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Post by drallore on May 1, 2017 16:40:44 GMT
San Fransokyo. A city filled with people of various backgrounds, classes, and traumas. Until now you've each been a member of a crowd. You've blended in, lived your life, had your dramas, did your best to survive, but we all have that sense of longing in ourselves. A sort of lack of fulfillment, a yearning for a satisfaction that you can't quite define, but you know you'd know it once you found it. Last night you each had an odd dream. You found yourselves in a luxurious blue velvet room, reminiscent of a nightclub. Bright neon blue lights flashed along the floor, occasionally illuminating a man sitting at a private booth His eyes seemed to stare deep into your soul as he called you to sit across from him. He made light conversation, discussing your personal experiences, commending you on making it so far in life thus far, and asked if you felt satisfied with how things were. He asked if you would like something more? But you didn't seem to answer. Not so much by choice, but because you couldn't. He just chuckled "ThAt'S FinE, pErhaPS iT's An eFfEcT oF alL ThEse WiLD CArDs AppEarINg aT OnC333-"Then you awoke. You went about your day, but at some point, your path took you out past Central Station, where a large TV on a building had a newscaster reporting on a large spike of suicide attempts amongst youth between the ages of 15-22 in the last week. Seldom seem to actually end fatally, but it still prompts the question; What is instigating these events. You didn't have much time to think about that though. Suddenly your phone started ringing with some cheeky childlike laughter. When you check your phones, a weird creature with a white ball face and blue hat is laughing, while the words "Entering Mythos! Enjoy your stay!" Dances across the screen.
When you look up, the once crowded city is now completely empty, except for you, and 3 other people (they other players). The city sky is now a vibrant pink, windows on buildings flash neon greens, and there seems to be a bit of black rain, but the raindrops aren't actually water, but for some reason numbers? Numbers are falling from the sky. You're pretty sure you haven't done any drugs today. . .
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Post by kagemaru656 on May 1, 2017 17:07:45 GMT
What the- Where is everyone? Suzume thinks, A dream. Must be a dream. She starts frantically tapping random parts of the app trying to get info or for this to undo. "Can I wake up now? What is going on!?" She finally yells, into the street itself.
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Post by drallore on May 1, 2017 17:14:20 GMT
Suzume's phone remains unresponsive. In fact, the tiny creature seems to taunt her every time she touches the screen.
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Post by oddeyes on May 1, 2017 17:16:12 GMT
Jericha slowly pulled off her headphones, and held out her hand as the rain/numbers(?) fell onto her hand. She then slowly rotated around where she stood, taking in her surroundings. W-What...the...fuuuu... She comes back to the ground as she hears someone shouting. Everyone's gone too.....Who's that?.... She hesitantly waves towards the nearby person to get their attention. "O-....Oi!"
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Post by kagemaru656 on May 1, 2017 17:20:41 GMT
Ok. Ok someone else is here lets just. Lets find out. Her thoughts are scattered, but she makes toward Jericha. "Hey. hi. Uh. What's going on here?"
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Post by eltrou on May 1, 2017 17:29:05 GMT
Miguel was having a grand ol' fine day trying halfheartedly to blend into the Japanese crowd (and failing as his Hispanic blood makes him far too foreign as usual), but then his phone decided to laugh at him, cheeky little bugger. Now he was... somewhere. He'd say it was a drug high but he knew those and this was none of the sort. Elaborate prank was out too, so what in the ever-loving fucking hell was going on here?
He was immediately distracted by the raining numbers, standing transfixed in confusion for a bit until he heard voices in the silence. Female voices. Confused, he walked on over to them. "Hey senoritas? Any of you know what's going on here?" He asked, eyeing them with an uncharacteristically pensive expressions.
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Post by oddeyes on May 1, 2017 17:32:58 GMT
Jericha meets him half way. She also eyes the foreigner that also shows up. She scratches the back of her head, and looks around. "Hey...Hell if I know what's goin on...Everything just...Bah! I don't know! Look at the friggin place!"
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Post by Zephias on May 1, 2017 18:54:58 GMT
The chattering snapped Ciara from her shock at the world suddenly turning into an escapist painting. She shook her head to ward off the daze and slowly edged towards the only group of people that she saw.
"I... Where are we? This isn't Aodora station"
Her lightly accented Japanese ringed out, the irish influences in it a lot stronger because of how confused she was. She made a mental note to work on that later"
"I take it none of you have any idea of what's happening, either" she said as she intruded into the group of three.
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Post by kagemaru656 on May 1, 2017 20:38:22 GMT
"Right... Right. So we're all lost in bizarro world with no clue what's going on... Great." Suzume unconsciously checked her instrument case. Still there. "Doesn't look like we have much in common either... Oh, I'm Suzume Kenchi."
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Post by Zephias on May 1, 2017 21:15:02 GMT
"Ciara Sheehan. A pleasure"
Ciara ran through her bag, pulling out a small paper charm with celtic runes drawn over it.
"I think it'd be in our best interest to stick together, just in case"
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Post by oddeyes on May 1, 2017 21:52:18 GMT
"I'm Jericha Arisato." Jericha ruffles through her gym bag, pulls out her mma gloves, and puts them in her jacket pockets. "We should head towards the nearest police station. How bout it?"
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Post by eltrou on May 1, 2017 23:39:10 GMT
Miguel looked curious when he saw that another girl came around. Two of them looked underage but all three were certainly pretty. He wasn't of a mind to flirt or comment on it though and so he was straight to the point for the moment. "I am Miguel Hidalgo, or I suppose Hidalgo Miguel in this eastern way. Are you sure a police station would be helpful though? We're all experiencing one hell of a trip of some kind at the same time. In the same place. I don't think a police station or police officers are going to help."
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Post by oddeyes on May 2, 2017 0:13:03 GMT
Jericha clicks her tongue, and looks around impatiently. "Well geez. If you got a much better plan then lets go. I'm not feelin comfortable out in the open like this..."
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Post by drallore on May 2, 2017 2:45:18 GMT
Off in the distance you'll hear a loud explosion. It's startling to say the least, and draws your attention to a dark figure floating in the sky. It seems to be getting bigger, and as it grows closer, you can hear what seems to be a high pitched scream trailing behind it getting louder and louder, up until it crashes into the ground before you. As the dust settles you can get a better look at what the object was. It seems human shaped . . . wait, small human. Hold up is that a kid? Maybe 12, 13? And it seems dressed in some weird anime cosplay and has some really good looking knives in it's hands. The child seems delerious, and is having trouble getting to his feet
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Post by eltrou on May 2, 2017 2:58:01 GMT
Miguel was going to answer her, but then he heard screaming and he looked up. Upon seeing a large projectile heading their way, he took a casual large step back and waited for the thing to crash land in front of him, thinking that the others had the presence of mind to at least move their asses. Once the thing did crash land, he furrowed his brows at the bizarre get=up and the very real knives the kid was somehow still holding before approaching the kid carefully, offering his hand.
"Hey, kid, let me help you up. Did someone punt you all the way here or something, because it looks like you were on the wrong end of an NFL linebacker's tackle or throw."
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Post by oddeyes on May 2, 2017 3:17:12 GMT
Jericha looked the kid over. He didn't seem hurt. He did however look like one of those cosplayers she would see running around sometimes. She let Miguel handle the kid as she tried to make some more calls on her phone. She was unsuccessful. "Ugh...dammit. Oi, is that kid alright?"
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Post by Zephias on May 2, 2017 3:28:16 GMT
Ciara flinched backwards at what she could only describe as an "unidentified cannonballing object". One she noticed it was a young teen, surprise was replaced by worry.
"What... How? Um, Miguel, right? Is the boy ok? I may have some ointments and bandages in my pack, or at least some juice for him to drink if that'd help" she asked, concerned. She was now crouching to the other side of the boy, checking for injuries. Her mind tried not to dwell on the very dangerous-looking knives the boy was carrying.
"Does anyone know first aid?"
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Post by kagemaru656 on May 2, 2017 6:00:28 GMT
Suzume watches the kid rocket to earth in a dust cloud and then appearing completely physically unharmed. "Yeah ok. A dream it is then. Maybe my subconscious is telling me I'll wake up if I go to a police station." Suzume starts looking around, trying to think of the way to the closest police station, before deciding on a direction past the kid and beginnning to walk.
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Post by oddeyes on May 2, 2017 8:21:57 GMT
Jericha notices the girl Suzume start walking away, and she turns towards her. "Oi! Don't be wanderin off without the rest of us!" She turns to the others checking on the cosplayer. "Oi. Is he alright? See if you two can carry him. Some of us are gettin antsy, so lets try to find that police station."
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Post by eltrou on May 2, 2017 11:45:33 GMT
First aid? Sounded like a good idea for sure, but he wasn't sure how busted up the kid was at all, to be honest. Not without a more thorough inspection and he was no doctor. The question from the woman only made him frown. "I only know rudimentary basics so I can certainly try-"
He was then interrupted by one bailing and the other asking them to pick up the kid and move on. "That's going to be hard when we're not sure if the kid's even okay enough to move. I don't want to deal with whining and law suits just because I moved a body I shouldn't." He deadpanned before looking back at the kid. "So, seriously, kid, you okay enough to move or get moved?"
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