Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26892768-20190723131114/@comment-26892768-20190726160257

"Watch-" This is about as far as Technus gets before his voice distorts into incomprehensible glitches and static.

And back on ground level, Tucker grins as a little jingle plays on his PDA. "I got it! Shutting him down...now!"

The mechanical body seems to shudder and shake as the bright green glow leaves it, causing it to become still...and then fall apart, leaving behind a bunch of various electronics - several in some state of disrepair - in its wake.

Danny gives a thumbs up to both Wulf and Tucker. "Nice work!"

"NOOOOOOOOOO! My perfect mechanical body!" And then a ghost rises from the ruins - and he doesn't look anything like his voice would imply. He's jacked, nearly twice Danny's size...the things clearly indicating that this is Technus besides his voice is his Matrix-esque attire and...the fact that he has a mullet. The horror. In any case - as Technus turns to Danny with a growl, the ghostly teen responds by simply pulling out what looks like a thermos, taking off the cap, and turning it on, putting out a blue beam of light that sucks the tech ghost in. "YOU WIll pay fo r thiiiiiᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢᵢₛ!"

Danny caps the thermos as Technus is fully sucked in, landing on the ground and - with a flash of light and two rings going up and down his body - turning human. He is only half-ghost, after all.

"Well, we got Technus, the day is saved, we can probably hang out with Wulf for a few hours..." Danny looks at his friends and smiles. "All we need to do is dump Technus back into the Ghost Zone and put the Ghost Catcher somewhere safe - which apparently does not include the back of my closet - and we're golden! Oh, and dodge the paparazzi. Nearly forgot about that. Man, at first Technus showing up had me kind of annoyed, but now things are really looking up!"

It is at this exact moment the universe decides to spite him for his optimism by opening up a portal beneath him, Tucker, Sam, and Wulf, causing them to fall into places unknown.

Bumblebee zips to the side to dodge the fire, and then looks at Grimlock. "Can you just-"

And then portals open up beneath them as well.

All across space and time, portals open up beneath (or, in some cases, in front of) others as well, taking them to a place unfamiliar...

Danny, Tucker, Sam, and Wulf find themselves landing on a road, but the surrounding buildings are unfamiliar. Wherever this place is, it's bigger than Amity Park - seems more like a small city than a town.

"Ow...what was that?" Danny gets up, shaking his head. "Those couldn't have been natural portals - I'm not good at math, and even I can guess that the chances of that many portals opening up at the exact same time in that position is astronomically low!"

"Good question, but I've got a better one for you - where the heck are we!?" Tucker gestures to the surrounding city.

"Well, wherever we are, it's ecologically friendly at least." Sam notes, looking at a large windmill in the distance.

"Wait, hang on, there's some brochures over here..." Danny walks over, picking one up as he speaks. "...not that I can read it..."

"Try looking for an English one! They usually have copies in different languages for visitors." Sam suggests.

Nodding, Danny looks a bit more, and he finds an English brochure, which he picks up with a grin. "Aha! Let's see here...'Futo, the Windy City.'"

"Well, that explains the windmill." Danny remarks, looking at the landmark in question.

Elsewhere in Futo...

A small building rests quietly, nestled between two larger buildings - easy to miss. If one were to look at the sign above, one would assume this is a place to play billiards - one doesn't even need to know Japanese; it has billiard balls and cue sticks right on there.

However, if one were to look at the sign near one of the doors and were able to read Japanese, they would see that this building is home to one Narumi Detective Agency.

Currently, there are only two people inside.

One of them is a brown-haired man in a formal suit and a rather nice hat, leaning back in an office chair and staring at the ceiling. The other is a younger man in a blue and white striped shirt and a green jacket, reading a book - which he closes as he takes a look at the other man.

"Shotaro, you seem down." He points out. "Why is that? There haven't been any cases in a solid week - the city is safe."

Shotaro nods, a small smile making its way to his face. "Yeah, and it's great that this city is free from tears..."

And then he sighs.

"I just wish my wallet was, too..." Shotaro groans, rubbing his temples.

The other man - Shotaro's partner, Philip - nods. "Ah. Well, I'm sure a case will come along soon - whether that be because one approaches us...or Akiko gets us to find one when she comes back from vacation."

Green sandals and golden kanji flash in Shotaro's mind. "...she does have a knack for motivation..."

Shaking his head, Shotaro gets up.

"I'm going for a walk." Shotaro glances at his partner. "Tell me if there's a case, will you?"

Philip gives a thumbs up.

And with that, Shotaro walks out.

"If nothing else, I'm glad there's no real Gaia Memory cases - at least Double's gotten rid of..." Shotaro trails off as something registers in his mind - out of the corner of his eye, he registered pink. Bright pink. Very hard to ignore pink. Wondering what it could be, he turns around, and...

He can't help it. It's rude, but he can't help but stare. What can you expect him to do, faced with someone dressed like royalty?

Princess Mayapple, realizing someone else is there, turns to look, and gives a small grin to Shotaro, who just looks dumbfounded. "Oh, hello! I didn't see you there! Can you tell me where this place is?"

"...eh?"