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[Action: Amagi Inn]

[It's only been a week since the place sprung up from the ground and Yukiko has been hard at work trying to clean the place up. After the first contact, the city had mentioned a company that would send people over to become her new staff. Only problem is that they won't arrive until next week, without a doubt due to the Grand Prix coming up. At first Yukiko was fine with it and she could get things straightened around so it would be nice for the soon-to-be workers.

She didn't expect any kind of pest problem to occur. And not just any kind of pests like the normal bugs, rats, or others. These buggers were demons. Not just any demons...

Pyro Jacks.

Those little bastards who were half the reason why the holidays went crazy are relaxing in her hot spring and having a lovely time. Well, until Yukiko showed up.]

GET OUT OF HERE!!!

[That's the polite way to say it...]

[Video: Glasses Vision]

[When the video turns on, the first thing people will notice that it's dark with little spots of floating light popping up. And is that...laughter? Damn pumpkin thing!]

I have a pest problem right now: Pyro Jacks have somehow decided to invade this place and I need them out before any damage can get done!

[Wood and fire? Yeah, do not mix. Even with Amaterasu standing there for light purposes, it's not helping the situation.]

If anyone has ice powers, an ice persona, or can get rid of pests, I can use your help at the inn in Scorpio. I don't have much for payment but when it opens, I can at least give you a free night's stay.

[Now if you excuse her, she has some Pyro Jacks to boot out.]

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[He tilts his head, unsure of what to make of that noise.]

Where in Scorpio?

[She gives him the address before something sounds like it crashed onto the floor. Followed by laughter. Son of a bitch...]

[. . .]

I'll stop by.

See how many you can drive into the hotsprings and shit.

But that was the first place they were at.

[Why do that?]

Yeah.

But it'll easier to drive 'em out if a bunch of them are in one place. Though anywhere outside'll work, if they just won't leave after that.

Going to try to scare them off, so it's better that they're inside and around to wreck shit when they panic and give me room to work. If you're going to going to drive them out, y'need to give them an obvious place to scram to, not chase them around an inn like they're some sort of rat you can't catch worth a damn. Unless you want them to make your inn into a battleground.

[Them panic? Nah, she seems to be the one doing that. The pyro jacks on the other hand are enjoying her going a little crazy. However, she's not going in blind by setting everything on fire: Amaterasu is out mainly for light purposes as well as a flashlight.]

Got any ideas on how to get them there? I doubt there's anything here that they want.

[It's pretty much empty and not much to steal.]

[So using her Persona's out. Guess that's obvious, or she wouldn've been using it to kick their asses already.]

If you can't force them, you're gonna have to lure them.

[He hesitates, his footsteps leading him through Scorpio in the direction she had specified. He's getting close.]

Make them curious, maybe. Give the bastards a reason to follow you. They're demons, aren't they? If they ain't stirrin' up shit, they're out looking for it.

[He certainly watched the mischievous little assholes set a dog's tail on fire.]

Also helps that they're pretty stupid.

Edited 2013-01-14 09:00 (UTC)

[NOT THE DOGS.]

So they have a short attention span then...

[So what else do these demons want more than...and she just had a thought.]

I think I have an idea.

[And she ends her line. Yes Shinji, she's going to start singing a certain song now. You might hear it when you get close enough.]

[He raises his eyebrows as the feed cuts off, but continues on without a word. He navigates through the Scorpio streets until he can spot the inn Amagi specified in the near distance—or so he assumes.

It doesn't take long before he finds himself at the inn's entrance, walking inside the doors and letting his eyes adjust to the darkness that's no longer being chased away by the street lamps.

Is that... singing?]

[Yes, that's singing you hear. And if you notice the little dancing lights, those would be the Pyro Jacks following Yukiko like the Pied Piper. Shinji may not know the number but if any others show up, they just might.

It's weirder with the little bastards shouting 'hee hoo sexay lady~!' every five seconds.]

[Eikichi arrives a few minutes after Shinjiro, carrying his guitar case behind him]

Hooo! That's quite an infestation, isn't it? My, my, my, I guess we'll need to do something about it!

Edited 2013-01-21 08:47 (UTC)

[Singing isn't quite the way he would have gone about it—he's not sure how the idea even occurred to her, but it sounds as if it's working, so he's not about to question the Amagi girl's methods.

He looks behind him when he hears Eikichi approach—he had been following the singing towards what he assumes are the hot springs, but he hears Eikichi well enough—and fixes Eikichi and his guitar case with a long, penetrating stare before shrugging his shoulders.]

Guess so.

Just don't go rushing anything.

[Most likely because they're what Shinji said they were: complete idiots. It was humorous because Yukiko is trying her best at getting the buggers to the springs.]

♫ Green Christmas Style
Hee-ho-hee-hee
Ho, Green Christmas Style
Green Christmas Style
Hee-ho-hee-hee
Ho, Green Chistmas Style ♫

[When she reached the spring...she...might have accidentally had fallen into the water. Oops.]

Edited 2013-01-22 05:01 (UTC)

Tsk. Not that song again...

[Not that he had done better that night with his own musical collection. He can only stare dumbfounded as she falls right into the water.]

Hey! You alright?!

[He rushes over to where she is, uncaring about the Pyro Jacks for now and more concerned about her well-being.]

[ Eikichi's not the only one that's a bit baffled, especially once Yukiko falls into the hotsprings. With Eikichi reacting first, Shinjiro acts more cautiously, but as the Jack's are only singing, chuckling in amused glee, and staying all in one place without breaking shit, Shinjiro only stares at them suspiciously, mentally calling out Castor for only the briefest of moments—a flickering image in the darkness—to Power Charge, following Eikichi path over to Yukiko.

His eyes, however, never quite leave the group of demons. ]

[They're just a bunch of tricksters just wanting to have some fun in this nice warm setting. And maybe mess with the owner a little bit because they sure were laughing when she fell in. Damn pumpkins. At least Eikichi came over to check on the young woman, who was pretty much soaked. Kimonos are not good wet okay?!]

Thank you.

[She remembered something Yosuke mentioned about hitting the buggers with buckets...which she did two seconds after thinking about it. It clocked one of the jacks upside the head enough for it to retaliate with a stream of fire. Too bad Amaterasu stood in front of the attack and simply stared.

Whoops, Yukiko blocks Fire. What now?

And yes, she's still playing distraction for the two boys.]

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