The following rumors are going around as NPC gossip. Your characters are welcome to hear them. The rumors may be true or false, and the subject of the rumor is randomly selected from the taken list. If a character shares the same first name with another character, we will not specify which one it is.

This week's rumors are:

1. Khadgar was seen jump-roping with the local kindergartners. It was super cute! I guess you could say he's the opposite of a "cad"-gar, haha!

2. I heard that Lucky and Anakin got into a fight over an unpaid parking ticket.

3. You don't want to piss off Eli! She's stepped on a hundred men and women!

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A VISIBLE POST TO CHARACTERS. IT IS JUST WHAT THEY MAY HEAR GOING AROUND AS CHATTER AROUND THE CITIES.

Who: Ahsoka Tano and Kylo Ren

[And without his team but as it was the first time, the creature on the screen doesn't even look vaguely alarmed.

Might actually be impossible to surprise him for real]

My utmost apologies for the sudden departure earlier. Business at home and all that.

[Death laser parts don't expedite ship themselves across the multiverse. Someone has to threaten the extra dimensional UPS man.]

Is everyone still alive in here? How wonderful~. I hear it's almost Valentines day-

[Yeah he's spent a second going back real quick through the posts. Noticed some drama. Gonna kick that festering wound while it's still open]

Lead arrow special, right now for lovers of irony.

[[ooc: Things your heroes/villains might want to opt in or out of with Black Hat! I'll never assume any knowledge]]

Valentine's Day is coming up, isn't it? [She sighs.] Most of my friends probably have plans with their significant others the weekend before and the day of.

Anything to do around here for a single gal on a couple's holiday?

Valentine's Day isn't the only holiday in February. Today is Setsubun! \(^°^)/ Here's a comic about it.
[ He displays a comic drawn in a cute
shoujo manga style. There's a written explanation for Setsubun done in calligraphy. He shows soybeans being thrown at oni, and the tradition of eating an entire maki roll. He also mentions eating a number of roasted beans equal to a year more than a person's age.]

Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!
(Oni out! Happiness in!)

Disclaimer:If any oni are in Genessia, leave them be. This tradition is symbolically driving out misfortune.

Around --- Genessia & Fayren

[Basic concerns are secondary to the young Esper. She has a place to sleep and a small bit of money for food. For now, that's enough.

Her memories are more important to her and she's on a search to find them. Terra's quest takes her all over Genessia and into Fayren. Some locations feel familiar while others begin to ping hazy memories of her past.

Terra lingers at Genessia park where her bright gaze focuses on one particular tree. She remembers sitting there, with a basket of flowers, a man with long red hair spoke to her. Who is he? She tries to remember but the memory slips from her fingertips and fades.] I was here. [She is sure of it.

Her path cuts through the city, her eyes searching for something though she doesn't know what it is. The second time she stops is in Fayren. She's heading towards Fairy Tail. Magic. She feels it calling to her and yet, Terra doesn't make it to Fairy Tail. Her path diverges and she finds herself at the beach. The water looks to be frozen in places while the cold air bites into Terra's skin.]

I know this place...

Jardin Verdoyant --- Attleton

[There is one memory that Terra can't seem to shake. Flowers. She needs to find them, somewhere, anywhere...

The cold crisp chill to the air has chased away the brightly colored floral and so Terra's search has brought her to a small flower shop in Attleton. At first, Terra is drawn in by the sign outside the shop, decorated by a lovely rose, but then something else pulls at her-- something familiar. A bell chimes as she pushes open the door to the shop and steps inside.]

I know this place.

[Her fingers brush against the wooden frame of one of the displays as she makes her way towards the back of the shop.] Hello?

[Memories flash to the forefront of Terra's mind and she pauses. There's a man with a fedora, he's smoking and pulling out a jar?] There's a green house in the back. [She recalls as she turns towards the door that leads to the small open area with the green house.

Then another memory flashes to mind, this one darker, a man with red eyes. Terra cries out and grabs the sides of her head as the memory presses unpleasantly against her senses. When she opens her eyes her hands are shaking and her breath is heavy. She takes a moment to steady herself, noticing a second later that someone had come up behind her.]

Oh, excuse me. [Terra rises and turns.]

Text --- Private to Noah erinoah

I found something for you.

Where are you? I'd like to bring it to you.