MarinaNova Asylum

[ This is Aidan's 263rd day in prison, not that he keeps count more than uh, nine months or somethin'. Whether it's nine months or somethin' or exactly 263 days, it's a long time to be in one place when you don't want to be and even more so, it makes you realise just how much has changed. With you, with the people around you, with the place. He arrived in a different prison altogether, four years younger, in love with someone who hasn't been here in forever, fingers intact and not a scar on his body.

He has scars now. He's lost friends, loved ones, body parts, himself. Things keep changing around him, keep changing him and today is the perfect kind of dreary, rainy day where you feel like maybe it's time you change something for once. Maybe he could shave, or get his hair cut. Yeah, those are good ideas. Maybe he could even get a dog, he's wanted one forever but never took the plunge and what's the harm if the dog is digital? He could get a dog.

He could get a tattoo.

That last part nags at him, won't let go with how perfect it is. He has scars he never wanted and what better way to combat that but put some art on his already ruined skin? Something nice, something personal, a statement that he still knows who he is after all this time. Yes, a tattoo. The question is, of course, what kind? Grabbing a book at the library, Aidan settles down at Bean Crushers with a cup of coffee and a whole lot of indecision. Help? Maybe come with him when he goes to actually do it, because he absolutely will? ]

(OOC: Event Info)

[ Various Locations with a lot of open space ]
[ She doesn't want to get rusty so every day, she practices her magic. She knows that it's been somewhat dimmed so she doesn't want want to lose even more power. If she needed to use them for something important and she couldn't use them because she had not been training, then that would be bad.

So she practices her sky and wind magic, but things are not going as they should. Things are going very confusing today as a matter of fact, because the wind either bends weirdly, like doing a u turn to blow her off her feet, the wind accidentally sending her flying up into the air - at least she manages to cushion the landings sometimes, a little - the wind sometimes turning sharply to knock someone else over. If that happens she's quick to shout out an ] I'm sorry!

[ And sometimes the wind changes into another element entirely, and she is shocked every time.

For example, why is that spot suddenly on fire? ]

Aah, no, why!?

[ She's definitely a bit teary-eyed and panicky. ]


[ Food places ]
[ In the end it's best to just stop trying to use her magic. She drifts between places that sells sweet food. It's easy to find her with her head dropped onto a table surface where she sits. She's definitely a sad one today. ]

H-hi.. Um, I was wondering, actually I've been intending to ask for a little while but, um, it's possible to join the baseball teams, right? I--I just don't know how to, but I'd, I'd like to, it seems fun.

[ She's really shy though so asking is a bit scary. And going to the practice to ask was even more scary. But she had watched a little and she had heard from people about it and it really does seem like it could be fun so she wants to try it. ]

Ah, any help or advice would be great, so, umm, thank you..

[ She's looking really embarrassed and awkward and apologetic and there are even tears in her eyes because she feels so bad about how she acted when she for some reason thought she was Acnologia's daughter instead of Grandeeney's, and to be honest she thinks that perhaps she should have only done a voice post but she decided to go with video because this is Important. ]

I-I'm very sorry for the other day...!

[ She bows deeply and with lots of embarrassment and then she turns off the feed.

Yep, that's it. ]

[ Video ]

[There's a short gasp as the feed comes on. Nico just, stares a second, before tipping his head side to side, then reaching out with his hand and waving it around. If anyone is watching, the image shifts around as he takes his earpiece off to examine it.]

Wow. I wish Bianca could see this. She would never believe me.

Ah, buongiorno! This goes both ways? I've been hearing some interesting things over this ear ... device? ... that don't quite seem right. Troubling, maybe, is the word...?

Also, it's my understanding this a prison? There must be a mistake. I'm only fourteen. There must be laws against this?

Also, what is a dimensional stabilizer?


[ Action ]

[Nico is confused. And excited. And also nervous. (Why is he here? He's not a bad person! Not... not really. Mama will worry.) He's nothing special, just a regular teenage boy. He goes to a boarding school and he doesn't really know his father, but his mama is beautiful and amazing, just like his older sister. His family migrated to America from Italy a few years ago, when the war started taking over Europe. His English is pretty good, even if his accent is still strong. He's a good student. A little hyper. He likes comic books more than book books, and wishes he had super powers (he doesn't). He has a crush on Jimmy Langly - but he'll tell you it's Jenny he's got the crush on.

Is that why he's here?

This is very new and strange, so no matter where you find him, he's likely to be gaping in wide-eyed wonder, and touching everything.]

Well, it sounds like something funky's going on today - but aren't we used to that? Something's always going down in this wacky place but even so I guess I better warn ya to all keep safe, alright? While we'd love to see you pay us a visit in the clinic, we don't want to see you hurt! That'd just make for a real sour day all together, wouldn't it. Now, keep safe and stick together and feel free to ask questions if you're new, confused or slightly disoriented. In the latter case, feel free to come see me too and I'll give you a check up. Free of charge! The name's Dr. Karev, but you can just call me Alex. We can give you a nice cot to rest in, monitor you and get some remedies for any memory loss or any other malady you might be suffering!

Plus, we have lollipops. Pretty cool, am I right?

[Private to Chuck]

Hey lovely, can I ask a favor?


[Open Action - Clinic & Coffee]

[So Karev's living up the alternate reality dream as if he stepped into Marina the day he arrived as his canon counterpart, who looks something like this. Cheerful, chief resident, he's all about pep talks and horn rimmed glasses, polo shirts and smiling faces as he struts around the clinic keeping it in order today. Still, the itch to practice medicine happens under the surface but he's trying to be the good guy doctor this place needs.

When not at the clinic, he'll be refueling on coffee every so often or catching a bite to eat.]

[The change in who Euphie is today comes down to one little sentence. Instead of being accidentally geassed (compelled) to "kill all the Japanese" it was to "kiss everyone you see." It's much better than being murderous and she's made peace with it, but it does have it's own troubles—chapped lips, embarrassing encounters, and of course, consent since she can't actually let someone choose not to kiss her. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! YOU WILL BE KISSED!

But once the peck is in place it doesn't have to be renewed until she sees them again. It's just very stressful to see someone on the network and then have to track them down or run into a large crowd. But the prison has been a pretty easy going place for this one little quirk of hers...as far as she knows. So, she doesn't mind going out for a day of enjoyment and chores stopping by the store, spending time on the beach, playing with the animals at the pet cafe, or taking care of business at the educational center and all points in between!]

[ action ]
Today's Wendy is... not any different from yesterday's Wendy. Or so she thinks, but she's actually pretty different. Usually she wears clothes that shows that she's cheerful but shy but today, she is dressed in a completely different manner. The air about her also seems to be completely different, too. More confident and less genuinely kind. There's something dark about her, and it's not just her clothes.

That doesn't mean that she's not up to the usual stuff, though. Except that she doesn't go around offering to heal people that are hurt, and those kind of stuff, no, that's not Wendy's style.

The library is her go-to place, because she can seclude herself in a corner with a stack of books (a lot of horror, did you know that horror is great?) and ooze of unapproachableness. Particularly when she smells that someone is human. Humans are just a deal-breaker, she just can't with them.

Yet there are a lot of humans that seem to think it's totally acceptable to approach her, and she's had it up to her ears with humans. She just wanted to eat her fried meat in peace, damn it. Why did she have to get surrounded by these things? Annoying... "If you don't want to die, scram," she says, but apparently the other prisoners doesn't consider Wendy a threat, and they definitely don't like her attitude, it seems. She lets out a deep, annoyed sigh. When she uses her Dragon Roar - looking more like pure energy than anything else (it certainly doesn't look like wind) - between the humans, it obliterates a fair share of whatever buildings were close by. The humans flees, suddenly taking her threat much more seriously. With a scoff, she flips her hair over her shoulder. "Flies..." Can she go about her day in peace now? She still has meat to eat and places to go, she wants to visit the hot spring, for example.

[ video ]
[ Some time during the day, probably after one too many encounter with humans, Wendy takes to the network to glare. To be fair it looks pretty cute because despite everything, she's still an adorable thirteen year old, but she's displeased. ]

How many times will I have to tell the humans to back off before I'm left alone?

[ Never mind that Wendy, too, is human. She was raised by the Dragon of Apocalypse and that's a much more important part of her identity. ]

[Action | Closed to Kija]

[Ever since the days they had spent at the other prison the atmosphere in the apartment Yona shared with the others had changed, if subtly at first but with every passing hour it became clearer to the princess of Kouka. Of course, she herself was acting differently around Hak, too, she knew as much but then Jae-Ha had left the apartment to move upstairs and ... it just didn't feel right to her.

There were moments since then when Kija seemingly felt unobserved and he looked like his heart was weighed down with a heaviness Yona didn't know the source of and it concerned her. They were comrades, friends and family, so she wanted him to confide in her. He knew that she was to be trusted, that he could always come to her, didn't he?

It was harder to find a good way to approach him than she thought but after having watched him look so changed for a day, she went to his room in the early morning hours and knocked on the door.]

Kija? Are you awake? I was wondering if you wanted to come have breakfast with me.

[Action | Closed to Yuuki]

[Later that day Yona is on her way to the shooting range. Practicing with a toy bow is better than not practicing at all after all, or at least so she thinks. Her way leads her to the Nine White Orchids flower shop where she knows Yuuki and Kaya work.]

Yuuki! [She calls to the other girl who's busy tending to some flowers and carrying others outside.] Can I help you with something?

[Action | OTA]

[In the early hours of the afternoon Yona can be encountered at the shooting range, letting toy arrow after toy arrow fly at the targets. She barely pauses for breaks and only stops much later when she's fired at least one hundred arrows.]


{OOC: I will gladly match writing style, so if you prefer prose to brackets don't hesitate. If you have another good idea for how Yona and your character could run into each other (on the way to or from the shooting range or even somewhere else, please throw it at me. :3}

The first sense that came to the Doctor was the sound of the ocean, roaring as waves ebbed and flowed at a leisurely pace. Dark brown eyes blinked, trying to process how he got here, but the only thing that came to mind was how much he hated oceans this very moment. Oceans that contained beaches that brought back too recent memories he didn't want to dwell on any time soon.

"Yeah? And how was that sentence gonna end?"

"Does it need saying?"

Blinking once more he's out of his reverie, glancing downwards to his -- orange jumpsuit? It wasn't one of his that resided in the TARDIS for limited oxygen adventures or being out in space. "What?" He's startled, thinking perhaps he truly has lost track of time and apparently changed clothes? But these weren't his trainers either.

All his senses are registering that this certainly wasn't the TARDIS, nor his clothes, nor anywhere he recognized immediately off hand. Gradually he turns, seeing little huts and BBQ stands, and in the near distance a large building complex and a stable of sorts. Hastily he makes his way towards these buildings in hopes people could explain where he might be, during which he's being informed by his communicator a quick run-down of his current situation and location.

His affinity for shops took the edge off his irritation and confusion as he approached the convenience store. Popping his head in, he's relieved to see other people before he steps in. "Has anyone seen a big blue police box anywhere?"

[Nico looks like hell - though it might be hard to tell. He's got all the lights off on his end. Someone with good night vision might be able to see that his eyes are red and glassy. His voice, though, is raw and scratched, and he's going to make this quick.]

Yuuri's gone. He'd been here a long time, and I know he has a lot of friends here, s-so I wanted to let everyone know...

[That's it. That's all he can get through before his throat closes up and his eyes well up again. He cuts off the feed.]

[Video]
[Now this machine is completely different from either of the communicators that she had been given before. More complex in design, but thankfully simpler, at least in her opinion. Much few buttons to navigate. The person coming onto the video is pale, long dark hair—sorely in need of a good washing—falling about her face, left eye covered by an eyepatch looks a bit worse for wear, if usable. She’s smiling, unsure, but hoping she comes across as genial.]

Ah…hello? I don’t know how many people there are here already, but um…it’s nice to meet you all. My name is Miranda and…I’m not quite sure how these crimes are possible. I haven’t quite had the time to be a criminal and some of these ah…incidents were not intentional in the least. But as I doubt there is much I can do to change the mind of the wardens…do they um…allow us to do things...on our own?

[It’s been so long since she had a good bath and even longer since she had any kind of privacy, but if this place is anything like where she’s been before, she doesn’t expect that. She's trying to sound calm and easy, but her voice wavers just a bit.] If so, I-I would be very grateful if someone would direct me to the nearest washroom...an-and the stairs if you don't mind. I can't seem to find any and the door won't open.

[Someone maybe woke up floating on the island.]

[Action]
[She wants to learn her new surroundings, so completely different from where she's been recently that it's a bit overwhelming at first. She stands and looks and doesn't know which way to go in. But once she's moving it's like she has to see everything. She is moving all over the dome, stopping at the various places that she has access to. There's a beach, a library, a museum, and even a store full of animals! And she will be definitely taking advantage of the hot springs. The spa seems a little too...fancy for her, but hot water and a good soak help her feel a lot better about the situation.

It's when she sees the graveyard that she takes a pause, standing at the end of the area, but not entering. Considering how vast this place is, she's not surprised as she should be--not anymore--to see one, but it makes this place all the more...real. This isn't a dream. It's not another experiment by Val or the scientists. If it was, there would be so many more gravestones, she would think.]

[ Missing a Dragon ]

There is a tiny Wendy outside a small stone house, and she is sitting on a tree stub with an earthen pot of food cooking over a fire, and she's talking to a big, white feathery dragon with a gentle face and motherly voice. Wendy goes inside to find a bowl, and when she comes back, the dragon is nowhere in sight.

She looks all over and shouts fro Grandeeney but there is no reply, and once she notices that someone else is there, she rushes over to them, tears in her eyes and distress in all her being.

"I can't find Grandeeney, please, can you help me look for her?"


[ Watching a Mess ]

The inside of the building looks a lot like a pub. It's well lit, it's got a bar counter (with a pretty woman serving fish to three cats and participating in cheerful small talk with Lucy and Loke (he's flirting with both the women). Wendy sits watching the rowdy people fighting each other, the people trying to stop said fights, the people ignoring the fights, and the ghost of a blond young girl sitting on top of the banister in front of the task board on the next floor. The ghost girl waves at Wendy, and Wendy waves back, just as Erza scares Natsu and Gray into stopping their fight. But Natsu soon teams up with Gajeel to challenge Laxus, who just ignores them and the Thunder God Tribe, who all intend to defend Laxus, who still keeps ignoring them all in favor for the beer that isn't in the barrels that Cana is drinking. There's a fair share of magic thrown around. Everything is sort of a mess, but it's their mess.

It's really lively, and really warm, and it makes Wendy laugh and it makes her happy. Some of the people might be fighting but it's the kind of fighting when you've known someone too long and they're family. And besides, Fairy Tail is very boisterous and tends to cause a lot of damage during their missions. Mostly not on purpose.

"Master Mavis told me that this is the kind of Guild that she wanted to make," she says to the person beside her. Perhaps she thinks you're a guest, or a friend, or someone looking to hire anyone. "Like a big, loud, warm family and a never ending adventure!" She loves this Guild so, so very much.


(( ooc: i don't have any icons/account for tiny wendy so i'll be using her normal stuff for the first prompt too, just pretend she's tiny? ))

Today certainly felt like a good day to sleep in... even for Tieria, who almost never did that.

Scenarios

1. Inside Veda


2. Who Am I?


3. Alone


4. Player's Choice

Event Planning Thread if you want to work something out before tagging!

[Bitty dragon]

[Trespassers were forbidden from entering the Village of Hakuryuu. Anyone who got too near and made it past the fog was ordinarily stopped. There were the occasional few who slipped past, but they were normally found and taken care of. That was why just on the outskirts of the village, the young four year old Kija was surprised when he collided head first with someone he didn't recognize.

Falling backwards from the impact, he blinked up in surprise-- before he remembered himself. Rising up to his feet quickly, his white scaled claw lifted at the ready, and he faced off with the stranger.]

Who are you? And what do you want with our village?

(OOC: Responses will come from his child account bittyclaw.)

Dream 1: Family Time
[Sam is seated at a dining room table filled with what looks like a traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey and every starch you've ever seen and "salads" that have nothing to do with vegetables not to mention a row of pies just waiting for afterward. He's sitting at one end smiling and laughing and apparently holding up his end of some lively conversations except everyone else at the table—as far as you can tell—is dead.]

Dream 2: Too Long (That's what she said)
[Your face is cupped between Sam's hands and your lips are already together so you might as well kiss back, right? It's been a long time for him, and he's prepared to make this worth your time.]

(OOC: Death warnings for dream 1 and sexy warnings in dream 2. Plotting if you have other ideas or need to discuss anything. You're welcome to just jump in!)

[VIDEO]

[Kaya is sitting among a bunch of colorful flowers. To people who have been into Sector 2 a lot, they'll recognize the location as Två Park. She's in a really good mood, smiling wide!]

Wow, I've never seen flowers like these back home! Does anyone know the name of these? [She points at a kind of fancy orchids.] What a curious shape! And these forget-me-nots over here are so, so cute.

[Her cheeks flush pink.]

Um, does anyone know... if we're allowed to take flowers from any of the parks? I kinda want to take a couple back to our apartment and put them in a vase, but I don't want to... you know, get into trouble. Maybe I should've asked at the Kiosk for permission and see what they say, but maybe it's a stupid question and I make the Wardens mad?

But in any case, the parks are so, so pretty.

[ACTION]

A. Flower power

[Join her at the Två Park as she marvels at the beautiful flowers? She's sitting on a bench with a wonderful, peaceful view to the blossoms, and having some mochi ice cream as a snack. The box has assorted flavors which she'll gladly share some with you if you wish so.

She's having strawberry, by the way.]

B. Reading rainbow

[Or maybe you'll see her walking around the sectors on her own little adventure. The girl stops at every sign and shop window and tries to read the text aloud. If they're too difficult, she might take out a notebook from her cute bag to consult some Hangul/Hiragana-looking letters. Maybe she'll write new vocabulary down here and there. After all, this is the best way to learn and practice a new skill.]

C. Petting?

[Kaya doesn't know what a zoo is, but the animal part of the message makes her curious. She doesn't recognize many of the names Veridical and other inmates mentioned; if she's seen 20 species of animals during her life it's too much. Who knows if those llamas or zebras are as dangerous as the raptors? She's not as dumb brave at these things as her husband! So you'll see this tiny girl peeking at the entrance but not daring to go in without someone else.]

A: Free concert time

[It was pure luck that, while out and about, Jae-Ha happened upon a music shop. Most all of the instruments present were more foreign than not, but that's to no surprise. He took one of the vertical wooden flutes, but even more pleasing was that there was an erhu. It actually looks almost just like the one he had at home, too. Of course he had to have it.

A little while later and he's back at one of his favorite places in this otherwise god forsaken Dome: perched right on the ledge of one of Marina's tallest buildings. The rain has eased up a little bit, but he came prepared with an umbrella, which he has resting against the structure just behind him.

Jae-Ha is at ease from the moment he begins to play. Sometimes a more playful tune, or at other times, something more akin to a lullaby. Either way, the music carries.]

B: Other

[Some time later he's at the Athletic Center. Although the bo staff isn't his usual or preferred weapon, he seems to be wielding it rather skillfully. When not doing so, he can be found engaged with one of the hanging punching bags. Which he's using for his fists, yes, but also his legs. His moves are very fluid, and again he appears to be a talented fighter, but he's somewhat avoiding using his right leg. Otherwise, he'd really send the bag flying off its chains.

He can also be found at the Media Store, presently inspecting a digital camera. Which he has no damn clue what it's supposed to be.]


[ooc: have a couple other examples. ♥ ]

video

Um... Excuse me, this is probably a silly question but, um... [ Come on Wendy, this isn't the first time you have made a post, you can do it! ] What sort of family are the Suidae family? Were they important? Did they make shoes?


action

[ Look, she's curious. She has no idea what she might be getting into but she has to visit the museum to have a look at this ungulates thing that she doesn't know about. Maybe it's useful, right?

She's a whole lot confused, while she's inside the museum having a look, and after she exits.

Cue a very puzzled girl who doesn't understand what she just saw. ]