WEEKS 5 & 6

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WEEKS 5 & 6

THE CALM BEFORE...

The city has more or less bounced back after the disastrous Go-Kart race. While there are still some people recovering, no one’s hospitalized and there were thankfully no casualties - although there were more injuries than might have been expected, on accounts of some brawls that broke out among the competitors and the audience.

In spite of that, the Shopping District is feeling distinctly friendlier these days. Shopkeepers will take notice of repeat customers and be openly happy to see the better-behaved ones. They may even cut characters a discount on the sly for their patronship!

Perhaps as a result, the Nekyia Shopping District has become clear of haze much like the Nekyia dormitory started. While Shadows still lurk there, they are much fewer in number. Should characters choose to explore some more, they will find that the haze has become thinner in the Nekyia Entertainment District, allowing them to work on cleaning out the various Shadows that reside in that area.

WHAT THE FLUFF.

Meanwhile, back at the dormitory…

…trouble is amiss, but the fun kind of trouble.

On Sunday, September 1st, it seems like there's an event for pets being hosted at the parks near the dorm! That's fine and dandy, but the trouble comes from owners being careless and letting their animals run loose. That's right, some of them have been given free rein to explore, and a number of them have taken a liking to the dormitory!

You might be able to blame Dawn – that cat from the Nekyia who also appears to give you strange items! – because she's got bowls of cat food around her that she's feasting on. It's attracted some pet cats and strays alike. As for the dogs, well, they like people. Enough said.

Why not treat yourself to some animal therapy while you can? And if not, wrangling any animals that manage to get free works too!

SUMMER DAYS.

As summer break draws to a close, the Arcade is desperate to not only redeem its reputation, but also squeeze the last bit of pocket change out of people while they’re still on vacation. As a result, there is an ongoing discount on point cards allowing people to play competitive arcade games - Classics like Mirmo Kart and Street Slayer, as well as shinier rhythm games like Dancerun Stardom and LaiLai Universe Plus!

Of course, the hope is that characters drawn in by the arcade games will stick around for the other offerings - karaoke, bowling, ufo catchers, and even a bar (for those 21+!) And if none of these attractions are enough to catch a character’s eye, there’s plenty of other activities to be found in Carnation Court. Besides the restaurants and bars, there are many themed pop-up cafés and events, and even a few empty buildings with a very reasonable lease fee, should someone want to run an event of their own...

While the mood isn’t as open and friendly as the shopping district, it’s still worth a visit to relax and unwind a bit, preferably alongside Braphine’s other chosen. After all, there are Shadows looming on the horizon...

MESSAGE FROM YOUR RA!

Huh...? That's weird. It looks like a really big Shadow took up residence in the Nekyia. Hold on, I'll set things up so the app will give you the coordinates! Could you please check it out?

COMMISSIONS

NEKYIA COMMISSIONS

FETCH QUEST

I messed up…Mom's gonna be so mad at me for losing track of her dog at that event…

There's a shadow in the Nekyia that's taken the form of a Level 25 Nue. It seems to be growling in despair, and echoing the thoughts of this commissioner. Apparently this person lost his mother's dog at the event and hasn't made an effort to find it yet. Fight the Nue and try to knock some sense into this guy, either by shaking some sense into him or by defeating him; they've got a dog to find, after all.

YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE TOXIC

Leave, Braphine. Leave this world to the people. We don't need anyone. We've only got ourselves.

Seems like someone who might be involved with the vandalism incident might have a shadow here, too, in the form of a Level 24 Mokoi. She sounds like she's going to do something more extreme to the place if she isn't stopped. However, be careful… characters hit with Dazzler from this particular Shadow cannot be cured with magic, and must instead be healed by another person’s touch. It’s time to get cozy with your companions.

GET HEE OUTTA HERE

A powerful Shadow has appeared in the Nekyia and needs to be eliminated asap! Black Frost is a tenacious (if cute?) little guy, and can only be fought after taking down three Level 28 Jack Frosts beforehand. Make sure you ration out your spiritual energy and healing spells, this little Shadow can pack a real punch, being at Level 30! That said, for those who manage to defeat him, he should drop a mascot trading card. Turn this in to the priest or priestess at the temple to unlock a bonus new skill for your Persona!

(OOC: Please turn in your threads for this commission on the rewards page to unlock the new skill, which is separate from your leveling skillset! You may select one elemental skill for light damage to apply permanently to your character's persona. When turning in the skill will be effective immediately once rewarded.)

REAL WORLD COMMISSIONS

FINE DINING

Various restaurants, from fast food and fast casual grub to the fine dining establishments in Carnation Court are trying to outdo each other in terms of promotion, and as such are on the prowl for any free hands to help entice potential customers with free samples and food challenges galore. Grab a buddy and help hawk some bite-sized treats! Or maybe try to beat the record for the biggest burger ever eaten, if you dare.

ALL HANDS ON STAGE

A number of performers were involved in the Go-Kart incident and have yet to fully recover enough to do their parts for the show! For the next two weeks, the Sunset Grand Theater is looking for understudies for roles, as well as stage hands who are willing to ninja around and maneuver props and sets for the actors. The production is a fanciful tale of starcrossed lovers, evil stepmothers, political feuds, and for some reason, a dragon.

PREPARE THE PETS

The pet store in Vermillion Village is looking for some volunteers to help socialize the pets through playtime, as well as feed some of the more persnickety ones. Those who want to pet some adorable balls of fluff and energy can work with the kittens, puppies, and bunny rabbits, while those who are brave enough can try their hand at feeding the reptiles their meals of live crickets and frozen rats.

OOC

READ ME!!!!

Welcome to your log for Weeks 5 and 6! Feel free to use this log for any developments that happen during the next two weeks. There will be no log next week, but we will still be posting a small mini-event on Saturday.
For plotting, please feel free to head over to this post on the OOC comm to post your plotting top levels.
For Nekyia commissions, you can assume that the Shadows will respawn until they've been beaten enough times to go back to normal.
Palaces start this week! Please refer to the Palace schedule here and sign ups for this week's capped Palace here

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[townmusician]

Yeah, line reads.

[Haruka's face screws up, but it's hard to tell if it's from disdain or something else. (It's confusion, because how does someone not even know the term...?)

Anyways, he waves away Soujuurou's protest(?).]

You don't need to know how to act. It's just to help me know what my cue is.

[Picking up on that is easier when you can hear it!!! Gosh. It's like this guy knows nothing.]

[emptyself]

Your cue...

[ something about it still sounds foreign and odd to soujuurou, who's only really stuck to documentaries than anything else. acting is a completely different beast. ]

Well, if you say I can help even without knowing, then I'll help you out. [ he nods, blissfully unaware of haruka's confusion. ] I'll read what you want.

[townmusician]

...You're really out of place, huh.

[He (gently!) slaps the script in his hand against Soujuurou's chest, gesturing to a spot that's out of the way of the other people bustling around backstage.]

I marked off my lines, so you're playing the other character in the scene.

[He makes sure to nab another script on their way over, just in case things start going south.]

[emptyself]

[ well, haruka, he was fitting in perfectly when he was working backstage, moving crates for props and whatever. but acting? he can't act his way out of a paper bag.

he takes the script so gently slapped on his chest, scanning over it for a minute or so before nodding to himself, a small smile on his face. ]

Okay, I think I understand now. Start whenever you're ready.

[townmusician]

[Skill issue.]

Alright.

[And that's the only warning Soujuurou gets as Haruka launches into the scene, spare script tucked under his arm. He's got his lines memorized, but i'm not clever on the fly so we can just imagine what he's saying. Maybe he's playing the dragon. Either way, he does know how to act, unfortunately.

Anyways. Your turn, Soujuurou.]

[emptyself]

[ as soujuurou watches haruka say his line, it almost feels like it’s a sort of spell for him. in his time in the city, he’s watched one documentary at most, and that had no acting.

nevertheless, to him, who barely knows haruka, the idol might as well have become another person entirely. even for that short line, it’s as if a spell had been cast on the young man.

it takes a second for him to react, once it’s over, as he pulls the script closer to read… ]

Um…

[ right. right, his line. as he starts, he’s… basically reading it. unlike haruka who can get into the character, soujuurou is doing little more than reading, the same way that he would do in school. do not hire him for acting. ]

[townmusician]

[His "acting" is as stiff as Haruka was expecting, but he at least reads the right lines even if the way he reacts is strange. It's strange enough that Haruka doesn't immediately reply with his line, curious about what that was all about.]

Is something wrong?

[r u ok mountain boy]

[emptyself]

Oh, um... nothing, really.

[ like a cat caught red handed, soujuurou looks away meekly from haruka for a second, before turning back. ]

It was just incredible to see how you got into character like that. It's like you were a whole other person.

[townmusician]

Well... that's the entire point of acting, becoming someone else for a little while.

[Which. Should be obvious? Yet it isn't, somehow.]

Have you never seen a stage show before or something?

[emptyself]

No, I haven't.

[ is that yet another thing that's common in the city? signs point to yes. ]

[townmusician]

Do they just... not exist where you're from? Or, well—you haven't seen a movie, either?

[help him]

[emptyself]

Oh, Kinomi lent me one of those...a VHS tape? It was all about crocodiles and it was very informative.

[ no, he can't distinguish a documentary from a movie. ]

[townmusician]

...A VHS tape?

[His grandma had those... Is he way older than Haruka thought? Or from some weird past dimension??]

So you've only... watched something about crocodiles on some dusty old VHS?

[emptyself]

[ he nods. ]

It wasn't that dusty, though.

[townmusician]

What, was it 1995 or something??

[he has no idea when DVDs hit the market and started replacing VHS tapes... shockingly, he's only like a year off, but still. that's ancient history to him.]

[emptyself]

1989.

[ wow, so the world keeps going for 6 more years! fascinating! ]

[townmusician]

1989?!

[oh my god he IS a grandpa—]

So that means you were, like, born in the '70s?

[emptyself]

Uh, yeah, I guess. 1972.

[ ...? ]

Is something wrong?

[townmusician]

You're like thirty years older than me.

[That's not how it works but it also is how it works? Technically???]

[emptyself]

I don't think that's how that works. I'm still 17.

[ hmph!!! he's not a grandpa! ]

[townmusician]

Well, yeah, but I was born in 2000. So looking at it that way it's kind of weird, isn't it?

[emptyself]

A little bit, yeah but I guess a god just has that ability.

[ it's fine? don't worry about it. ]

[townmusician]

I guess.

[He's not worried about it, but it's weird!!]

...Well. Whatever. It's weird, but we have more important things to do right now. Like this dumb play. And getting you to watch a movie.

[emptyself]

You'll watch a movie with me? That sounds like fun.

[townmusician]

Well, yeah? I mean... that's just a normal thing to do. And someone has to make sure you watch something good!

[He is NOT NICE or FRIENDLY!!!! Not at all!!!!!]