[Chiaki was very carefully adjust her outfit. Sure it wasn't fully correct quite yet, but she was slowly working on it She thought it would be fun to do something like this while exploring. Make it feel like a real adventure. Though as she turned around looking in the mirror at the back, she wondered if the others would actually go for it. She didn't mind if it was just her since they didn't seem to recall anything from school, but that made her more determined to make memories, new memories for them. It hadn't been long after that and attempting to cook something before she was holding the device firmly in her hands, there was still something she needed to do before she actually told the others, so she switched on, a sweet smile on her face.]

I was planning a fun little trip to Fayren for me a couple of my friends. But the more I looked the more I was uncertain, so... I wanted to ask people who have been here longer what are the most interesting places in Fayren to go to?

[She bows her head slightly as a way of saying thanks before pausing for a moment. She figured she should say something about something that had happened before.]

Um... Also... If someone were to get burnt due to not realizing thier hand was on something hot... Do they just run it under water or go to the hospital?

[Action in Genessia and toward the hospital]

[Chiaki was planning on going to the hospital, her hand was red and raw and yet she couldn't even feel how bad it was. It was strange to not feel something like that. Fire was hot. Fire would normally hurt someone, but this time... She didn't. It was worrying, but she was walking through the streets of Genessia, her hand kept close to herself as she tried to figure out the way to the hospital.

Even if she did look a little lost.]

[Private to Nagito]

[With her hand sorted and bandaged she was planning on continuing what she was doing. She wasn't going to let it get to her. So first stop was messaging Komaeda first. At least with Ibuki she knew where she lived.]

I hope you are still okay with coming to Fayren? I've been making the plans and should be finished by the end of the week, if not sooner if you want to do it sooner.

[She just needed to just do a couple more things, but she thought she would ask something else.]

Ah, I should ask if you are okay? [With her lack of feeling in her hands, she was worried that something was going on. Because seriously, how does one not feel when there hand is on a stove of all things.]

[Action to Ibuki]

[She didn't know where one friend lived, but she knew full well where the other was. So making her way she was just going to drop on in and check on her, talk to her and perhaps get a question answered if possible. Pulling up her video game hoodie styled after a giant yellow thing that eats dots she had gone to the door, lightly knocking in the hopes the other was in.]

[Hear that sadistic charismatic crackle in the background as the feed slowly loads in? That's none other than Berg Katze up to his or rather...'her' up to her usual shenanigans. Guess who just got a new hairstyle and 'body' to go along with it?]

I HAVE BOOBIES NOW!

[Says Katze, no wait. Isn't that Airy? That's definitely Airy, right? How come she sounds exactly like Katze? And how come Airy is dressed so scantily clad in this rather sexy black and pink latex dress with a cute black bow on it? That is definitely not something Airy would ever wear.

...Right?]

This is so much fun! They keep going 'boing, boing, boing!' [Of course this jackass would demonstrate the 'sound effect' by actually doing it as she plays with her breasts. Very lewd. So very lewd.]

...Oh yeah! I almost forgot this was on. [Dear gods, there's children watching this? Yep, totally.] I have some really cool powers now too! I can make bubbles appear everywhere!

[Here comes another demonstration, a less lewd one. Out of nowhere, Katze suddenly makes a dozen or so bubbles appear out of thin air with just a flick of her hand. She grins into the camera happily before making a few more multi-colored translucent bubbles spring out of nowhere.]

Mwhahaha! I can do this all day and then some~

[Please stop this idiot.]

( ooc notes )

[ The first thing evident when the feed turns on appears to be nothing more than something red and gold being tossed up and down for a moment, followed by a hum and the camera is shifted upward to show the owner’s face. Karma’s wearing a lazy smile, holding up the necklace he’d arrived with. ]

Well. That was quite the little speech there. Bravo to the little lady for getting her message across loud and clear.

[ Spoken in his normal casual drawl, Karma twirled the necklace around one finger in an almost careless manner with his gaze fixed straight ahead. ]

I get that these things are supposed to be some kind of important deal, but I can’t say I understand why I’d need them to be seen as ‘real’. I’m right here, aren’t I? Either way, I guess I’m here to stay now by the sounds of it but I’m not really liking that idea so far.

[ His expression shifts just a touch, his smile edged to reflect his unhappiness as he ceased his toying of the necklace to clench it solely in one hand and exhaling a soft, almost irritated sigh. ]

Just know that I don’t intend to just sit by like some docile animal. That’s no fun at all so try to make things exciting here, won’t you?

I-If you found out that you h... had a boyfriend, what would be the b-best way to keep him happy?

[Because he needs to learn about what to do in a relationship.]

 [Danny usually tried to keep his ghost self away from the network. He also usually tried to stay far, far away from Genessia politics.

But with everything that had been going on recently, he kind of felt like he had to say something.]

Look.

[He frowns into the video feed and pushes back his hair, ignoring the way  he was faintly glowing even in the daylight.]

I don't know everything that's going on in Everglade. Me?  I've just been going out at night trying to keep anyone from getting hurt. Ghost, Supernatural Creature or Human.

But can we all just stop?  Can't we just try talking things out for once? I mean, I can only really speak for ghosts, but can't we just quit with attacking each other? Can't we just try talking things out for once? There has to be some way to work things out that works for everyone.

[His expression sours.] And for the record?  Talking things out does not involve random vigilantes showing up and trying to make me "move on'". Do you have any idea how irritating that is?

[he has stayed generally out of things for the most part... but he can't be silent at everything he's read in the newspaper. He doesn't exactly know what's going on in the Everglades but having been here a while he's recognizing it as his duty to find out.

...maybe that was why he was brought here in the first place?]

This vigilante....

There are some horrible things that have happened. That creatures eat humans is the cycle of life and mist is forgiving. Sometimes being dead is easier than being alive. That does not concern me. Even in places where supposedly death does not matter.

(though I would not say it to their faces ha ha ha)

But to torture is an entirely different matter altogether. No one deserves that. I would not even wish that on the one who committed the act.

Perhaps they should be brought to justice? Though I do not know what kind of justice exists in the Everglades. Though I am ever feeling it's my increasing duty to find out. To bring it about if I can.

I have stayed too long in Fayren and have ignored my true calling.

Does anyone know where to live cheap there?

Let's just make something completely clear here, yoi.

Chickens have rights.

[.... That was one of hell of a non sequitur.] And anyone who thinks people won't complain about anything you eat is just fooling themselves. I come from a world where even plants are sentient and talk sometimes. And if Big Mama's souls get into the homies around her, all food talks and has eyes and ears and babbles about weird shit like whether or not they'll be tasty. And humans freak out all the time about others eating bugs, even though you'll eat fish and birds that eat bugs, and that's worse because it just means entropy is happening and you're getting less energy value from it. Or do you just like the waste and taste of chaos? Besides, do you know what lobster is? Sea bugs.

I'm not saying don't ever eat anything. I'm saying, you're all disgusting. [Points a finger. Isn't he great?] Have you ever heard of-- [HAS TO STOP HIMSELF FROM THROWING UP SORRY, complete with fist over his mouth, quietly breathing to stay deadpan.] balut? [DUN DUN DUN. Also clearly from his face, this is the most heinous thing he's ever heard of.] It makes the satire A Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift seem absolutely humane, yoi! And for those who don't know, he was suggesting convincing the nobles to start eating babies that would otherwise starve to death. And that's not even the sick part, the sick part is that the nobles were only mad that the babies weren't good enough for them to eat. Kind of like veal. Which is baby calves. Only not only is it baby calves, they can only be fed milk or they stop tasting like newborns. You freaks.

[ARMFOLD.] So before you start worrying about whether sharks eating sharks is cannibalism, or whether it's okay to eat humans, or only non-humans, or if fish can feel pain, let me just tell you. They all have lives, and you know what nuts and berries are? Sex organs of plants. You know why testes are called nuts? That's why! And berries are just like ovaries. And hell, caviar is considered by weirdo humans to be a delicacy and that's just literally going into a fish and scraping out her eggs. Humans either just never think of how disgusting it is, or they learn to stop caring.

But if you care about one food today, don't eat balut. It's filthy and wrong and you should be ashamed. Go eat plant testes. Or bee vomit. You sickos. You disgust me.

Oi, but seriously. Chickens have rights. Just because you raise them as food doesn't mean you can treat them like slaves, scrape out their eggs, or cut off their beaks. Let them live in peace, and grow nice and big, and then you can do the food thing. Because otherwise someday a giant bird might just decide to eat you. [If only Buggy were here to testify...]

[But that appears to be the end of his rant. Finally.]

[Action: However speaking of giant birds.... There's an extra huffy sparkly blue phoenix hanging around the outdoor cafes, hissing and glaring at anyone who orders eggs for brunch today. :| It's just one of those days.... Bet you wish there was a vigilante to help stop him now, huh? Well, maybe not. Or maybe you can stop him. BE THE HERO THAT NON-VEGANS NEED EVEN IF THEY DO NOT DESERVE!]

[ooc: Do not google balut if you are squeamish about half-grown ducks or chickens still in the eggs.]

[Nagito who normally smiled as much as he could when talking to everyone was rather troubled looking. He held the paper in his hands and sighed heavily before addressing the camera.]

This... this is suppose to be something to root for? This vigilante....

[However, the person from before had already spoken up. Even the paper deemed that person pointless. So who was the other person mentioned who commit those atrocities? Could they be one and the same? Had he missed something?]

All I read was something despair inducing. Who would consider something like that any good at all? I can't believe in this person's hope, they are more a bringer of despair.

[To go so far... it was inhuman. It was like a monster.]

However, I will give one thing to this person, surely such actions and such despicable means will entice Hope among the people as they come together against him. It's the only acceptable way to tolerate this.

[He pauses a moment and laughs cheerlessly to himself.]

Ah... and I thought perhaps this place would be different. I thought perhaps this place was lighter. I thought maybe....

Now, I suppose, it's just about waiting to see what the outcome turns out to be. Please don't disappoint me. I've been disappointed enough lately.

( Private to Ibuki )

Answer me something, won't you?

[Grell appears, wearing a red leather jacket and black mini-dress while walking out on the streets of Nova City.]

Why do new arrivals feel the urgent need to tell their life story to a bunch of strangers? Even in the previous world, most make this mistake!

[She shakes her head with a bit of an eye roll.]

Yes, I can understand that you're looking for those familiar to you, but isn't your face and voice enough? Honestly, most of you lot are far too trusting in an unfamiliar world, along with not being very good at ambiguity!

So, enlighten me, hmm?

[The feed ends, but not before some people try to get their five seconds of fame behind her.]

[Normally this sort of thing wouldn't require an anonymous filter, but with the particular subject matter she's decided that it's the best course of action. As something's been weighing on her mind and she's not... quite certain how to go about asking these sorts of things out loud and with her name attached to them.]

Opinions.

How do you discard the past? Two different pasts and one of them not being something one wishes to remember. One where you still feel the side effects of what happened, one where you still feel urges of things you really shouldn't, given you've shoved all of that aside. To not let the circumstances of that past come back to consume you.

Or is it even possible to do so?

When it's something that's such an integral part of you, when you don't remember much of the time before the less desirable one took over your identity?

I don't want to hear just happy endings, either. As it stands, the urges rise further and further as if it's a flame slowly engulfing the kindling. You could deal with it in small doses, but you feel something is going to overflow and become what you were meant to be.

Suggestions are also welcomed on the matter, I suppose, though whether I listen to them or not is up to my own discretion.

Hoo boy, this was gonna suck. Ted felt like a dejected jackass, and so he was. His conscience ate at him until he ran out of excuses, and so he resolved to take one on the chin and suffer the scorn, however deserved, of The World. Might as well get the practice; he gets the feeling he'll be doing this sort of thing a lot. He'd try and keep this frank and short.

A confession to make, everyone. I'm Ted, and I'm the so-called 'Vigilante' that gave trouble a week or two ago. I apologize for being quarrelsome, as well as for any mischief made. Especially to Fai, to whom I spoke much evil. For what it's worth, any bounties reigned in or crime stopped during that stunt were done according to lawful practice, as much as any bounty hunter would do. Again, please forgive my duplicity. If recompense can be made or law need subjection, I'll try to obey.

[Action]

[It seemed that the newest resident of Genessia wasn't the happiest to be taken away from his world and those who finally believed in him. He'd worked hard to become a guardian and now he'd woken up in some strange world and had been given instructions on how he should make a life there.

The wind picked up and the air grew cold, despite it being late summer as the final sounds of the holograms message faded. To say Jack was annoyed as an understatement.

He'd taken everything he'd woken up with and stuffed them into his hoodie pocket before walking down the street with his staff over his shoulder. The cold and wind had given way to snow that started to fall softly around the city.]

You know I'm the one that's supposed to play the tricks, not have them played on me..."

Who: Open to anyone who wants to attend
What: A Masquerade! Complete with masks, costumes, music and food.
WhenSaturday August 20th 8pm-midnight
Where: Genessia
Warnings: Tag them if they apply

( Come dance away the rest of the summer )

Who: You! Anyone and everyone is welcome to come!
What: A Festival of Fireflies with games, food, rides and more!
Where: Genessia
When: August 15th-20th. Starting at 7pm
Warnings: Be sure to warn in your threads appropriately.


[The gates are open and the air is filled with the sound of music. Whether you're a reveler, a vendor or anything in between-- come and enjoy the festival!

The Firefly Masquerade post is here]

[The video feed flickers on and off for a bit with static before eventually finding a stable connection. The first image that appears is that of a pair of brightly colored lips. Huh? Yeah, lips.]

Meh, talk about a Chinatown knock off! The stupid thing doesn't even work. [There's more bitching and complaining to be had but that's besides the point here. Seems that Miss Sexy Lips ( or is it a guy? The voice sounds masculine enough but the face--) has no idea they're on the air~]

Oh well! It's a decent mirror~! [Says the one fluffying up their hair and applying more lipstick. Katze may or may not stolen a few makeup stuff from a store nearby. Life of crime here we come!]

Aren't you looking dashing today, hon! OMG! I'm so glad my hair grew back in~

[*preeeeens*]

Fucking Hajime and her dumbass scissors! I swear I should return a favor.

[*bitchy-bitch-BITCH!* The redhead is grumbling.]

Eh, huh? What the fuck is this red light?

[None of you can see their eyes but they're staring into the screen curiously from beneath those long magenta bangs.]

...Uh oh.

[in which Steven is having a morning.]

Uhh so hi! I kind of need a little help? I swear I didn't order a newspaper but I just got hit with one and it seriously broke a window. [points the camera at it] I kinda spent the money I have but can anyone tell me how to fix it or where to get duct tape? Or... I don't know some way to explain it.


Alllso what are you supposed to do when someone shows up who is not supposed to exist the same time as you and you're freaking out that one of you is going to fade out of existence because of weird gem stuff? Juuust asking.

I could really really use some help on the first one though. Thanks.

[The feed starts with a view of the Bay's ceiling, from beneath the water. A second later and a hand reaches out and picks up the device, wiping it some. There's a glimpse of bright pink hair before the holder lowers the device to her side, seemingly unaware that the video was transmitting.]

This... shouldn't be happening... I need to find the others... I need to find Greg... Maybe Garnet will know what happened...

[Whatever she's talking about, she seems pretty worried. She stops to listen to the explanation of Weiss' hologram before venturing out into the city proper. She was easy to spot, at least. Eight feet tall, 10 if you counted the hair. She wore a black t-shirt with "Mr. Universe" on it, though the shirt stopped just short of her hips, and the white dress that extended beneath it looked as elegant and fancy as the shirt wasn't.]