Back to school, anyone?

[betel_geuse]

Betelgeuse's video feed turned on, revealing a gym and some bleachers. Betelgeuse floated just in front of the bleachers, grinning smugly.

"YO, GENESSIA. So, here's the thing. This pretty cool kid, Koishi, introduced me to a thing called danmaku. It's kind of a game, kind of a duel, and kind of a sport. In other words, IT'S EXCITING AND FUN AND YOU SHOULD WANT IN ON IT. This is, eventually, gonna be Genessia's hottest new spectator sport. Only thing is we're a bit lacking in players, know what I mean?

Pay attention, 'cause this is where you come in! I'm opening an official danmaku training course! We'll train you how to play danmaku for a teeny, tiny fee that will go, at least in part, to helping me pay for this gymnasium!

This is an opportunity you don't want to miss! The top danmaku players will eventually earn lots of money and prizes! So, get on your phones and give me a ring!"

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[tenminutes]

Yuri's video flickers on with her hand held up in the 'stop' motion.

"Koishi already told me she'd teach me, you can't charge me for it."

Re: video;

[betel_geuse]

Betelgeuse frowned.

"You sure she didn't mean for you to join the school? I mean, she is supposed to help with the teaching. Look, babes, the fee really nominal. We want to make money off the spectators, not the players.

video;

[tenminutes]

"Absolutely sure, since it was a while ago. Probably before you two even talked about it. But I'll do you a favor and not teach everyone I know for free once I do know, how's that?"

So there! She's fairly certain that she could drive them out of business if she actually did that, but she wouldn't even if he denied her. She's a... generally good person. Not entirely, but generally.

[betel_geuse]

"That sounds fair, babes," Betelgeuse agreed, since it was the sort of thing he would pull himself. "I'll do ya one better, even. Once Koishi gives you a bit more know how, why don't you come be one of our teachers? Big as I see this thing becoming, we're gonna need more hands than just me and her."

Betelgeuse considered this very generous, but he wasn't exaggerating. He wanted this to become big, with leagues and seasons, minor and major leagues...the works!

[tenminutes]

"I'll think about it. I already teach kindergarten too. --Actually, how much are you going to pay teachers?"

That wasn't because she was planning on switching jobs, but she did want to get a house with Battler. With him being a writer, he was working very hard but it was going to take a while for him to finish anything that would generate income. She had to start thinking about ways to supplement their income so they didn't starve for months while trying to pay for a house.. and honestly, that sounded better than moonlighting at a fast food joint.

[koishi_komeiji]

There was some static... some fiddling... And the camera was going all over the place. The picture was bright, dark, bright again, showing a building silhouetted against a red glow... And was that a raccoon? Oh jeez... This was not how you made a video. What in the world was this person doing- oh it was Koishi.

The camera finally focused on the little green haired youkai, the girl fiddling with the phone a bit still. "Oh... Oh There we go! It works now! Hello Mister! Your hair is messier than it was before. It's silly." Of course that was the first thing she pointed out... Her third eye popped up from one side of the screen, swaying gently from side to side. She was in a very good mood.

"Make sure people can fly. You can't play if you can't fly. Sometimes humans have a hard time learning to fly so they wear jewelry with flying magic in it. Or just fill the room with flying magic. That would be a good idea. It's such a basic spell. There needs to be spells to charge things too. Those are really easy. Really beginner level. That way they can throw things if they can't use raw magic."

Her smile got bigger (if that was even possible) the arteries twisting into a more defined heart. "This is going to be so much fun!"

[betel_geuse]

"The hair is a fashion statement, babes," Betelgeuse protested. "Don't worry about the flying. I can get people in the air, if I need to. We gotta talk though, kid. You need to be sending the students to our school! I talked to Yuri and she said you're teaching, which okay, fine, you're the expert. I rented this building, though, and without student fees, I'M GONNA BE OUT A LOT OF DOUGH!!"

Betelgeuse paused, shaking his head.

"Please don't do that to me, kid. I ain't exactly rich."

[koishi_komeiji]

"The school?" She tilted her head. "If you give me a map then I can point to it so people go there. It would help too because if everyone is in one big place I can teach everyone at once. Or else I'll nee to keep saying things over and over and over..." It wouldn't be too hard to send a map to Koishi's phone. Betelgeuse would have to be very clear on teaching the little youkai how to use it though.

"Once you get the hang of it you can teach too Mister. I bet we'll get a lot of students. It's a great and fun activity. I should tell Miss White about this. I know she'd love to come by with Mister Big."

Koishi paused for a moment. "Oh! Mister. There should be pillows. Lots of them to cover the floor. Sometimes humans can be bad at flying. The danmaku shots are non-lethal but gravity still is.

[betel_geuse]

"No problem, babes, I'll make sure you got a good map and I'll hang a big sign over the building too. Finding it won't be a problem," Betelgeuse said, laughing. "Yeah, sure, I'll help out with the teaching. Just think of me as your teaching assistant, university style!"

Betelgeuse paused, looking around the gym. He had only the vaguest idea of where the supply rooms were, but gyms had pillows...no, mats, right?

"Uh, yeah, I'll look around. I think gyms come with those, but if not, we'll get some. I think gymnasts use them."

[koishi_komeiji]

"Yay! A map will really help mister! If you can make your face appear in the box too sometimes that will help." She must have been talking about the phone. "It really helps when people talk to me."

"And I'm really glad you will be helping out. There are plenty of things you can do to assist everyone. Also, I met Miss Raccoon awhile back. She's from my world too and really really good at danmaku. She uses leaves! I bet she'll want to help out too."

Koishi nodded. "Okay! We also need a variety of small objects. Like rice or spheres or anything, really. As long as its throwable and there's a lot of it."

[video] gdi koishi XD

[the_roseblack]

You're not the first one advertising martial arts lessons recently.

More importantly, what are you doing among the living?

LOL

[betel_geuse]

"Really? Who's the competition?" Betelgeuse asked, a bit intrigued. He frowned at her question, though. "Why shouldn't I be amongst you? Genessia brought me here, same as anyone else."

[the_roseblack]

"A man with ridiculous oversized muscles opening a mountaintop dojo. I'm not sure which of you overdid the pitch more."

A shrug from the redheaded general.

"I don't suppose I can hold that against you. You probably don't belong in the Underworld I know anyhow." She ain't afraid of no ghost. Dealing with spirits, demons, and gods (in one way or another) was sometimes part of her job in the Legions.


((OOC: and for some reason I'm wondering what Betelgeuse would think of an Oderus Urungus showing up. I figure BG would be one of very few people with any chance of something at all resembling friendly CR with him XP

Also what the hell is wrong with me for even considering playing someone like that in the first place.))

[betel_geuse]

"Whut? I didn't overdo it! Haven't you ever heard of showmanship?!"

Betelgeuse pouted a bit, then held up his hands in a gesture of innocence.

"Nope, no underworld where I come from, babes, just the afterlife. A nice, boring, bureaucratic afterlife."

He hated his world's afterlife. He wondered if an Underworld was less boring, if the name was just something to scare the living.

(I had to look Oderus Urungus up, but yes! I can see him and Betelgeuse wreaking havoc together. lol)

[the_roseblack]

"It's true salesmen must sell. I've always preferred more substantive information, but then I've been military woman my whole life." Which is longer than he'd guess if he went by appearance. Ejava doesn't look like she could be much more than 20 years old, but she's been in the Legions for upwards of 4 decades--a full half-century if you count her time in the Dragonblooded military academy, the House of Bells.

"In my home, the Bureau of Heaven is staffed by gods. Mortal souls usually reincarnate or become hungry ghosts." Or warghosts, or something. It's a little more complicated than that, as well: the humans of Creation have upper and lower souls which get split up and recombined in different pairs when they reincarnate.

(wahahaha, excellent! I shall begin accumulating icons immediately!

In other news, if it didn't come up in your search, Dave Brockie, who played Oderus, unfortunately died earlier this year :( Goodnight Oderus (obviously super NSFW because GWAR) )

[Audio]

[frostheartedrose]

Hmmm... So what exactly is this 'danmaku'? If it's a glorified collessium I may do something nasty to you just for waking me up.

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[betel_geuse]

"Aw, babes, did I interrupt your beauty sleep? Don't worry! You look delectable," Betelgeuse praised, licking his lips. "Anyway, danmaku is worth losing a bit of sleep. It's gonna be great fun! It's a kind of duel. You throw magic or knives or something in a pattern at your opponent to confuse them, then hit them with heat or energy or some such. The idea is to make these really big, complex patterns. And there's spell cards you can use too."

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[frostheartedrose]

"How can I look delectable when you can't see me? And I don't see how that's any different than what I've been doing most of my life. The other parties do tend to wind up dead so I'm not sure how much spectators would enjoy that. Unless they're Roman of course."

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[betel_geuse]

"Babes. What's seeing got to do with it? You said I woke you up, yeah? Means you were laying down, so your hair is probably rumpled, your face a bit puffy. Plus, I've seen you awake, so I know you're gorgeous. There's fewer things more delectable than a sleepy, rumpled girl, fresh out of bed."

Wasn't that just like the military types, though? Always so serious and making everything deadly...no wonder the afterlife was so overcrowded!

"Nah, babes, that's against the rules! Danmaku is non-lethal dueling, only. You just zap your opponent, a bit. Knocking them out is fine, but I can't build a business, if you go around killing people off."

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[frostheartedrose]

"You're thinking of human women and I'll take your word for it." Yup, she's probably put more than a few hundred thousand into afterlife bureaucracy hell. Bridget was a talented girl like that...

"That's it? Knocking them out? Are there limits on ripping off limbs or shattering bones?" Yeah, now she's just teasing him even though she sounds quite serious.

[Audio]

[mamizou_futatsuiwa]

You must be quite the quick learner to already consider yourself good enough to teach. Or, perhaps, did they enjoy that particular 'sport' where you are from as well? Because that seems rather unlikely, I've not known it to be practiced anywhere else.

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[betel_geuse]

"Wellll, Koishi is going to do most of the actual teaching. I'm gonna be assisting in a 'learn as you go' sort of way, know what I mean? My main role is organizing and getting things on a paying basis. Nah, I've never heard of danmaku, before, but I am a pretty quick learner. So, you interested?"

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[mamizou_futatsuiwa]

I am afraid there is little that she would be able to teach me. I'm already quite proficient in it myself. Which, of course, is to your benefit and why I responded. You see, having only one person capable of it means you could not give a proper demonstration to potential applicants. If you had two, however, it is a different matter. The dear girl invited me to this little get-together some time ago. I take it you are the 'ghost man' she spoke of.

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[betel_geuse]

"Hi, babes, nice to meet you!" Betelgeuse said enthusiastically, rocking up and down on his heels. "Yep, that's me, BJ, the ghost with the most! Welcome aboard, babes! What's your name?"

[Audio]

[mamizou_futatsuiwa]

Mami is fine. Her and I know each other quite well. Don't worry, I am not asking for a cut of your profits for my demonstration. Perhaps if you wish to keep me on as a full time instructor that might be different, but this one time I'll be showing off for free.