cocktailparty | THEY TRYIN' TO CATCH ME RIDIN' DIRTY

[ Machina was against the teachings.

Machina served as reason why Spira was punished by Sin.

Machina sure had been a lot of things, but now that the Eternal Calm had been born? More than anything, it was a mystery to her. And one she had intended to uncover. The fascination had only been further prompted by Rikku. Well, and perhaps someone else. But Rikku definitely had a lot to do with it.

And now how she wished Rikku were there. She was still holding on tight to the steering wheel of the car, braced for the worst. Though the worst had already come. Outside, the hood smoked and one of the headlights flickered. The perfectly lined white picket fence now leaned away distastefully where the impact had occurred. White knuckles clutched tighter and hasty breathing filled the silence in the driver's seat. ]

ota, i guess! i don't mind!

a, housing area [ There's one very unamused teen contemplating her life experiences on the lawn of her housing, muttering unexpected words under her breath. Within the clutches of her hands sits a paper, one which the idol has barely studied over. ]

Why do I have to read any of this? [ Hands move to cover the lobes of her ears, strained words piercing through her tone; annoyingly spreading force of action down one's throat. ] If I digested it, like any manga hero would— I'd understand it better!

[ Voicing her opinions loud and clear by all means. ]

a}}

[This whole alternate universe or other world thing kinda sucks.

It's a new place to explore, with new faces to meet, but honestly, the bad is kind of outweighing the good here. Oh sure, there's new fashions, cute little skirts and tops that she's been eyeballing in the Shopping Gate ever since she got here. But are they taking her money or even recognizing the currency? Nope. They won't accept a cent of what she carried with her from home.

Which coupled with the whole 'no Pokemon exist here' thing, makes this place doubly lame. Sure, she could get a job. The waitresses around Kalos always seemed to enjoy their work, but honestly, battle prize money was much easier to deal with and Serena's never held a real job before in her life.

So right now, she's trying to make the best of it and is either mulling about and window shopping in the shopping district with her very bored Delphox in tow, or she's moping about the whole situation on a park bench.]

b}}

[Some people ride their bikes to school. Some, drive cars or rollerblade.

Very, very few actually ride a living being to school. But that's just how Serena rolls as she has her Gogaot gallop onto the achool's campus. Sure, she gets stared at... a lot, but she could only do this in a few select places back home, so why not take advantage of the free reign here?]

Edited 2014-04-26 18:30 (UTC)

[ He's not sure what to think of this place. There are no monsters to fight against. There isn't even his own sword for him to practice, something unthinkable, although he has tried to fashion a wooden sword out of sticks with sketchy success. It... doesn't quite look like a sword, and quite honestly, it would break at Luke's mildest attack, but it was something.

The machines around weren't the same. There was no one he recognized anywhere. Gray people walked around - what he thought were monsters at first - and mostly ignored him. ]

What the hell is going on!? [ He's annoyed and concerned. There's so much that he still had to do, he can't afford to be wandering around doing nothing! He needs to find everyone! The replicas- he needs to do his best, make up for his mistake, and this doesn't make any sense... ]

Where is everybody!? [ Meanwhile, poor innocent you might be walking around going somewhere. You might just be hanging out. All you know is that there's a red headed kid standing in the middle of the street, holding up a stick as he glares at a car as if he would be able to stop it with free will alone, utterly determined. ] Stop this ship right now!

( a: housing gate )
[An oddly dressed young man with a carefully moussed (and massive) pompadour is slowly striding along the sidewalk, open book in hand. He glances down at it every once in a while, but mostly he's scanning his surroundings.

Then he stops, gives a small hum in thought, tips open your mailbox, and peers inside.

What do you do?]

( b: shopping gate )
[It's difficult to miss Ringabel standing in the middle of the sidewalk, gazing pensively at a shopping window. He shifts on his hips, one hand at his elbow and the other pressed over his chin. He watches the window as if something on it were written in a different language, and he is the only man on the planet who can decipher it.

But why be so intent on studying a window showcasing mannequins in women's fashion? He clicks his tongue and mutters aloud:]

But if the eye is meant to trace the bust through the low neckline and not the woman's entire shape, why clinch it so high at the waist? Not to mention that belt is much too ornate. It's nearly gaudy.

[Stop talking, Ringabel.]

[ And this is Fushimi here at the pleasure gate... It looks like there's a play in order, but he isn't exactly enjoying it. Despite his obvious boredom and slight irritantance at the execution of said play, he stays seated until there's intermission since that's possibly the only way to do this without drawing attention to himself. Little does he know that there's no intermission!!!

He is here... Dying ever so slowly while having to watch this train wreck. With a click of his tongue, he finally says something though it might as we'll be a mutter. ]

If I wanted to suffer, I would have just gone to one of those group bonding exercises. [ NO ONE ASKED YOU TO BE HERE, but he can't get himself to leave yet. Go ahead call him a whiner. ]

assumed / no cr

Geez... Just my luck, huh...

[Seeing Chie outdoors isn't terribly unusual, but seeing her looking anything less than cheery and bounding all around the place is decidedly out of the norm for a girl as boisterous as she is. Whatever's got her in a slightly less chipper mood than usual, though, seems to dissipate in an instant when she sees you, possibly unsuspecting citizen exhibit one; she raises a hand in a wave and makes a beeline straight for you.]

Oh-- hey! Th-This is a little sudden, but... You wouldn't happen to have some spare change, would you? It's just, I heard there's a really great deal going on at the steakhouse in town, and I just gotta try it! The thing is, I... kinda left my credit card at home, so...

[That's not to imply that she'd have any cash on the card even if it was with her, mind. Still, she's obviously feeling a little guilty for having to ask. She laughs nervously.]

It's just a couple of bucks, yeah? I promise I'll pay you back pronto.

[ well... if anything, this definitely was interesting. it was a pain to have been taken so rudely from the middle of a mission into a strange city, but there was no reason for Kido to lose her cool - even if she had lost her powers. the only thing to do was analyze the situation, find the other members of the Mekakushi Dan, and possibly find a way out.

A. housing gate

her first exploration point is here, seeing as it's where she woke up. if you're passing by this neck of the neighbourhood, you'll see a sullen-looking girl with a high collar and her hood up as she reads over the lease. her initial appearance practically screams "suspicious and weird", but maybe there's more to it... wait, is she looking at you?

B. pleasure gate

once she's gotten the low-down on the lease and her current whereabouts, Kido decides to explore a bit on foot. it's a bit uncomfortable for her to be out like this and not concealed, but it can't be helped. her iPod is in her ears, and that's good enough.

unfortunately, that means that she's a little unaware of her immediate surroundings. her presence is a little easy to miss on its own, so you may find yourself suddenly bump into her. ]

-! [ she stumbles a bit as an earbud falls out of her ear, but quickly regains her composure. ] ...Sorry.

A.
[Hey do you own this house? Because you might want to check your roof. There's a kid there, and like the wise guy he is, he's lying there with a sketchbook propped on his knee. He doesn't seem to care that he could fall any minute there, more interested in drawing some sort of weird caricature in his sketchbook.

How the hell did he get up there anyways.]

B.
[This time, he could be found lying on a park bench and...

he fell asleep there.]

[What the fuck?

Where the hell was she now? This wasn't the jail, this wasn't...anything she knew of. It was too peaceful, too cheerful, the collar around her neck-

Wait.

Where was her collar?

Her hands groped her neck and found that it was pleasantly bare. There wasn't even a mark.]

It's...gone...

[A smile came to her face and a giggle shook her body as tears of joy came down her face. She was free. She didn't care how or why it happened, but it did. She was out of that horrible place, and best of all she could do whatever the hell she wanted now. The only problem was...she didn't one where she was. She needed some poor sap to help her out there. She put on her most pitiful looking face, making the happy tears in her eyes seem like one of fear or sadness.

Surely someone would help this poor, lonely little girl.]

A.

day 1:
- woke up on lawn chair. kidnapped. apparently playing house? haven't met family yet.
- had a reuben sandwich for lunch. sauerkraut too sour (sauer?).
- still can't locate weapons. have been told they can be "regained" if i speak to "the landlord".
- set-up?
- found a good burger place.
- nice suburban house. bit eerie.
- looks like i'm stuck here.

B.

[ During the event because I do what I want!! Parker swings his axe down on a deer and there's a sharp crack and it ilicits something between a growl and yelp. He tightens both of his hands around the base and grunts as he yanks it out of the mangled flesh then brings it down again, nearly severing the creature's head from its neck. It falls silent and gurgles sickly as blood spills from the wound. He motions to lift the axe from the mass of splintered bone and gore again but is met with a rumbling sound coming from behind him and the guttural roar of a bear. With little time to react and his options slim, he lets go of his weapon and does the first thing that comes to mind.

He reels back and clotheslines the bear.

Immediately, he goes for the eyes and blinds it, barely keeping his arm as he fall back to the ground while the bear advances with wild swings and moves on instinct as it searches for its prey. Still on the forest floor, Parker crab-crawls backward to the corpse he's left and jerks his axe out of it. ]

Hey, over here! [ As he shouts, he lifts his arm and puts forth all his upper body strength into chucking his trusty axe up and forward. The bear hardly has time to react before the blade hits it square above the eyes and embeds itself past its skull. It stumbles forward and Parker gets to his feet and moves backward in anticipation for its next move. When he realizes he's won the battle and it is falling to the ground, he lets out a jovial laugh. ] I just bearly made it out of that one, ha ha!

[ Probably should get his axe, but he's busy pulling out a cookie. Wrestling with forest creatures really whets an appetite... ]

Edited 2014-04-29 01:04 (UTC)

Hrmmm ...

[ On this shining and tranquil morning, there's a giant standing in somebody's yard, scratching his chin as he studies its corresponding house in thought. There's no mistaking him: he towers, with a sledgehammer slung over his shoulder and a t-shirt with the world's gaudiest motto stretched over his chest.

Meanwhile, the house and yard are probably:

A. yours
B. a close friend's
C. owned by someone who's kind of ticked you off lately.

What do. ]

You there! Tell me: have you claimed this house as your own?

[ what

did you just

oh my god

It's his turn to stop in his tracks. ]

I was gonna say more but someone tired me out! [ Well, no, he's obviously not tired. ] But fine. You wanna hear more?

[ He looks down for a second. ]

The landlord's strong. We can't take him down alone.

A. housing

[It wasn't bad waking up in a lawn chair! It was bright and sunny, the best kind of day to take a nap outside. Honestly, he'd been about to roll over and sleep a little longer -- you know, if it wasn't the weird house in front of him and the keys that just fell out of his hand. Ah.

Curious, he'd wandered up to the front door, tilted his head at the taped envelope there and wondered why they had his name on them. Then, he knocked. He must have found someone's keys! When no one answered, he sat the keys next to the bottom of the door, hoping they'd be okay, their owner would probably be back shortly looking for them after all.

He curled his arms behind his head and started walking. Guess he better figure where he is. This neighborhood doesn't look familiar at all.]

Speaking of test drives....

Momo Kisaragi | Kagerou Project

Serena | Pokemon Gameverse

Luke Fon Fabre | Tales of the Abyss | silly scenario but it makes me laugh oops

ringabel | bravely default

saruhiko fushimi • k

chie satonaka (persona 4)

Tsubomi Kido | Kagerou Project