Text; Evening 4/8

[alilyinthemoonslight]

As anyone's noticed from Winter's update, we arrived in one piece. With our pulses/echoes intact, but there's some caveats to that. So... a quick rundown, for anyone interested:

Upon leaving Locke City's barrier, our pulses were not entirely LOST - rather, they were weakened severely. Memories of the Network and regained memories of other lives became fuzzier. I didn't try to transform, but I imagine it wouldn't have worked, although my transformation device remained. But there was still some remnant, or trace of things - but it was like trying to pull back thoughts veiled through static. Just not... QUITE there, but I knew they SHOULD have been. It's a weird sensation, but... it's important. One can hypothesize that the more of these light there are, the wider WE can reach. At the very least, it's enough to keep you on track if you travel outside.

Everything returns in full at a certain point when hitting the Las Vegas barrier. There's a difference, however: This barrier is much smaller. A cursory walkabout leads me to believe it doesn't go terribly far away from the Vegas strip.

The hotel offer is entirely legitimate. If you have super powers.

Unfortunately, that walkabout also turned up one disturbing thing - I spotted a creature that most definitely should not have been there. A hairy little creature. No one else seemed to notice it, and it took off before I could get close enough. It was before my time on the Network, but based on what I know... I think it was a Vermini.

As an side: You can smell CLOUDS cigarette smoke from casinos without even being relatively close to them. I practically feel the need to walk around this place with an air freshener as a necklace.

[OOC - Small note to roommates: By the time of posting this, Lily would have informed any of them of all this. Anyone in that vicinity is free to harass her via action for the evening time, as well.]

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[sun_sun]

I was gonna do a post saying some things, but you doing it was probably a better idea.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Lily lowers her iPad, sitting back in a rather comfortable looking chair. She smiles a bit sheepishly.]

Sorry, my mind's just been running a mile a minute since we hit the barrier. [She sets the tablet aside and gives a defeated little sigh.] And then after walking around all afternoon... When my brain does that, I start to get a little batty if I don't write it all out.

[Let her tell you of the journals she used to keep as a kid.

Actually, no. Never do that.]

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[vanisland]

Well, that sounds like confirmation that I wouldn't be able to help over there to me.

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

Why is that, precisely?

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[shineonyou]

No, no, no-- get your aliens shit outta my city!

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Lily tilts her iPad to one side, and her head to the other, before she straightens it back up.]

It'd be here with or without us. We're here to try and get rid of it, in fact.

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[lackinginfaith]

Too bad, really. I know some great outlet malls southeast of here in the city.

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Lily raises an eyebrow, shifting where she's sitting to look across at Kari.] Nothing's really stopping you, you know. If anything, you might be able to do that outside the barrier without having to worry as much.

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[shiromadoushi]

First the lights, now the Vermini? Like all the bullshit just moved to make a fresh start....

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

Pretty much, and that's what's worrying.

I just hope it's a pattern that can be BROKEN.

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[dead_black_eyes]

Thank you, this is very helpful.

About the room offer... are superpowers a must, or just proof that you're numbered? Not everyone with something to contribute can fire laser beams out of their eyes.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

This particular hotel manager seems concerned with having superheroes staying at her place, by all rights. Probably good for tourism.

That said, can you think of anything that would prove it on your end? It may be worth asking, and those of us here could likely use whatever help we can get - we do need people that can contribute beyond that.

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[jasminebloominginshadow]

[Jasmine is walking back and forth, trying to get used to the balance of having an extra appendage all over again]

So... are we going to be all business here, sis, or are we going to have some fun? Because I don't think I'd be able to stand being in Vegas and doing nothing but finding alien rats.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Sis, please stop before you wear a groove in the floor. We can't exactly afford what would happen if you did.

[She looks up, though, and smiles.]

I'm sure there will be room for it. We just have to be... vigilant, and not get too far ahead of ourselves there.

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[lightsoflife]

This may be too much to ask if you've only just recently arrived, but have you noticed the presence or influence of anything else related to what's going on in Locke City? If there are Vermini in Las Vegas, for example, there may be aliens or something under Thunder Corp's influence as well...although that, too, is of course only a hypothesis.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Nothing like that directly as of yet, but clearly it's something we'll be keeping an eye out for. And looking for.

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[buildyourworld]

Be careful when you're there.

Looks like whatever the light is, it's related to what's happening in our city. Have you notice anything strange other than the creature? Any pink statues around?

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

Of course.

Nothing strange beyond it being Vegas, outside the Vermini. So far, at laest - not been a lot of time yet to dig into things.

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[testsonseashells]

Was planning to make this announcement myself. Appreciate you doing it.

Part of Winter's team, yes? Name?

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

I've been driving cross country feeling like I was goofing off with a bunch of teenage girls for half the week. Had to do something to feel semi-useful.

But, yes. I'm Lily Tsukuyomi... or Cure Moonlight, dependent on the giant monster population in the general area.

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[duette]

Thank goodness, you're all in one piece. (I'm assuming!)

[alilyinthemoonslight]

You'd assume right. No mishaps before we came back through the barrier, even.

[Let's leave out the one mishap of Jasmine throwing up after entering the Vegas barrier, though. Phrased like this it isn't technically a lie, really.]

I miss anything exciting of note on your end?

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[argents]

First the lights, now the Vermini... be careful, Lily. This is what happened here too, before any of us knew better.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

But we DO know better now, right? Or at least I hope so. I need to go digging back through things before I came on here, but I guess the question is... what's next?

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[peacefulwinter]

I d-didn't even think about the vermini... I wonder if everything else will happen again.

[Winter's sitting on their bed, already changed out of her day clothes and into a set of new, baby blue pajamas, evidently made of silk. A moment after she finishes speaking, she stretches to work some of the knots out, letting out a small breath as she settles down again.]

I'm not sure I want to worry about any of that right now, though. I just want to relax... and unwind a little bit.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[There's a long breath on Lily's end, and she rubs her face. She finally thumbs off her iPad, sets it up to charge on a table beside her phone, and makes her way over. She looks... tired. Though she doesn't quite have the jet lag of a sudden time change brought on by air travel, there's still a significant time difference from what she's used to. And looking at the clock, she's well past time she'd normally be in bed.

She's about ready to crash herself, and dressed for it as well, though it's a considerably more worn and not at all flattering set of flannel pajamas. The loadout of beds still sort of ended up with them in a similar position, so... here she is, and she takes a sit next to her. A bit closer than she would have a few days before, but it was a concept she was becoming accustomed to, and that's something she can't well complain about. Especially once getting over various fears in relation to the basic fact of just sleeping next to someone - she'd at least proven she could keep herself well under control, and there wasn't any... pressure for anything. It was just the way things sort of fell out.

So as she sits, she smiles.]

No, we'll have to have a game plan before then, but... [A yawn.] That'll take some doing, and seeing if anyone else from Locke has shown up...

[Lily casts a look at her. One thing that the dulling of their echoes had done was make some things seem really strange in retrospect, until those memories had returned in full. The... important things with Winter were still there, and that left her pretty satisfied regardless of what else happened on the trip. Knowing that even if all this left them tomorrow, she'd still have her... That was important. Possibly the most important thing, for her.]

Relaxing's good. We'll need to be rested up before we do anything else, too... [She drums her fingers on her knees a bit. There is something she wants to talk about, now that they're settled, and no one else is around, and all her faculties are intact finally.] S- so... um... about last week...?

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[gobybessie]

How is the situation there otherwise? Have you met anyone from the network yet?

[alilyinthemoonslight]

So far beyond our group, you can see one of the locals... so it appears people ARE obtaining echoes here, as well.

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[sugarslice]

You're at the Marriott, too?

[alilyinthemoonslight]

We are, at that.

You took them up on the deal too, huh?