forum The Crimson Lantern Festival | Chinese and Japanese Influenced Roleplay | Closed

Started October 20, 2019 by @CasiCasino group

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Ryuusei gave a polite bow as well to the judge, brushing back strands of silver hair after he rose up again. His eyes natually darted towards the things in the room, inspecting them. The dining room was no different than the rest of the mansion, being just as pleasant looking; he wasn't sure if he was hallucinating or what but he thought he could feel faint smell of food, which made his mouth water. The last thing he expected to receive in the afterlife was a good meal, but now that he was here, he was looking forward to it

(That’s fine then, I just needed to know)

The male officer turned to the first judge.
”May I ask what brings you here?” Tanaka asked as the first judge turned to him.
”I’m having dinner here of course… and I’m also going to be telling them about tomorrow’s plans as well” the judge mentioned, sipping from the cup of tea he had.
”Very well sir, well gentlemen—“ the male officer gestured to the seats ”—please have a seat, I will go prepare the dishes for you” the officer mentioned as he walked to the kitchen area.

Kaito motioned to the furthest seat as he was taught this way; make way for people to easily settle down.
”…and now we wait for the others and the food” the first judge, still in his formal uniform sighed and he spoke. He was admittedly hungry and the fourth court seemed to have the best when it comes to food.

Ryuusei moved over to a chair close to him, not too far away from Kaito, but not too close either as to not bother the other. He waited patiently, his pose straight and graceful, maintaining his calm appearance - deep inside however, he was eagerly waiting for food to arrive. It didn't have to be much, just enough to fill his stomach - on a side note, he had thought that being dead meant he no longer depended on food to survive before remembering that spirits and ghosts did indeed eat - usually human flesh.

The male officer came back with a tray of food which he set in the middle of the table; five pieces of steaks which were cooked to around medium to medium well and layered with sauce, presumably pepper, the dish beside the meat was a mount of tempuras that range from shrimp, sea bass, salmon, and several vegetables like pumpkin, sweet potato, shredded carrots, and so on.
The male took the tray back and came back with more food. This time he went from seat to seat, setting down two bowls each with lids on. He then opened the lids, one was revealed to be rice with dried seaweed on top, the other was almost boiling hot miso soup.
The last dish that came to the table was a plain white dish with homemade cookies from the male and the female officers.
”Please enjoy” the male gestured to the food on the table as he went back to the kitchen.

(The utensils are already on the table)

As soon as the food arrived, Ryuusei was taken aback by the sheer amount of goodies placed on the table. It felt like a banquet held by a rich lord, with some types of food he'd never seen before in his life.
He controlled his urge to just dig in right away and snatch whatever was close to him, instead picking a few things he found interesting and starting with those. The food was absolutely excellent, making his mouth water even more

Kaito had his chopsticks in his hands, he turned to see Ryuusei in joy. He admittedly accepted that the food had made him salivate much more than it should have, added to that, the temperature of the food was perfect for the type of food it served to be.
There was a question that was stuck on his mind though.
“My lord, may I ask—“ the black haired man turned to the judge as he raised a brow, biting down on the fried fish “—despite how great the food taste, where do the ingredients come from?”

(Before we continue, I would just like to say…)
(Happy Halloween~ mwahahahahah—)
(Altrince proceeds to choke)

The judge raised a brow before swallowing and answering…
”Similar to how you end up here, dead animals’ spirits are sent here and become physical” the judge answered surprisingly easily.

Kaito nodded to the man’s answer as he continued with his own meal. The fried food was possibly the food he liked the most on the table, he’d have to ask the officer about the recipe when he gets the chance.

The first judge set his chopsticks down before he turned to Ryuusei and Kaito.
”I guess I can tell you two first about what’s happening tomorrow” the judge mentioned, sighing softly once.
”You will all be working with one of the ten judges all day. All of you will work with different judges in different courts, meaning you will have to witness different kinds of punishment in each court, of course, you have only seen the interior of my court and Wuguan’s so… you don’t really have an idea of what the other courts look like but you’ll have to choose nonetheless” the first judge stated.
”One thing first, I won’t be able to take any of you in as I’m usually very busy, I do apologize but despite that, you still have nine other people to choose from… even if you don’t know most of them” the first claimed with a small apologetic tone.
”Honestly, it’s also just a randomization at this point so…” the first judge laughed nervously.

(Choose a number ; two to ten)

Ryuusei paid attention to the judge, one small bowl of rice in one hand, chopticks in the other. Right now, the situation sounded like they would be aprenticing under different judges. They had only met roughly half of the entire judge cast, so it would be a little hard to decide, given they had no idea what the other judges were like.

(Uh, i think i'll go with 8?)

Kaito hesitated a bit before he set his chopsticks down and…
“My lord, would it be alright if I’ll go with the sixth judge…?” The man asked with a bit of restraint. Honestly, he would have gone with the second, third, or fourth judge if it wasn’t for the fact that he wanted to know what the other judges were like and if he was being true to himself, he wanted to go to the fifth court… but perhaps that shouldn’t be ideal.

”That is most definitely allowed… the other gentleman?”

"I… I think i'll choose the eighth judge."
He had no clue what the person was like, no one had said a single thing about them, yet he chose the number eight, mostly because that was his lucky number.
He was curious to meet the other judges as well, so picking one that he had not been introduced before was a good step in that direction

The first judge nodded as he took a mental note of this information.
”Heard someone chose me…?” a new voice originated from behind the two men.

Kaito turned towards the sound and at the new figure who he didn’t notice before.
How long has he been standing there… the black haired male thought in confusion.

The figure had messy medium lengthened ghost white hair which covered both of his eyes except for their silvery irises which shined through the strands of hair, he wore a sharp golden and dark amethyst colored uniform decorated with a translucent lavender colored cloth cape. He had a chilly and cold vibe surrounding him. He went over to Ryuusei, stood behind him and…
”Greetings, I’m Dushi… the eighth judge…”