A Better Place To Live - April 20th, 2012

20 April 2012 @ 12:38 am

FLAN 5.0 - FLAN IS FREAKY!

[Nova awakens to find something quite unusual. He's not in his room. He's shorter. And he now appears to be a small child. That's different.]

PHONE

Most curious! I am Desty Nova and my mind has been switched with the mind of another resident, putting mine into his body and presumebly vice-versa! Dare I ask, has this occurred with anyone else? This is a karmically changing turn of events! Unfortunately I am unsure just whose body I am in currently...

ACTION
[All Over Town]

[Nova in Merem's body runs about town, enjoying his newfound youth while also taking note to observe the other residents of town, taking a particular interest in trying to find his body.]

Tags: !event, c: desty nova

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20 April 2012 @ 06:46 am

Second Royal Sulk

Action 1 - 747 Partridge Morning

[Lyon had recently been droned, and all of her things were missing. Lym assumed this was like her brother and she was taking it with her usual calm demeanor and trying to move the couch in front of Lyon's door so that horrible thing won't come out and depress her. She's not being subtle about it in the house and after a while she'll just sit outside looking irritated about it all]

Action 2 - The park

[Lym has just noticed a blue flower, and walked over to pick up, she hasn't noticed that her hair turned pink or her eyes turned pale blue, not yet. Feel free to point it out, or point and laugh.]

Tags: *location: partridge drive, c: lymsleia falenas

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20 April 2012 @ 07:54 am

Honk Honk 4: Chentonese Style Cooking

Action: Outside 458 Stone Street

(See this cat girl flying around her house? This time, she's flying around for a reason: she's tending to her soybean plants! And she has a lot of them! She will make them grow and tend to them and love them and make many many things with them!

...what do you mean cats don't know how to make tofu?! Of course Chen knows how to make it! Her master taught her a long time ago, but nonetheless, flying cat girl watering her plants. Care to approach?)

Phone

Hi everyone! I'm Chen! And Mayfield did something really nice to me: it gave me soybean plants! I used to take care of them a lot with Ran-sama back home and she taught me everything I know.

And I'll be able to cook tofu! Because Ran-sama taught me that, too! If you're hungry, come by 458 Stone Street; that's where I'll be!

Tags: *location: stone street, c: chen

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20 April 2012 @ 10:03 am

-003

Phone

Hey, folks. Guess it's not very often that I use this thing... but I thought the town could use a friendly "hello". Name's Locke. Been here for a good while now. Strange, I know! In any case, I wish you all a good day!

Action!

[Later that day, Locke can be found walking around town. He had decided to give himself a day off, and do what he does best! ... Explore the unexplored! Though really, there wasn't much to do and eventually wandered himself into the park. Sitting himself down on a bench, he would wave to a passerby. He was plotting something...]

Tags: *location: john doe park, c: locke cole

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20 April 2012 @ 10:23 am

001.

A:) phone.

[there's a small voice on the line belonging to a little girl -- but she sounds rather mature (or maybe compensating) for her age. her tone is polite, anyway.]

Good day. [...] My name is Schierke, and I have just arrived in this town several days ago... I understand that we cannot leave, and whoever is responsible for our situation has somehow also stolen certain things from us. [outside the obvious of 'freedom.' you can hear a hint of distaste in her voice at that...]

I have been separated from my companions and my magic; for this reason, I would like to make a request. [here, her tone becomes a little tentative. she misses them -- is more than a little overwhelmed by this place without the comforts of home; her magic and her friends. but! that isn't going to stop her from figuring this out and finding them, plus a way back.]

If... anyone has heard of a tall man named Guts? [...] Or-- perhaps a woman named Casca, or Farnese? There is also Serpico and Isidro... [she wonders if Puck and Ivalera might even end up here by this strange... concept of kidnapping.]

Please inform me. I would greatly appreciate any help you could offer to their locations.

...Thank you.

B:) action - around town // open.

[that over with, Schierke is now dressed in the uncomfortable garments the town provided for her in place of her usual witch's garb Flora had given her. she doesn't have so much as her staff! it's a truly deplorable situation.

you might see a less than enthusiastic little girl with green hair traveling the town today. she isn't quite sure what she's looking for, and she's never been great in crowds, so she might accidentally bump into you while distracted! or, maybe you'd like to say hello? whatever the case, it won't be hard to spot her in her travels if you'd like to.]

C:) action - 1248 Williams // closed to housemates.

[this girl has kept to herself since she woke up here a few days ago and ran into Vash -- she hasn't seemed very fond of being a part of this 'family unit' deal and seems apt to look after herself. but, today, she'll be poking her head in the various rooms of the home in search of her 'family.' maybe it's time to admit that this isn't some trick or illusion and she might want to address the others stuck in the same position as her. except for the tall idiot, of course.]

Tags: !intro, *location: williams road, c: schierke

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20 April 2012 @ 11:41 am

Devil's Nest 13 | Looking a Little Green

-Action: Front of 624 Topper-

[After rummaging through the garage for a ladder, hammer, and nails, Greed can be found on the lawn, looking from the sign in his hands to the house. Feel free to ask him about it.]

[It doesn't take him long to decide it would look best hanging above the front door, and soon he's causing a fair amount of noise trying to get some nails in the perfect spot to hang it. Once he's got the sign perched above the door, he's off the ladder and back on the lawn admiring the sight. Feel free to yell at him about the noise or bug him about the sign.]

-Action: Around Town-

[Greed is so happy with his sign, that he can't help but stop and smell the roses, well, blue flowers, and after a few moments, his skin turns a bright shade of green. Even worse, when he puts up his shield it's a sparkling pink. He'll wander around town as he goes from green to pink, hoping that it will fade.]

-Action: Olney's Tavern-

[Despite his strange green hue, he still makes it in to work, but he's not his usual chipper self. Instead, he sulks behind the bar, hoping the dark lighting will make him look somewhat normal.]

Tags: *location: olney's tavern, *location: topper street, c: greed

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20 April 2012 @ 02:43 pm

002 APOCALYPSE AVERTED ❧ AGAINST LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM

A

[ action, CHURCH OF SALVATION, UPTOWN MAYFIELD, MORNING ]

[ In the early afternoon, while the kids are at school, Buffy slips out of the house to do some wandering and explore around town. There are supplies she needs, and sudden suburban housewife or not, she's gonna get them. She swings by the church as soon as she sees it, beelining across the carefully trimmed grass and heading inside, nosing around. No services on Friday mornings, at least, so it was quiet.

Didn't look quite Catholic, but if she was lucky (when was she ever lucky?) it might at least have holy water for her to stock up in the trunk at the foot of the bed she was apparently supposed to be sharing with Finnick Odair, her loving husband -- when he wasn't, that is, going into some weird catatonic kind of zone out. ]

B

[ action, DOWNTOWN MAYFIELD (GROCERY STORY, BODINE FASHION, JONATHON'S TOOLS), AFTERNOON ]

[ After her trip the church and a quick trip home for lunch -- God, she was gonna become a pod person. She'd already gotten herself trained to have the drone children of the corn's lunches packed in the mornings -- she headed back out to the downtown area. Under the guise of grocery shopping and other generic ~appropriately feminine~ things, maybe she could find some weapons.

She headed first to the hardware store -- it seemed like the most obvious choice. Even a trowel would be a step up from whatever was in their house. Not that a trowel was much higher up on the list of ways to stop creatures of the night than a chef's knife was, but … It helped to look around. Unfortunately, as soon as she got inside, the employees were haggling her. Tools were, after all, men's business. Men schmen.

After that, she wandered down to window shop and browse at Bodine Fashion, only to be seriously disappointed by the crime of just how outdated everything in there was.

It didn't last long, and ended with her just heading for the grocery store to set out and do what she'd come downtown for in the first place. ]

C

[ action, PARTRIDGE DRIVE AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, NIGHT ]

[ Weapons or no weapons, when night fell, Buffy took to the street. Partially habit, partially out of legitimate concern for the safety of the other townspeople, aaaand partially security blanket (Of Human Bondage, she reminded herself). ]

Tags: *location: partridge drive, c: buffy summers

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20 April 2012 @ 04:01 pm

case 4: Henshin/Hero

[Action A: 3472 Erwin Road. Locked to housemates.]

[Shoutaro is cleaning a bit on his porch, when he spots a box next to the stoop. He picks it up, spotting his name on it.]

Could this be...?

[He dashes inside to open it up...]

[Action B: John Doe Park: Open]

[Shoutaro is standing in the middle of the park, looking around. He wants to make sure there aren't any people nearby.]

It didn't look damaged...but I should take precautions before needing to use this...

[Since the Lost Driver he received is as garage-made-looking as it looks...and he isn't anywhere near technologically-capable to actually CHECK the driver...he has to test it out. There is literally no way he can really truly just check it.]

Here goes....

[He clicks the Joker Memory.]

Henshin!

[JOKER!]

Tags: *location: erwin road, *location: john doe park, c: shoutaro hidari

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20 April 2012 @ 05:04 pm

Ⅰ The King has entered the building

( Sweet Narrative )

Ａ．　Ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ，　ｌｏｃｋｅｄ　ｔｏ　５０５　Ｒｉｃａｒｄｏ　Ｓｔｒｅｅｔ．

[ Saber is cooking, your argument is invalid.

She's also carefully avoiding everything in the house that shows her being all wifey to the dude she was sleeping with. And is that Hakuno? Saber is too scared to check the other rooms, not that she would accept she is scared, shut up. For now, she's fixing herself from breakfast, and doing extra for whoever might need to be fed as an apology. If she feels like untying her fake hubby. Maybe.

She's humming. ]

Ｂ．　Ａｒｏｕｎｄ　ｔｏｗｎ，　ｍｏｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｄａｙ．　Ｏｐｅｎ　ｔｏ　ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ．

[ Being the amazing person she is, Saber has taken to explore the city, but not before modifying the ridiculous clothes she had been given into something a lot easier to deal with. Shorter skirts and less restraining shirts, boys and girls. She can found either staring at pets, buildings, or other people. Perhaps you? You don't even need to look weird, just...be around. Her walking is taking her all over Mayfield, but she's not entering any place just yet. ]

Ｃ．　Ｐｈｏｎｅ．　Ｅｖｅｎｉｎｇ．　Ｏｐｅｎ　ｔｏ　ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ．

Greetings, Mayfield. You will call me Saber.

I'm not impressed.

Tags: !intro, *location: ricardo street, c: saber

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20 April 2012 @ 05:07 pm

[Poison Joke] a glow, and then a shine...

[ 20 April, Afternoon, the front garden of 1490 Kramden Road ]

[ The front lawn has been making the slow transition from carpet of green to a plot ready to plant. Ilsa has been adding the seedlings from the kitchen window as they are hardy enough.

However, this morning while leaving to go to work, she spotted something she did not plant in the beds. It did not conform to anything she knew, and at her lunch break, she had checked the library references which had no more information on the plant.

So this afternoon, she changed into her halter top and shorts, and started weeding. She has been careful enough to wear gloves, and to put them in a bucket for disposal, but that doesn't stop them from affecting her. She hasn't noticed that her shadow now includes bat-wings, of sufficient span to be useful.... ]

[[ OOC: Ilsa has been affected by the Poison Joke! Feel free to just be in the neighborhood and point out her new attributes. ]]

Tags: *location: kramden road, c: ilsa higa

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20 April 2012 @ 06:03 pm

{003}

[Action: Around town.]

[Mirai's run out of drone clothes to destroy and re-use as pieces for her growing clothes and teddy bear collection, so that leaves her one option: getting a source of income. The solution? A job, of course!

She's wandering around town with a few job applications in her hand, muttering to herself in an annoyed tone.]

This is so stupid! How can it be this annoying to find a job?

[Action: John Doe Park]

[Later in the evening, around sunset, Mirai has snuck into the park to test out her latest regain. She's not very well-hidden, and anyone wandering nearby might see a bright flash of light, and a girl in a pink, fluffy dress holding a heart-shaped wand behind some bushes.]

It worked! Hah, I knew I would get it back sooner or later! This town can't keep my things away from me for long.

[How smug. Despite that, though, she seems genuinely pleased.]

Tags: *location: john doe park, c: mirai wakaba

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20 April 2012 @ 06:18 pm

✝001✝

Action for 1337 Benny Road...

-He woke up that morning, next to someone he didn't know. In a room that wasn't his own. In a set of pajamas that weren't his. This was all too confusing for him... just what happened? He remembered watching the news of what was happening in Rio, but other than that, nothing added up. He clenched his jaw and slowly sat up. It was then he realized he had none of his possessions! The man wouldn't stand for this, and went to get dressed.-

-The first thing he did, after he was fully clothed, was head to the phone... and dial out.-

Phone

Hello? Can ye direct me to-- hm?

Action: Anywhere

-There is a fairly tall man wandering around the streets. He's taking in his surroundings and trying to make sense of the whole thing.-

Tags: !intro, *location: benny road, c: alexander anderson

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20 April 2012 @ 06:30 pm

♬ Fourth Song: Poison Joke. The joke's on him! Again!

[1331 Benny]

[Gakupo is busy sprucing up the living room table with a vase of blue flowers he found outside his home. They were beautiful, and thankful for whomever planted them! Within the next few hours, Gakupo finds his world very different! He only felt woozy for a moment, then BAM!

PONY-FIED!!]

What's going on?! WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

[Phone]

Can anypony help me?! Twilight, you seem smart, FIX ME!!

[The sound of something falling over and thuds and crashes can be heard all of a sudden.]

....ouch.

[Around Town]

[Anyone can catch a purple pony running around, enjoying the wind in his mane, and the thunderous gallop against the pavement. Being a pony rocks!]

Tags: *location: benny road, c: gakupo kamui

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20 April 2012 @ 07:04 pm

001

[Action A - 1649 Albright Lane]
-It should've just been another morning like any other day, only this time around things were a little different. For starters, he found himself in a bedroom with a stranger. That put him off a bit, and he quickly got out of bed. He was also a little concerned about the lack of his clothes. However, around his neck were a set of dog tags... Things seemed somewhat familiar, but he couldn't place it.

He dressed, fixed his hair, and headed downstairs into the kitchen.-

[Action B - Around Town...]
-His mind raced as he wandered the streets. There had to be some explanation for all this. There were folks who seemed all too cheerful and everything seemed to match that of the 1950's. He knew about this place, didn't he? He stopped and gave a puzzled look... maybe someone should talk to him.-

Tags: !intro, *location: albright lane, c: charlie nash

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20 April 2012 @ 09:45 pm

05 - Poison Joke

[So, last night, Kreutzer's dolls brought in some strange blue plants to brighten up the place! Hajime didn't know what they were, and he wound up touching them in an effort to figure that out. Big mistake. It's the next morning, and the Poison Joke has worked some interesting changes on the household overnight.]

[A - 2239 Stevens, forward-dated to Saturday morning]

[Hajime wakes up and rolls off the couch like nothing's wrong. He hasn't noticed anything out of the ordinary yet, not even as he gets into the kitchen to start up a pot of coffee, as is his way. After all, the form he's in right now is pretty natural to him on some level, and he didn't sleep very well at all. He's still waking up!

It's not until the giant green blade on his right wrist comes into his line of sight that he wakes up enough to know EXACTLY what has happened. He doesn't realize the Poison Joke is to blame, but he does know he's taken his original form, that of the Joker Undead. Hajime is now bracing for Joker's full destructive power and instincts to kick in, but nothing is happening. He still has his mind in tact, and he still feels about like a normal human power-wise. He tries changing back to human with his Spirit card, but his Rouser appears to be not working right. It only takes him a few tries before he gives up.

Housemates, you have a large monster in your kitchen making a cup of coffee. And he's probably not the happiest monster in the world.]

[B - Phone, filtered to all other Kamen Riders, forward-dated to Saturday morning]

This is Chalice. I...appear to be having some issues with Joker.

[He sounds pretty calm about it, however. Definitely not like he's about to lose it.]

[C - John Doe Park, forward-dated to Saturday afternoon]

[Hajime's still afraid he might lose control of himself at any moment, and so he's out in the most remote areas of the park, skulking behind clumps of trees and generally trying to avoid notice. He figures he's less likely to do damage here than in the residential areas.

But there's still a terrifying-looking monster hanging around the park, in the event you spot him. He is trying very, very hard to stay away from people and generally remain hidden. What do?]

Tags: c: hajime aikawa

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20 April 2012 @ 10:51 pm

-9th Bullet-

Action A - Around town: [It was supposed to be a day like any other... except there were blue flowers all around town. Last time there were flowers about, it made him go and publicly announce his feelings. So he made it a point to avoid the plants as much as possible. Easier said than done, as he soon found out... though coming into contact with the flowers didn't seem to do anything out of the ordinary. Until he started walking. He lost his sense of balance and more or less was stumbling around like a drunk. Though he knew he didn't drink anything... he just couldn't... walk. This was just as embarrassing as telling everyone who he was in love with.]

Action B - Locked to Lil Slugger...: [It was late in the evening by the time he attempted to walk home. He found himself leaning against light posts and cars to maintain his balance. This town was annoying... he had no where to go other than to that house full of drones. He was beginning to despise everything. Really, you'd think he'd have learned to talk to someone by now...]

Tags: c: hol horse

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20 April 2012 @ 11:12 pm

Drink Count: 28 || All in a day's work...

A. [Action: About Town, morning]

[Crowley's out walking his 8 month old black lab puppy, Rika. She has tons of energy and is bouncing around on her lead with her tongue lolling out, quite the opposite of any dog one could imagine with the demon]

B. [Phone, afternoon]

Out of curiosity, how many of you here aren't human?

C. [Action: Olney's Tavern, evening]

[Crowley's working his shift as usual. Come in and make it less boring for him. You might get an interesting cocktail out of it.]

Tags: *location: olney's tavern, c: anthony crowley

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