I, Lovebot

[lovelovearrow]

Who: Cupidman, and all of Hinoto-Ri!
Where: Literally anywhere you want. Note the location in your comment!
Summary: Valentine's Day Shenanigans of Ridiculous Caliber
Warnings: Mind-alteration, ludicrous amounts of sap

As dawn breaks on Hinoto-Ri, one might spy a strange sight throughout the city - a red and white angelic robot flying through the air, and periodically coming down once he spots an interesting group of civilians.

"Good day, citizens! My name is Cupidman, and I will be your designated deliverer of love on this fine, fine St. Valentine's Day! In such a terrible world, we all should get along better, and should do the best to ensure this is a fine place to live for your future generations! And, well - those future generations should also be ensured! So I'll just help you take that first step~!"

With that little spiel delivered, Cupidman then fires sparkling pink-and-yellow arrows into random civilians, then takes off to go find more suitable targets.

[ OOC: As mentioned in the mod post, this is a mostly silly opt-in event. Cupidman is shooting people with magic arrows that will cause their target to fall head-over-heels in love with the first person they see for a few hours. Once it wears off, they'll have a hazy memory of what went down - just enough to question if it really happened. If you like, you can start your thread as already having been shot, or leave it open to be shot - just make sure you put something in the subject line if you want interference from Cupidman. If your character is the type who would want to try and stop him from what he's doing, mention you want to challenge him in the subject, but keep in mind that he has to escape to strike again on White Day. Of course, that doesn't mean he has to escape unscathed... ]

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[acutabovetherest]

Over in the Capricorn district, namely in Central Park, there's another robot-centric strange sight to be seen. This time, an orange robot, though he's not doing anything especially bad. In fact, he's in trouble - he's running from a flying pair of scissors which may or may not be leaking little cartoon hearts behind them. The poor guy is rather panicked, and is yelling for anybody he passes by to help him out, because this is really not a situation he ever wanted to be in.

[prototype_blues]

Some days Blues wonders what the hell is wrong with Hinoto-Ri and why he even bothers leaving his apartment on those days, and today? Is looking like one of those days.

Since he had come to the park to just relax outside, by himself, that isn't going to happen when he hears the yelling robot before seeing him. Then when Cutman ran past? That's when Blues actually paid attention.

And promptly wondered, once more, what the hell is wrong with Hinoto-Ri before he'll make a simple attempt to help the other robot.

By shooting at the flying scissors.

Cupidman can intervene later if he feels like getting his jaw punched

[lighter_flick]

Ahh, morning. What a beautiful day full of sunshine and romance and yeah, who are we kidding, Tatsuya's spending it alone. Well...

Not that he actually cared about Valentine's Day in the first place. That sort of thing happened when you intentionally made it a habit of swearing off everyone's advances. Plus, how would Valentine's Day and White Day even work if you were going out with another guy? He never could figure out what the protocol would be in that case and, therefore, thought the entire thing was stupid.

Maybe later he'd try to hang out with Maya but, seeing as how the Maya here doesn't remember him, that would probably be super awkward...but still, it'd be kinda nice...it didn't really help that today was Jun's birthday...

...Wh-whatever, there were more important things to concentrate on! Like finding where those bunch of people, including Eikichi, went. And so, Tatsuya started the day in a way that would help him get his mind off things: exercise, jogging around Hinoto-ri in his track suit, starting in the Pisces district and heading north.

[disconinjafrog]

Yosuke was just walking down the street, his arms absolutely full of all assortments of bouquets, of all kinds of flowers. A good deal of them happened to be roses grouped in dozens, in fact, which had to have costed a mini fortune for all of the girls who'd given them to him...

Yosuke felt conflicted about the whole thing really. On one hand he'd never really gotten gifts on Valentine's day before from any girls, and it was kind of nice to actually get something for a change and feel... well, wanted.

On the other...... he definitely recognized that they didn't like him for him but the idea of the Junes Prince... In fact, all of the notes on these flowers didn't even say "To: Yosuke Hanamura", they said "To: The Junes Prince" or even occasionally "Yusoke"... It was frustrating, really. Not only creepy, but upsetting that people couldn't look past a stupid rumor and see him for who he really was.

So the flowers were kind of opening up old wounds and yet he had nothing to do with them except carry them very hazardously down the sidewalk, unable to really tell where he was going and stumbling almost every step of the way.

So it's no wonder that turning the corner, Yosuke didn't notice the very athletic gentleman running down the sidewalk and straight towards him--

COME AND GET IT CUPIDMAN >(

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Pit was outside minding his own business when he suddenly felt angry. Or, rather, something inside of him felt angry, though it didn't stay inside of him for long.

"Who does that man think he is, imitating me in that gaudy outfit?"

The young angel stopped and looked up at his side. Floating just above him was the phantom image of his persona, Cupid.

"Um...what are you talking about?" Pit asked, confused that his persona had decided to pop out and provide commentary. The confusion didn't last long; he realized that he should have long since been used to impromptu commentary.

The phantom angel pointed his heart-tipped arrow upwards. Pit lifted his head and squinted, seeing the flying robot in the air. "What the heck is that?" he asked.

"I don't know, but it offends me! The fake!"

"Why can everyone fly but me," Pit muttered.

"You ungrateful brat! I help you fly!"

"Yeah! For 30 whole minutes! Don't get me wrong, that's awesome, but couldn't it be a little more...permanent?"

"For a level 2 persona? Please, you're lucky you can fly for just 30 minutes! That's more than Palutena could do!"

"Yeah, I know..." Pit shrugged, looking down from the sky. "Anyway what's the big deal about that guy?"

"He's an impostor! Pit, we should show him who the real Cupid is!"

Pit gave his persona a suspicious look. "What are you suggesting?"

"What do you think? Let's buy us a few heart shaped arrows and use them with one of your fancy bows. We'll show them the true power of the real Cupid!"

"..." Pit stared at his persona blankly for a moment. "No!" he interjected. "Absolutely not! There's no way I'm gonna be a Valentine's Day cupid! I grew out of that stage in the 90's. That stage isn't even really canon!"

"But isn't part of your modern design based on that stage?"

"Well, yeah, but not the heart shaped arrows! I fire magic light arrows now."

"What about that darling little Angel Bow?"

"Don't have it."

"Oh! But maybe we can use the Viridi Palm. That shoots hearts, doesn't it?"

"For the last time, I am not shooting people with love. And that's final!"

Cupid sighed. "For a cupid, you're no fun."

"No, I just don't like embarrassing myself for no reason!"

"But you just do it anyway."

"Shut up, Cupid!"

Pit frowned. Even his personas made fun of him! An angel can't get no respect around here. >\

[lovelovearrow]

WELL. All the hubbub certainly got the attention of their point of discussion, who has came down and is hovering about ten feet off the ground.

"Hark, I hear my name called - Cupid, Cupid, Cupid! And I come to investigate and find..." His expression falls a bit. "...a couple of nitpicking knockoffs."

[all_wound_up]

[Nano's just out for a walk trying to get her mind off her best friend and most the people she would normally be giving chocolate to still being trapped god-knows-where. Just minding her own business. But it seems Cupidman is going to throw a wrench - or rather, shoot an arrow - into those plans.]

Hm? What's that...?

[She shields her eyes from the sun, staring up into the sky as the holiday mascot robot soars past. Nano didn't get that good a look, but apparently someone did. Her current Velvet Room Persona, Chirashizushi, pops out unannounced, blushing and eagerly flapping her wings.]

Cupiiiiiid! Mr. Cupiiiiid! Over here!

[Nano is completely mystified, and before she knows what's happening, there's a love arrow sailing through the air toward her. Chirashizushi squeals and disappears, apparently too embarrassed, causing the arrow to strike Nano squarely in the chest. It bounces off, but the damage has been done emotion-wise, and Nano is now thrall to its emotional magic.]

...That was very strange.

[gigglesnortpriestess]

[And close by there is one priestess out getting some last minute things for Valentine's Day. Really it's the best distraction someone can do after three of her friends go missing...and the fact that she can celebrate the holiday.

Hold on, did some weirdo just fly by...and did they just hit Nano?!]

Nano-chan?! Are you ok?!

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Nano, he got you too?

...he got your Persona, too?

[prototype_blues]

[You'd think with all the craziness going on people would be paying attention, especially when there's a robot shooting folks.

But not this guy, so sorry Nano. Blues doesn't know she's been shot and he's paying little to no attention to where he's going so... He ends up almost walking into Nano's back.]

Oh, um. Excuse me, Miss.

[Awkward mumbled sort of apology as he moves to walk around her now.]

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

...is that a robot?

[Latooni was preparing to summoning her Persona when she saw Cupidman firing into the crowd, but his indiscriminate fire hit her before she could react. Instead, she's knocked down by the shock of getting hit, subsequently sitting up with the shock of not actually being hurt.]

...huh.

[second_destiny]

[There will be a sudden hand reaching for Latooni's wrist.]

Dammit... Come on, let's get you out of this crowd!

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"Latooni!"

He saw that, and now he's rushing toward her.

"Latooni, are you okay?"

[eyewillprotect]

[She probably shouldn't have let her guard down, but really, she wasn't expecting to be attacked in broad daylight...

So that's why there's a slightly dazed-looking Aoi just standing in the middle of the sidewalk. What just happened???]

[second_destiny]

Aoi -- damn, no!

[Asem immediately runs over. He's worried now.]

A-are you all right?!

[capitalbackup]

...Misato?

[Miyako calls out, walking over to Aoi with a mildly curious look. Yeah, not enough emotional attachment to qualify for "concerned" yet sorry]

[capitalbackup]

[Another day in this world, and another day to explore what the city have to offer. Miyako has been checking out the various districts, one district per day.

Today, she's at the Aries district, glancing around at the various shops and stands. What is yaki imo?

Only for her to stumble and almost fall when something hit her in the back.]

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale had come back on the location of his failure, analyzing what had gone wrong, when he spotted a robot firing at that person he had met the other day before flying off. If he had had his rifle on him, he could have shot it out of the sky. Instead, he jogs to the person." Are you all right?

[hadronknight]

[He had been chillin' , maxin', relaxin' all cool, looking for his sister like some dude takin' a cruise in the neighborhood.

...

Okay, lame-ass rap aside, he's just wandering around when he felt something THWACK him on the back of his head.

And right onto that girl in front of him.]

[sorefeetman]

(( OOC: Open to any at all, though he'll only fall in love with the FIRST character to reply! He'll likely be the most laid-back crush your character could end up with, for those who want a lite version of this event. XD ))


[He turned around as soon as he felt something strike him, quite hard, in the back of his neck, but his hand found nothing as he rubbed the spot. What in the world...]

...Just my imagination?

[Doubtful. Ginko keeps surveying the scene, unaware that the angelic robot has already soared over his head, flying the opposite direction from where he's looking.

What he does see, however, is someone he has the sudden urge to get to know better.] . . .

[leekspins]

[Ginko might not have seen the arrow, but Orihime did. That would explain the look of shock and horror on her face as she bursts out of the store, dashing straight for Ginko. Anyone getting hit by an arrow...that has to be a grisly and horrible wound, especially in the back of the neck--!]

[But even as she's about to unleash her healing powers, she realizes there's no blood. Ginko is still upright, and rubbing the back of his head as if struck by a mosquito. Orihime furrows her brow. She glances in the direction the odd robot flew off to, puzzled, before looking back at the pale-haired man.]

Are you hurt...?

Open for general mingling, but falling in love reserved for Raidou's hat

[verytasty]

Natsume's taken to going on walks around the city, as he's been settling in. For the most part, the demons he encounters don't seem to want to eat him for which he is grateful, but it still seems incredibly weird to him that so many of them are visible to everyone. It's nice not to be the odd one out in that respect, but it doesn't really make meeting people and trying to figure this place out any easier (but then again, it doesn't make it harder).

Still, morning walks like this are nice. It's quiet and peaceful in most districts, and little by little he's getting a feel for this city. And this morning in particular, despite the unexpected surprise of chocolates on his doorstep, nothing seems to be going wrong! Just a nice - if a bit chilly - day to wander about.

That is.... until he sees something fly overhead, hears a twang and suddenly --

"Ow! What --!"

A sharp pain stabs his shoulder, and he stumbles forward before reaching over to pull a sparkling arrow out. He stares at it for a moment because seriously what the hell. However, even as he starts to look around for what shot it, he catches sight of a tall, dapper figure ahead down the sidewalk and forgets all about the arrow. It slides from his fingertips, as his breath catches in his throat and he stares at the glorious hat and cape of one Raidou Kuzonoha.

self-indulgent icon to suit the occasion

[manlyfop]

If the case of the missing people wasn't enough, of course Raidou got saddled with the case of Cupidman. After all, he was the Raidou with the Persona and had more to do around Hinoto-Ri, unlike his mirror twin.

He's incredibly focused on his job, but that doesn't mean he doesn't hear the cry of pain or notice that he's being stared at. He approaches him with the intent to collect the arrow nearby as evidence and make sure the person is okay, because there's no telling what will happen.

"Excuse me. Are you well?"

[andcarryabigknife]

Just as he was returning home from Aries, he felt himself be hit in the back. Immediately, he turned into Vayu and spun around, jaws snapping, but the annoying robot of earlier was already out of reach. Vayu hissed angrily, "staring" at it at it flew away.

Do you take questions, Mr. Cupidman?

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma was out and about in the Cancer ward to see all the gadgets this new place has to offer her. She had her face pressed up to a window when a flying robot appeared and addressed the crowd with its spiel. She turns to hear what's going on, only getting most of the ending of the speech.]

Huh? First step towards what now?

A bit late, but yes!

[lovelovearrow]

[Wait, really? Cupidman stares at the blue-headed girl, a bit gobsmacked.]

...first step towards those future generations, like I said! By encouraging people to love each other...

[An awkward pause goes here.]

...do I really gotta spell the whole thing out?