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Destiny Strings Mods ([personal profile] stringmods) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2014-04-25 09:03 pm

Spring Celebration [OPEN TO ALL]

Who: Everyone
Where: All around the city
Summary: Open!
Warnings: None

Spring had finally arrived in Hinoto-Ri, and with it, a sense of renewal. The cold winter had gone, sweeping away memories of Shadows, endlessly repeating days, and awkward Valentine's Day escapades. A great deal of the damage to the city had been restored since the previous fall(although there is still damage from the Aries battle, but what else is new) and the gentle sun shining overhead in the midst of clear skies and a fresh breeze made it easy to forget that Hinoto-Ri was such a volatile place.

Life in the city goes on. And while there was no official government-hosted festival this year, the cherry trees throughout Capricorn remain present to be enjoyed, nonetheless. The first cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom and the pink blossoms are surely the most beautiful sight there is to see in Hinoto-Ri...



Tens of thousands of trees dotted the park's landscape, but it was the Cherry trees that were the stars of the weekend, the pink petals creating a heavenly smell only enhanced by the small stalls that were busy selling hot yakitori (grilled chicken on sticks), takoyaki (octopus balls on sticks), shioyaki (Salty grilled sea bream on sticks ) and kakigori (Shaved ice with syrup, not on a stick).

The prime picnic places were being taken and families grouped together to eat homemade lunches and bento, but there were still many spots and trees to go under should you wish to do so with friends. Young couples walked hand in hand and many young students sat under the trees, reading books or playing games.

Underneath a particularly large tree, the temples and shrines of the city have once again set up an area for O-Mikuji, where it was possible to get a fortune. 5 yen is the luckiest, though any offering will do.

There are, naturally, many other opportunities for the Visitors now that the weather is warming up. Picnics in the park, trawling the increasingly lively street-side stalls for trinkets and vendor food like takoyaki and yakitori, spending more time at night fighting demons during the 13th Hour now that it's not freezing cold...

Well, perhaps the last one isn't quite so fun. But the demons, too, seem bolder now that the weather has changed - with the exception of the Frosts, of course.

[OOC - Open log for all players! Start your own threads! have a picnic under the plants, eat a bunch of food or join others, mingle to your heart's content, tomorrow the ability to buy fortunes will be posted, and your character's fates may gain something new.

ETA: Fortunes will be delayed due to unexpected real life circumstances.]
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-04-28 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
I'm originally from the United States, but I studied a little bit in Europe for a few years before returning.

[They are in the US right? I never know for sure.]
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-04-28 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Japaniforniaaaa.]

I see. There's not a lot of greenery left in my world... there's a lot of pollution and trying to get every resource they can. But I think my world is further in the future than most - at least, from what I've heard talking to people.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-04-28 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
That seems kind of sad. How far in the future are you?
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-04-28 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
When I left, it was 2308.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-04-28 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. It was 2027 back home for me.
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-04-28 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles a bit, though his tone when he speaks is a bit strained.]

I've gotten used to that. It's been about half a year since I came here, and about a year and a half since I was first dragged from my world. I was in another place like this before, though it was a lot less... free.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-04-28 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[And it doesn't take much for her to catch onto that, but she's not going to question it.]

You were at another place like this before?
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-04-28 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I was. I believe some people here traveled there briefly, but that was before I was there. Death was... very cheap there. Our bodies weren't real, just our consciousnesses, which could be transferred into replacement bodies.

[How the enhancements and nanomachines transferred between bodies, he had no idea.]

The administrators there enjoyed putting us through all different kinds of tortures. This place is far better, even with its problems.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-04-29 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, what?

I'm almost afraid to ask, but what kinds of tortures.
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-04-29 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
... They messed with our minds, modified our bodies -

['Hah! Now isn't that a familiar way of phrasing it?' Allelujah trails off as he looks to his side. He can see Hallelujah, but no one else can.]

Stop it.

[He looks back at Athena.]


... All sorts of things.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-03 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay. Seriously. Something seems really odd. She doesn't usually... but uh...]

Is there something wrong? There seems to be discord in your voice.
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-05-03 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
I...

['Busted~.' He hangs his head slightly.]

Aside from what they did there... it wasn't the first facility I've been... experimented on in. The first was when I was young, and... ah...

Do you know what dissociative identity disorder is?
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-03 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
[That was certainly troubling but the psychologist side of her was taking over.]

I'm familiar with it.
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-05-03 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
That... was one of the side effects. For some, it's not uncommon to have their 'other self' be awake and have running commentary, or even have visual hallucinations of them.

[He tilts his head slightly to the side, where Allelujah is standing.]
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-03 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I can't really say it's common. I've studied psychology over the years.

[Glancing over to where he was gesturing to, but she saw nothing.]
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-05-03 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. He... likes to comment on what I was saying. He was saying earlier that I almost quoted him exactly. He's... not the nicest person, unfortunately.

['Yeah but where would you be without me?']
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-03 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
What's his name?

[.... Wait a minute...]

Oh! I'm sorry. I'm Athena Cykes.
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-05-03 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. I'm Allelujah Haptism, and he's Hallelujah.

[...]

And no, before you ask, we're not religious.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-03 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[To be fair, she wasn't going to ask. But she does have to laugh a little to that.]

It's nice to meet you both then.
egotrigger: ([alle] ehehe...)

[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-05-03 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
It's nice to meet you, too. I guess I'll say that for both of us since... he won't.

[His voice is significantly more at ease, now that she knows and isn't treating him badly for it. At least not yet. But he's had to learn to open up more easily.]

Have you been in this place for a long time?
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-03 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[As a psychologist, it's not something she can dismiss. Besides, there were weirder things here than that. She could handle something like that.]

Not really. I've only been here for about... [Wait... How long had she been here...?] .. A month or so.
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-05-03 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
I see. How do you like it here? You - ah! You had a birthday recently, right? That's where I've seen you before. Happy birthday, even if it's a little late.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-03 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay. It's a lot more calm than I thought it would be.

Ah! Yeah, I did. Thank you. It's the thought that matters, right?
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[personal profile] egotrigger 2014-05-03 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
That's one of the reasons I like it. And I don't have to fight if I don't have to.

You're welcome.
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[personal profile] cykedfists 2014-05-06 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
As far as I know, it seems easily avoidable if you're careful.

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