[ OPEN ] August 2012 Introduction Log

[perfectorder]

Characters: OPEN to new arrivals and NPCS.
Where: En route to Casualty Communal
Rating: Gen
Time: March 12 onwards
Description: Welcome to Death City!


It had been a little over a week since the sandstorm, and thus a little over a week since the last batch of newcomers. When the readings indicated that BREW was activating again so quickly, it was a bit of a scramble to get everything prepared. The last time it activated before then was early February, so this really was a small time frame. It had been some time since that happened.

But everyone dutifully prepared just in time for the first arrivals. It was also a relatively good day despite the past few rain showers. At least things were much calmer now.

[ooc: Player characters will also be joining the log. Everything after the sub thread Soul Perception is open to all characters.

Quick navigation: Kishin Chamber | Around/Outside Shibusen | Around Death City | Casualty Communal | Soul Perception | Open Thread]

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OPEN THREAD

[perfectorder]

Also known as the place that everyone ran to screaming after the Soul Perception fiasco. And other shenanigans.

[closed] Takuto + Sora

[tauborn]

Normally Firecracker was pretty well-behaved during walks. Sometimes there was the occasional squirrel or another dog that needed greeting, but the little lab puppy had never shown the weird behavior he was showing now.

Firecracker had frozen for about three minutes, refusing to budge while he sniffed the air. And then, without warning, the puppy had put his nose to the ground and bolted, tearing the leash from Takuto's hand. The lab disappeared towards Shibusen, leaving Takuto trailing after him anxiously.

The puppy's destination was Sora. And once he got there he was going to leap onto the boy, lick him all over the face, and then bark and wag his tail so happily he'd fall over multiple times.

[closed] Takuto + Sora

[heartdive]

Now that the tour was over and Sora had figured out that he was at least a weapon, it was time to give the place another look over. He was supposed to stay at that one Casualty place, but he would decide where exactly at a later time. A tour was nice and all, but there was something about going off on your own to look around that was just better for remembering where things were.

Sora saw the puppy coming right at him. Catching the pup easily enough, he started to laugh from all of the licking. "Hey! That tickles!"

On the bright side, the little guy was friendly. Friendly, Sora could manage.

[tauborn]

"Firecracker!" Takuto shouted the puppy's name in relief when he spotted the brown furry ball, and then he immediately felt guilty because the puppy was rolling around in the arms of some poor guy and no doubt licking him relentlessly.

"Uh, sorry about my dog, he usually never--"

And that was when Firecracker moved just far enough away for Takuto to get a good look at who he was talking to. His eyes grew wide as he stared at the other boy and then suddenly a radiant grin spread across his face.

"SORA!"

[heartdive]

Sora didn't mind. He was ruffling up the puppy rather playfully, snickering. The owner drew in closer though, but Sora wasn't able to really catch who it was. Firecracker was kind of all over his face. What Sora did register was that his name was being called. For a moment, he had to shove the dog's muzzle away to really look at the person calling him.

"Uh... Hi?"

[OPEN]

[badcop]

[Disgusted by the fact that he was supposed to be serving humans in a completely irrelevant war, Barricade had skipped right past the entire tour and the creepy soul thing. Outside, he discovered his next obstacle: Shibusen's stairs. At the very least, the gradient was steep enough, so he could just drive down without -

That was when Barricade discovered he couldn't transform. He just stood at the top of the stairs, staring down them as if they'd committed some heinous sin against him, flexing his claws in barely suppressed rage. This place was the Pit.]

OPEN

[heartdive]

[ it's been a confusing day, even by Sora's standards. first he's here instead of where he should be. that? well that stuff's okay. he can deal with that. being told he can't have his Keyblade? that's fine too, since he only got it by chance anyway. he's done without it before. the whole weapon and meister thing? also not that big of a deal.

what's sort of eating at him at the moment is the not remembering things. if he's been here before, it's not really fair that he should forget everything. actually, what it means is that Sora is starting to get the idea that he should find everyone that COULD know him and try to be friends with them all over again.

at least, that's the idea. but he has no real destination in mind now as he walks through the park.

which is probably why he's now looking pretty dang lost. oops. ]

Re: OPEN

[kingofdisney]

*As luck would have it, right now Mickey was walking around the park as well. Though really, he should probably be looking into helping out with the welcoming stuff a bit more, this time around they had all been caught off guard by how soon that everyone was coming in. Usually there was a bit more time than that.

Either way, there wasn't really much for him to do right now, he didn't have Soul Perception and anyone could just press a button for the machine. And even then, the reactions that he got wouldn't really be conductive to getting used to this place. Either they recognized him as some famous cartoon character... or they freaked out about him being a giant talking mouse.

So yeah, that'd make things a bit difficult for him to help out with the already panicking new arr--- wait a second, was that SORA!? When did he get back here?

Either way, Mickey wasn't going to care right now, he was running right up to him.*

Sora!

[heartdive]

Huh?

[ yeah, he's heard his name being called. Sora turns his around, looking for the source of the voice. his eyes land on his running friend and there he goes, grinning. ]

Your Majesty!

[ Mickey won't have to run all the way, because Sora is sprinting the remaining difference. ]

You're here?

[kingofdisney]

*Mickey grinned, stopping his run as Sora made it over to him.*

I sure am! I was wondering when you, Riku, and Kairi were going to show up here again. Somehow I just missed you last time you got here, since you got sent back right when it brought me.

*Mickey shakes his head.*

Anyway, how've ya been? Are any of the others with you?

[OPEN] Set after everybody's been through Soul Perception.

[sixthdeadliest]

[Once he made absolutely sure that no one else would arrive, Six leaves the Soul Perception area as fast as his long legs can take him. He's going to immediately head outside, find the nearest tree, and give it a solid punch to vent out the bottled-up frustration of dealing with Excalibur. It'd taken a lot of self-control not to make the same disgusted face as the others and maintain a professional demeanor.]

[He hurts his hand and the tree shakes a bit, losing a few leaves as a result. Otherwise, both man and tree are unharmed.]

[He takes a deep breath, letting it out slowly. He feels better now.]

[tributetothesea]

[Thane had also been glad to get business in that room done. Half of it was to have Soul Perception's findings in his head for thinking and planning on, of course, but the rest was less to forget how it had gone on and more to enjoy the outside.

Death City itself is an intriguing sight. It was a city, but more quaint and bold and forward with its very own concentrated, vivid character than the shiny-polished metropoli of, say, the Citadel or Illium. It benefitted there from being smaller, less noise to drown out small touches and hints of interest, even if that meant less space for its population to move through and fewer places to expect to be able to step out of the streets and retreat to in privacy.

As for Nevada, in all of Thane's travels, he hadn't been to Earth before, even if this is a different Earth. And in fact - fate's small favors - this is the first time he's really been to the desert. Along and before the tour, he'd looked out at the enormous sheer open spaces and geometric rocks pooling on out of sight around the city. So much space, and so much air - he'd taken a few deep breaths on his first look out and felt surprisingly clean. Pure and relatively dry air.

He misses the tree-punching, mind you, so forgive the approach, but he does happen on Six, who he thinks he remembers catching a glimpse of in the room, which brings the odd storybook-cultishly-decorated toilet-centered scene back to mind, which would be enough to get an average person's curiosity to sneak in in front of peace of mind.]

...In the Soul Perception room.

Was that - standard procedure?

[sixthdeadliest]

Not usually. Shibusen was short-staffed this time around, so we had to make do. To be honest, Excalibur isn't usually allowed to be in charge of such things.

[He remembers seeing you in there, but he hadn't gotten the chance to talk to you.]

[tributetothesea]

I see.

[Which here is short for "I see why." But the first day is probably a little early to go being critical.

While he's interacting with someone who he may be able to pick up a little more information from...]

If I may ask, are you a Weapon, or a Meister?

[withinsights]

[It may not be a particularly destructive punch, but Clint still feels the vibrations run through the branch beneath his feet, and glances down]

Hey. [Shades meet shades, and he's pretty sure he recognizes the guy from the golden toilet place with the weird posters, looking like the most normal thing he's seen yet. Which also makes him stand out a little bit, but no one ever said a suit paired with shades was a low-profile kind of combination]

Gonna go out on a limb here [The accompanying smile is quick and easy. Suits aren't well known for their sense of humor, but anyone can appreciate a bad pun] And say you're not with SHIELD.

[sixthdeadliest]

[Six looks up.]

Sorry. Wasn't aware this tree was occupied. [Was he really that distracted? Damn Excalibur.]

[He nods in response to the assumption.] Don't even know what it is, to be honest. I work for Providence.

[It doesn't take Soul Perception to tell this is a professional like him.]

[CLOSED] Liz and Kid

[tallerbrooklyndevil]

[Liz has given up trying to find Patty for the moment. In any case, she needs to check on their Meister. Hopefully, she wouldn't find him in the middle of a nervous breakdown over Excalibur's "lending a hand".]

[That's probably too much to hope for, though.]

[perfectorder]

[yep.

too late.

SORRY LIZ, he's still in the room trying to rid of that sword's horrid sense of interior decor and to set everything right again.]

[tallerbrooklyndevil]

[Liz enters the room and wrinkles her nose with disgust.]

Really? I know people call them "thrones", but an actual toilet?

[She's also making a beeline to you, Kid.]

OPEN

[computations]

[Confusion? What was that?

Not something for Sion. Being brutally efficient as always, she had already calculated the long term damage and benefits this entire situation might mean to her. Believing it wasn't a concern since it was all right in front of her eyes.

With everything over, Sion was definitely ready for...whatever fate had in store for her. All she needed to do was turn it into her favor. Maybe someone had information about vampires or other immortal beings that she could use.

The problem was asking people questions....or looking approachable at all with the stern glare she cast at everyone.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Sion's searching glare happened to fall upon the back of a girl with familiar long black hair and red skirt. Akiha was standing on the steps just outside of the Casual Communal staring up at the sky.

...she was glad Six warned her about the sun. It was unsettling.]

[computations]

[Oh, it was Akiha. For Sion that was good since Akiha was a good friend. Unfortunately, her face didn't exactly show the small amount of relief that she felt towards seeing someone familiar.

But she wasn't rude enough to just stand there and let her go on by. Sion approached with a raised hand, of course.]

Akiha, greetings.

OPEN TO ALL

[armorbound]

[When it's all said and done Al's managed to find himself a spot on the large stair case that leads up to the academy. The communicator and manual are in his hands and he is currently doing his best to make sense of the orientation process he just experienced and where he's going to go from here. He's still not sure if he's the only person from his world here, he'll investigate that short, but in the mean time Alphonse is just going to take a minute to breathe.]

[motherofthesun]

[A wet, black nose sniffs at the suit of armor sitting on the stair case, curious. She sense something from it; she smells many emotions coming from it. Weird, but she doesn't smell or hear anything inside. This obviously calls for further sniffing!]

[armorbound]

[It's hard to feel a wet nose let alone anything when you were made of metal. So he doesn't react right away to being touched by the wolf-like creature behind him. It's only when he shifts and catches the site of white fur that he reacts a bit more suddenly than is probably expected.

Memories instantly come to mind of another white furred animal he had the pleasure of knowing before someone went and crossed a horrible line that brought that creature's life and that of his daughter's to an end.]

What?

[When he finally catches site of Amaterasu fully he relaxes, arms falling back to his side while he attempts to shift and not bring a metal appendage down upon the smaller animal.]

O-oh ... hello there?