EVENT: The Great BREW Malfunction Pt 1 [OPEN]

[soul_mods]

Characters: Everyone and anyone
Location: Anywhere in Death City!
Rating: PG-13
Time: Starting July 14 after 11am to July 15
Description: ...something strange is going on here.

At some point, something strange begins to happen. People start randomly disappearing. Sometimes they reappear immediately after and they may not even notice, but sometimes there's a noticeable lag between their disappearance and their reappearance.

Sometimes, they don't even reappear in the same place!

At least it doesn't seem to be dangerous. Unless you disappeared from your kitchen and reappeared at the other end of the city. In which case, you might want to start running.

Either everything sort of points at this being BREW related (after all, if it were Witches, there would be a lot more danger).

((OOC: Create your own threads! Remember to put [ Character | Location | Date/Time | OPEN/CLOSED ] in your subject! This log will cover July 14th to July 15th!]

Open Threads
Lily
Josuke
Psii
Mello
Karkat
Hiro
Valentine
Akiha
Chika
Sugata
Hamel
Hyoubu
Fujino
Trucy
L
Auron
Alucard
Near
Minako
Light
Sephiroth and Cloud
Karina
Duo
Bakura
Johan
Clopin
Sheena
Amaterasu
Asuka
Shinji

Comments

Lily Ivory | Shibusen City Park, morning or Yesterday’s Magic, afternoon | July 15 | Open

[vintage_magic]

[Maybe Lily is still disoriented by what had happened yesterday but the witch seems more clumsy than usual today, stumbling over tree roots in the park or tripping over her own feet in the shop. If you happen to be nearby when this happens, you might hear a Texas accented voice yelling…]

Dag nab it! Not this again!

[But if you turn in the direction of the yelling, there only seems to be a red leather-bound book there. Odd… And kind of suspicious. Do you open it?]

Morgan and Nanami | Outside Shibusen | July 14, noon | Closed

[pirateninja]

[Thanks to BREW, Morgan was knocked out again after a split second back home. Which might not have been such a problem if it hadn’t also deposited her atop one of the giant candles protruding from Shibusen’s facade.]

[With a groan, she stirred from her precarious position and gravity took effect before her dazed brain processed that she was now falling. But her new Weapon instincts kicked in and her body shifted, glowing red and shrinking as it fell through the air.]

[Watch out, Nanami! A Club 41 Volcano Shot glass is flying towards your head!]

[unbreakably]

[ While he's in the shop, he can actually hear the yelling. And with Josuke's general compulsive helping reflexes (even aside from his Meister ability he hasn't quite realised yet) he's running over only a moment later, dropping the clothes he was carrying onto the floor for a moment. Lily is the priority here just in case something really happened--

.. But then he can't find her anywhere. What even.. he blinks, looking around and even ignoring the book for a moment. ]

Uh.. miss? You there?

josuke higashikata | out on the streets / anywhere you want | july 14th / july 15th | open ]

[unbreakably]

[ ...

Josuke isn't sure what just happened. It was only a moment for him, and he appeared right at the spot where he disappeared (on the streets of the city), so it hardly feels like anything happened. Except he feels a little nauseous, and somehow it's like he's got a flash, an image of Morioh stuck in his head..

Weird as hell.

He lets out a huge groan at the nauseous feeling it gave him though, and in the middle of his confusion he sits down at the side of the street for a moment, frowning to himself as he tries to think what just happened. A Stand attack? But then again, there's none of those here..

Speak up to the young troubled man at the side of the road?

Or if you happen to be something remotely cute, you might spot him walking nearby during the rest of the day or the next day. Especially if you quite obviously require some help.. ]

[vintage_magic]

[Lily freezes within that dark space Weapons typically find themselves in when transformed, trying not to panic.]

[Hell's bells! Is Josuke back with the dry cleaning already?!]

[It would be bad if he found her like this! Maybe, if she kept quiet, her newest employee might think that he just imagined it and not notice the slightly musty old book lying on the floor towards the back of the shop...]

[unbreakably]

[ Well, that sure is strange.. he's sure he heard her, yet she isn't here at all? It's not like the sound could have come from anywhere else..

It's exactly because of that that he starts looking around. Shit, it isn't like someone kidnapped her or something, right?! Right under his nose? But--

His train of thought is interrupted when he almost trips over the book, only managing to regain his balance just in time. ]

What the-- .. hey, I don't remember this being around here before. How did it get here?

[vintage_magic]

Ah!

[Lily flinches and covers her mouth to try to muffle the cry when he stumbles into the spine of the book. Being in this form seems to make her a lot less susceptible to pain but there's still a tiny jolt when he makes contact.]

[Too late to try changing back to normal now. Not that she had gotten the hang of that yet. The witch would find herself changing into the Book of Shadows at the slightest trip and then futilely try to transform back to human for five to fifteen minutes. Did all new Weapons have these problems? It had already lead to some awkward moments that morning.]

[She tries to keep quiet, hoping he won't pick her up.]

[unbreakably]

[ Too late, Lily. He's already bending over to take a good look at it, not really having heard the cry that came from it. He's putting one hand on it, then another, and he tries to lift it, but.. ]

.. What's up with this book? It's pretty heavy! [ Because it's not a book, Josuke.. but he's not picking up on it that easily. ]

[vintage_magic]

[Dag nab it! He did pick her up!]

[But considering she's a Weapon that doesn't want to be picked up right now, Lily probably feels as heavy as an entire stack of books rather than just one volume.]

[Maybe, he'll just put her down on the counter or something and not try to open her... She concentrates on that thought in the unlikely event that it could actually influence him.]

[unbreakably]

[ Okay, Josuke, okay... You're a tough guy, right?! Pretty strong, right?! You're not going to be beaten by a single book! So even though it takes some effort, he manages to lift it, letting out a big puff. He managed to drag it to the counter to put it down there - so she got at least that much of her wish - but his intention is very much to open it, sorry to say.

Which is why he's already starting to pry at the book to open it. He seriously wants to know what's up with this book for it to be so heavy. ]

[vintage_magic]

[Lily almost breathes a sigh of relief when he sets her down on the sales counter. But then swears when he starts prying at her cover.]

No, Josuke! Don't open that book!

[Too late! The cover goes flying open, landing on a page with a long list of herbs, directions, and an incantation for a healing spell. ...And the other page has a slightly hunched over and very embarrassed looking drawing of Lily trying to hide her bare skin behind her arms and waist-length hair. There's a faint greenish glow around the drawing's outline and thankfully the panel cuts off at waist level. Because as she'd found out the day before, Lezard hadn't been lying about a Weapon's inability to conjure clothes when transformed...]

Lily and Lezard | Lily’s apartment | July 14, late morning | Closed

[vintage_magic]

[Lily had been about to set out for Shibusen, to climb all those cotton-pickin’ stairs and meet her partner for a mission. Lezard didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to see BREW but she had little interest in that dang contraption so she’d agreed to meet him afterwards.]

[But then something strange happened. For an instant, it was almost as if she were back in that cab, going home from the Art Deco Ball, rather than in her kitchen. And she felt dizzy and unsteady on her feet. Then, the pinch of the reproduction heels registered and she looked down to find she was wearing her flapper dress from the ball again.]

What in the Sam Hill?! How did I—?

[The witch closed her eyes and shook her head, trying to clear her mind. Was she just hallucinating? Surely, she didn’t get sent back home again. But nothing happened this time!]

[Psii | near morning training grounds | July 14 | open]

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii falls headlong into blackness, every muscle tense, every nerve ending twanging painfully, as if in aftershock from lethal voltage.

But that's not what killed... Wait. Dead?

Is almost too much to hope for, after so many sweeps.

Something huge seems to reverberate, so big it's past sound, more like tremors that shook whole universe, that are still shaking it.

Yes, definitely dead. Psii thinks he laughs. Hasn't been able to move arms in at least eight hundred sweeps, but now, as if they're freed by his becoming aware of them, they flop to his sides, filled with what feels like buzzing under the skin. Hardware is waking up again. He's not sure he likes it.

There seems to be a light, faint but growing. Psii's just starting to feel another hope that's been all but extinguished--hope of seeing family again--when the light flares blindingly, and he's back in Death City, swaying on feet on sidewalk, feeling almost drunk.]

[Mello | streets, then the detective agency | 14 July | Open]

[want_the_world]

[Mello's on his way to get a mocha when a space of time simply... vanishes. One moment, he's just left his flat, and the next, he's outside Shibusen with no memory of the intervening minutes.

Something feels off. He can't pin down the source of the deep sense of wrongness right away; he just feels strangely cold, a bone-deep chill that the desert air does nothing to ease.

It takes him longer than it should to figure out that what he's feeling is absence.

His resonance with Near has been a background hum of warmth since the first time they tried working together; it's been staticky and difficult at times, but it's never stopped before.

There has to be an explanation other than the one he fears, Mello tells himself, and starts hurrying back towards Tartarus Terraces. Near doesn't reply to a message, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything; he could be away from his mirror, or holed up in the surveillance room. From the look of other people on the street, there's more than one fucked-up thing happening today.

Near's not in the flat, and another message goes unanswered. That's all right, Mello thinks, he's narrowing down the possibilities. He goes back out and heads for his last hope, the Kuzunoha Detective Agency, walking in a way that suggests he's holding himself back from breaking into a run.]

[unbreakably]

[ ....

He's seen a lot of weird things in his life. His own friends and mother being put onto a piece of paper being one of them, so that doesn't surprise him. It's more the fact that she's naked - even if she's covering herself up - that freaks him out, causing him to stumble backwards and land right onto his butt on the ground with a huge yell, his face completely red. ]

WAAAAARGH!

[huntressing]

[ With Psii standing in the way like that all of a sudden, not walking, it's only inevitable that someone bumps into him sooner or later, right? Except this time it seems to happen sooner rather than later, since Masako ends up walking right into him as he sways there, letting out a choked sound of surprise since apparently she really didn't see him standing there. ]

W.. what do you think you're doing?!

yay!

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii wavers, still seemingly drunk, but rights self before can topple.]

Sorry? To be honest... don't know.

[He puts hands to head and rubs, trying to make thinkpan stop aching.]

Felt as if was back in own world for moment.

[vintage_magic]

[Well, Josuke, are you sorry you opened the book now?]

[But if the hatching lines across the sketch's face are any indication, his boss is equally embarrassed about this whole thing. Being raised in a small Texas town, there are just things a girl doesn't flaunt. And especially not in front of someone half your age... She lets out a sigh and continues trying to cover up as best as she can. It's fortunate for both of them she has so much hair.]

I tried to warn you...

c:!

[huntressing]

.. Back in your own world..? [ Considering what their last conversation was about, it's almost a little ironic and odd to hear it now. It's why her eyes narrow as she looks at him, trying to see if he's even in a right state of mind. ]

You aren't joking, are you?

Karkat Vantas | The Red Light District | July 14th, early evening | Open

[redregrets]

<sub>[Karkat only has a second or two to have a mental freakout about the fact that the meteor is going to crash and they are all going to die and why didn't he think about this, before he finds himself in Death City again. Or what he hopes is Death City. He's never been in this building before, he doesn't think. And a second or two later, he finds out why.

Oh god, how the fuck did he end up in the strip club? He shouldn't even be allowed in here! Carefully averting his eyes, he heads towards the door. Thank god it's not that late in the evening, so there are few customers to witness his misfortune. He just has to hope when he steps outside he won't see anyone he knows.]</sub>

Hiro Kageyama | Outside Shibusen | July 14th, right after the malfunction | Open

[everyonesconfidant]

[What was that? It was like the world blinked, or something. Well, everything seems to be back to normal and Hiro is back in front of Shibusen, so perhaps it was just his imagination?

He starts heading towards home for now, till he feels... something strange. Kind of like an itch on his left hand, but different. When he checks his hand, he nearly goes pale. There is a phone screen right in the middle of his palm, displaying the main menu interface for the Demon Summoning App. He's not sure what to be more alarmed by: the presence of the Demon Summoning App or just the general fact that there is now a screen on his hand. He chooses the latter, and calls out to anyone who will listen.]

Um, guys...! There's a screen on my hand!

Re: [Psii | near morning training grounds | July 14 | open]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura had spaced out a few times that day, mostly due to the painkillers from the hospital, but once due to something rather similar to what Psii just went through and was pretty sure he had spaced out again when he noticed Psii before him.

Blink. Blink blink]]

Psii? Are you all right...?

Valentine | Near Death City Heights | July 14th, Morning | Open

[niptuck]

[One second, she could've sworn she had been in her room. Still, reappearing in her patrol quarter wasn't what bothered her the most. The lust for destruction she had been containing was gone, replaced instead by annoyance. Having better control over herself, the skull and cross eye glanced left, then right. Alright, the last time she had been here was several weeks ago and she had been in her room, but it seemed to be the same. Hilarious...]

[Walking past a window, she had to pause and look over. Her once white uniform had turned black and red stained the skirt's hem. Her skin was chalky blue and her hair, once blue, had gone white. Peeling off her gloves, she slipped on a new pair so at least they appeared clean. Would she explain what's going on? Maybe after someone told her what made her return home in the first place. And if that bitch Aeon was in on it, there would be hell...]

[OOC: Valentine's taken her Skullgirl appearance. It's number seven.]

Akiha Tohno | open | Various places around Death City

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Laying on the ground, out in the open like someone dropped it from their wallet was a crimson colored credit card with one thing written across it in bold black print:


TOHNO



...Akiha was tired of this. She couldn't control this whole transformation thing and ended up in weapon form at the most inopportune times. And to make it worse, she had a hard time transforming back thanks to her temper flaring each and every time she accidentally ended up as this... this... card.

Care to pick up the credit card?]

Chika Daimon | Shibusen's main stairs | July 14th

[scatterflower]

[ Finding yourself at the top of Shibusen's main staircase when you were at the arcade doing your job the last minute was definitely not normal.

You know what else wasn't normal? Falling down the Shibusen stairs because your balance was off because you suddenly appeared at the top of the stairs.

Too bad for Chika that was exactly what was happening now, and she couldn't do anything but let out a scream as she plummeted down them. Was... what the hell happened was she going to die why was this-

Something strange happened on the way down though, and Chika felt her whole body changed and get a hell of a lot smaller as she clanged onto the ground down the stairs until she stopped moving. ]

DAMN IT BREW! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU NOW!?

[ So... yeah. Chika was a weapon now. In fact, she was not just any weapon, but she was a Digivice like her brother was when he used to be here, only orange and pink instead of whatever color he was (and the color in the picture).

And she was at the bottom of the Shibusen stairs. And... had no idea how to get back to normal. ]

Someone come over here and help me!