S'il vous plaît nous divertir

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Who: Those involved in the kidnapping plot
Where: The Underground
Summary: Mingle log for those who signed up to be kidnapped
Warnings: PG-13 to be safe


Wherever you might have been last night... well, you certainly aren't there anymore.

Upon waking up, you'll find yourself in completely different clothes than you were in before, consisting of an elegant toga and a crown made of flowers of various sizes, types, and colors; surprisingly, whatever equipment you usually use in fights is still on you as well. Many other Visitors are awake or rousing around you, and you all seem to be contained within a rather large cage. The design is very reminiscent of Greek architecture, decorated with flowers, colorful tapestries, and embedded with seashells in the floor and walls. Any powers you may have to easily get you out of here... well, they don't seem to be working as they should be right now. Beyond the cage you can make out two demonic looking figures standing guard by a door leading outside of the room, but they don't seem particularly interested in what's going on in the cage.

Whether you like it or not, there doesn't seem to be any escape for the time being. Perhaps you should talk to your fellow captives and see if anyone has any idea of what's going on, or maybe yell out at the guards? Come to think of it, there seems to be two people mingling in the cage that you may not recognize as Visitors such as yourself...

[OOC Note: It's time to mingle! See what your fellow captives are up to (as well as some NPCs later). Will there be a way to escape? Will you be rescued? Or will you have to endure whatever is waiting for you? Try not to panic!]

Comments

King DeDeDe - OPEN

[emperor_penguin]

The hell's all this?

[DeDeDe is none too happy about being kidnapped and waking up in some strange jail cell, but at least the place is well-appointed. It softens the blow just a little. And the choice of attire is definitely hilarious.]

Heh... I look like my Persona wearin' all this.

[Well, first things first. Let's make sure the hammer's in good working condition. He picks it up, bouncing it up and down in his hand a few times to test the grip and the weight, before nodding and slinging it over his shoulder.]

Must be pretty damn confident too, lettin' us keep our weapons.

Sam Erstwhile - OPEN

[primordial]

[This is...unexpected.]

[Sam stands there, somehow still looking messy and haggard despite the new attire. He looks around at the surroundings, blinking in confusion.]

What in the-?

[What is going on? Sam's mind is trying to catch up, trying to figure out what is going on...but wait, what the heck is on his head? He takes he crown off, staring at it with a very dubious look.]

Either I'm dreaming I'm some Greek god now, or something is going incredibly wrong, here...

???-Open (not literally a priestess)

[hinoto_ri]

[One of people in the cage didn't seem very concerned about being there. In fact, with her bow and quiver and rather stern-looking face, she could be mistaken for a certain Greek deity herself. Actually, she seemed to be more preoccupied with her flower crown, taking it off and examining it.

...Lilies and star flowers. With an annoyed click of the tongue, she tossed the crown aside as if it were yesterday's garbage, finally turning her attention to everyone else in the cage and looking...concerned.

She muttered something to herself, but you probably couldn't hear it unless you were close, in which case it was something along the lines of something being 'worse than she thought.' Whatever that meant...]

[primordial]

[Well, well, well. This is a face he doesn't recognize, and that bow and quiver...she definitely looks like someone who shouldn't be crossed, that's for sure.]

[The concern in her face intrigues him, though, and Sam wanders up, glancing down at the weapon in her hand before looking back at her:]

Erm. Um...do you have any idea where we are? Do you know how you got here?

Hizumi Mizushiro - OPEN

[bondsofsuffering]

[So we're back to waking up in an unfamiliar place, are we?

Hizumi spares his change of clothes only a cursory glance before they settle on his weapons; he's still got his belt and holster, and tucked inside are his revolver and sword. A quick check reveals that his revolver is still fully loaded, and he even has his extra ammunition to reload it once more.

He gets to his feet, unhurried, his eyes carefully taking in the people who are around him. He recognizes most due to keeping an eye on the network, and the ones he does not look too much like Visitors not to be. But there are definitely a few he can't place, so this might not be contained to just the Visitors themselves.

Next, their surroundings. He doesn't even try the cage, assuming that if the guards aren't interested, they probably have a pretty good reason not to be. They've got plenty of people here, and if they broke out it could spell disaster for those demons - but if they were confident enough in their cage that they couldn't even bother paying close attention, Hizumi's not confident enough to bother messing with the cage. Even looking at the architecture of the room, there's simply too little in the way of clues to identify where, exactly, they are. No, even if they managed to break out from here using everyone's combined strength, there's no guarantee they would be able to make it out of the place entirely. It just isn't worth the risk.

So for now, he waits. He weaves his way through the people, sometimes offering a very small hint of a smile and a wave at anyone he knows. Like he's not at all worried about the fact that they've been whisked off (again) to some unknown place.]

[hinoto_ri]

[The woman looked up in mild surprise before responding, almost like she was snapped out of a reverie.]

Ahh, hello. I'm sorry to say I don't know exactly, but I can guess that we're underground. ...As for how we arrived here...

[This next part sure was going to be embarrassing, wow]

Hah...[The woman looks down in mild embarrassment.] I'm sorry. I tried to be prepared, but my memory's a bit fuzzy. Yours is as well, I assume?

[primordial]

Underground? Yeah, that seems like it. I don't know any place like this in Hinoto-Ri...

[Unless they built a cage when he was gone, but that's not likely. He sees her embarrassment, taking mental note of that before holding up his hands and shaking his head, as if in apology.]

No, no, don't apologize! I mean, I was just asking...and, um. Yeah, no, I don't remember anything either. I guess we were all kidnapped by someone. But by who, I don't know...

Phantom Girl - Open

[phantom_envoy]

Hah. Kidnapping me. That's cute.

[Phantom Girl rolls her eyes as she examines the get-up she's been forced into. Thinking too much about the actions that would have been necessary to remove her practically skin-tight costume from her body will lead to undesirable places, so she doesn't. The teenaged superhero claps her hands together once and glances up at the ceiling.]

Alright, sit tight, folks. We're getting out of this dump if I have to fly you out of here myself.

[Without any hesitation, she darts vertically upwards towards the ceiling and -- ]

OW!

[...falls back down to the ground in a heap.]

Hate. Everything. .................I think I have a concussion.

[hinoto_ri]

[That answer was easy, at least to her! She simply jerked her chin toward the guards.]

Demons.

[She said as if she were talking about the weather or something. You know, no big deal.]

[hinoto_ri]

[Well, that got the woman's attention. With a stunt like that, it was no wonder she came rushing over.]

Goodness, are you alright!? [Did she need a healing spell or...?]

[primordial]

[Sam has lived long enough in Hinoto-Ri to not be surprised by the fact that yes, demons are here and possibly malicious, so he only turns to glance at them before looking back at her.]

Ergh, yeah...maybe. I mean, those ones over there look pretty mean. But why now? What's going that needs all of us here in one place dressed up like we're going to be doing a Julius Caesar assassination reenactment?

Shadow the Hedgehog - OPEN

[theultimateshadow]

Given that he usually doesn't wear any, the clothes are the first thing that grabs his attention. He pulls them off without a second thought, then takes a look at his surroundings.

Where am I?

A sort of prison, judging by the guards. Why was he brought here? No matter. He certainly isn't going to stay here. He pulls out a large green gem and calls out, "Chaos Control!"

Nothing happens. His already present scowl deepens. He looks at the guards again, contemplating the wisdom of asking them where he is. Doesn't seem like it would bear fruit, and if he can't use Chaos Control to warp out of here, there was only one way to escape...

He sets about trying to damage the bars. Curling into a ball and jumping, spinning against them, kicking them, balling his fists near the bars while a strange purple aura surrounds them, throwing bolts of energy at them--

"Nothing is working!"

He growls, turning to face the inside of the cage. If he can't break out of here, then there's certainly no hope that anyone else in this cage can get out. But why are they here? The guards probably won't tell him anything, so his best recourse is to approach a random person and ask, "Do you remember anything?"

[hinoto_ri]

...Hmn. That's actually why I'm here. You've been in this city long enough to see the Persona tournaments, right?

[theultimateshadow]

[ Shadow takes one look at Sam and sighs deeply. If there's trouble, he better not expect Shadow to come to his rescue. ]

[primordial]

Yes, yes, I remember those! [He almost got burned alive during that FUN TIMES, FUN TIMES.] It ended up horribly, though, didn't it? Like, so many people died...

What does that have to do with this, though?

[primordial]

[oh if it isn't this jerk again wow this is turning out to be the best day]

[But it's best to keep nice and pleasant for now until he figures out what is going on. So Sam turns to Shadow and frowns sadly, shaking his head.] Guess you're stuck here too, huh? There are a lot of us...

[phantom_envoy]

Eh, I'll be fine. You and your twins don't have to worry.

[Phantom Girl lies slumped on the floor for a few more moments rubbing at her head before she shakily gets to her feet.]

I'd just like to state that, for the record, this is entirely unfair and also paradoxical for my physiology.

[theultimateshadow]

There certainly are.

[ shadow is the kindest most nicest person sam knows dont deny it ]

[primordial]

[the nicest compared to himself, for sure]

[Sam sighs, picking a petal out of his messy hair and letting it drop to the ground.]

I'm guessing you haven't got a clue as to why we are here either, huh?

???-Open (literally a teenager)

[hinoto_npcs]

Ugh, I bet they're not even listening.

[Sitting with her face and palms pressed against the bars was one of the two non-Visitors, staring despondently out at the guards stationed by the cell. Despite her toga situation, she was sitting cross-legged and slumped, as if she were exhausted. Oddly, the only equipment she seemed to have been allowed were a pair of oversized teddy bears. One of the stuffed animals was wearing the girl's flower crown.]

Listen, guys! You got. The wrong. Girl! Can you at least pretend to hear me...?

[theultimateshadow]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Doesn't seem like anyone does.

[primordial]

Yeah. Just what I thought. The last thing I needed was being taken to another place without knowing why...again.

[He lets out an exasperated sigh, looking at the top of a cage as he tries to see if there's a latch or lock up there or anything he can use, really.]

I'm really sick and tired of this...when will this place just leave me alone?

[hinoto_ri]

They have something...similar. [Oh well that certainly wasn't ominous or anything.]

Normally the city forces them to keep it amongst themselves and not get any of the city's residents involved. However, demons will make sure to any loopholes they're presented.

[Did Sam see this particular loophole yet?]

[theultimateshadow]

Don't bother trying to escape. There's no way out.

[primordial]

You're really sure of that? How so?

[No, he's really interested, Shadow, tell him. He looks at the other expectantly.]

I mean, we could at least try, you know?