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It has been some time, and I see that the creatures that are causing so much commotion around here are unlike anything I have seen before. That aside, I wish to ask the public a question. Should those who are undead truly be punished by Everglade's guardian for simply existing? It is not the dead who choose to roam the earth once more, and outlawing their existence is rather like blaming a man for being in the way of a knife as it sinks into his back.

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[It had been some time since Dracula had come out of his chambers in the Inverted Castle, leaving his house guests to fend for themselves. He had been both laying low since the encounter with Everglade's spirit, but also gathering his strength and attempting to come up with a plan of attack to destroy the spirit as well. Today however, he is in his throne room, looking... tired. Moreso than the walking corpse usually does. He had already dispatched a Fleaman to summon Sakuya to the throne, but it would undoubtedly be some time before the jittery creature approached her. For now, he simply sat, staring at the goblet of blood in his hand.]

[There's a very confused woman on the video, flipping through some of the information she grabbed on the way out of the bay. Most residents could recognize the look of confusion.]

Well, this isn't where I expected to find myself today. Anyway, name's Alex. That hologram was very informative, so whoever set that up, thanks.

Guess I should start looking for a place to stay until I find something more permanent. Anyone out there have any suggestions?

[ Shortly after dropping Satsuki in a ditch somewhere (read: going their separate ways), Lucy and Natsu continued on to drop off their bounty to get their pay before heading home. Lucy deliberately picked a path that skirted away from where the building that the guild was supposed to be in, was. In fact, the apartment she'd picked out was even further away from the guild building than the inn was.

Speaking of apartments - she tucked the cloaks she received under an arm (or passed them over to Natsu if he wanted to hold them for a moment) and turned on her device, the video feed showing a slightly scuffed up but smiling blonde. ]

Those smugglers that were harassing the unicorns were taken care of - thankfully. Hopefully no one else gets it in their head to bother them- and hopefully the unicorns themselves have learned their lesson about going near people. I'm sure they did. Anyway, got some neat new magic cloaks out of the mission - that was a nice surprise!

Oh, Wendy, Levy, just thought I'd let you know, but I've moved out of the Inn. I'm staying in an apartment on the edge of town.

[ So if they go looking for her at the Inn and don't see her, that'd be why. That'd also be why a certain other Dragonslayer won't be there. That message passed, she closed the phone and tucked it into her pocket before glancing at her partner. ]

Before we head back, I want to stop and pick up some things. [ Bandages and such mainly. For obvious reasons. ]

ACTION; OTA (First Arrival)
[ As soon as Buffy wakes up, she doesn't hesitate to bolt up into a sitting position, knocking the stuff that was given to her into the side of the cocoon. She looks in all directions rapidly, her hand reaching to the scythe at her side. Definitely not the epitome of safe placement, but she's slept with dangerous things before. No big. What was slightly scarier was the fact that it was lined with silk on all sides. The last time she woke up in something like that.. But it was just a creepy pond coffin, not one six feet under.

But there's still no one there, which has Buffy on guard even more. Just finished saving the world for the umpteenth time from the biggest bad yet and went to go take the world's longest nap sesh... only to wake up shortly after in a little pond coffin. ]

Come on. Big bad, vanquished? No more Hellmouth? There are only so many things you can put me through without giving me a break for things like sleeping and not living out of a school bus, Universe.

[ Buffy quickly grabbed the bag of weird-looking balls and the little box, briefly looking at what was in there but not bothering to read it before putting it away (later sure, in safer areas), taking mʔ up in her other hand and hopping out of the cocoon. After nearly attempting to decapitate the hologram when it jumps up on her, she got the information from it and definitely wasn't buying that this was some kind of weird happy world where people were actually safe while under kidnapping. Time to explore and potentially find a place to store the threatening-looking scythe at her side before someone thinks she's the one with the bad intentions and get something much easier to conceal. Like a normal stake and sleeves that don't look like she was involved in the collapse of an entire city. ]

VIDEO; OTA
[ Once she was in a place that she felt was relatively easy to watch her back in, barring demons through walls (very hopefully barring), Buffy finally took a few minutes to read through the pamphlet and turned the video phone on. ]

Anyone want to tell me what the balls are for or am I just supposed to press the buttons and find out? Messing with things before you understand them? Historically not a good idea unless you're aiming for bad.

Also in desperate need of shoes and clothes. [ There's still a scratch on her forehead and blood on her shirt peeking out of the khaki-colored jacket on her shoulders. It looks like she got stabbed with something, but she seems to be doing remarkably well despite the bloodstains. ] And a way back, but it sounds like you're all out of that last one.

Who: Porrim, Ted Satchel, and You!!
When: Throughout August!
What: Porrim is finding out what's going on with these dead people activist murders, and also she is just being a general busybody!
Where: Everglade, Genessia, Maybe elsewhere!
Warnings: Murder Most Foul, dead people probably

( Flowers for Ted )


( Solidarity with the Undead )


( its way better lit than Hot Topic )


( Garden Park Apartments Party!!  )