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Test Drive Meme #3
Test Drive Meme #3
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.)
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 ]
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).
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?
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.
| Monster | Description | Powers |
|---|---|---|
| Alraune | Plant 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 |
| Gargoyle | Monstrous humanoid winged creatures with horns on their head and stony hides. | Super strength, tough skin, flight |
| Harpy | Human-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 |
| Kelpie | Aquatic 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 |
| Lich | Undead humanoids, they may look skeletal or simply corpselike. | Raising the dead (into zombies/skeletons), necrotic touch |
| Manticore | Beastlike 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. |
| Minotaur | Animalistic 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. |
| Taur | This 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 |
| Werecreatures | Monstrous, 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.
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- 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.
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• 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.
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[She had needed a bit, and even know she half expected to wake up back in London. Or hoped for a familiar face one day.
Let herself get comfortable in the seat she chose, head tipping as that soft blue glow kept soft, but warmed just a little as she spoke-]
I'm Iggy, and it is still nice to meet you- which part of your name would you rather be called? [Knew that some had a comfort level when it came to strangers, or even friends.] Bit more backdated then- and there is a lot here. Some of the Districts are a little more old school in looks, Nightwake here is the most advanced and probably thanks to having the Research Center here.
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[He is calming down considerably. His shoulders finally drop, releasing that tension he had when he went into fight-or-flight just now. His sits very politely with his hands folded into his lap. The way one might sit when trying to take up as little space as possible.]
You can call me anything ...ah, but perhaps "Mayoi" makes more sense. You accent is English, correct...?
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[When she could no longer work in that lab, anyway. As much as she missed her co-worker, the one that introduced her to human music.
She did continue to watch Mayoi, and it was nice that he was calming down, but still.]
I'll stick with Mayoi for now, and you're right. I'm from London, been living there for as long as I can remember.
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[WOW. He did not expect to meet someone who also lived in exile underground??? Ah, he let that slip without meaning to. His hand goes to his mouth for a moment in panic.]
[Oops!!!]
I-I mean, please disregard what I just said-!
[He quickly looks around. Surely no one else has heard them. Surely it couldn't get back around to anyone he knows back home in this strange place...? But this person may actually understand him better than anyone?? He's very torn... He wants to ask questions but then that would in turn garner questions...he's been living with this secret for so long.]
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Iggy leaned forward in her seat, just a little, so that arms could rest on the table there. Folded a bit, but it was easy to help make sure she could reach if Mayoi might need a hand to hold again.
Secretive guy, maybe? Could be that.]
Hey, you didn't say anything if you meant to say nothing. Right?
[... But.]
The newbie apartments are real close, if you want to turn that into saying something? I'm still staying in the one given to me, with a cat and a little crocodile-alligator on two legs looking creature that's only a bit bigger than said cat. [Fuecoco, a pokémon, she means.
Just that offer to talk if he wanted to take it. More private than this.]
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[He is a very weak hearted person, after all, and that is the thought that runs through him as he gives in.]
...If the walls do not have ears, as silly as it must sound when we are so far from our homes. It is ...something I have had to keep very close to my chest for some time.
[...but.]
B-But perhaps you may understand why, if I were to tell you. If that is not something you wish to be burdened with, however...
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Sounded like a big secret, and a heavy weight. Her own was more of- out of sight, out of mind, and how their living in the Underworld was so those of London could put them as out of mind as possible. So much so that much of London had no idea how they lived, and a number didn't care to.
Not all humans were like that, though.]
They're soundproof, and you can check if you want to. [She knows she can't hear any of her neighbors, and she hasn't gotten complaints when she tested to make sure no one was bothered by her playing the records she had. At all.]
I don't mind listening at all- sometimes it helps to talk to someone who might get it.
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[So, he reaches out and gently takes her hand.]
[He nods.]
You are very kind, Iggy-san.
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Try to keep that way.
[Despite a lot- better to keep that kindness, even after hurt and- boy had there been a really emotionally confusing time before she wound up here. Sadness turning to anger with confusion but- it was okay, in the end. It was okay.]
We can go when you're ready- and if you want, like some extra proofing, I can play one of my records to have something going in the background.
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That sounds lovely. I ...I am quite curious about your music. I wonder how it differs from mine...
[But he is happy to stand, to let her know he is ready to go, and he will once again take her lead where ever she might take them.]
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[Some piece of home and something normal to just lay back and listen to whenever she felt the want or need.
She rose as well, and she still kept her pace something slow and easy to keep up with- in case Mayoi wanted a good look and chance to remember the path-]
Can find the apartment they assigned you, too- if you hadn't gotten the chance yet.
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[He is able to match her pace easily, so they will make it back walking at a gentle even pace.]
Ah, I have found it. I only looked it over briefly before heading out again ...I thought perhaps I might locate a place to pick up amenities when I was distracted by the sky.
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[Just had to save up enough that she could go to that one weird stand and see if one of those items really did work.
Iggy knew her way well by now.]
Easy to do, honestly. I keep snacks in my fridge, but I don't eat, so you can help yourself to those? A few drinks, too.
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I have heard of The Beatles...! I see, so you are a fan of music from that era. I believe that ...around that time began some of the very first idols as well.
[Oh, snacks.]
O-Oh, I couldn't impose. I ...ah. My constitution is very delicate, too. I will be happy with just water.
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We can play the album I have from them if you'd like- and yeah. A lot of my collection is from around that era, but I enjoy other music as well. Just think it's something almost everyone can enjoy- bring people together, no matter their walk of life.
[Something that she believed so very strongly, more so after what she had seen happen while working in the lab. It brought them all together, rather than just working mindlessly.]
Still welcome to look, even if it's just a small chance I've got something that fits what you can eat. Water is easy at least, too.
[Glancing up once at the apartment building, and time to go inside.]
I'm on one of the upper floors. You alright with the elevator, or you chance stairs better?
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Yes ...I-I agree. Music saved me in many ways ...and to bring that sort of happiness to others. That is what I strive for myself. Ah- I am...a rookie idol.
[This bundle of nerves is a singer.]
I-I see, thank you. [He may end up taking a snack if its a sweet, anyway. He probably hasn't eaten in hours. How can you eat when you're too busy losing your shit constantly.]
Elevators are fine. I have not assessed if I can open the ceiling of this one, yet.
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[Wait- really?] Honestly? That sounds cool, even if you're still a rookie, you're going for it!
[What mattered, even if she would never have guessed that one.
Oh there would be some sweet snacks. Some fruit, too. Easy things to keep. Felt it better to keep around just in case. Also, the weird critter seemed to like fruit, too, even if he set it on fire before eating it. Cat just 'ate' light.
... Huh.]
I can make sure no one else gets in with us if you want to do that?
[Encouraging that? Why wouldn't she? Sometimes you had to know that stuff.]
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[Ah, but he will reach into his coat and pull out a CD! There he is, right on the cover. It's a single, so there's only two songs on it.]
We are not very well known yet... but we are working hard. Ah, I hope I can find a CD player here...
[--! Oh. She is so nice to him? He perks right up at the offer and nods.] I-It will only take a second! Ah, the elevators in the building I lived out of ...they had lots of space between the ceiling and the top of the elevator so I could ride in there and avoid other people...
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[All the more reason she could understand that- and so strongly believed music could be one thing to bring everyone together if they gave it a chance.
She peered at the CD, that blue glow to her eyes brightening up a bit. Definitely cool.]
There's a few music stores around- I bet if we find one that sells CDs they'll have a CD player. Some sell records and all, so there's a chance, and I'd love to hear this when we do.
[Hands clapped together, the sound muted thanks to the soft leather covering her palms- an the fact she kept the clap soft.] Count on me then. We'll get you squared away and know if these elevators are good for that.
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Oh...that's a relief to hear. I hope that is the case....I-I would be honored if you would give us a listen, Iggy-san.
[He has a lot of pride in their music, and he's worked hard, they all have, to come as far as they have. So if someone could enjoy it, it would mean the world to him.]
Thank youuu, Iggy-san, please wait for my return.
[And with that, and the closing of the elevator, Mayoi goes to the corner of the elevator and climbs right up the wall by bracing his his hands and feet on the adjacent walls, kabedonning his way up to the ceiling. He plants his feet on the handrail and pops open the ceiling tile.]
..! Fufufu, there is remarkable space up here, actually...!
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I would absolutely love to give a listen, and if you need help looking for one I can keep an eye out. I like to look through those places for a vinyl record that might catch my eye and I want to see what sort of music it is.
[Get a few sets of eyes looking.]
Of course!
[And it was easy to let those door close and keep them closed without setting into motion just yet. Even as she watched him, couldn't at all miss that this was definitely something he did a lot. Easier not to worry so much for how he could get up there to check, but at least she was there just in case there was any chance he did slip.]
Nice, can have your own special seat for elevator rides and no one needs to know you're there when you don't want them to. Easy way to get there from the outside, or think you have to go into it from here first?
[Better to check than not!]
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Fufufu, we have been described as having a cool, rock-like sound, but our music is varied, too~ We haaaaave a few ballads and upbeat tracks as well. I think we are quite unique~
[Mayoi, for all his nervousness, does not have an issue speaking confidently when it comes to his pride in his unit.]
[After a moment he manages to put his feet where his hands once braced the wall and he gets almost all the way into the ceiling. He then makes a hum and slides right out, replacing the tile and landing softly, but exactly like he is used to doing this every day, back on the ground next to Iggy.]
I won't know until I've had the opportunity to study the way this shaft connects to the building from where we will stop, but I thiiiink the odds are good. [He is so happy.] Shall we...?
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Awesome- and there's nothing wrong with experimenting in sound and style if they fit a specific piece. Can make it hit that much more and fully express what you're going for! Unique is good, even if some may like a song more than others, you'd still be hitting the people that it could mean the most to.
[There was something special in that, a further reach or just hitting people others might not ever get or think of. There would always be a piece of music that could touch and mean so much to someone.
Iggy laughed softly, and pressed the button to go to the floor her apartment was on.]
We shall, and you know I'll keep the elevator stopped and closed if you wanna check once we hit my floor.
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Yes, I think so, too. Where I am from ...we are just one unit trying to claw ourselves up from the very bottom and ...we must stand out in order to survive in our industry. It is not a kind one, unfortunately.
[But that is a whole other can of worms.]
Ah, thank you...!
[And he will do that once they are up on her floor. It only takes him a second to survey it, though its a little trickier getting to the ceiling from outside the elevator, but he manages. Once he's done that, though, he drops back down to the floor and pulls out a notebook and jots down some notes.]
[Normal Mayoi things. He will be happy to follow her to her place after that, though. Iggy is so patient with her weird new friend...]
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A wonderful thing to bond over, reach across the forced divide.]
Some are definitely not as kind as they look from the outside. Think that as long as you've got each others backs? You'll all hopefully go far, more so with that passion you have.
[Couldn't miss it in how Mayoi spoke, after all.]
Hey, anytime I'm around and you gotta check this sort of stuff out.
[And she did wait once they got there, keeping an eye out- and keeping the elevator right where it was to help make finding where it connected easier.
Iggy did walk them to her apartment, unlocking the door. Kept it rather simple, and given that it was Nightwake the furnishings were rather modern- but her record player was on a low table, a pair of headphones beside it. Records kept carefully on the shelf-like underside of the same table that fit them neatly.
There was, of course, touches of colors here and there by way of framed posters of a few local bands and things created by artists in a few different distracts. Frames 'thrifted' more or less.
Then there was a cat, black as a void, curled up and sleeping on one of the couch cushions.]
And this is where I've been staying, don't mind miss Janie Jones over there. She's pretty chill, which has been nice when it comes to any sort of roomie covered in fur.
[Iggy wasn't sure she could fully call the void cat a pet. Companion of the furry variety all the same.]
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