Who: Adela (enchantressofore) & OPEN
What: After recently quitting her job at the forge due to job frustrations, Adela decides to push her luck with her leg and finally take up another love of hers again -- swordplay.
Where: Holodeck'd, Genessia City
When: October 8th to 12th
Notes and Warnings: None as of yet, prone to change dependant on where threads go.

( It feels good to have her sword in her hands again, even if her footsteps still feel awkward. )

A. Patrols.
[ Security for Genessia city isn't as interesting as he hoped it would be. Jean didn't expect much, but more than doing what he currently was seemed better. A funny thing, really, since this was exactly what he wanted every day of training back home. A boring, safe life. But now that he'd seen the kind of destruction he had back home and been at the mercy of seven witches, boredom should be the last of his worries.

It wasn't. In fact it feels more surreal and easily broken than anything. Like he's waiting for the other shoe to drop any time.

So, he ducks into shops, exploring the city, and keeps his eyes sharp. Are you a troublemaker he gets to arrest? How about someone who just happens to be there for chit chat? ]


B. Attack on Mansion!
[ Sleepless nights aren't a new concept. Jean punches a pillow roughly and flops onto his back, kicking his legs in frustration. His eyes are wide open, staring at the ceiling. The strangeness of sleeping in a big bed with the knowledge he wouldn't be sharing it with anyone any time soon hadn't worn off yet. Part of him still expects someone to nudge open his door, pad across the room, and climb in with him. Whether that be a dog or person, it didn't matter.

Instead, he finally gives up and tosses the covers off, soon wandering into the other areas of the mansion.

On September 2nd, he ends up with a feather duster in hand, cleaning light fixtures.

On September 4th, Jean wanders into the library. The obviousness of it being Armin's space has him backing back out immediately, though. ]

[ When the fog of waking up somewhere new lifts enough, Jean moves into the shocked stage of wandering around Genessia. He doesn't know these streets and little by little he's forcing himself not to think about the likelihood of not knowing someone being extremely high. He's also purposefully not thinking about how much of a relief it had been the last time this happened and Armin was there. Or about the Maeve dicking him over.

But it's only after chasing down a slim blonde figure wearing a powder blue dress, mistaking it for someone he cared for, that the shock shatters. He dumbly apologizes and steps back a few paces, looking panicked and lost. They shrug him off and walk away, leaving Jean to run his fingers through his hair. Soon, he presses his back against the cool concrete of a building and fumbles for the phone he was given.

It's different from his other one, but it's not something he can't navigate now. He exhales, thumb hovering over the video button. There's a chance that Armin and Eggsy are here, but there's also a chance he's alone. Either way, it didn't change the facts. He turns the video on, trying to look as calm as he can despite the pit of his stomach feeling hollow. ]

Can someone tell me where the hell I can rent a room here?

Action

( Spoilers for RWBY S03 E11 under the cut! )


Video

[Roman is usually striking because of his dashing good looks and impeccable style, but last night robbed him of those so he's had to improvise. First prop: gore. Patches of black blood stain his white coat, splashes of fresh red pop against the unhealthy pallor of his skin. He's still not sure what Grimm are made of, but he's covered in their guts and he revels in it.

His second prop is the smoldering remains of Weiss' welcoming hologram beside him. It produces the occasional flash of a smile or garbled words, but most of it is lost to sparks and smoke.

He gives the camera a smile full of teeth.]

Hello again, Genessia. Did you miss me?

[It sounds like he's swallowed glass, but his voice is steady. He pauses to light a cigar from the hologram's embers.]

It's been a while, hasn't it? I've had some time to look at my life. Really think about the choices I've made, and you-- [Something in the hologram explodes. He waits for the noise to die down. The smile never falters.] You know what I've been missing? Focus. Try to do ten things at once and you'll half-ass all of them. So here's my resolution: pick one goal and see it through till the end.

[He leans in close to the camera, all wide eyes and bloodstained smile.]

I'll be seeing you around, Little Red.

[The video cuts off.]

There's been a sudden swell in criticism of Weiss Schnee in Nova City. Citizens gossip and chat with each other as more and more people hear stories from friends and friends of friends of unconfirmed rumors and unverifiable accusations about Weiss Schnee's behavior.

• Weiss Schnee embezzles company funds to buy designer dresses.

• Schnee Company uses unsafe construction materials and cuts corners on city maintenance. 

• The Welcoming Hologram stopped working for two whole months and no one could be reached to fix it until someone finally broke it! The hologram was fixed, but the person was seized by the Schnee Company and is being held in a hidden cell deep within the facility. 

• Weiss Schnee is a very unpleasant person, they refused to shake hands with me at XX event and then called me a dirty peasant (this, and rumors in their vein, is actually the most common).

Documents have been floating around too - unsourced papers linking Schnee Dust Company with the barrier break. Printed Research Studies showing shocking pictures of Dust having a gross negative impact on the barrier, photos of the ghosts in labs (attributed to belonging inside of Schnee Dust Company) being experimented on. 

The main distributor of the physical media comes branded with a newspaper outlet called Genessia's Integrity, run by one Nagita Shinjirō. The head of the paper has been fielding limited questions from other members of the press, but when the hubbub was finally getting mainstream attention, he held a press conference. 

Video/Action:

Yes, I am Nagita Shinjirō, founder and head reporter of Genessia's Integrity, a paper that's sole purpose is to find the TUMORS OF CORRUPTION within Genessia and TEAR IT OUT WITH MY TEETH. And journalism. 

I am glad that the real truth of this 'Weiss Schnee' is starting to come out. TOO LONG has this DARK ANGEL IN WHITE been gallivanting about in plain sight, pulling the wool over everyone's eyes, bamboozling everyone with her lacey outfits and disgusting wealth, while she plots Genessia's downfall! 

I'll be taking questions, that is, for as long as THE ESTALISHMENT will let me! I know now that I've come out of hiding, its only a matter of time until Weiss Schnee and her like make an attempt to shut me down, just like the courageous Romana Bove, who as far as we know is still being held illegally inside a Schnee dungeon, for the sole crime of trying to make the Shnee Company do the job that we expected it to!!


[ OOC: Psst, it's Nui. Nui's doing this. Nagita is Nui. Nui is Nagita. Nui is the person playing Nagita. Nagita is a personality invented by and played by Nui. Nui's persona. No one besides maybe KLK's know about it though. Or if you can read minds. Before the conference, Nui has been hopping about Nova City, impersonating people and spreading unfounded rumors about Weiss.

EDIT: I goofed and called it the Schnee Dust company before, so I've updated the post to reflect what the Schnee company actually does in Genessia ]

[Those who know Jean might notice the shadows under his eyes and the fact that he doesn't look...particularly emotive about anything right now. Those who don't know Jean, hi.]

When I decided to use the Dream Docks, I thought I was only going to be there for a week. I didn't expect it to last over a month. But the city's still standing, so I guess I didn't miss much.

Still fucking weird as ever, though.

( Filtered to Mikasa )

( Filtered to Marco )

( Filtered to Weiss Schnee )

[With all of the shaky-cam and heavy breathing of a shitty homemade horror film, here is Sasha, creeping through the woods, peering through the trees to reveal: a beautiful, pure, innocent unicorn.

Then, it's gone, and the camera gives you a nice shot of Sasha's face, and-- oh, dear, is that drool?]

Guys! Look at this! I've never seen one before?

D-do you think it tastes good....? Maybe I should try eating one for my birthday...

Who: Mikasa Ackerman, Levi Ackerman, Jean Kirstein, & anyone else who wants to do something with Mikasa.
What: A general catch-all for multiple threads.
When: June 14th
Where: Various places
Style: 1st person~

[Mikasa seemed to be deep in thought once she appeared.]

I wonder.... I understand that most people want to go back home, but.... are there any others who would be okay living here? I mean... I get that there are important things to do back home, but...

There's just... more of an opportunity to really live a life here... One where we don't have to be constantly in fear that we might not survive much longer than tomorrow... One that really shows promise... It's taken me a long time to adjust, but I... I think that coming here from my world... isn't such a bad thing.

[She let out a small sigh at the thought.]

I don't mean to say that I won't keep trying, but... is that so wrong to want to be able to really live the life that we should have been able to?

[Mikasa wasn't exactly directing that to anyone in general. In fact, it seemed to be a question for herself more than anyone else, but with nothing more to say, she disappeared from the feed.]

[OOC: To keep thing more organized, i'll be putting the logs/threads with people in separate threads, but everyone is free to answer her open thread.]

[ someone is entirely too embarrassed to show his face to anyone, but he has a question to ask about recent events... ]

If someone doesn't mind answering, I have a question...

This is Marco and I come from a world where parties and things don't really...exist. I mean, they probably do, but with things going on, there's really no good time to have them.

Anyway, I'm not quite sure if I want to go to this event, but I feel that it would benefit everyone within the Schmee Company.

...I guess what I'm trying to ask is, does anyone know how to pick out a really good suit that matches? I haven't worn a tie before, I don't even know how to tie one.

And I also heard from a few colleges at the company that they were going to bring dates with them... Is...is that really necessary? I would prefer to go alone, but I don't want to bring a stranger with me either.

[ and oh god he's not asking anyone else that is from home. no way. he will be embarrassed and then it will make things awkward and he will have to live in his room and leave out the window without speaking to anyone else. no no and no ]

Who: The entire AoT/SnK cast and anyone else who knows Jean!
What: It's Jean's birthday and while Mikasa isn't exactly throwing a huge party, anyone is invited to come celebrate if they're interested.
When: April 7th
Where: Casa AoT/SnK
Style: 1st person~

[Mikasa had -- at some point -- asked Marco if he knew Jean's birthday since they were now dating. She was going to ask about the others because she was interested in at least giving them something for their birthdays. Finding out that his birthday was coming up, she knew that she wanted to do something for him and while it may not have been much, she figured the others would like to celebrate his birthday just like she would. So getting everything ready, she had went out to have a cake made after doing some research about what to do for birthdays. Her own birthday was a good enough surprise for her, even if she didn't tell anyone about it herself. She thought about making the cake herself, but she could barely cook. She doubted she'd be able to do something like that, even if her cooking wasn't all that bad from her practice so far.

But she was curious about the others as well, so before getting him to surprise him after coming up with some excuse to get him out of the apartment, she felt that it would be a good time to ask about everyone else's birthdays.]

This isn't so bad... Celebrating birthdays after all. I'm just... used to it not being a priority so... When is everyone else's birthdays?

[OOC: I'll be doing a separate thread for Jean, but everyone is free to do so as well. It would probably be better this way so that we don't have to wait on a large number of people to post. I'll also put up separate threads for other things as well.]

Who: Open!
When: 3/27 - 4/02
Where: Nova City at the grounds being used for the Carnival.
What: Nova City Carnival


( /Carnival Music )

WHO: Security testers (will be asked oocly), Security job applicants (open), anyone who wants to watch (open)
WHAT: Given the inability to check credentials in Genessia, Weiss's interviews are a little different than normal. This one? It involves staying alive for 10 minutes with someone she knows can fight.
WHEN: (Backdated for IC reasons) Friday 3/20, 8am-10am
WHERE: Attleton's Battle Colosseum
WARNINGS: Violence!

The Colosseum seemed incredibly public a place to do interviews, but the reality was that there was no guarantee that there wouldn't be stressful situations for fighters. If they had public or performance anxiety, it would be just as bad as someone who couldn't handle the sight of blood or someone who couldn't fight. The crowd was a benefit to add pressure. Plus, the Colosseum had the added benefit of a consequence-free death. They would just wake up in the hospital. Even if she didn't particularly want to see anyone die, it was one way to make sure that anyone hired could handle whatever came at them.

As applicants entered the stadium. While Weiss had sat out during the last round of applications, she wasn't in the stands this time. She was down on the ground. She wanted to fight, to test at least some of these people herself. The other matches she would observe carefully, but she hadn't gotten a good fight in in a while. She'd been given the all-clear to use her hand again, and she was going to. She couldn't find Armin, which was a problem, and she would definitely be talking to him about it later (once she.. figured out what happened to him).

[ OOC: So here's how this is going to work. If your character would like to apply for a security job at Schnee Company, they need to reply to this post with the subject line "Applicant." After that, one of the testers will reply to it and the characters will fight. The character must survive the fight for 10 minutes, and may be ranked hire as an applicant if they actually win their fight. If they die or are knocked unconscious during the fight, they will automatically wake up in the infirmary, but be disqualified from getting the job. They can disqualify themselves by stating that they yield during the thread.

If you want to be an audience member, you can make your own thread, handwave and mention in later threads, or yell things in the middle of fights to distract applicants. If an audience member goes onto the field during someone else's fight, they will be considered a bystander and the applicant must protect them as well as themselves. If the audience member wins the fight for the applicant, the applicant is disqualified.

AS THIS IS THE SECOND TRY-OUTS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER APPLY FOR THE JOB, YOU MUST REPLY TO THIS LOG! Security positions will be closed after this until there are further openings. Please only reply to this post if your character would actually want the job. ]

WHO: Mikasa and Jean
WHAT: Comforting eachother after some difficult weeks.
WHEN: March 13th
WHERE: The SNK apartment
WARNINGS: Cute, probably references to death, and as always, language.

He wasn't sure how long he had been standing at the window and staring at the same fucking leaf on the ground, but probably longer than healthy, considering how the shadows were now at a significantly different angle from when he started. Jean's head was a strange blank mess of fragmented thoughts and emotions he didn't even want to start making sense of. He probably should have felt better, or even worse than he ever had, but instead he just felt numb.

Normally, he would have made some kind of insulting remark to someone by now, but he was just fine with this. Maybe he should have found some way to occupy himself, by training, doing something productive, but he didn't even want to think about protecting the others, because he knew no matter how stronger he became, he wouldn't always be able to.

Armin had been right, and it hadn't been Jean who paid for it. He wasn't angry over the fact. Not anymore. He was becoming increasingly familiar with the emptiness that lingered in his head, and he just wanted to be as alone as possible in their apartment, which wasn't very lonely, but he could try.

( introspection )

[ Weiss took a deep breath and flickered the video on, her gaze unwavering as it did. She looked determined, serious. If any member of her family ever came here, she would likely be ruined after this video, but this was the only way to save the life she'd started building here. ]

Many of you may have seen Roman Torchwick's video and accusations earlier. The answer is yes.

Yes, many of those things are true. My father and our company under his leadership have been accused of doing those things and I have personally witnessed some of them. I don't have evidence of some of the things that Torchwick detailed in his apparent report, the source of which I find suspect given that while Schnee Dust Company in Remnant has managed to evade essentially all charges. If a report like that were legitimate, it certainly would've risen much sooner and certainly not in Genessia instead of back home. And I happen to know at least a couple of those are false, but the important ones aren't.

Yes, my family has used money to corrupt politics to get away with.. less than moral business practices. Yes, we...

[ Weiss took another deep breath. This was, honestly, hard for her. She hated the idea that her family's name was being dragged through the mud and that she was confirming it, even if she knew what was true. She wanted nothing more than to scream that Torchwick was a liar, but that wouldn't solve anything. ]

Schnee Dust Company has been known for both Human and Faunus rights abuses, most condemningly the forced labor of the Faunus people. Yes, Torchwick was telling the truth about that, but as usual he ran his mouth without knowing or including the entire story.

My family didn't claim our name in bloodshed or the sweat and tears of Faunus. It was my grandfather's company, and until my father took over it was a moral company. The Schnee family name didn't start off standing for these gross violations of humans rights, and I have no intention of allowing it to stay that way. Perhaps if Torchwick had taken a moment to question why the heiress to the company in question was busy attending a combat school for Huntresses instead of living easily in the comfort of my multiple homes and a plush office on the top floors of Schnee Company headquarters, he would have realized that leveling those accusations here was a mistake.

I chose to become a huntress because I have every intention of taking my family's company back from my father to make certain that the Schnee Dust Company doesn't operate in the dark, because I will need those skills to reclaim it from him. I never brought any of this up here in Genessia not because I had the intent to deceive any of you, but because by saying this publicly, I run the risk of my family finding out if any of them come to Genessia. I don't intend to back down back home, nor do I intend to let Torchwick take Schnee Company down to his level here. Schnee Company in Genessia is going to be a prime example of what Schnee Dust Company in Remnant should operate like.

The entire reason that the people from my world agreed not to start a witch hunt for Torchwick when he first arrived was on the basis of second chances. Torchwick squandered his when he attacked my friend and I, killing her and kidnapping me out of a sick need for vengeance because we've cut a couple of his heists short- a part of our jobs as huntresses.

Don't take Schnee Company and my second chance away from us because Torchwick decided to share what my father is responsible for and I haven't had the chance to fix back home yet.

[Armin turns on the video, more frantic than when he first arrived. From the background, it's obvious he's both outside and moving somewhere. There's a definite note of panic in his voice.]

Has anybody seen Eren? Does anybody know where Eren Jaeger is?!

[He's distraught enough that he doesn't even bother setting his post to private before expanding on his post in a message to Mikasa.]

Mikasa! Mikasa, I can't find Eren. He's not at home, he's not answering his phone, and he d-didn't show up to lunch like we planned. I th-think... I think he m-may be gone...!

[It's a little unclear, but anyone who knows him will be able to tell that Armin is crying. He prays to all the gods he doesn't believe in that he's wrong. Hell, he'd beseech the Trumps if it would bring Eren back to him. But as he'd said, Eren was nowhere to be found.]

[ Something feels off about this time. The lack of the psychic connection, the absence of her fellow Travelers, and most importantly, the welcome package. It's all puzzling, but she's willing to put aside her confusion to switch on the video feed.

When the feed starts, it reveals a solemn looking young lady, holding herself as regally as possible. When she speaks, it is with deliberate politeness.]


Hello. This is the Lady Sansa Stark of Winterfell speaking. I seem to be your newest arrival. I must deliver my kindest thanks for the welcoming gifts, as well as the communication device. The materials inside proved to be most helpful.

I, however, am not quite sure what I am expected to do from here. I would be more than happy to assist in anyway I can, as it seems newcomers are expected to do. I would also like to get to know all of you.

Thank you for your time. [ She bows her head, then curtsies politely, and the feed finishes.]

Who: The entire AoT/SnK cast!
What: Ever since they've all started to arrive, Mikasa has already started with saving up for a house, but now she needs to have a meeting talking about it.
When: March 12th
Where: Casa AoT/SnK
Style: Starting in 3rd, but I'm switching to 1st in comments.

It's been a clear ever since everyone seemed to arrive one after another that there was no possible way to keep everyone together. Eren's and Mikasa's small apartment had been fine for a few of the arrivals, but it was quickly getting cramped. While they are all pretty much used to close quarters anyways, they didn't have to necessarily deal with it here. And then there was the case of any future people from home coming as well. So Mikasa has finally called an apartment meeting thinking of just that.

She wanted to make sure that they all had a chance to sort of get the hang of things here since they had all arrived here at the same time or close to the same time. She would have wanted to do this a while back when people had just started to arrive -- since she'd had this in mind for a while -- but it wouldn't be nearly enough time. And then there was drama surrounding what to do about Marco and just everything else that came from it that made it too awkward to even think of doing a meeting.

Well.. To be honest.... It was still too awkward now because things seemed to be worse, but she couldn't exactly keep pushing this further. She would just have to hope that things could stay calm enough, but she wasn't so sure. What with the drama between Armin and Jean, starting to date Jean as a couple only to turn into more drama because of things she probably shouldn't have brought up, and all of the awkwardness with Marco, it wasn't exactly the best last week or two...

Still, she wasn't going to make this about any of that. This was simply an apartment meeting. That was all.

[OOC: There will be no particular order in tagging since there's so many of us, so basically I'm going to say tag at your own desire/speed. with about 9 of us, going in an order will take too long to wait for each other. Feel free to make separate tags if that's easier too, but I'll try to stay on top of this myself that way Mikasa is answering as much as possible since she's the one who's leading this.]