( OPEN ) FIGHTING CRIME BY MOONLIGHT

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WHO: Every Outsider interested!
WHAT: Catch-all log for cleaning up (or making more of a mess of) Neo Tokyo's crime scene! Refer to the OOC post here for details. Neo Tokyo's current social and political climate can be found under the World / Setting section here.
WHERE: Neo Tokyo, Japan.
WHEN: Nov 2024 & onward.
WARNINGS: Violence, drug use, threats and coercion … whatever else that happens where crime and criminal activity are involved. Please mark for other CWs if necessary!


From the month of November and onward, Outsiders can find recruitment posters around the base for a specialised subsection of an anonymous Neo Tokyo security agency! Feel free to assume that's where most of the directives come from.

Current quests relating to this player plot can be found under < STREET FIGHTER > and < RISE AND THRIVE > on the QUEST BOARD.

People are free to use this log or their own for open and closed starters. However, if you'd like to contribute to the quest chain or setting changes, please remember to eventually submit your links and a summary under the associated quests! Otherwise, go wild!

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[ Petty much…… Shooting Yuwon a look that seems to ask, 'What's your damage?' he swallows down the knee-jerk reaction to shove him back, opting to fold his arms across his chest insetad. ]

You aren't about to tell me that people who get second place are first losers now, are you?

[ like… put him on a surfboard or in some physical activity that requires some level of skill and finesse and he'll be more enthused, but it's not as if he likes the sound of being a defeatist… brooo…

Unfolding his arms with a sigh of resignation, a hand moves to rest on his hip. ]

Look, I'll do my best, but don't say I didn't warn you. One of the major sponsors is that one company that provides most of Neo Tokyo's cybernetic enhancements. I imagine the show will want to put on emphasis on them. [ a tired sigh. ]

If I didn't know any better, I'd wager they just want to use me as a baseline. [ … given the rarity of people who were fully organic these days. ] … Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if that is exactly what they were planning. This kind of stuff tends to get pretty messed up.

[yuwon]

It's true that they aren't winners.

[ by definition anything below first place was the same as losing. people could pretty up the term as much as they desired, but there was no mincing that fact. win and loss were one of the fewest things made clear in this world, after all. but him presenting this in the most literal way aside: ]

So you think it's rigged? Isn't that all the reason we should put them in their place? [ isn't there an intrinsic desire everyone has to put people exactly where they belong? or is it just a show that yuwon disliked this sort of shady dishonesty by principle? it wasn't really any of his business, but he didn't exactly like the idea of being made a spectacle just for someone else's benefit, sponsor or not.

but, is ruining a sponsor's attempt at showcasing their wares ... not the opposite of what they're trying to achieve here? either way. ] ... And why would you be the baseline? [ LMAO. ]

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[ yuwon is the worst person for this… wriothesley wouldn't have done him this dirty… wriothesley come back… fellow white man, save him……


Ongoing mental theatrics aside, he levels Yuwon with what might be the flattest look he's ever bestowed on another person. What is this guy's compulsion to constantly have the last word? Truly, this behaviour ought to be studied under controlled conditions in a lab. If only. ]

Obviously because I'm the gold standard. [ … ] Let's just get this over with, man. Don't forget what we've come here to do.

[ If he were a pettier guy, this would be where he'd bump their shoulders on the way out to the arena. Alas… he's only thinking it… ]

[yuwon]

[ stop?? every time elysium is bullied, he needs to put his hand over his heart and ask if he's never kicked them in the 🥜 before.

instead of there being two people simultaneously giving one person a hard time, they are now having to do a one for one exchange. at the "gold standard" bit, it's clear by yuwon distinct lack of a response that he doesn't necessarily agree. jk, he can acknowledge that elysium put effort into his physique, but at the same time, he can say he's never actually seen him put them to actual work...

facts to mull over. ] You don't have to tell me twice. Isn't it good enough if we just put on a show? [ whatever that entails. win or lose, he guesses if they rake in the money, it didn't really matter.

but it's time for them to pull a x ton ship or did you do season 2? ]

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[ So, what you're saying is Yuwon wants to see Elysium work out in person…… so much for not wanting or needing a gym bro. Not that Elysium would know since he can't read minds, but it's still a lot for me to process. Me. Myself. Ly.

I see. ]

Apparently not, seeing as you don't want to lose.

[ But anyway, it is side of Yuwon's that he hasn't really had a chance to see before. He's seen his refusal to back down from an argument and incessant need to get the last word in, but no matter how hard he tries to appear wry and composed in this very moment, the flicker of amusement breaks through, lighting up his expression despite himself.

Annoying from some perspectives, endearing from others who are significantly more blind, he's sure. Personally? He's more inclined towards the former, and because I've yet to see season two… they will enter the room to be met with a ship, yeah. Except, because they're in the world of cybernetics, their team is just them themselves alone. Woohoo. ]

… You're kidding me. [ A solid grip on Yuwon's shoulder. ] How much do you lift, again?

[yuwon]

[ elysium just showing up at midnight, telling yuwon to spot him at the squat rack... (he wouldn't open the door) insert that one icon here.

the funny thing might have been the fact that yuwon is thinking that exact same thing about elysium. not exactly in a desire to get the last word, but in that the man exuded his own sense of persistence. had he not, perhaps they wouldn't be here presently. but, no one would be able to get these words out of him, and even less, he has no desire to actually acknowledge them.

hence, it's easy for him to fall into position, listening to the challenge with the same apathetic mask he often dons. only partially snapping out of it when elysium asks him that last question. ] That depends on how much you want to struggle.

[ but, actually the "it depends" part is not a lie. it depended on how much he should exert on a show like this.

if possible, he didn't want to rely on any of his skills. ]

Should we put you in the front?