video; un: hinokami

[zutsuki]

[The feed is horribly wobbly at first, the device obviously in motion in fumbling hands as it's set lengthwise against a surface, propped up. Tanjiro takes not-enough steps backward from it, leaving the video to be mostly awkwardly focused on his chin and shoulders. He has no frame of reference for how this works, let him live.]

I'm only about half sure I'm doing this right, but I really hope I am because I have something really important I have to share. I'm sorry-- for sharing it, because it's probably putting a lot of people in danger, but!! I'm Kamado Tanjiro, and I'm here to pass along a really unsettling message my friend received, and I hope you'll all pass it around and hopefully we can find a solution.

[He turns to look off screen for a moment, says something that's muddled by his facing the other direction, and then walks back to his own device with another one in his hand. He then proceeds to turn the other device toward the video of his own, showing a too-close view of what is ...still clearly a chain letter text message. He leaves it there a moment, as if expecting people to read it, before stepping back again.]

I don't know what it means, but if anyone has any details on this Bloody Mary, which I'm pretty sure is probably a demon, please let me know! You can also contact Hashibira Inosuke, this was sent to him first! I'll read it, too--

You are now cursed! You must send this on or you will be killed. Tonight at 12:00am, by Bloody Mary. This is no joke. So don't think you can quickly get out of it and delete it now, because Bloody Mary will come to you if you do not send this on. She will slit your throat and your wrists and pull your eyeball out with a fork. And then hang your dead corpse in your bedroom cupboard or put you under your bed. What is your family going to do when they find you dead? Won't be funny then, will it? Don't think this is a fake and it's all put to scare you because you are wrong, so very wrong. Remember, Bloody Mary can do anything!

[He's still too close to the video feed to really be seen properly, but he's also taking this entire thing Far Too Seriously. His grip on Inosuke's phone, which is the most visible thing at this moment, is even white-knuckled.]

Everyone please be safe!!

[Someone please help this poor idiot country bumpkin. Or at least laugh at him.]

Comments

[boarishness]

I don't do anything careful, Hochiro. You're doing your work by sending the message, so count on me to destroy anything that ever comes near us--!!

_{[ Inosuke positions himself in front of the door, poised and ready for action. ]}

MIDNIGHT COULDN'T COME SOONER.. REVEAL YOURSELF, YOU COWARD!!! KEEHAHAHA!

[zutsuki]

[He is having regrets.]

I know that, that's why I suggested it. Please don't just attack anyone that comes through the door? Since you decided to get rid of them all anyway.

[boarishness]

I'LL ATTACK WHAT I WANT. THIS IS OUR FORTRESS.

_{[ Wouldn't it be bad if someone came to the door right now? Like Zenitsu? ]}

[zutsuki]

It's not a fortress, Inosuke, and you took off all the doors so most people coming in would probably just be trying to make sure we're okay!

Come here, would you? People have been saying it's a prank.

[boarishness]

Whattya mean-- prank? If this is a prank, me bashing the next person who dares cross my path.. keeehaha, that's a prank..!
I'll kill whoever is tryin' to fool us..!!

_{[ Nevertheless, he does come towards Tanjiro. ]}

[zutsuki]

[Tanjiro is tired already. He shakes his head and scoots over, despite the fact that the floor is plenty open for Inosuke to join him. Maybe moving so there's warmth for him to sit on?]

No, no pranking. Two wrongs don't make a right. Look here, [He scrolls very carefully along through the messages received on his post.] Everyone says it's something called "chainmail", which... from what I can understand, is generally harmless and more intended to be annoying than anything else.

[A beat, and he makes a bit of a chagrined face.] Basically, Inosuke, we've been had.

[boarishness]

<sub>[ Inosuke does take a seat and looks over at Tanjiro's device. Again, words just look like gibberish to him, but then he slowly fixates his gaze on Tanjiro.

A silence passes, and then: ]</sub>

I'll kill whoever did this to us, I will.

_{[ Ah yes.. there goes the steam coming out of his nostrils. ]}

[zutsuki]

[He reaches out and pushes on the nose of his mask without fully looking at him.]

No, none of that. It was probably just meant to be funny.

[boarishness]

SENDING A THREAT LIKE THIS ISN'T FUNNY.
THEY SHOULD DIE.

_{[ Inosuke, isn't this basically the same thing they're doing? ]}

[zutsuki]

[His fingers curl around the snout and he shifts it side to side, like he's making him shake his head.]

No sir. None of that.