savetheearth | Entries tagged with violinist of hameln: raiel

Who: Anyone in Vegas is welcome
When: June 24th, evening
Where: Las Vegas, outside the Aria.
What: OOC post here. Russel incites a mob outside of the Aria hotel in Vegas. Feel free to start a subthread if you just want mob shenanigans without being directly involved in Emil and Russel's conflict!

( Emil needed to die. )

featherduster

[ Given how much FBI and police blood, sweat, and (mostly) tears went into quelling the vermini outbreak in Locke City, similarly suspicious occurrences in Las Vegas are bound to inflame a few fears, even all the way in New Jersey.

It's how this YouTube video ends up sliding across the FBI's desks this Tuesday morning, not 12 hours after it was filmed and put up. It will probably be going viral shortly. ]

Two very important public service announcements this morning. The first, for those of you in Vegas, is this video.

CW: bunny violence.

[ The following is a shaky phone cam video of a blonde man in a top hat and a glittering, sequined tuxedo. He’s mid-patter, about to set up a card trick, when he suddenly starts to sneeze. He apologizes and tries to blow his nose, except his handkerchiefs keep turning into doves and flying away. Finally, with a look of dawning realization, he sweeps off his top hat (first tipping it to the audience, demonstrating that it’s empty) and theatrically reaches into it.

“Why, it’s as I suspected! You see, I’m terrrrrribly allergic to — AAAAAAAA!”

He yanks his hand out of the hat, hurling it to the ground. Something white flies out of it and attaches itself to the man’s throat, bowling him over. There’s blood everywhere, the man is still shrieking, and at this point the video gets too shaky to see clearly, one hopes because the particular audience member doing the filming is too horrified to continue, but actually it’s because he (along with the rest of the crowd) is laughing too hard. ]

I know the cops aren't exactly our favorites around here, but if you end up running into something you don't think you can handle, call the police. Or animal control or... I dunno, somebody with a net. Personal safety first, secure your own mask before helping others with theirs, etc. etc.

Second public service announcement: be kind to our fluffy animal friends, because they have feelings, too. And also teeth.

[ THAT ONE'S FOR YOU, ALEX I-DON'T-NEED-FLUFFY-DUCKS MERCURE. ]

Oh, and our good friend Mr. Mercure is mostly fine, before you ask. Turns out everything's more dramatic in Vegas.

theearth

Who: Characters picked for encounters with Vermini and anyone accompanying them
What: There are swarms of Vermini in Las Vegas - some have infested and altered animals, and others are simple swarms.
Where: Las Vegas
When: Any time between May 19th and June 4th

[ The Vermini clusters are most commonly spotted near water and large patches of grass, but they have begun spreading out, seemingly on the prowl. As always, non-reincarnates overlook Vermini. These groups of Vermini do not immediately flee when they near a reincarnate, but they are not aggressive until attacked.

As a refresher course: Vermini infested animals appear as real animals with suspiciously humanoid features: birds with teeth, dogs with thumbs, fish with hair, and so on and so forth. If an infested animal is captured, the Vermini will abandon the animal and attempt to flee, turning the animal back to normal. This happens even if the animal has died. Vermini turn into steam when destroyed, and chirp, but do not speak. ]

convictus

[On the network is a short note. The letters are written in a clean and bubbly cursive in pencil... one that you'd expect from a girl...]

4x - 3y + z = - 10
2x + y + 3z = 0
- x + 2y - 5z = 17

Homework tonight, solve

[insert his number here] is it something that has to do with this problem? The number seems to large to be an answer, however it appears to be important somehow.

Maybe I'm being delusional, but isn't this a number for the 'Numbered'?

If that's so then my notes are going to show up on this so-called 'network'.

Though I highly doubt I am, but still that number won't leave me alone.

If this is on there, then a greetings is in order. Worst case scenario is that I'm only going to embarrass myself thinking I'm some hero.

[He was going to write more but people were walking by and he didn't need to exactly be made fun of more than he already is for trying to write a note like this. Sure, some high schoolers around him do it too, but none of them really get away unscathed by the cruelty of other high schoolers.]

occasus

[ Hello, network. Kei's not outside, which is pretty rare--he seems to have found digs that look way more fancy than anything he really owns. High walls, amazing furniture...

...Yeah, he's at Shou's place.

He knows it's recording, so he stills the strings of his guitar and scrunches his nose up. He's not really used to making network videos. Or any videos at all, really--you probably have seen him if you frequent the park, where he plays for change. He sighs slightly and decides to spit it out: ]

You have one band you have to hear for the rest of your life. What is it?

[ And, while he waits for answers, he strums an chord. ] I haven't been able to think of mine yet.

---
[TEXT TO: RICHARD STROUD ]
Are you busy?

[TEXT TO: SHOU CHINEN ]
I need to know how much rent is. I'm paying rent. Shut up.

pianistofraielin

Who: Magical girls + Russel (aka the dumb teenagers who roadtripped to Vegas)
When: Wednesday May 7th unless anyone objects
Where: The suite they've been given at the hotel
What: In light of Angeline's death, suddenly it doesn't seem safe here anymore...

( Russel did not like to think about how much danger he was in at any given time. )

phoenix_temple

[A deep sigh.]

Bird god talks. He doesn't remember anything except for that I'm a "Legendary Magic Knight" or whatever you want to call it. Not his name, not where he's from, not anything else. Just that, and that's what he calls me.

And he doesn't. Shut. Up. He woke me up to ask me why the bakery across the street starts opening when everything else is closing and he has not stopped talking since. He's impossible to ignore because he has a giant voice and it's inside my head.

[Another deep sigh and then--video. Anais is in One strange getup, a strange cross between magical girl and actual armor.]

So I figured I'd try to work out what was going on with the armor. Somewhere along the way it decides to change into this. I wouldn't normally bring it up... but I don't need my glasses and I poked myself in the eye trying to make sure there's no contacts, which was really stupid.

I think I have magic LASIK armor.

sixpetals

"kyouka suigetsu"

I had one of those echoes a few weeks ago, and got that phrase and nothing else. I tried google translate, and got "mirror flower water moon." A little more digging and I found out it's related to a Chinese saying, "flower in the mirror, moon on the water." It's about things that can be seen, but not held.

But I'm not sure what it means, or why I remember it. People share echoes sometimes...so I was wondering if anyone else recognizes that phrase.

Thanks in advance.

pheromonecoffee

Matt's Super Important Survey of Avoiding Studying for the Looming Physics Exam

Name/Alias:
Current Age: a range is good like are you a kid or a teen or a young adult or an adult adult or an old adult?
Occupation: or general like are you in medicine or a student or education or what?
How Long Have You Been Numbered?:
Favorite Food:
Favorite Genre of Music: viral youtube videos count
How Many Seasons of College Have You Seen?: if you are not caught up shame on you
Do You Prefer the [Harry Potter Stand In] Books or Movies?:
Do You Sunburn Easily?: very important
Were Your Parents Honest About Dropping You as a Child?: (all babies get dropped at one point or another)

Echo stuff

Do you remember using magic in your echoes?: or somebody else using it?
What age was the other you?: general range is okay
What was your occupation?:
Do you remember how they died?: seriously i can't be the only person who remembers dying i need some validation here.

This is a very important study into why the hell we're all dealing with this. Your answers are vital and will be recorded and my lab assistants and I will sort through this and report our findings asap.

... speaking of, lab assistants, are you free on Saturday because my aunt and uncle are out and I have a coupon for pizza. I am not letting buy one pizza get a pizza free go to waste.

drawitagain

[Haruka's dumb, goofy face shows up on the network, his tongue slightly protruding from the very corner of his mouth. In his hand is a pencil, and he seems very focused on whatever it is he's writing.]

I hope I'm not causing too much trouble for any of you right now, but I had an idea. Things seem to be getting pretty complicated lately...All the stuff with those three aliens, and everything going on here and in Vegas, it's pretty hard to stay positive. But you know what cheers me up when I'm not feeling too hot?

Art! So, I'm gonna write my number down on this piece of paper, and then whatever I draw should come through to the network, right? Just like when we do handwritten messages. I thought maybe, if people were browsing the network and saw some nice art being drawn, it might distract them from their bad day, or calm them down. I know watching art in progress always helps me with my nerves!

So, here we go! [Haruka immediately begins drawing, each line being transferred over the network to show his work in progress slowly becoming more and more complete.] I'm drawing something I saw in one of the memories I got back. I know sometimes they can be pretty scary, but this one just makes me...hungry! [A laugh as he continues drawing. The drawing starts to become something more recognizable--a scene depicting rows and rows of festival stands containing all sorts of delicious food, gently tinted in the orange glow of the sunset overhead.]

Maybe I'll get some of it back one day, doesn't it look good? [Now putting the finishing touches, he diligently colors in each food item with colored pencil.] Bright and colorful! Happy food for happy people. I'm tempted to draw smiley faces on them, actually!

You know, if you haven't tried authentic japanese festival food before, I highly recommend it. My parents make this sort of stuff from time to time when they feel like we need a shot in the arm of tradition. Maybe I can invite some of you over sometime!

[After a few more minutes of diligent work and lots of Bob Ross inspired commentary, Haruka scribbles "all done!" into the corner of the picture and signs it.] And there you have it! I hope this doesn't bother you too much if you aren't interested in it, and...I guess I hope it can remind some of you to try to focus on the good things instead of the bad? Like takoyaki...

I'll try to draw on here as much as I can, maybe I'll try to depict my new memories as best I can? If it's not too troublesome, that is! I just want to share something nice with everyone, it's about all I can do right now since I'm stuck at home and I don't really have any cool powers that I can use to contribute. So...thanks for watching!

airfoils

[When the video starts, Alex is looking a little unsure at his phone.]

I think I've got it right...

[At least, it looks like he does, so he quickly straightens himself up to address everyone.]

Hello. I've already met a couple of you, but I guess now is as good a time as any to introduce myself.

I'm Alexander Bogu, a concierge at the Marriott Grand Chateau here in Las Vegas. Its the same hotel that's letting some of us in the "Numbers Club" stay for free, assuming you can prove to the manager that you actually have superpowers. I don't have any powers, unfortunately, so I'm still stuck as an employee.

The offer for the free room still stands, and for anyone else who decided to take us up on it, just ask for Alexander when you arrive. I'll make sure you're taken care of.

alilyinthemoonslight

WHO: All-Star Precure (Lily, Winter, Jasmine, Marina, Russel, Annie, Kari) in Vegas + YOU. If you're in Vegas. OPEN TO ALL.
WHAT: Vermini Hunting!
WHEN: April 22nd -> April 27th
WHERE: Anywhere on the Last Vegas strip.
WARNINGS: None for now! Will update accordingly.

( Cut for OOC babbling )

peacefulwinter

Who: The Vegas arm of the All Stars Precure - Winter, Lily, Jasmine, Annie, Russel, Kari, and Marina
What: Easter dinner, and a conversation several weeks in the making
When: April 20, at various times

( Let's put everything else aside and pretend to be normal for just one day. )

alilyinthemoonslight

So, let's talk a bit more specifically about something.

Vermini.

They're here in Vegas, as I've mentioned previously. We know the sorts of things this has led to in the past. Thus, it's reasonable that we work on tracking them. Seeing if there's anything about them here we can turn up. With a smaller search area than Locke City, this seems reasonable.

They weren't... handled by the aliens like everything else in Locke was, but that also may make some sense if only we are capable of seeing them. Perhaps this is something left over from what "Tiny" did, or maybe there's something else going on. Either way... Right now, this what we have to go on.

Obviously, I have friends here - we have a team. But I know there are other people around in Vegas. I want to know if anyone is willing to help us in this.

Further, I know Dr. Solus is interested in obtaining one for study. Banagher mentioned to me that no one was really able to pin one down and capture it before, but... We have a lot more abilities at our disposal now that I hope that can make up the difference. That said, with how fast they flee us upon sight, does anyone have any suggestions REGARDING capturing them? I have a few ideas, but... while our transformed speed and strength can make up for a lot, we'd also be likely to kill them with most of our attacks.

If anyone has any thoughts on them specifically, please... I'd like to hear them out.

====

( Meanwhile, action. )

pianistofraielin

[so Russel kind of threw his phone off a 38th story balcony yesterday because he's an idiot.]

Something happened to my phone and I'm pretty sure my parents are going to kill me if I ask them for money to replace it.

Does anyone have a spare lying around from their last upgrade or anything...?

[also Precure villa roommates definitely could've seen him tossing the phone; open to action tags for that.]

theboywiththebook

[Henry’s pacing back and forth around Danny. Letting lot of ‘hmming’ and ‘haaaaing’ as he looks over Danny. He agreed to make a costume for Danny with the given design but Henry was already imagining how to botch it. It was April Fools after all. Something made it all the worse however.

He was secretly making this live to the whole network.

A camera phone set off to the side, hidden with the numbers all punched in. But, he had to make this seem legit so absolute silence was probably not the best thing.]

Shouldn’t be too hard. There’s just one thing I need you to do.

[Danny raises an eyebrow and crosses his arms.] Okay, what?

[Henry has to suppress a smirk and tries to maintain a neutral look.] You have to close your eyes. Or else the magic won’t work.

[Danny resists the urge to roll his eyes. He’d question it, but, well. Echoes work in strange ways. So he closes his eyes as instructed.] Okay, now what? Just stand here and wait for you to do...whatever?

[Oh my God, he was buying it. Henry stifles his laugh but quickly says:] Exactly.

[And as he looks at Danny he begins to believe the stuff that Danny’s wearing….into the most ridiculous thing he can come up with.] Done!

[Danny opens his eyes and for a split second, wonders what, if anything, had changed. He felt the same. But he brings his hands up to his face and feels the edges of the mask--it must’ve worked. He grins a little and is about to say thanks when he brings his hands down and sees something...different about his costume. He’s speechless for a few seconds, unable to get his vocal cords to work, but eventually, he manages.]

What--you--WHAT DID YOU DO?!

[There’s no real response, just fits of laughter It’s a good thirty seconds before he can stop and say:]

April Fools. [and a gesture towards the camera’s hidden place.

[Danny looks up, follows the gesture to the camera’s hiding spot, and immediately dives for it, switching off the video before he’s seen in this monstrosity any longer.]

(ooc: Blue is Danny
Black is Henry)

sixpetals

omg this is all so cool!!!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ i tried the paper trick and everything, i can’t believe this has been around for so long and i didn’t know w(@。@;)w

you're the ones, right?? the superheroes on the news? or maybe more like secret agents, since you've been needing to be all sneakyish with the magical superpower echo stuff so the cops can’t get you

or NINJAS

OH!! MAYBE SECRET AGENT NINJA HEROES ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

we should totally have a neat secret agent ninja hero group name
and a catchphrase
and costumes
oooh and maybe a theme song like in child champs

~~*when there’s trouble you know who to call*~~

it’ll be good for morale!! (⌒▽⌒)☆
btw i'm ai its very nice to meet you all ヽ(‘ ∇‘ )ノ
let’s kick lots of alien booty together (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

peacefulwinter

[Video/Action | 4/4, 14:58 | Locke City High School student pickup]
Sitting outside the school is a blue Chevy Tahoe, stickers barely removed, temporary license plate taped inside the rear window, a gentleman in his forties taking a piece of plastic off a back door handle before returning to the driver's seat, after taking a brief look in the back to make sure the sets of luggage are secure in the trunk. As Winter steps out of the school's front door, he moves around to where she can see him, and when their eyes meet, she looks past him, to the vehicle he's standing in front of. Recognition dawns in her eyes, and she runs the rest of the distance, wrapping her arms around him tightly with a big smile before turning and waiting for the rest of the students coming along behind her. Pausing for a second, she pulls out her phone and punches in her number, switching the video on, and making the camera record her for a second.

"Hi, everyone... as I said a while ago, we're about to leave for Las Vegas. I've wo-worked out the details, and the last thing I had to do resolved itself today. This... is mine." She touches a button, and the camera switches, recording the vehicle she's now standing in front of. "It's brand new, and there's space for everyone that was going to come with me. Everything is in place... now we just have to get everyone together and leave." The camera switches back to Winter's face. "If anyone needs to say anything, to me or to anyone else that's g-going... now is the time. Once we leave Locke City, I don't think we'll have access to the network until we get to Las Vegas. I'll have my phone on, but... I would rather not have to deal with emergencies once we're under way, and I'm not turning around for anything short of a sinkhole swallowing the city."

She takes a deep breath, smiling at the camera. "We're going to be out of contact for a few days, but... I w-want everyone to know that we're going to be as careful as we can manage, and everything is going to be okay. My father is coming, and he's not one of us, so we get distracted, he can get us moving again. If anything happens, there are people I can contact that are on the network, even while I'm outside. So... at this point, we're just about ready to leave. I would appreciate y-your support and your well-wishes, but beyond that... everything is in our hands."

Grinning and nodding, she finishes: "This is goodbye, everyone. See you... on the other side." And the feed goes dark.

[4/4, late afternoon and evening | I-80 between Pennsylvania and Indiana]
The sense of adventure is strong in this car, even through the fact that everyone has a whole lot of fuzzy pieces in their memories, and more than a few are finding something feels physically off, too. Regardless, everyone is excited to be on the road at last, probably. Seats will shift, gasoline will be stopped for, entertainment will be had, dinner will be eaten at some point, drivers will rotate, and people will talk. And talk. And talk. What are you doing, brave adventurer? (Or curious numbered with Winter's cell number?)

[4/4, late night | About 100 miles into Indiana]
It's very, very late, and the decision was made that they probably shouldn't drive through the night. That's brought them to a decent hotel, maybe 80 miles outside South Bend. Not that Winter was terribly concerned where they were; only where they were going. They're splitting three hotel rooms: two for the girls to split between them, and one for the two men on the trip. Rick is being surprisingly progressive and not enforcing anything other than forcing Russel to sleep in a separate room from the girls, which is probably a good thing. For her own part, it's just about midnight by the time they're settled and changed and ready for bed, and she doesn't have the energy to stay up too much later. But if someone wants her to, she'll try.

[4/5, morning and daytime]
...And yet she did stay up far too late anyway. So it's a Winter that seems a little tired, ever so slightly cranky, and occasionally drifts off when not driving that's riding along today. She's also a little bit less focused on their destination today, and more inclined to stop for things. And for caffeine. Lots and lots of caffeine.

[Winter's got her phone with her at all times while they're out of the barrier, and is making a point of keeping it charged, just in case anyone wants to reach her; calls will go to the car phone, so don't say anything you don't want heard by half a dozen girls and a civilian. Once she's left the city, network messages to the team will, of course, bounce. Members of the travel party, please feel free to start log threads of your own - this is hardly a one-girl car, after all.]

gunhearted

Who: Jacuzzi and Russel
What: SOS
When: Thursday evening
Where: Nearby Isaac and Miria's shop.
Warnings: Gum monsters. Asthma attacks.

( Read more... )

abhero

[Emil is in his bedroom, a small cluttered space. There are band posters on the walls and an unholy chaos of stuff all around. The pile on the right still vaguely resembles a bed but the floor is long gone under all the clothes, sheet music, and what appears to be half of a hardware store.]

First order of business - any idea what this means?

[He takes off the baseball cap he’s wearing to reveal a short, white horn peeking through his blonde hair, sort of like a unicorn]

Got it after the light show. Not sure what’s up with that so I’m open to suggestions. I will also be taking hat advice ‘cause the baseball cap is not tall enough and it’s really uncomfortable. Past me had this - [He holds up a black pointy hat] but as cool as it looks it doesn’t really suit this day and age. [And he doesn’t feel like dressing up like his past self, anyway.]

Second, today one of these teleporting iPods showed up in the living room. Played a shitty song but that’s not the point. Point is that two seconds after it disappeared, I got hit with this Echo.

[He steps out of the picture for a moment to drag something back - a musical instrument, seemingly a perfectly normal ¾ double bass.]

And I mean I literally got hit, it fell right on my head and it fucking hurt.

[Holding the instrument upright, he picks up the bow and pulls it across the strings - hesitantly, as he clearly never tried to play one before. The sound is ridiculously high pitched for its size.]

Listen to that. It’s a violin. I know it’s a violin ‘cause it sounds like one and past-me called himself “the Ultra Big Special Violin player”. I have no idea if you play it like a violin or a double bass and anyway it doesn’t matter ‘cause I don’t know how to play either of those. If you guys know anything about giant magical violins then enlighten me. [He sets the instrument against the wall and sits back.]

Mom saw it, started to freak out about weird things showing up in our home. So I told her and my grandparents everything. Hiding stuff is one thing but I couldn’t lie to their face, you know? [Family. The only people who will never hear Emil’s bullshit.] I've been thinking about that ever since the giant snake thing, anyway, and today was the last push. They took it pretty well, all things considered.

[And by “pretty well” he means that by now they’ve stopped freaking out and no one’s crying anymore. He leans forward to turn off the feed, but stops to add one more thing:]

And yes I’m ignoring the obvious question of WHY THAT FUCK WOULD YOU EVEN BUILD A VIOLIN THIS BIG YOU FUCKING WEIRDO ‘cause it’s easier on my brain.

[Emil out.]

pianistofraielin

Who: Russel & Danny [closed]
When: March 30th, Sunday
Where: Man I don't even know. Around the city somewhere.
What: Hostile office supplies have invaded the city, Russel and Danny take on a...stapler...?

( lbr though this kind of thing would fit right in with certain magical girl canons )

abhero

Who: Emil and Russel
When: March 28th, Friday, after school
Where: LCHS
What: They always chain Echoes off of each other, so when Emil gets a particularly curious one, he turns to Russel in the hope of getting some answers. It triggers something neither of them would ever want to remember.

( all aboard the trauma train )

phoenix_temple

[You know Anais is going to keep this short and to the point. She's taking a video with her new phone. The video is of a four-winged green bird the size of a house that happens to be sitting on top of Anais' apartment building. After a moment, it leans it's head down to peer at her.

She takes a step back before rushing inside the building and turning the video to herself. She is absolutely horrified.]

What do giant birds eat? Do you think it's carnivorous? What if it eats people?! Where am I even going to put it?! It talked in my echoes but it's not talking now!

It's supposed to be a robot, I can't take care of something this big!

[And it's big. You can see all five feet of Fuu down at the bottom next to the text.]

dorkytracksuit

[Yes that is a gray alien on the screen broadcasting to you all. In the background this can be heard, and from the looks of it he is not happy.]

So. Who pulsed the autonomous iPod?

Additionally: why is it in my house?

alilyinthemoonslight

[In the Tsukuyomi household, the early morning is greeted by an ear piercing scream. Several minutes later, video comes on the Network, although you can't see anyone - just Lily's ridiculously tidy room.]

So, I'm guessing everyone's seen it right? On the news. The light over Vegas.

[Her voice comes across as a bit clipped. Clearly irritated.

You may notice why as she sits down. Her expression is deadpan. Her hair... Is no longer black. It is, rather, completely purple.]

It gave me a pulse.

[This is said through grit teeth. She's obviously not happy. In fact, this kind of irritation is rarely seen from her.]

So... please do be careful. It seems like something big is starting up elsewhere. If the same things that happened here start happening there...

[She trails off and sighs. She just ends it there. Her aggravation is far too vivid and she's clearly not in the right mind for this at the hour.]

pianistofraielin

[this time, we are not in Russel's room. this time we are in his backyard where he has written his numbers on the side of the house in chalk (because anything else and his parents would kill him). he is dressed normally and the backyard looks like a perfectly normal suburban backyard.]

[however there s a SOLID-GOLD PIANO lying in the grass beside him. yup, that's a thing. those of you who remember its first appearance in his bedroom will recall that he could not, at the time, budge it even slightly. but here it is outside on the grass with him.]

[he sets the chalk down and steps back from the wall, dusting his hands off.]

Okay, so, I have a few things I wanted to say today.

The first is that I talked to my parents about all this stuff [and let's not go into what their reactions were, he is just going to gloss over all of that and pretend EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE AND NOBODY BROKE DOWN IN TEARS OR ANYTHING AT ANY POINT] and I asked my mom and she said she could totally get us some airtime if anyone was interested.

She's the state comptroller, Patricia Goldman, so she's got press connections, you know? I bet we could even get All-Star Precure featured on the local news!

Anyway I think it's a good idea to give the Chosen Ones a good public image so that people aren't scared of us. The more the public likes us the less the cops can do to stop us like they were before, you know? So if you're interested in talking to the press to help with that let me know and I'll hook you up!

Okay, the second thing is--

[he steps over to the piano and lifts it up, holding it upright with the keys in the grass. there are backpack straps and some kind of harness attached to the underside.]

IT HAS STRAPS. WHO THE HECK PUTS STRAPS ON A PIANO LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST CARRY IT AROUND?! THAT'S THE DUMBEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD.

vetala

Karson and Avery are

[There's a pause before she actually types the rest, mostly because she doesn't know what to type, but she figures it out soon enough.]

They're gone. The mafia apparently got rid of them. Killed them with a mutant dog. We think it might have been Crab. We found them in a warehouse. Mr. Kaburagi, Roxy, Alan, Tavia, Danny and I. The dog is dead.

If anyone finds out anything about the mafia, feel free to share. I'll be at the LSR clinic.

tatatarata

So, what, is this where all the weird people on TV like to gather when the giant monsters aren't around? I probably wasn't supposed to stumble upon this, but like

>implying normal people wouldn't find this if it was so easy for me to find on accident
>implying whatever security measures you guys took weren't shit
>implying people with better resources than me couldn't get here even easier and seriously fuck you guys over

paradiseshrinemaiden

[It's been a while since the last time Reimu actually made a post on the network. She's looking pretty irritable right now and she's actually somewhere in the back of the shrine right now, dressed in her miko uniform.]

... I guess it's a good thing my Aunt and Uncle already found out about all this weird stuff.

[And why is this, you ask? Reimu will show you, because she's turning the camera on her cellphone on the large pond that's back here.]

Because suddenly there's a turtle in our backyard for some reason. And it can talk.

[And so there is. A very large turtle. With a beard. He looks really grumpy too as he speaks up in an old man's voice.]

Excuse me, young lady, but I do have a name you know. It's Genji! [He sounds so cranky too.] Hmph! Just like you to forget your own shikigami. It seems you haven't changed at all.

What's that supposed to mean? I'm pretty sure I never had a shikigami. At least not in this life. You do realize what's going on here, don't you?

O-of course I do! Just who are you talking to on that contraption anyway?

[Reimu just sighs and turns the camera back on herself.]

Like I was saying, I guess at least I don't have to hide him from them or something. Though I don't know what my Uncle's going to say about me having a pet all of a sudden...

Who are you calling a pet?!

((Alright, wasn't sure exactly how to play him, but there we go XD;))

pokebonnet

[Suddenly a little old lady wearing an amazingly elaborate hat is waving at you. Those of you new to the network, you might have seen her before from that interview about the police sex scandal. Behind her a buff, bearded blond man is doing some sort of interpretive dance while dressed in bee-stripes.]

Hello dears! I'm just popping in to say that the Curry family is doing all right! More than all right! The rest of the family knows we're superheroes now, but they're coming around to it. Well, most of them. I'm sure Artie's brother Sully will eventually.

Anyhow! I just thought everyone should know that when we got back to Artie's apartment after the fight we found scripts and costumes for a play! It's called The Death Rains of Swansea and I think it's by the other Ivy and Mr Tunstell and it's very lovely! In fact, Artie and I want to put it on as a show! We're going to need actors though! And people to work backstage.

It's a beautiful, touching love story about the tragic love between a vampire queen and an alpha werewolf! Artie's already playing the hero, of course, but we need the leading lady--I'm a bit too old for these ingenue parts--and a villain and of course a lot of people to play the other vampires and werewolves.

Anyhow, we'll hold auditions next weekend. That ought to be long enough time to find a theatre we can do the show in. Oh! Mr Lyall, if you can see this, why don't you ask if the school will let us use theirs.

atethecanary

People are annoying enough without having to hear every single thing they're whispering about.

[Julian didn't plan on having to deal with snake attacks and getting super hearing back this week. His voice shows he obviously isn't a very happy camper right now, and it's equal parts cranky and demanding.]

I have earplugs but it's not like I can use those all the time. Someone tell me how to make it better.

[Private to Lyall]

Whoever you are Nick told me you could help. Now fix it.

dyingtohealyou

Sorry I'm late to the check-in, but it took a while to get back home. I didn't really want to explain to my parents that I got knocked unconscious during the fight, so I told them I was staying with some people who got hurt during the attack to make sure they were going to be okay. Not sure if they're convinced, but at least they've stopped asking questions.

[He runs a weary hand over his face. Going back to his parents' house wasn't a whole lot of fun, but he knew he'd have to eventually even if he tried returning to Roy's place instead. Not only that, he did still worry about how his parents may have fared during the attack.]

Anyway, I figured I should give everyone a heads up. I learned something new about my power in the middle of all of that, and... well, the short and sweet version is, every time I heal someone I have to give up some of my own life. I'm not a hundred percent sure what the full effects of that are going to be, but the last time I gave it a shot I ended up coughing up blood and passing out, so... Unless I figure out a way to not risk dying every time I heal someone, I'm going to have to stop.

Sorry.

pianistofraielin

[Hello everyone meet Russel. He is that energetic blond high schooler that you all know and love, and he is coming to you today from his bedroom, which is very green, and also plastered with anime posters, band posters, and Locke City Leprechauns paraphernalia (ie Locke City's tragically underappreciated NFL team).]

[He is also wearing a rather ridiculous hat (and a colour reference), and he looks super pleased about it. However, right now it looks more like this, with Japanese written on it in black marker.]

Hey, you guys, check it out! I got back my heroing hat and it is awesome! It's got my hero name on it and everything!

Can anyone tell me what it says, though? It looks like Japanese but I can't read any. I bet it says something super cool!

[it is Japanese.]

[and it says "Penis Mask".]

theearth

Who: OPEN.
When: March 9th, Sunday, daylight hours.
Where: The business district of Locke City.
What: An enormous snake monster is pissed.
Warnings: Violence.

[The alien explodes silently - but it explodes.

First in a small cloud of hot (rose-scented) gas - those there to watch its final moments will want to step back.

A ripple in the air pulses - heavily - from where it once was, with absolutely no sound and color, but penetrating force. Anyone standing within two miles of the point of origin will feel a push, with those closest guaranteed to be knocked off their feet and temporarily dazed. Cars swerve and crash. Staff in the nearest office buildings launch into disarray. There’s no shielding from the blast - it can be felt through walls, through structures, in the air, and underground.

And it is felt underground.

The entire business district starts to shake, abruptly, jarred to a stir by some movement. It rises over the span of a long half-a-minute to the magnitude of December’s earthquake.

Tuning Towers experiences the worst of it - windows are smashing and objects are shaking loose and falling from the upper floors.

It finally ends - with screaming - as the head of an enormous pink snake breaks the lobby floor.

It flows its way quickly out of the hole it’s made, breaks itself another hole ever so politely through the main entrance doors, which were not meant to accommodate a twenty-foot-tall-and-wide exitor, and as it draws the last of its tail out after it, the quaking dies down.

It’s now roaring its way through the streets of Locke City’s business district - all several hundred meters of Wise Snake, emerged in the flesh (or stone?).

No regard for the walls of buildings, streetlamps, civilians, stopped and blindly pulled-over vehicles, anything else on its course - in a frantically-awakened, unrestricted rampage.]

[ OOC: This is part two of the Season 1's finale. The first - the assault on the farmhouse - is here; pertinent plot posts one and two. ]

sun_sun

wouldnt it be great if all these crazy powers we keep getting had instructions with them
like I honestly dont know what my limits are at this point
I wonder if theres anywhere I could go to just like crazy let loose
punch a few trees in half
figure out how much I can actually lift
and maybe how invincible I am but how do you test that without getting yourself fucked up
im Cure Sunny and this is jackass
I dunno man
my life is weird

[Private to Russel]

hey man uh
be honest with me here
that mix tape
that you gave me on valentines day
was that like
a valentines day thing
or

[Private to Lily]

so like
how did it go

abhero

[Emil picked up his flute a week after the Russel's summoning incident, when the burn on his hand stopped hurting (fucking Firebirds). The Echo he got told him he can use music to do magic... but not to summon things like Russel. Unfortunately, he didn't even get a hint to what he CAN do. He tried to figure it out on his own, but he had no idea how to start. Maybe if he thought really hard about what he was playing…

The experiment ended when he heard his mother crying in the hallway. Emil went to check on her, worried, but it turned out even she couldn't tell what’s gotten into her.

“I don’t know,” she said. “but you played a such sad song and I just started thinking about things…”

Could this be the Echo he was looking for? Emil wasn’t sure. He had no intention of testing it on his family again, but that's what the network was for.]

Hey people, I need your help.

I think I got a new power, but I’m not sure. So I want you to listen to this and tell me if you feel anything.

Anything at all.

[What follows is Emil playing Donna Donna on his flute. It is strangely, unnaturally depressing... and NOT because the performence is mediocre at best.]

(( OOC: Emil can now manipulate emotions with music. Donna Donna induces sadness, but he's still new to this so how much it affects your character is up to you! Depending on how sensitive they are, it can be anything from feeling vaguely bummed out to bursting in tears. ))

pianistofraielin

[Tuesday, right after school. On a whim, Russel sat down at the studio piano in the student theatre and discovered that he can play a song now. And that playing that song gave him an unknown Echo.]

[this is really exciting you guys. so of course the first thing he does is take out his phone and make a network post]

You guys!! I can play a song now! And I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be able to do magic by playing music, and I'm also pretty sure I just got a spell back!

I'm at the piano in the student theatre, you should come check it out!

I bet it's something really awesome!

( Action portion: )

duette

[ For a moment, the video opens on a topsy-turvy blend of skyscraper angles and sky. The owner of the phone has it pointed straight up, and the image shakes violently. From off-screen, there's a wash of brightness obscuring the lens. And the sound of glowing. Does glowing make a sound? Well, it sure does now. #ANIMULYFE

It steadies very briefly, and the owner manages to choke out a sort of awful whine-hiccup-sob noise. ]

— I... I need help. R-Right now!

[ A familiar voice, even as she has to grind the plea out, because haha, asking for help. She manages to turn the phone on herself; Harper is on the other end, but there's remarkable differences. First, she's lit up like the fourth of July. Her hair is flowing out behind her, several feet of it, and she has one arm protectively clutched over her chest, where the source of light is coming from. Some kind of brooch, spewing out incandescent white ribbons that she's trying to prevent from getting all over the place. It's not working very well. When she opens her eyes to finally address the network directly, they're insanely bright, edged in tears.

But make no mistake, Harper isn't sad. She's pissed. ]

This thing won't stop glowing, and — I-I accidentally hit someone and broke his face, just a little, but I didn't mean to! I'm really, really strong... [ She winces as the light circles her head, poofing a cute ribboned headband out of nowhere. It does not help her stay calm. ] ...and I don't know why! I don't know anything, if someone saw me like this, o-or why I'm glowing. Oh my god, am I radioactive? What do I do?!

[ Her lip quivers. Never has someone sitting in a pile of magic ribbons and glitter looked so miserable. ]

I want my brother... now!

[ Cure Rhythm, everyone. ]

pianistofraielin

Who: Russel & Annie
When: Feb. 14, Friday
Where: LCHS
What: Russel gives Annie a mix tape to expand her musical horizons and neglects to consider how that sort of thing will be taken on Valentine's Day.

( And I decorated it with lots of stars )

isolanis

Who: Tsubomi and you!
When: February 13th and 14th
Where: Around and at LCHS
What: Tsubomi can't use vending machines and celebrates Valentine's Day
Warnings: None!

( Vending machine around the high school [OPEN] )

( Valentine's Day at and around school [OPEN] )

( February 14th After School [CLOSED] )

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