( OPEN ) SEPTEMBER CATCH ALL

[cranekin]

WHO: Tsurumaru & you
WHAT: Misc. open and closed prompts
WHERE: Around Neo Tokyo
WHEN: September
WARNINGS: Tsurumaru has a car

catch-all for the month, open to using tdm prompts, setting up starters, wildcard prompts, etc.
if you would like an original starter or have your own idea, hit me up yosakoi | discord: diejoubus

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( OTA ) Driver's Education?

[cranekin]

(Sometime after a certain network post, a new hover car can be found at LILITH's base. It's a dark blue (almost black) color with white lights and well, it looks nice enough? Let's say it's pulled up in front of the base thanks to using the AI driver feature to get it out of the garage. All of the doors are open, including the trunk, and it might look like it's being used to pick up some items for someone?

If you go to investigate though, no one is around. The car is just sitting there in the open with the windshield wipers going. It isn't even raining.

When you get close enough to it... the car alarm suddenly goes off and it starts beep-beep-beeping loudly, lights flashing.)

Oooh! So it can make noise even when I'm not inside.

(Says a very amused voice nearby. It's Tsurumaru holding the keys to the car.

Alternatively, feel free to run into him in the garage or around base and ask him about his NEW WHEELS.)

( closed ) for Ereshkigal

[cranekin]

(After receiving Ereshkigal's message, Tsurumaru heads over to her room. It takes a little bit of asking around but when he arrives, he'll send her a message to let her know that he's outside.)

Here~

(Except




When she opens the door, he is not there? Well, he is. He's sort of standing off to the side, a little out of sight and as soon as she answers, he'll jump in front of her,)

Boo!

( closed ) for Denji

[cranekin]

(Some time before his birthday, Tsurumaru will message Denji the way he usually does,)

I'm bored.

( closed ) for Aki

[cranekin]

(They drive to ryokan early in the month. And by "they" I mean Aki because Tsurumaru probably definitely was not allowed to drive his own car. They say it's dangerous out here. Away from the city, they're more vulnerable to wild kaiju attacks and it's difficult to travel even through the "safe" roads. Still, some families stubbornly and proudly keep their inns running and manage to make do with all that they can.

So when they arrive, there aren't many people. It's really just the innkeeper, their family, and a few employees that call it home. They might spot the odd customer here or there and are told to give them a large breadth; something about them being from powerful families and as long as they mind their own business, they will be fine. They must be important given the fact that they've arrived with their own guards to keep them safe during their stay and journey.

They receive complimentary tea and sweets in their room and are told that their beds will be prepared for them while they eat dinner. That's all Tsurumaru really knows when the employee spends most of their time talking to Aki in a hushed voice. He's curious, and he tries to listen... when the employee leaves, he's already sitting down, unwrapping both of their sweets for them,)

My... What do you have planned?

(There's so much secrecy.)

( cont. )

[cranekin]

( from here. )

Eh?

(He looks surprised, like this isn't the response he was expecting from her at all. His usual cool and calm is thrown off and there's an inkling of... embarrassment, maybe? He's flustered.)

How did you know? Have you been watching us?

(He thought they were careful in public..........)

... What have you seen?

(OTA) Impulsive Shopping

[cranekin]

( Quest Details.)

(It's hard to walk anywhere in Neo Tokyo without triggering a hologram advert or overhearing a sound truck blaring some special service deal. Just take a walk in one of the train station and it's an endless barrage of colorful advertisements and jingles, switching from one tune to the next and flashing to a new advertisement before you can even process the one before it.

Maybe you're supposed to be doing an assignment with Tsurumaru or maybe he's dragged you into a mysterious invitation to go somewhere surprising. He promises to meet you at a certain labyrinth of a train station. He'll send you his coordinates and some familiar landmarks to look out for. Or maybe it's none of the above and you just happened to run into Tsurumar. He's hard to miss if you know him. Even in civilian clothes, he has a way of standing out. Maybe it's because his sense of fashion and his looks make him look something like a model or some digital influencer.

When you find him, he's looking up at one of the pillars with the changing hologram posters. What is it for? You can't tell because it flickers to another advertisement as soon as you come around. As soon as he notices a familiar face though, he whips around with a carefree smile, )

Yo. (He waves,) Let's go check this out first. It's nearby.

(What was it even for?? Was it for...

1. Ik*a, a foreign home goods store with a certain trendy shark
2. An*mate, an anime goods and doujinshi store
3. Don Qui*ote, a discount goods store featuring a singing penguin
4. WILDCARD... choose your own cursed shopping location for Tsurumaru to hyperfixate on.)