[open] Fourth Wall 2

[theearth]

Who: EVERYONE including visitors
What: This is the second general post for the fourth wall. This post is for network posts/conversations, logs and every other possible interaction, and visitors can top-level.
When: 3rd and 4th of January
Where: Everywhere inside the five echo boundaries.
Warnings: Please warn in the subject line of your threads if anything comes up!

Fourth Wall OOC information! As a reminder: Visitors may tag all posts tagged "-fourth wall" that are posted on savetheearth.

Special things happening on the 3rd and 4th:
- 3rd, Lapland: There's a snowmobile race north of Rovaniemi and someone that totally isn't an alien, why would you think so signed up a good number of people that all happen to have numbers. One of them is you, which you learn through receiving your participant data through mail/letter/text/whatever applies. Will you take up the challenge?
- 4th, all locations: Something is off. Numbered will find themselves teleported to random places within the echo boundaries - perhaps you are now in the middle of dark, snowy Lapland, or in the heat of the Australian jungle? In a casino in Las Vegas or a castle in Germany? Or in your friend's shower in Locke?

Prior "-fourth wall" posts:
First general post
Winter's post

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Marvin "Marv" Furuya (Captain Marvelous AU) | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

[gokai_red]

[Network; Video, can also double as action.]

[Coming up on the Network all of a sudden, is this particular young man. He's wandering down the streets of Locke City, clearly holding his phone out in front of him with the camera trained on his face.]

Okay, so. Let's take a look at this. I've been pretty happy to mind my own business the last few months since those stupid numbers popped up in my head. Y'know, so long as everyone else did, right?

[While he just sort of. Leeched off pink light echoes for several months.] I mean look, yesterday was bad enough, getting jumped by some weird ass monsters - now, I'm just halfway across the country all of a sudden. I did not plan a trip to this Locke City hellhole, thanks.

[He grins.] So, hey - anyone wanna give me an idea what the hell's going on, I'm sure I can... eh. I'll figure something out for ya, just cough it up.

[missvicegirl]

[as Marv is making his little post, someone can't help but overhear. Someone who may or may not have been eavesdropping, and who finds this particular rogue rather familiar

She steps out into view, smirking from ear to ear]

Hey there, handsome. I couldn't help but overhear what you were talking about... and I have to say, I can identify with it.

[she laughs a bit, walking closer]

Kind of thrilling though, isn't it?

[gokai_red]

[Marv does a double take as he walks along, lowering the phone and pocketing it.]

Maybe. Kinda.

[He smirks.]

Who the hell let you out here? These suckers wouldn't know what hit 'em. At least the people that live in Vegas know what to look for, if not the tourists.

[Video]

[radiantchicken]

[Hello, have a very large bird thoughtfully stroking his mustache.]

Where were you before you were transported to Locke? The network has access to teleportation units; I may be able to help you get back to your original location.

[gokai_red]

[Marv recoils visibly at the sight of Torin. Oh holy hell, that is not what he was expecting to answer. He blinks though, shrugging.]

Vegas! I sure as hell didn't step into any unit, I was busy, uh...

[Trying not to get his kneecaps busted in by casino guards that caught him cheating.] ...closing a business deal. Yeah.

Akira Nijino (StE AU) | Ressha Sentai ToQGer

[rainbowprotector]

[Video]
[The video feed opens, and there's a flabbergasted-looking young man wearing an orange hard hat and peering into what is likely the camera on a computer. Looks like he is both (A) in an apartment and (B) in the presence of too many cats, because there are at least three in the background of the shot. If you're a regular of Locke's subways, you just might recognize him as one of the maintenance guys.]

...so this network stuff, it really does work anywhere, doesn't it?

[There is a bit of awkward staring into the camera now, because he really should have thought of some kind of opening statement beforehand to prevent this sort of thing. There is also yet another cat peering into the camera and blocking the feed until Akira moves it.]

People are talking about powers and stuff...but I just got a harmonica. And a song, I guess.

[He picks up a harmonica from somewhere off-camera and begins to play a short tune.]

[Action]
[You know what sucks even worse than magically turning into some kind of weird cowboy monster? Turning into a weird cowboy monster and teleporting into somebody's house. Or apartment. Or place of business. Or right in front of them on the street. But that's just what's happened. Akira was messing around with turning this monster thing on and off, turned it on, decided to make sure that this was really happening by checking in a mirror, and then, bam, sudden teleportation. Whoever you are, wherever you are, no matter what city you're in, you now have a weird cowboy monster just popping into existence right in front of you.]

What the--?!

[He's just as freaked out by this as anyone else here, honestly. He never asked for this.]

[moonflight]

[It's a good thing that he was going very slowly with his snowmobile (to large parts because WHAT IS SNOW and WHAT IS A SNOWMOBILE). Otherwise he might have run over the weird cowboy monster. As it is, he manages to change his course (even without some horrible accident on his own part) and bring it to a stop not too far back. He's the last person in the race so it isn't like someone else could run them over... hopefully.

He sinks into the snow awkwardly and again is rescued from broken limbs by sheer luck, before remembering what he was told about snow boots and grabs them, fumbling them onto his feet before stalking over towards the weird ....being that he almost ran over. Not that he looks any less weird, with the bit of him that is visible of him under all the clothing being silver scales covering an otherwise human looking lower half of a face, and after a moment also upper face as he pushes the snow goggles out of the way.]

Are you okay?

[rainbowprotector]

Snow?

[In jumping out of the way, Akira manages to get himself hopelessly stuck in a snowdrift. He's flailing around and clearly in need of assistance, even if he's a weird cowboy monster. At least there is someone around to help. He will forgive that person for almost running him down, if help is delivered.]

How'd I get out here?

both days, ota

[disdainfully]

[If your character somehow ends up inside the Lonely Mountain that has risen under Las Vegas, and specifically in the lower parts where the gold hoard is located, they will find 1 (one) dwarf dressed in jeans and an Icelandic woollen sweater topped with a dwarven crown, wandering around or standing amidst the treasure hoard, completely fascinated by the riches around him.

He will notice your character after a moment, though his further reaction will depend on who they are.]

[snowguardian]

[Jack arrives with a stumble, the hoard of Smaug shifting under his feet.] Woah! [With his hands and staff out he skids a little way on falling coins, but manages to prevent himself from actually falling flat onto them. The noise of it echoes around the mountain chamber, filling it with sound. After a moment, when he's more secure, he thinks to look around, taking in the dark chamber, and then -]

Is this gold [He stoops to lift a handful, letting the coins trickle past his fingers and land back on the pile until there's only one left, which he examines.] Is it real? [Never mind the 'how the hell did I get here' stuff, that can wait.]

[disdainfully]

"It is." The man that stands behind him is short and broad and in addition to jeans and an Icelandic woollen sweater also wears a crown on his head. "You stand on the treasure of the Dwarven kingdom of the Lonely Mountain."

[espigeonage]

Fuck! [Julien beats his wings - whoomph, whoomph! - in instinctive panic, lifting up a foot off the gold and scrabbling as he touches back down. Too dark! The ground is cold and slippery!]

[disdainfully]

[Light engulfs Julien after he has struggled for a bit, and the heavy boots against he precious metals announce another person approaching. Someone holds a high power flashlight, like the police uses, trained at him.]

Jack Frost | Rise of the Guardians | AU

[snowguardian]

[The AU: Jack was born in Lapland, to parents who divorced shortly after he and his twin brother were born. His mother moved to Locke when he was two, leaving his twin with his father. In Locke, she remarried and had a daughter, four years younger than Jack, but that marriage failed too when Jack was eleven and he and his mother returned to Finland to be close to her parents. In a small community, his brother was the only one close to his age, and their long separation and different temperaments didn't make them good playmates.]

[Network: video]

[Jack's a gangly teen, perched awkwardly on his chair with his long legs against his chest. He seems comfortable at least, but also curious and eager.] So this is the infamous network, huh? If it even works. Try getting an internet connection in these parts. I'm amazed we even get the news out in the sticks.

Not really sure that white suits me, though. [He reaches up to twist a lock of his wayward white hair that was, up to last week, a soft brown.] Mom freaked out about it, though. She didn't believe I didn't dye it until she noticed my eyes have gone blue too. And then she was all about taking me to the doctors or something, it took me ages to convince her that I wasn't ill or something. Is it normal to get something so weird to start off with? There's not much chance of hiding this.

[Action - snowmobile race]

[No one needed to sign Jack up for anything, he was already there. Anything to get out for once. His snowmobile isn't the latest and it's a little battered - 'borrowed' from family. He'll take it back. Intact and everything! He's twitchy leading up to the race, unable to stand still, grinning wildly.] Hey! You're entering too? Good luck!

[And during the race, he's there in about the middle of the group. He's got quick instincts, but he always moves by them and they're not always right. Following him might get you into a bit of trouble, especially if you're not as fluid on the snowmobiles as he is. But he's laughing the whole way through, especially through the trickier parts.]

[Video]

[scarlet_devil]

[Here's one teen who isn't nearly as gangly at all, graceful would be a better word for Emilia.]

It works. [Emi's Romanian accent is still noticeable after all this time living in the States. Of course the girl in question is deathly pale, has fangs, red eyes and bat wings.]

Not really? I think most of us started off with memories our 'other' selves had.

4th

[espigeonage]

[Because we need that "friend's shower" option taken.

In the classy hotel near Neuschwanstein, Julien has managed to commandeer a big, deep hot tub that would usually seat several and is splashing and ducking himself, feathers plastered to his skin. He is in fact taking a birdbath. Seven-foot harpy creature that he is, it's a rare opportunity.]

[rainbowprotector]

[So the teleportation thing isn't limited to landing in friends' showers; sometimes, complete strangers can get teleported, too! Like now. There's a splash as a weird cowboy monster is suddenly transported into the tub. He has no idea what's going on.]

Canon!Hajime | Kamen Rider Blade

[chalicejoker]

[Action - Locke]
[The short guy skulking around in a trenchcoat really shouldn't be looking quite so wary about this area. Hajime was born and bred in Locke, right?

Only this isn't Locke's Hajime, and he's tense and suspicious and trying very hard to put on a normal human face while he tries to figure out where the hell he is and what's brought him here. He's not in the greatest of moods, and he's likely to call out any other nonhumans he senses and try to challenge them to a fight. He might even go looking for them in order to pick a fight, because this is making him restless and quite grumpy.]

[goldenflames]

[Having recently gotten both her aura and Semblance back, Yelena is definitely noticeable, albeit still human. The thing is, she isn't a known Numbered, just someone sympathetic to them.

On problem, though, she doesn't know she has these abilities back.]

Alice Yotsuba | Dokidoki Precure - January 4th

[rosettawall]

Alice wasn't really a stranger to the sorts of lights and flashiness that Las Vegas offered. She had indeed been there, on the off-chance she actually got to accompany her father on business trips. Yet... she did not recall there being a giant mountain in the middle of the city. That is most new, and she is certain she would have heard of it before now. Riding on her shoulder is a tiny bear fairy, looking around as they wander this heavily renovated city.

"Alice... how did we get here?"

She pauses and sighs, placing a hand to her cheek.

"I suppose that is the more important question, is it not?"

[jasminebloominginshadow]

Jasmine had returned from Germany, having retrieved what her father sent her for the previous days, and was looking forward to not having things like dead Vermini kicked at her. As such, she was strolling down the street, wing in full display as usual, when she overheard something.

That girl's plushie... had it just talked?!

Jasmine drew closer. That little fellow looked an awful lot like Raquel. Jasmine hadn't said anything yet, but she was close enough it'd be obvious for Alce to tell she was looking at her so intently.

[peacefulwinter]

A week after her birthday, Winter is still in high spirits, from a combination of Lily's proposal now almost a month behind her and the well-wishes from her friends. Meeting Mana had been... surreal, but had solidified her feelings in a lot of ways. So today, she's going to keep working around the city to help make sure everything is back to normal. It's something she's gotten used to in a lot of ways, and it helps her unwind and take time to think about her life. About her relationships. About-

She freezes as she registers the girl with brown hair she just walked past, walking down the Strip. The floating yellow plush toy - fairy bubbles up from the back of her mind - in the general design of a bear. Something that should not be here-

Wheeling immediately on her heel, Winter turns to face the girl, but doesn't say anything yet. She'll wait half a beat for the girl to possibly notice her, or the blue plushie that looks a lot like a puppy. No need to surprise someone who's just Numbered, and not the real thing, until she knows more. But there's a very real expression of surprise and panic on her face.

Galvatron | Transformers Cybertron / January 4th

[masterdecepticon]

[Neuschwanstein - Action]

On the fourth day of the strange occurrences, a new face emerges from the darkness... one that's a bit different from the rest. Rather, this one belongs to a giant metal being... not as large as the beasts that attacked both Locke and Las Vegas, but sizable nonetheless. He regards his surroundings with a strange mixture of scrutiny and disinterest.

This was Earth, the being called Galvatron knew. He had been to this primitive planet many times over the years; it seemed destiny deigned to call him back again and again. But never in a way that involved acts beyond the grave.

Yes, he was dead. He'd been run through by his centuries old enemy, and quite literally faded into the ether. His spark had persisted beyond space and time, but never again on the material plane. So what was he doing here?

"Interesting," the titan said aloud. His presence in full view would most definitely attract onlookers, but Galvatron didn't care in the slightest. Whatever providence had dropped him here was responsible for that, and he didn't rightly care about being a "robot in disguise" at the moment.

eyyy- also let me know if this doesn't work, i'm just thinking elian basically pops in before him

[wastingtime]

Well, this was certainly wrong. He was rather certain that he'd meant to portal to Locke, and instead here he was in- this was still Germany, wasn't it?

Still Germany and with a loud, booming voice behind him.

Elian spun around- and then nearly fell over as he looked up at the source, his eyes going comically wide.

"Mother of-!"

The only thing that kept from from dropping the sword in hand was echoed instinct.

[scarlet_devil]

Whether it was day or night didn't matter, because after these random shifts started happening, she thought it prudent to keep her parasol on her at all times. It really was quite vexing. No matter, she'll be fine as long as she keeps it with her.

This metal being, who she will soon learn is known as Galvatron, instantly catches her attention. Kind of hard not to, to be honest. But, after fighting something much larger and died herself, the undead teenager approaches confidently, flying up to eye level.