:24 GMT -6 Alucard said:

Sept 20, 2021 4:10:41 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

As they slowly walk over towards Mount Hao, they can feel the temperature decreasing, yet they don't fee cold. Odd. Soon they reach an ascending path as they tried to go further on they were knock back by what seems to be a barrier.

Then they look around and something......appears

Is it the scariest tetsu golem? Nah. Its just The King flying your way.

"Sorry friends I believe that area is being saved for later! Nice necklaces, you look hilarious!
...
You look well. That is good!"

You can sense a glimpse of genuine relief but the grin wouldn't give it away.

Ranranru gives a deadpan stare at The King then stares at her neck.

"This sucks...".

"I'm gonna behead you and present that head of yours to The Witchness".

She then flips through her notebook looking for something.

"I'm gonna summon something to attack you!".

She screams and makes stabbing motions with her notebook towards The King.

[mao]

Excel turns his Segway around, seeing nothing interesting - "PFFFT! The flying cars at Tsuki City are so much more advanced!" - and selects the hoverboard mode. His Segway then takes off and floats (slowly, mind you) the shortest route to the Gizmo Piazza. There do be... Italians here?

[Nahema (Yasuraka)]

Sept 19, 2021 17:53:59 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

"Do..you remember what is the color of the sky on the outside currently?"

He ask Mipha and then stares behind her and smiles



"Ah then perhaps he is my new assistant then?" 

He nudges his head in the direction behind of Mipha

Mipha turns around and looks in the same direction the janitor was looking and sees a man in dark clothing walking up to her. Almost in awe of how casual he seemed to be about this whole situation.

Sept 19, 2021 18:18:37 GMT -6 Yuri (Silentking) said:

"Nah, not really dressed for work here. We were asked here to be in this region for a different reason," he said nonchalantly as he turned to the fish lady. "What did you learn so far?"

Overtaken by surprise that the man truly was so nonchalant about the situation, she can't help but get a little flustered hearing his question:

"M-me? W-well I found out this building is a government building after seeing the plaque back there listing all the floors." She points at where the plaque is on the wall

"O-Oh! And I saw this gentleman working here. I figured he would be able to tell me what is going on exactly. I think his answers would be more valuable than anything else this building has to offer us." She says while smiling, looking back at the janitor again.

"I haven't been outside, but I did see orange-tinted light peeking through the windows. So I'd assume the sky outside would be that colour, sir."

She hears someone walking, not sure if it's the same room as they're in currently. Nonetheless she turns around for a second to try and see if someone's there.

[Alucard]

Sept 20, 2021 5:07:20 GMT -6 Nana said:

Ranranru wondered in her head.

"Ferrum and Tetsu also means Iron. Does this mean whoever founded this place an Iron Maniac?".

She continues walking beside Hanna.

Sept 20, 2021 4:19:24 GMT -6 Alucard said:

Is it the scariest tetsu golem? Nah. Its just The King flying your way.

"Sorry friends I believe that area is being saved for later! Nice necklaces, you look hilarious!
...
You look well. That is good!"

You can sense a glimpse of genuine relief but the grin wouldn't give it away.

Ranranru gives a deadpan stare at The King then stares at her neck.

"This sucks...".

"I'm gonna behead you and present that head of yours to The Witchness".

She then flips through her notebook looking for something.

"I'm gonna summon something to attack you!".

She screams and makes stabbing motions with her notebook towards The King.

The king jokingly dodges the feeble attacks "Why do you hate me? I protected you! Thank me!"