[semi-open] don't eat the pomegranates

[sweetdeath]

Who: Tsuzuki, Hisoka, Elsa, Hakkai, Bishamon, Kazuma, Yuto, Gintoki & open!
What: The planned trip to Yomi-no-kuni in order to find signs of where Vector's gone is finally happening!
When: March 27, 2016
Where: In the Far Shore on the way there, and Ise, near the entrance to Yomi-no-kuni
Warnings: Violence, horror, hair bondage, possible character death: just another happy day in the underworld.

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[outwardinsight]

[ The look Hisoka shoots Tsuzuki is one of long suffering aggravation, but he manages to smooth it from his features so he can greet the priest. He bows in return, significantly more formal and proper than his god by far. ]

It is a great honor for me to be allowed to meet a most faithful servant of Tajimamori-sama.

[ But any good impression he intended to make might end up immediately ruined when he glances over at his god again with a little scowl. ] Tajimamori-sama, please don't forget anything else.

[ It's so much harder to put the right level of scolding in his name when he has to use Tsuzuki's godly one instead. ]

[sweetdeath]

Sorry, Hisoka...! [Tsuzuki waved his hands defensively. Look, he really has no excuse for forgetting to ask. He just, well, forgot.

He adds in an undertone:] It's okay to call me Tsuzuki, I sort of explained!

[Sort of mostly! Which is fine, right?]

Anyway. Yamamoto-san, welcome to the entrance to Yomi-no-kuni. [Tsuzuki reaches for his pocket, palming a handful of ofuda, and starts towards the cave, setting down the first warding ofuda at the very edge of the stone.]

I'm going to set up a ward for you to stand in, because I don't know if anything else might get out with them. [Anything else like ayakashi, or even demons, if they're close enough when the gods are heading for the entrance. Tsuzuki isn't sure how long he can hold this ward against a demon, but maybe it'll be long enough for Bishamon to destroy it.]

What we need from you is to call the names of the three gods down there.

[He ticks them off on his fingers:] Bishamon. Minrva. Inari.

... or Bishamon, Elsa Randall and Gintoki Sakata. Um, you might have to try it both ways to be safe.

[godsoffortune]

[No, no, no, the honour is all his, being introduced to Kurosaki-san. ... And he seems to be about as casual as his god.

The priest listens to the directions carefully, and mouths the names after him: Bishamon, Minrva, Inari. Ohmygosh, Bishamon-sama?!
And that's all he has to do-- is just say the names? How... extraordinarily simple.

Once Tajimamori-sama is done with his barrier and motions him into position, Yousuke has no reason to hesitate. Taking a deep breath he says clearly:]

Bishamon-sama. Minrva-sama. Inari-sama. ... Elsa Randall. Gintoki Sakata.

[And he dares not even blink, as to not miss seeing what happens next.]

[dominatriarch]

[ She was convinced this was it. It was getting dark, even more than it usually was considering where they were. Even worse was she could feel the weariness seeping into her limbs from both her and her shinki. She couldn't keep this up forever and neither could her team.

But then, there's that pull she's only felt before and her name being called by an unfamiliar voice.

It takes a while but she relishes in the sweet relief of getting out of there, safe and sound. Almost immediately, she uses one hand to check if everyone's there. ]

Kinuha
Akiha
Aiha
Kazuma...

[ Kazuma's name is whispered out, almost like a god's own prayer as she rolled onto her back to catch her breath. Good. Everyone's here. ]

Where's everyone else? Did they get out?

[sweetdeath]

Are they trapped?!

[Even Bishamon -- the strongest god of war -- looks exhausted, war-torn and collapsing onto the roadside grass. And Elsa and Gintoki aren't back yet. Tsuzuki's eyes go wide, and he darts a glance back at Yamamoto inside the wards and Bishamon's shinki appearing around her (all safe, thank goodness) before snatching another ofuda from his pocket and holding it ready between two fingers as he pelts through the entrance.

He might not be good for sustained combat without his shikigami by his side, but the small spirits he can create are good distractions, and at least his body's still as hard as any death god's is to destroy. He can take damage if he has to, and they can all get out--]