Now that things seemed to have settled down across the cities, Sonico was ready to get her housewarming in full swing. She has never been to one before, nor has she ever attended one, so it’s all very new to her. Still, now that she is more settled in her new home with Cassian and Kay, she is determined to make this a really great housewarming party.

So, all friends of Sonico, Cassian, and Kay, are invited to their brand new home in Attleon for a barbeque and drinks to celebrate friendship, and home. Come along and mingle!~

Early Evening

Where it all begins! The garden is large and includes a small pond, a couple of trees with a hammock between, a wood burning stove in the corner of the patio and, of course, the BBQ. There’s a large grass area and a patio area too, plenty of place to stand and chat. There are a few fold up chairs dotted around too. There’s a table full of foods and burger buns and condiments and, of course, yet another table full of various kinds of cider, beer, and soft drinks. Help yourself, mingle, say hello to the happy hosts and hostess.

Getting Dark

Later on, there’s a definite sense of merriment around the garden. If it’s too cold, there’s always the options of going inside to find a couch or a blanket to stay comfortable. But all the fun is in the garden, where the fairy lights that Sonico has strung up everywhere have been turned on, lending a festive, and almost romantic, glow to the evening. Even if most of the food has gone, it seems to have been replaced with snacks and more cold drinks. The wood burning stove is on now and, when it is dark enough, Sonico appears with matches and boxes of sparklers for her guests to enjoy – not quite fireworks, but fun enough!

Very Late

The evening is winding down, most guests have probably gone home. Still, it’s nice to sit long and late into the dark with friends, or even on your own just to enjoy the atmosphere. When all is said and done, there’s still some clearing up to do.

 

 

A. [ANON TEXT]

If anyone needs a body guard, Silver Squadron Security just recently hired a few good ones. They have a trial period going on: the first 96 hours of security are on the house, and if you like their services, you can get a discount on the hourly rates.

Better act fast! :)


B. [Video]

[ A video comes up, showing an Alolan Meowth going against a Bewear. The Meowth looks like it's taking a beating, but still able to fight, but Bewear seems very well off in terms of health. The Meowth goes for a Bite attack, landing a hit on the Bewear's arm, but...it doesn't even flinch. The only reason it even knows the Meowth bit it is the fact that it's hanging from it's arm by its teeth.

Instead, the Bewear just knocks the Moewth unconscious with a bop to the head. There is a sigh before Neo recalls the Meowth to the pokeball.

Hours later, the feed comes on, and it shows Meowstic talking to the now healed Meowth in a heated tale that only pokemon could understand. It was a harrowing tale of how she, with Neo, rose up from the ashes of defeat to become really great trainers!! So they're training the new pokemons to be tough like them!! SO SUCK IT UP!! [And there is a harsh tap to the nose by Meowstic to emphasize the last point, which the Meowth rubs.

The camera turns around, showing Neo looking a little confused before shrugging her shoulders in surrender. Who knows what pokemon talk to each other about. That's when the feed ends.]

C. [Action] After Life

[ Taking on the guise of a beautiful blonde haired woman for her job as a VIP host at After Life. Once in a while, she emerges from the VIP room for a break, wanting to entice customers to come in for a extra fee and have a good time. Especially when there are drinking contests. That's when she can pickpocket participants who are too intoxicated to know what's even happening.

Besdies that, she's not much of a talker, but she can promise a good time. ]

Does anybody know how to stop your roommate from fighting your cat for the bed?

Alternatively, does anybody know how to convince a cat not to claw out your roommate's eyes?

[ Everything was the way it should be.

Her powers.

Her parasol.

No music.

And best of all? Her pokemon were with her now, too. How could things get any worse?

...Oh. Seeing a hologram of Weiss Schnee is how. Well, time to melt the snowflake.

Starting an anonymous video, Neo summons her Houndoom, having it use Flamethrower on the hologram. The flames heated the metal and sparks began to fly, making the projection glitch. Eventually, the flames would spread, and suddenly a gas comes out but that's when the feed ends.

Probably time to skidaddle before she finds out what that gas does. Calling back her pokemon, Neo vanishes back further way from the area. Can't get very far if you don't know where you're going.]


[Action: Neo walks around the city of Genessia, taking in the sights with her Meowstic walking beside her. Feeling a tug at her pants, Neo sees that something's caught the pokemon's eye.

It's a pizza shop.

Well, having something different from berries wouldn't be so bad. Although no words were exchanged, the pokemon seemed quite happy and started heading inside the shop, with Neo following behind.]


Text:

Anyone heard of Team Rocket, or Grimm?

          VIDEO.
( as soon as that introductory message pops up, recognition immediately sets, and neo is furious. she doesn't wait for the image of weiss schnee to even get more than a few words out before the device gets thrown to the ground, snapping it out of the tutorial and focusing on the multi-coloured girl it seems to belong to.

looking over and down on top of it with a glare, there's only a second more before a heel comes down onto the screen, intending to smash it, if she can manage it... )

          FAYREN. ( action )
( so the basic understanding of it was that she was trapped here... and with no sign of roman or cinder, she seemed to be left to her own devices. it could be worse, really, she could be off flying out into the wild blue yonder...

neopolitan scrunched up her nose as the passed through the fish markets, thoroughly unimpressed with the smells that were invading her nostrils and made her way to what almost seemed like familiar territory stopping when she actually recognized some of the landmarks.

was this... vale? )

Who: Open!
What: Nova City Carnival!
Where: Nova City
When: Monday, March 7th - Sunday, March 13th
Warnings: N/A






( Carnival! )

--is supposed to allow me to speak with others?

[ The feed clicks on to show a red-headed teenager frowning at the camera, as if she isn't sure of how it's supposed to work or even if it's working at all. It's more than obvious that the clip of the first sentence is more musing to herself than anything though, as after a moment she sighs, more than a little groggy and frazzled at the moment. ]

I hope this works... I'm seeking the Schnee Company... Welcoming and Travel Services? But I do not know how to read maps -- I've never had the need for it before. I would be thankful for the aid of someone to lead me there, if possible.

[ Well, at least it's obvious she at least read through the pamphlets and listened to the hologram? Even if it's still pretty difficult for her to understand everything. ]

[ Viewers are greeted with the cheerful, colorful and multi-colored face of Neo as she fools around with her new phone! She winks into the camera as she starts recording, and starts to explore around the bay, which she apparently just woke up from inside her pod. Apparently she's decided to make it an interactive experience as she ruffles through her box and materials, giving color commentary with pithy snapchat updates. When she opens the folder full of red bills, for instance, the words 'cha ching' flash across the screen. ]

someone hire a decorator

look its trust fund princess

[ Her commentary on Weiss as she watches the hologram speak is cutting. ]

is this hi def

cuz you can see every pore on her face

they're really clogged

call daddy and ask for a blackhead remover

where can i get one of these

i also want to be the first thing everyone sees when they open their eyes

wow she can talk

[ She walks away from Weiss hologram mid sentence to head through the archway and into Genessia ]

ooh shiny

wut up bitches

Neo in da house

I'm sure a lot of you have noticed there are a lot of people appearing here from a place called Remnant. The world Nova City's guardian is from, all her friends and teachers... and there's a narrative going around that's being told from the perspective of a bunch of kids who don't know what's really going on in the world. They're students and they've gone through something difficult, so their kneejerk reaction is that everything bad that happened to them makes us the bad guys.

The world was broken before we did anything. [ Emerald's face looks concerned, worried. This is her attempt to show the world that just because a bunch of children are scared doesn't mean the people who scared them are wrong. ]

General Ironwood ripped a soul out of someone and bound it to a robot designed like a little girl to turn into a war machine. Headmaster Ozpin kept a woman in that school's basement because he was afraid they would lose her power if someone he couldn't control the person who received it like a puppet, trusting his every word. He chose one of his students instead of an adult, someone who would be able to understand what was happening around them, to carry that burden even if it would destroy her. Weiss may be a kind person, and she's done a lot of good here- I even considered her and her team friends, but her father pays off politicans, commits crimes for selfish reasons, and enslaves people based on their species. That man is the most powerful force in the business world- he can put the average person out of business with the flick of his wrist, and does so long as he can see a few extra dimes out of it. He destroys families, puts people on the streets.

What happened to Vale was sad. [ She looks down, her eyes actually looking like she's earnestly feeling guilty- she was. She really did dislike seeing the whole city burning. ] It was heartbreaking.. but these are the people in charge of this world. Cinder- the woman these people are blaming for all that happened- is not the monster they make her out to be. She saved me from starving on the streets and she's saved plenty of others who need help. We chose to help the oppressed, to fight along the others who had been thrown out like yesterday's trash like we were when those in charge pretended we didn't exist. She killed one of their friends who was trying to stop her, because that person would've killed her if she hadn't. As someone who's been at the mercy of someone from their side and had my life saved by Cinder before one of theirs ran a Dust-infused staff through my chest when I was already down and disarmed, I have no doubt she would've been killed instead of being heard.

[ She shakes her head, closing her eyes tightly before opening them up again. There's pain in her voice, pleading. ] What hope did anyone have when those people in power are such monsters? Of course we had to do something. I'm sorry for the lives that were lost. I'm sorry for the strife some of you had to go through. We didn't want to start a war, but when the people who lead you are the ones who pretend to be the good guys and hide the biggest sins from their followers, what else are we supposed to do? Fall in line and hope the world becomes a kinder place than it is? We chose to fight to have our voices heard. If what they were doing was really destined to fall on the right side of history, the whole world wouldn't have fallen onto separate sides of this so quickly.

All I'm asking is that you not forget that these teenagers- not even adults yet- are being forced to fight a war their leaders have kept secret from them for far too long and they don't understand why. They especially don't understand what they're fighting for besides their lives and their friends' lives, but that's not enough. They chose to become trainees, they should know what they're really fighting for. They should be angry. If they have to direct that at us because we had to take some routes that were harder, that's fine. But if you hunt us down for doing what was right in a situation none of you understand, that you've been lied to about since the beginning, how does that make you the heroes and us the villains?

You asked me to tell the truth when we last met, Ozpin. Your turn.

[ The feed clicks on to... this guy! He's on the move in Nova City, looking around with an incredulous sort of frown as he rides one of the automated sidewalks. ]

Dang. And I didn't think things were gonna get any weirder.

[ He turns his gaze back to the camera, tapping his shades down his nose just enough to peer over the rims, shooting a quick grin to whoever's watching. ]

It is kinda cool, though. Not sure how I feel about the whole "taken to another world without permission" deal, but...

[ it's not like things were great back home when he left, apocalypse etc. ]

... Maybe a break'll be nice.

[ He shrugs, looking around once more. ]

Anyway, the name's Flynt. Guess it looks like I might be here a while, so let's get along, you know? Oh, and anyone else from Remnant out there...

[ His expression turns a bit more serious as he eyes the camera. ]

I know I just got here and all, but if you need anything let me know, okay? We gotta stick together, what with everything that just went down and all.

... Speaking of which, uh. Anyone know what all of that was about?

FILTERED FROM MERCURY, OPEN TO EVERYONE ELSE
I think I need a place to stay for a while. I haven't been able to sleep here. Everytime I hear a noise, I think it's Mercury coming back for me. He still has his key, and even if he didn't..

[ She shuts her eyes, shaking her head. ]

Cinder disappeared, too, so I'm on my own now. Is there anyone I can stay with? Only until I find a place that's safe to stay on my own, I don't want to hide forever, but for now... I want to be able to sleep at least a couple of nights.

FILTERED TO MERCURY, ROMAN, AND NEO
Going to move out for a bit. It'll look suspicious if nothing happens after staying in the same place where Mercury knows where I am and nothing happens, especially after that display. Text me only while I'm out, if someone spots me talking to any of you I don't think I'm not going to have a good time.

WHO: Medicine Melancholy, Roman Torchwick (+Neo at the end)
WHEN: 3/25-ish?
WHERE: Some random back street.
WHAT: Roman insulted a doll so he's gonna get poisoned. Oops.

( That always follows you. )

[At first, Roman didn't think much of Weiss' public declaration of war. Zuko was a force to be reckoned with but he could handle Weiss. Thing is, her little business was getting a lot of recruits. If she just stuck to her corner of town he could happily forget that she existed, but at this rate Schnee Corp will reach the status it had in Remnant. The last thing he needs is that prissy little tyrant making dirty deals with the authorities while she still held a personal grudge against him. Best to nip this in the bud.

The video appears to be taken on a rooftop. He lounges against the railing, a glass of wine in one hand and a smoldering cigar in the other.]

Good afternoon! Roman Torchwick speaking. Forgive the anonymous video, but I'm choosy about giving out my personal number. The boys in law enforcement can't keep their hands off me and I'd hate to encourage them.

[He winks at the camera.]

Anyway, I'd like to talk to you all about the Schnee Company. You could consider this a public service announcement. I'm from the same world as her, so I've got a little preview of what we're in for if we let them set up shop here. See that file attachment there? Go on, take a look!

[He takes a drag on his cigar and blows a couple of smoke rings while he waits. For anyone who opens the file, it's a long word document about the Schnee Dust Corporation. It's truth padded by reasonably believable lies.]

That's some but not all of the accusations leveled at the Schnee Dust Corporation in the past few years. Human rights abuses, shady business deals with organized crime and politicians, drug and weapons trafficking... they even threw in some sex scandals to keep things interesting! If you doubt me, you can always go to the Vale subarchway and ask around. The specifics might be different since it's not quite like our Vale, but you'll get the gist of it.

Now I'm not one to judge, but you all seem pretty happy with your small business economy, unbiased justice system, and honest government. I know we all have to make a living, but when I see all these poor suckers falling all over themselves to be part of the Schnee Personal Army...

[He shrugs.]

Well, don't say I didn't warn you.


Private text to Mercury and Emerald

Meet me in the 12th floor lounge at 10 tonight. We need to talk.

I heard what happen to some of the Beacon kids. I'm sorry to hear about it, I wish I'd known sooner so I could've helped in some way. If any of you need anything, let me know.

[ She looks pretty earnestly concerned while she says it, but after an appropriate pause, she adds an afterthought of sorts. It looks like she's posting from a chair and a table with a window in the background too, much higher up and nicer looking than her previous crap motel situation. ]

I guess it really is a little more dangerous around here than we thought, maybe someone will catch the guy soon.

[ Oh well. Now that she's done her concerned friend civic duties, she'll move on to a little more interesting topic. ]

Ehn, things have been a more relaxed in the non-Genessia archways. I've been trying to think of not-boring things to do. My question for everyone is: What are the funniest or worst dares you've ever done?

Part 1- action closed to Gintoki
( Under the cut )



Part 2- anonymous voice post to the network, OTA!

[This post isn't just anonymous, it's also been put through a voice filter. Even if he wasn't a wanted criminal, this is way too embarrassing to let himself be recognized.]

Good morning, fellow citizens! In the spirit of the holiday, I've got a question for all of you.

Say you met that special someone. Say you made a really awful first impression-- did something embarrassing, accidentally insulted them, maybe threatened their life, that sort of thing. How would you go about making it up to them?

[That's the sort of problem everyone has, right? ]