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Test Drive Meme #3


Test Drive Meme #3
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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.



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badsunrising: saikou-everyday (>()

Part 2

[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ His hand immediately slams down on the other's out of pure reflex, eyes flashing with rage and teeth bared in a snarl. ]

Don't touch me!
rottencactus: (48)

[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-19 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. Yes. This is very much the case. Having it pointed out so calmly actually does a lot to settle him down. He was getting a little too worked up over such a small startle...]

[But this robot (person??) is being very polite to him he can't help but find his cool. Well. Sort of. He has a new reason to be wound up.]


I-I...Yes... that is the case. I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be offensive! P-Please forgive my stupid ignorance...!
underworldpunk: (.... Oh. Shit.)

[personal profile] underworldpunk 2023-06-19 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Grand opening, and a lot of stuff given out for free kinda shoved in nearly everything. Hard to pass up all the free tokens and chances to not spend money.

[She may have hit one one vending machine inside, and boy was that a surprise.

Iggy kept the pace slow enough to at least help Hakkai walk easier with the support, very careful of keeping them both just out of the way. Anyone walking into her would be into a not so nice surprised of

well, walking into metal never felt good, did it.]


If any of them know how to use a phone, you can always keep an eye on the network. Everyone has access to it, and it might be easier on you while you rest up. I know I keep an eye on it incase someone I know might show up, kinda weird just being me here.

[So used to being surrounded by her fellow Omnics, it was sort of... quiet, in a sense. No network.

A slight flicker of those blue 'eyes', like a blink-]
No biggie. It's not something I'm totally used to, but I can- even if it doesn't help me since I'm metal and not flesh, but if I can help others it's worth it. Yeah?
badsunrising: saikou-everyday (:/)

Gotta Catch Em All - II

[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, that happened. Time to test out his new Spring powers to see if he can at least bring her back to consciousness. ]

That was stupid.

[ When she comes to, she'll find a messy haired young man staring evenly at her, while the Eevee beside him paws at her face. ]

Hey, careful.
underworldpunk: (What the wha)

[personal profile] underworldpunk 2023-06-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
You're good, guy!

[Iggy was offering out her hands, palms up, in a far less defensive and more inviting sort of gesture. Her tone was kept soft, head tilting to one side as that soft blue glow kept up in her eyes.

Flickered a little in the mohawk-like headpiece, too.]


Here, take my hands and breathe. We're all good in this space, yeah? Different worlds, and a lot of stuff can surprise you. I've only been here for some over a month or so, and it is a whole lot to take in for sure.

We can walk to somewhere we can both have a sit, just over there, take it in slower. There is a spot that plays music to it's seating area if that might do you good.

[Hard for her not to want to help a guy that was so overwhelmed by- everything? Was everything the option here?]
manastacks: (37)

[personal profile] manastacks 2023-06-19 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ Theo's ears twitch and he huffs. Something of a laugh and the Viera trying very hard not to let his smile show. It does help...

But the matter is a little more serious than that. ]


It isn't, Rahksh'a. This world... All that you see? It's all that is left. We were brought here to try to bring balance to it before all is lost.
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Arrival

[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ What the hell? He is so out of his league here. He doesn't even know this person. He should just walk away... But the sound of the desperation in the other's voice. It's too familiar. Flashes of broken glass, bandages and blood blink in front of him. A pair of frantic red eyes.

It spurs him into action before he can even decide what to do. His hand is on the person's shoulder. ]


Relax. Just try to breathe.
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underground mall

[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
There's more than one species in that thing?

[ This person seems utterly HORRIFIED, despite the Eevee chittering in his arms. ]
dreamsofwings: (44)

[personal profile] dreamsofwings 2023-06-19 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know it was a Pokemon at first. I got it in the last world I was in after some stupid ordeal. I thought it was a weird pet. Eventually someone knew it was a Pokemon but it wasn't until coming here that I knew what kind. It's a Yamask.
hynafiad: (041)

[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-19 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
It creates more versions of itself - ah, it's pre-evolution? - using tea? [that has to be one of the coolest things she's ever heard] I know there's monsters that can make copies of themselves, but nothing like that.

[it's been a while since she's been in school but he really does give off the impression of a teacher, and one that's passionate about it. It makes her smile widen as she listens to him explain] That sounds really nice. Especially since they're allowed to treat it how they want to - that seems like the best way to do it.

[she's never been a fan of rigid rules, but she may be a little biased when it comes to that]

Most magic recharges on its own, thankfully. It depends on the kind but usually all it takes is a little rest. The touch thing is . . . ah. [she winces a little guiltily] It'll take some getting used to.
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[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ He immediately notices the cat and stops his attack on the machine. ]

You managed to free another one. So there's nothing wrong with the mechanism after all.

[ It just wouldn't take anymore tokens from him for some reason. ]
hynafiad: (060)

[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-19 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
I appreciate your faith in me.

[for something that usually sounds sarcastic, she actually means it. She carefully steps closer to watch, eyes widening a little when she spots the little mutant shark. It's - definitely not what came to mind when she was talking with Oengus earlier, but then again, all sorts of ideas did spring to mind, too.

But oh, it's quick. Nessa gives a little yelp of surprise as it wiggles free, but she's quick with her magic, muttering a few words in Elvish under her breath and making a sharp gesture with her hand. A beat later almost completely see-through greenish vines spring up from the bottom of the fountain, quickly wrapping around the little shark as gently as possible. It could certainly wiggle free, but for now -]


Ah - got him!
knowsvinewhip: (I'd seen it all before)

[personal profile] knowsvinewhip 2023-06-19 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I certainly know how to pick my arrival times. The busiest season of the year, it would seem!

[It's very interesting. He'd like to browse, but that would probably be a poor idea, all things considered. Deciding things are safer now, Jeep's little head snakes its way free of Hakkai's jacket, curiously inspecting the busy area, and their new helper.]

[The thought of Gojyo or Goku trying to reach out via a networked device... oh dear. He has to fight to keep a straight face.]
It's rather up in the air as to how that would turn out, haha. One might be too distracted by pretty faces, and the other may not know what it is at all.

[No offense, Goku, wherever you are.]

Yes, of course. Is healing ability common here? It's very rare where I come from.
hynafiad: (050)

[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-19 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[she glances down at Spirigatito, then back up to him, head tilted]

It did seem to work fine when I used it, but I only tried once. Are you trying for another one? [and she nods up to the little Eevee on his head]
quecheugy: (And here we are once more)

[personal profile] quecheugy 2023-06-19 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, one reason Polteageist is known as the Black Tea Pokémon- it is even said that Sinistea came to be from a lonely spirit possessing a cup of black tea that was left out and grew cold. [He couldn't help that even after so many years he still found pokémon fascinating and wonderful, and perhaps it showed in how he spoke of any of them.]

I believe it's the best way as well, it encourages them to pursue their own interests, to grow in ways they wouldn't be able to kept in a classroom- that has its place of course, but there is merit in allow any student that chance. [He hoped to help continue encouraging it, whenever he could go back to Paldea.

At least time was, supposedly, frozen with them gone.]


It's something I'm certainly still getting used to- but at least something as simple as holding hands for a time can count for much. [A low noise-] Even then, that can be difficult for some, I'm sure.
wayofthehousekeeper: (Riding on clouds.)

Party in the Underground - 1

[personal profile] wayofthehousekeeper 2023-06-19 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Really, he should have noticed her sooner. Her features aren't exactly hard to miss; her distinct bright hair was something he'd trained himself to look for whenever he was instructed to visit the shrine and paired with her very distinct voice, she was a hard woman to miss. ]

[ He was really slacking if he'd managed to find himself suddenly standing next to her with no idea it'd been here. ]

[ And no time to mentally prepare himself. ]


La-Lady Miko!
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[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
I want to get them all out of this thing. What sort of bastard keeps animals trapped in devices smaller than themselves? It's disgusting.

[ The Eevee yawns and then notices the Spirigatito, giving it a little wave. :D ]
underworldpunk: (We may need to go now)

[personal profile] underworldpunk 2023-06-19 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Way to hit the ground running.

[For that sort of phrase, even with- well, the limping. Seemed like the guy had really been pushing it.

She did catch side of that little guy, a slight brightening of that blue glow, but otherwise Iggy kept her focus on supporting Hakkai and looking for the nearest bench. Without walking either of them into someone. Rushers could be oblivious after all.]


So the feet on the ground route the more sure fire way to find any of them, huh. At worst, you could turn to the network and give a description for others to let them know you're looking and all. [She had the ease of being a little... was unique the word? Probably, and most of her friends were the same.]

Those who are in the Spring season of powers can all heal, so it sounded. One of the abilities that come with that package deal. Woke up in a place filled with blooming cherry blossom trees and flowers when I arrived, which was apparently the Spring area. [A tilt of her head-] That initial zone is how you figure out what Season you are for all of this, what it looked like.
hynafiad: (041)

[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-19 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Ohh.

[that makes much more sense. She purses her lips and reaches for a few of the tokens in her pocket to try and put them in the machine - but no go, seeing as she already has one.

Spirigatito gives Eevee a cheerful little wave back!]


When mine came out of that little ball, she seemed perfectly fine - but do you think they're in danger in there? Surely they wouldn't put them there if it was a risk . . . ?
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[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ The frustration returns when he realizes she can't retrieve any more pokemon balls either. But he also notices the increased movement on his head and picks up the tiny creature to set on the ground so it can properly greet its new frand. ]

This place did kind of spring up out of nowhere. And it is underground.

Regardless of whether they're physically fine, they shouldn't be confined like that. They can't even interact with one another.

[ Which they seem to like doing, if their current two creatures are any indication. ]
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[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-19 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
[friend!! Spirigatito lets out a little chirp to say hello and pads closer]

Mm, I agree with you, it is a little awful that they're stuck in there.

[she frowns at the machine, looking it over. Maybe it says who's in charge of it somewhere . . . ?]

Someone had to have put it here, so surely they're responsible for taking care of the ones left?
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[personal profile] knowsvinewhip 2023-06-19 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Or limping, as it were!

[He laughs, but it's not really humorous. Just sort of a filler sound. Or maybe it really is meant to be funny. With him, you never really know. Though Jeep takes the glowing as a good sign, and settles all the way around Hakkai's shoulders like a scarf.]

You can usually locate them by the disturbance they cause. But you're right, that would be a smarter option than traipsing about... my concern got the better of me. [Because last time he saw one of them, Goku had been unconscious for three days. Hence the concern.]

I see... that would explain, perhaps, why that was where I arrived as well. [Now that had been disorienting...] Healing is one of my abilities back in my world, you see. Does that happen often? Individuals arriving in locations that mimic their home ability?
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[personal profile] badsunrising 2023-06-19 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ There is much sniffing and chirping going on here. Also happy hops! ]

I tried examining it for information about the owner. [ Before going awol on it. ] I couldn't find anything of the sort.

But even if we could find the owners, I doubt they're going to change their lucrative system. Especially when they have it set up like the gacha restaurant, where people can't even see what animal they're choosing.

[ So obviously, the only possible solution here is VIOLENCE. ]
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[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-19 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[so much happy sniffing and chirping. Nessa grins when she glances over to watch them]

They might not change it, but it would be worth it to ask around. Someone must know something, it has to be a popular machine. [because who wouldn't want a cute little companion?]
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[personal profile] syckophant 2023-06-19 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He's fine! He will just go ahead like that little hiccup didn't happen. Sometimes you just have to hard reset in the middle of a conversation and that's all that happened.]

Hoh hoh hoh!

I have a lot more time right now, actually, so it was a welcome diversion! In fact, knowing that you are here is wonderful news! Although admittedly, I do not know if you will perform as well on your own, you still have a sort of unpolished charm that I think I could work even if you must act solo. Or perhaps I can group you with some of my newer employees.

[If he's thinking about work, he can focus on that, and of course he just expects Mayoi to remain on his payroll. His agency is a little different now, but it still exists!]

So the best thing that you can do for me right now is to keep your skills sharp, and your ears open. Ah, I'll be taking your phone number too, of course.