seasonsmods: (Default)
Seasons Mods ([personal profile] seasonsmods) wrote in [community profile] seasonsgreetings2023-06-16 10:01 am
Entry tags:

Test Drive Meme #3


Test Drive Meme #3
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION



Arrival



Part 1


You arrive in an unknown space, dressed in white clothes (player choice what kind of clothes, as long as they cover everything). Whatever was happening to you before no longer happens. It's like everything was put on a pause and you were transferred away from the situation without you realizing it happened.

The space that you find yourself in is one of these four options:

An empty landscape filled with snow and ice, almost like a blank canvas.
A field with cherry blossom trees and spring flowers.
A sunny beach near an ocean that seems never ending.
A quiet forest with falling autumn leaves.

All of the spaces seem to continue endlessly. No matter where or how far you walk it almost seems like you're not moving at all. There are no animals here - just those who happened to wake up there at the same time, in the same place. Everyone is wearing the same kind of plain, white clothes.

Despite the possible rollercoaster of emotions you might be feeling, the place somehow feels familiar. Like somehow you belong there.

And it looks like you're not alone.


Part 2


After half an hour has passed the surroundings change as everyone is teleported into a room with all the other new arrivals, no matter what space they woke up in. It's a large place with plenty of seats to sit in and beverages to enjoy. Medical attention is offered to those who need it and the doctors here are very prepared for any challenging situations.

Here, in this room, everyone gets an answer to where they are and why. A hologram of a man appears at the center of the room, waiting to be heard. He brings a message on behalf of the leaders of Ellipsa.


The Message [ Click to Expand ]

Hello, my name is Olwen. I'm one of the leaders of Ellipsa as it currently is. I'm also one of the four who summoned you here.

Our world is in trouble and we need your help. I apologize for tearing you away from your world and forcing you to come here but I hope you understand. The magic we used doesn't let us ask in advance, nor does it let us choose who we bring here.

This world is composed of four Seasonal Segments. All of them represent one of the seasons. They were the places we used to get our resources from, but now they're dangerous places no one should go into unless they have the power to fight back. All of them have their own sets of powerful monsters and natural catastrophes.

We used to have plenty of people here who could control the powers of the four Seasons. We called them Seasonal Power Holders. Unfortunately, due to a tragedy you can read about later, we lost almost all of them. Now only four of us remain and the world is in chaos. We have done our best to protect the world, but we need more power holders to do that.

That's where you come in.

All of you have been assigned to one of the seasons. Whatever space you were in just now is what season you represent. You will learn different skills based on the season and those skills are going to help you save this world.

These powers don't interfere with your own natural powers. They use a new energy that has formed inside of you. It's harmless to your health, but it's vital to your seasonal powers. Your own powers should still work, even if the dark energy outside the city might interfere with them.

Unfortunately bringing you here wasn't as simple as it sounds. We couldn't do anything about how to keep you anchored to this world other than making a simple spell that helps with it. That is, you need to touch someone else who is not from this world ideally at least once a day. It will help you stay in control of your powers and boost your magical energy. If you don't, the consequences aren't very good. But as long as you hold someone's hand or give someone a handshake, you should be fine.

That's all I have to say about the situation. The staff of the Research Center will give you more information about housing and other necessary things. I will, however, promise that you will be sent home once the situation becomes better. That's the least we can do.


The hologram can be viewed in private in a separate room later, should someone wish to look at it again. For now, the staff of the Research Center hands everyone their new smartphones with their small flower lucky charms (the flower is anything the player decides). They're also told that the building next door is where everyone can find a room assigned to them with some of their belongings there and possibly even any animal companions. Those concerned about their mount-sizes companions are welcomed to the stables downstairs to see if their friends are there. The mounts are allowed to stay there until you find a place more suitable for them.

In the Arrival's hall there are also several stands with information pamphlets.

First type of stand is for the local Guilds and about the benefits or joining one.

Second type of stands is for the Welcoming Committee that aim to show otherworlders what the world is like and help guide people in the beginning of the journey and helps in getting settled into the new world. They even have people to help if you're unfamiliar with the new phones.

Third type of the stands is for The In Touch Support Group that is led by the Otherwordly Ambassador, Kamisato Ayato. The pamphlets have contact information for businesses looking to help Otherworlders. They also focus more on the lore of the World and what they have discovered so far, as well as a guide on what to think about when preparing to venture out to the Segments.

Once you get your smartphone and necessary information, you're urged to go out and find your apartment. After that whatever you want to do is up to you.

Part 3


The building next door is where everyone can find their new apartments. As you enter, you're told by a friendly native that for the first two months you can live anywhere rent-free and five meals a day are paid for you. After that they get a monthly payment that helps with some of their living expenses, but otherwise they have to have a job to support themselves.

All of the apartments are comfortable, two bedroom apartments with all necessary utilities. They are also completely soundproof. Sometimes the magic system, however, does glitch and you might find yourself rooming with a stranger. This is not the intention and the staff will immediately prepare you your own room if you ask them. But maybe having a roommate isn't all that bad?





Party in the Underground




Part 1


The center of Nightwake never sleeps and there's always something happening, but today there's a lot of excitement in the air all around the center and every district! Locals and those who want to help them (for 100 Moon Coins or a gift card of their choosing), are walking to everyone to offer colorful fliers along with free vending machine tokens. There's also colorful advertisement on billboards and posters everywhere around the city advertising all sorts of things like items, clothes, drinks and more.

Local businesses, stores and restaurants are also going pretty crazy with their celebrations of anyone walking in being their 50th, 100th or whatever customer of the day and the prize among other things are gift cards and more free vending machine tokens but they aren't even for that same shop or restaurant? They also offer people to spin all kinds of different prize wheels, spin roulettes, buying a certain amount of things from them, and taking part in eating and drinking competitions for a surprise prize. Someone even put these surprise prizes into the Gacha Restaurant's randomizer, so for a week, you can choose it as a total surprise there too. (The surprises can be even more vending machine tokens and silly things like cute keychains or a 5-in-1 avocado tool as some examples.)

You can't find any of these shops, restaurants and other places, that they are advertising, in the whole city. The locals, posters and billboards will tell you where you can find them. There's a new entrance in every district, where locals welcome everyone to the grand opening of the Underground Mall!

Some may even drop into a sudden hole in the ground on their way and fall (or slide) somewhere far away. Don't worry, there will be very soft and huge pillows for landing in your destination.


Part 2


The Underground Mall's upper floors give the vibe of a joyous mall with several restaurants and shops you won't see on the surface. The mall is definitely a must visit place for those who appreciate different fashion and exciting food choices. The party from the surface continues down here with various sales around the area. A good day for shopping!

For those who like games, there's a futuristic VR Arcade for you! This Arcade focuses on games that are played with VR goggles on. Even your regular DDR machine will now take you to dance in different environments and feel like you're dancing for your life or for an actual audience.

There are all sorts of vending machines lined up in their own, huge corner. You can find the usual ones with all sorts of different snacks, food and drinks, but there are also some with cake, cookies, mayonnaise, cream, flowers, engagement rings and other less usual but normal things. Nothing here is randomized, unless you choose the random option from the machine, otherwise you get exactly what you want. So pick your favorites or try something new, that sounds more or less good! You can find a machine that turns moon coins on your phone into vending machine tokens (or you can pay straight with your phone).

And, yes, you can find vending machines full of snacks and drinks all around the area too.

Then there's also an area for ufo catchers with all kinds of prizes like pokemon plushies and lots of other plushies, items themed to different season, plushies and other items themed to any fauna and flora from all around Ellipsa, puzzles, food themed items etc etc.

Moving inside the mall is done by escalators and elevators, but there are also regular stairs for those who prefer them.

The fastest way of traveling from floor to floor in the mall is by quick teleport nodes. You choose a floor you want to go to from the list of choices, much like an elevator and then you're transported into that floor's node within seconds. Unfortunately, they're still working out on the bugs in the system, so you may end up in the wrong place - including places that aren't on the list of choices.

Part 3


There's also a Poké Ball Vending Machine, so anyone who recognizes poké balls may have some idea what they could get here. The vending machine somehow has enough balls for everyone in Ellipsa but everyone can only buy one ball! The balls don't have names in them and no one can see through them, so even those, who know Pokémon will NOT know what they'll be getting from this vending machine as it is entirely randomized!

Are you ready to get your first Pokémon? What about being ready to see how you two get along? Everyone, who plays this vending machine, gets either a Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Eevee, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Chespin, Fennekin, Froakie, Rowlet, Litten, Poplio, Grookey, Scorbunny, Sobble, Spirigatito, Fuecoco or Quaxly.

(And yes, ICly it is entirely randomized but OOCly you can decide which one you want your character to get... Of course you can rng the result too. More about Pokémon guidelines in the OOC Tips of this TDM.)






Welcome to Our Dark Side




The third part of the TDM is under this details cut as it has Content Warnings, including Cursed things, Organized Crime, Illegal Activities, Monster Forms/Body Horror, Attempted Murder, Experimenting on People

The Third Part of the TDM [ Click to Expand ]
Part 1

The lowest levels of the mall are only accessible by random quick teleport nodes around the mall (if you know you know is the motto with these). You can run into them on accident (they're usually hidden, but with so much traffic, the hiding place becomes visible) and they sometimes immediately just teleport people without any warning. The arrival can be in various places. A random shady hallway, in the middle of the floor, in a shady establishment and so on.

Anything that seems shady can be found from these floors. Even the local diners here are very weird and likely have illegal things on the menu. Clothing stores sell all kinds of clothes fit for thieves and assassins and the amount of weapons shops here is twice the amount than on the surface. Rumor has it there are also people trying to summon the devil somewhere around here, but that's still just a rumor.

One of the teleport node locations can take you to the front of a cursed vending machine corner. At first they look like ordinary vending machines, but upon closer inspection one may notice they are anything but ordinary.

The food vending machines are full of different "eatable" bugs with half-hearted warnings that they may or may not be poisonous (they didn't really check before putting them in the packaging), Mystery Food boxes (includes some very suspicious foods that don't look edible, but are actually alright in taste? But may contain some side effects like growing mushrooms out of your hair if you eat the mushroom ones), ones that is labeled Energy Drinks but all of them look more like creepy potions (they provide energy but at the cost of poisoning someone for 24 hours) and hyper realistic cakes that look like various body parts (the cake part is intentionally written in small print).

Other vending machines have various shark eggs (hatching them will provide a magical shark with little hands and legs that invades the first watery surface it finds and bites whoever comes too close - it does not belong as a pet, but one may try to tame one), Mystery Boxes (with anything from highly cursed jewelry to books that suck your soul if written into) and Cheat Slips (it's said these slips will let you master a skill immediately, but all it does is cause one's powers to go berserk for 2 hours).




Part 2


The lowest levels are also a place for a large Casino. While they do exist on the surface, this one is a little different.

The Casino (named just that, "The Casino") is divided into four different sections; All of them are dominated by an organized crime group. This is the only area of the underground they work together in peace and sometimes come to relax. They don't cause trouble for each other here, but they definitely can try to cause trouble for everyone who is visiting the place.

Losing in this Casino can mean being taken to the back rooms by whichever group's area you ended up losing in. They will offer to let you go if you can pay off your debt you made in the Casino, but they have other options of compensation.

Name: Diamonds
Game Area: Card Games (Poker, Black Jack, Craps)
Compensation: They will send characters on a criminal quest to either steal or sabotage something or even smuggle a (cursed) item into important places.

Name: Spades
Game Area: Roulette
Compensation: They will attempt to kill the character that lost in the quietness of the backrooms.

Name: Clubs
Game Area: Pool, Darts
Compensation: They will just make characters clean their casino area.

Name: Hearts
Game Area: Slot Games
Compensation: They will drag characters into experiments in a different facility.

You may also end up taken to the back rooms for getting caught cheating, although it may also end up in a congratulatory meeting for an impressive sleight of hand instead or an invitation to join one of the groups. How would you feel about a life of crime?




Part 3


Those caught in Hearts Group's Experiments will be subjected to series of tests. Mostly they're to check the characters' physical condition before proceeding. Once the tests are concluded, the character will be given a medicine (either via shot or a pill). This medicine will not show any signs of working for a while and characters are let go afterwards.

The same medicine can, however, later be consumed by anyone else in various foods and drinks (free samples, some restaurants, even some grocery store items), even in the higher levels of the Mall. The experiments were the final test before distributing the medicine secretly to the public. So your character may accidentally end up getting the medicine in other ways.

What are the medicine? Monster Form activators. They will awaken a monster form inside a character that will trigger under one of the (player) selected conditions: strong emotional reaction, full moon, near death situation or bleeding.

The form can be returned from by calming down and focusing on their sense of self, but there's a chance to go berserk, making this difficult. If characters go berserk, their powers will be a lot stronger, but they won't know who's a friend and who's a foe. Their form may also be a lot scarier than it normally is. They will likely only want to cause destruction around them or want to feed on humans.



MonsterDescriptionPowers
AlraunePlant monsters with a humanoid shape. They may have changes as simple as flowers growing in their hair or have complex body modifications such as roots for legs and long vines as hands.Pollen with status effects like sleep/poison/paralysis, control over plants, poisonous kisses, etc
GargoyleMonstrous humanoid winged creatures with horns on their head and stony hides.Super strength, tough skin, flight
HarpyHuman-bird hybrids. Anything part can be replaced with bird bodyparts, although the most common configuration is arms turned to wings and legs into talons.Flight, sonic scream, hypnotizing voice, ability to whip up whirlwinds
KelpieAquatic horses with a man made of seaweed and algae, covered in a sticky fur that makes it nearly impossible to get off if one is to ride them. Some may get a fish tail when underwater, although when out of water they have legs like any horse.Water breathing, illusions
LichUndead humanoids, they may look skeletal or simply corpselike.Raising the dead (into zombies/skeletons), necrotic touch
ManticoreBeastlike creatures with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion or dragon. They vary greatly, some sporting horns on their heads, or resembling a Chimera or Sphinx.Super strength, flight if wings.
MinotaurAnimalistic monsters with the head of a bull and the body of a human, although some variations exist in which there are different animal heads. Some sport hooves and a tail in place of legs. Super strength, overall size, super defense.
TaurThis refers to any number of creatures with a humanoid upper body and a lower body that resembles a non-anthropomorphic animal in the same sort of style as a centaur. This category includes things like Arachne and Naga, and other variations of such monsters.Varies depending on animal the taur is based on
WerecreaturesMonstrous, bipedal animals, the transformation of which is often (but not always) triggered by the full moon. Common variants are wolves and bears, although they can be about any animal. The Pooka would be one of the variations in the werecreature category.Depends on the animal the form is based on, but usually super strong/fast etc



This effect can either be permanent or temporary, depending on how the players want it. Temporary can be up to just one transformation under the conditions or several.






OOC TIPS


- Ask your questions related to the TDM here.

- The TDM is available only to friends of the mods and their friends. If you want to play in the TDM, please leave a note here to inform us who invited you over. We will get to you as soon as possible.

- Test Drive is open for current characters to make a top level as well. New characters can add TDM (or "New" or anything else) on their subject line to indicate they're new!

- Current characters cannot access the starting area again to meet new arrivals. They can, however, be at the Research Center when the newbies are teleported in.

- The TDM is game canon so anything in the TDM can happen for your character(s) in the game as well.

- Remember to add Content Warnings wherever needed!

- Smut is not allowed on the TDM. You can play situations leading to it, but if the thread is turning into smut, please move it to a private space such a post in your character's journal, or a locked post in the game's log community if you decide to app!

- Pokémon Guidelines:
• Anything mindblowing crazy that the pokedex has to offer for any of the evolutions doesn't carry over to Seasons. They're closer to anime variants where people can get flamethrower at their face and live (we still do not recommend getting a flamethrower at face)
• Pokémon gain experience points much slower, even if they battle one another.
• You may be able to find a vending machine with weird stones mixed in for stone evolutions. Strange.
• All start at level 5.
• More Pokémon may appear later in the game but for now it's just the ones mentioned.
More on all the available Pokémon here!

- Check Locations: City to find more areas to explore inside the city. Every place in the districts are open. The Underground Mall has been added to the locations page at the very end of it.

- Similarly, Locations: Segments is useful for outdoors adventures. You can find monsters to encounter on Beastiary.

- Minor NPCs page has been updated with the criminal organizations.

- FAQ has information on characters' smartphones as well as general things about the world that might be handy.

- Feel free to check and use out Questboard for additional prompts.



code bases by tricklet
mistsplitter: (🌸 can't hold me back)

1/2

[personal profile] mistsplitter 2023-06-19 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's very cute.

[ She'll say it if Edelgard won't!! A cute little warrior bear. It's nothing like the samurai she's more familiar with, but she imagines knights and soldiers in other places do look like this.

Pressing the button, music starts, and the claw starts moving on its own to show that it is working! Ayaka starts moving it around now, both the time limit and the music adding some pressure to the whole task. ]


We must act swiftly, then.

[ Maybe it would be best to grab it by the body, instead of its arm or its head. Ayaka tries to find the best angle for it, tilting her head every now and then to see if it's a prime spot to drop the claw. ]

Hm... is this...? [ Oh well! She takes the risk! It lowers itself until it grabs the bear by its torso. Up, up...

Until it lets go of the bear, dropping it back with the rest of the other toys!

There are no winners today. ]
mistsplitter: (ayaka009)

[personal profile] mistsplitter 2023-06-19 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ And now she is terribly disappointed. Mostly in herself. She didn't win! ]

My apologies. I was hoping to win it for you.
somniacs: (011.)

[personal profile] somniacs 2023-06-19 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh no. He's seen Sebek cry too many times enough to recognize the signs. Both his hands latch onto Sebek's shoulders to steady him as he tries to disseminate all the information Sebek had just blurted out at him.

None of it makes sense, but what he does know, most of all, is that Sebek would never say anything heinous about Malleus, so if Malleus did something that terrible... He frowns, still not wanting to entertain the thought. ]


He put us all into a dream state, and I used my unique magic to help you and Yuu...

[ That does sound like something he himself would do if he were ever backed into a wall like that. ]

It could have been that while I had been transported here, there was another me persisting through events in our world that I have yet to experience. Vil-senpai had mentioned the flow of time gets strange when moving through worlds. I don't recall anything that happened after Idia's overblot and everyone being sealed away for examining by S.T.Y.X. Can you start from there?
rottencactus: (13)

[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-19 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Correct, he does want to doubt that. After all, that is so much fuss for such an insignificant creature like him...]

[But also he does want to move somewhere else. There are other people here, people he doesn't know, and he can already feel his thoughts spiraling back where they were before he stopped breathing. He quickly nods.]


P-Please! [Here, he will try and get up, even. He's careful, but he does manage to stand.] I-I'm sorry... I-I have to trouble you a little more... [Even though he JUST said...] People are scary...
underworldpunk: (That is so not punk rock of you)

Outside~

[personal profile] underworldpunk 2023-06-19 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hey, dude- you okay?

[Came the slight mechanicalBritish-accented but very clear voice, softened up just a little bit, from a human-shaped and sized metal person.

The lights of her 'eyes' were carefully dimmed, and she did press some concern in there.]


Do you need to sit down somewhere with some water or something? You look overwhelmed, and then some.

[She could understand.]
Edited 2023-06-19 01:46 (UTC)
underworldpunk: (We may need to go now)

Underground Mall HI

[personal profile] underworldpunk 2023-06-19 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, do you need some help?

[Iggy had needed to carefully move her way past a few people, given she was just a little under 5'4, but even she could spot when someone seemed to be in some distress. Pretty good at it, honestly.

A reason that she spoke up before moving just closer to the side he had moved to out of the pathway, a fingerless glove covered hand lifting in a little wave. Just to make sure He could tell she was addressing him.]


Things are pretty hectic since this place just opened, plus folks just arriving altogether.
mayoninofukucho: (Routine)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-06-19 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
That'd be incredibly helpful.

[They're seriously lucky to have Clavell here. What are the chances of a renowned pokémon expert also having the programming skill to convert the pokédex to work on the local phones? But Clavell's final comment gives Hijikata pause.]

Say... them being in a vending machine is unusual, right?

[And how come they're here to begin with? He knows that Pokémon crossovers are common, but there's no profit in a collaboration with a Dreamwidth RPG! (There he goes breaking the 4th wall again... at least he's keeping these thoughts to himself!)]
quecheugy: (Save them from what)

[personal profile] quecheugy 2023-06-19 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hopefully it will help many, more so with how pressing the need for such information could be now. Help at the touch of a screen could go over well here with most, I imagine.

[Turo no doubt as concerned as he was about—]

Very unusual- the last time something like that ever happened was when I was much younger, and occurred in a different region all together. [There was that almost rare frown, fingers curled under his chin after a brief adjustment of glasses-] A criminal organization was more or less- I suppose you could say poaching rare pokémon, and selling them at a high price to line their pockets.

[Team Rocket classic™.]
mayoninofukucho: (Yeah yeah.)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-06-19 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Nightwake City usually is a safe place... if you stay out of the unsavoury areas, that is. The danger lies out in the Seasonal Segments. But last month shit kind of hit the fan here when the local mecha hangar ran some tests that went haywire. We ended up with a bunch of digital monsters.

[And that's without going into the portals that'd entrap people in their memories... but well, those issues are taken care of, so there's no need to scare Oengus (if he'd even get scared - despite his friendly face his overall appearance makes Hijikata wonder if he isn't usually the one who scares other shitless). Just what kind of being is he? But instead of that he asked something that's arguably more important.]

What's your assigned season?

[His arrival area should have clued him in on that... unless no one explained the significance to him.]
divino: (097.)

part 3;

[personal profile] divino 2023-06-19 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ That is one angry fire-spitting cat. Alear does manage to dodge in time, but Sommie is more interested in yipping at the cat for nearly singing off his whiskers. ]

Sommie, no–! Stop!

[ He crouches down and grabs the dog before he causes any more trouble. He looks at the stranger apologetically after. ]

Sorry about that. He's more used to humans than other animals at this point.
rosehearted: (riddle-3)

[personal profile] rosehearted 2023-06-19 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ well! it's good to know that deuce has been actively seeking help from familiar faces. who they might be is the biggest and most concerning thing. if he's getting advice from people such as ace... or really, any non-heartslabyuls? that could be a problem. a big problem.

still, he faces a big one right now, and riddle sighs as he shakes his head. ]


I can't fault you for what you've done, not without witnessing it myself. Therefore--- I absolve you of all infractions that might've occurred since you arrived here.

[ congratulations! but also: ]

However, now that I'm here? I will ask that you adhere to them as best as possible. I cannot watch over your shoulder all the time, so... I ask that you be more mindful so that you do not make mistakes when we return. Okay?

[ not if they return. he's certain they won't be here for that long. ]
victorioso: Art by <user name="winemom" site="plurk.com"> (♥)

[personal profile] victorioso 2023-06-19 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[That sir is a whole lot of words he does not know the meaning to! Digital? Mecha hangar? Haywire? The smile on his face is already a touch vacant and awkward, and he laces his fingers together until he hears a sentence he... almost understands!]

Ah spring? Perhaps? If I were to hazard a guess, at least. That is the season that I arrived in, so it would seem anyway. I fear I've little idea what that implies, but if nothing else it was exceptionally lovely. I've always been fond of spring.

[Judging from the blossom strewn antlers, that would seem on point at least.]

What areas would be considered unsavory here?

[He's not even going to mention all the stuff he didn't get, he has no idea where to start with those.]
majimekun: (pic#14828617)

[personal profile] majimekun 2023-06-19 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Would he object to Vil's teaching? Since in some ways they're the most similar among the Housewardens?

But it's best not to push too much on Riddle. Deuce is sure this is a hard experience even for him!]


I-I thank you! You're very kind!

[So he's off the hoo-

Oh...

Of course.]


I promise I'll try. Besides, we're kind of the representatives, aren't we? For our dorm? So I want to be a good example. And you know, also brag when we get home.

[He's sincere because Deuce will do his best to follow the rules.]
rottencactus: (64)

1/2

[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-19 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Eek!

[Ah, someone perceived him!! Terrible, terrible, why can't he just climb into the sewer like he deserves-]

[Scrubbing his face, turning to face the person talking to him, he starts with an apology:]


I-I sorry! Please don't mind someone like me I-I am--
rottencactus: <user name =__7__HR site =Twitter.com> (124)

2/2

[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-19 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
E-EH?!

[LSKjfdls a robot!? He is sufficiently startled that he does not continue his panicked apologizing.]
underworldpunk: (.... Oh. Shit.)

[personal profile] underworldpunk 2023-06-19 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Well

That was quick- and quite the turn. Iggy held her hands up, just in a slight show of- harmlessness? Even if that blue glow brightened up enough briefly the mohawk-like headpiece lit up right along with her eyes.]


Uh, hi?

[That little curling and uncurling of fingers as a sort of wave.]

I- oh. You must not at all be used to someone like me, huh.
mayoninofukucho: (Idle)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-06-19 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
So poaching happens in your world too, huh...

[Where there's a profit to be had, crime will spring up. It's inevitable.]

I'll try to do some investigating into who runs the vending machine, how they source the pokémon, and whatnot.

[He isn't a policeman for nothing!]
mysophobic: (95 - stupefy)

Underground Mall

[personal profile] mysophobic 2023-06-19 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Shigeru's also been eying the ufo game but it's actually really cool to just watch Vero do his thing. He doesn't interject or even try to give pointers because this guy is really good. He does, once he's noticed and perceived, he flusters a bit and almost drops his device, good job Shigeru. ]

You mean me?! [ Just pointing to himself with a gloved hand as he looks around, confused. ]

Are you...sure? You worked so hard to get all this stuff.
divino: (069.)

arrivals;

[personal profile] divino 2023-06-19 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh hey, she's grown up now. And probably doesn't remember him at all if his interactions with Byleth are anything to go by... Still, Alear is curious about how things fared in her world and if she's similar to the Edelgard who had assisted him in battle so many times. ]

That's what all of us we're told, though I don't know anyone who has been here long enough to say whether or not it's true. Even if was, the people who'd know are likely long gone... so we're left believing there is a way home.

[ It's a shame he can't go to her world and help her and the other two out with their war. ]

In the meantime, you can try doing a couple of quests to live here comfortably.
quecheugy: (Fretful things)

[personal profile] quecheugy 2023-06-19 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately. Groups believing they can use pokémon for their own gains, force powerful beings from legend to their will at times, and in turn endanger the entire world because they most certainly cannot.

[It took someone special, someone with heart, that a pokémon found worthy. Which was true of most any pokémon, and was why some of them loved to battle so. That challenge, and finding someone worthy to remain at the side of.

Some simply in much smaller doses. Even legends carried such meanings in them.]


Do be careful- capable as you are, it is certainly not uncommon these types can manage to get their hands on some terribly dangerous things. If you do find anything I would appreciate knowing.
mayoninofukucho: (Smoke Break)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-06-19 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Hijikata nods - that checks out. He'd give him a run-down of the basics that come with his spring alignment, but that other question is easier to answer.]

The red light district, mainly. Especially at night. It's in the city centre.

[Most people would have assumed that last part automatically, but Oengus isn't a city boy, so it's better to give more information than too little!]

Stick to the area around the Research Centre and other well-lit streets, and you should be fine.
rosehearted: (pic#15485552)

[personal profile] rosehearted 2023-06-19 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ ah. a breath of fresh air! that's what he's sensing even before he has a chance to respond; silver is... a blessing in disguise. certainly better behaved than some of the other students he's encountered. definitely more in the know. malleus should be proud to have such a diligent first year like him!

no comment on the two he's had to deal with specifically. multiple times. the ones in his own dorm. his responsibilities. sigh.

at least they're cute ]


A fox? [ he kneels down with his owl partner happy to do an equal amount of staring. ] Yes, I suppose you'd know better than me. It certainly has a... wholesome appearance, just like mine.

[ he is judging them both. ]

Silver, are you happy with yours?
rosehearted: (pic#15709444)

[personal profile] rosehearted 2023-06-19 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ imagine thinking leona escaped vil when it's more likely vil allowed leona to have some semblance of freedom!

anyway.

hearing the savanaclaw housewarden's voice makes him instinctively fold his arms across his chest. without completely turning his head, he holds out what has been deposited from the machine. ]


You mean you haven't been lying about letting time pass without acknowledging your surroundings? Have you turned a new leaf, Leona-senpai?

[ color him impressed if true. ]
mayoninofukucho: (Satisfied)

[personal profile] mayoninofukucho 2023-06-19 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Hijikata is way too happy to even attempt a sarcastic response, instead smiling at Jean.]

What, do you think I commissioned it? I didn't even know this mall existed until today!
rosehearted: <user name=amberblaze> (riddle47)

[personal profile] rosehearted 2023-06-19 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ he wouldn't label himself as 'kind'. if anything, he's being too lenient! it's okay to be understanding, but there is only so much leeway he should be offering to deuce. if they were back home, he'd be laying into deuce with all the force he could muster.

...

maybe. it's for the best. the queen of hearts was gracious and benevolent. her rules allowed them to all prosper, as long as everyone followed them. making examples out of those who didn't... that was vital. but here, with only deuce as an understanding witness... ]


Ah. [ he snaps back into reality. ] Yes. You will have all the bragging rights if you comply while also being in an unfamiliar place, and I will provide ample proof to whoever may ask.

[ is that tempting enough? ]