Alizé Dressed In Melody

56

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:27:28 GMT

Hey Kaito, have you ever heard of Cyril Takayama?

And we're going to Bali next time we go on vacation, okay Saguru?

((Reference~))

[Backdated to the Dream Virus on Friday]

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:43:13 GMT

[It's a dark, echoing place. There are confusing patches of light, like dim, distant windows, and you feel like it must be a building, that there must be walls somewhere, but at the same time the darkness stretches on so far as to feel infinite.

There is a feeling of being alone. And small.

And threatened.

But you have to go on, have to keep moving. There's no telling what will happen if you stay still.

"Gramps?"

Buckle shoes clop on the invisible floor. The darkness doesn't seem to recede at all.

"Jenever? Bailey?"

The sensation of threat grows. The knee-length dress you're wearing does nothing to protect you.

"Perry? Tiswin? Destinee!"

But you can't help calling out. There has to be someone...

"Gibson? G-guys, this isn't funny!"

Clink.

Something small bounces off your shoe, skittering across the darkness with a light, hollow sound. You stop-- not frightened enough to freeze, not yet. Something is wrong, something large is about to break, but you don't know what it is yet, and all you can muster is a vague sense of unease.

You bend over and casually pick up the item, holding it up to examine it in the not-light. It looks like a mouthpiece, the kind used with saxophones.

Your heartbeat is suddenly pounding in your throat. The feeling of dread spikes.

There are bodies.

They're scattered in stark white relief across the darkness, hollow (literally) and empty of the life they once held. The chiaroscuro edges of furniture and stairs begin to pick themselves out as you whirl, finding forms everywhere, huddled together in frozen terror and sprawled in interrupted flight, desperate to find a face that you don't recognize, someone that you haven't known all your short life, to find anyone who survived, they can't all be dead, only a monster wouldn't spare the little ones, why didn't Gramps protect them--

But there's no comfort to be found. There is nothing but Death here. Silent, heavy, choking Death, everything snuffed out. Like a conductor's caesura, abruptly slicing the sound of life in two.

And whatever caused it is still here.

You turn to the door, but it's too late: it's there, towering in the doorway and blocking your only escape, staring you down from behind the featureless helmet. The facelessness makes its gaze all the more terrible, and you sink to your knees, no longer able to stand.

Even as you wait (for judgement) to die, there is a boiling, sickening anger setting in deep in your bones -- you want to kill this thing, want to kill it with your bare hands if you have to. You want to make it feel pain for everything it's so casually taken away from you, all its careless cruelty--

--and you know that if you do you will be the same as it, and it laughs, the sound horrible and mirthful and evil, and you know that it knows. And you know that no matter what you do, you cannot win.

There are friends nearby. You can't look away from it, but you can see them falling, out of the corner of your eyes-- friends never meant to be a part of this world, collapsing in the dark shadows; crumbling to hollow notes. Joining the bodies already on the floor. It makes a terrible kind of sense in the back of your mind: this space is Death, and everything within it succumbs just from being there. It delivers Death, so it is immune, and you--

(you are no better)

You want to go to them, to help, to warn them away, but your legs won't work and you can't turn away from its face. You are fixated and frustrated and helpless, and the anger is climbing, bubbling under your skin as they continue to die. It's laughing again (it was always laughing), knowing that it's winning. And suddenly you don't care about sinking to its level-- if you have to lose, if there's no way to win, then you're going to damn well take it down with you, make it feel all the hurt and pain you're suffering--

you know you have the power to do it--

you're the only one who does--

everyone else is dead, it won't matter now--

the power climbs up your chest and throat, welling like an air pocket, almost choking you in its haste to be set free--

But before you can open your mouth and sound the first note, it reaches up and removes its helm. You're left facing a tired old man, human as any other, weary and sorrowful beyond even his advanced years. His eyes catch yours and he makes no move to defend himself. Sadly, regretfully, he says,

"I only wanted to save the widows."

You struggle with yourself (now you're it), but it's far too late to stop. It's always been too late to stop.

Your lips part and before you can take it back the first note of the Song spills forth.

Behind you, Gramps' corpse begins to laugh.

(back at the Hakubas', Alize wakes up.)]

[Phone call to Aoko. Voice, naturally]

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:31:02 GMT

[sounds very definitely stressed, and worried, and angry]

Aoko, it's me. Where's your dad right now?

Though I listen when you talk to me, your eyes, they seem cold

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:52:12 GMT

Alize gripped the wheels of her chair a little tighter than necessary as she made her way up to Kaito's front door. Much as she wanted to know what the story was behind his being Kaitou Kid, and much as she knew that there was no way in hell he could explain that at Hakuba's, she hadn't really wanted to come out here. She'd deliberately been avoiding going out into public ever since the others had brought her back from Merry Widow. She still didn't trust herself, even around her friends, and the possibility that her 'ability' might go off in a crowded public place terrified her to the bone.

She didn't want to be another Widow maker. She didn't want to prove that Eyguebelle might have been right to do what he did. She didn't want to find out that that -- that bomb would go off every time she was angry.

She didn't want to make Hakuba and the others sorry that they'd brought her back to the only home she'd known in a long while.

In her mind, that had originally equated to running away to a place where none of those things could happen -- because in Merry Widow they'd already happened and there wasn't anything left to destroy. But that plan had failed, and she knew her surrogate family wouldn't let her take off a second time. What was more, she didn't have anywhere left to hide. There were a few more abandoned cities on her world that she knew of, but she didn't know the territory or the gangs of any of them, and she was under no illusions that she could survive in such a place without that knowledge. For better or for worse, she was stuck in Ekoda, and as long as that was the case, she was minimizing her human contact as much as possible.

She didn't want to hurt another friend like she'd hurt Haruhi.

Kaito didn't seem to get that. He kept pushing her into going to public places, seeing friends, when she couldn't even get him to admit that she'd killed people. Innocent people, not just akuma. She didn't know if he was in denial, or whether he honestly didn't know that it was true. With Kaito, either was equally possible.

The singer took a shaky breath of cold, damp, early-April air.

She wasn't even sure if Hakuba knew it was true. Doyle had video proof, she was sure of it, but he was smart enough to argue with his creator. He could have kept the information from Hakuba if he wanted to. Then again, if Hakuba did know, could he keep the information from the police?

She wasn't sure she wanted to know. And she was too afraid to ask.

In any case, part of the reason she'd agreed to come was because she was intent on drilling the fact that she was dangerous through Kaito's thick skull. At least Hakuba was smart enough to get out of the way if -- when -- she went crazy. Doyle could be rebuilt, if it came right down to it. But Kaito and Haruhi?

Alize shuddered. She'd already seen a small example of what she could do to them. She didn't want a bigger one. She needed to know they'd run if it happened again, if only for her peace of mind.

Wheeling right up to the porch, she got out of her chair and sat on the top step while she easily lifted the whole thing up over the stairs. Building back up to her old arm strength had been easy once she got over the initial 'hill', and she was back to her habit of bringing her light, foldable chair to people's houses so that she could get around stairs if she needed to. It was slow and awkward to have to keep getting in and out of her chair to get up or around things, but it was better than being stuck entirely.

Alize heaved herself back into the seat and rolled up to the front door, ringing the bell.

And so it goes, and so it goes...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:25:43 GMT

[Somewhere deep, deep in the crumbled, abandoned remains of what was once the slums of Merry Widow, past a half-collapsed armoury containing the charred and broken bits of disturbing weapons from a bygone era, there is a rickety old house surrounded by a high wire fence. Perhaps once warm and welcoming, the building now holds all the nostalgia of a bombed-out schoolhouse in a forbidden and forgotten war zone.

A hole has been cut in the chain link fence, just large enough for a person to pass through. Beyond it, the entire wall of the building has been taken out, and the inside is rank with mildew and mist. Rotting books, pictures, wallpaper, and less identifiable substances have seeped into the surroundings, left to decompose where they fell years ago, the sad reminders of a life ended tragically quick. Even the bandits (shady, violent criminals that have made a territory of the remains of the city) and the vagabonds (dusty, homeless wanderers with sticky fingers who hide in the cracks) have left this area well enough alone. It's too dilapidated to safely worldhop straight in, and too far into the ruins to be reached by car or mount. It seems impossible that a wheelchair might have come this way, but if one carefully examines the dusty ground between the jagged chunks of concrete, tire tracks (and deeper dragging tracks) are faintly visible.

There are more tracks inside the house, criss-crossing the filthy floor and the even more filthy remains of old carpets. There are signs that the stairs have been used as well -- not as recently as the tracks, but sometime after the house fell into disrepair. A year or so ago, perhaps? The door at the top of the stairs hangs drunkenly half-on, half-off its hinges, and the massive, echoing room beyond is dark and in complete shambles. The rest of the building is hardly any brighter, half-buried as it is in the debris of the surrounding city. The depressing shades of gray give it the feeling of being frozen forever in some terrible moment in time, sealed off from the outside world of the living. And for a place that was once so filled with music, it is now stuffed to the seams with deadened silence.

It can't possibly be healthy to live here.

For all intents and purposes, nobody's home, and nobody has been for a while. But under the grime, some of the water bottles and garbage look newer than the rest, and there's plenty of nooks and crannies in the former music academy that are large enough to hide a person...]

55

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:01:32 GMT

i can't

i didn't

I

What happened?! it shouldn't have-- it was just a trigger! It wasn't supposed to

there was no weapon

I'm not a weapon I'm a trigger and it shouldn't have worked without the weapon

All those people

no

THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!!!!

((Good luck trying to get a coherent answer out of her, guys. She'll go progressively crazier for a bit and then take off somewhere where she hopes she won't be a danger to anyone. Hakuba, she'll be stealing your car (and yes, she'll find a way to work the pedals). She'll leave a note saying she left it with Stir in Zaza so that it doesn't get stolen.

Also, she's under the impression that she killed way more people than she actually did.))

[Locked from the Earl and Noahs]

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:32:28 GMT

There's akuma here!! I thought the Earl didn't know about this place!! Why are they showing up now?!

((Yeah, those living near Alize will find her acting fairly paranoid. She knows exactly what these things can do. :<))

OOC;

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:51:26 GMT

I couldn't resist. APPARENTLY DEMYX IS STILL THE REIGNING CHAMPION.

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[Locked to Kaitou Kid, since she doesn't know who else to lock it to]

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:12:34 GMT

What the hell is going on?!

There's been a couple of shady guys murdered in a warehouse, and they were leaving weird clues all over the city! You know what's going on, don't you!

((Alize has been ICly gone for about a day and a night, nosing around with the homeless population in Tokyo and dodging Yakuza. May be unlocked to more people later. ~~And she's really more shaken up than she's letting on.~~))

OOC;

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:28:10 GMT

SUMMARY OF ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR IN THE FUZZY NAVEL PLOT. Mostly for our reference.

The original Fuzzy Navel scans are here.

So then! Jing told Kaito that there's someone in Orgeat who might be able to help him look for Pandora. Orgeat is the ruins of a hidden city, tucked away in an oasis in the middle of the White Night Desert. There are lots of legends about it, but the only people who know how to get there are the desert nomads (and the attendants of the Lost King, but they're all dead now >_>).

The nomads wander around the desert and Alize knows how to find them. Grenadine and Sugar are a pair of nomad sisters who met Jing when they went through the desert -- Grenadine is a knife thrower in their circus, and Sugar is her younger sister. Jing saved them both from both the Eye in the Sky (this giant flying eyeball of death, I kid you not) and from being thrown into the Millennium Stew that was being cooked for the Lost King. If you guys don't want to log this part and the desert crossing we can just jump straight to Orgeat. (Although Grenadine WILL inform them that there's nothing there any more, and will be curious as to why Kaito wants to go, so he'll need to come up with an excuse. |D)

At Orgeat, Campari's actually going to be wandering around, for undisclosed reasons. Kaito can get him alone while the others are exploring (there's a waterfall lake for swimming! :D) and explain that Jing said he could help and blah blah blah. He doesn't have to tell Campari about Pandora, just saying he's looking for a big jewel with suspicious/bloody history should be enough. Campari suggests Fuzzy Navel, hints at the suspicious activity around there, says that they can get there from Aviation, gives some vague warnings, and then wishes him luck and leaves.

So from there the group heads to Aviation, which would... actually be a bit of a trip because the desert is big and it's on the other side. Anyway, they get to Aviation, maybe run into Kirsche (who would just warn them to get out), hear some rumours on the street about God being more angry or vengeful lately or something along those lines. Further questioning would reveal a number of buildings in both that city and a few nearby ones have been destroyed by violent thunderstorms. Further further questioning would reveal that most of the inhabitants of those houses were either wealthy or had shady dealings or some kind of family heirloom, and general superstition is that they were struck down because of their greed. Of course, lightning that frequent and regular is totally unnatural, so looking around they'd eventually get pointed towards the priest at the lightbulb temple, since that guy 'knows all about' Fuzzy Navel, where God lives (which he doesn't, but hey, minor details!).

The priest is still utterly bonkers, and hasn't been able to summon the fish again since the original arc (several years ago; he'll likely only rant about fish and birds same as he did the first time around. Feel free to have Kaito complain :D). However, in the comics, you will notice that Jing actually started constructing the map to Fuzzy Navel out of random objects on the table (http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n234/halfling_rogue/Jing/schnaps04.png the head is the Gigantessa, the spiral is Fuzzy Navel, and the lightbulb is the main temple, I think) -- and they're still there, as the priest thinks Jing was some kind of child blessed by the light and thought there might be some kind of 'higher meaning' in the junk.

So Kaito can see the stuff and figure out that it's a map. He can either write it down or keep it in his head, doesn't matter. Then someone can ask the priest about the lightbulbs outside, he can say they haven't worked for years, and either Hakuba or Kaito, I'm guessing (or even Aoko by accident, which would be funny) could figure out the organ, fix it, and turn on the lights to attract the fish.

Fish shows up, the priest is ecstatic and can inform them that it goes to Fuzzy Navel if they ask him. That and the lightning rumours should be enough to prompt Hakuba and Aoko to drag Kaito up onto the fish, and off they go.

Right, so! Giant fish. Giant singing fish. With lots of little fish trailing alongside. And Alize left behind in Aviation, swearing at the lot of them for leaving her behind. :D After a while they'll eventually get to the main gate with the giant guardian guys, who have been repaired (and powered up, even).

(Near as I can tell, the guardians are meant to resemble the Japanese gods Fujin and Raijin, so feel free to have them note that or make jokes. "A legend of Chinese Buddhism states that Fūjin, the god of wind, and Raijin, the god of thunder, were both originally evil demons who opposed Buddha. They were captured in battle with Buddha's army of heaven, and have worked as gods since then.")

They can beat the guardians either by cutting/breaking the giant electrical plugs attached to their backs, or the way Jing did by making a hole in the door with something to attract the fish (Jing's comment about knocking on doors was actually an unintentional hint in this regard :D). It's up to you guys.

Then is the Corridor of Clouds, going through the thunderstorm, etc. etc. Then is Fuzzy Navel! Instead of Arak, they're greeted by a priest named Raki (yes, both those names are alcoholic drinks), who's just as sly and questionable-looking, if not more so. Aoko is led off to the girls' quarters, which have been repopulated, while the boys are led off to the electric chair room, same as Jing and Kir were. :D

While she's with the girls, Aoko will get the story of Fuzzy Navel -- the whole thing about the Celestial Sea being the birthplace of humanity, Pesca Luminosa being God and light and lightning his gift, how gravity corrupts humanity, etc. etc. She'll also be told about how a few years ago there was a terrible accident at the temple -- some heathens arrived, a pair of boys, who attempt to usurp Pesca Luminosa and destroy the Cahier Sect and the Pesca Gigantessa. The girls have been told that Pesca mustered his powers and remade himself into a new image to fight them (which is how the priests cover up the fact that it's now a new Pesca), and the heathens were destroyed, but not before the Gigantessa was lost. Luckily, the temple and the Gigantessa were restored thanks to the Pesca's grace and the aid of some mysterious supporters of the temple. The girls were also told that the LAST group of girls who were there were killed by the heathens, so the whole group is going to be all nervous and shrieky about Kaito and Hakuba being around. Aoko is welcome to try and talk sense into them -- they aren't really dumb, just very naive.

Kaito and Hakuba escape the priests by whatever means you guys want, and presumably start skulking around hallways trying to find Aoko and what the hell is going on. They'll hear priests running around looking for the 'heathens', and some of the older priests commenting on how they 'can't let it happen again' and 'the Gigantessa must succeed this time' and 'the black priests won't be pleased' (re: Black Ops) and 'it's just like when that damned heathen and his bird showed up', if they want any hints that it was Jing the first time. They'll also be increasing security around Pesca Luminosa, since they'll be expecting an attack on him.

They can get outside to the temple grounds, where they'll be able to see the almost-complete Gigantessa. Just like with Kirsche, the girls will be out looking at the Gigantessa as well (probably on a balcony instead of the ground, both for a better view and so the priests can keep a closer eye on them this time), and they'll explain to Aoko that it's a giant cloud being dedicated to God, and that with a sacrifice it will be completed and serve in God's army or some such junk like that.

The log starts here.

Kaito and Hakuba catch sight of them, make their way up to the balcony somehow, the girls start shrieking about heathens, and Aoko can try to explain as much as she can before the priests break in with a cloud soldier. Aoko is taken away with the other girls, and Kaito and Hakuba are left to fight the soldier. Things start to look bad, and then Jing shows up as Kid and helps them take out the bad guys (he doesn't have Kaito's card gun, but he knows his arm blade would be a giveaway, so he's compromising by using a normal sword. Which he'll probably pull out of his sleeve or something as a magic trick >_>). They figure out how to beat it, see the coeur with the cat mummy inside, draw their conclusions with some help from Kid!Jing, and freak out and try to go after Aoko.

Kid!Jing then informs them that the priests decided to skip the lots this time -- Pesca declared that Aoko's arrival was 'ordained' by him and that she's going to be the sacrifice. This makes the rest of the girls both confused and protesting, but Pesca says if she goes quietly they'll only need the one sacrifice, which is a subtle threat of course. The three boys go after Pesca, only to encounter a small army of priests in the throne room, and Pesca himself will be throwing lightning around at them. The priests also have some weaponry that's very distinctly from Earth, which will look particularly out of place. Jing'll tell Kaito to go get Aoko while he takes care of things there. In the meantime, Kir's off in another part of the temple, and starts to cause blackouts in order to distract the priests and cause some chaos. While this partially works, it also prompts the priests to cut the ablutions short and get Aoko in the coeur.

Kaito can run into the girls while he's searching for Aoko, and they'll point him to where he needs to go, and tell him not to worry about the throne room, because "Kid-san" and "Arak-sama" will take care of things -- turns out two of the temple girls are actually part of Arak's insurgent movement (one of them is actually the sister of one of the girls who died in the earlier arc).

Back in the throne room, that's just what's happening! Just when the fight was getting bad, Arak shows up with reinforcements. They beat the priests and overwhelm Pesca, disconnecting him from the electricity. Jing asks Arak what he plans to do with Pesca, and Arak'll say he won't 'steal from God' (kill) any more, and they'll take Pesca away -- but if Hakuba asks about it Jing'll mention that Pesca will likely die without the electricity anyway. Then he'll comment that it looks like their 'friends in black' have reached even Fuzzy Navel, and that he'll look for them while Hakuba goes and finds Kaito and Aoko.

There is fighting ALL OVER the temple AND the city now, so by the time Hakuba manages to find/get to them, Kaito can have Aoko out of the coeur (he can do it before they even manage to get the coeur in the Gigantessa, if you want, or he can do it like Jing did). Jing WILL actually be going after the couple of Black Ops trying to escape the temple (as himself, not Kid, and with Kir along with him), and while one of them gets away, I figure he can get a hold of the other and kick him around a bit for some info. He'll let the BO go eventually, but he'll warn them to watch out or the King of Bandits is going to steal their dreams right out from under them. |D; Then he'll go and check out the jewels/immortality rumours they collected, mostly notes on Reviver, some stuff about Rusty Nail, maybe even something about Sungria if we want them there. He's going to assume none of the jewels are Pandora, since they're all in the same ('discard') pile and if any of them were it would've been gone or guarded, anyway. So he and Kir take all the jewels for themselves and clear out. :D (Well, not before leaving most of the big ones with Arak to help fund rebuilding the city.)

Kaito and the others can find their way back around to Arak, who'll thank them and give them a plane to get back to Aviation (and the girls will have some heartfelt thanks and tearful goodbyes for 'brave sister Aoko').

HAPPY ENDING. Well, except Alize will be yelling at them all, doubly so because while they were gone Kirsche told her about what's going on in Fuzzy Navel and what happened the last time she was there, and so Alize has been worried sick waiting for them all to come back. On the plus side, she'll have hotel rooms and food and stuff waiting for them, so they'll be able to rest as soon as they arrive.

54; Let's get this show on the road!

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:16:29 GMT

If I never see another feather, it'll be too soon. Hate gods. Thanks for worrying about me, Kyon, Daisuke.

Kaito, Aoko, are you ready to go? It might take a while to find the nomads, so we have to leave before noon. Hakuba and I are already packed.

((Alize'll be bringing a special foldable outdoor wheelchair made for going over sand and rough terrain.))

53 [voice]

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:50:44 GMT

[VERY ANGRY QUACKING]

((Eris turned Alize into a duck. Which she is not happy about, because she was pissed off enough last time she was virused into a plush duck. Akako plz help. :<))

52 [Post-dated to AFTER Hakuba's back to normal]

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:45:46 GMT

I really, really hate gods. Like it wasn't bad enough when they first showed up here. Now there's even more of them. ~~And what was with that one idiot guy who kept saying hockey is better than basketball?!~~

Okay, Kaito, Hakuba! This is a list of all the places on my world I know about. Just tell me which ones you want to go see first. And get Aoko and Akako to look at them too!

Blue Hawaii - It's this coastal city up north. A lot of people go there for vacation, but it's pretty boring.

the White Night Desert - A huge desert that takes up most of the middle of the continent. Supposedly only the nomads know how to get through the whole thing.

the City of Corpse - On the far side of the White Night Desert. Mostly demons and ghouls live there. I heard their new prince just got instated.

Sungria - There's a lot of mining done there, and it's mostly deserts and badlands. Kind of backwards, too. Like a western movie. ~~Hakuba, you need to get more of those by the way. They're fun.~~

Aviation - It's a city south of the White Night Desert. They deal in electricity, and it's where the cat people live.

Rusty Nail - Near Widow's Kiss. They're really popular for their medicine and the Guardian Bird. The chief surgeon, Doctor Uryan, is really skilled. I've met him before.

Moulin Rouge - Also near my hometown. They're the funeral district to go along with the medicinal one. It's a really big city, though, and a lot of people visit it. There used to be a Love Tax, but I heard it was lifted a few years ago.

Czarine - The floating City of Ore. I don't really know a lot about it, except that you need to watch out for the Tovarisch.

Pompier - Pretty far north. They're known for their artists, and their paints and colours. The alcohol's supposed to be pretty good, too.

You guys've already been to Zaza, of course. There's no way we're going to the City of Thieves, even if I knew how to get there. Which I don't.

And then there's the ruined cities. Reviver, Orgeat, and Rocket Town. ~~And Merry Widow.~~

((She's deliberately not mentioning Adonis because she wants to take Hakuba there sometime as a surprise, because she knows he'll like it. Last strike is unhackable except for uberhackers, ie. gods.))

OOC;

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:12:03 GMT

OOC;

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:51:58 GMT

OKAY HI THIS IS LATE I KNOW SHUT UP.

Christmas gifts!

Alize
Kaito - ~~A glow-in-the-dark picture book. |D~~ Nah, really, a book on Campari, a famous conjurer from her world who was incarcerated in (and then escaped from) the maximum security prison Seventh Heaven. Have scans and an awesome OVA for details. :D Also a copy of Escape From Monkey Island~
Aoko - The song she promised to write for her. And as an extra bonus: Kaito singing it! (Or the live version, anyway. Alize is singing the recorded version that's going on the mix tape Kaito is making Aoko.)
Hakuba - An elegantly decorated high-end maple violin made in Widow's Kiss; nears Stradivarius in terms of quality.
Baaya - Live recording of one of the best classical string quartets in Widow's Kiss.
Hakuba's Dad - ...Some kind of prank gift idk. SNAKES IN A CAN? And licorice allsorts.
Haruhi - An amp to go with the guitar she gave her last year. It's the pedal-switch kind that lets you do all kinds of funky sound effects.
Train - A leather bomber jacket. He's hard to shop for, okay.
Demyx - ...A new sitar carved with water designs. It's different from the one she got Dyme, though, in that it's a lighter shade of blue and has white and gold accents instead of gunmetal and silver. LEFT ANONYMOUSLY.
Jordan - Homemade donuts. They turned out pretty well, too! All kinds of flavours~
Eva - A pair of chokers.
Komui - High quality coffee! :D LEFT ANONYMOUSLY.
Jing and Kir - Also donuts because she doesn't know what else to give them.
LKAHSFLKSAHF SORRY KYON - The Science of Doctor Who. |D And a tribble.

Ran
Shinichi - Red and white sweater, and the Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes.
Conan - She heard Myst was a puzzle video game, so she thought Conan might like it and got him that. She has no idea how hard it actually is, but he probably won't mind. |D
Heiji - ....I'm pretty sure girls only get Christmas presents for guys they like (like like) in Japan. In any case, I have no idea what she'd get him even if that weren't the case. Probably something generic like gloves.
Kazuha - A cute shoulder bag.

Jing and Kir
Shia - A Christmas visit (and some treats to go with, probably a yule log or something)
Alize - Gramps' diary. He went and dug it up out of the rubble in Merry Widow. Still readable!

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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:08:41 GMT

What do you guys want for Christmas?

50

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:01:30 GMT

I'm heading out to Zaza early to sort some things out with the musicians before the Masquerade starts. Kaito, Aoko, I'll have your masks ready for you when you guys get here, okay?

If anybody wants to find me, I'm going to be staying in room 303 at the Anonimato.

[voice post][retroactively locked to Kaito and Hakuba]

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:59:34 GMT

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize (don't patronize me)

'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these lonely hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no, you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't

I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight (and I will give up this fight)

'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these lonely hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no, you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't

((OOC: Song can be found on songerize.com))

This place does seem to have many travellers.

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:19:14 GMT

[have a voice post of this song, 6:30 - 8:40]

I believe I've been long enough in Pontevedro.

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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:40:47 GMT

Guess I should offer to get masks for everyone like last year. I'll have to get Jordan or someone to worldhop me back home.

. . . It's sure been a while since I've been there . . . I wonder if Eyguebelle's changed at all. Probably not.

[Private -- hackable to those with the necessary computer skills]

I don't know what to tell him. Either of them. I don't know how to talk to him, I don't -- I don't even know if we can be friends. It was bad enough having him lose all his memories that first time to Yuuko, but this -- I know it's still him, but what am I supposed to say?! "Sorry, I can't hang out with you because every time I look at you I'm reminded of everything you forgot"?

I can't do that to him.

And the stupidest thing is that I actually feel better talking to him. It was just a few sentences! I've been with Dyme for almost a year, I shouldn't -- it shouldn't be this way. The whole thing will just happen all over again, exactly the same as before.

Sometimes I wish Jing had just stolen me away and been done with it.

[RL - The Doctor and Haruhi]

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:43:51 GMT

[And hello, large mecha piloted by Jr. dropping in for a visit. Good thing the TARDIS has a garage somewhere in its labyrinth of rooms, or the landing might have been a bit awkward. Alize thanks Jr. and heads off into the hallways, carrying her bag.]

[Has no idea how to get to the control room, so hey, let's try the quickest method for finding people.]

HARUHI!! I'M HERE! WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?

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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:12:21 GMT

No I will not lay down
I will not live my life like a ghost in this town
I am not lonely
Swear to God I'm just alone
I'm back on my feet
I can just close my eyes and forget everything
My house is empty
Every memory blown away

Oh the sound of the wind
Through my bones makes me laugh
At all the bodies I kissed and never knew
Oh the sound of a lover's sympathy
Falling down to the floor
Just barely out of reach
From me

No I will not go back
Every word that's been hiding inside of my head
Is running blindly
Look behind me nothing's left
I can sit in a room
I can hear myself breathing and be quite amused
My life is simple
Like the wrinkles on my skin

Oh the sound of the wind
Through my heart makes me glad
For all the ones that never knew my name
Oh the sound of a lover's sympathy
I had to go, could not stay here
They were always out of reach
From me

I'm going to New York. And I'm staying there.

((Quick hiatus break~ Can't promise I'll be too swift on replies.))

OOC;

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:00:11 GMT

( 20 facts meme~ )

OOC: AMV MEME!

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:42:18 GMT

There are no AMVs for Alize, since she isn't even remotely anywhere near the anime, and like hell I'm making a slideshow. So have the very very very awesome OVA instead.

And as for Cheetor, um. I'm kind of surprised that there were AMVs! But there were! And one of them wasn't even half bad! So here you go.

OOC;

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:33:04 GMT

Christmas presents!!

Alize
Haruhi - A hollow body third bridge electric guitar, since she knows about the ENOZ thing. It's got Haruhi's name etched into the body, and the neck is decorated with swirls and starbursts. She can get a whole whack of sounds out of it, especially because it was made in Widow's Kiss. ♥
Orlando - ~~Ghost in the Shell: SAC~~ She managed to find a really old copy of the Silmarillion on Haruhi's world. Also a drive with a collection of music she's found that she thinks he'd like.
Eva - Flowers from Adonis, and a crafted mask from Zaza (artistic and wearable!).
Maraich - Wine from Zaza, and a spiral-eyed stuffed cat toy for Matthias.
Jordan - An orphan porvora that she found--with the warning that they're highly explosive. But she figures if anyone can handle one of these guys, it's Jordan. Also an offer to bring him to meet the Guardian Bird in Rusty Nail, if he wants.
Tifa - Chocolates~
Kyon - Also a drive of selected music! A watch from Adonis decorated with the stars and planets (that peculiarly switches to keep the time for whatever world he's in), and a sweater. ~~Also a 'Get out of Haruhi's clutches free' card as a joke.~~
Roxas - A belt chain that he can clip a charm or wallet to or whatever, peppermint sticks, and a watch like Kyon's (only instead of stars and planets, with a really ornate face and hands, similar to the clock tower in Twilight Town).
Axel - A couple of bottles of alcohol from Pompier, and catnip for Skittles.
Shadow - A pair of gloves, and a music box for Maria.
Komui - A book by Doctor Uryan on the more unique medical advances he's made, particularly in surgery. Also, gourmet coffee. ♥
Cuddy - A wool hat and pair of leather gloves. Mostly as a thank-you for trying to fix her legs ~~even if it didn't work~~.
Ed - An old book she managed to find about Reviver and their purported methods of acquiring the Aqua Vitae. She has no idea whether it's valid or useful, since most of the language goes right over her head, but she figured it was worth a shot.
Daisuke - Paints from Pompier.
~~Silver - Special food rations from the White Desert; the nomads use them, and they're both tasty, filling, and keep for a really long time.~~
~~Ari - A violin, and a new headband.~~
~~Dyme - A maintenance and repair kit for his sitar.~~

Zack ~~Aeris totally had to help him pick out the girls' gifts.~~
Tifa - A new pair of boots and some hair barrettes. Kind of a peacemaking gift too, although he refuses to bring up Rufus in conversation at all.
Cloud - ~~Provided he's back~~ Some parts he'd been needing for Fenrir and a new pair of shades.
Aeris - ~~Snogging!~~ A hair ribbon with bells on the ends, a new winter coat, and seeds for her garden that he's picked up here and there.
Marlene and Denzel - Toys and candy, of course.
Cid - Fine quality smokes. |D
Axel - A red PHS, and a leather jacket.
Roxas - A silver PHS, a handheld gaming platform, and a black and silver munny pouch with his name on it.
Namine - A new sketch book, a silver necklace, and a book on mixing colours (in all mediums, including crayon).
Haruhi - You get Zack hugs! Oh, fine, and a yellow PHS ~~with lots of games~~, and a series of Doctor Who DVDs he'd gotten while at Cuddy's world.
Ed - A Cure 2 Materia. (He would've given him Ice or Fire, but he didn't want Ed to hurt himself if it turned out they worked weird for him or something. ~~Whether he can actually access the knowledge and memories of the dead souls within, I'll leave up to you.~~) Also a travel-sized backgammon board for those long train rides. |D
~~Dyme - Junk food. |D~~

Cheetor does not know about Christmas. :<

Also, HAVE A REMEME! Ask any of my characters any question and they'll answer it honestly.