1 Onsen Obscenity [B Rank Case Di & Mokuzai] Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:07 pm
Tian-Di
D-rank
6 AM – A small onsen outside of Kirigakure
Yumi wasn't having a good morning. That old hag Asuka had chewed her out about staying up late and getting into the sake again. What did that old bitch know about anything? Yumi would have place cleaned before all the patrons got up and she didn't need some old onibaba to scream and rant at her about her drinking habits. Whats more Kiyoko who Yumi knew had been slyly smoking opium on her shift got away with nary a peep from the old witch.
Now Yumi was forced to clean all of the unwanted detritus out of the onsen's hot-spring. It was not only the patrons who enjoyed taking a dip in the thermal pools but also the local macaque population. The monkeys would come down from the mountains looking for a nice hot bath but unfortunately they would true to their simian nature would leave leftover food and a not inconsiderable amount of shit in the pools. This needed to be scooped out with a long net so that some unsuspecting patron didn't find a bobbing lump of monkey faeces interrupting their otherwise idyllic soak. So Yumi fished around with her net cursing both Asuka and Kiyoko as he net struck something below.
The wretched thing had become stuck fast. Possibly one of the monkeys had slipped down into the pool and drowned. It happened from time to time and the thought of having to go down and pull out a bloated monkey corpse made Yumi want to vomit. Peering over she strained to see through the murky water. Wait – that didn't look like the corpse of any monkey. It was far too big and was that clothing it was wearing?
“Oh Kannon oh Kannon no this can't be happening...”
Yumi named the Boddisatva of mercy twice as she felt bile rising up within her throat. It couldn't be real there couldn't be a human body in the pool. What if this was Yatagarasu's doing? What if the infamous serial killer was here right at this second and was watching everything she had done. But the government said that Yatagarasu only killed criminals and Yumi wasn't a criminal was she. Sure she had stolen some money from the inn's till every now and then and got into the sake without permission. That wasn't enough to bring down the killers wrath upon her was it?
Unable to restrain the sheer terror that was coursing through her veins Yumi ran screaming back into the onsen raising all the patrons from their slumber as she went.
Later that day.
The old lady introduced herself to Di as Asuka Tachibana. She had run this particular onsen since the death of her husband nine years ago. Di suspected that she might be in her mid seventies but still had a watchful gaze and a succinct manner of speech. Earlier this morning one the maids from the inn had been cleaning the onsen pool when she stumbled across what was now known to be the scene of a crime. The police had been called but as there had been multiple incidents involving a growing religious movement that was getting out of hand they couldn't spare too much manpower for the case.
So it was that the owner wishing for a swift resolution to this particular issue had hired herself a private detective. In this case – Di. Accepting all the work he could find , DI had been eager to take on the case and chase down whomever had perpetrated this heinous act. Things did have a habit of getting out of hand when it came to this and so Di had sent his messenger hawk off to find Mokuzai Senju. The lad had a good head on his shoulders and while he might be a tad reckless when it came to picking fights in bars he wasn't afraid to stand his ground. Whatever culprit was behind this could easily strike again and thus it was better to have backup in case things turned violent.
Mokuzai's talents for botanic manipulation may also prove useful. Di had not personally witnessed a Senju's plant based skills but they intrigued him to say the least.
“We thought there was only one body at first.”
Asuka said to Di – her voice not shaking in the least.
“That poor bastard over there.”
She pointed to a body lying on the tiles singled out by a small area of chalk. Di could see that the back of the skull had been caved in as if with a hammer or heavy object.
“But then we went and removed the first corpse and what do you know? Theres another one lying right underneath him.”
The second body had it's own chalk circle and from the dagger sticking out of it's chest Di was pretty sure he could deduce the method in which the second man had perished.
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Yumi wasn't having a good morning. That old hag Asuka had chewed her out about staying up late and getting into the sake again. What did that old bitch know about anything? Yumi would have place cleaned before all the patrons got up and she didn't need some old onibaba to scream and rant at her about her drinking habits. Whats more Kiyoko who Yumi knew had been slyly smoking opium on her shift got away with nary a peep from the old witch.
Now Yumi was forced to clean all of the unwanted detritus out of the onsen's hot-spring. It was not only the patrons who enjoyed taking a dip in the thermal pools but also the local macaque population. The monkeys would come down from the mountains looking for a nice hot bath but unfortunately they would true to their simian nature would leave leftover food and a not inconsiderable amount of shit in the pools. This needed to be scooped out with a long net so that some unsuspecting patron didn't find a bobbing lump of monkey faeces interrupting their otherwise idyllic soak. So Yumi fished around with her net cursing both Asuka and Kiyoko as he net struck something below.
The wretched thing had become stuck fast. Possibly one of the monkeys had slipped down into the pool and drowned. It happened from time to time and the thought of having to go down and pull out a bloated monkey corpse made Yumi want to vomit. Peering over she strained to see through the murky water. Wait – that didn't look like the corpse of any monkey. It was far too big and was that clothing it was wearing?
“Oh Kannon oh Kannon no this can't be happening...”
Yumi named the Boddisatva of mercy twice as she felt bile rising up within her throat. It couldn't be real there couldn't be a human body in the pool. What if this was Yatagarasu's doing? What if the infamous serial killer was here right at this second and was watching everything she had done. But the government said that Yatagarasu only killed criminals and Yumi wasn't a criminal was she. Sure she had stolen some money from the inn's till every now and then and got into the sake without permission. That wasn't enough to bring down the killers wrath upon her was it?
Unable to restrain the sheer terror that was coursing through her veins Yumi ran screaming back into the onsen raising all the patrons from their slumber as she went.
Later that day.
The old lady introduced herself to Di as Asuka Tachibana. She had run this particular onsen since the death of her husband nine years ago. Di suspected that she might be in her mid seventies but still had a watchful gaze and a succinct manner of speech. Earlier this morning one the maids from the inn had been cleaning the onsen pool when she stumbled across what was now known to be the scene of a crime. The police had been called but as there had been multiple incidents involving a growing religious movement that was getting out of hand they couldn't spare too much manpower for the case.
So it was that the owner wishing for a swift resolution to this particular issue had hired herself a private detective. In this case – Di. Accepting all the work he could find , DI had been eager to take on the case and chase down whomever had perpetrated this heinous act. Things did have a habit of getting out of hand when it came to this and so Di had sent his messenger hawk off to find Mokuzai Senju. The lad had a good head on his shoulders and while he might be a tad reckless when it came to picking fights in bars he wasn't afraid to stand his ground. Whatever culprit was behind this could easily strike again and thus it was better to have backup in case things turned violent.
Mokuzai's talents for botanic manipulation may also prove useful. Di had not personally witnessed a Senju's plant based skills but they intrigued him to say the least.
“We thought there was only one body at first.”
Asuka said to Di – her voice not shaking in the least.
“That poor bastard over there.”
She pointed to a body lying on the tiles singled out by a small area of chalk. Di could see that the back of the skull had been caved in as if with a hammer or heavy object.
“But then we went and removed the first corpse and what do you know? Theres another one lying right underneath him.”
The second body had it's own chalk circle and from the dagger sticking out of it's chest Di was pretty sure he could deduce the method in which the second man had perished.
(821 words)
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