( Annie the Bunny Girl )

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( Midoriya the Werewolf )

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( Lust, Humanized )

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( Mantis the Siren )

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( Mother Brain the Human Thug )

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( Orihime the Reluctant Vampire )

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( Minako the Not-So-Reluctant Vampire )

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( Yang the Fire Elemental )

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( Bonus: Allen Walker and Sailor Venus VS The Tarot Demon )

[ The blue-haired girl on the screen looks mildly annoyed, as if it's just barely under the surface and she's trying her best to keep herself composed. She is, after all, a princess. She was taught to keep her composure, even in the worst situation and while this isn't the biggest mess she's been in? It still sucks, for a variety of reasons. One of which is the temporary housing she finds herself in, but that's a rant for another day. ]

Evie Grimhilde, hi. Pleasure to meet you, I'm sure.

[ At least she's telling the truth, there. ]

I'm familiar with this whole 'in the wrong universe' situation. I spent a year in a wild west colony on another planet. Showed up there outside their Customs and Processing building while I'd been on the way to classes.

This time around, I was on my way home and suddenly, I'm here. I had someone traveling with me and I'm hoping they're here, too.

[ She shifts some on the twin bed she's seated on, trying to find a way to sit comfortably but not quite managing. Or maybe she's just stressed from her interrupted trip. ]

His name is Jack Kelly. You'll know if you met him. He's tall, dark hair, blue eyes, muscular.

[ And she's clearly fond of this guy. ]

And a bit rough around the edges, but friendly. If you've seen him, let me know. It'd be nice to be in an unfamiliar place with someone familiar. I know, the likelihood of that happening are slim to none. But, one can't help but hope.

[ That being said: ]

In the mean time, I was wondering what people could tell me about employment opportunities. I'm fantastic at cooking and sewing. I had my own custom clothing store back in New Dodge, the place I was before here. I'm also interested in chemistry. Straight A student back in Auradon and I helped with a crisis or two in the aforementioned space colony. If anyone has job suggestions, please let me know. I don't sit idle very well.

[ With that, she shuts her feed down and sighs, frowning some to herself. N o p e. She likes none of this goblin refuse. ]

[Leaning against the wall of her office at the Ivory Tower, Lust's lovely face appears on the screen, unsmiling, her expression almost bored save for the hint of intensity to show she is very much invested in the responses people give.]

The recording at the Bay indicated that only people with necklaces are considered 'real.' What about those who seem to be native to this place?

[She brushes an errant lock of black hair over her bare shoulder.]

Do any of them have souls? Has it been verified one way or the other?

[It's important; she doesn't want to waste her time grooming alchemists out of nobodies who won't ever be able to create a Philosopher's Stone.]

V I D E O ;

It gets pretty warm here, doesn't it...? I didn't expect the heat wave. I guess this would be as good of a time as any to go to the pool or a beach, huh?

[If you look behind him, you'll see him sitting up a little higher and you might see some people in bikinis or swim trunks walking behind him in the background. He looks pretty cool at least, but that comes with the perks of being a water Seraph. He's been keeping himself cool. He's at least dressed for the weather.]

What do people generally do during the summer time when it gets warm like this? I don't really know what kinds of activities there are, I guess.

[If people look closely, they might see that floaty of his in the background.]

A C T I O N ; Meguca apartment

[After work, Mikleo decided to make some parfaits for his roommates. It was pretty warm out and it felt like it would be a nice surprise. So they'll find him in the kitchen making them and setting them in the freezer to keep them cool if they're not taken right away. He'll even try to make them how they'd like as much as he can with the stuff he has on hand.

So feel free to bug him and grab one.]

Anybody home? Come on out if you are. I have a surprise for you. [He still hasn't changed out of his swimsuit either, so details.

C A T C H - A L L ; Name your prompt!

[Want anything else? let me know!]

[Action - Waking Up]

[If Ed wasn't having a bad day before waking up, he's sure as hell having one now. Waking up somewhere with no idea how he got there is enough, but being told he's been kidnapped with no way to get home? That's going too far.]

[There's only so long he can spend shouting at holograms though, and he eventually makes his way out of The Bay and into the surrounding areas. By this point he's calmed down to simmering in rage instead of exploding. To anybody passing by, he's clearly upset, but that's probably not anything new here.]

[Eventually, he gets tired of sulking, and decides to approach someone, pointing to the necklace that he just received.]

Hey, you have one of these, too. What's up with this?

[Video]

[Reading the instructions, Ed isn't convinced that this smart phone thing works, but it's worth a shot. The best thing he can do right now is gather information, and the quickest way to do that is over a network. As long as he's not talking about anything confidential, it shouldn't be a problem.]

My name's Edward Elric. I'm new here.

[He considers broadcasting his title, but there's probably no reason too. Based on what he's seen, he's in a different world entirely, and it wouldn't have any weight.]

I'm not happy about it, but this is too complex to be a prank. I know people have been researching this place, and I want in. Whatever notes you have, whatever you've been able to find, let me see it.

5/20 - Sleeping Foodie - Ted & Satou (Action, Closed)

( Just what he needed: a witch. )

6/5 - Roses are Red - Ted & Rin (Video)

[Come on Ted, spit it out.]

So, um...I'm afraid my latest bounty is proving very elusive. To draw him or her out, I'll need a woman about my age, or one who looks it, to pose as my lover in however many roseal places until things become more open. You'll need to be very obvious about it too. I won't insist on anything risque, but, erm...well, we'd start with hand-holding, and go from there.

Aheh, don't worry! I've, ah, done plenty of bounties and, so far, haven't gotten anyone killed. Your security would be my top concern, and the villain's capture a close second. Goodness, using that flower to enact death. Have they not heard of rosaries? What perversion won't Everglade stoop to?

[He hangs up very quickly. What vexes him so much isn't the odd bait he's suggesting, but that he has to bring a girl into it. He made it sound ridiculous and reckless on purpose just to discourage any would-be heroines. OOC: Rin will ultimately be who he picks, but feel free to tweak his nose anyway.]

6/6 - Ice cream absolution - (Action, Open)

[Ted needed to wash his hands of involving not one, but two women in his crusade against crime. Will his chivalry ever recover? Is he losing his touch? He needs to do a good deed that doesn't put the fairer sex in danger, for a change. Oh hey, he got a right answer in the newspaper again. A month's supply of ice cream turned out to be...not that much.

Hang it. It's summer time, and that gives him an idea: handouts.

In all of the main cities, you'll find Genessia's court jester with a large board hung on his back. It reads: FREE ICE CREAM. Satsuki might not loose his diet enough to indulge in it anyway, and what better way to unload excess supply? Just don't ask where he's keeping it all.]

[Those scouring the network for anything interesting might come across an odd audio. A deep voice of a man, clap of boots upon a hard floor, all echo picked up by the device.]

Humans...

Even here in this unknown world, they seek validation of their own self-worth in meaningless games. Surely a less violent way to prove themselves, but no less vain.

[He must be talking about the popularity polls recently.]

Greed, vanity, wrath, lust... All traits that make up the evil lurking in the hearts of man that transcends time and space.

And yet... Something is different about these humans. I will have to watch them more closely...

[The footsteps begin to fade as whoever was speaking leaves the area.]

Who: Flynn Scifo, anyone else.
What: Flynn arrives in Genessia.
When: Right now.
Where: Nova City
Warnings: None so far.
( Read more... )

[That's a familiar rack face to a lot of people here. You'd think she'd be more careful about it, but fact is, she knows who's here. And she doesn't care. She regards the video feed blandly.]

I'm just going to get to the point. If you're from Amestris, stay out of my way and I'll stay out of yours. I don't think you can ask for a better deal than that.

[She shifts her weight, flipping an errant lock of black hair over her bare shoulder.]

As for employment, it's simple. If you can make me human, I'll work for you. Even if it takes a while. I can be patient.

[There are other things she wants to mention about that, but she's not that stupid or brash to mention the whole complete lack of scruples thing. She'll get to that if it comes to it.]

Other than that? I'm not interested in small talk, so there's no need for greetings or reassurances. We'll run into each other soon enough, I'm sure.

WHO: Lust
WHAT: The homunculus goes searching for the missing entity, convinced it has the power to help her become human. Things go badly.
WHEN: October 24, 2014 - Evening
WHERE: Nova City - Intergalactic Zoo

( And Sin No More. )

WHO: Lust, OPEN
WHAT: Lust goes shopping for a Halloween costume. She can't dress up as herself. :C
WHEN: October 1st, 2014 - Early Evening
WHERE: Genessia City - Hamete Strip Mall

( Bad Moon Rising )

WHO: Lust, OPEN
WHAT: A homunculus typically does not sleep, and thus, doesn't dream. But this week, Lust does exactly that, and appears as a fragment of who she once was. Want to see Lust being sweet and motherly to break your brain? Here you go.
WHEN: May 11, 2014 - Evening
WHERE: Lust's Apartment - Dream World

( Baby I've Changed )

[Lust sighs. A Snivy sits at her feet, gnawing on a Poke Ball and rocking back and forth. She rests her chin in her hand, her expression mild and only a tiny bit annoyed. Seriously, it's like having a mini Gluttony.]

I don't suppose anyone wishes to take this off my hands? I'll happily trade it for a charm.

[Her tone indicates she doesn't expect anyone to offer up a charm, but it's worth a shot.]

( I would worship you. )

I'm sure few of you remember or care, but the necromancer has been taken care of. I'm not certain which unfortunate soul used the necklace he had confiscated, so I've returned it to the city's lost and found.

[Lust smiles, just a light curve of her dark lips.]

And if any of you do remember, it's of little matter to me. I expect no gratitude.

[Oh look, a new arrival. He's fiddling with the comm and examining the necklace with a vaguely bemused expression.]

Not that I don't appreciate the bling, but it's not exactly my style.

Anyone care to tell me what's going on, and how I get home?

Let it never be said that Harry Dresden was not a forgiving, kind boss, especially around the holidays. For instance, even though he had his newest employee working all day on Christmas Eve he had no problem with adding an extra coal to the fire to keep warm.

You know, if there was a fireplace in the office. Or if the heating worked right half the time.

Harry had set his newest deputy Guardian to work on the task that nobody ever wanted to do but what every new guy in history had managed to pull: inventory, taking stock of all the various supernatural objects and spells he had locked up in the office's evidence room. He had given him a clipboard, a pen and a set of specific instructions such as "don't read anything outloud, ignore any voices whispering to you, and for God's sake, leave the glass case with the doll alone."

Harry, meanwhile, was up front at his desk looking over charts and maps of the town and scribbling down a few eldritch calculations. Even in this town, an invasion by giant zombies was not business as usual and when things weren't business as usual he got suspicious and started poking at things.

Finally, he sat back, scrubbing a hand over his face thoughtfully and stood up, heading to the door to the evidence room and calling inside.

"Hey, kid, grab your coat. It's time for some legwork."

["YOU'RE A GROUNDSKEEPER!"]

[Those were the worst three words Jaune could have hoped to hear from that stupid job fair. But, he became a groundskeeper for hire even so. It didn't take him long to be hired, funnily enough. There was this guy in a place called "Everglade" that he'd never been to before, but they had a manor that needed some topiary trimmed and a garden weeded pretty darn bad. So, there he was.]

[Jaune grumbles to himself as he works, a big pair of shears in hand, snipping away at some overgrowth along the edge of the property. This guy he's working for seems to have everything a creepy house ought to have - some old iron fense with a squeaky gate, hedges shaped like lions and stuff, and a house that looked like it could use a fresh coat of paint or two.]

Man, what a stupid job. When this eight hours is over? I'm getting a different one. Heck with this.

[The place is just so FOGGY too. What is WITH that? Makes it hard to see things, especially out over the water. You know, like the Zombies. Jaune doesn't even notice one skulking out of the water like some kind of lumbering automaton. He just goes about his work trimming bushes... at least until he hears the heavy compression of footsteps thudding onto the ground.]

Eh? [He listens. THUD. THUD. THUD.] ... The heck is that? [His trimming slows and eventually stops just as the thundering footsteps also cease. He slowly looks over his shoulder to see some kind of mossy green giant of a dead thing looming over him. Looking up slowly, he sees it looking down at him - then it lets out a fearsome roar.]

[So Jaune screams like a little girl, accidentally snipping the head of a swan-shaped shrub clear off.]

WHOA! [He drops the shears and scrambles to avoid the giant's grabby hands, and he steps away from it, before noticing others like it lurking along in the fog towards him.] No wonder no one else works here!

[LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING OFF WORK EARLY TODAY JAUNE!]

[He knows better than to try and fight anything over one, maybe two monsters all on his own. He's alone, too, it didn't seem like anyone else is around. So he ran! If he learned anything from Mr. Port's class, it was that there was no shame in not dying.]

Greeting Citizens of "Genessia."

The name's Wily; The brilliant scientist Doctor Albert W. Wily.

Lets just right down to business, shall we? You can all bow down and accept me as your new ruler. Since I cannot return to my own world and complete my plans for world domination there, I'll simply take this place over instead.

Don't try and resist as I have already crafted eight Robot Masters to crush anyone who dares to oppose me.

Thomas, if you're somehow out there, I dare you send to your little go-fer bot to try and stop me, it wont work this time, I assure you.