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[whatoncewaswhole]

Who: Open to anyone!
Where: Everywhere at first, but leading up to the Virgo District.
Summary: There's an odd feeling in the air, in the wake of the Scorpio incident...
Warnings: Secondary, small plot event
The city was in a sort of rebuilding lull after the Scorpio incident. People swept debris off their porches as Wand operatives did their best to calm the demon population- the post-battle issues would probably have lasted quite a long time, if not for an odd intervention.

The twenty-seventh of October was an oddly quiet night in Hinoto-Ri. The silence seemed to scrub the streets clean, even if only metaphorically. A soft, humid rain drizzled down over the city like a blanket, lulling those who were still awake and patrolling. Yet, there were not nearly as many demons as usual; something unheard of for the town, and too suspicious to leave be, especially in the wake of Skorpios.

At about eleven, the rain picked up, more of a downpour than anyone could have expected- and there was a sound. No, more than that- it was music.

At first, the tune was simply an irritation, but as the minutes ticked on, it wormed its way much deeper. Like a fading echo, it pushed through the rain from parts unknown, calling out with it's last, faint breath. Yet never did it cease. The song begged to whatever persona users would heed it, beckoning them softly to follow it...whatever 'it' was.

Anyone who heard the melody would find themselves lured to the same place- a small row of shops in the Virgo district. The rain was harsh, yet could barely whisper over the song's intensity by then...

[ OOC: The half of this log set on the 27th is just a mingle, to ponder over what could be happening- feel free to make ridiculous theories, or what have you! The half set on the 28th will go up tomorrow, and will kick off the event proper. ]

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[maybe_a_king]

There was something oddly soothing about the rain for Arturia. She never understood the whys of it, just that it did, which is why she'd gone out in the first place with umbrella in hand and the intention of getting some more frozen dinners for herself and her uncle.

But then she heard the music and, like so many others, she followed it. Not just because it lured her, but the presence of so many others following it just made her more determined even as the rain fell harder. Something was going on, it had to be, and she desperately wanted to make up for the embarrassment of a few days ago.

"Excuse me? Do you know why we're here?" she asked one of the first people she came across as she approached.

[glassworkgenius]

Taiyou had holed himself up in his room with cup noodles ever since the uneasiness inside him gradually grew more severe. But when he awoke the morning of the 24th, his fear was inexplicably gone. Though of course, the city was not put at rest in the same way. There was all the damage that needed to be cleaned up, and the calming of the stirred population.

On a rainy day such as this, Taiyou should have not wandered where there was no roof over his head. But then the hushed, yet alluring voice, beckoned him. So, not caring about his clothes getting soaked and the bangs messily hanging over his face, the boy found himself in the same general area of the market.

So he wasn't the only one who heard. He turned to face an older girl, and he shook his head. "I don't know either. You heard it too?"

[maybe_a_king]

"Yes," she said, glancing up and down the street at the steadily growing cloud. She walked to the boy and held her umbrella over him. Might as well make sure he doesn't get soaked at all.

"It's strange this would happen so soon after the attack."

[glassworkgenius]

"This city's definitely weird. Like something out of a storybook." Taiyou mused on, and dwelling on what he said, pressed his thumb against his lips. "Do you think we've gotten involved with some kind of prophecy?"

It sounds far-fetched, and maybe even silly, but it's a valid idea.

[maybe_a_king]

"With how people are going on in the Network about the attack having to do with Star Signs, it would not surprise me."

Arturia wasn't one to believe in prophecies, but she did know that she was stuck literally in another city able to summon a knight to fight for her and back home she was caught in a war involving summoning various figures from mythology into a battle royale. Oh, and she could walk on water.

Yeah, a procphecy wasn't that far fetched to her at this point, even if she didn't put too much stock in them.

[minetodecide]

"I wish I could give you a solid answer but...." Ryuusei looks over to the row of shops that lay before him amidst the downpour. The music....soothing, melancholy, captivating, and enigmatic. At first he thought it was just someone playing the flute in the apartments loudly and chose to ignore it but eventually, it just got to him. He found himself heading out with an umbrella and an eerie chill crawling up his spine.

When he had arrived at the source, he started to search the inside of the shops, peeking through to the windows much to his dismay but he found nothing. Not as in 'nothing of interest' but nothing as in the lack of, well, anything. He felt more like he was peering into a black abyss. He thought it was just because of the rain but something inside him is telling him otherwise.

"...all I can is that this music is what probably brought us here."

[maybe_a_king]

"Do you think it might have something to do with the incident a few days ago?" she asked, peering in the shops alongside Ryuusei and taking a mental headcount of the people here.

Maybe there was something connecting everyone as the star signs had connected those affected together? Yet whatever it was that connected them all together was something she couldn't spot by just looking at them.

[minetodecide]

The incident a few days ago, he still wonders what brought that on. It was a lot stranger than anything he's ever had to deal with and this music, well needless to say he doesn't like it.

"I'm not sure. I don't see any scorpions around attacking me so, I don't think so." But it's still too early to say he thinks to himself. He looks around, taking note of the people who showed up trying to find something that could tie them all together.

"Say, do you know what started the incident? I know too little about that to make sense out of what's happening now."

[maybe_a_king]

"From what I understand, there was a large beast commanding the scorpions and affecting our psyche. This stopped when the beast was felled."

Or so her uncle, who had been one of the people to fight it, had told her.

"However, this doesn't mean this isn't somehow related. It's only been a few days since the incident, which is what leads me to believe this might be related."