[ 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. ]

( Private to Sayla )

OTA:

{ Zeref's face appears on the screen. He's in the city, the sights and sounds around him clearly identifiable to anybody who's spent any amount of time in Genessia City. He's heading down 14th Street, towards the Bay, the Dream Docks vanishing into the distance behind him. }

Something about this world has been bothering me.

{ Something about a big party is heard in the background, spoken between a couple sharing a set of headphones. Zeref pays zero attention to them. }

In my world, the majority of dragons view humans as little more than food. The reason why they were hunted nearly to extinction began with that fact. In this world, they keep mainly to themselves. Why is that?

[Locked to Fairy Tail Guild Members (and also Zeref.)]

Listen up! [Zeira points a finger at the screen, face set in a frown.] I promised to devote myself to Mavis! That includes the guild she put her trust in.

I can't do much just yet, but. That's why I'm going to learn more. [A small black flame appears in her hands.]  

... I thought Fairy Tail was something she created without me... But. I will always be looking after Mavis's heart. That means I will protect anything she cares about!

I need a teacher, though. 


[Public to everyone]

What sort of work do people do around here? I need to start making money, in this place, if I want somewhere to live. This isn't Tenrou Island, anymore...

[Action]

Zeira puts down her communicator with a sigh. Talking to all these different people is exhausting. She misses the years she spent with Mavis, before everything got so complicated.... Maybe she can just go hide under a bridge, again, for a little bit.

She shakes her head, trying to slink down an alleyway to escape the crowds. She wished she could have just kept camping at Tenrou Island, but... It seemed like Mavis had been right. They were both going to get an opportunity to grow up. 

[Anyone who's viewing the video will see someone who looks displeased but otherwise fine, despite having no shirt on and being surrounded by...ice? He might have started to make a floor of ice out of frustration.]

So I'm supposed to use this thing to communicate? I already watched the video. I'm not interested in your safety or having any kind of life here, but I won't get in the way of anyone who wants to stay here. If this world pulls people from theirs and no one's found a way to leave yet, who knows how long this has been going on. I'm wondering what would happen if someone managed or tried to destroy the Bay. I don't see how any of us benefit from it, since we're the ones who've been kidnapped here.

[Unless it's also the way out. His scowl deepens and he puts his videophone down, crossing his arms.]

How many of you here are familiar with magic?

WHO: Lucy, Natsu, + Wendy/Juvia/Levy + my npcs :3
WHAT: Unwinding at the Beach
WHERE: the Beach in Fayren
WHEN: 3 Days Post Event
WHY: Stop asking so many questions!
NOTE: Actionspam or Prose away, no big! Threadjack with whoever, have fun! :3

Three days since the spirits were banished back to wherever they came from; Lucy slept throughout those days, with no sign of waking. At least until today. Natsu had been at her side the entire time, it seems. After he helped her to breakfast, they went to check in on the two kids that their past ‘selves’ all but adopted, and she decided, rather than stay goofing off at home, to that they could go to the beach, and have a nice lunch cookout.

Spur of the moment maybe, but what was the harm in that? Before heading out though, she left a note on Wendy, Juvia and Levy’s doors to let them know she was awake and going to the beach. If they wanted, they should come join them!

After preparing for the trip out to the beach, Lucy and her possee sauntered on out to the beach, where she was determined to have some fun and possibly work on her tan. She’d been cooped up indoors for so long, after all! The two kids that accompanied her and Natsu were almost Wendy’s age, if a little bit younger, and with THEM was a happy, year old retriever mix who was all too happy to jump in the water and then jump out and soak everyone all over again. Joy!

[Action]

[Mint green hair falls in front of her face like a curtain as she slowly rises. There is another box and a familiar set of writing inside. She remembers being home; creating memories with those she met after the Empire’s control wore away. Why hadn’t she remembered this place too? She’s surprised to see herself here again but she can’t help but also wonder: how long has it been?

Terra doesn’t waste time. She knows where she is but she needs to determine what has changed. She takes the box in hand, roughly knowing its contents and walked from the bay area.

Delicate fingers shield her bright blue eyes from the light as she takes in the sights. She doesn’t expect to meet anyone she had known from before and part of her truly hopes she doesn’t. She wasn’t herself then.]

[Video]

[She remembers how the deceives work and with her added memories of home, using it became significantly easier.]

…

Hello. [Terra is a little awkward at first, her voice quiet and delicate like a songbird.] I was here before but it’s been some time. I don’t know how long it has been. My name is Terra.

If someone could please let me know what is happening or if anyone here recognizes me. I’d very much like to speak. I’d also like help with a few other things. I want things to be different this time so I’m going to start doing that now.

Thank you.

[ Video ]
[ When the feed crackles to life, Lucy and Natsu are present in the Bay, though Lucy's looking a little run down and then some. Bonding with Genessia's spirit and using its power alongside Natsu to rescue Everglade's spirit took more out of her than she thought. Still, she had to make sure to pass on this message. She musters a bright smile. ]

Thi...This is Lucy, of Fairy Tail. I don't know how many of you are able to see this in our current situation. We found Genessia's spirit - however, we were informed that someone was endangering Everglade's spirit.. that someone is Vlad. We were able to successfully rescue it before he could put the cities and their people in any more danger.

[ She put a hand to her forehead, almost dropping her device. Phew. Almost done. She cast a brief glance at Natsu before continuing. ]

About the spirits, and the barriers - the spirits told us what we need to do, and... I'm sorry, but we need volunteers - at least seven or more. In order to fix the barriers, anyone who volunteers will need to sacrifice something - a memory, a skill or ability, just like people who give up something to make subarchways. Please, anyone willing to help, please respond as soon as possible.

[ She's really not sure how much longer she's going to be able to stay conscious. But there, the feed ends and she sighs, sagging back to try to gather enough energy to make the trip back to Fayren. But she's willing to stay awake as long as she can for people who respond or have questions. ]

[ Private to Levy, Wendy, and Juvia ]
I hate to ask this of you, but...I don't think I'm going to be able to make it. Can you meet the volunteers outside the Inn and take them where they need to go? It's the Cloister of Trials in Fayren. [ She'll even give quick directions to said Cloister, courtesy of Genessia's spirit. ] I'll owe you..!

( when the video transmission tunes in, there's one very deflated looking blue-haried woman looking down at it... ) H-How is it that Juvia has woken up here? The Grand Magic games were just about to begin, and Juvia cannot miss Gray-sama in action! ( the information from the communication device was helpful, sure, but it also left her with a lot of questions...

there' a sigh -- ) Hello, is this working? Gray-sama, can you hear me? Juvia never meant to abandon you! Oooh how could this happen, how could we be separated so suddenly...!

Is-- is anyone there?

The first sign that something was going on that day hadn't been at the crack. It hadn't even been in Genessia, as a matter of fact. The first sign had been a sound not unlike a window shuddering in a heavy storm. It perforated the atmosphere within Everglade first.

Only a few moments later, Fayren would hear the same shudder echo through its forests, forcing birds to flee the cover of the trees. In the populated areas of the kingdom itself, it would be much quieter, as if it were miles away.

Then it would return to Genessia. The crack in the sky was rapidly saturated, thousands more than before forcing their whole shapeless bodies against the barrier. Some of the strange aurora-tinted color seems to press into their ranks, a few of the strange creatures being forced back, but quickly being replaced by another of its kind.

And a sickening crack could be heard in all archways near and far, but it was loudest in Everglade, where a new crack had formed. Two humongous cracks appeared in Everglade's barrier like a sinister grin as if it were laughing at the town just above the clocktower. The two cracks took only a couple of seconds more before the strange monstrous creatures burst small holes into that crack, not big enough to fit their bodies through at once.

The leaked through, dripping like poison from an apple out of that sneering mouth in the sky until the first of these creatures fell to the ground. The eager, hungry soul from before, whose abyss of a stomach had been shared with the whole of Genessia when he'd opened his misshapen jaw the first time a few days ago now looked from side to side in the streets of Everglade.

The first face he saw was that of an NPC, and he only saw it for a moment before launching himself at the man and pinning him to the ground. Some would recognize him as the grizzled owner of The Rabbit's Foot. A loud scream was put out from the man as the creature opened its jaw wide, but did not eat him. Nothing seemed to happen when his jaw was opened, as a matter of fact.

The creature closed its mouth slowly before standing upright on what seemed to be a two-legged form, though if it had arms they didn't take shape. It made a gesture as if it were cracking its neck as the man escaped quickly, locking the door to his shop behind him.

More of the creatures were piling into Everglade slowly but surely, but this one in particular caught sight of a local werewolf, someone with a pendant, a soul, and repeated his mauling, but this time- this time something happened. This time a strange, glowing mist seemed to pull out of the Everglade resident's body, a faint glimmer of aurora with it, and in a short time this person stopped screaming. They were still alive, but it didn't seem like there was anything... inside, really.

A hissing, victorious laughter left the creature and he moved on, heading toward Genessia's gate along with his oversized mouth pulled up into an eerie grin that reflected the crack in the sky. Those that had made it in through Everglade's crack followed suit.

They had to let the rest of their friends in through Genessia; it was only the polite thing to do.

{{ READ THE OOC POST FOR IMPORTANT DETAILS ON THIS EVENT! }}

Video

[The blue haired girl's face flicks on the screen with an unsure stare. After a moment she smiles knowing that she got the communicator working correctly.]

Hey everyone. I guess you hear this a lot but I just woke up here. The information was nice but I wanted to know if anyone here has heard of Fairy Tail? I'm looking for them!

Thanks!

[Now she waits, except she can't just sit in one place when there is a new world to inspect.]

Action

[Levy can be found wondering around with a smile. She's been to another world once before and she knew that somehow she'd find a way home. For now she wants to figure out about this place and why she's here. Maybe someone needs help?

She doesn't look lost but she looks like a tourist as she walks through the streets. Her eyes light up when she sees a book store and she beelines towards the exciting collection.]

[ Morning ]
[ If Lucy had butterflies the previous evening, by morning they had metamorphized into hornets. She'd been telling herself for a while she was going to see the guild, and could only validate putting it off for a month, so that she (and Natsu) could settle in. Temporarily staying in one of Fayren's Inns, that morning she was unnaturally quiet, until she finally announced that she wanted to go. Anyone in Fayren was bound to encounter Lucy (and Natsu at her side most likely) as they are out and about in Fayren. Feel free to approach, although her attention will be distracted at best. If not at the 'guild', she'll probably go to the market or the lake to look into rumors that Natsu heard about 'Nessie'. Maybe they'll get a sighting! That'd be exciting. ]

[ Late Afternoon ]
[ Regardless of how her trip to the 'guild' ended, Lucy didn't head out again until mid to late afternoon, reviewing the details of the job that was claimed. It sounded simple enough, just catch a thief and his thieving parrot. Easy peasy lemon squeezy right? So with Natsu and Wendy in tow, the celestial mage put as much mental space between herself and thought of the Guild as possible, focusing on the job. Surely an apparently distracted party of three would look like a tempting target for a thief and his thiefbird right? Heck, with two people who had amazing senses of smell, it was in the bag. ]

And believe it or not, we still have more crab from the last job, even after I sold a bunch to the fish market. I don't think I can think of more ways to prepare it.

[ She was chuckling to her companions, to all appearances looking like a common traveler, ripe for the picking. Here thiefy thiefy~! ]

[ OOC: The Late Afternoon prompt is a closed thread for her teammates, Wendy and Natsu, but feel free to run into her in the morning or anywhere else~! ]

I-I hope I did this correctly... H-Hello, my name is Wendy. Um... Has anyone seen a white cat wearing a dress and a ribbon on her tail? She was with me before I ended up in this world.

[Having been to another world with her friends before, it's safe to assume they may have ended up here, too.

On that note—]

Ah, if anyone has this symbol [She adjusts the video phone so that the camera's pointed at her blue Fairy Tail Guild stamp.] somewhere on them, please let me know.

[She's already rather nervous; it'd be even worse if she found out she was the only one from Earth Land here.]

O-Other than that... Is there anything else I should know that wasn't already covered?

[Bows her head.]

Thank you very much!

So, this is what it has come to.

{ Zeref isn't in the Tartaros headquarters. He actually appears to be in downtown Everglade, staring at the sky. The Genessia Tribune is still in his hand, rolled up. }

I didn't want to believe it, but we no longer have a choice. { He sighs, and his muscles suddenly tense. } It's been four hundred years for me, but I am not going to sit idly by while history repeats itself.

{ Black energy began swirling around Zeref, and some ivy hanging on a nearby building conspicuously rots, and dies, the leaves falling the ground behind him. The feed then abruptly ends. }

( Private to Marde Guille, Suigintou, and Sayla )

( Private to Wendy Marvell )

( Private to Fairy Tail )

( Private to Yuna Brasca )

[Zoisite spent an hour fixing his hair and uniform before turning on the video feed. He may have glanced at the information packets, or at least the cover, but frankly he's not that interested in learning where this is or why he's here. He'd much rather attack a convenient target with cherry blossoms or fire...unfortunately, no one's here to attack. So he must settle for venting his spleen to whoever will listen.

So after reading the instructions for the video feed with clenched teeth, he begins to speak.]

Is this someone's idea of a joke? Because it's not funny, and I'm sure those pesky Sailor Guardians had something to do with it! I'm not sure what they did or how I got here, but mark my words, Sailor Guardians! When next we meet, I will pay you back for this in spades!

Ah-- I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused anyone in the past month. I've been mostly keeping to myself. Is everyone doing well? I heard that there is a holiday called Christmas. Can anyone tell me what that is. It sounds really fun.

Umm... H-Hello for those who don't know me, my name is Wendy Marvell. I can heal wounds and do small handy work. If anyone needs help with anything let me know...?

A lot of guild members have gone home. A-Ah, how is everyone from Fairy Tail?

[ Shy awkward and shy. Yeah. ]

[Shopping for three girls was hard. Ironically so because Haruka was one herself. Keeping them from noticing? Even harder. She hadn't really gotten the chance to re-meet Rei yet.....so she had an excuse for not knowing what she might like. Usagi and Minako, however, were proving ironically difficult to figure out. Haruka supposed she could get both gift cards for shopping,...but that was impersonal. She also was trying to get one for her boss and co workers. Despite spending 90 percent of her current life here at the cafe she still didn't know what to get people.

Clad in her school uniform and a scarf, she sighed a bit looking at the jewelry section.]

Why is Christmas shopping so hard?

[She looked over at some nice gold dolphin ear rings. Sighing, she smiled- running a finger over them for a minute before turning back to the jewels. These really were above her price range]


Some one help me.......

( Read more... )

Return me to my friends. [Erza stands in the middle of the room, body still beaten and bruised from the battle she was just in. Bandages covered her chest; black pants flared out at her ankles, with red flames dripping down the cuffs. She's been beaten severely, black and purple bruises covering her form where the clothes failed to.]

At once. [That's all she has to say on the matter.]