[anonymous text]

How are you supposed to go back to your life when you realize that you can't protect anyone? That you are never there when they need you the most? That you just bring them more danger?

[Fai was quietly sitting at home for a change, noises clearly being heard downstairs and right beside him was the sound of meowing could be heard. Fai had been looking at a piece of paper for a moment before glancing over to the side putting the paper down to leave the feed for a moment.]

What is it cutie? You want a fuss, huh?

[Fai soon sits up with a pure little white kitten on his lap, giving it a fuss. His Pokemon were thankfully downstairs playing with the other Pokemon people might have dropped off or just playing with some of the items that were down there in general.]

There we go, you can stay there for five minutes, then I have to put you down again.

[The kitten stayed on his lap as he started to pick up a pen and tapped it against the desk while the kitchen purred happily. He soon started to write someone pausing briefly before looking up.]

I'm just working on a menu for the cafes right now. I'm planning on doing a couple themed items per store, so you wouldn't get two of the same thing. Problem is arranging them to place them in the best cafe. Much like I did with the cafe exclusive Sakura Cake. [The kitten was still purring as he was using his free hand to give them a fuss.]

I figured to get them done now because come the 4th I'll be heading back out again for a few days to basically explore sub archways I might not have before. This time I'm actually...letting people know. [He laughed sheepishly at that statement.] Nothing to worry about, I just need to take that week off for personal reasons, I hope you understand?

[He knew he wasn't planning on going into detail about the personal details because he didn't want to, but back to business at hand.]

However come the first my festive selection of sweet treats will be introduced, so please look forward to that and I hope they are to your liking. Once I actually get which goes where sorted.

[Dray has never asked someone out before, not properly, so he's not 100% sure he's doing it right. He post the next message, directed to Jaune Arc but visible to everyone:]

Hi, Jaune. How’s the sexiest guy in Genessia doing today?

I imagine you might already have a long list of people waiting but...would you like to go out sometime? I've never gone to the Bright Sky Diner in Genessia and I've heard they milkshakes and fries are really good.

PD: I promise I'll be wearing clothes this time.

 /ᐠ __ ᐟ\
(=｀ﻌ´=) ฅ˒˒♥

[It had been about a day or so, enough time to cry it out that she wasn't home nor the digital world. Mimi had been uncharacteristically quiet, but metaphorically (and realistically) dusted herself off and was sitting in the park with fairly warm clothes on, holding a coffee from Moonbucks in one hand (somehow visiting during a time that someone she knew wasn't working there), while the other held the phone up.

She closed her eyes, took a breath, then put on the biggest smile she could muster, turning on the video feed.]

Aaaaah-ten-shun Genessia! The beautiful and talented Mimi has arrived!

What's a girl gotta do for fun around here?

[ VIDEO ]

[ Usagi appears to be sitting in a cafe, drinking a large hot chocolate with a lot of whipped cream. She gets a little on her lip, licks it off, and then smiles at the camera. ]

Hey, everyone!

So, I've figured -

[ Just the brief shadow of sadness passes over her face, but she pushes it away, and replaces it with that same, familiar, worn-throughout-the-last-few-months smile of Everything Being Fine - ]

- I'm going to be here for a while, so -

I've checked out all of the arcades, and I've been to the really neat cafes in this city, and the cool little restaurants and bakeries, and I've been to the movies but I probably haven't seen them all yet, but -

- what do people do around here anyway?

Back at home I at least had highschool to worry about all the time, ahaha.




[ ACTION | Backdated from the Halloween Party - Today ]

[ If your character wants to run into Usagi in any place like the one mentioned in bold above, let me know in the subject line of your tag below! ]

 *Sonico knows that she has friends, friends who she could talk to and who would listen and offer advice. For this, though, she is too shy, and she'd also like to get as many ideas as possible - anything to help*

Hello everyone. I am looking for some help and advice.

Let's say you are in love with someone, but that someone is hurting and tired and doesn't seem to be their usual self. What would you do to help them? Or, if you were that loved one, what would you want that person to do? How could they help you to feel better, and more confident about yourself?

*It's only moments later that she wonders if the being in love part is even relevant. So she adds:*

Or this person could be a good friend. Or any friend. Just someone you want to make feel better...

[There's a crackle of static as a new communicator syncs itself up. There's no picture because she hasn't quite figured out this new technology because a simple vocal response will suffice for the likes of her rotten abductors!]

Now hear this, you malicious little slimes. You will return me to Spira at once! My Noojie-Woojie is counting on me to fly back to his side, AND I WILL NOT BE DELAYED!

[There's a sloshing and a sudden hilariously girlish shriek.]

M...my boots are all wet...! Ooooo, you...you vicious...you cretins...!

[She grumbles further away from the microphone, but returns full force. She clears her throat. She speaks with syrupy sweetness.]

I know you were enthralled with my little...concert debut...and I can hardly blame you for any romantic impulses you might have felt. But it's simply not done, luvs! One cannot win the affections of a beautiful woman by spiriting her away! The mighty Leblanc's heart already belongs to another, you cannot possibly hope to win it, try as you might...

NOW OPEN THIS DOOR BEFORE I THROTTLE YOU ALL!

[There's a lot of banging. She must be trying to get through that mystery door in the Bay. And if you happen to be in the area, you might actually see this ludicrously dressed woman, wet boots and all, beating at said door with a hook-tipped fan clutched in her fist. DIE DOOR DIE!]

[Jaune looks like he hasn't left his apartment all day in his hair is messy, but he has a few important words to say.]

With the criticisms aimed at how the Guardians and Deputies and the people defending them, I feel obligated to point out the biggest oversight everyone missed to this point:

It wasn't Garrus or Mercury who saved the day, and Nova City from a reign which, frankly, wouldn't have been that terrible. It was the strongest, coolest, fastest and second smartest superhero who has laser focused vision on what Nova City lacks: Justice. As someone who's life was personally saved by this man, I'd like to thank X-ray, and ask everyone to give him free pizza and whatever else like attention and stuff because saving the world is hard and it sucks when your thanks is being put in jail.

That being said, knowing X-ray is here has inspired me so I'm going to ask a question: How many people would be interested in forming an inter-city superhero team to fight for justice? Hypothetically speaking.

[ ACTION ]

There's a girl wandering around the Bay, looking lost and confused. She's wearing a green sleeveless top, with white shorts, and flat white shoes which are quickly becoming soaked in the water. She looks very lost, understandably uncomfortable, and on the verge of tears.

Still. She's valiantly holding them in. Just because the hologram said there was no way to get back - just because she'd been snatched from a nice relaxing Sunday without any warning at all - just because, just because, just because -

She swallowed. Usagi had been in worse situations. She'd faced down impossible things. She could do this.

... But. She really didn't want to do it alone.



[ VIDEO ]

[ Will wonders ever cease? Usagi somehow figured the right to archway to go through, and she's in Genessia City, judging by the background.

Still, her thumb is in the way for the beginning of the shot, until she realizes she's covering the camera, and fumbles for a bit, trying to hold the phone correctly.

She puts on a fake smile and laughs, probably somewhat convincing. ]

H-hi!

My name is Usagi Tsukino, and I'm sixteen, and I'm from -

- um. Well. I guess that doesn't matter. Ha ha ha ...

So.

...

Are we really, really stuck here? No way out?

There isn't anyone ... bad or scary or evil keeping us here?

And. Are we. Um.

[ Her facade cracks a bit. ]

... Is there really no way for us to at least talk to our friends at home, somehow?

[A bright, cheerful looking face greets the network as she waves to the screen.]

Hello Everyone! I'm Usagi Tsukino, and I would have introduced myself sooner but with everything else going on at the time it didn't seem right. Now that things have calmed down a little I thought it would be a good chance to finally introduce myself.

I've never had a job before, I was still in school back home but I suppose that's something I should start looking into.

What do people do for fun around here? Any food specialties of the area?

[What? She likes to eat.]

I guess that's it. Thank you!

[ it seemed like everything that could have gone wrong at the moment of someone's arrival did just that when usagi and mamoru stepped out of those pods and emerged from the bay. thankfully, they seemed to have arrived at roughly the same time, and managed to get themselves out of genessia city and into a region untouched by the terrors that plagued others before they were caught up in the storm themselves. had they been here longer than a mere handful of minutes, they might have contributed to the defense efforts, but as it stood, they barely understood what was going on, nevermind who or what was attacking this place.

they knew better than to rush in blind, and the need to get to safety had been so great that neither of them had bothered to stop and watch weiss's holo recording. there was still much about their predicament they just didn't know and likely wouldn't find out until after this crisis was over.

until then, they did what they could to help the others who'd managed to flee to attleton. mamoru with his skills as student of medicine and usagi with her ability to keep people smiling and hopeful, even in the face of so much chaos. ]

There's a network, apparently. [ he's holding the device that was with them in those pods. their pamphlets, unfortunately, had been dropped somewhere along the way. ] Doesn't look like it's getting any better out there.

Action

[For those near Genessia City, you might find something that's definitely new: a small bear, about the size of a cub, is running through the alleys. A communicator is in it's mouth and a trail of destroyed property is left in it's wake.

Maybe someone should do something...]

Video

[A few hours later, in a very different part of the City, a teenage girl starts up a video message. She stares at the camera for a few moments with a stare that seems partly angry, partly confused, and something else entirely. Her message is brief.]

Where's a hardware or military store? I need canvas, rope, and other supplies. I have money.

[Minako just sighs slightly as she looks on at a broken window. She kind of wasn't expecting that since it wasn't a Sunday, but never the less she now pays attention to her device.]

So... Looks like the window is broken. But did anyone notice that it isn't a Sunday and yet... It still came with Sunday's date.

[She pauses slightly. Maybe the newspaper boy was getting very lazy, but it made Minako have to think about how exactly they were going to catch him if he's being unpredictable right now.]

I wonder if something is up that we should worry about, or not?

[Never the less she has a broken window she needs fixing.]

Rapunzel, because of this we need to talk as soon as possible and go over a few things. Preferably in person if that is okay? And Haruka-chan, Usagi-chan... Is it okay if we pool our money together so that we can fix this window?

[ Today, ladies and gentlemen: you'll see a very enthusiastic Chiyo holding a sketchpad, fretting nervously for several seconds before she actually says anything. Mostly because she's nervous about doing this, why.... ]

Um! Attention everyone! [ Was that too loud? Chiyo's sorry, she'll tone it down a little bit.



Or at least try to, because she's still new to this. Anyway! ]

My name is Sakura Chiyo, and back home I was a part of the art club at home. Right now, I'm currently taking art commissions for almost anything -- portraits of people, houses, animals, anything! I also have previews!

[ She flips through her sketchpad to reveal a cute picture. ]

A-Admittedly I'm not as great as Nozaki-kun, but... hopefully you guys take this into consideration! I can work out prices with everyone, and if you have any questions, I'll try my best to answer...! [ Try being the key word here. ]

[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!

[ mamoru was no stranger to being kidnapped or finding himself inexplicably in a strange place with no memory of how he came to be there — nor was this his first time waking up in a strange pod, nevermind that his memories of the time he spent under beryl and metalia's control were (thankfully) few and faded. it was because of this prior experience he had with all three that he emerged from the depths of the bay already transformed into tuxedo kamen, his true identity hidden behind the glamour and the mask on his face.

he read the pamphlet before speaking up on the network, but having read it didn't mean he trusted it. that sense of calm that washed over him was not to be credited to the information the pamphlet provided. it was due to the presences of those he knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, were here. somewhere. he could feel it; one of those things he just knew without trying to know, because that was simply how his power worked. they're here — she was here.

from the right angle, a pair of bright royal blue eyes could be seen peering out from behind the mask as he asked of the network the only — and most important, as far as he was concerned — thing he was interested in knowing at the moment: ]

Where is Sailor Moon?

who: zuko + open to anyone
where: the tea shop he works at in fayren
when: backdated, a few days post-auction
warnings: none at the moment | tba

Even when Zuko had been serving tea in Ba Sing Se's lowest and poorest ring, he hadn't worked this many hours in a row. Perhaps he would have had the owner of the shop allowed it, but in all likelihood, he would've pulled a mask on over his face and disappeared into the depths of the city in favor of taking what he thought was rightfully his instead of earning a living of his own. He knew better now, and was taking as many shifts as he could, working his second open to close shift this week, determined to earn back the money he'd spent at the auction.

But doing so was easier said than done, especially when some of the patrons insisted on calling him over to their table by way of using a number of royal stylings, many of them oblivious to how inaccurate, ill-fitting, and inappropriate some of them were. (Or maybe the ignorance was feigned and the insult was delivered on purpose. He couldn't tell.)

It was with a great roll of his eyes and a barely stifled groan that he tended to the customer across the room who was waggling his tea cup in the air, beckoning him over with a heavily-accented Your Highness for a fresh cup of tea. Whatever that accent was supposed to be, Zuko assumed the guy intended for him to recognize it, but it was as foreign to his ears as this world was the day he stepped foot in it. And if not for the fact that he really needed the money, he would've set that guy's tablecloth on fire instead of taking his order and retreating to the kitchens to fill it.

He was beginning to regret his outburst at the auction. Living as a secret prince had been so much easier than being a public prince 'degrading' himself to working in a tea shop.

Who: Minako and Usagi. Minako and Takuma (Possibly Usagi stalking in the background)
Where: Usagi and Minako's apartment and around Genessia
When: Backdated August 25th (Usagi and Minako's section). September 20th (Minako and Takuma's)
Warnings: Minako. She is a warning.

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