[The excitement in the air is so palpable today that even Hijikata gets swept up in it, despite being on duty as part of Nightwake City's police force. When he buys a coffee and donuts for his break (stereotypical much?) he gets vouchers from the vendor, and before he can even get his mayonnaise out someone walks up to him to hand out some vending machine tokens... and it just continues like that. By the end of his shift he has a whole handful of vouchers and tokens. Seeing someone looking at his haul he grins a little.]
Did you also get get so much stuff today? What's going on? Is it the mayor's birthday or something?
Part 2
[Of course the mystery is soon resolved when the opening of the Underground Mall is announced. Hjikata is honestly baffled. How long was this project in the works?! How come he never noticed any underground construction works? Why was so much effort made to conceal it..? Regardless of all these questions (or maybe because of them), he decides to pay a visit to the brand new area. Honestly, he's had kind of a tough first half of the month, doesn't he deserve a break?
Soon enough he finds out that the trip to the mall was worth it for the mayonnaise vending machine alone. He can be founds inserting coins for what seems to be his 5th bottle already. Sure, he has a Spread Stick for infinite mayonnaise, and there are supermarkets on the surface, but this just gives him so much joy!]
This place is great!
[He's so happy, he may actually shop around with another motivated person! Depending on who it is (or, in case of a stranger, on how persuasive they are) he might even treat them to a few rounds at the ufo catcher machines.]
Part 3
[After seeing pokémon in action here on Ellipsa (thanks to Clavell and Eren) Hijikata is pretty impressed with how powerful and dangerous (and creepy) they can be, so he's baffled to see a vending machine for them. This has to be a sham, right? There's no way they'd give them actual living pokémon!
But of course he takes the one shot he has at it, and when he releases his pokémon from its ball it's a little orange-black pig creature. He crouches down to pet it, and to his delight it easily allows it. Moments later he has found a couple more vending machine with plastic kitchen utensils and pet food, respectively, and is now watching his new tepig eat mayonnaise-covered cat food from a plastic bowl.]
You are such a smart boy... or girl, I don't know.
[It really likes the mayonnaise!! That makes him so happy!]
Welcome to Our Dark Side
Part 1
[When Hijikata hears about the hidden lower levels of the mall and the shady ongoings there, it naturally sets off his cop instincts. He eventually locates one of the special teleport nodes - he usually avoids those and will rather take stairs and escalators; he doesn't trust anything that takes him apart into atoms! - and soon finds himself one of the the "forbidden floors" (the tepig still on his arm - he's just going to take a quick look around; no need to go home and put on his police uniform!).
Look inconspicuous, little pig. We're just taking a look around.
[The clothing shops selling anything from ninja wear over ski masks to harnesses for all sorts of weapon holders absolutely raises his eyebrows, as do the dozens of blatant arms dealers... even the restaurants have strange meals on the menu, promising things like longevity and supernatural abilities from mythological-creature-sourced ingredients. It's like a theme park of crime down here. And that's without getting into the vending machines!
He spends way too much time staring at the body part cakes behind the glass before slowly arriving at the conclusion that they're facsimiles. Still, he almost hesitates to look at the next one... almost. As he studies all the strange offerings in the machines he talks to his pokémon again (it's wild how fast he's taken to conversing with it), but of course it'd be easy to mistake it as him addressing whoever is nearby.]
I know this is probably a bad idea, but I kind of want to see if the Cheat Slip really does what it promises. I'd like to learn some of my advanced summer powers instantly! But trying to do anything the easy way never works out, does it?
Part 2
[By the time Hijikata finds out about the casino he's already been contacted by his boss Harrison. The Police Chief tasked him (and his partner Dojima, who must be down here somewhere too) with investigating the place while they're there in civilians mode. Hijikata told him right away that the entire lower levels of the mall are far beyond sketchy and every single business seems linked to, if not entirely based in, criminal activities, but Harrison cautioned him to not make a ruckus (for now). As such, he is behaving himself...
Or at least he tried! He apparently isn't even getting into the casino; instead he can be seen in an altercation with a bouncer at the entrance.]
What do you mean, "no pigs allowed"?! It's really well-behaved!
[He angrily holds his tepig up.]
I'm talking about you!! You're the fuckin' cop who busted my brother for speeding! I was in the passenger seat! What, you don't remember?!
[Recognition dawns on Hijikata's face... along with a smug sneer.]
Oh, right... they pulled his license for two years, right? If it'd been my call I'd have made it twenty! You better not be as shitty a driver as he is, else you can kiss yours goodbye before you know it, too!
[Is there anyone inclined to deescalate this fight? Or make it worse? Or help this ill-tempered man negotiate/bribe his way in (or try another entrance)?]
Part 3 (... sort of!)
[You've been captured by the Hearts gang? They're intimidating, threatening, maybe even restraining you, intent on subjecting you to their nefarious experiments? Or maybe they've already gone through with it? Well, you're getting rescued! The door of the backroom slams open, and a man and a little pig burst in (yes, he's still lugging it around... clearly this is what a pokémon is there for, right?).]
Freeze!! You fuckers are going to let this person go right this instant, or I'll send you to hell--
[He only gets that far before multiple gansters raise their guns and shoot at him. Luckily for him (and his tepig) he and Sun spent some time training his Aura which Sun unlocked for him, enabling him to summon up a shield that appears as green energy in the nick of time. There's a nasty glint in his eyes as he summons his fire magic (and the little pig pokémon does, too, in a small fiery snort). You're about to be caught in the middle of a flaming infero / shootout combination. Is this really improving the situation?!]
Toshirou Hijikata | Gintama (Prismatica & Isle of Avalon CRAU) | Summer | In the game already!
Part 1
[The excitement in the air is so palpable today that even Hijikata gets swept up in it, despite being on duty as part of Nightwake City's police force. When he buys a coffee and donuts for his break (stereotypical much?) he gets vouchers from the vendor, and before he can even get his mayonnaise out someone walks up to him to hand out some vending machine tokens... and it just continues like that. By the end of his shift he has a whole handful of vouchers and tokens. Seeing someone looking at his haul he grins a little.]
Did you also get get so much stuff today? What's going on? Is it the mayor's birthday or something?
Part 2
[Of course the mystery is soon resolved when the opening of the Underground Mall is announced. Hjikata is honestly baffled. How long was this project in the works?! How come he never noticed any underground construction works? Why was so much effort made to conceal it..? Regardless of all these questions (or maybe because of them), he decides to pay a visit to the brand new area. Honestly, he's had kind of a tough first half of the month, doesn't he deserve a break?
Soon enough he finds out that the trip to the mall was worth it for the mayonnaise vending machine alone. He can be founds inserting coins for what seems to be his 5th bottle already. Sure, he has a Spread Stick for infinite mayonnaise, and there are supermarkets on the surface, but this just gives him so much joy!]
This place is great!
[He's so happy, he may actually shop around with another motivated person! Depending on who it is (or, in case of a stranger, on how persuasive they are) he might even treat them to a few rounds at the ufo catcher machines.]
Part 3
[After seeing pokémon in action here on Ellipsa (thanks to Clavell and Eren) Hijikata is pretty impressed with how powerful and dangerous (and creepy) they can be, so he's baffled to see a vending machine for them. This has to be a sham, right? There's no way they'd give them actual living pokémon!
But of course he takes the one shot he has at it, and when he releases his pokémon from its ball it's a little orange-black pig creature. He crouches down to pet it, and to his delight it easily allows it. Moments later he has found a couple more vending machine with plastic kitchen utensils and pet food, respectively, and is now watching his new tepig eat mayonnaise-covered cat food from a plastic bowl.]
You are such a smart boy... or girl, I don't know.
[It really likes the mayonnaise!! That makes him so happy!]
Welcome to Our Dark Side
Part 1
[When Hijikata hears about the hidden lower levels of the mall and the shady ongoings there, it naturally sets off his cop instincts. He eventually locates one of the special teleport nodes - he usually avoids those and will rather take stairs and escalators; he doesn't trust anything that takes him apart into atoms! - and soon finds himself one of the the "forbidden floors" (the tepig still on his arm - he's just going to take a quick look around; no need to go home and put on his police uniform!).
Look inconspicuous, little pig. We're just taking a look around.
[The clothing shops selling anything from ninja wear over ski masks to harnesses for all sorts of weapon holders absolutely raises his eyebrows, as do the dozens of blatant arms dealers... even the restaurants have strange meals on the menu, promising things like longevity and supernatural abilities from mythological-creature-sourced ingredients. It's like a theme park of crime down here. And that's without getting into the vending machines!
He spends way too much time staring at the body part cakes behind the glass before slowly arriving at the conclusion that they're facsimiles. Still, he almost hesitates to look at the next one... almost. As he studies all the strange offerings in the machines he talks to his pokémon again (it's wild how fast he's taken to conversing with it), but of course it'd be easy to mistake it as him addressing whoever is nearby.]
I know this is probably a bad idea, but I kind of want to see if the Cheat Slip really does what it promises. I'd like to learn some of my advanced summer powers instantly! But trying to do anything the easy way never works out, does it?
Part 2
[By the time Hijikata finds out about the casino he's already been contacted by his boss Harrison. The Police Chief tasked him (and his partner Dojima, who must be down here somewhere too) with investigating the place while they're there in civilians mode. Hijikata told him right away that the entire lower levels of the mall are far beyond sketchy and every single business seems linked to, if not entirely based in, criminal activities, but Harrison cautioned him to not make a ruckus (for now). As such, he is behaving himself...
Or at least he tried! He apparently isn't even getting into the casino; instead he can be seen in an altercation with a bouncer at the entrance.]
What do you mean, "no pigs allowed"?! It's really well-behaved!
[He angrily holds his tepig up.]
I'm talking about you!! You're the fuckin' cop who busted my brother for speeding! I was in the passenger seat! What, you don't remember?!
[Recognition dawns on Hijikata's face... along with a smug sneer.]
Oh, right... they pulled his license for two years, right? If it'd been my call I'd have made it twenty! You better not be as shitty a driver as he is, else you can kiss yours goodbye before you know it, too!
[Is there anyone inclined to deescalate this fight? Or make it worse? Or help this ill-tempered man negotiate/bribe his way in (or try another entrance)?]
Part 3 (... sort of!)
[You've been captured by the Hearts gang? They're intimidating, threatening, maybe even restraining you, intent on subjecting you to their nefarious experiments? Or maybe they've already gone through with it? Well, you're getting rescued! The door of the backroom slams open, and a man and a little pig burst in (yes, he's still lugging it around... clearly this is what a pokémon is there for, right?).]
Freeze!! You fuckers are going to let this person go right this instant, or I'll send you to hell--
[He only gets that far before multiple gansters raise their guns and shoot at him. Luckily for him (and his tepig) he and Sun spent some time training his Aura which Sun unlocked for him, enabling him to summon up a shield that appears as green energy in the nick of time. There's a nasty glint in his eyes as he summons his fire magic (and the little pig pokémon does, too, in a small fiery snort). You're about to be caught in the middle of a flaming infero / shootout combination. Is this really improving the situation?!]