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[OPEN] it’s brash, just don’t go
WHO: Tezcatlipoca and YOU!!
WHAT: A night out at the city's worst bar—This is a mingle for everyone to join in on!
WHERE: 12 Steps Down
WHEN: Roughly a week after returning to the base
WARNINGS: Drinking, potentially heavy drinking, drinking-related rowdiness... etc
Tucked into an alley of Tokyo is an unassuming, almost nondescript door, if not for the bright, neon sign above it. It’s more than twelve steps, but head down a narrow staircase and you’ll find a small, dimly lit bar. The décor is eclectic to the point that it feels like a hodge-podge of the failed bars that came before it that they didn’t bother to redecorate, the bathroom stalls have shower curtains instead of doors, and the drinks are some of the cheapest you’ll find in town. And for most, that’s the charm.
( slightly more information here )
After a particularly difficult and unusual kaiju battle, Tezcatlipoca has taken it upon himself to offer a chance for rest. The problem is, it’s his idea of it for this group, which means he thinks his fellow Outsiders need a chance to let loose. So, after talking to the owner of the bar he’s worked at since he arrived, he’s arranged for a night all for themselves. Outsiders only, and the bar is open.
A message is sent out on the network to that effect and includes the address, but this is also an opportunity to make new friends, since it is not a big bar. There’s scarcely a corner for even the wallflowers to fade into the background, so, hey. Might as well hang out at a high-top with your fellow Outsiders and commiserate on the events. Or maybe just take a night to truly not think about it at all.
Throughout the night, you might find some extra activities, in case they’re needed. With every drink you try, you’ll get handed a raffle ticket for crapple—that is, a “crap raffle”. Try your luck and see what you could win! Are you interested in battleshots? Grab a partner (or get forced into it by Tezcatlipoca), and try and sink their battleship. Or, later in the night if you’re especially brave, Tezcatlipoca will shoo everyone out of a corner to set up karaoke. The lyrics show up on your implant, so it’s extra convenient!
Relax if you want. Get rowdy if you want. What happens here stays here, at least in Tezcatlipoca’s opinion.
© tessisamess
WHAT: A night out at the city's worst bar—This is a mingle for everyone to join in on!
WHERE: 12 Steps Down
WHEN: Roughly a week after returning to the base
WARNINGS: Drinking, potentially heavy drinking, drinking-related rowdiness... etc
12 STEPS DOWN
" Nobody really makes a clear-minded decision to visit 12 Steps Down. Instead, the place is a siren that calls to people after three to seven drinks, promising delight and delivering destruction. After a certain point in the night, if you are within a mile’s radius of the bar, you are in the danger zone. "
Tucked into an alley of Tokyo is an unassuming, almost nondescript door, if not for the bright, neon sign above it. It’s more than twelve steps, but head down a narrow staircase and you’ll find a small, dimly lit bar. The décor is eclectic to the point that it feels like a hodge-podge of the failed bars that came before it that they didn’t bother to redecorate, the bathroom stalls have shower curtains instead of doors, and the drinks are some of the cheapest you’ll find in town. And for most, that’s the charm.
REST (?) & RELAXATION (???)
After a particularly difficult and unusual kaiju battle, Tezcatlipoca has taken it upon himself to offer a chance for rest. The problem is, it’s his idea of it for this group, which means he thinks his fellow Outsiders need a chance to let loose. So, after talking to the owner of the bar he’s worked at since he arrived, he’s arranged for a night all for themselves. Outsiders only, and the bar is open.
A message is sent out on the network to that effect and includes the address, but this is also an opportunity to make new friends, since it is not a big bar. There’s scarcely a corner for even the wallflowers to fade into the background, so, hey. Might as well hang out at a high-top with your fellow Outsiders and commiserate on the events. Or maybe just take a night to truly not think about it at all.
Throughout the night, you might find some extra activities, in case they’re needed. With every drink you try, you’ll get handed a raffle ticket for crapple—that is, a “crap raffle”. Try your luck and see what you could win! Are you interested in battleshots? Grab a partner (or get forced into it by Tezcatlipoca), and try and sink their battleship. Or, later in the night if you’re especially brave, Tezcatlipoca will shoo everyone out of a corner to set up karaoke. The lyrics show up on your implant, so it’s extra convenient!
Relax if you want. Get rowdy if you want. What happens here stays here, at least in Tezcatlipoca’s opinion.
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…But, whatever. Is what it is. ]
Ugh, don’t remind me. The good luck this group has, it’s really building up some serious debt.
[ What does that mean? He sure doesn’t explain! But he does set down the simple drink—ginger ale with a splash of cranberry. ]
Like, seriously, a trip to the Underworld and no one died? That’s some bullshit.
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I don't know about that. Could be that we have enough bad luck between us that it's throwing us a bone here?
[That's probably not how it works.]
Was there someone you were hoping would die or something?
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[ Tezcatlipoca sighs, since even if he's explained this to some people, they don't tend to get it. It's understandable, since they're all mortals (largely, anyways), so this point of view is entirely foreign and even monstrous to them.
...It doesn't stop him from being a little annoyed, though. ]
If there's a battle without bloodshed—real bloodshed where people die—isn't actually a good thing. I can't acknowledge battles without it as anything real, personally.
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[They aren't offended by any of it, at least. It's not an idea they enjoy or even agree with, but a desire for spilled blood and death is far from the cruelest thing they've ever seen.]
Or is it something more personal?
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[ Tezcatlipoca pauses and seems to be considering whether he wants to explain this at all... But after his deliberation, he pours himself a shot, downs it, then sighs as he leans on the bar. Sure. He'll get into it. ]
First, conflict is my whole thing. I've got a shitton of domains, but conflict stands above 'em all as my primary one. Part of that is just what I've been "assigned" for lack of a better word, but part of it is also my personal feelings. Conflict ain't something people worship, but it's still important. It's only through conflict that change arises, and change is necessary for the world. Mortals may desire a world without conflict, but it's short-sighted. That would be a stagnant, dead world.
[ Which might not seem related, but that's just the broad concept he feels like he needs to explain first. ]
So, it's the same for battles. I can't respect the people that strive for a bloodless fight, since it's against what I stand for.
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Their head tilts to the side as they ponder it over.]
I can... sort of understand it. Nothing changes if you don't try and change it, and sometimes you've gotta fight to make that happen.
[Boy do they know that.]
And the bigger the change to the world, the more likely it is that people are going to be hurt along the way.
But--and maybe this is just because I come from somewhere with a lot of bloodshed--is it really that bad to want something that doesn't end with people dying? Something that... I don't know, keeps that sort of thing to the moments that really matter.