+++ 奇跡国 - Miracle Country +++

[What do Lilo, Miko and Daigo have in common? Besides being stubborn and straightforward and played by the same person, they all like to doodle! So if you go by the park, you might see the three of them sitting down in a circle sharing a pile of crayons while they draw on sheets of paper.

For the curious, Miko is drawing robots; Lilo, a Hawaiian landscape, and Daigo is drawing the girls.

At some point, either of them is going to stretch out after spending too much time bent over their work. They might be up for some conversation then.]

((OOC: If you want to talk with one of them in specific, please note it in the subject of your tag. I have no problem sending the three of them at the same time or any combination of them. :P
Also, feel free to hijack the post at will.))

[Anyone who may have passed by Snow's class the last few days might have seen her busily working on something that wasn't necessarily for class - hunched over, she's painting little plastic eggs, making them cute with various designs and motifs. (and feel free to approach her about it, if inclined)]

[She knows that not everyone celebrates Easter here, so many coming from different worlds and different countries, but considering how a lot of people around her have been moody ever since the feathers and various other canon shenanigans, she's set out to maybe cheer some people up.]

[So today and tomorrow, your character will find a little sheet of paper slipped underneath their door, with cute little bunnies and eggs on the paper, encouraging your character to look for the little surprises in the park and around the shopping district.]

[And throughout the day, all these little eggs she's painted can be found, plastic and therefore not likely to smell bad, but cracking them open reveals little surprises: either candy, chocolate, sometimes coins of the currency here, little sheets of paper with a compliment, little toys like whistles or bouncy balls, etc.]

[Feel free to run into her as she's hiding them, smiling to herself as she works, and maybe, sometimes, looking a bit wistful - especially when she's in the process of hiding any eggs that have baby motifs on them, or, perhaps, unicorns.]


[ooc: and feel free to use this post as a mingle post, too, if you'd like! Go find eggs with your frands.]

[There's a short video recording from inside Merlin's and Arthur's room - which is currently a complete mess, clothes thrown everywhere, rests of food over the bed, a lamp knocked down, etc. And if you look over to the window (or happened to be passing by it from outside the building), you'll see a little boy climbing over it, trying to sneak out.

Which is proving difficult to do while still holding onto a half-eaten cupcake. The struggle is real.]

Come on, I'm almost...

[Ten is wandering around the residential area, exploring the sites and getting a good look at the various buildings. It almost looks like the ideal vacation spot, but he's not impressed because in the back of his mind he thinks this place is a prison.]

Not bad. Almost like a postcard.

[Happy (belated) CLAMP day, everyone! We're following our tradition and having an event for the date.

This year, it's a memory sharing event. Characters will find that they're holding a feather (or perhaps more than one), and they'll know that this feather contains a memory. It could be anything, big or small, happy or sad, that much is up to you. Now, they hold these representations of their own memories for a reason! They're meant to hand them over to someone else. In doing so, the person they give the feather to will experience this memory in a vision. There's a catch, however; the person receiving this memory has to be someone who didn't experience it or witness it too.

Now, if they decide they'd rather not give it to anyone, they'll realize the memory contained in that feather is slowly fading away from their own memories. They'll forget names, faces, events from the memory, until they eventually forget it entirely. Sometimes the memory fading will be a lot faster, and they'll know they have to act quick and don't have the luxury to be sitting around considering who to trust with it. They'll know that, unless shared with someone, the memory will be forgotten entirely. Or, well, "entirely", as Kiseki would have mercy and return it to them, after several weeks (how much is up to you).

The memory exchange will happen when someone else touches the feather - and it means that, yes, you can force someone to see your memory, or you can forcefully view them yourself. And while feathers with memories only work once and then disappear, they could reappear with the same memory in them later.

Of course, the event isn't mandatory, your characters being affected by it at all is entirely your choice.]

[You might not have noticed that she went missing entirely, but Emma was a bit out of contact today! Having disappeared from Kiseki and just now reappearing in the park, in a black dress and red winter coat, confused and struggling with her cell phone at the moment.]

This is insane.

One minute I'm heading home and now-- what the hell is going on?

[She calls the house phone over and over, hoping to get through, to where Henry is.] Henry! Henry, can you hear me?

[Maybe she hit her head after that surprise proposal because j f c.]

[note!! here is Emma being updated from her canon point in midseason 2 to the start of mid season 3 (NYC Serenade), then to the end of the episode with her memories back properly in the comments. Feel free to timeskip to that part with her here in responding if you want, either way works for me.]

[After work - and having changed out of his bunny suit - Utsusemimaru heads over to the Sakura Park. It's time for him to do some Serious Thinking about his love life, and that includes turning to his friends for advice (and avoiding Daigo at the same time). He wanders all over the park throughout the afternoon, at times talking to himself and gesticulating to the park animals, or buying a comforting ice cream cone only to give up halfway. For a while he tries to figure things out alone, but with the situation getting more confusing the more he thinks on it, he's soon ready to pounce on anyone friendly who crosses his path and beg them to help him sort through his concerns.

Any love gurus out there?]

[

It’s the first day of spring in Miracle Country! While the last few days haven’t been terrible, weather-wise, today there’s a clear difference in how warm and sunny it is – it’s bright and warm and there’s a light breeze blowing, and the flowers are in bloom! Now that it’s spring, there’s more opportunities to go swimming or visit the beach without being too cold, or walk in the garden island and see all the flowers.

And the flowers really are blooming today. No matter where your character goes today, they’ll notice flowers. They can’t take a step without there being flowers blooming behind them, sometimes. And the trees in bloom are raining flowers down on them.

Some of the flowers are special, though. Depending on the color that falls into your character’s hair, they’ll be influenced slightly by that color. It’s subtle, nothing too over the top, just a gentle push like the gentle spring weather today.

Red will make your character feel flirty & romantic.
Pink will make your character feel timid & shy.
Purple will make your character feel cranky & irritable.
Yellow will make your character feel silly & playful.
Blue will make your character feel gloomy & sad.
White will make your character feel relaxed & dreamy.

The effect is very light, so it shouldn’t make your characters behave too much out of the ordinary – just enough to influence their general mood. It will last only for a short time before the flower will fall from their hair to the ground, perfectly harmless.]

[The video starts to shown a blonde in a purple leather jacket peering inside a journal. She closes the book and sighs looking around her surroundings. Usually it was a city, cold concrete, somewhere harsh not the building that is the Welcome Center that she has found herself in.]

You'd think they would have given some sort of warning. Not that I'm complaining. But--

[She bites her lip attempting to think back. She wasn't supposed to be here that much was sure. She digs her mobile out of her pocket and glances at it. No signal. And more frustration.]

So anyone getting this at all? Control?

[Happy White Day, Miracle Country! It seems that this year, Miracle Country hasn't been very celebratory - having skipped Valentine's Day entirely - but perhaps White Day is a chance to make up for that?

Not so much. As a means to "celebrate", the world's magic is doing an anti-Valentine's event. Suddenly, affection is not only frowned upon, but actively discouraged. Couples today will find all kinds of obstacles interrupting any attempts to be romantic with friends, family, and lovers.

Holding hands? Suddenly there's a tree root to trip you. Going in for a kiss? Suddenly there's an invisible wall blocking you from your partner. Trying to cuddle? Water balloons are getting tossed at your head, or a bucket of very cold ice water. Trying to... get intimate? Well, enjoy that incredibly loud and annoying alarm bell that's suddenly ringing and won't stop until you stop, or perhaps that feeling that your pillow is full of rose thorns...

All kinds of things can happen (and feel free to make up your own): water balloons, tree roots, even quicksand in places! Sudden gusts of wind, sudden rain showers, birds landing on your head and pecking until you stop, sudden patch of ice causing you to slip...

But maybe if you hide away, it'll be alright. It seems that Kiseki isn't always looking to disturb the couples, and those that find interesting hiding spots and solutions might be able to have a moment or two with their sweetheart. Hide away, and maybe it'll stop...


Except, take heart couples, because White Day isn't all for naught: as the evening approaches, characters will fell compelled to go to the ballroom where everything is set up for Kiseki's very own Bitter Ball, complete with all the party decorations! And an abundance of alcohol.

It's almost as if Miracle Country wants you to get romantic, though, despite the mixed messages: there's plenty to eat and drink, there's music playing with a big open dance floor, and lots of pretty decorations for White Day. But help the poor couples who decide to show up together, because as soon as they step inside, Miracle Country is forcing them to opposite sides of the room.]