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Activity Checks / Re: January Activity Check!

« on: January 07, 2026, 03:23:37 pm »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Akira Yaotome, Kusano Yatogami, Eri Hayase

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, caught up on all threads for the most part. Unless asked to join an RP, which I'm cool with. Kinda bored and want something to do. XD

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Hitoshi Mall / Re: Unexpected Encounter (Open)

« on: January 07, 2026, 03:22:06 pm »

Akira knew that Shouta was right, but because of everything he'd been through and of course what Eri and Kusano went through as well, it was going to take time to trust others. Trusting Shouta and Sadie was a risk, but they didn't have a choice if it was only to buy enough time for them to get out of the mall. He hated thinking like that, but in case a full-blown fight broke out, he couldn't expect a lot of the people in the store to survive. The agents from Yokai Inc. are strong and that was the point. They will get what they want, even if innocent people had to die. Deep down, Akira didn't want anyone to die. It was the main reason why he was protective of Eri and Kusano. They were younger than him and were young and unable to properly control their powers. Akira had decent control over his abilities as a half-ghoul. The only thing that sucked was presenting as two secondary genders and food. He didn't want to eat people, but he couldn't digest a majority of food outside of ramen which his stomach seemed to tolerate.

Today was the only glimmer of hope he had that the three of them could get away from the agents of Yokai Inc. coming after them. If they get out of here safely today, they'd have a temporary place to stay. He didn't know how temporary, but it was better than running and hiding every day. 'It is better than running and hiding. We can't ... keep doing this ... They'll eventually catch us.' His gaze was briefly on Eri and Kusano who'd finished eating and was playing with Kusano's kitten before shifting back to Shouta who was still watching the security cameras for anyone suspicious. So far, just regular customers coming in and out of the store like normal or venturing to the cafe located in the bookstore where customers would sit and read books or scroll on their phones. None of them Akira recognized. That was until the camera that showed customers who came and went showed a slender figure, clearly female, wearing a hoodie, hat, and a face mask.

He couldn't tell who they were but immediately pointed at the screen and that particular camera specifically for Shouta to pay attention to. Whoever they were, they were just standing there with their hands in their pockets. Not moving or anything. Just watching at the entrance of the bookstore. "Hey, this camera ... that person is just standing there watching," Akira spoke up, his eyes narrowed. "They surely know we're here now and are just waiting to make a move," he said. He was worried now. If whoever agent this was wasn't entering the store, then it's possible the back exit of the store is staked out by them. 'This isn't good. If that person is a Yokai Inc. agent, then there's a good chance they have the entire outside staked out. Dammit ... we're not getting out of here without them capturing us ...'

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Astraea Academy / Re: School Festival Preparations (Open)

« on: January 07, 2026, 02:29:52 pm »

Mana had entered class awkwardly like she did since school had begun. Luckily for her, she shared the same class with her two friends Sana and Rachel, so it wasn't as bad. Yeah, her male classmates were still a pain about her body, but she made sure to solve that by wearing heavier clothing. The only time she hated wearing a required uniform the school provided was gym class and other activities that would show her body. She couldn't help but hate her body. However, it was nice to have friends that encouraged her to accept the body she was given because she was pretty. Rachel was definitely the one voicing that to her constantly whenever Mana was down in the dumps about herself.

Which helped and Mana was still dealing with her self-confidence about herself, but she was working through it. Being one of few students transferring to Astraea Academy mid-semester, it helped to have made friends quickly. Sana was a little on the aggressive side, but that was towards Alphas. Mana personally didn't have an issue with anyone of a specific secondary gender, but she tried to be the voice of reason for when Sana went off on someone who was an Alpha and of course Rachel who was constantly flirting with their new homeroom teacher. That wasn't something Mana expected, but out of the three girls, she was the only one to keep her two friends out of trouble as much as she could. This would include now as the start of class began as their homeroom teacher Sensei Tachibana entered the classroom which got everyone's attention.

Mana stood along with everyone else to greet him, then took her seat as Sensei Tachibana began to speak to them about the school festival preparations. As per usual, each class had to come up with an idea of what to do that everyone can get involved as well as ensuring that other students would be interested. Mana took notice that Rachel was the first one to give out her ideas for activities they could do. She wasn't surprised at her suggestion of a maid cafe. Mana actually remembered the fourth and fifth graders last year did one and it was mostly silly and tame. On the surface, not harmful or inappropriate, but knowing her friend and her obsession for their teacher, it wouldn't surprise her that she was hoping to serve him at said made cafe event, making her sweat drop and laughing awkwardly at her friend's suggestion. Thankfully, she did come up with other ideas which was good.

It did get silent for a moment regarding the suggestion for the maid cafe, but it was soon solved and suggestions for activities to do had proceeded again. That is until she'd been suggested for the position of committee chairman. Immediately, Mana began to freak out, frantically waving her hands in a circle as she shook her head. "I-Iie! I-I would not be a g-good fit!" Mana exclaimed, her face turning bright red from embarrassment since attention was now placed on her due to her friend's suggestion. It's not as if she would be bad at doing the job, but rather she didn't like standing out at all. She had no idea what Rachel was thinking. There was no telling what was on Sana's mind right now since she'd been very quiet since class began. Which is a first for her.

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Activity Checks / Re: December Activity Check!

« on: December 27, 2025, 04:38:45 pm »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Raven Nightwing

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active

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Activity Checks / Re: November Activity Check!

« on: November 06, 2025, 10:53:58 am »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Kusano Yatogami, Eri Hayase, Akira Yaotome

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, writer's block and work. I'm only in one active thread atm. I'll try to post others if I can muster up something.

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Activity Checks / Re: October Activity Check!

« on: September 30, 2025, 05:33:35 pm »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Kusano Yatogami, Akira Yaotome, Eri Hayase

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, work. I need to respond to one thread and was asked to post in another so will work on that.

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Activity Checks / Re: September Activity Check!

« on: September 16, 2025, 01:15:10 pm »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Raven Nightwing

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, work has been busy. I think I got one thread I need to reply to and was asked to respond to an open thread so I'll try and do that.

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Hitoshi Mall / Re: Unexpected Encounter (Open)

« on: August 14, 2025, 03:38:37 pm »

Akira stared at Shouta as he pretty much made the same declaration as Sadie did before leaving and going out onto the store front lines. If there's one thing he could appreciate about this was that Shouta wasn't trying to mince words with him. He was honest and didn't deny that even Sadie could be selfish. No one was perfect after all. Akira knew that, but as long as it wasn't at the expense of others, people can be selfish sometimes depending on the reasons behind why. This conversation strangely felt normal to the young boy. That was because he hadn't known what that was like since being technically created in a lab in a sense. Sure, he may have been born from two parents but outside of his mother who died in the explosion of the first Yokai Inc. research facility, the only normal conversations he had were with Eri and Kusano.

He nodded, yet frowned. He didn't want to get his hopes up. Not because he didn't believe that the people here wouldn't help them. No, it was more he didn't want to allow himself to feel happy at the possibility of them getting out of this place alive. Agents who worked with Yokai Inc. were still in the mall. There was no question and he knew all of their faces because they would always send the same ones after him and the girls. It was rare when it was someone different, but Akira noticed they were consistent when it came to making sure they had their sights set on their targets and not letting them get away. If it came down to it, Akira had already decided he'd sacrifice himself by getting captured just so Kusano and Eri could escape. The girls were valuable to them sure, but he was more value than both of them. Akira knew that. They'd only stop looking for them for awhile if they only had one of them. Akira was willing to be that scapegoat if push comes to shove.

He glanced briefly over at Kusano and Eri who were still sitting at the table eating the food that Shouta had bought while also playing with Kusano's kitten. For now, they were fine in the room they were in, eating, which he knew that Eri was hungry. He shifted his gaze back toward the screen and watched as customers were going in and out of the store. Akira shoved his hands in his pockets as he continued to stand there. "Um, well, thanks," he finally said after a long period of silence. "I appreciate this, even if it's really hard to trust that anyone is willing to help us. The favor will be returned when those people are dealt with," he added, narrowing his eyes.

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Activity Checks / Re: August Activity Check!

« on: August 14, 2025, 02:56:34 pm »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Kusano Yatogami, Akira Yaotome, Eri Hayase

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, work, need to make responses. Apologies for being super busy and tired ya'll.

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Activity Checks / Re: July Activity Check!

« on: June 28, 2025, 07:35:45 pm »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Kusano Yatogami, Akira Yaotome, Eri Hayase

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, work and waiting on responses.

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Hitoshi Mall / Re: Unexpected Encounter (Open)

« on: June 16, 2025, 03:37:09 pm »

While the girls ate their food, Akira followed Sadie over toward her desk where he could see the lines of coding across the woman's computer's screen. Before he even said anything about it, to inquire what she was showing him, she'd began to explain everything to him about the system she had in place to prevent anyone trying to use devices that would cause the scents of everyone in the area to react to what the devices that the agents from Yokai Inc. had. Never before had he'd seen anyone this prepared. Not to mention, she also had skilled employees that either had specialized skills and/or powers to handle certain situations that happen to arise in the store. "A-Amazing," he replied, blinking in surprise. This woman hired people to help protect not only those that worked there but those that shopped there. This was not something he'd seen during his confinement at Yokai Inc. Everyone was in their individual cells and only allowed to come out when they were needed for testing. Even going as far as to throwing everyone under the bus that didn't side with the board of directors. Which is what happened and why he and the girls escaped like they did. Akira didn't think they would follow them here, but they did and because of that they were constantly on the run. He was tired of running. Just like the girls were. Enough was enough. It was time for action to be taken. He'd thought he'd be there alone to watch the surveillance alone but Shouta had been instructed to stay and report to Sadie via text if there was anyone suspicious that Akira had recognized that came into the store.

That look on the woman's face ... that was a look of declaration he'd never seen in anyone since he'd been here. She wasn't lying about wanting to help him, Kusano, and Eri. If she were, she'd gladly hand them over to the Yokai Inc. agents, yet she was willing to fight to protect them. Even getting the people that worked in the store with specialized skills ready ahead of time. Akira was grateful for both Sadie and Shouta going out of their way to help them and protecting others. She even wanted Shouta to make sure they escaped instead of going back to help her. He hoped that nothing would happen. That the day just passes and no agent from Yokai Inc. tries to come into the store. But the boy knew that wasn't going to happen. It was only a matter of time before they came to the bookstore to look around or even outright just go on the attack with no questions asked. Slipping his hands into his pockets, he stood there watching the computer screens, scanning the areas to look for anyone trying to disguise themselves as a regular customer. He didn't look away, but instead spoke to Shouta, his tone serious. "So, is your boss like this all the time?" he queried, wanting to know if this is how Sadie as a person. Some people have two sides to themselves, and since he didn't know this woman or Shouta, he couldn't help but to be curious. At least, converse instead of being silent the entire time.

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Activity Checks / Re: June Activity Check!

« on: June 12, 2025, 08:38:48 am »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Kusano Yatogami, Akira Yaotome, Eri Hayase

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, work. Need to make responses and have open threads for anyone that's looking for something to do.

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Hitoshi Mall / Re: Unexpected Encounter (Open)

« on: May 21, 2025, 09:46:43 am »

Akira couldn't help but be impressed that these two were working so hard to help them. While he still had doubts in the back of his mind, he couldn't complain that nobody wasn't trying to help them at all. Plus, it was either this or continue to run with all three of them getting captured and taken to the new Yokai Inc. facility. He couldn't let that happen. Sadie and Sho were willing to help them, so he had no choice but to cave for now. But at least he made it clear that if they betrayed them, he wouldn't hesitate to kill them both, which was accepted easily. The two of them were clearly human, but there were actual humans that worked for Yokai Inc. as well. They weren't all executive monsters in lab coats and suits. That much he did know. It's why he hadn't tried until now to ask for help because he couldn't be sure if anyone was working for those people. These two clearly weren't, but there wasn't a guarantee they would be approached individually later and asked to hand them over.

For that, he had to keep a close watch on them for his protection and the girls. They relied on him because he was older, but even Akira knew he could only do so much. He listened to them talk, but then he looked down at Kusano who lightly tugged on his shirt. Looking down at her he smiled. "What is it, Ku-chan?" he asked her.

Kusano pointed over to the table where she'd been sitting before where she'd left the food that Sho had gotten for her, with the kitten perched in bread mode next to it. "Shouta got me food. Do you want to eat? I got extra fries," she said in an innocent tone.

Eri looked up from behind Akira at the mention of food and said, "Can we eat, Aki? I'm really hungry?" she'd asked him.

Considering all they'd been living off of to eat are the vegetables Kusano managed to grow using her own abilities, they did need something more to eat to feel full. He assumed that would be later at Sho's place whenever they left as this really wasn't enough for the three of them. Akira felt he could wait a little longer to eat and simply nodded as he looked at both of the girls. "Sure, go ahead and eat you too. I'll eat later. You need it more than I do. I'll be fine," Akira said to them.

"You sure, Aki? We can share," Kusano said. She didn't want to see Akira going hungry with only her and Eri eating. It didn't seem fair to her.

However, Akira patted both girls atop their heads lightly and leaned his head towards the table, indicating for them to go and eat. "It's okay, I'm fine. Go eat while there's time to do it. We won't be able to carry all of that later with us." He wasn't sure if there would be a chance for them to save any of it and it wasn't a lot of food from what he could see. So, Akira thought it best that Eri and Kusano ate while they still had time to do so. He smiled at them both then gently pushed them toward the table. "Go ahead. Besides, it's better I keep watch some how in case I recognize someone from Yokai Inc. in the store snooping around." As Kusano took Eri by the hand and walked over toward the table where the food was laid out, Akira, in the meantime, turned to face Sadie and Sho.

"Hey, you wouldn't happen to have surveillance of some sort or your computer. If you do, I can easily point out anyone that comes into the store that may work for Yokai Inc. that's been chasing us around and still lurking about the mall trying to find us. I'm telling you this now because even if you close the store early and get everyone situated to leave, they'll try and slip someone in to set off a scent releaser to immobilize everyone to search every part of it. It hits everyone when you least expect it. I've seen it. Those things are dangerous to everyone, including us if we inhale anything release from it," he explained. He wanted to warn them now before they did anything. He knew how those Yokai Inc. agents worked. They had tools to lure out those that have escaped and new targets they're seeking. The sooner these two knew about it now, the better. If they had something to combat that, that would helpful for them all being able to get out safely with no injuries and deaths. Those people didn't care if they killed innocents to get to them. As long as they acquired their targets, that's all that mattered to them. He wished he was stronger so that he could take them down himself but he couldn't. He had to train more with his powers.

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Activity Checks / Re: May Activity Check!

« on: May 11, 2025, 08:28:05 am »

USER NAME: Raven Nightwing

CHARACTERS YOU PLAY: Akira Yaotome, Kusano Yatogami, Eri Hayase

REASON FOR INACTIVITY: Semi-Active, work and muse. Need to reply to threads and have two open threads available. One in Astraea Academy and the other in Hakoniwa Academy.

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Hitoshi Mall / Re: Unexpected Encounter (Open)

« on: April 09, 2025, 11:23:44 am »

Akira raised a brow at Sadie regarding her comment on her place of living. He didn't get the impression that she had anything to hide that was related to Yokai Inc's involvement. The young boy could tell she meant something else entirely and decided not to question it. He glanced over at Shouta who had been the one tasked with housing him along with Kusano and Eri. Hearing that there were other people that had powers and aren't human lived where he did, Akira felt a bit at ease. For many years, those people made it seem like it wasn't possible for humans to coexist alongside other species when it was the furthest thing from the truth. Plus, like Eri and Kusano, he was tired of running too. They had to trust someone, even if it's temporary. Sadie did present the choice of having military officers train Eri and Kusano to use their powers, but that would require reaching out to her boyfriend. He didn't know how to feel about that. It could put attention on them associating with military officers, but Akira wasn't trained at all to be able to help the girls with their powers. They needed someone with similar who had similar abilities to their own that could.

Kusano stood there, looking up at him, while Eri was still hiding behind him, unsure of everything. This was really his call. They couldn't keep running from place to place. Eventually, they were going to end up putting innocent people in danger and Akira hadn't wanted to do that either. He sighed again, carefully bringing Eri from behind him to stand beside Kusano as he knelt down before the two of them with a small smile. "They're willing to help us, girls. What do you say? Wanna stop running?" he asked them both, giving each a rub top their head.

Kusano was confused at what Akira was doing at first, but when asked if she and Eri wanted to stop running, her eyes beamed. She was happy that Akira was going to let Sadie and Shouta help them. Tears began to fall down the sides of her face. She quickly used her hands to wipe them away as she nodded. "I don't wanna run anymore. I wanna stay with them. They were nice to me," she replied.

Eri looked over at Kusano who'd started crying. She felt the same as Kusano, but she still wasn't used to other people outside of the three of them so she was mostly unsure. What she was sure of is that she was tired of running and hiding from Yokai Inc. agents that were after them. Though a frown was on her face, she also nodded as well to Akira's question. "I feel the same, Aki," she said softly.

Getting their answers, Akira stood back up, giving Sadie and Shouta his full attention, his expression was stern. "We're in agreement. We accept your terms." There was nothing more that he needed to say. He would see how this works out for them and go from there. "Make no mistake. If either of you betray us, I won't hesitate to kill you. Just so you know," he warned the two of them. He wouldn't hesitate at all to do what he said to protect Kusano and Eri both. He wanted to make sure he was aware that he would be keeping a close eye on the two of them and anyone they associated with.