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April | Test Drive Meme

Jikan Test Drive Meme
MinimizeYou've seen this before. The thought strikes suddenly, during whatever it is you were doing. Having an important conversation? Running away from home? Dying in the midst of a fierce battle? Where ever you are, one things is true: you're certain this isn't the first time you've lived through this. But upon realizing this, that's when it happens. Like someone hitting rewind on the VCR, you're back where you were ten minutes ago. And it happens again. And again. And again--

Until finally, something is different. A door stands in front of you. Will you go through it? Nothing else seems to be working, so this might be your only chance.



Upon opening the door and heading inside, a strange feeling overwhelms you. It's comforting and warm, like being enveloped in a soft, heavy blanket. You hear a voice murmuring in your ear, but it's unintelligible.

And in the next moment, you've appeared in a laboratory, surrounded by the unfamiliar yet worried faces of people in lab coats, speaking in a foreign language that doesn't sound so foreign to you anymore.

Nanjikan Research Laboratory

There isn't much time to process what's happening before characters are ushered out of the arrival room. They're passed between a medical and a psychiatric team, checking them for injuries and psychological trauma. Their every need is met: food is offered, injuries are tended to, and questions are answered. "You're in the Eastern Kingdom of Nippon on a planet called Gaia," they explain. "You were brought here because you became aware of the timeloop... we'll explain everything."

Orientation Nanjikan Research Lab, Tokyo
Everyone is brought to a large auditorium, where dozens of other people looking similarly out of place are seated around them. The scientists and doctors from before file on stage, thoroughly explaining the situation. What they experienced back home was a timeloop. While the loops in their home worlds are smaller and likely to resolve on their own, the fact that such a small amount of time is being repeated is what makes them so dangerous for those who become aware of it. And they've been working around the clock in collaboration with the neighboring Western Kingdom, checking adjacent universes for others who've become aware. While the technical explanations may go over the heads of most, that's not the reason they were all brought together like this.


"In order to bring you here, we used the very same magic responsible for freeing our world... Kizuna."


And they continue to explain: their own world was trapped in a year long loop for decades, if not longer. Through the use of an ancient form of bonding magic, they bound their world to the present flow of time, allowing it to progress past the timeloop. Or at least, that's how they thought it worked. In truth, Kizuna is very powerful reality-warping magic. And thanks to the powerful bond all refugees now share with the country of Nippon, the magic surrounding them will only continue to evolve.

Until they find the means of resuming the flow of time back in your home world, the refugees will just have to make due with this one. But not to worry, because Nippon is fully committed to taking care of everyone!

A Place to Call Home Tokyo, Kanto
Once orientation is over, characters will be allowed to choose housing in both Kyoto and Tokyo, enabling them the means of easily living between both Kingdoms if they please. These housing options will be fully paid for by the government of Nippon, with the NRL and MRU providing a stipend for food expenses in Tokyo and Kyoto respectively.

In lieu of providing transportation, all refugees will be granted an unlimited rail pass that they can use to travel all across Nippon! Thankfully, express routes connecting Tokyo and Kyoto will be running at all times of day, allowing refugees to freely travel between the Eastern and Western Kingdoms as they please. While this TDM and its prompts are focused on the Eastern Kingdom, you are welcome to have your character arrive in the Western Kingdom instead.

For those bound for Nihonbashi, be careful not to board the train too late at night. Because on Friday nights, the Loop Line's final train of the night is a party train! Every train car is set up with its own theme and decor, with this week featuring the return of the ever popular sexy maid cafe in the rear of the car! Dress up in a surprisingly demure maid outfit (this is 1921) and take customer orders, or have a seat and peruse the menu. Aside from a small bar, there's no actual food service or exchange of currency going on here, so it's all in good fun! The train will loop endlessly past the same station until sunrise, so hopefully they weren't planning on an early night's sleep.

In Little Edo, a Great Nippon Salamander has been spotted wandering the streets in search of clean water. While this may not seem like a big deal, these creatures range in size from that of a large dog to that of a large house. To subdue the creature, the local hunting clan, the Hanzaki, are searching for volunteers to help coax the salamander back out into the swamplands of the Tokyo Outskirts. While the safest method is to lead it using a hose or another source of water, those looking to get the job done quickly may instead choose to fight the creature, causing it to flee in whichever direction they point it in. Careful, they move faster than you think!

Over in Yoshiwara, the Tokyo branch of the refugee-owned nightclub, Club Hexxx, has finally opened its doors! Enjoy a dark and spooky atmosphere while listening to the latest jazz hits. And best of all, refugees will be offered a free glass of Club Hexxx's signature drink: Kinklist, a coffee-flavored drink that turns white after one sip, and causing the drinker's deepest sexual desire to appear written on their cheek in black ink. The text will remain until they finish the rest of the drink.


NRL Time Refugee Support Network
Once they've received their housing assignment, all refugees will be given small handheld devices called magi-tech communicators, or magi-comms for short. They're heavier than a conventional smartphone would be, but far sturdier, and powered by the ambient magic that flows through the city. Now available with limited sepia-tone color, and video cameras! They don't need to be charged, but they won't work outside of cities at all. Upon booting it up, they'll find a message linking them to a special channel for refugees.

#nrl_time_refugee_support - online
Inbox
Text
Audio
nrl_support: Hello time refugees!
nrl_support: Welcome to your channel!
nrl_support: This is your exclusive contact channel hub for everyone who's been brought to Nippon.
nrl_support: Neat, huh?
nrl_support: Why don't you try out the new video feature?
scienz_rulz_1899: hey didja hear?
scienz_rulz_1899: there's some new tech coming out later this month
scienz_rulz_1899: something real special
scienz_rulz_1899: hope you aren't afraid of heights www :)
scienz_rulz_1899: anyway
scienz_rulz_1899: for all the new folks trickling in this month, the name's tomoko
scienz_rulz_1899: lets be friends! :)


Use the following code for your top-level if you'd like! This is how network communication will look for characters in the game until more advanced magi-tech comms become available for characters.


Springtime Flowers

With the changing of the seasons, the cherry blossoms have finally bloomed, painting the landscape with dashes of pink and white on nearly every corner. Not even the busy citizens of Tokyo can resist stopping to smell the flowers, or even enjoying picnics underneath them!

And those looking for the best place to view the flowers need look no further than Little Edo, a suburb in south Tokyo that borders the vast wetlands that separate Tokyo from Yokohama. And between the lush parks, interesting shrines, and mysterious ruins, there's no shortage of things for those settling in to explore!

A Very Special Festival Kanayama Shrine, Tokyo Outskirts
While most residents are celebrating the spring season under the cherry blossoms, a different sort of celebration is taking place at the Kanayama Shrine, located just south of Tokyo on a tall, narrow hilltop that juts out of the flooded landscape. Once more, it's time for the annual Kanamara Matsuri, and all refugees will find themselves invited to the little island to see the festivities. And what sort of festival is it, you may ask?

Why, it's the Festival of the Steel Phallus! According to legend, there was once a plague of a type of ayakashi that was known to live in the genitals of humans, whose vicious bite caused the birthrate of a certain city to drop down to zero. To combat this, an afflicted young woman asked a blacksmith to forge a steel phallus in order to break the ayakashi's teeth, freeing her of the curse. It's said the original phallus remains enshrined in the innermost chambers-- and in honor of this most venerated dildo, a festival is held every spring to celebrate sexuality and fertility, all leading up to a procession in which a giant steel phallus is paraded around the island.

(And no, I didn't make this one up.)

Refugees visiting the shrine will find no shortage of phallic-shaped foods and merchandise. Outside of the wide array of oddly shaped dildos to choose from, in terms of food, there are stalls selling lollipops, popsicles, sausages, grilled squid, octopus balls, cream-filled dick waffles-- but there's more at work here than a simple theme. Those who choose the popsicles will find themselves with a temporary oral fixation, causing an urge to have something between their lips at all times. Now, is this a naughty trick, or merely a marketing ploy to sell more popsicles? It's hard to say.

But the real treat is inside the shrine itself, where a single dildo stands tall among gilded offerings and flowers. The inner chamber is only ever put on display once a year, and for good reason. Anyone whose eyes fall upon the majestic phallus will become overwhelmed with a desire to fill or be filled - which might just be why viewings are done in groups of two or more, with the outer doors of the shrine closed behind them for privacy. There's a nice pile of pillows and no shortage of lubricating oils available, so why not get into the spirit of the season with a friend or two?

Flowers of Evil Little Edo, Tokyo
Festivals aside, many people are coming out to Little Edo to enjoy the array of cherry blossom trees for Hanami, or flower watching parties. Of these, the refugees will find themselves invited to a special gathering, taking place under the shade of a massive cherry blossom tree that was planted in their honor the year before. And yet despite it's young age, it's the largest tree around, continually growing since the initial growth spurt when it was planted. Although most understand that it was likely Kizuna that caused its sudden growth, locals have begun treating it as something sacred, leaving offerings and making prayers beneath its branches.

And should the refugees decide to take part as well, they may be surprised to find that whatever they wish for comes true. These wishes are rather limited, and some may only exist for a few minutes. But for those wishing to meet someone from home, the may be surprised to find that the person in question will appear beside them in Nippon... (See notes below for details!)

But while everyone else is enjoying the cherry blossoms, a certain park in Little Edo is drawing crowds for a different reason. After last year's outbreak of jubokko ayakashi, the cherry blossom trees in this area were permanently stained by the jubokko's red pollen, causing the pink petals to develop distinct red veins.

However, unlike the jubokko's pollen, these petals carry a very different effect. Anyone who stands under the shade of these trees will feel an irresistible urge to confess something. This can be something minor, like a strange food combination they are particularly fond of, or something major, such as the name of the last person they had sex with. This urge will linger even after leaving the flowers, until they've either confessed enough to appease the tree, or until the trees go bare when the blossoms fall.

Underwater Mysteries Tokyo Outskirts, Kanto
Those who are familiar with some version of Nippon may find the changed landscape to be rather confusing. Due to a massive time surge many decades ago, the entire region of Kanto was flooded, leaving many cities underwater or transformed into swamplands. As nature took over, the flooded region surrounding Tokyo came to be known the Tokyo Outskirts.

Ordinarily, exploring this area can be rather dangerous, given both the presence of dangerous Ayakashi and the unstable landscape that's peppered with the ruins of drowned cities. But this week, those looking for a little adventure can take part in special boat tours exploring the ruins and viewing the cherry trees from a unique vantage point.

Up to four people can fit in a single steamboat, which is preprogrammed to follow a path that will take passengers past the top of a large hill that's almost completely covered in cherry blossom trees, with the ruins of a few old buildings just barely visible beneath the overgrowth. But beauty aside, the real marvel is within the water itself, which is clear enough that one can look down and see roads, trees, and even entire buildings still mostly intact beneath the surface. You'd think the water just appeared one day, given that nothing seems to have been destroyed when the flood occurred.

But not every trip will go as smoothly as planned. Hidden beneath the pink petals that pepper the surface of the water, unlucky refugees may spot the long, long body of an Ikuchi, the sea serpent ayakashi. Thought to be the longest Ayakashi to exist in Nippon, these thick, snake-like creatures may take entire minutes just to pass under a boat. Spotting the body is simply distressing, and thankfully not of much concern. But should someone make eye contact with the third eye on top of its head, the Ikuchi will climb over the side of the boat and coil around it, attempting to drag it beneath the surface. And for the one who initially made eye contact, they'll find themselves affixed with a curse that temporarily makes it impossible to float in the water.

Thankfully, this ayakashi isn't interested in attacking those who fall overboard, and there's plenty of spots where the water is far more shallow. But those who fall in will have to wait until another tour comes by to ferry them back to shore.



OOC Notes
Welcome to Jikan's April TDM! The TDM is considered game canon, and also serves as the intro log! That said, whether you choose to carry threads over to the game or not is up to you!

• For this month only, please include in your top-level if you are a new player without an invite! Those seeking an invite can do so here!!

• CRAU characters may start regaining their CRAU memories one month after the TDM. However, vague feelings of familiarity are allowed between previous game CR! For more on this, please read the FAQ!

• You do not need to sign-up for housing! Choose whichever style you prefer. Roommates can be chosen by the characters or can be random. If you want to switch housing later, your character has the option of moving at the beginning of each month.

• Despite everything, Kanamaru Matsuri is considered an all-ages event!

• Wishes can be anything, from food items to items from home. All characters in the game will be allowed to redeem one item, magical or otherwise, from home using this prompt! However, for new character apping into the game, you have the option to have your character join the game by being wished into the setting. The wish can be anything from a direct plea to see a certain castmate again, or even just a wish for more friends that goes awry. These characters will still remember a time loop, but will not remember seeing a door, instead appearing in Tokyo after hearing the wishing-character's voice call to them. These characters will then be encouraged to visit the NRL for orientation, and will be offered an explanation that Kizuna saved them from the timeloop directly.

• While characters may attempt to fight the Ikuchi, it will not fight back, and cutting its body will cause it to grow another head and become another separate Ikuchi. This new head is also capable of cursing people, so it's probably best to leave it alone.


Please leave any questions about the TDM prompts in the thread below! General game questions can be directed to the FAQ!

Apps are always open!





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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-04-10 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"You say that like it's a bad thing!" He laughed warmly, amused by the idea. He hadn't been going for it, but now Wufei mentioned it, it sounded like a pretty good way to live!

"So you like the meat. Noted. What about the fruit?" Duo grinned and brought them to a stop before the stall with the popsicles. "I've just found a place settling iced fruit on sticks. Popsicles. You want one? I think I'm gonna get a grape one..."
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[personal profile] ancientflower 2022-04-10 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I meant he was talking about you, dork!

[She laughed along with him and reached over to lightly whack his arm. He knew what she'd meant, he was being silly. But it was fine.

Maybe she should call Reno and give him a heads up?

And then she burst out laughing and pulled away, turning with an excited expression, eyes bright.]


Oh. My. God, Zack! You know Cloud! You know Wall Market! Did you ever go to the Honeybee Inn? I've been there. With Cloud. We went there to rescue Tifa! I helped Cloud dress up as a woman! He was so cute!

scarredhorns: (0////0)

I (Nyuu)

[personal profile] scarredhorns 2022-04-10 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nyuu had heard about the maid cafe in the party train before, but then she read in one of Lucy's messages that she (Lucy) had gotten stuck on one a few months ago. According to Lucy, it actually wasn't so bad and she even dressed up as a maid. Naturally, Nyuu wanted to check it out as well - as a customer, since she's not quite ready to put on a maid's dress yet.

She returns the smile with one of her own bright ones. Ah, the maids do look cute in their dresses! It makes her want to try one on, too. But not just yet. She needs to mentally prepare herself first, especially with what's on the menu. She cheeks turn as pink as her hair as she looks it over. She knew what she was getting into when she decided to get on the party train, but still...
]

I'll start with On The Lips, please.

[It sounds like something nice and easy to begin with. Of course, Nyuu assumes Nagiko is familiar with the menu's contents.]
scarredhorns: (Lucy#dunno brah)

NSFW question

[personal profile] scarredhorns 2022-04-10 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Do they have toys and strap-ons available in the shrine for characters who don't have a penis?
Edited (I imagine they do, but just to be sure...) 2022-04-10 21:28 (UTC)
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[personal profile] malefico 2022-04-10 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ admittedly, he hadn't taken Leona's sense of smell into account. at least in the Sunset Savanna Leona had to contend with the heat and the sand and the arid plains to help take away some of the stench of other's... affections. Malleus imagined people weren't so tightly packed into one space like they were here, too.

but also, why would Leona actually be stuck in here...

... unless - ]


I see. [ it makes sense, really. why would he be dodging Malleus's question if he weren't embarrassed to be seen working here? as much as he enjoyed these little go-arounds with the other dorm head, Malleus wasn't completely heartless - today, anyway. ]

You weren't in uniform, so I assumed you had simply wandered in of your own curiosity and not out of a need to serve.

[ and then, because he just can't resist - ]

One must do what one must in order to eke out a living here. Don't worry; when we inevitably return to Twisted Wonderland, your secret is safe with me.
fairlyheroic: (Who's at the center of the Wheel?)

[personal profile] fairlyheroic 2022-04-10 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just saying!

[honestly, Aerith being anywhere near Wall Market seems odd to him - it's not the sort of place for a flower girl, at least - but -

There's a moment where he's very clearly trying to process everything she just said, because it's so - Rescue? Cloud in a dress? What??]


I'm trying to picture any of that and it just isn't happening. [he does sound like he's trying not to laugh] Why did you have to rescue Tifa? And dress Cloud up? I really can't picture that part . . .

I, uh, I tried to go once, but they wouldn't let me in because I was too young.
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[personal profile] faeshim 2022-04-10 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[daeshim blinks at the look that he gets, curious about it as he is about so many things. he's never hidden what he is...he's just never talked to many non-fae before coming here, never had to reveal it much, and probably wouldn't have been believed if he had.

but when raphael turns it on him, he's happier again, if his eyes and voice are any indications.]


That's right! That's right! I'm Daeshim of the Ruinwood. Maybe a mud Fae but a Fae just the same.

[an insult that's been used against him by his own kind. but he embraces it to spite them.]
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[personal profile] ancientflower 2022-04-10 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that's a long story! But basically she was captured to become Don Corneo's next wife and so we had to go and rescue her! But only women could get in, so... Cloud had to dress up as a woman. Did you know he could dance? He's an amazing dancer! The three of us were brought before him for him to choose who would be his next wife...

[Aerith leaned forward a little, grin wider and mischievous.]

Guess who Don Corneo picked~?
fairlyheroic: (Have more faith in yourself.)

[personal profile] fairlyheroic 2022-04-10 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[he only knows Don Corneo by reputation, but that's still plenty to understand some - but that's still so much he still can't picture, and he ends up laughing when he tries imagining it again]

Did he pick - [oh my god] - no way.
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[personal profile] ancientflower 2022-04-10 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
He did! He picked Cloud!

[She was laughing brightly herself, the memory of Clouds face when he was picked just didn't do the reality justice. But it was still funny. What happened next wasn't so funny but she didn't need to go into that. She had just wanted to cheer Zack up with a story of a deaf friend doing something very silly for a good cause.]

Poor Cloud. But he was very pretty.
scarredhorns: (You are not so bad)

Shrine (Lucy)

[personal profile] scarredhorns 2022-04-10 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Being from Japan, Lucy already knew of the Kanamara Matsuri, though she never attended one until now. She surprises herself by how she's not as embarrassed as she thought she would be; a testament to how long she's been in Nippon (about 9 months now) that such things don't faze her as much as they used to. The guy next to her is another story, though, as she'd stolen some curious side glances here and there. His face is cherry red and it looks as though he might even be fidgeting.

Aww, how cute... She's never seen him around before, so maybe he was new? There seemed to be a large influx of newcomers recently. And just because he's so obviously embarrassed, it puts Lucy in the mood to tease him. She lifts a hand up to rest her chin atop her knuckles, tilting her head at the giant dick.
]

I hope that's not the one the woman in the legend actually used, it's quite big. [She even feigns an innocent-sounding tone.] Or maybe she was a giant yokai woman?

[Heh... Sounds like this guy's had enough when he brings up that he thinks he's seen everything. But she also doesn't want him to pass out from all the heat going to his head, because then she might have to carry him out. Despite him being four inches taller than her, Lucy could easily pick him up with her vectors, but it'd still be annoying. Better let him get some fresh air to help him cool off. Come to think of it, she's starting to feel a little hot and bothered herself for some reason.

Except when Lucy tries to exit, the doors don't move. She pushes harder - still nothing.
]

Tch. Looks like we're stuck in here. The doors won't budge.
fairlyheroic: (I've never been perfect.)

[personal profile] fairlyheroic 2022-04-10 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Over you and Tifa? Geez. [he shakes his head, laughing] Maybe he had a thing for blondes.
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[personal profile] ancientflower 2022-04-10 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aerith lifted a hand and wagged a finger at Zack.]

I looked good and Tifa was hot alright, but you never saw Cloud! He totally nailed the look!
fairlyheroic: (And let it shine.)

[personal profile] fairlyheroic 2022-04-10 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[if her aim was to cheer him up, Aerith has managed it and then some]

Hey, hey, I have a bias!
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[personal profile] tightbod_bigrod 2022-04-10 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
So that's how it is, huh? Should I sit pretty and enjoy the ride?

[He put on a little act of being affronted, but the difference between his pretend and real anger was obvious. He had a feeling he knew what Rude preferred, and it turned out he was right.]

I'll have you know I've got very high expectations if you want a piece of this ass. The room better look like one of your explosives hit it by the time we're done.
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[personal profile] malefico 2022-04-10 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ as much as it was difficult for Malleus to tell what most people were thinking simply by nature of empathy alone, there's no mistaking the disappointment in the other's tone. it's something that gives him pause and makes him consider the nature of their circumstances and the situation they've found themselves in.

were this Twisted Wonderland he might have been more inclined to disagree, to tell the human to get his own. the scandal that would erupt from someone of Malleus's station indulging in something like this, in a place like this would be immeasurable. simply being spotted in a maid café where the people were engaging in all sorts of sordid, lascivious acts was pushing it.

at least the maid has the good sense to include both a spoon and a straw. he regards both with a calculating eye, then eventually moves his hands to allow for placement of the dish without any obstacle. ]


I do not mind. [ the simple fact that the human was even asking him this was surprising enough. it feels a little like something he shouldn't pass up. ] If you do not mind.
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[personal profile] pillowdiary 2022-04-10 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
One On The Lips coming right up!

[She says with loud enthusiasm without thinking of the consequences, no sign of embarrassment whatsoever. But then, she's quiet for a beat, only now realizing that she has zero idea of what's even listed on the menu. She would think it's just a list of desserts and drinks.]

Eh? What kind of drink is that even? Bizarre name...
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Hexxx Marks the Spot (Nyuu)

[personal profile] scarredhorns 2022-04-10 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Nyuu (and Lucy) work as a singer at a different jazz club, so she's too curious to not check it out at least once! The jazz tunes are nice and the darkness of the spooky atmosphere is actually kind of soothing. But because it's dark, it's hard for Nyuu to see the writing appearing on other people's faces, until they get close enough.

Huh??? Does she have something like that on her too? Oh no! What does it say? (It says Mirror Sex.)

To top off her anxiety, she hears a teasing voice from the seat next to her.

"Nyuu?" Is all Nyuu's able to squeak out at first, reverting back to her old catchphrase, her face as pink as her hair.

Even though her drink was the cause of all this, she hugs her glass close to her body just so she has something to cling onto. "An unwitting participant," she clarifies. "Oh... What does mine say? I can't see it!" She squirms in her seat.
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[personal profile] scarredhorns 2022-04-10 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nyuu's blush darkens. The maid doesn't know???]

Um, well, it's not a drink... [Because of kizuna, steam literally comes piping out of Nyuu's ears, much to her embarrassment.] H-Here.

[She can't explain it herself, so she passes the menu back to the maid while using her free hand to hide her face.]
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[personal profile] hypercriticals 2022-04-10 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's solid and slightly shaky as he helps her up. Quiet where she'd normally insist upon completing the task herself. She drives the base of her staff into the ground once she's upright and leans slightly into and against it. Physically, she's mostly fine. Dirtier than she'd like, but her mind is focused upon other more important matters at the moment. She'd depleted a fair amount of her mana in her casting and been interrupted in the process of a much greater, more complicated spell.

The weariness she feels is more than physical. Interacting with the mana saturating the great, crimson crystal pillar had been a reckless, foolhardy undertaking, the sort that would earn any member of her party more than a few scolding words and a reintroduction of her staff the top of his or her head; and yet, she is the offender.

Are you alright?

Her ears flatten as she looks up and finds some focus on Dohalim's face. She drops gaze and exhales softly. ]


No.

[ She doesn't want to worry him. She doesn't. ]

Where are we?

[ Is she truly in Nippon again or is this some sort of effect resulting of her interaction with that strange mana?

Dohalim is solid and warm. He looks like himself. That's his scent. This isn't the Crimson Caverns. Nothing about him or this seems to be an illusion by her senses and Kitsune like herself knows more than a little something about illusions. It hasn't been more than an hour since she found herself back in the loop to begin with, she thinks. ]
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[personal profile] pillowdiary 2022-04-10 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
You're literally steaming BTW.

[A+ observational skill. Though temporarily distracted by the steam piping out of her customer's ears, Nagiko takes the menu and reads it over. Her cheeks instantly turns red, and she reads it over once more before setting the menu back on the table.]

O-oh. Ahahahahaha.... So, that's why it's a sexy maid cafe. [Cough.] I mean, yea, I totally KNEW that it wasn't a drink. Just testing you. [Lies!]
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[personal profile] hypercriticals 2022-04-10 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ "Before," he says.

That's right. For Allen and Dohalim, months have passed in the span of perhaps an hour for herself. She opens her mouth with the intention of inquiring about what he had been up to as opposed to lingering on the subject of her well-being, but what comes out of her mouth is quite the opposite. ]


I am not doing alright. I'm lonely.
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[personal profile] hypercriticals 2022-04-10 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I did not mean to say that!
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[personal profile] malefico 2022-04-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they've been together long enough - both in Twisted Wonderland and here, in this strange new land called Nippon - that he's easily able to pick Silver out from a crowd, easily able to gravitate towards him and ascertain where he is and what he's doing based on context alone. while asleep in a train is the last place he would have expected - especially here, of all places - it is not entirely unexpected, and he finds himself approaching Silver the moment he spots that familiar head of hair.

there's a cat that's approaching underfoot, beating Malleus to his intended destination and hopping elegantly up onto the bench beside Silver. after an assessing look at him, wherein the cat apparently deems him unconscious enough to make a good bed, the cat casually climbs up onto his lap and makes biscuits for a few minutes before turning over and curling up into a ball.

Malleus regards the scene for a few moments, debating on whether or not he should interrupt. in the end he does, clearing his throat and causing the cat to slit its eyes open just a little to peer at him. ]


Silver.
devilsgame: (♫Drifting with the current)

[personal profile] devilsgame 2022-04-10 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
grow them as you please? that's convenient. i'm happy to discuss payment and options somewhere. also, you can just call me Vael.