[Video]

[The feed kicks on and Ash is smirking a little bit.]

Alright, so I've got some time before I gotta go to work! Is there any place around that I could train with Greninja around here? I mean...some of our attacks are kinda big and I don't wanna break anything.

[Or hurt anyone.]

Or if anyone wants to battle, tell me where to meet ya!

Alright, thanks!

[Feed shuts off.]

[Action]

Ash is wondering around Garden Park, frowning a bit as the morning crowds start to melt into the afternoon crowds. He pouts and leans back on the bench. There was no way he could train with so many people around. Especially if pokemon were a new thing. There weren't any training fields that he'd found either.

"Gah!!! I haven't trained in days!" And he was stuck here, wondering what was going on back home. Then there was Professor Sycamore, who hadn't even seen the League yet. Which meant...he didn't know about the attack on Lumiose City by Flare.

Or that Alain had won the league.

Another big side and he flops back, hanging his head over the back of the bench to stare up at the clouds.

[The communicator springs to life with Leanne laying on her stomach in bed, pouting a little.]

I am craving big Sissy's pie so much right now. But right now... I think I would kill for some cheese and nutty bread. As well as some chocolates.

[She then sighs and forces herself to sit up, smiling.]

Is there any available jobs out there for one like me? I may not have a lot of skills, but I don't want to be useless...

[She lets out a small sigh still smiling.]

My skills include healing, singing, I do have fighting experience as well as diplomacy and politics. I am well connected to Nature so anything to do with it I am very confident in my skills there. I pray that I can find a place where I can be of some use.


[Action for much later in the day]

Leanne was in Frayren, in her shifted form, taking a nap on a boulder. The feeling of warmth from the sun was feeling wonderful against her. She wakes up and stretches a little, staying in her shifted form as she then takes in the view. Come and bug her?

[The following text comes from an unknown device, without any sort of profile attached to it:]

birds are unable to urinate.

[For those who look beyond the odd message, there are coordinates to her location in Genessia which lead to a rather dull looking building. One will need computer skills to decode them, though. She didn't make it too hard to figure out.

Any attempts to respond to the message will just be met with an error and the explanation that the user no longer exists. So don't expect Grell to give a reply.]

[the camera flicks on to show snow. A lot of snow. And one very frozen, fairly tall, be-pompadored man standing in the middle of it, already getting covered. He's looking a bit blue about the face as well and is obviously not expecting to be out in this weather]

S-so, w-where i-is the n-n-nearest c-c-c-coffee s-shop?

WHO: Grell and anyone else!
WHAT: boring and cold patrols.
WHEN: The entirety of the blizzard event
WHERE: Everglade
WARNINGS: coldness...

( she isn't really built for blizzards... )

Who: Everglade
What: There's some rather rude mannequins breaking and defacing property in Everglade, particularly "public" buildings.
Where: Various parts of Everglade, probably a thread to move to the woods/Wonderland.
When: About midday after the election results.
Warnings: Creepy mannequins.

( Mannequins are kind of dicks )

[The video feed clicks on with Ace sitting at the bar in a restaurant, apparently placing the thing on the table across from him to record. He's seen some video feed den den mushi before so he assumes this has gotta work the same way.]

Hey, guess who's back from the dead? That's right world, it's me! Who's me you might ask? Why I'm Portgas D. Ace, second division commander of the Whitebeard pirates! So since I'm going to be staying with you nice people for a while, how about telling me what are the best places to eat at in town? Preferably meat so I know where I'll probably find my little brother if he ever shows up.

I'd be very grateful for any assistance you feel like giving me in helping me settle in for a spell. Anyone who wants a friendly little chat I'm in a pretty good mood for meeting complete strangers and new friends. Don't let the pirate life intimidate you, I'm not here to pillage your women or rape your stores.

[PRIVATE TO CASTMATES: After asking some polite people at the restaurant he's hanging out at, he's started working some more of the features, figures out that there are some Pirates and people from his world here and creates his own private little feed for them.]

Well hey guys, I'm here to pillage your women and rape your stores. That's what they tried to execute me for after all, right? They almost succeeded too, but it's funny how fate works out sometimes.

[ Everyone's TVs will flicker on and to the Genessia News Channel for a Live Special Report. The Show Host pops out from beneath the podium, a cool tenor voice coming straight from him as he addresses the camera. ]

Well heeeeello there everyone! We interrupt your day for a very special report! It's your favorite host with news about the City Guardian Election, live, despite the weather folks! It turns out electronics don't work so well in the freezing cold, so we've had to move our Guardian's debate to warmer pastures! Thank you to our sponsor, Hot Diggity! Toast your houses so warm this winter you'll think you're bread. Though let's hope a little chill won't freeze out any of the candidates, ha ha ha! Or should I say ho ho ho?

[ There's a brief pause before he swivels to a second camera and the camera view zooms in on his face as if he didn't just make the lamest news pun. ]

We are broadcasting live from right here in Genessia City. Many folks are in attendance, including our very own GCPD who are here to monitor and keep the peace. Let's begin the live debate-slash-Q&A you've all been waiting for. Here's how it works: You all come up with questions to ask each of the Guardians, and each Guardian will have the opportunity to answer it to help you decide which of your candidates is the right one for your city. You can submit your questions via text to the CPU and it will beam them to our stage, or if you're here in the audience, head on up to the podium and ask in person! Now to introduce our candidates.

Attleton puts the A+ in Guardianship, but will it be return Guardian Cassian Andor? Or will Chara or Cecil Palmer talk up a storm in the citizen's hearts?

Everglade as always returns with two beautiful ladies, the gorgeous and charitable returning Guardian Grell Sutcliff and a new gem, Emerald Sustrai! Who will shine harder in this debate?!

Fayren keeps its tradition of having the largest number of candidates with four all-stars! Welcome Alexstrasza, Qubine, Winter Schnee, and current acting Guardian Mavis Vermillion! A goddess, a dragon, an ice queen, and a fairy-esque guild-leader. What a variety!

Nova City's coming in hot! Check it out, Mercury Black and Garrus Vakarian trying to stay in office with a dual ticket! Current Deputy Guardian Grievous saying: It's my turn, boys! And a newcomer from a new corner, Gale Reinhard, ready to rock Nova City all night long!

Let's not forget the heart of our cities, the hostess with the mostest, Genessia City! It's the mayor-punching expert, X-Ray and our long-term favorite returning Guardian David Haller!

Let's get started folks! Get out of the showers and into the town hall for this live debate, starting in 30 minutes! You've still got time to pop in, let's go, and don't forget to cast your votes this Tuesday, December 26th at the polls!

{ OOC NOTE: Anyone can reply to this post with a question they want to ask the potential City Guardians. Each City Guardian candidate is tasked with answering any question on this post. No candidate is required to, but lack of participation may affect public opinion of the candidate! Lack of any activity during the election season will disqualify your candidate, however.

On December 26th, the polls will officially go up and each character will be afforded one vote for each city. So if you play 5 characters, you will need to submit 5 IC vote choices; if you only play 1, then only that character will vote. This means you as the player are voting on your character's behalf because it's going to be in the OOC comm just so that we can include instructions. There will be further information at that time as well as a link to a "booklet" with candidate information. For now though, the debate is here! }

[Kay looks in much better condition than he did the last time he was on the comm. He's leaving Attleton’s Hospital and when he speaks his voice is tinted with light annoyance.]

Someone better fed my pets while I was dead or I’d be mad.

[Kay, as always, has the best priorities.]

I requested a subarchway while I was waiting for clearance to leave the hospital. It should be ready this weekend. It's called Planet Zeltros. [He attaches a small guide to the planet that he wrote himself. It's, long story short, the akin to space! Las Vegas, a place where you go to party and get laid. Specially the later. After what happened, Kay thinks everyone needs a lot of relaxing. ] There's minimal Imperial presence. Chances are that if you see an stormtrooper they're doing a keg stand. What happens in Zeltros stays in Zeltros. Have fun, I believe you all need it.

And Jaune, we need to talk about your driving lessons.

[ooc. here is the information about Zeltros but the guide Kay sends to people only covers the first paragraph and information about its native species, it doesn't include the planet's History.]

[The video opens up to Grell, wearing black earmuffs, a black knit scarf about her neck that's tucked neatly into her red wool coat. She's outside the guardian station of Everglade.]

I've finally managed to get everything settled and...I'm back! [She smiles, knowing that she probably wasn't missed while she was quiet.] Due to the frigid weather, temporary shelters have been arranged in each city with the help of The Red House Foundation. Between my duties here in Everglade, managing that, running my shop, and roasting pumpkin seeds, I haven't had much time to be on the network these past few weeks.

I'd like to also mention that Guardian Andor and myself have established self-defense and first aid classes for the residents of Attleton and Everglade. With this project, our goal is to prepare our residents for any future events in which they would need to effectively defend or treat themselves until help arrives.

Perhaps when things seem...normal, for lack of a better word, there will be a fixed schedule.

[A gust of wind blows through, tussling her bangs and making her shiver once. Ugh, windchill...]

Last, I'll be running for City Guardian for another term, because I believe there is still much that can be done here.

[She ends the feed there, because it's cold.]

[anonymous text]

How are you supposed to go back to your life when you realize that you can't protect anyone? That you are never there when they need you the most? That you just bring them more danger?

( pre-video closed action )

VIDEO;
[ She said she can be, not that she was going to be. Before he can object Weiss starts the recording, a slightly teasing look in her eyes like he can’t argue anymore since she pressed record, but her gaze turns to the recording. ]

Sun and I have an announcement to make to everyone.

[ And so goes the pause for dramatic effect. She takes a deep breath so she doesn’t just blurt it out before he gets a word in edge-wise, though it’s obvious she’s bouncing on the balls of her feet as she waits for Sun to speak, giddiness apparent throughout her demeanor. ]

I asked Weiss a very important question and her answer to it made me so happy and her so excited that we just have to share the news.

[Sun turns his attention over to her.]

So tell me again, what was your answer to the question I asked?

I mean, technically I just put the ring on and let you give me those cute dumb-founded double-takes you do. [ What? A little teasing never hurt. (And she really does love how surprised he looked.) ] Then I said yes.

I mean, you totally stole away my chance to put it on you by putting it on yourself. But I forgive you, Weiss. [As long as she accepted and is wearing the ring, he didn’t care how it got on her finger.]

So we are formally announcing that [He waits for Weiss to join him in saying these next words.]

We got engaged! We got engaged! [Like it’s not obvious by this point anyway. But saying those words just makes it feel all the more real.

The buzzing Weiss had been doing up until that point had finally broken out into the worst camera work ever intentionally posted on the network as she started jumping up and down excitedly a couple of times before holding the ring out to show the camera, then turning to kiss Sun on the cheek. ]

We haven’t started planning anything yet so a date for the wedding isn’t set at all. We are just happy with this for now, but once we start- or well, once WEISS starts planning stuff, I’m sure she will let you all know.

I’m glad you know me so well, I already told Jaune he’s going to have to help you through this. [ She says it with a pat on his arm. They know each other so well, they didn’t even have to discuss this and she already made arrangements for him to deal with her inevitable micromanagement. ] I’m ready for people to congratulate us now.

Who: Everyone
What: Halloween Party
Where: Nova City - After Life
When: 4 PM October 31st to who knows how early of November 1st
Warnings: B for boos and booze. Also Gale is there so that deserves a warning in itself. Is spooky.

----

Welcome to After Life. The entrance of the Nova City nightclub has the additional illumination courtesy of a purple neon bat to welcome the party goers, which that little bat seems more inviting than the almost ominous fog coming out of the front doors. Just beyond the door are a variety of glowsticks, should one feel so inclined to equip themselves with them for the night. The varying colored glass tables are trimmed with fake cobwebs with little spider lights illuminating from beneath it while at each table's end has a jack-o'-lantern of different carvings with color changing LED lights inside. The club's colored strobe lighting reflects off of the club's crystalline walls to help lend to the atmosphere in an almost eerie manner, even adding additional color to the fog hovering over the floor.


As the party begins, Gale makes a special introduction to the ladies who helped make the party possible- Yang Xiao Long, Ayame Sasaki, Gwen Stacy and Mikaela Banes. He wouldn't let the party go on without the much deserved recognition for them.

( You better be good - You better beware )

I, for one, am glad that Candy Mountain has disappeared. Maybe now I can sleep in my own bed.|

[She doesn't like candy all that much, and that was just too freaky, even for her!]

Tomorrow is Halloween, and also my birthday. Yet with everything that's happened, I'm ready to skip both.|




[Throughout Everglade, and at every archway of each city, an image is being passed around. It's a poster of a suspect wanted for vandalism and theft. There isn't a reward, as it isn't a bounty, but just a warning that this person may be dangerous and to avoid them. A composite sketch is also on the poster.]

[Winter's severe disapproval and judgment is on open display. She makes no effort to disguise her displeasure, her brow darkening, the corners of her mouth descending.]

The recent rash of monster attacks and general assortment of chaos has left me to question the leadership capabilities of those who deem themselves fit for their positions. I will state the problematic issues that I have personally witnessed, and suggest a solution that I would strongly advise to be taken into immediate consideration.

[Her head turns just slightly to indicate her first assessment.]

One. Newcomers arrive in this city on a near-daily basis. Under ordinary circumstances, the hologram would be enough to inform them of their first steps. However.

[FROWN.]

For as many capable fighters as this city seems to hold, not one stepped forward to watch the Bay for new arrivals. Instead they were immediately thrust into a perilous situation that a mere holographic recording could not possibly hope to redeem. This is a serious and reckless oversight. During times of emergency, a team must be instated to protect our newest and most vulnerable citizens. They were neglected and left to fend for themselves.

This should NOT be allowed to happen again. Do I make myself clear?

[There's a hint of fire in those frosty tones. She definitely expects a response in the affirmative.]

Two. Along a similar vein, no public announcement was made about the sudden dangers each realm now possessed. An excusable oversight in Everglade, as no serious harm can come from a sudden shift in architecture from inedible to edible, annoying as some of you may have found it to be. For Attleton, however, the lack of warning was completely intolerable. The physical and mental damage sustained from an unexpected encounter from one's worst fears can be severe, even deadly. Despite this, there was no evacuation order, no warning, and no guard to stand by and warn the ignorant who might have ventured too close. Such gross negligence cannot be easily forgiven, but should be absolutely remedied to avoid future tragedies.

[Her icy blue eyes narrow.]

Three; my final point. Many of you were caught unaware, and unprepared, to sufficiently deal with the dangers into which you were thrust. To you, I offer a choice. You may content yourselves to remain victims and cling to the shadows of those who are stronger, better trained, and more capable. There is no shame in acknowledging one's weaknesses and limitations.

[Even though it sure sounds like she's heaping on the shame.]

However.

If you would seek to improve the situation, for yourself and others, then you must be willing to undergo a training regimen that will test your boundaries, and force growth. There are many such individuals who are willing to accept students for any number of learned skills: martial combat. Wilderness survival. Communications. If you are one such person with an invaluable skill that few to none offer, do not be stingy and hoard your gifts. Teach.

Though I did not accept students in the world from which I hail, my current position as the captain of the royal guard in Fayren affords me the opportunity to offer an intense training regimen to those with the proper motivation, perseverance, and mental and physical fortitude. It takes eight weeks to complete, and my methods are grueling. If you would have a teacher to coddle you and accept your failures, do not apply, for you will be turned out at once. I expect perfect obedience. In return I will teach you to survive, and to hone your talents.

Should you even manage to impress me, I may offer you a position as one of my elite. Nonetheless, should you seek employment as a royal guard or simply to become better than you are, I would welcome you.

[Winter leans back just slightly, her arms clasped formally behind her back.]

I have stated my disapproval, as well as my suggestions for improvement. If you have questions you are free to make them known. But I will not tolerate bruised egos or tantrums. Respond with either and you shall be cut off at once, and disregarded.

Winter Schnee signing off.

[Blip! And she even managed a little snowflake logo for her call sign. Well isn't that fancy.]

[ Everglade is literally just so much food right now Emerald is pretty ok with that. Catch her around town just snapping stuff off of various buildings and eating it. Look who is she to say no to free chocolate??

Or, catch her on her return trip in: The S'morening.

That's right, Emerald found a mallow marsh. Everglade is known for its spooky water features and fog everywhere, but when she found a marsh made entirely of marshmallows, she used the WaysPoints to rush to the Vale subarchway and get some fire Dust, then back.

Which means now she's literally scorching this marsh and making the most miraculous smelling toasted marshmallows on the planet. The scent is so prominent it pretty much fills the air for a full block. ]

I may actually die here and I'd be okay with it.

October 15th- Nova City Hall, Action - OTA
[ After Yang's incident, Weiss had decided the best course of action to get her ready again once she was out of the hospital was to hop on stocking up on Dust. Which meant she was headed to Fayren, despite the news that Halloween costumes were abound. Last time that happened she briefly was able to firebend, it didn't seem like that big of a problem.

Unfortunately, instead of selecting a random costume, it went for Weiss's actual costume she had selected. It was an olive branch to Jaune after their latest fight, a character from his favorite comic, X-Ray and Vav: The Mad King. (Look, he had the cutest skirt out of everyone.) It's not a complete takeover, so Weiss is still decidedly Weiss, but the personality.. well, that's a little different.

She didn't change out of her costume when she got back to Nova City, instead her priority being visiting the City Council-- the government body that her father couldn't operate without the cooperation of. After a brief meeting, Weiss can be seen walking out of City Hall with a little smirk on her lips and every member of the city council happily.. cuddling puppies and saying things like "Absolutely, Queen Schnee! Thank you!" and "All hail the mad queen!"

It's undeniable they've decided to be on her side of things, though it's questionable how else she got them to agree besides puppy power. Approach her? ]

October 15th- The Throne Room, Video - OTA
[ Where exactly this is is questionable in the video, but the sky in the huge glass wall windows behind it is definitely Nova City. There are definitely people following her every whim and Weiss Schnee is definitely leaning to one side on her throne of blue and silver for a moment before sitting up straight. ]

Citizens of Nova City, my name is Weiss Schnee, and as of yesterday, the City Council has agreed to follow under a new system of government. Sometimes you can't fix what isn't broken, and they've all decided that the appropriate solution to many of Nova City's problems is the installation of a monarchy. My monarchy.

[ And then the City Councilpersons come up one by one and give their blessing on this decision about accepting the Mad Queen Weiss as their ruler. ]

Well, I suppose it's better than Ice Queen.

[ Perhaps those who work in City Hall might find the sudden addition of a throne room on top of the building rather curious, but hey. A queen needs a throne. ]

October 16th-18th Power Station - Closed to X-ray & Jaune (once they.. sort things out so they can try to save the day)
[ Despite the odd circumstances of her ascention to the apparent throne, Weiss was still a popular person. Obviously there was dissent about her suddenly becoming a monarch of a city though, but it had been strangely.. well, subdued. Probably because a huge portion of the population was being manipulated by a robotic cow that had been programmed and plugged into the city's power in a hole beneath the station and wifi system utilizing some coding that Weiss had stolen from a case involving the hacking of prosthetics. And all she was doing with it was sending out one clear message to smooth things over: All Hail the Mad Queen.

Needless to say compliance was much easier when you were overwriting a huge chunk of the population to follow your rule. :)

Weiss of course checked in on it every day to make sure that the cow was still secure. Still in the hole. ]

OOC NOTE: Weiss only influenced the NPCs, not PCs. If you play a character I promise you I didn't just do that without your permission. (The coding is for Nova City's system as per a case she worked on when she was city Guardian!)