Yeah the whole commissioning thing never picked up, so I'll probably just raid this thread for ideas that interest me. I'll be slowing down anyway since I'm juggling this and
this. For now, have an update on what I'm tentatively calling
Touhou Omugasu - Magnificent Mafia Manifesto. (Yeah you can see why I needed help, I don't even think the Omugasu joke makes any sense. >_>)
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"Well, it's about time you showed up, Pesco."
Kiro spoke with a weary tone, the inability to grill his latest suspect irritating him. Pesco on the other hand was still full of life, ready to pick up the defense where Kilga had left off.
"Couldn't just run in and do it myself, うさ. Had to wait for someone to test the water for me."
"As in Kilga?" Carthrat interjected. Pesco nodded.
"I know a lot of people here pretty well, and someone acted a little too out of character."
He strolled up to Roukanken, whose eyes seemed to be bulging wider with every passing second, and poked him lightly on the chest.
"That'd be you, うさ~"
Rou stepped backwards, really just looking for any excuse to get away from Pesco. His defense carried a visible degree of desperation.
"What the hell are you talking about!? You can't just blame it on meta and not explain WHAT I'm doing that's so weird!"
The crowd murmured their agreement, accepting that Pesco hadn't displayed any actual reasoning behind his accusation. The rabbit simply brushed at his dress, totally unfazed. His next sentence was spoken with a calmness and severity that didn't suit him.
"When Kilga started attacking you, you switched away from me to vote him. Town Rou would be looking for any excuse to vote me - Scum Rou is too scared to try it."
The crowd responded indifferently, but Roukanken's face spoke volumes. His ghost half started to tremble uncontrollably as he stuttered out what was meant to be a response.
"T...That's...I-I'm not scared of you!"
His pale, sweat-covered face and begged to differ. Pesco's sly smile returned, playfully stepping towards his prey once again and bringing their heads as close as he could.
"Aw, look at him. White as a sheet. Such a coward, usa~"
He pulled back, deliberately turning away from Roukanken. He saw the remainder of the crowd watching their antics: Kiro being unimpressed, Carth being morbidly curious and Alice looking over at them every so often when he could drag himself away from his laptop.
A visible change occured in Rou at that point. Before he'd been flailing all over the place in panic, but in an instant he became completely rigid. He was murmuring something quietly to himself.
"...not a coward...not a coward..."
His hand slowly reached down toward his side, where two blades remained in their hilts. His arm shook violently as he willed himself on.
"I'm...not a coward."
Carth was the first in the mob to notice it, pointing at Rou with his claw-like hand. The swordsman's arm finally finished its journey, grasping the hilt with all the might he could muster.
From there, things started to happen very fast.
"I'M NOT A COWARD!"
Rou went from zero to sixty in roughly a tenth of a second, running straight towards Pesco blade in hand. This was beyond a game now - he was being toyed with and ridiculed. Something deep down within him had snapped, and the only thought running through his mind was payback. Pesco was only a few metres away - he would have needed godlike reactions to save himself.
Apparently, that was exactly what he had.
"Ah?!"
The rabbit had performed an elegant backwards vault, using Roukanken's shoulders for support. The half-ghost, with too much unspent momentum to stop himself, tripped and landed in a heap in front of his audience. Pesco took a small bow, giving himself a perfect ten.
"So predictable, うさ. Is violence the only solution you scum know?"
This time no-one was willing to help Rou to his feet. He had to get himself back up, panting heavily with all civility thrown to the wind.
"STOP SCREWING WITH ME!"
He gripped the sword tightly again, ready for a second run. By now the crowd had taken several steps backwards for their own safety, watching with all their interest. Even Alice seemed to be paying full attention. Pesco just kept on grinning, fear never once crossing his mind.
Rou might have just diced him up if a hand hadn't grabbed him by the wrist.
"Uh-uh-uh. Watch what you're doing with that, nyaa."
UncertainKitten was holding him in place, clutching his hand with inhuman strength. In case people ever resorted to actual violence, the GM was given a magical power-up so that they could 'resolve' any fights that broke out, Hakurei-style (read: beat everyone else to a pulp). Rou's bloodlust dissipated, leaving him staring down at his trapped hand in awe.
"You know the rules. We fight with words only here. You were meant to leave those until tonight, but now look what you've done."
Roukanken's mouth bobbed open and shut like he was performing a fish impression. Kiro nodded once as he derived the conclusion he needed; Carthrat looked around nervously, left feeling awkward by the entire incident; Alice, realising the drama was over, had returned to his own interests.
"No...you're not gonna-"
UK clicked her fingers once, cutting off Rou's objection. The topic went dark for an instant, before exploding back into colour as a swarm of zombie fairies surrounded the swordsman.
"Have fun, nyaa~!"
The fairies grabbed him at every joint, lifting him helplessly into the air. As he was forcefully ejected from the topic those present could make out his last few cries of resistance.
"No, you can't do this! Pesco was, he was, he was making fun of me! I couldn't just let him do that! I know he was right, but- kyaaaaaaaaaaan!"
As the voice faded away, UncertainKitten faced those who remained with a severe expression. Pesco was still grinning from ear-to-ear, his point totally proven.
"So yeah, Roukanken was Komachi Onozuka, Mafioso Goon. Night 1 starts now, send me your actions through PMs if you have any, yadda yadda yadda get out."
On the words 'get out', everyone was forcefully logged out of the topic to ensure total silence. UK was left by herself, pouting at the turn of events that had hit her game.
"Nyaa...so brave here, but Pesco just can't be honest with him...it's kinda sad."
