Fourth Scoop: Multi Character Catch-All! [backdated to the start of the event]

[shortandsweet]

[ ooc: I just have too many to justify making multiple posts, and thus making things harder for others to track, so here's one comprehensive post for most of them! ]

Neopolitan

[ With monsters making a mess of things at night, that means that it’ll be much easier to steal things, right? So Neo disguises herself as a regular Joe: wearing a trucker hat, t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, and a bit of scruff on her face. Her eyes are light brown now. Currently, she’s in an electronics store, which other people are also looting. She’s swiping a small ice cream maker, easy enough to carry! Now she can have all the ice cream ever! ]



Grell

…no….no no no no!

[Grell has a small drone holding her phone while filming whatever she’s doing, which is mostly panicking. There’s a bits of gummie candy stuck to her hair as she takes a piece of her bed and…plucks a small piece off. It’s sticky between her fingers and she gives it a sniff. Taking a tentative bite, she confirms that it is indeed—]

Marshmallow…

[The drone pans out to show that her entire house is made of candy. The walls are made of taffy, and even her computer is made of candy bars. She holds up her keyboard before she tosses it to the ground in a fit of rage and stomping on it out of sheer…spite.

With quick footsteps, Grell scowls her entire way out the house, and indeed, whatever has happened in her bedroom did not stay confined to it. She doesn’t know what’s worse: the fact that everything is candy, or that nothing matches! Once outside, the drone that follows her now has much more freedom to move about, but…

She lets out a shriek so full of rage that one may not even need a device to hear it, because of what her house turned into!]



Aya

[Aya is currently in the middle of the battle for his life. His foe is unlike anything he’s fought as he parries blows and dodges close calls. Already he has a few cuts all over his body which are taking a toll on his body, but luckily, his opponent isn’t fairing all that well, either. The sound of metal sliding against another can definitely be heard in the streets of Attleton. They stop for a moment as the opponents size up the other, accessing the damage. Aya knows that he can’t overcome this enemy easily.]

[Especially since he’s literally fighting himself.]

[There are also bodies all over the empty street behind his other self. Most are not that badly mutilated, if only because Aya came in to stop the other from desecrating his victims even further. The horrid smile of ill intent meets the eyes of his foe, and it makes his stomach turn. Why did Attleton have it so bad?]



Nora

[Nora is, of course, ignoring the curfew and is out helping people get to safety. It takes up most of her time, but she does make sure to come back at a decent time to check in on Mayu. She promised to protect him, and she plans to keep that promise. She also wants to try and help keep the city safe, too. So if anyone spots her leaping off buildings and laying the smack down on monsters, don’t be afraid! Fortunately, she didn’t turn into a monster, so, relief!

But she will be getting tired soon. Fighting for five hours straight does that to a person.]

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[booyaka_boom]

*Meanwhile, Selphie follows instructions and gets everything set up upstairs. She stares out of the windows before pulling down whatever shutters or closing whatever blinds they might have. When she is done, she just stands there in the middle of the room, looking towards the front door of the shop. She is deep in thought, perhaps also just giving Aya and Kirika some time to talk through what had happened to them*

[carrythesin]

[People are a mystery to her. If anything, she will make tea later. Kirika picks herself up from the chair.]

I'll go make some tea first, if that's okay.

[And she proceeds to walk to the little kitchen area. Adults...]

[formerabyssinian]

[If Kirika only knew that it doesn't get any easier from here on out...]

[Nodding, Aya looks in a small cabinet for an extra shirt he keeps around just in case. The one he finds is orange, so he puts it on before heading upstairs. It isn't long before he sees Selphie just standing there. With her back to him, it's impossible to see her face. He covers the distance, making his presence known through his footsteps, and stands a bit behind her.]

Talk to me, Selphie. You don't have to go through this alone.

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie knows even Aya's footsteps, and her tense shoulders droop when she senses him behind her*

I thought you were dead...

*Her voice comes out in a cracked whisper, then she nakes a soft noise like she is trying not to cry. She shuffles round to face him but still does not looking at him, staring at a point on his chest instead*

I thought I was holding your dead body. But then I wasn't. I find you again and then I think that you're dying... You took that shot - and I was... I was...

*Finally she does look up at him with a facw full of anguish and her cheeks damp with tears*

I can't even say it. I don't know how to. I can't describe the pain, the horrible terrible pain...

*But now it's too hard for her to talk. Her hands turn into fists and she rests them against her eyes. Even after all this time, Selphie still doesn't like Aya to see her cry*

[formerabyssinian]

[So, she didn't see herself, but something else far more horrible. He steps forward, using their height distance to wrap his arms around her so she could use his chest to cry into. He hasn't seen her in such a state often, and it twists his insides when it does happen.]

I'm sorry, Selphie. You didn't deserve to see that. [He rubs her back gently, staying mostly quiet, as not much else needs to be said. At times he says 'I'm here. I'm alright' in a gentle voice, doing what he can to soothe her.]

[booyaka_boom]

*The way he puts his arms around her makes her feel so much better. She rests against his chest instantly, allowing herself to cry quietly against the beating of his heart - he was still alive.

She shakes her head against his chest, her hands grasping at the shirt on his back. Finally, she seems to calm down, and as she looks up at him she swipes furiously at her eyes, trying a wobbly smile*

Orange... It's... an interesting colour on you...

[formerabyssinian]

[He looks down at his shirt then to Selphie with a bit of a wry smile.] Do you like it? [Taking a thumb, Aya gently wipes away the tracks of tears, much more gently than how Selphie did so.]

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie can't answer, because the tender way that he wipes her tears like that is almost too much for her, and it almost starts her off again. Selphie closes her eyes to keep the tears at bay, then wraps her arms tightly around him again*

Ran... You manage to look handsome in everything you wear...