THE MURAMASA TRAIN...took a while to get back here

[way_of_justice]

[1]
[For one terrible reason or another you let Ichijou be your navigator through a city. This proves to be a fatal mistake, as within minutes you're both completely lost and have wound up in a completely different place. You're pretty damn sure that the both of you are lost.]

I think we're almost there!

[Ichijou on the other hand is in complete denial.]

[2]



[What started off as dinner in a normal restaurant has somehow turned into a Mexican standoff thanks to Ichijou picking a fight with some random drunk soldiers. The only thing between the two of you and the soldiers now is a bar counter.]

We might need a plan to get out of this.

[A bullet whizzes by.]

A good one.

[3]



[Combat! As usual Ichijou is just rushing ahead. She's surprisingly strong for a girl fighting with a weird gauntlet, she even manages to destroy some grunts in power armor. Still, she's getting in over her head and is quickly surrounded by those grunts. ]

Comments

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[gravitons]

This doesn't resemble the area that was described in the slightest...

[How did they wind up here in the first place? It looked like the complete opposite side of town...

Meanwhile, the bird on the Professor's shoulder grows restless.]


Aah! I had a bad feeling about this! We should've asked for a different guide!

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[way_of_justice]

Look I have this alright! We're nearly there!

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[gravitons]

...

[Shu doesn't quite know what to say here, so he's trying to figure something out to help solve this problem. Maybe he can retrace their steps...

Unfortunately, that doesn't apply to his familiar.]


So you say, missy! But I know someone who's exactly like you; the next thing you know, we'll be in a completely different dimension with no way to get back!

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[zenbuzenbuzenbu]

Why does this keep happening?!

[way_of_justice]

They were jerks that's why. Let me see here.

[Ichijou tries raising her head over the counter again and is immediately forced to duck back behind it. Several more bottles of wine burst.]

Not getting out that way...

[zenbuzenbuzenbu]

Hey, riddle me this.

Any good reasons why we can't just walk away after I beat up everyone?

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[abugslife]

I thought you wanted to show me a unique place, where an amazing local delicacy is served. Food which you won't find in any other location on the entire planet.

...This is a junkyard.

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[way_of_justice]

I-I know that, I just...wanted to show you the sights around here first before we got there.

[abugslife]

And what kind of interesting sights would there be on a junkyard?

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[way_of_bloodshed]

...Ah, youth...

[Bathory covers the same distance in the blink of an eye, and promptly rips the heart out of a grunt with her bare hands-through his power armor. It's quite bloody, but she seems rather pleased.]

Tell me, girl. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

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[way_of_justice]

If I ever met the devil-

[Ichijou doesn't seem too bothered by the display of gore. She sends another one of them flying into a building with a single punch.]

I would slay the devil.

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[way_of_bloodshed]

And if the devil...turns out to be you?

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[way_of_vengeance]

[And Kanae is taking cover with you.]

Ichijou, sweetie, can you please try NOT to pick fights with everyone we meet?

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[way_of_justice]

They just pulled a gun on a waitress to get a free drink!

What was I supposed to do? Sit here and do nothing?

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[way_of_vengeance]

Well our mission is to QUIETLY and CALMLY investigate the area, so...

Yes! Yes you were!!

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[mistaken_for_monster]

But we passed that building over there fifteen times already....

[Volya sounded dead tired as he leaned against a wall and sulked. He was probably exaggerating though. There was obviously no way that Ichijou was that bad.]

[way_of_justice]

No, I would have noticed if we did.

[Ichijou is still perfectly fine, she must be superhuman...or really used to getting this lost.]

[mistaken_for_monster]

But its been like two hours already! We should've been wherever we should be by now....

[Or maybe both! Its times like this Volya wished he could just have Interitus trot by and carry him, but that would bring the knights after him!... Oh and cause a mass panic as well. Just slid down the wall he was leaning on.]

Do we even know where we are?

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[ooh_nya_lets_nya]

[Not to fear! Every hero of justice needs a little backup once in a while, and Ichijou's getting that backup now!]

A lot of enemies today, Ichijou...

[Hmm? Who's saying that?]

But no. It's not enough to stop us! Because tonight!

[Look! Up in the sky! A black figure delivering a brutal kick that smashes through one of the other grunts!]

WE WILL BE THE DOUBLE SIZE-SS HELLIONS!

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[way_of_justice]

[Ichijou's response to that is to rush forward and punch Nyarlko into a wall.]

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[ooh_nya_lets_nya]

[Well so much for the team-up!]

ICHIIIIIIIIIJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU-

[Thud. Nyarlko's armor breaks off from the impact, and the poor Outer God's just wibling there.]

B-but Ichijou... it was gonna be awesome! You like justice, I like people who fight for justice, and-

[Oh god, there's another grunt coming in from behind... which Nyarlko smashes apart with a backflip kick!]

And these guys'll try to kill us both anyways, except I can't die so you can't kill me! So I'm just gonna be helping you and that's that!

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[rapid_slash]

[But what's this? Said armored grunts are suddenly and mercilessly sliced to bits, accompanied by the noticeable whistling of a blade! It's very strange because there's no such weapon in sight, until the hostiles just fall apart to clear the view.]



[All that's left standing afterwards is a mystery man in a blue coat, who sheathes his katana behind him. He scans his surroundings, looking rather disappointed...]

...So, they've left. What a waste of my time.

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[way_of_justice]

That was fast...my eyes could barely keep up with him.


Midou step away from that man, I'd recognize that wretched stench anywhere. He's a demon.

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[gentlecode_scholar]

Assuredly so, my dear young lady!

[Erik does not really mind being super lost. He's taking in the sights - and studying Ichijou herself is more interesting than wherever they are supposed to be going.

He does make a note on his notebook, though. "The human species seems to possess a marked lack of orientation sense. Perhaps due to being so gregarious, the decisions are usually made on aggregate, and when left alone the creatures can barely find their way anywhere. Note: experiment with behavioural mazes"]

[way_of_justice]

It was around here somewhere...maybe...next to that building?

[This was actually going nowhere.]