[ 001 video; June 7th, evening; ]

[needs_of_the_many]

[It's that time of month again, huh? All these new faces showing up all over the DEMISE network...

Except this time you don't really get to see a face, just a Venetian mask. The style and the shape looks like it belongs to a woman, but since whoever this person is is using a voice changer, there's no way to tell.

The background is pitch black, with a light shining on the person making the post, causing the metal and stones to glitter and the white mask almost seems to glwo ominously in the light.]

Consider this a courtesy warning to those who have just arrived and don't know any better: you would be better off not putting your faith in Shibusen.

As for those of you who have been here longer...how did it feel to lose your homes to an attack? How does it feel knowing that your very homes are not safe?

You who sit around and do nothing but complain as our homes and livelihoods are destroyed, you now know how it feels to be us.

We were promised an end to this war and instead what we get is you. So we will be taking the fate of our city into our own hands.

[There is no expression to be seen, but the poster leans in threateningly.]

We are Erinyes, we are the avengers and your persecuters. We are everywhere.

((OOC: Characters who have been paying attention to the news and to the network might remember that "Erinyes" is the name of the anti-Shibusen group who incited riots recently. They also kidnapped some Guests and took their communicators...and now you know why!))

Comments

[anpan_tan]

How does it feel to be a cheap communicator thief? Will you steal the children's toys next time? By the way that mask is kind of familiar...oh I know, it was shoplifted from a vintage store a few days ago!

[Bad mood on.]

Besides I am Yamazaki Sagaru, clerk of the Watch and bus boy at Hikan Cafe, and I know I am a loser. Welcome to the club.

[needs_of_the_many]

We bought it, you fool! And we are not losers like you!

LOL

[anpan_tan]

Show the bill, loser.

[needs_of_the_many]

We do not need to show you anything!

[anpan_tan]

[Yamazaki finds something interesting under his nail and tries to pick it out.]

Alright, so you bought those masques. The shopkeeper would surely remember who bought a ton of Venetian masques, right?

[needs_of_the_many]

[...well. Shit.]

Perhaps we imported them! Will you go and hunt down every store that carries Venetian masks in the world, you vermin?

[anpan_tan]

And here you say you're patriots, huh? What kind of patriots import foreign masks instead of buying and wearing the creations of local artists, supporting them this way? Why don't you try to do something useful for this city instead of insulting people who were brought here against there own will yet they fight against the Witches more successfully like most of the local citizens do? Shame on you!

[needs_of_the_many]

Don't you dare patronize me, you fool!

We are doing something useful for this city, more than any of you idiots!

[anpan_tan]

Yes, ruining the homes of peaceful citizens and frighten them is very useful when you're a rebellious teenager who wants to cause panic and chaos and take over the rule over the city, still thinking that it's just like a video game. Now I know you're wearing that mask cause you're afraid of your parents' wrath and also to hide your rashes. Go to sleep or you'll be late from school tomorrow.

[needs_of_the_many]

Where do you get off making all these assumptions about me!?

[anpan_tan]

Grown-ups don't have the time to make a city-wide ruckus, they must make money and take care of their children and do all the grown-up stuff. That's whyIi think you're a teenager.

Besides looking at you gives me the feeling that you're young and pretty.

[needs_of_the_many]

Then, by your logic, an adult who has lost their child to this war would have more than enough time to do something like this!

And don't change the subject, you bastard!

[anpan_tan]

Wait...did you lose your child? I'm sorry for your loss, but it's not my fault if the Witches or their subordinates killed them. We're here to fight them, not to cause you any harm.

...Why, are you saying you're not young and pretty?

[needs_of_the_many]

Ha! Were you not here during last year's Halloween when a few of Shibusen's so-called 'guests' went on a rampage?

Of course not! Who would say that about themselves!?

[anpan_tan]

Yes, you're right. they are 'so-called' guests...because actually they are real citizens of Death City by now. They have friends, companions, job, living place here. Most of them fight for Death City like you did it for their previous home...and some of them go on a rampage sometimes, just like so-called 'native' citizens do. Or are the original inhabitants of Death City all saints and was this place the Eden itself before BREW started to kidnap people?

...So you are pretty. Why don't you take off that mask? It's hard to talk with someone not having neither a face nor a name. Can I call you...Nancy? Or Maggie May?

[needs_of_the_many]

We certainly hadn't gone on to slaughter hundreds in one night! [Okay, that may or may not be an exageration. But the point still stands!]

I DO NOT NEED A NAME!

[anpan_tan]

Neither did I. My girlfriend and I was in the Love Tunnel and...[Yamazaki's eyes turn all starry as he remembers] I barely could tell a word because she's my very first girlfriend and I'd like to marry her and have children and a family and all! It's the best feeling ever! I'd like if people who were born and grown up in this city would come to our wedding! Would you be there, too, Ginevra?