[ Open Action for All in Fayren, Genessia or Nova City ]
[ It's rare that Lucy ventured out of Fayren, but it was also rare she felt that the guild was suitably protected while she and Natsu weren't there. That wasn't the case now, thankfully, and she was more than grateful for the help of her spirits. Now she wanted to re-familiarize herself with the cities she had visited before, since it had been a long time since she was able to do so. Of course she's rarely without her partner, but she might be this time! Who knows what the future brings, right? In any case, she seemed rather distracted, a notebook tucked under her arm as she wandered about. In fact, she was so distracted, she almost didn't notice until she bumped into someone (predictably you!) at the last minute! ]

Whoops - sorry about that! Are you okay?

[ Action for Virgo - Nova City ]
[ It wasn't the first time a friend disappeared on her, but it was stranger when that friend was her own spirit, Virgo. Of course, she couldn't begrudge the spirit wanting a little personal time, especially with as hard as she'd been working alongside Loke and the others at the guild, and with Lucy herself. Still, the last time she summoned the maid spirit she was behaving oddly, so Lucy had given Natsu a heads up about her plans on finding Virgo - since he would of course come along with her, she was sure - and set off into the other City to find Virgo. Now...where could she be? ]

[ These people from Hands of Decay are pre-tty stupid if they think everyone's going to believe the propoganda they're spreading around. At least that's Lucy's opinion. She wasn't buying the news assessment of that Summoner. There were still too many unknowns, though she genuinely found it amusing that the Hands of Decay seemed to think Fairy Tail was only protecting mages. ]

Just goes to show that this terrorist group is just a bunch of small minded, prejudiced bigots. Their information isn't even accurate.

[ At least regarding Fairy Tail - but that was no shock. Not to mention their letter came awfully quickly after the attack. She's read plenty of books where this kind of thing happened - heck, she's written some. Her suspicion was at all an all time high, especially after their findings at the ruins. It was frustrating to not even be able to confirm her suspicions. ]

But on to more important things, aside from pointing fingers. I'm donating some funds to the families of those who suffered in the aftermath of the attack in Fayren. I know better than anyone that that won't fix things, but it will at least, help them a little. That in mind I am asking for anyone who wishes to, to volunteer food, funds or manual labor to the victims; that includes healers (doctors and mage alike), to volunteer their services either for free or a greatly reduced rate, to assist those victims not buying into the Hands of Decay's ridiculous nonsense. We'll be heading out to help with repairs now, but you can send me a message over the network.

[ She's not going to say where donations can be sent, if any are, because that can be easily intercepted. She'd rather speak directly to someone about that. ]

[ OOC: Tl;dr, Lucy is coordinating relief efforts for the victims of the Fayren attack. Basically looking for donations, Food, medical assistance etc and help with repairs. ]

Who: Everyone who signed up.
What: It's picture time for the calender
Where: Some building in Genessia
When: 8th December

[Nagisa had managed to gather together a few things and more importantly a camera. Sure he didn't know exactly how to use one, but it was better than nothing, right? When anyone arrived Nagisa was there smiling happily.]

Okay everyone, while I set up you can all mingle together and talk and when it's your turn I will call your name.

[OOC: There will be two threads one for mingling and one with Nagisa for the whole picture thing. I might actually make a calender thing depending.]

YESTERDAY

For a Celestial, time is something that one starts to lose track of. Not in the sense of not knowing what day it is, per se, but what each day in particular means. For example, Virgo is well aware that this month is October. She knows that Halloween is this month. She also simply assumed that with the sales hitting this month that it was soon. How soon? Maybe it's tomorrow! "I do not recall the princess having a costume prepared." she says to herself while staring through the shop question's window.

NOW

Virgo managed to stitch up not one, but two costumes- For one reason or another she's decided upon arabian dancer outfits, pink for herself and blue for Lucy. She's already dressed up, of course, and has quite 'helpfully' replaced Lucy's intended clothing while in the shower.

The feed comes on with Virgo dressed in a pink harem dancer costume, with a clear enough view of the living room behind her. She's off screen for a moment, and when Virgo returns, she gives a blank stare at the screen, hands folded in front of her while standing on the coffee table.

Some fine 80s R&B plays in the background.

"This is 'take three' of the surprise Halloween routine to be performed by the princess and myself. I shall now practice."

Virgo's dancing can be described as 'different' at best. The way she moves her arms or sways her hips is incredibly unnatural, and her blank expression makes her appear plain awkward. On the other hand, that she manages to avoid smacking herself in the face with the chains of her cuffs could be considered impressive. Virgo's enjoying herself all the same.

Doin' the butt, hey, sexy sexy! When you get that notion, put your backfield in motion hey!

"I am experiencing this 'notion' you speak of, Mister EU."

Eventually another female voice can be heard, "What are you doing?"

"Placing my 'backfield in motion', Princess."

(OOC: Virgo intends to have Lucy join her so anyone who wants to respond to both during this.. special moment may want to wait a few rounds. Lucy is unaware this is being recorded.)

Fair people of Genessia! It is I: John Everyman, the Man in the Street! Your Guardians and leaders have been lying and abusing your trust from the beginning! Here I present the fruits of my undercover investigations. Warning! The images you are about to see may shock you.
( Nova City corruption )

Shocking! But that's just the tip of the ice berg.
( Everglade corruption )

Someone should've told her never to mix business with pleasure! But it gets worse, citizens. Some people's sick, twisted version of pleasure must be seen to be believed.( Fayren corruption )

Still, not all criminal acts are so visible.
( Genessia City corruption )

It's true; even those merely vying for the position of Attleton's Guardian are quite corrupt. Take, for example, these two young men...
( Attleton Corruption )


How long, Genessia? How long will you allow such desperately wicked rulers to oppress you? Rise up! Open your eyes, and see the shackles of slavery that even now threaten to permanently affix themselves to your ankles!

You are not safe, "Guardians." For as long as there are Men on the Street, your evil acts will never go unnoticed.

This is John Everyman, signing off.

I take back my previous request. I have a place to live, now.

{ A slight huff, and then one last message. Oddly enough, Zeref looks like he's sitting in a seedy, dimly-lit tavern, though he's seated in a corner just dark enough to make it difficult to tell which one it is, specifically. }

That's all.

Private to Tartarus Members & Suigintou

( Private )


Private to Virgo

( Private )

In my meditations, a question has come to my mind, and - having found no acceptable answer on my own - I in turn pose to the people who have been brought here against their will.

What do you do with a weapon whose purpose is lost?

[ Lucy doesn't often make broadcasts on this thing, tending to be out and about on jobs or visiting friends more often. She's a social butterfly, she is. But she does believe Erza had at least a few friends here, and she should at least let them know - even if they probably already guessed if they tried reaching her. ]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you were acquainted with her, a friend of mine, Erza Scarlet, has ...

[ She paused, suddenly glancing away. ]

She's not here anymore. If you had arrangements with her, I guess we can still try to accomodate them - depending on what they were.

[ The same goes for Zeref of course. But still, Lucy was in a surprisingly good mood for someone with such somber words. ]

As for the rest, if anyone needs me, I'll be at the guild for a while yet. I need a break..! [ So much of everything ever going on! ]

[The feed pans in on the top of her apron but quickly comes up to her face.]

Please excuse me for the interruption. Does anyone know of the location of Mister Mew Two?

Also, due to to mounting repairs needed at the Guild, I am offering a limited time fabric cleaning and repair service. If it is made from fabric or leather, I can repair or clean any damage less than half the article. Please drop off items and negotiate prices at Fairy Haven in Fayren.

[There's a very slight  pause and then a more serious line-face.]

There will be a five percent discount if you request punishment from Princess.

WHO: Orihime Inoue
WHAT: Managing to find a psychiatrist, Orihime goes for her first and last session. The voice in her head is getting stronger.
WHEN: July 1, 2014 - Afternoon
WHERE: Attleton
NOTES: This will probably be a long log. If you want to skip to the end and read the part where your character can run into her on the street, feel free!

( No Girl, You Batshit Crazy! )

It had taken her awhile to find the perfect place but she soon found a corner of the city where no one was around. She prefered somewhere far away from the residence of the city to practice.

She started by focusing the dark spell and casting it to hover around her. Three dark spheres of matter orbit around her as she focused. Ultima. Her focus faltered and the spheres shrink before slamming into the ground at her feet.

As the dust settles she carefully rose from the ruins. Terra managed to keep the explosion small but she knew some people would come running after seeing the plume of dust. It wasn't so bad. Only the ground was destroyed.

She brushed herself off trying to figure out what to do next.

[When Gildarts woke up in the bay, he'd just chalked it up to a night of heavy drinking. After all, he could hold his liquor better than anyone in the guild. ...Except maybe Cana. Still, he decided that it was probably best to just return to the guild hall and see if Mira would fix him something for his hang over. He began wandering aimlessly before finding himself in Fayren, leaving man-sized holes in several buildings as he wandered. Eventually though, he did find himself walking through one of the guild hall's walls, stopping when FINALLY something familiar snapped him to his senses.]

...This looks like the place but...

[As perhaps a bit of a break from the nightmares others may be having, giving two dream options for Virgo!]

Door #1
The first dream is perhaps a bit simple at first. She's simply floating. But it isn't just anywhere, it's in the vast expanse of space. There are others around her, some closer than others, some stronger than others. Virgo's cluster of stars drifted slowly though there was perhaps a sense that thousands of human years might have passed. Virgo distantly knew that the Spirit King was going to gather them and give them a much smaller form, that they would be meeting a very young entity called 'humans' who lived on a single little planet, but it was just enough to drift like this for now and watch the other constellations.

Door #2
Perhaps this dream is a little bit closer to what humans might be familiar with though the space and context are far more vivid and warped. Who needs to follow earth's law of gravity when one was in a world of stars and spirits? And besides that, Virgo is sewing. The room is rather large and almost like a cross between a Roman temple and a garden gazebo with all sorts of fabric laying around. Some looks like ordinary silk or satin while other drapes look like she cut out a bit of sunset or caught a never-ending meteor shower within the very weave. And perhaps it might seem like there's some sort of blurred machine in front of her but it's really Virgo's hands. She's sewing by hand far faster than any human machine possibly could. Which is good! Because there's going to be a party soon and she needs to make outfits for everyone who might have even the slightest possibility of attending!

[When it finally gets working a blue eye stares back at you. At least for a brief moment anyway. After that moment he moves it back to reveal a blond haired man looking awfully calm and collected for someone who ended up in another world.]

I do believe that I am without my travelling companions. [He pauses for a moment, he was starting to wonder since Mokona wasn't here to help sort out with the translation of languages, if the people here could even understand him. So that gave him a pause for thought. Oh well if they can't he'll just keep quiet afterwards and figure out some other way... if that was possible. Oh boy.]

Ah, I should firstly check if you all understand me first so I guess let's try with this. My name is Fai. It's nice to meet you. [It was a start but it was something he needed to figure out.]

There are dragons in this world.

[ Captain Obvious's voice is heard before the feed even finishes turning on. Zeref himself has always been rather camera shy, so he's not actually in the feed; instead, it's being broadcast from the library, again. There's a few books open, on the table, all of them about dragons. ]

There's no shortage of information here about them, but I can't find anything about Dragon Slayers. At least, not about the type of mage. [ A bit about people who have killed dragons with swords or bows and the like - a ridiculous idea in the context of his world - but nothing about people who literally eat certain elements and use that power to kill dragons. ]

I don't suppose any of you have encountered one?

[Action]

( Action stuff here! )

[Video]

When the feed goes live, viewers are greeted with the face of a young schoolgirl adorn in a brown school uniform, holding the arm of a young man possibly a little older than herself.

"Good day everyone, how do you do?" beat "That's good; I'm Kodachi Kuno and I've arrived not too long ago with my very close, very cute friend Brock! Look at him, isn't he so handsome?" another pause, "Yes, of course he is, but anyway I just wanted to let you all know that this talented young man is a fantastic chef where he's from. Why, he's the best in the very world!"

"So if you're clever, and I know all of you chickadees are so very clever, you'll be certain to come to wherever he's going to work at and give him all of your money! Doesn't that sound lovely? Of course it does, I thought of the idea after all! But I digress, everyone don't hesitate to say hello to him, all right? Thank you~."

[The last remaining Shadow crumbles and dissolves a short distance away, but Akihiko isn’t paying attention to it. There’s still an opponent left to fight. Someone strong… that will feed his lust for power. His mind is hazy, eyes glazed over in confusion, his body humming with the urge to attack.

Without saying a word, he rushes toward Shinji, swiftly closing the distance between them. When he gets close enough, Akihiko rears an arm back, then thrusts it forward with metallic claws fully bared.]

[It’s in this moment that he’s distracted with dealing out the final blow. Just as he turns to see how the other two are holding up, he’s given just enough time...to raise his hands to block a punch.] Aki, what the hell?!

[In site of how tightly he was holding onto his Evoker, the force of the blow was enough to knock it right out of his hand. With that, Shinjiro was lifting his hammer to assist in blocking anything else Aki might deal out.

Immediately after yelling at his best friend, he’s quickly moving back to avoid any further attacks from the boxer. In the short pause he’s granted from moving away, he realizes there’s a sharp burning sensation in his right forearm. He doesn’t even have to look at it to know he’s been given a pretty deep cut from those damn claws.

Crap, so, this must be what Charm looks like...]

Tch! Snap out of it, you idiot!

Aragaki! Sanada!

( cut for length )

[ ooc; enter the trio! Akihiko was charmed and shit happened XD ]

Mitsuru Kirijo
Shinjiro Aragaki

Who: Lucy, Virgo - OPEN for all nearby
When: All day Today
Where: Largely at Fairy Haven - the Fairy Tail Guild in Fayren (prone to change depending on the thread)
What: Socialization between Summoner and Spirit - and moar~ (Catchall for anyone who wants to come hang out at the guild or get CR :D)

Morning
It was easier to get Neveren and Justyne, the children she and Natsu rescued a few days ago, to stop climbing into her bed, than it was to keep Natsu from doing so. They and their dog have been adjusting well, and even their injuries were healing up well. The kids still held out hope that their Nanny would be found, or others from their home, and she did too. She wouldn't squish that hope. Knowing that the kids would be up soon, she scooted on bare feet to duck into the bathroom to clean up, keeping her keys with her out of habit.


Afternoon
And by the time she was freshened up and wide awake, she trotted downstairs to the guild to A) check and see if any interesting requests had been submitted and B) make sure Herb was still doing well. He'd gotten pretty energetic recently. Sadly she had to dissuade Justyne and Nev from wanting to go into the pool. Still not quite warm enough for that, alas. But there was never a dull moment at the Guild so they weren't exactly wanting for entertainment. As for Lucy, any guild members or guests, or stragglers that came into the guild, would get a cheerful greeting and welcome from the celestial wizard.

[ OOC: Tag in at either hour of the day morning or afternoon~! ]

[When Kazuya turns the feed on, he can be seen sitting outside a restraunt of some sort, with the camera sitting on a table in front of him. He looks very much annoyed, and still very much shirtless.]

I am in need of a tailor.