MarinaNova Asylum

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[ Camera on, and Lelouch offers the prison at large a more opaque smile than even his usual. After a fair amount of internal debate, he decided to... go ahead and do this. ]

It would appear our gracious 'wardens' have misplaced another of us. If you were acquainted with C.C., [ pronounced See-Two, ] well, someone probably owes you an apology for her general behavior, but you'll know peace now.

[ Two things of note: that he's by no means offering said apology, and that his eyes might be a little glassy. But he blinks them clear, and adds mildly, ]

Since it seems to be the done thing around here.

[ Click. ]

( Time for a talk. )

Action: closed to Lelouch and C.C.

[ So after that...

Suzaku's wakes up far more gently than usual. It's his usual time, he knows, but something's not right. He's very comfortable, and very warm. Comfortable enough that for a long moment, he doesn't even open his eyes, just makes a small sound of pleasure.

It feels good.

He'll... register more. In a moment. ]


Video: Open (later)

I know Kitty summed things up earlier, but I just wanted to add - is everyone all right? If you need something but are kind of hiding from somebody today, for one reason or another, you can give me a private call and I'll try to help.

( Closed to: C.C., Suzaku, Lelouch )


((ooc: this post can and should also be used for other threads today~. ♥))

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(( OOC: Happy Halloween - sort of! EVENT INFO ))

[Lyle is seated in one of the classrooms at the academy when he posts the message]

For those that don't know, my name is Lyle Dylandy. So I'm sure that most people here are aware that Euphemia is no longer here. I know that she will be missed by many.

For those who don't know, one of the things she did was to create Marina Academy. This is an educational experience designed to offer a wide range of academic options for those here.

At least for the time being, I have asked to take over running the academy. I'd be happy to answer questions that students and teachers may have.

Marina Academy is also looking for new teachers and students. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me as well.

Private to Teachers and Staff
So I think we should have a meeting. Let me know if Day 399 is too early.

[ooc: There have been some changes made to marinaacademy page. Current classes should be up to date. New sections have been added with a schedule, a faculty page, and a student page where students can share classes they are taking (completely optional and mainly for CR purposes). Enjoy!]

( Of course Lelouch knew his sister was responsible for the welcome baskets... )

voice; public

[ Such a pleasant teen boy in your ear this morning, Marina! His voice is smooth and cultured~. ]

Good morning. I'm given to understand that the welcome baskets my sister [ subtle emphasis; a preemptive defense of his inheritance of the project! ] spearheaded were previously disseminated via courier, but I'm afraid that's all I know about who else worked on them...

Is there anyone else I ought to speak with before I assume her duties? [ So gracious. ]


voice; private to yuuki

And on that note -- I know you've been looking for more regular clients... [ Would you like to add flowers to the baskets, Yuuki? ]


action/apartment mingle;

[ Housemates will find Lelouch at the kitchen table, with an empty woven basket and a notepad. He has the latest of half a dozen lists on it. Ideas about what a welcome basket should contain.

Naturally he also made breakfast, so help yourself. ]

[If you are in Sector 4 near the gardening plots, you might have heard the sound of bees buzzing along without a care near their hive, but it wouldn't last. There would be a shout of surprise and then another that was a curse of pain, and footsteps stumbling along. Look in the right direction and you'd see a young man with a mess of long hair flinging his arms around as he fought off the bees he'd unintentionally angered by waking up right next to their hive and knocking into it when he woke up, confused and disoriented, sending several of its inhabitants into a tizzy.]

Damned little demons!

[He's even more confused as to why the stings of the bees hurt--or why he can't simply use his speed to outrun them--but his main priority will be getting away from them and then trying to get some answers. But in his hurry he maybe tramples over some of the nearby gardening plots and doesn't see the people who might be nearby while he's trying to shake the enraged insects off his trail and out of his hair.

He barely notices the device on his head before he grabs it and swings it at them, like a weapon that he doesn't have. Public Video turns on just in time to see him trip over his own two feet while whipping his hair out of his face to see the enemy. The device drops to the ground and he scrambles to his feet, body tense, slit pupils contracted and teeth pulled into a near snarl. It might almost look like he's been in a real fight.]

How many of you are there?!

[ There is Suzaku. There is Suzaku with his eyes as though carved from stone.

He opens his mouth to say that Euphie is no longer in the Dome, which means that she is gone back to her death and what comes out? ]

How oft when men are at the point of death
Have they been merry! which their keepers call
A lightning before death: O, how may I
Call this a lightning? Euphie! Gone! ... for good...

[ ... Two bright blotches appear on Suzaku's cheeks because WHAT IS THIS EVEN and how can any of it be said to be for good, and he cuts the transmission. ]

[ It's a few hours after daypost when a, to some, familiar voice comes over the network. Voice only, this time, very deliberately so. There's been a need for adjustment. ]

Heeeey, so... look who got picked up for a sequel! Yeah yeah, I know... I shouldn't be surprised, what with all this charm and charisma. There's still about a million things I'd rather do than be here, including pulling out every single pube on my balls with a tweezer - no offence, of course. It's not you, it's me. Where was I...

Right! Big guns. Things that go boom. Will settle for something long and sharp, if you know what I'm saying. Any progress on that? It's been like... a while since I asked.

[ Locked to Spider-Man. ]

[ Usually he'd go to Weasel for this sort of thing but of course he's nowhere to be seen so- ]

Hey, Spidey. You around? I have a problem.

[Action ]

[ This is pretty much the worst case scenario and despite the reconciliation with Vanessa, Wade is feeling way too exposed here. He knows what he looks like and maybe she can get drunk enough to love an incestuous pizza face but he has a feeling he won't get as lucky with a dome full of strangers. He needs his suit, but until then he needs a temporary concealment. Back to his roots, to hoodies and balaclavas, one problem at the time.

He stealths through the dome to the best of his abilities, which isn't a lot all things considered. You can't sneak in a bright orange jumpsuit, but he gives it a damn good try, aiming for the nearest clothing store where he can cover the hell up. ]

Hi, everyone!

Just a reminder that we have cheerleading practice tomorrow. If anyone new wants to join the squad, feel free to come over to the athletic fields in the morning, and we'll be glad to run through the routines with you.

I hope to see you all there!

[The video opens with a young woman with a rather gray, but rather regal looking complexion. At the moment, she seemed rather annoyed. And who wouldn't be in this sort of the situation]

Would someone care to explain what the meaning of this is? I finally was able to go home and now I've ended up in this place.

Open Video

[Yes he is aware of the fact that he's never posted anything on the network until today but this is just getting ridiculous. Meaning Soushi is making an exception.]

It's amazing how much our gracious wardens seem to experience technical "glitches". One might start think that these aren't actually glitches at all. [Dry sarcasm, he has it today.]

Perhaps whoever created this prison and the system that supposedly runs it should look into updating their software. Maybe we would experience less problems.

[Honestly, Soushi has the theory that the wardens are doing it all on purpose.]

I suppose if anyone has questions, I can answer them as a regular resident of the dome.

[He's going to man the network instead of going out today. This is a good idea.]

( Closed Action for Kazuki )

I'm usually not a fan of bottle episodes but I guess I can make an exception just this one time. You got the scenery right at least, so much better than, say, a basement. You got a Gilligan's Island thing going on here, except I don't have to choose if I want to jerk off to Ginger or the Professor. Lots of extras out there, I've noticed. Guess someone did the work for a big budget, huh? If you catch my drift.

So. I only have one question. Where do you keep the really big guns? I have an itch that only a semi-automatic can scratch.

Oh, and while I'm at it – any X-men out there or is this another instance of you not making the cut?

((ooc: as some of you may know, Deadpool has the superpower of the 4th wall break. If you don't want me to 4th wall your character (i.e. treat them as fictional) tell me in the comment and I'll lay off it! ))

[ The video feed opens to a very confused young man, still not sure if he's handling this device properly. His eyes are wandering; he's clearly trying to see if there's some way to tell if this is on, and realizing that if what he's been told is true, he is now being watched by an unknown amount of people. The thought makes him shudder and grimace momentarily before he makes a shoddy attempt at a smile. ]

Right. Hello. My name's Alistair and I'm apparently one of your new fellow inmates. Funny thing being told you're under the care of wardens when you're called one back home.

[ Alistair hesitates for a moment, thinking back to Ferelden and Denerim. The last thing he remembers is preparing to go into the Landsmeet, the fate of the country and the rest of his life at stake. ]

I- uh, seem to have found myself at your shooting range. The bows are familiar but these things- [ Alistair holds up a toy gun that looks more like a gun out of a 20th Century pulp sci-fi novel cover, made out of shining gold plastic. ] If we had things like these back home, fighting off a Blight might just be a bit easier, though I still haven't figured out how to fire it ye-

[ Of course, at that moment his finger lands on the trigger and he ends up firing a marshmallow right into his mouth. A little coughing fit ensues; he drops the gun and brings a fist up to his mouth to try and stifle his coughs. At the same time, he ends up chewing on the marshmallow and getting another first-time experience. ]

E-Edible projectiles? Sweet ones? [ He's a little teary-eyed from the coughing fit as he stares into the screen. ] I don't know what'd be worse, if this were the Fade or not...

[ Hello, Marina. You might find Lelouch getting coffee this morning, hanging around the library during the day, both typical of him, or, later on, the pet cafe -- which is less so.

He would not say he's been... hiding for the last few days. That would be ridiculous. Especially since the people he would, in theory, be hiding from are also people he lives with. But he has been leaving his room in the mornings wearing a bland smile like armor, and then spending the rest of the day out of doors. Filtering his network activity away from them. That... sort of thing.

One thing to have one of your greatest failures known; another to have it painfully reenacted. ]

Library

[ You will probably find him pouring over a stack of books with a small notebook, jotting things down while he listens to the network with half an ear. The notes he's making look like utter gibberish, because they are in code. ]

Pet Cafe

[ Lelouch makes a slow circle of the cafe, looking at fish first, then birds, and so on. He is looking but not touching, just... taking in the menagerie, until one of the firelizards decides his perfectly-still form looks like a good perch, and settles on one of his shoulders. Cue flailing, which changes the pretty creature's mind real fast. Lelouch will then scramble quickly to his feet, dust himself off, and pretend that did not happen. ]

[Sector 0 or Sector 4 | open]

[Today, Bonnie is a girl on a mission: she'll be hitting up Bulls-Eye and, as usual, levitating objects down to her petite height so she can actually see them. She's also dropping by Nine White Orchids for flowers (a girl's apartment can never have too many).

Or she may be taking a break in Sector 0, taking forever by those street food stands and deliberating on what to eat. What should've taken her five minutes is taking her twenty-five...

OR maybe she's lost. That happens. A lost girl on a mission is still a lost girl, so don't mind the one walking ten paces and then doubling back five. She's got a sense of direction. It's just not very accurate.]

[Casa Salvatore | closed to Damon]

[Every girl's bedroom needs a personal touch. Over the past few days, Bonnie's added bits and pieces to the space to make it feel less like a spare room and more like hers. A new teddy bear - a black one named "Daylight" - to echo Ms. Cuddles; new comforters and pillows; and even a small collection of old books along a bookshelf levitated their way in, bit by bit.

As she's hanging up a painting of a forest landscape, she stops to admire her handiwork. It's not until she turns back towards the door that she notices her observer.]

Hey. You're back early today.

[Or maybe the time flew by; she's not really sure which. Bonnie beams, gesturing towards all her little touches.]

Well? What do you think?

[Another day another dollar. Only there are no dollars in Marina, and neither does she run the flower shop because she has to. Rather, she does it because she wants to. Because she needs the distraction, and enjoys watching things grow. The day is early, much earlier than her normal hours, but she needs a little time to think and organize her thoughts. And sometimes, even compared to her shared apartment, this is the place she can do it best.

And to be honest, she doesn't expect anyone to stop by so early in the morning. Not today. But should someone, they wont find Yuuki immediately anywhere in the store. At least not to start, despite the hot chocolate still steaming upon the counter top. Or at least... what they do find isn't what they expect.

With a small leap, a brown, fluffy cat jumps up onto the counter. Padding across the desk, she peers into the steaming beverage, before her whiskers twitch and she pulls back. Apparently it's too hot...]

[OOC: Have a Yuuki cat. She's simply playing around with her ability to transmute and change her appearance. It needed to be done for butler reasons.]

[Backdated to Day 388 | Private Action to Zero]
[Backdated to Day 388 | Private Action to Ai]