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WHO: You!
WHERE: Around the city!
TIME: All Through Day 1
DESCRIPTION: CITY TOUR MINGLE!

Maybe you stayed in Coba, maybe you went home and came back, or maybe this is your first time here, but everyone is suddenly greeted to a friendly, female voice over an intercom (or maybe it's a some other device? Depending on where you're from)

"Welcome citizens. We hope you're enjoying your visit! Transport will leave in twenty minutes for the Coba city-wide tour!"

If you follow the voice, you'll find yourself at a bus stop. Or is it a fancy monorail? A carriage? A couple of horses? Coba is flexible and will change herself to suit you, after all. And if you get left behind, don't worry! There's free cabs anywhere in the city, who also will be more than happy to give you their own version of the tour.

The Coba city-wide tour boasts an hour of informative information regarding Coba's most important locations, some extra brochures (with some extra savings in there, of course), and will finally return you to the place you left from.

Of course, maybe the tour isn't for you. After all, the party is still going on, and now Coba's businesses are really beginning to open and advertise what they have to offer. Have you checked out the free hotel room? Or maybe you're grabbing a free meal? Or maybe, just maybe - you're looking into an apartment!

Either way, Coba hopes you've been enjoying yourselves. She has so much to offer you.

(welcome to the first official post! Mingle to your hearts' content, and don't be afraid to make your own posts, either!)

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It wasn't often that Izanami slept in in the mornings, but was it so wrong to feel lazy every now and then? Apparently yes, seeing as she was suddenly sleeping on the sidewalk. That wasn't entirely awkward or anything.

After her awkward scramble to answer Naoto's message on the walkie-talkie, she was left to her own devices, trying to navigate the confusing and ever changing scenery. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before she ended up completely lost and caught in the middle of the party. More than a few people grabbed her hand, trying to pull her into the party as well. Of course she shook them off, though it left her resisting the urge to drop a zionga in the middle of the crowd and see what happened.

It felt like forever before she finally managed to break free, letting out a relieved breath. Humans.

And who should she find on the outer edge of the party but Rise. Thankfully, she's about Rise's only friend from Inaba who doesn't get immediately physically bumrushed.

"Welcome to Coba, right Izanami-san?" she asked, eyeing the mass of people here with a bemused expression. That can't have been comfortable. "D'you need to head outside?"

"And what a welcome indeed," Izanami replied, brushing herself off. This was far too many humans at once for her taste. That didn't mean she couldn't spare Rise a small smile, grateful to see her.

"It seems we've all escaped that island."

"Crowds are a tough thing sometimes," she says. "But at least we're free of those damn collars, right?"

"Yes, indeed," Izanami replied, a small smile coming to her face. It felt good to be free, even if it brought other worries.

Souji's still a fair distance away when he spots Izanami - on an elevated bike path half a block away, with the nearest stairway down even further. taking a deep breath and putting two fingers in his mouth, he whistles - then, if she looks around at the sound, waves a moment, calling attention to himself, before pointing at his bare throat and offering her a smile.

No collars.

After that, he's off to the stairs as fast as he can politely go.

Izanami whirled at the sharp whistle, and... she tried not to; she tried not to look so happy. But see him there, seeing him well and collarless as well, she couldn't help but feel that familiar tingle that went through her body when she was around. There were butterflies and the dizzying feeling of her head being independent of her body, and she knew that this was him making her happy.

Forget being polite about it; Izanami ran for him as carefully as she could go, flinging herself at him once she was close enough for him to catch her and clinging to him tight.

He's got the upper-body strength to catch her and spin her around before setting her down, laughing gently and leaning in to kiss her, just briefly. his arms stay tightly wrapped around her chest, just below where she's grabbed him, so they're joined at the shoulder for the moment, or close enough.

She looks... amazing. He hasn't seen this sort of unrestrained, excited joy in her... well, ever. And in the face of that, all his own nuanced worries melt a little.

"It looks like most of us are here," he says, smiling, leaning in again to rub the tip of his nose over hers and rest his forehead against hers. "And the house came, too."

Izanami kept herself close to him, careful not to hold onto him too hard, least she accidentally crush him in her joy. He was here too... she knew she shouldn't be this pleased, especially now that things would be so complicated, but she gave up trying to deny the joy he brought her. Stupid mortal child and his stupid kindness...

"The house as well?" she echoed, letting out an incredulous laugh. Of all the...

She reached up after a moment, her hands framing his face as if to assure herself he really was there, before letting her fingers trail away, resting her hands on his shoulders instead.

"The house, and everyone but Chie and Yosuke, so far," he says, sighing softly and leaning against her. "Still... if they're together, wherever they are, I'm sure they'll be fine." He does believe that, firmly and sincerely, but that doesn't mean he won't spare a moment of concern. But after that, he's returning to this moment, focusing on holding her.

"Would you like to go back to the house?" he asks. "I don't really feel like letting go of you, right now."

"I have seen your Chariot, but I do not believe she is the same as the one that joined us on the island."

Her arm wrapped around him, settling along his back and offering what small amount of comfort she could give. Of course, as usual, his choice of wording gives her pause, and she can't help but smile faintly.

"...yes, I would like that."

"This way, then," he says, and starts guiding them along a winding footpath that seems to have replaced the sidewalk which previously lead in that direction. If the walk is a little longer and more scenic, he thinks, leaning against her, he won't mind...

Izanami didn't pay much attention to the path, even as the scenery started to change to something vaguely familiar. She was too busy privately enjoying his company, resting her head against his shoulder as they walked. She could keep having this, right? She could keep feeling this kind of contentment and not have to worry about something ruin it, right?

Once they step over the threshold and closed the door behind them, he leans in to kiss her, body tilting against hers, tenderly, eagerly, pressing her up against the wall for a moment while their lips meet before drawing back.

"Do you want..." he ducks his head, a little embarrassed, a little breathless.

She can't say she didn't enjoy the attention. As he pressed her up against the wall, Izanami responded in kind, her arms trailing up along his to pull him closer, only to let out a disappointed noise when he drew back.

It took her a moment to realize why he was even asking, and she couldn't help but smile faintly, a touch embarrassed herself.

"...it will be hard to adapt to not needing to do this anymore," she admitted. Not that she was letting him go any time soon.

"Well, if you'd still like to... we can make adaptation a little easier," he suggested, unembarrassed, leaning against her and leaning in to kiss her neck.

Izanami chuckled faintly under her breath, tilting her head to the side to allow him better access to her neck. Was she really going to protest against him being so close already? Definitely not; already her hands were gravitating toward his shirt of their own free will, working off the buttons.

"We should inform the others," she murmured, not that she was in a rush to do that.

"About the collars? Or the house? I don't think we'll need to tell them that we're going to..." Well.

"The house," she replied, poking him in the side. What a one track mind this boy had. Of course, a bit of a mischievous smile came to her face a moment later.

"Well. We should eventually."

"I will," he promised, and kissed her neck again, suckling a moment, hands sliding slowly up her front. "For now... your bedroom? Mine? The hot tub or the back garden?"

That covers all the really obvious options, in his opinion, although there's a temptation to just stretch her out on the sun-dappled living room carpet in front of the patio doors.

She shuddered under his exploring hands, a sly smile on her face.

"We have this entire house to ourselves, and that is all you could come up with?" she teased, her hands settling on the band of his pants.

"You'd rather the stairs, or the kitchen table, or the roof? Someone else's bed?" In the last six months he's had trysts in all those places with one lover or another, and he shakes his head, amused, hands covering her breasts, hips nudging against her, encouraging her own explorations.

"Wherever suits you is fine," he says, smiling. "More than one place, if you want."

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