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[pcrtiallystcrs]

【the ❝CALL ME OUT❞ meme】
a roleplay meme to inspire muses.

♛ extended muselist can be found here! heck, bully me into making a journal for ones i haven't yet if you want. ♛ post "calling" one of them out — you can do so by putting their name in the subject line! ♛ any genre or cr works! i love ships but i love friendships too! i don't generally smut and to be honest if something does happen i'd rather it be very, very private. ♛ desired aus: soulmates, pokemon, coffee shop/bakery, found family, detective and thief, persona 4, persona 5, angelic layer, royalty, fantasy (high fantasy, urban fantasy or jrpg), mermaids, pirates, monsters, post or mid apocalyptic (ask for zombies), genshin impact, fruits basket, stardust, infinity train, demon slayer, soul eater, identity v, any fusion of some previously stated au... ♛ favored memes: none yet, but feel free to send me one to work off of! ♛ as i'm still in active games, i think i'd like to hold off on crau for right now. meme code.

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[mightdoriya]

[Murder was nothing to take lightly. Not just in general, but particularly those committed at the hands of yokai in this world. Society had advanced quite a bit for humans to even consider coexisting among the spirits, and the reverse tended to be equally as true. People forgot that humans could just as easily hurt yokai as yokai could hurt humans. Humans simply had the natural advantage in the fact that they were commonly weaker, lacking the same magic and abilities most yokai posessed. Who would believe, then, the word of a young nekomata over that of a grieving family? Hell, an angry one seeking justice?

It made Izuku's job...difficult. And while he prided himself in his work, he wasn't one of those zealots who took pleasure in hunting yokai. He was a hunter in title only. His priority was seeing that both sides were treated fairly with the proper respect and representation. That's why he's agreed to come meet with this yokai today, to see if he can act as some form of mediary force so that she'd actually be given the opportunity to defend herself. A rarity, in cases such as these.

He enters the building slowly, spotting her long after she's noticed his presence, no doubt. She'll do well to notice he's armed, but he's being careful to keep his hands up where she can see them. He doesn't want any trouble here. He's just here to speak with her.]

So you came.

[fortuna_tenax]

Considering my other options are 'stay on the run for the rest of my life' or 'die for a crime I didn't commit'? Of course I did.

( there's no hiding that she's angry and bitter, but. well. it's hard not to be with a situation like this! nekomata already have a bad rap- the, uh. necromancy probably didn't help any, nor did the ability to consume souls and the general history of causing misery. but those were old stories- it'd been thousands of years, yokai have changed- this was ridiculous.

and yet, all it took was a similar magic residue, claws and fur, and she was on her own.

again.

sighing, jinx crosses her legs, trying not to claw up the armrest. as relieving as scratching things up was, she didn't need him thinking she was violent already. ... provided he didn't look in the attic. after a moment of silent staring, she sighs.)

... I didn't do it. I don't even know who those people are. And everyone knows that- that eating people is how you lose yourself.

( despite the hunter trying to be reassuring... part of her is already resigned, in truth. she can run faster than he can pull out a weapon. but he's willing to at least try, so she will too. )

[mightdoriya]

[Does everyone know that, is the question...every yokai may, but humans are much less knowledgeable in how they function. That's exactly why Izuku is here, to try to be a connecting force between the two in the hopes that actual, real justice here will be served.

Izuku stays a respectful distance away, standing in the middle of the floor as he lets Jinx speak first.]

I need you to tell me where you were when this happened, then. What you were doing that night.

shes actively plotting to break the real culprit's nose tbh

[fortuna_tenax]

You'll need to check and make sure nothing was messing with time.

( that was a problem with supernatural murders- assuming the culprit was even supernatural to begin with. when one had the right magic, alibis didn't mean shit. and she knows that in pointing that out, she makes any alibi she has immediately suspect- but. maybe that will help show her sincerity? )

It was Wednesday night, right? I was downtown. I wasn't with anyone, but I was peoplewatching, I guess? Just... enjoying the night. ( not the strongest alibi, but she hadn't been feeling particularly social. ) I didn't enter any businesses for more than a couple minutes- just to get an iced latte, things like that.

[mightdoriya]

[It's really up to Izuku here whether he wants to take her as genuine, or that everything she's saying is suspect. Nekomata are known for being mischevious after all, but she does seem appropriately exasperated in taking heat she didn't earn. If anything, she would be taking gleeful responsibility if she'd really done this.]

Did you see or hear anything unusual?

[fortuna_tenax]

( did she...? leaning back against the chair she'd chosen, jinx thinks... night life was always a little unusual as a whole. but there was one thing... she'd written it off at the time. )

There was... a ringing sound. Like a bell or chimes, that I could hear over everything else, even though it sounded small.

Figured it was just someone doing magic.

[mightdoriya]

[A bell or chimes...Izuku writes that in his notebook, underlining it since it seems like it could be an indicator of a specific yokai at work, here.]

So you didn't think much of it, correct? You heard it and assumed nothing untoward was going on?

[fortuna_tenax]

At the time, not really. Some people cast in public, or it resonates like that. It happens.

( if she'd taken it more seriously, would people be alive right now? ... jinx shifts where she's sitting, drawing her legs in more. if she were alone, maybe she'd let her troubles show- but the most izuku gets is her curling in a bit more, and the anxious flicking of her split-tail. )

Hindsight sure is a bitch.

[mightdoriya]

[He might not be able to tell exactly how he's feeling, but he's done this job enough to know how to speak through body language. She's agitated, but that much has been plain from the start.]

Can you think of anything else? Or did you find the suspicion cast on you shortly after that?

[fortuna_tenax]

It was a couple days later that people started to avoid me. I don't know who realized it could have been a nekomata, but it spread and some of you guys don't exactly have a good reputation... even for people who build their careers off of hunting us down.

( the last bit is said all too dryly. but it's... not wrong. the fact that humans get to have a known, respected occupation based on hunting yokai, who live in scrutiny, is kind of... how do you say... fucked? worse that it's justifiable. but she's heard stories of hunters that'd take down the stray yokai and then mark ones they knew for later- like attracts like, after all.

if jinx was guilty, no one wanted to be associated with her. )

Eventually a shopkeeper let me know what was happening. ... I... wound up hiding for a couple days. But that's not going to fix this.

[mightdoriya]

[Oh no it's absolutely fucked. Izuku doesn't have to like this any more than Jinx does, and even though it's his job? He knows that it carries some pretty awful connotations with it.

So. That's fun.]

That's what I'm here for.

[He says as he takes his notepad and puts it away into his pocket, for now.]

I'm not here to persecute yokai indiscriminately. I want to see justice done, and that means for you too. For all intents and purposes, for the time being, I believe what you're telling me is true.

i love the mystery aspect but also cant wait for them to just be a yokai hunter and his crime cat

[fortuna_tenax]

( she'd like to say that she's an unreadable wall of stone- but even without her ears and tail, jinx is a girl who wears her heart on her sleeve on some level, regardless of how much she may want to. the way her shoulders sag even though she sits up for a moment before relaxing into the chair again, the spark of hope in her eyes- her relief is more than evident. but then she's back to business. )

I want to find the person who's throwing me under the bus like this. ( she's gonna destroy them, but like. several dead, at least one innocent framed? they've earned it. ) And I know the area. But I'm not goin' into any holding facility, got it?

GOD RIGHT, GOOD COP BAD COP

[mightdoriya]

I know. That's why you're coming along with me.

[He says that like it's a done deal as he looks towards the entrance he recently came in through.]

You know the area, which means you know every nook, cranny, and possible hiding place for other yokai to blend in. We need to ask around and see if any others saw something you didn't. Look for clues at the scene. That sort of thing.

GOOD COP, RUDE CAT IS MORE LIKE IT

[fortuna_tenax]

( oh wow, they really were on the same page, weren't they? who'd have thought? ... granted, he probably won't be pleased to know she plans on hexing the culprit until they're begging for mercy, but still. a cat's gotta do what a cat's gotta do. )

Very well, but I can't go out like this for too long... so.

( jinx inhales, and in a puff of smoke, she's gone- and in her place is a particularly fluffy, small black cat with green eyes... that shine pink when she 'talks' again, split-tails flicking back and forth. )

Hope you don't mind being a cat person for a while. But no one's going to trust me as I was.

[mightdoriya]

That's fine. If I can do my job as well as I'm hoping, we won't be out for long enough for it to matter.

[He tilts his head a bit towards the exit, leading the way with the expectation she'll trot at his heels.]

The actual scene of the incident isn't going to be something we can just walk up on, but I imagine we'll be able to do some of our own sleuthing in the surrounding areas.

[fortuna_tenax]

( oh izuku. honey.

almost immediately, there is a small cat jumping up and perching on his shoulder, tail flicking still- swishing about back and forth like she's playing. and no, she will not be moving, and she's not sorry at all. )

You could probably ask to at least see pictures for the records, since it's for your job. Anything to help a hunter and all that.

[mightdoriya]

[Izuku exhales on a sigh, but he doesn't make a move to try to shoo her off. This is fine, he can put up with this for now.]

Right...not a bad place to start.

[And out they go! Nobody would suspect a dude with his cat, even if she's doing her best impression of a shoulder parrot right now.]

Just promise me you'll behave, okay?