A. [308 Miller Street - Action]

[Saori wakes up to the sound of an alarm clock going off. Out of habit, she slams down the snooze button. Wait a minute. She immediately sits up on the bed and looks around. Well this definitely wasn't her room. Last time she checked it wasn't a western style house. Staying in bed won't solve anything so she starts quietly exploring the house. She finally goes down stairs and sees a family photograph featuring herself and other people she had never met before.]

W-what's the meaning of this?

B. [Around Mayfield - Action]

[After the initial shock of waking up in a strange house, she figures exploring the area and getting her bearings would be to her advantage. Feel free to spot the newbie as she looks around and you might be able to hear her muttering things to herself.]

Hmm...you'd think there would be a place to get some tea or something here...

C.  [Phone -unfiltered- evening]

My name is Saori and I just arrived here. So what exactly is this place? I get that everyone is from different worlds and times but how exactly? This isn't exactly an afterlife or anything like that. I'm guessing there's no way out of this place either. Not to mention its stripped me of my abilities.

Also...is there a place where I can train with those drones or whatever you call them pestering me?  Hand to hand combat to specific .

I. Action >> 948 Beulah Street >> Early Morning

[Hakuba awakes in a bed that isn't his own and runs a quick check in the room and on his person for his handgun, which is nowhere to be found. He spends a few additional minutes searching for bugs of any kind.]

[Eventually, he gives up and dresses in the clothes provided to him - which aren't all that different from his own, to be honest - and makes his way cautiously downstairs to inspect the perimeter. Anybody home?]

II. Phone >> Mid-Morning

[When Hakuba gets on the phone his voice is clear and even, practically detached. He sounds almost as if he is reading off of a report by rote.]

As I have been led to believe that my current situation is a wide-spread one, I would like to request any pertinent data as to our location, our captors, and their motives. Any additional information that anyone could provide as to the types, and levels of enforcement currently in place would also be much appreciated.

[His tone turns faintly irritable now as he continues.] And if my abductors are listening as well, I would like my grandfather's pocket watch back.

III. Action >> around town >> Noon

[Hakuba has been stopped in his investigation of the town by a drone adult that wants to know why he isn't "in school, young man!" He is attempting to explain himself to them with little luck.]

No, I've just said I don't go to school anymo-- well, yes, I suppose in the strictly legal sense of the word I am still classified as a child but I---

IV. Action >> Library >> Evening

[Hakuba is sitting at a table with a large stack of books, pertaining to details of the town's "history" and such, a few of them open around him. In a notebook in front of him he is sketching a rough map of the town from his explorations earlier in the day, making tiny, illegible notes in the margins as he goes.]

A. Action ERWIN ROAD 3472

[ When Zion awakens, he finds himself in a bed that wasn't his in a room that didn't belong to him but someone who looked like him. He shot up in bed, looking around the bedroom with a confused look. There were pictures of him and people he didn't know. He stands up and looks at his clothes, still in pajamas, weird....These were so tasteless. Wait....How did he get in... ]

What in the world....?

[He made his way over to the drawer and puts on some clothes. A black jacket white shirt and black shorts with boots. At least who ever this was had some taste. He silently makes his way over to the door and pokes his head out. ]

Hello...? 

[ he pauses for a response before calling out ]

Is anyone here?

B. Action Around Mayfield Afternoon

Oh dear~

[ he mumbles softly, looking around. Maybe a self tour was a bad idea....Zion tried retracing his steps but it seems he's only gotten himself more lost. He sighed as he decided to ask for directions. Can't be that hard, hopefully they weren't too annoying. Once he spotted someone he put on his innocent act and made his way over. ]

Ah, excuse me? I seem to have gotten lost....Would you mind telling me where I am?

[ Maybe he could entertain himself a while before finding his way back. Ah choices, choices. ]

I'd hate to be out here all day~

( action ❥838 Hastings Boulevard )

[ Let's be frank; Keine doesn't often wake-up with strange men in her bed. The moment she woke Keine immediately slipped away and walked a nervous loop around the room as she searched for a way out. All things considered, Keine was surprisingly calm as explored the house with a hand to the wall... Hoping the usual maze tactic would help her find the exit from this bizarre labyrinth. Upon finding the exit and opening the door, however, Keine's confusion reaches a peak. This isn't her village... Is this even Gensokyo? ] 

( phone ❥ afternoon )
[ Deciding how to work the phone was not too difficult. Her drone children were happy to tease her and help her with it. Keine kindly shoos them away, seeing no reason to be harsh on two children who cannot even correctly identify their own mother, and holds the phone to her ear. ]

Good day, to anyone who may be listening. My name is Kamishirasawa Keine and I'm afraid that I seem to have become horribly lost. My most sincere apologies, but might any of the locals here explain to me where I might be?

[ A pause, before she adds in a hopeful tone. ] Mokou, dear, if you might be there or listening somehow then please don't fret. I'll be home shortly, I assure you. Might you pass an apology on to the school for me? I worry I am going to be late. [ ... Well, it was worth a try. ] Anyway... Any and all help would be greatly appreciate, if you could, please?

 A. 306 Miller Street Street ✝ Interior

[Gabriel wakes up, which is unusual because he doesn't sleep, but that fact is less unusual than the fact that he was fairly certain he was dead. That part he remembers clearly and while, for all his knowledge both godlike and angelic, he has no idea what really happens to angels when they die, because it didn't use to happen quite this often, he's fairly certain that waking up in the vessel he just violently vacated on account of being demoted to being very dead, in a bed beside a beautiful woman was not on the list of possible angel afterlifes.

...Rewind.

Bed. Beautiful woman. He's pretty sure his brain needs to be in on this fantasy, because the last time he was in bed with anyone was, like, an hour ago when he was putting his last will and testament in a sex tape and this was not some buxom lady straight out of a porn. This was... More "take home to Mother" and less "hope Mother never finds out." 

And the woman isn't even the important part, something that hits him a second later. He doesn't know who this woman was. He can't just pick her brain and find out. He can't feel anything. ...He can't feel anything- nothing at all. No tenuous thread to Heaven, no Grace boiling away underneath the flesh.

He bolts out of the bed and nearly slams into the nightstand. Great. Five seconds as a human and he's already learning he's uncoordinated. He swears under his breath and realizes he's just upset a picture- a nice picture of him (in a suit???) with the same beautiful woman he doesn't know (in a wedding gown??)] Ohhhh no. No, no, no, no. Not happening. Not to me.

[And that is how Gabriel ended up downstairs rifling through every corner of the house to confirm what he already knows.

He's dead and he's trapped in Suburbia. He's in Hell. For real.]


B. 306 Miller Street ✝ Exterior

[Later in the morning, you will find Gabriel exiting his house with a butter knife. He found the letters with his last name on them. Someone thinks they're cute. And when he finds out who, he is going to demand his Grace back (what is he supposed to do without it??), and then demand a change of last name... But not before he beats the person into letting him out. Yes, in that order. 

In the meantime, he's going to set to work scraping the name off the mailbox. It's something to do. Don't judge him.]

C. Phone ✝ Late afternoon

[Well, here goes nothing.... Gabriel has finally figured out that this is how people get shit done, so this is... Happening.]

Okay, I get it. This is a joke, right? Ha ha funny? Trick the Trickster? Good on you, Whoever the Hell You Are, but, uh, I don't play these kind of reindeer games. I like being on the other side of this kinda shtick, which is probably why I'm here. "Oooh Mr. Trickster, for so callously trying to choose how mortals live and die by their sins, you must be tricked as they were tricked, blah, blah, blah." Bullshit. It's in my nature. It's what I do. And, as you may or may not know? I kinda bought it back. Someone owes me a lot more than suburbia.

I'll take an explanation, if that's order's too complicated for you.

[Phone.]

Hello everyone! This may sound like an odd question, but how many people here know anything about golem enchanting? To be more specific, who here can actually enchant golems?

On a related note, does anyone have any tips for building these things? I don't have much experience with it myself. And if anyone has any bricks I could borrow, I'd really appreciate it. Not that I'd expect them for free of course! I'd be willing to work for them.

Oh, but all this talk about golems and bricks reminds me of a puzzle I heard once! See if you can solve it:

"Say you had to complete a building entirely out of bricks. How many bricks would you need to complete this building?"

[Around town.]

[Luke's found a wheelbarrow and is currently wheeling it around town with the intention of collecting bricks. Gizmo, Luke's robot dog, is right on his feet as he makes his way around town - hopefully he'd be able to afford a few more bricks from the hardware store.]

Ow, please be careful, Gizmo! You'll make me trip!

[Outside 726 Anderson Lane.]

[For the past few days, Luke's started his own building project. Lots and lots of bricks are starting to pile up as Luke just kind of dumps them in the front yard.  He's already in the process of making the base of the golem, although to onlookers it just looks like Luke is attempting to build something large out of bricks.

He'll just be sitting inside the base of the golem, stacking brick after brick. He seems pretty content with his work.]

[A - Mayfield Elementary]

[Ako hadn't really given it much thought, but there was a lot of kids coming up to her when the party was, saying things like 'Ako throws the best parties' and 'when are you going to have it, I hope there's cake' and other things. After checking the date, she had a sinking feeling that put her into a little more dour mood. It was her birthday on Friday. FRIDAY. Why did the drones know when she was turning eleven? This didn't make much sense at all.

You can probably catch her trying to ignore the drones who were excitedly asking her when and where the party was going to happen.]


[B - Mayfield High]

[Ako needed to talk to someone, other than her parents. She couldn't burden them with the information, not yet. So she was in the Mayfield High School, looking for a certain pink head. She needed to talk to Nozomi and fast. Surely she knew what to do. But sadly, older kids were getting in her way, and some of them were trying to intercept her. Apparently her parties were notorious for being really fun, and even teenage drones were wishing her birthday greetings. One could probably help her out, but she's also looking for Nozomi in particular.]

Has ANYONE seen Nozomi around? Anyone?


[C - Home, 7134 Brooks And Surrounding Street]

[Ako was in a dour mood that evening. She didn't want to be reminded about her birthday, she didn't want to burden anyone, she didn't want a party, not without her own family. Anyone who wanted to talk to her here could, as she makes her way to the house and slams the door.]

I'm home. I'm starting dinner.


[D - Phone, Drone Filter]

Okay, seriously. This is getting out of hand. How in the world do drones know when you're turning another year older?

A. Action » 627 Topper Street

[Geoffrey isn’t exactly surprised to find a strange woman next to him in bed. But he is a little confused about his surroundings. He slips out of bed (what are these strange bedclothes?) and picks up a small, framed portrait of him and the strange woman. It doesn’t even look like a painting. What’s going on?

He sets off down the hall, looking for anyone that could give him some answers.]

Hello?

[Arya, meanwhile, is more alarmed than puzzled to find herself in a strange room, in strange clothes. What was the last thing she remembered? Yoren about to cut her hair. She raises her hand to it. Still long. Had the Queen’s men found them? Had she been knocked out and brought her, to be held captive like Sansa? Her breath catches in her throat and she nearly panics. But then she hears Syrio’s voice in her head and she repeats his words out loud.]

Don’t just see; look.

[This place was...weird. Cersei could not even imagine decorations like this. If she were captured she would be in the Red Keep or a dungeon and this was neither. That only meant one thing. Time to explore. She dresses herself in the odd clothes she finds in the dresser and sets out into the hallway, keeping her eyes open for anything she could use as a weapon. But then she stumbles across Chaucer. Unitimidating as he was in his nightclothes, she still had to be cautious. Her eyes narrow.]

Who are you?

B. Action » around town

[After discovering that both were equally clueless as to the situation, Arya and Chaucer have decided to go exploring to find some answers.]

Just... stay close. And do keep that knife to yourself.

[Arya frowns, running her fingers over the knife she had nicked from the kitchen.]

Are you stupid? I’m not going to go around stabbing people for fun.

[Chaucer gives her a look.]

Well, my dear, perhaps you should have it hidden. People aren’t likely to talk to us if it looks like you’re going to slash them.
[Feel free to interrupt them. They look a little lost...]

C. Action » All over Uptown

[There is a ten year old girl wandering all around town today. Yes, that’s right. She is not in school and flagrantly walking the streets. Almost as if she has no idea she’s supposed to be in school...
Although she does look nervous, like she’s expecting someone to stop her any second. The observant might even notice that she’s hidden a knife in the waistband of her skirt and keeps running her fingers over the hilt.

There’s a lot in Mayfield that is completely new to her, though, so her caution is mixed with a sense of wonder. So much so, in fact, that she fails to see that person walking in the opposite direction.]

Sorry. [She lowers her eyes to the ground, afraid of attracting attention.]

[ooc: This can take place after school too. She’s going to be exploring for a while.]

D. Action » Olney’s Tavern

[Chaucer’s been wandering this strange place for a good part of the day. So, instead of spending this lovely afternoon outside, he decides to duck in a place. Lucky for him, it serves alcohol. He orders a beer and sits at the bar, looking around nervously. But Chaucer, being Chaucer, feels the need to speak up to the person seated next to him... after he receives his beer and takes a big swig.]

So... how long have you lived here, my friend?

[ooc: So A is closed, B is if you want to encounter the two together, C is for just Arya and D is for just Chaucer.]

[Action at 845 Goldberg Street]

[Well. This was...certainly unexpected. Joshua's accustomed enough to traveling to different universes, but not involuntarily, and definitely not in a manner that would leave him completely without his powers or even his own clothes. There's also the fact that he woke up at all, considering that a Composer who fell asleep on the job did not keep it for long, three week Games nonwithstanding.

Still, he's not one for panic even in the most unusual of circumstances, so it takes him only a few seconds to brush off the initial bewilderment before he hops off the bed and starts taking in his surroundings, picking up a picture frame on the drawer nearby. He doesn't recognize the other three people in it, but that's definitely him posing in the idyllic scene of a family vacation. An alternate version of himself, most likely? Then again, he's been to plenty of parallel worlds in his time and he's pretty sure that there is no universe out there that would cause any iteration of himself to make such an unironically cheerful expression.]

Hmm. Is this the part where I'm supposed to say 'curiouser and curiouser', I wonder?

[Action around Mayfield]

[Clearly, more exploration is warranted here. Not that Joshua seems to come across as a newcomer to the town, an amused expression remaining firmly on his face even as he's getting more unnerved on the inside. Not only is he no longer in Shibuya, or even in the same continent, but apparently he's not even in the right time. That said, the only time that calm look disappears from his face is when he's rifling through the racks at the clothing stores, wrinkling his nose in distaste.]

[Phone]

[After he's done strolling around town, he finally picks up the phone.]

Mayfield, is it? All right, I'll bite. When does this little Game start to get interesting, or shall I be looking to make my own entertainment here? I do so hate to be bored.

[Kida is in his room sleeping then wakes up in pajamas he didn't wear but he was too drowsy to notice. He automatically reached for his cell phone which obviously isn't here. He noticed that it wasn't there and started to look around for it. Then he noticed that he's not where he was last night. He rushed out of his room and down the stairs, catching a glimpse at "family" photos. Doesn't seem like he was ever in these pictures but it seems as if he was here his whole life.

But that didn't calm him down one bit. It was strange.]

. . . How did I end up here? I was sure I was with Saki the last time I saw her. I took a nap and.. That's right! This is a dream! That has to be it!

[He proceeds to pinch himself and it hurt really badly.]

Ow! Ok.. It's not a dream. Then where am I?

[Voice: Phone conversation:

Kida looks around and spots the phone. He starts to dial numbers he knew unaware of the fact that he's not in Japan anymore. But either way, he's looking for someone he knows or at least someone who can explain to him the situation. Well?]

[Action: 912 Bilko: In/Front of house:

You would see Kida outside the house in his pajamas, directionally challenged, looking awfully worried and shocked. The houses look all the same. WHERE THE HELL IS THIS PLACE?!

OR

You can see Kida trying to solve this mystery in the house. There may be a lot of noise if the neighbors can hear anything but most definitely people in the house can hear.]

{{ →!Action | Early Morning | 949 Beulah }}

[ When Aoko first wakes up it doesn't immediately register that something is a miss and merely rolls over to fall back asleep. ]

[ When she wakes up the second time a jolt of panic hits her full-force and she sits up, reaching blindly up for her alarm clock only to fins her hand connects with a wall and not the small shelf above her bed. It is then that she takes a moment to notice she's not in her room nor is she in any room that looks even vaguely familiar to her. What's going on here? ]

[ She slides out of bed and looks down at her pajamas button down pajamas. They're similar to what she went to bed in but subtly different. She frowns and moves over to the bedroom door, shoving it gently open as she keeps her ears open for the sound her dad or maybe even Kaito. ]

Hello?


{{ →!Action | Anywhere }}

[ Aoko is still reasonably confused about this whole situation and she thinks it's probably best to look around for people she knows. Like Kaito! }}

Action: 952 Beulah Street

[ Interestingly enough, a package is waiting for Obi-Wan when he arrives home, resting casually on the doorstep. He moves to pick it up with a puzzled look, simply staring for a long moment. What could this be about?

He steps inside, carefully pulling at the box. There is almost a hushed feeling about the air as he does so, an intense anticipation.

Nothing. The box is empty.

Appearances are deceiving. ]

Phone; Later

The will of the Force truly is a fascinating thing.

Or, perhaps I should thank the postman instead.

I - [locked to 3475 Erwin]
[This was certainly the last place she expected to be. She was supposed to be on her boat. Her family's boat. All alone with Makoto-kun, at last. She'd never have to face trouble again.

Except, of course, this wasn't heaven. Or anything remotely close. 

Not entirely sure what is going on, the second she awakens and becomes aware of her surroundings, her self-defense mechanism goes into overdrive. Find a weapon, secure the area, make sure you're safe. Make sure he's safe, wherever he is. So as quietly as possible, she attempts to sneak into the kitchen without being noticed, grabbing the sharpest knife she can find, and goes off into the rest of the house, searching all doors and rooms. GL MINATO.]

II - [all around town]

[Maybe you're a student in the highschool. Maybe you're somewhere in the diner. Maybe you're just walking around town, bored. Because there's Kotonoha: a) sitting in the back of class, her head down and quietly shivering, b) tucked into a back booth in a waitress outfit, noticeably doing no waitressing at all, or c) absentmindedly stumbling around the town with a blank look in her eyes.]

[Action: 457 Stone]

[Bail is... rather surprised to wake up next to someone who most decidedly is not Breha. He stands up, trying to keep his composure.]

Pardon me, there seems to have been some sort of mixup.

[He wanders down the stairs, becoming increasingly disturbed by what he finds as he reaches the family photos]

This isn't right at all...

[Action: Around Mayfield]

[Bail has dressed himself in the clothing available in the closet. Including the sweater vest. Now has out trying to get a feel for this place]

Excuse me, do you have a moment?

[Action: Library]

[Bail is wandering the stacks, trying to find something useful. This being the Mayfield library, he's not having much look.]

[PHONE]

So... this is Mart. Seriously. I'm just, kinda stuck in Annie's body right now. For one thing, still trying to figure out all these werewolf powers and abilities and shit. Also, I am so not used to being in a lady body...

ACTION

914 Bilko - Front

[You'll notice Mart!Annie lying down on the lawn, straining and moving on the ground, occasionally standing completely still as though in meditation.]

Neutron Diner

[Mart!Annie sits at a table.... eating a large number of burgers and looking somewhat disgruntled. Dare you approach?]