Reaper Mingle is go!

[death_glare]

Who: William T. Spears and any reapers of the far shore
When: Evening of August 16th
Where: The temple of Baron Samdi (Ronald Knox)
What: William calls an emergency meeting for any and all reapers. There is something they all need to be aware of. (And because it's being held at Ronnie's temple, you can expect it to devolve into more of a mixer once William stops preaching.)


Part 1 - The Announcement

[ The following is a text that appeared on the BBS late last evening, shortly after the training session wrapped up. It is addressed to those on the far shore who were reapers in their home worlds, however, the only one who is blocked from viewing it is William's shinki, Hannah Annafellows. ]

I am calling to attention anyone who holds the position of a Reaper, Death God, Shinigami, or other related title. Good evening. My name is William T. Spears. I believe I met many of you this afternoon during the training session at Bishamon's temple. However, regardless of whether we met, this announcement is still directed towards you.

There is a matter of utmost importance that I feel all of you need to be made aware of. I have arranged a meet up at Ronald Knox's temple so that we can discuss the issue and come up with potential solutions. Please arrive to the temple of Baron Samdi by 7 p.m. so that we can make the most of our time. Thank you.


Part 2 - The Meeting

[ William finally stands up in front of where everyone's busy chitchatting. He's clearing his throat, attempting to get their attention and already looking pretty peeved. And it's not even because of the topic he needs to discuss, or the fact that it's well past 7:45 and they haven't even begun yet. Nope, the main reason for the crease in his brow is because of the absurd jacket he was forced to wear this evening. Not his usual black dress coat, but a lovely gold sequined one that nearly makes him glow in the brightly lit room. He has no idea how the eyesore of a garment found its way into his possession, once more, but he wouldn't be wearing it if he didn't have a good reason to. ]

Everyone. If you could all please have a seat. We are already behind schedule.


Part 3 - The Mixer

[ Now that William's concerns have been made aware, it seems that the event has evolved into more of a reaper shindig. Ronald has set up appetizers and has plenty of booze available. It's almost as if he'd planned this from the beginning. ]


(( ooc: mingle mingle mingle! Feel free to tag and threadjack around! Discuss the issue at hand or ignore William and just build cr with your fellow reapers! Party crashers are always welcome, too! ))

Comments

[genkireaper]

[ Hey, she's sorry that she attended a meeting that turned out to be about this. ]

I have a feeling that it wasn't about covering a single demon, so much that a single demon triggered Mr Spears into calling this. I'm less than impressed with the idea he had in mind, really...

[ Which she really had been more than vocal enough about when he announced his idea of making sure 'all the demons' knew 'their place.' ]

As someone invited here and a shinki, I pity that poor demon for their position in all of this.

[revolutionfalcon]

I meant that there's only one demon from their world here, as far as anyone knows. If that's the only one so far that's a risk, they should be able to cover it.

[Given how fervently this girl had been defending the other demon present, he assumes that guy is at least low-key enough to not need multiple reapers tracking his every movement. Not to mention that if he was here in the first place, he's presumably among their number.

Her remark on being invited here does remind him of one point here, though, and he turns a marginally more understanding look on her (...marginally).]

That's a strong statement coming from Sutcliffe's shinki. [Said in a tone that, while subtle, expresses that he sympathises with exactly how much of an Experience that must be.]

[genkireaper]

That's certainly what the actual case, but Mr Spears' was more than ready to let his vendetta spill out to all kinds of demons, no matter where they were from.

[ Really, Botan had met at least three with demon-like energy at this point. One of which was present during that meeting, and once the purpose of their gathering had been done, Botan did her best to keep that from getting too much focus. For Emizel's sake. ]

I'm strong enough to say that. Grell is eccentric, pushing past dangerous, but I have some advantages in handling her. One of which is enough backbone to challenge her when it's needed.

[ Thing is, as bad as Grell was, the redhead didn't hate Botan with her entire fiber of being. Which is why the young reaper was holding herself as if sympathy was never needed for her. ]

[revolutionfalcon]

I noticed. But he's being an idiot about that, and most people here seem to agree. [Bar Grell, who's basically fervently in love with Will, so Shun doesn't really consider her opinion all that relevant here. The general opinion of that announcement besides her had seemed to be ambivalent to outright revulsion.

There's a slight hum of what might be approval at her words. The last thing someone like Grell needs is a shinki with no backbone, because he imagines she'd be only too ready to abuse her position.]

Sounds like what she needs. I haven't seen as much of her dangerous side yet, but it's obvious enough that she has one and that she's not the kind of god a weak-willed shinki could handle.

[genkireaper]

[ Grell usually is the one that was an 'aside' when it came to group opinions. This was just a more obvious example, and even then... ]

I honestly hope that no one has to see her more dangerous side. We'd be lucky if she continued to 'behave,' which I think she honestly was trying to do this entire time.

[revolutionfalcon]

I'm thinking the same. She's been reasonable enough the times I've encountered her, nothing worse than swinging her chainsaw at some ayakashi when she first got here. Even if she likes to harp on unnecessary things, that's just annoying, not harmful.

[Someone's a mite salty that she realised he had a romantic interest in someone as easily as she did.]

[genkireaper]

[Yeah, aiming that chainsaw/scythe at ayakashi was far better than at people. Which is what Botan figured she used to do at some point, given the things she's said to those lilies. ]

Harp? Was she trying to flirt with you or something?

[revolutionfalcon]

[Botan's closer than Shun would like with that guess, but she shakes his head. It doesn't stop him from grimacing at the thought, though.] She's hardly shy about that sort of thing, but as far as I can tell, I'm too young for her to do that to me directly.

[So she mostly just gives him wry remarks about what she appears to think is a crush on someone.]

[genkireaper]

[ That was just guessing based off of knowing Grell. Really, sometimes it's a surprise that she so easily stands up to the older reaper. ]

A lot of people are too young for her. That doesn't always mean she'll hold herself back. No, as long as you don't feed into her M-type, you should be safe from that sort of thing.

[revolutionfalcon]

It's not something I'd want to say after all that, but I'm probably similar enough in temperament to that guy who called this meeting that she's stayed obsessing over him instead of targeting me.

[There's a very mild, but obvious tone of "and thank god for that" present in his voice. Romance isn't really his area despite his having managed to basically trip his way into a relationship.]

[genkireaper]

[ There's probably a difference between romance and harassment anyway, and the latter shouldn't be anyone's area. ]

Try not to give her enough reason to split her attention. Because she will if given anything close enough to one.

[ Despite her words, Botan doesn't look particularly worried. ]

[revolutionfalcon]

I'm not planning to. The last thing I need is her that kind of interested in me.

[Despite Botan's rebuttal, he still has his suspicions that his age is the actual reason he's escaped her attentions thus far. Then again, he has the context of his and Grell's previous conversations making that a bit more obvious.]