vengaboy: (with the night)
Date "feudal frat boy" Masamune ([personal profile] vengaboy) wrote in [community profile] hotsteamynights2018-12-19 08:03 pm

YEAR OF THE TIGERDRAGON

No matter what language you speak, no matter what country or universe you reside in, a mysterious letter has found its way to you. Those who can read it will recognize it as an ornately scripted Japanese new year's invitation; those who don't might not even know these elaborate squiggles mean anything at all. Either way, when you look up from the neatly folded paper, you're probably nowhere near home anymore.



Where is this?! When is this?! Welcome to Japan as it was kinda, sorta, just shy of the year 1600, esteemed guests! If it somehow feels like it isn't even the right month anymore, that's because local time and date is still on the lunar system. It's fine. New Year's parties are New Year's parties.

And those parties mean alcohol! Music! Dancing! Feasting! Don't be shy! There are a number of attendants in colourful livery nearby, eagerly expecting an influx of new guests. They're all friendly enough, but they don't seem to bear the crest of any particular clan and sharp-eyed visitors may catch the briefest glimpse of a striped fluffy tail or a foxy grin... or is it a trick of the light? If you want nothing to do with any of this, they might pout a little but will send you home without any problem. But if you choose to follow them beyond the gates, get ready for one hell of a night. The only kind of explanation you get for what's going on is that the Takeda and Date clans have set aside their rivalries for a night of PEACE AND PARTY and everyone's invited. What does that mean? Go find out for yourself.

Of course folks from all over have been invited to this thing, but outnumbering the other guests by far are a bunch of rowdy samurai types, some in their armour, many in more formal robes, several proudly bearing banners of red or blue. Nobody appears to have any weapons on them, but if any guest takes that as an opportunity to start some shit they're going to be swarmed in like two seconds, so... maybe don't do that. However! There is plenty of space outside to spar in, if that's your thing! Or you can stay inside and drink, eat, enjoy the music, exchange raunchy stories, be an awkward wallflower, drink some more, witness some weird and kind of horrific family bonding, watch the unique display of gun- and canonfire alongside the fireworks, explore the scenic countryside outside of the compound, listen to some smug asshole in an eyepatch and some kid in red scream really loud at eachother, get playfully bullied into taking part in a ceremony you know nothing about, drain a bottle or two, flirt with famous historical figures, or... whatever you want!

All fandoms, all mediums, AUs, doubles, OCs, etc are all fair play here! Invite your friends! Invite your dog! Go nuts! Just slap a warning up if any threads take a particularly violent or sexy turn. Or both. I ain't judging.

LET'S PARTY!
sixcoinsshort: (He might be the best one)

[personal profile] sixcoinsshort 2019-01-05 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's a sign of the times and also being a ninja bby whose life is suffering.

That gets his attention, and he jumps up like someone lit a fire underneath him.
]

You've seen Master Benmaru?! Where is he?!

[ Please reunite them. Again. This party keeps separating them because it's being RUDE. ]
lucenumbra: (pic#12608646)

[personal profile] lucenumbra 2019-01-13 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh? Has she hit a nerve already? Whether bitty!Sasuke sees it as much, this is her making progress! ]

Master? My my, isn't he a bit too young to have another little one like you in his service?

[ -- which sort of pushes all the more reason for her to reunite the two after being separated in who knows how long. Too bad Bayonetta works and functions on her own set of principles. ]

Hmm, I suppose I could tell you but I can't imagine he'd be at the same exact place I last left him in. He likes to run away from you a lot, doesn't he?
sixcoinsshort: (Lovingly we compromise)

[personal profile] sixcoinsshort 2019-01-16 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Age has nothing to do with it when you're a ninja. He's Benmaru's kagemusha! That's that! ]

He doesn't run away. He get's excited and distracted. There's a difference.

[ He's already protecting his small master's honor. And then later in life he'll more openly call his master an idiot for running off like he does. That is later though. ]

But if you won't lead me to him, then'll find him myself.
lucenumbra: (pic#12610001)

[personal profile] lucenumbra 2019-01-16 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She shrugs. Let's be honest, they both sound the same to her but unlike bitty!ninja here, Bayonetta won't stick around to see him grown up. A pity because she'd facepalm herself alongside Suffersuke in that scenario. ]

Ah yes, because that's worked perfectly for you up until this far.

[ Spirits, little one. Where is your sense of fun? Despite being so short with her, she figures now is enough with goading him and reunite the young man(?) with his assigned charge. ]

Suppose I picked enough fun at you so far. Come along, I'll take you to himself.

[ She rolls her eyes and holds out her arm because yes, you are going to escort her through while she leads you to him. Fair's fair. ]
sixcoinsshort: (You can say you're fine with it)

[personal profile] sixcoinsshort 2019-01-17 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Even a professional ninja like himself has to frown at that jab. He has been looking! Please don't make him feel like any more of a failure at his job...

And the boy is probably at the cusp of hitting puberty at most. Sasuke jumps out of the tree at just looks at her.
]

...

[ The only reason why he has an inkling of what to do is because a faint memory of his mother holding out her arm for his father.

Damn, this height difference is awkward for guiding someone by the arm.
]