ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Sept 20, 2024 0:01:07 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Sept 20, 2024 0:01:07 GMT
As it turned out, Quirk-activated-Yasu talked to himself too. Or herself? That introduction definitely seemed like this... personality? Mode-swap? Jingjing wasn't sure and if they weren't in the middle of a fight she'd have been curious enough to ask about exactly what was up with them. Was it a body-jacker Quirk taking over to help? Mind control from a telepathic friend? A split personality Quirk? All those speculative thoughts suddenly came crashing to a halt with Otawa's arrival on the scene, Jingjing craning her head up and leaning back to stare at the towering two headed figure.
"Big..." Was her summary, envisioning getting brutally crushed or torn apart by the not-quite-giant. Locking up like a deer in headlights, Yume had no issue at all scooping her up and making a break for it. Snapping out of it, she let herself get carried off to safety... and karma came back to punish her for her laziness when she found herself unceremoniously dropped on the floor again. With another "Oof", Jingjing accepted the helping hand to get to her feet and took a moment to make an attempt at straightening out her costume and getting and dirt off of it as best she could. "Well, I mean, we didn't get hurt, got in a couple hits in before leaving, and 'prevent you from being robbed or maimed' was the win condition, right?"
Giving them a thumbs up and then tilting her head to one side, she gave a bow - horns still jutting out from the sides of her head - and introduced herself. "I'm Fan Jingjing, by the way, and I really do work at a costume cafe with a nice view by the river."
She'd lost all her fliers and the girls would call her lazy if she didn't at least try to drum up a little bit of business!
Yasu & Yume,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Sept 19, 2024 22:33:16 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Sept 19, 2024 22:33:16 GMT
Being called an idiot didn't bother her, not when it was in that bickering-y tone anyways. If she didn't get tossed she probably would have bickered right back, but she did and then she was attempting to dust herself off as she got to her feet. Her costume wasn't ruined but it was definitely getting more frumpy by the minute! And did these jerks even know how hard it was to get any kind of dust out of white sleeves? Returning the side-eyed look Yasu gave her, Jingjing would have pointed out that making an enemy lose their cool was a pretty common tactic but the thugs had apparently been provoked plenty at this point.
"That's the spirit!" She brought one hand up into the air, other hand up near her mouth like she was cheering Yasu on from the sidelines as he charged in and showed some really slick moves that he didn't normally look capable of. The complete 180 in voice and attitude was a surprise too. With a big poof mid-cheer her mane and horns came out, pushing her collar open as she took a wider stance to get ready to headbutt some thugs.
"I'm not a heroine, actually! Just a girl that works at a cafe!" She declared before throwing her stack of fliers in the face of one of the gang members about to swing at her before ramming them right in the gut.
Yasu & Yume,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Sept 19, 2024 21:47:50 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Sept 19, 2024 21:47:50 GMT
Jingjing tipped her head to the side at Yasu's response, chiming back "I'm saying its okay to like bad things?" half to him and half to the thugs to see if they had any better idea what she had said wrong. Maybe this guy was one of those if-I-like-it-it-has-to-be-great types? She liked lots of bad things, and didn't mind admitting it! But more importantly the guy was still talking to himself and making himself sound like a nutcase - but she was willing to give him some benefit of the doubt here. Maybe he was a telepath talking to a friend? Or maybe a friend was a telepath talking to him? Or maybe he was wearing a wire? Ooooh maybe he was actually undercover?
Distracted by her thoughts she wasn't paying attention as one of the thugs grabbed her jacket, snapping her head down to frown as she stared at his hands. "Hey, watch the suit, the wrinkles took forever to get ou-" and then she was being tossed towards Yasu. Instincts kicked in and she tucked her arms in close to her body and legs close together and turned her toss into a shockingly elegant little twirl... but was going to fail to stick the landing and flop unceremoniously on the ground if nothing intervened. Either way she'd murmur a "Oof", more at her outfit being scuffed up than anything else before turning her attention to Yasu. She had no idea who Yume was, or what he was talking about, but if he didn't mind using his Quirk to fight off some thugs? She didn't mind encouraging it!
"Well, these guys look pretty mad. You're pretty mad, right guys?" She asked, getting some yells of "No shit!" and "Of course!" and one "Not rea-" before that one got silenced with a bop to the shoulder. Nodding at the confirmation, she got ready to hype herself up. Being tossed had actually helped a bit. "So since they're mad they probably won't just rob you, they'll beat you and maybe even maim you and who knows what else!" Jingjing gave a little 'bleh' sound at the horror-movie-tier images she put in her own head, ready to transform at a moments notice if she had to.
If his Quirk worked anything like hers, imagining what horrible things might be done to them would definitely trigger flight-or-fight pretty hard. Yasu & Yume,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Sept 19, 2024 18:25:21 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Sept 19, 2024 18:25:21 GMT
Glancing between one gang member and another, her bright-and-cheerful act briefly became genuine when one of them complimented their coffee and the short girl gave a self-indulgent little mie-xie-xie giggling snicker at the praise for their coffee. And a little bit at how silly the whole tough guy act was. Honestly, what was wrong with liking coffee or costume cafes? But then her good mood faded when one of the thugs tore up her flier right in front of her, and had the nerve to threaten her on top of that! With... what, exactly, she wasn't sure. Glancing in sincere confusion at Yasu, ignoring the shake of his head, she gave him a scrutinizing once over with a slight squint of her eyes and a scrunch of her nose she failed to see anything wrong that had been done to him at all. Although now that she was looking she noticed something and turned back to the gang member to ask: "Even shorter?"
She wasn't trying to be mean, but maybe this guy had some kind of shrinks-you Quirk? That thought put her a bit on edge, shifting her feet to be ready to move at a moments notice. She couldn't afford to get any shorter than she already was!
Then the whole natto reveal happened, a grossed out face flashing across her face even as she chimed in to defend him with her hands on her hips. "That's right! Just because he likes slimey, rotted beans that smell like a dumpster and talks to himself doesn't mean you should insult him over it! Didn't your parents teach you any manners? Or are you just not 'tough enough' to eat natto?"
Yasu & Yume,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Sept 18, 2024 0:10:11 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Sept 18, 2024 0:10:11 GMT
On her way to the festival herself, Jingjing had fliers tucked under one arm decked out in a blue and white uniform with big yellow buttons and a long tie that swayed as she power-walked along. It'd taken longer than she'd expected to get her costume how she wanted it before heading out and had lost track of time. Who knew it was so hard to get a tie to sit exactly right and keep sleeves from getting all wrinkled? Normally she didn't actually care that much, but being super snazzy and tidy was part of the costume this time! As much of a hurry as she was in she almost didn't notice the brewing conflict, pausing with one leg raised high for a step and tilting her head to the side. That sure looked like a mugging to her. For the briefest moment she remembered Ando-san trying to dissuade her from vigilantism... giving a mental 'pfft' at that - she hadn't even sought it out this time! Or the last couple times, actually! Was she supposed to just ignore it because it wasn't her problem? She didn't think Ando-san was the kind of person who would disagree that helping someone in trouble was the right thing to do, and besides she wasn't here to be all armored and tall and scary anyways. Pivoting on her grounded foot Jingjing turned towards the commotion and took a couple more steps before calling out: "O-hay-o! Have you heard of Random Cafe? It has a great spot by the river, plenty of cute employees in all kinds of costumes, and great snacks and service!" With a big beaming smile and a tilt of her head to try and channel her best sales pitch, arm held up and out with a flier towards the taller thug. Eyes half-closed to try and help sell the smile on her face, Jingjing glanced at Yasu out of the very corner of her eye to try and convey that she was attempting to help him out. Yasu & Yume,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Sept 17, 2024 18:49:05 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Sept 17, 2024 18:49:05 GMT
Jingjing just gave a hasty "Uh-huh, Crab Fishing!" at Masao's confusion, and thankfully the hero student was on the same page when it came time to shove the villain overboard. Plopping down with a exhausted sigh, feet out to the sides with her hands together in front of her as she peered over the edge to watch the bubbles rising up from where the villain had sank. "Good thing your armor isn't bouyant." Jingjing noted, before giving a nod at Masao's question about her Quirk side effect. She could have explained it fully, but there wasn't really all that much in her book - she forgot who she was temporarily whenever she overused her quirk. For once it had actually come in handy instead of being inconvenient, though, so she couldn't help the amused look on her face.
Sure enough Masao got her Quirk back and promptly excused herself to rescue the villain from potentially drowning, Jingjing puffing out her cheeks in a pout and complaining "Do we have to?" even as she pushed herself to her feet and helped Masao and the villain out of the water again when they resurfaced. Not that she had much strength to offer, but it was the thought that counted, right?
The flames suddenly vanishing from around Jingjing's head had her patting at her cheeks and hair curiously, a big beaming smile breaking out on her face as her horns and fluffy mane returned with a poof. "Yes! Its back!" She brought both arms up and crossed to hug her own mane and give her horns a few affectionate pats, and if Masao hadn't been busy restraining the villain she would have given her a big hug out of sheer gratitude. She did chime in with a quick "Wins a Win, loser!" in response to their victory being called dirty, but she was too busy being absolutely elated and fawning over her returned Quirk. And then too busy being on her very best behavior when it came time to explaining everything to the authorities, making sure to calm down enough to turn her Quirk off before her drawback could hit her. She considered trying to sneak off, but maybe - just maybe! - Masao still figured she was just a normal civilian?
The first thing she said to her in private dashed that, prompting a big "Ehhh?" as she looked up at the taller girl with big wide eyes and immediately started imagining getting hauled off to jail when Masao cut her fantasizing short by promising not to turn her in. This time, at least. "W-well, I appreciate it, Ando-san but..." Should she lie? If so, what kind of lie? Just insisting she was a civilian wouldn't work... And Masao was nice, and cool, and she didn't actually want to lie to her. Instead she brought one hand up to flash a peace sign and gave the hero student the most reassuring smile she could manage. "Don't worry, I'm not destructive at all and I really do work at a costume cafe. Can't blame a girl for defending herself, right?"
That was good enough, right? Not outright confirming or denying anything, but trying to reassure Masao and show some appreciation for the olive branch all the same? She wasn't sure where her newfound and hopefully still was friend stood on things like how to deal with corruption, but maybe one day Jingjing really could just retire and leave heroing to the heroes? Masao Ando,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Aug 30, 2024 22:33:11 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Aug 30, 2024 22:33:11 GMT
Still reeling from being kicked in the chest, Jingjing couldn't feel more helpless. Masao's threat made her panic too, pushing the pain aside to push herself upright again and give a struggling cough to try and object and dissuade her from doing something that rash. Maybe other heroes or vigilantes could show up soon, and even if they didn't... what could Jingjing do without her Quirk even if Masao's armor was taken away from him?
"Ando-san, don't... eh?" She trailed off, tipping her head as the villain glanced around. She'd experienced it enough herself to recognize what it was in a heartbeat, getting to her feet and patting some dust off her shirt like she had simply tripped earlier. "Oh, you were showing us how to go crab fishing, weren't you?"
She gesture to the side of the wharf, the villain looking at her and muttering a confused "I was?" as he walked over to peer into the water - heavy armored footsteps making it creak beneath him. Glancing at Masao and making a little shove gesture with both hands, Jingjing circled slightly around and behind him. "Yup! Ready to show us? One, two, three!"
On three the villain started to turn to look at them to say something, but Jingjing threw herself at him with as much force as she could muster. Which wasn't a lot, but she had experience with shoving - normally with her head - and a lower center of gravity so she was hopeful she could knock him off the wharf with Masao's help. If everything went to plan he'd probably sink like a rock, and afterwards Jingjing would flop back down onto the ground out of exhaustion. Glancing at Masao, she'd give a sheepish smile and explain: "When he took my Quirk he got hit with a side effect instead of me, so that was actually kinda lucky!" Masao Ando,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Aug 28, 2024 19:04:22 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Aug 28, 2024 19:04:22 GMT
Clearly Jingjing had struck a nerve, but more importantly Masao was fighting back again. "Yeah, get hi-" She started to cheer, only for the sword to bonk off a helmet that suddenly appeared. Then the tables turned very quickly, the henchmen keeping Jingjing just busy enough to prevent her from helping Masao. If she took a pipe to the leg she wouldn't be able to help much, so she had to prioritize blocking and scurrying around more or less helplessly while Masao got beat up. Blocking another pipe, a wave of fogginess prompted her to bring her hand up to her head - at a glance it probably looked like the repeated attacks to the head were starting to hurt, but that wasn't it.
"What does that even-" Jingjing started to reply, the sneak attack catching her entirely by surprise. The flames clung to her head, panicking out of reflex and trying to pat the fire out of her hair. She needed to help Masao, she needed to help everyone else that had fallen victim to this guy. What Jingjing valued most was being useful and for her that was symbolized by her Quirk more than anything other thing. Without it, she wasn't strong or fast or tough or smart. Just Jingjing. Then all of a sudden her horns and mane of white fluff disappeared, Jingjing losing her balance and falling on her butt in a stunned daze with wide eyed fear. Horns and a mane joined the villains stolen powers, sneering at them both.
Until now, Jingjing hadn't seemed terrified. Panicked, worried, and other things - but not sincerely afraid.
"Give it back!" She tried to scramble forward, only to get an armored kick that caught her in the chest and sent her tumbling back again. That hurt, more than she'd been hurt in a long time, the short girl reduced to wheezing coughs as she clutched at her chest. If it wasn't for the kick knocking the breath out of her she would have been repeating 'Ow ow ow' a lot, but she was certainly thinking it right now. Masao Ando,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Aug 27, 2024 13:07:44 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Aug 27, 2024 13:07:44 GMT
Jingjing didn't know anything was wrong until Masao said her Quirk wasn't working, turning her attention away from the encroaching henchmen to give a big "Eh?!? It's not?" and making a mental note to definitely not let that weird face-fire get on her. Masao had a sword still, but if Jingjing couldn't use her Quirk she'd be completely useless in a fight. Glaring at the weirdo that showed up, Jingjing managed to ignore the impact of him leaping down to where they were on the wharf and instead threw out an accusatory finger. "Taking a Quirk is one thing, but stealing someone's ability to love is too far even for a villain!"
There was no way she was going to let him get away with doing that to someone as nice as Masao!
She didn't know who Freja Helt was, but they must have been a good friend of Masao's if they worked as bait to lure them here. She had no idea what the guy was rambling about to be honest. Ruler of Everything, a sob story about being made fun of as a kid, explaining what his Quirk did - why did bad guys do that so often anyways? - and something about riches and secret labs? The henchmen suddenly moving to attack snapped her out of her thoughts, ducking under a swipe and delivering a headbutt in return. The wharf and all the henchmen didn't give her a lot of room so she held her ground instead, blocking pipes and bats with her head and horns. "Don't worry, my head is really hard!" Jingjing called out as reassurance to Masao, twisting her head to hook a pipe and yank it out of the opponents hand and making them stumble.
Seeing her chance she rammed into them hard, bowling them into one of the other two mooks focused on her before turning her attention to the spiky-haired man and planting her hands on her hips before firmly declaring: "I don't care, you edgy loser!"
Where most people would try to sympathize, go on some philosophy tangent, or try to reason with the villain... Jingjing really didn't care! About any of that, and especially not about his weak excuse about being bullied as a kid or someone interested in her Quirk. She'd headbutt anyone who messed with her and her friends all the same. Instead, practically ignoring the villain for a moment, she called out to Masao with a thumbs up. "Don't worry Ando-san, this idiot just confirmed your friend is safe so we don't have to worry about any hostages or anything! Go stabby-stabby mode!"
Masao Ando,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Post by Jingjing on Aug 27, 2024 5:47:18 GMT
Jingjing honestly didn't know anyone particularly tech-savvy, so she took his word for it. Actually, thinking on it, she preferred analog stuff just because of how annoying a lot of the more modern stuff was in little ways. So yeah, he was totally right about designers having lost their marbles!
His reaction to the 'server room' made Jingjing scrunch her shoulders up sheepishly, giving an embarrassed laugh as she glanced away from him at the wall. "Oh, that makes sense..." She actually hadn't known that, so she didn't even need to fake much of her reaction there. Standing up on her tip toes and peering over his shoulder, she added. "All this stuff was installed like this so I haven't touched it, but I take it they didn't do a very good job?" She wasn't technically lying, since she had gotten some help setting all of this up. Not professional help though, just a local that was lending her a hand. And maybe she had added one or two things here and there since then and made it even more of a complicated mess of cables on accident. And maybe-maybe now she was also afraid of unplugging any of them in case she forgot which one plugged in where.
Watching him work, Jingjing really had no idea what he was doing and eventually her attention drifted back to her phone. Jingjing,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Aug 26, 2024 20:46:25 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Aug 26, 2024 20:46:25 GMT
Hopping to the side as a henchman tried to get her, then using her short height to her advantage to dive between the legs of another and scurry to her feet, Jingjing ran alongside Masao. Her horns were out, fluffy mane of sheep wool around her neck, and she couldn't remember how she got here! Obviously things went really bad really fast, but usually she didn't end up in these kinds of situations! When Masao stopped catch her breath Jingjing did the same, hands on her knees and huffing and puffing.
She wasn't really all that athletic, despite being a vigilante.
Glancing at Masao, then around the wharf and the approaching henchmen, she had no idea who they were talking to or what they were talking about. Maybe it had to do with that weird fire on part of her face? Or maybe it was a drawback of her own quirk? Either way, Masao had a point... If they both got affected by some kind of Quirk thing they'd be in pretty big trouble. "Okay but... You sure you're okay?" Jingjing wasn't sure how she could help with the face-on-fire thing, except maybe get some water? But the henchmen surrounding them was more immediately a problem, the totally-not-a-vigilante planting her feet firmly and tipping her head down just a bit. If she had to she'd start headbutting left and right, even if it cost her her civilian identity again! Better that than to get hurt, or let Masao get hurt, or who knows what else. Masao Ando,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Aug 19, 2024 14:07:35 GMT
Post by Jingjing on Aug 19, 2024 14:07:35 GMT
"Eh?" Jingjing blinked at Masao, not realizing she hadn't untransformed. In all of the excitement earlier she probably wouldn't have been able to turn it off, but now... Taking a deep breath and funneling the disappointment in Masao not being allowed to show her a cool transformation of their own, Jingjing focused on calming herself down enough for her Quirk to turn off. Shrinking slowly, her horns and 'mane' of sheep fluff steadily got smaller and smaller. Then it was all gone and she was back to normal, bringing a hand up to brush a strand of hair back behind her ears and looking around with a curious expression.
There sure were a lot of people around here, and a lot of balloons too! It must be some kind of festival or something today. Maybe they would have some kind of show or games or something?
And then she blinked a few times, giving her head a little shake as the momentary fugue state wore off, before brightening up at Masao still being in front of her. Oh good, she hadn't wandered off or left the festival! Masao was still talking too, something about trusting your body to know what you needed and leaving it up to her? Well, that was fine by her! "In that case, how about some fried squid?" She gave a little nod to herself to confirm her choice, before remembering Masao had asked her about her Quirk and hastily patting herself on the head with a laugh. "And my Quirk is a transformation, yeah! Uhm, I don't have a license either but... I can't help it when I get excited or in a tense situation like that. But it doesn't hurt anybody or do anything, promise! It just makes my head really, really durable." And insanely strong when it came to headbutting, but that wasn't something Masao needed to know! "Please don't report me for Quirk use?"
She didn't think Masao would, but just in case she laid it on extra thick by poking her index fingers together timidly.
Masao Ando,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Post by Jingjing on Aug 19, 2024 6:34:47 GMT
Maybe it was the music and vague sounds of people from the lower floors, maybe it was some coincidence of acoustic design, or maybe Jingjing was too busy squinting into the dark to pay attention. Either way the question startled the disguised vigilante, tossing her hands up with a "AI...iii...e..." that was loud for a split second before she forced herself to be quit by bringing her hands down to clamp over her masked mouth. Twisting around one foot accidentally caught the ankle of the other and down she went.
If Khepri happened to intervene she'd stay on her feet, but otherwise she'd land on her butt with a muffled 'oof'. Either way, the sudden shock of someone speaking from right behind her had her heart pounding in her chest and her hat promptly popped off her head as a pair of large ram horns suddenly sprouted - along with a white 'mane' of sheep fluff around her neck.
Staring wide eyed at the stranger in the dark, Jingjing's she was trying to think of some excuse for why she was in here. Got lost looking for the bathroom? Was invited up here to meet with the owner? Try to pretend to be a robber and make a break for it? But before she could settle on one her brain finally processed what had actually been said, head tilting to the side. "There was a bell ring? I didn't hear one..." She didn't recall Pavlov being among the names she had looked into either, but maybe it was one of the guards? Who had a dog? And the comment was a vague, ominous threat about security being on their way? For a long moment she was quiet as her imagination conjured up a confrontation with a big burly bald Russian man that barely fit through door with an absolutely jacked monster of a dog with sharp teeth drooling all over the place. A guy like that could just grab her with their stupid better reach when she charged in for a headbutt and then she'd be a helpless chew toy for the dog! Plus she didn't like fighting animals since it made her feel bad... usually they didn't know any better, even a scary monster dog that could rip her apart! But then those day-nightmares vanished as she remembered she'd just been very rudely snuck up on, letting out a huff and putting her hands on her hips and grumbled: "You scared me half to death, what's the big idea sneaking up on me like that?"
Honestly, even if you were confronting an intruder you should at least have the decency to not scare them like that!
Mafdet Khepri,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Post by Jingjing on Aug 19, 2024 0:53:35 GMT
A little flash of recognition crossed Jingjing's face. She'd lost track of time a little bit, and stuff like this was always a vague time range too. At least this time it wasn't an hour off from when it was scheduled like some services tried to get away with. Giving an enthusiastic nod, she started to make a little follow-me gesture with one hand before pausing mid-motion to tilt her head to one side and bringing a finger up to tap at her cheek in thought. "Oh, they have toasters with flash drives now? Do they toast it in neat patterns? Maybe we can offer randomized toast..." Maybe she should get one for the cafe? Well, at least if they weren't super expensive anyways. She'd have to look into it and ask the girls what they thought would be best to go with.
After the technicians response, or just after a brief pause, Jingjing would put those thoughts aside from now and get back on track. "Right, the systems." With a little nod to herself and lightly bopping her fist into her palm, she led the way to their 'server room'. Really it was just a small back room with some computer stuff in it. Jingjing actually didn't know the details, but as far as she was aware it was about on par with most systems used by small businesses. Mostly it was there to handle the security cameras, make it so they actually could accept credit cards, and kept track of work hours and pay and stuff. And made it hard to do anything in here that involved tidying, with all the cables and everything. Giving one of the things she had no idea what was a pat on the side of its casing, she declared: "Here we are! It's not much, but with all the data theft going around its important to make sure customers don't get their credit cards and memberships and stuff stolen, right?"
She was just making that up as an excuse when she said it, but now that she had... yeah, actually! It was such a pain having to get her cards changed out because some try-hard hackers had stolen a bunch of stuff from a random business. She didn't want their customers to have to go through that if she could help it.
wraith,
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ALIAS
Lion
OCCUPATION
Costume Cafe
EVENT TOKENS
150
QUIRK
Little Fugue
Vigilante
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Post by Jingjing on Aug 18, 2024 7:30:56 GMT
Life at the cafe had settled into a pretty nice routine lately. They made enough money to get by, vigilante work was going well, the girls seemed to be happy and having fun too. That didn't mean Jingjing didn't have any concerns that popped up now and then, far from it. Late at night in one of her idle moments keeping herself busy on her phone it suddenly struck her that the cafe seemed awfully... vulnerable. She'd had to bail out of China because of her vigilantism getting outed, having to abandon that old alias entirely as part of her move to Japan to start over. She was sure she could bail out of Japan too if it came to it, but... She didn't want to! She liked it here, a lot. Dressing up in whatever costume she wanted, seeing what the others picked for their shift that day, interacting with customers, beating up bad guys, going on adventures, exploring all the new things there was to see here in Japan, and even making friends with a hero student and other vigilantes! Maybe Kokoro would, but would Tamaya come with her if Random Cafe got compromised and they all had to dodge the cops as their real identities? Would where she could set up next even be as nice as it was here, as successful and cozy? No way could she let that happen. So she did some searching around online before finding a service to get some extra good firewall stuff installed for the cafe, scheduling it for a day when the cafe usually wasn't too busy a bit before the lunch rush. Honestly, she didn't know anything about the stuff it was talking about. She was more an analog person than a digital one. But it sounded legitimate enough, reviews looked okay - admittedly she hadn't bothered to research too hard, but in her defense she was sleepy at the time - and it wasn't too horribly expensive. It was a little tight for the cafe's budget, but they could manage it! She'd just have to think up some ways to pull in a little extra money somehow. Besides, it was worth it to make sure the cafe was safe and secure! When the day and time rolled around that the firewall system was scheduled to be installed, it was just Jingjing there at the cafe. The morning had been slow, it was already pretty hot outside and the bright sunlight was reflecting off Edogawa river in a way that seemed to make the area glow, and she was keeping herself busy with minor tidying. On a whim she decided to go coffee-house-trendy instead of a more thematic costume, but as far as she was concerned it still counted as dressing up in a costume! A little bell at the door would let her know when someone came in, and when they did she'd perk up and give a cheerful "Good morning! Welcome to Random Cafe!" in greeting. wraith
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