thenearshore | [Closed] You can't raise hell with a saint

Following Suijin's Network Post, Schuldig contacts his favorite cloud of darkness from afar - just a bit of telepathy this time, not constant monitoring.

'Busy bee there, Mahakala. Having a bit of fun without me, I see.' He's not actually upset or bitter - he's just curious. His mental tone reflects that excitement. 'Any good tidbits you found out that Amaterasu's buddy didn't feel like sharing?'

Schuldig woke up that morning to find that his modest 2-room cavern behind the hidden alcove of Loki's Hollow had expanded somewhat to include 4 rooms - one being his bedroom, one seemingly the room for Kageri, another a common room that was where a person would enter from the alcove door, and a 3rd bedroom with the door closed.

Well, it was his temple after all, and one he guarded tightly from outside intrusion, so he wasn't about to let that door stay closed for long. Especially not when he got the feeling someone was on the other side. So he started focusing, enough to try and freeze that person in place before opening the door.

It hadn't even been 12 hours since his encounter with the Demon and Schuldig was starting to recover from the various encounters he had with all of those people. He hadn't gone that all-out in a long time. It was a little thrilling to be so worn out, if he was going to be honest with himself; it meant that next time he'd be in much better shape for going several hours at a time while trying to balance so many different tasks like that.

Reflecting on them, he remembered one in particular - his encounter with the kid named Goten, the one connected to Sousuke, or 'my bitch' as he'd called him. Schuldig hummed to himself briefly before deciding that yes, he did want to reveal that encounter to Sousuke before Goten had the chance to get to him. The sooner the better, even if he was worn out. He could at least start the conversation now... but to what end?

Schuldig tapped his chin for effect and walked around his bedroom of Loki's Hollow, mind wandering back to that first conversation with Sousuke. What could he possibly do with Sousuke's help... 'Hou~' He'd felt a small surge of energy when he'd gone and answered that one prayer with Nagi. It was too soon to ask him again and Kageri was a sword, not his preferred weapon. Maybe he could exert more control over a shinki that hadn't been a weapon in the past. And hey, if something happened to Sousuke, he wouldn't even bat an eyelash. Okay his god may ask about him. Best to find out who his God was before casually sweeping bodies under the rug. Alright, he'd find out in person when he could peruse the kid's mind.

Was he alone - that was the important question. Was he somewhere that an outburst of anger wouldn't alert someone? Yes? Perfect.

'Ring ring, bitch~'

[Many hours after their Network conversation, Schuldig reflects on the information he'd gathered from the withholding of information on Suijin's post and his chat with Ukoku. After that, he decides to track down Jae-Ha in person and teleport nearby in the Far Shore. Funny thing is with the Green Dragon's leaping power, he knows that as soon as he picks a spot, Jae-Ha's going to keep moving, so he gets close and then...

Schuldig leaps as high as he can - far below Jae-Ha - and teleports himself the rest of the way up into the air, projecting where he thinks Jae-Ha will end up.]

Yo~

[Neith's temple... he doesn't know exactly where that is, but he manages to snatch the mind of one of the bustling little workers who supports the entire Far Shore and figures it out. That still doesn't tell him what to expect when he gets there.

So Schuldig waits on a nearby rooftop and stares down at the place, beginning his recon. This place is massive as far as he can tell and that's not a deterrent, but it does mean that he's going to be scanning for minds of people inside of it in an effort to pin down roughly where this person Hajime and her cube actually are... possibly for awhile.]

[Schuldig's bored. He's made his Anonymous post to the BBS and that's deferred some of his anxious energy, but now he wants to actually get out. He doesn't do friendship, but he does do alcohol. And between all of his 'acquaintances' - gods and shinki alike - there's no point in reaching out to most of them. His personal shinki would bring the relationship too close for comfort, and the other gods are something of competition.

Meanwhile, there's Jae-ha, who despite busting up his nose is still someone of Interest because he still wants to see the guy remember something and try to prevent him from going ayakashi. He'd been interested before and Schuldig certainly still was.

So Jae-ha gets a text first.]

Bored. Wanna get a beer? See, I can use this thing too.

[OOC: Continued from this thread.
Please also note that I won't use his Telepathy powers unless you'd like to fill out my Permissions form. :Db ]

[Schuldig waits down the street a bit from "AiiRO CAFE" until he catches sight of a blond-haired man with purple sunglasses -- at night? Weird, dude, even Schuldig at least leaves his behind when he knows he'll be out in the evenings.]

Yo, Izumo, right?

[He'd been in this position several times now where 'Schuldig' was his Weiss-only name, and Loki was no longer a safe alternative. When people asked to meet him in person, what else was he supposed to give them as a name? His conversations with Ukoku had proven that he should get a third, 'completely normal' identity. He'd finally decided on one, the Dutch variant - so weirdly rooted and transformed he doubted anyone who didn't speak German fluently would catch it.]

Glad I found you - I'm Skylar.

[OOC: Initiating this conversation with permission, but if you could fill out my Permissions Post for Yukio that would be even better &heart;]

[Every once in awhile, Schuldig just mentally wanders the expanse of the Far Shore to see what sorts of interesting former-mortals are around. He's acutely aware of how 'normal' humans taste to his telepathic senses, but there's this scale of how far left of center a taste goes. There's the ones who still taste pretty sweet, and then there's the more sour non-humans, and then there's Ankh, the weird not-human-at-all who tasted like a wrench.

So when Schuldig catches a whiff of something very different, his curiosity makes him hard-pressed not to investigate.]

'Hey stranger. That's an interesting sort of mental power you've got there. Most of your type have shields to go with it.'

[Somewhere on the Near Shore, there's a shinki kid hanging outside a convenience store, playing with his phone. He's just ended a call to his god; 'yeah, I'll be out for a while...going to meet a friend, do you want me to pick up anything...no, shut up, I have money.'.

Except he's not meeting a friend, he's trying to find another god, just by a name. No phone number and no way to contact him online. Maybe if he put up a BBS post asking for a 'Loki'...nah, that wouldn't work.]

Damn it, there's gotta be a way to find this guy.

[Hmm.]

[After he convinced the youngest Weiss to a raincheck, Schuldig thought long and hard about how he could possibly cash in on it. That's when he heard a prayer that he couldn't have cared less about and didn't want to bother with... but he also realized that he could benefit from someone with a polar opposite moral compass being the one to help him sort it out.]

'Ring, ring, little kitty. You awake?'

[It's early afternoon. Almost everyone's awake unless they stayed up super late the night before. Which, to be fair, he did, but that's why he's only been up for 2 hours.]

[Schuldig's ego is going to take weeks - months perhaps - to recover from the events of May 17th, when he'd been thoroughly beaten by Anti-Sora after his damn shinki got the kid's attention. Who knew Mr. Bright Shiny Baldr had that in him?

So Schuldig spent all rest of that day and the 18th and 19th recovering physically. Now at least he can walk around again. He just shouldn't get into any sort of brawl. Which means it's a good day to do some low-key training with Jennifer and call up his favor from Jae-Ha.

He sends a tap to Jae-Ha's shoulder first, a sort of 'knock' as Nagi put it.]

'Hey. Need your expertise for training today. I need to get back out and answer a prayer.'

[And get stronger.]

Come, Kekki.

[He summons Jennifer into her boots form.]

We're going to meet your new mentor.

[Which he hasn't told her about yet, but details can be explained on the way.]

Ukoku; May 8

Jennifer; May 10, Morning

Sousuke; May 6, Afternoon - Prayer #20

Jae-Ha; May 8, Late Afternoon

May 12; Hajime

Jae-Ha; May 13, Late Afternoon

Izumo; May 13