MarinaNova Asylum

(OOC: PLEASURE PRISON EVENT)

[Action; Sector 4; outside the new flower shop]

[Between forced sleep and a grueling heatwave, Yuuki's managed to keep herself plenty busy despite whatever shenanigans are tossed around the domed prison. From gardening, to gathering supplies and lots of set up she's barely remained still in one place for more than a few minutes. Anyone who frequents sector four may have seen her around much more often, in conjunction with a new shop that has come together rather nicely over the course of the last few days. It settles in nicely among the businesses and brick buildings. Beautiful flowers and plants decorate the entrance, with an elegant yet simple sign overhead that reads 'Nine White Orchids'.

The sign that would indicate that they're open is flipped around to indicate that it isn't yet. But the door is propped wide open with a wedge which proves that someone is inside. A soft, feminine voice can be heard humming inside, lyrics heard intermittently. The sweet, dulcet tones reach outside the shop, intertwining invisibly around anyone within hearing distance. Be careful not to listen too closely, or it's possible to find oneself inside the shop without really thinking about it.

But then maybe you're the type who would have peeked inside anyhow?

Otherwise, the girl humming to herself might set foot outside on her own, a pot of flowers in hand, should one remain unaffected or linger outside the door.]

[Private to Yuuri Shibuya]

Yuuri-kun, can I talk to you if you have a moment?

(OOC: Her singing voice can have an enchanting affect on people (Particularly vampires if relevant or desired). Feel free to use that if you like. Otherwise feel free to resist or remain unaffected! She's not intentionally doing anything. Her desire to do well and be able to draw people into the shop is simply leaking out. Here's a Permissions Post for anyone who might find it useful.)

Um... [Look at this sheepish face, Marina!]

I guess I've been here a year today. I'm the first anniversary. I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Should I do something? Do I need balloons?

[If nothing else, be impressed with his mathing skills that he was able to figure out today is his one-year anniversary in the prison.]

Dream 1: Party
[It's a party in a castle and everyone's invited! Yuuri has his family from Japan, his friends from the demon kingdom, and even people from the prison here! There's dancing and food and lavish clothing and decorations. Outside there's a flying skeleton peeking in the window. Oh, this is the demon kingdom. That's perfectly normal here! Yuuri's just glad everything finally worked out and no one has to get separated again! He's happy and he's going to offer you some punch! He's also wearing a dress. These things happen.]

Dream 2: Justice Jerk
[There is a giant (taller than the buildings) mullet-ed Yuuri rampaging around the dome shouting about justice and starting storms and creating giant swirling water dragons out of thin air. And there is a regular-sized, regular-haired Yuuri down below trying to shout up at him to stop! Watch out for flying debris and fallout!]

(OOC: Plotting if you have other ideas or need to discuss anything. You're welcome to just jump in!)

Backside of the TV

[You're in a maze. It might be a sauna, hot and muggy and thick with steam. Or maybe it's a strip club, dark with violet curtains covering the walls and secret corners with music pounding through the air and whispers you can't quite make out as you wander the corridors. Maybe you're in what looks like a video game with blocky, artificial looking dungeon walls and floors. Or perhaps it's a secret base like you'd see in an action movie, the kind with sliding blast doors and scaffolding to climb around on. Maybe your maze is beautiful, like a fairy tale, or the way a child would imagine heaven, full of clouds and flowers and somehow heartbreakingly sad.

You can wander around whichever maze you find yourself in. Maybe you'll stay there, maybe they all begin to blur together and you find yourself drifting from one to another as you explore the hallways. They all have one thing in common though; they're full of Shadows, dark monsters that you can sneak past or fight. Probably fight, since Kanji is with you every step of the way, folding chair sling easily over his shoulder and looking for some action. He's wearing a pair of glasses, and you may notice you have a pair on, too. Pick whatever style you'd like, but if you take them off your surroundings will be lost in a fog that makes your head hurt. Try not to get lost in it.]

Closed to Apartment Dwellers
[He doesn’t remember how he got back to the apartment. Maybe the shadows dumped him here. He doesn’t remember travelling, but he doesn’t remember walking either. He remembers realizing the incredible shrinking room was gone at some point. That he wasn’t disappearing anymore. That he couldn’t hold anything down. Yuuri wasn’t there. He left. He just walked away.

It doesn’t matter. He’s here, and he doesn’t have the energy or inclination to be anywhere other than curled up on his bed, staring at the wall and willing it stay right where it fucking is.]

Open Video
[Until about mid-day when he realizes something is wrong. Bolting up, he searches frantically around the room before dropping back onto his bed. Shit.]

Hey. So, it seems I’ve misplaced my sword? It’s pure black iron, hard to miss. If you find it, don’t mess with it! Just tell me where it is, and I’ll come get it.

Open Out and About
[He’s not really sure where he dropped his sword. Maybe he really was by the clinic? But he had been popping in and out of everywhere. The … incident happened, maybe, around Sector 4? He’s not sure. So he’s scouring the whole dome, focused and irritated.]

[The feed opens to an interesting sort of sight. To those who are unaware (likely most) that Zero has an identical twin brother, a double-take is probably something that will happen. Except it’s pretty obvious who is who, as Zero is most certainly not the clingy type. He seems to be trying in vain to address the network.]

To anyone who cares, this is- [nope, he’s cut off] Will you stop that already?

[ There’s some noise in the back as he continues to keep Zero’s arm hostage. ]

Who are you talking to Zero?

[ Another voice interrupts the feed and eventually his semi-innocent face appears on the feed as he stares at it. He appears to look completely identical to Zero, if not for the messy hair and the slightly more feminine look. ]

To the rest of Marina. [The reply a bit flat.] About us. Since there’s bound to be confusion.

Is that so? [ He tilts his head some. ] I suppose it makes sense if they’re not familiar with us.

[ He’s going to stay there latched to his brother. ] However, it isn’t at all difficult to tell the difference, ne?

[Zero just sighs. And yet, even despite how he may seem exasperated, he isn’t making any attempts at all to shove Ichiru away.]

No, not really at all. But I’ve learned to keep an open mind, here.

I see.

[ A good choice, seeing he will probably do the same thing after being shoved. Best not waste his energy with the inevitable. The younger twin gives the screen a little wave with a pleasant smile. ]

Hello, I’m Ichiru. I hope we will get along~

[He can’t help but look to his twin with a measure of incredulity. Ichiru is acting more like he did when they were young- young enough that the pureblood Shizuka Hiou’s name was far from being even a blip on the radar.

It’s nothing Zero can complain about. He won’t bring up Ichiru’s odd behavior, either.]

Right. Please put up with him, then.

[ He’ll just wave at the screen before the feed ends ]



[OOC: Zero & Ichiru! Ichiru's affection and cheerfulness is amped way up. See here, here, and here for a more visual/color reference. 8') ]

[Things are being slammed! Things are being knocked over. Things are breaking! It is a bad day to be a thing. Yuuri's door flings open and he heads down the hall to open Nico's without knocking! (Gasp!)]

Where is it? [His voice is stern and angry.]

(ooc: Kissing is happening. More could happen? You've been warned!)

a;

[Watch out! When they said, "let's launch our kids into the future", they probably didn't mean this: a Victorian boy sailing at inhuman speeds over everyone's heads.

The kid's desperately screaming "Sebastian!" even as he collides with… well, Sebastian. Who just so happened to arrive in the prison a moment prior. Saying that Ciel "collides" with him is selling Sebastian short: what happens is that Sebastian, in that one moment between arriving and having a flying kid crash into him, manages to turn around just in time to catch Ciel in his arms.

It’s… not Sebastian's best heroic catch. Managing to catch someone at a moment's notice is one thing – bracing for the unexpected impact at the same time is another entirely. With a grunt he takes a stumbling step backwards—

possibly right into you. You know, if you just happened to be innocently standing there and didn't have the reflexes to move out of the way of two people who were literally not there a moment earlier. Sorry?]

[[OOC: Let us know if you'd like Ciel, Sebastian or both for this option!]]

b;

[Five minutes later and Ciel's off, doing his part in finding more intel on this place. He's approaching people at random, turning wide lost eyes on others and wandering around like a lost child. Anyone in the vicinity will hear him poshly asking for help.]

I think I'm lost. [Looks down at his jumpsuit. How awful. Not to mention ill-fitting, the sleeves spilling over his fingers and his legs being dwarfed by bunches of cloth. Looks back up.] No. I'm definitely lost. Have you seen my caretaker? Tall, dark, ridiculously useless when faced with cats? We were separated and...I don't even know why I'm here.

[So innocent. Much helpless. The powers that be definitely screwed up with this one. Feel free to spill anything you know about this place to him, even gossip if need be.]

c;

[Five minutes later, Sebastian is on the other side of the dome, to do his part of the investigation. "Try to find a way to break us out." Not the easiest task when his demon powers are restrained, but of course he'll give it his all regardless.

At least his part doesn't require any helpless act - he's changed out of the jumpsuit, is strolling alongside the edge of the dome with seemingly perfect composure before calmly stopping, looking up at the wall... you'd think he isn't a new arrival at all, acting so cool about everything. That is, perhaps, before he turns his head towards any passerby and asks, pleasantly and with a smile:]

The dome truly has never shown signs of cracking, has it?

[Maybe he is a little worried, after all.]

[Evening - Within Trois Park.]

[If she could disappear into the ground she would. Simply melt into the earth beneath her and lose all sense of feeling. Become the grass, or the trees maybe. Living, but unfeeling, incapable of being hurt by the many things all around her. Life would be so simple if there was a switch, to simply turn her emotions off and not have to feel the very real crushing weight within her chest. Instead, as though to mock her very real pain, the greenery around her shifted and changed, mirroring her emotions. It was out of season, but where the cherry tree against her back should have been leafy greens, pink blossoms bloomed and fell in excess. Like the tears that streamed silent down her cheeks, they fell to the ground, and covered her and the earth beneath in pink and white petals, like snow. It zapped some of her strength, something that only happened here in Marina, but she could hardly put a stop to the way her emotions ran wild. Butterflies fluttered around the scene, and would seem out of place if not for the large, blood-like butterfly wings that decorated her back.

She had lost everything. Everything she had fought so hard to accomplish had fallen into ruin. Even though she had tried her hardest, even though she wanted more desperately than anyone to work for peace, and to stop and save her brother... it hadn't made one single difference. He had been right. 'No matter how hard you try, sometimes it will amount to nothing.']

Oniisama...

[It was all her fault. Now he was gone, frozen forever without a heart. What had she done wrong? She had tried so desperately to be the person that he had wanted, but she had failed. And now eternity would be hers to spend alone. She was a mother, she learned, all in the same day that apparently she had become a widow, or close enough. How was she supposed to be a mother, when she couldn't even protect the one person she had always loved? And now of all times? She was only seventeen. One year older than the girl who looked just like her and claimed to be her daughter. There was no doubt that she was. But Yuuki didn't know how to be there for or take care of her, when her own world was crashing all around. It was better if the girl ran as far away from her as she could.

Everything I love or get close to dies. As though her touch was toxic. One after another. Her mother and father, and now Kaname, too. Zero and Ai-- they weren't safe around someone like her. Eyes brimming with tears, she helplessly lifted a hand up to scrub at them. Her soul hurt, and she didn't know how to move forward from it.]

[OOC: After ICly learning that her fiance is gone after meeting with her future daughter. She wont have been home all day! Sorry for the mourning post, I had to get it out of the way :'| ]

[He doesn't come from a world with a lot of modern technology but he's sure visited enough to get used to it. That's why when trying to figure out the communication device, Kurogane figures it out fairly quickly.]

Another new world, huh? [Have one unsurprised new inmate, MarinaNova.] Never thought there'd be one that seems to only be a prison.

Oi, listen up. I'm looking for a couple of people. One goes by the name of Fai - tall, blond, probably has an idiotic grin on his face. Another is the kid who calls himself Syaoran - brown hair, serious but helpful. Then there's Mokona - a weird creature who looks like a meatbun with rabbit ears and talks.

[Kurogane doesn't ask about Sakura, he knows where she is... well, one of her anyway.]

I also wouldn't complain if anyone had any information about this world that they were willing to share.

[He might think he's a little young to find himself in prison but Adrien is the type to make the best of a bad situation. He's used to living in a prison. His father, Gabriel Agreste, didn't like letting him out of his sight and his home had pretty much been nothing more than a prison since his mom went missing.

There was one thing that had stood out to him in the announcements that he really wanted to check out. This place had a school. Maybe there were other kids his age locked up here that he could meet. After spending years being homeschooled, Adrien didn't take for granted the opportunity that getting to attend school and actually make friends could make in a person's life. He'd gotten to experience it for the first time just recently and that's where he was drawn to in this place. That's what he wanted to learn about.

Adrien flipped the switch on his communicator to record a video and introduce himself. The best way to make friends was to put yourself out there and Adrien was determined to do that.]

Hi! I'm Adrien and I just arrived here.[He actually waved at the camera in greeting to everyone that would watch this.] I just wanted some information on the school here. I get that this is jail and all, so I was curious about how it all worked.

[The smile he flashed the camera is perfection. For some reason the camera loves him--it might have something to do with the fact that he's a fashion model and used to this.]

If someone was willing to give me a tour, I would be so grateful. Especially if they could show me where I can get some new threads. I see not everyone is stuck with prisoner orange.

AUDIO // PRIVATE TO CHUCK & TON

I apologize for not getting back to you sooner about your invitation, but the general and I would be happy to join you for dinner. That is, if the offer still stands.

VIDEO // OPEN

Good morning, residents of MarinaNova. My name is Princess Leia Organa. I'm hesitant to refer to us as "citizens," for we're all prisoners within this facility, regardless of whether we enjoy our accommodations or feel deserving of our sentences. I apologize to anyone who has recently arrived to the prison, for perhaps that makes my question poorly timed, but the influx of new inmates reminded me of something I must ask.

Who is and isn't from a planet called Earth? I am not, and I hadn't heard of it until I was brought here. I come from a world called Alderaan in a galaxy I'm sure most of you have never been to before. [ though some of them may have seen, as has been the case with a few. ] Surely I'm not the only one who finds it odd that an intergalactic, multidimensional serving rehabilitation center favors the population of this one world over those from other systems.

Video

[Congrats MarinaNova - here is a Yuuki look-alike. She looks almost exactly like the young Kuran except her hair is slightly more wavy. Perhaps Yuuki is trying out a new look. Or not. Either way, Ai has already gotten rid of her orange jumpsuit because no way was she going to be seen in that hideous thing. Instead she's acquired a maroon dress that suits her much better.]

I've been sent to a prison? That list of crimes doesn't even make any sense! You can't claim someone was disturbing the peace if they're doing their job as a prefect. [And... some of those other things as well. Quieter now:] Mother is going to be upset.

To sentence someone to prison without even giving them a trial is unjust. Who do I speak with in order to dispute these charges? Surely there's a lawyer somewhere that I can consult.

Action - For Yuuki

[With her wardrobe and phone call taken care of, Ai takes the opportunity to look around the prison. Wandering through the different sectors because surely there has to be somewhere to sleep other than to become a hobo and find some store doorway to call 'home'. Her map says there are apartment buildings but of course Ai has to check them out before deciding which one to live in.

It's in her search that she comes across someone familiar. Though her hair is shorter than Ai last saw, she speeds up to head Yuuki off before she disappears.]

Mother!

[Well, at least her mother can't be mad for ending up in prison...]

{ BLOOD SHACK }
[The fact that both he and Yuuki will need bands if they're to mutually sustain each other still leaves Zero a bit flustered. Although at the same time he can see exactly why Yuuki had been punished the last time (not that he personally remembers it). For two vampires to share their blood with one another, and especially so if there are romantic feelings involved, is an incredibly intimate act. Although he's far from comfortable with how the wardens seem to monitor every last thing, he also knows there likely isn't much at all to be done about it.

He and Yuuki will be meeting up again in a short while to do so. For now, he's around running errands. Although as he moves through the sectors, he finds himself at the Blood Shack. He's considered maybe looking into it, mostly as his curiosity is getting the best of him. Possibly since there's nothing at all like this at home, although it would only raise complications, he can imagine.

So he makes his way in, looking around a little. He doesn't need to taste even a drop of anything, his sense of smell beyond sharp enough to distinguish the differences between the options of human, animal, and synthetic.

. . .Although, after only a handful of minutes does he realize the he really should not have come in here while thirsty. He's been surrounded by the presence of blood while craving it plenty of times, but that doesn't mean it's comfortable. He suddenly is very aware of the bottle of blood tablets in his pocket.

Before it gets to him any further, he heads back, his usually pale violet eyes more of a deep crimson.]

{ SHOPPING }
[The best way to get his mind off of of his cravings, it's actual and regular food he'll focus on. Then again, he had had the intentions to stock up a little, anyway. And that's exactly what it is: two rather full grocery bags within each hand. It may look like far too much, but it'll be gone rather quickly. A third bag, this one filled with a few other things, is over one shoulder.]

{ AFTERNOON NAP }
[After dropping his purchases off at the apartment, and even despite the on and off rain, Zero is actually outside again just to nap in one of the parks. Which (obviously) might not be the best idea, seeing how easily someone could come and disrupt him. . .]


[ooc: permissions post, ftr! + feel free to find him just outside the Blood Shack as well. >3> ]

Happy Day 365, Marina Nova!

Hear ye, hear ye! Inmates, prisoners, fellow underwater dwellers! Lend me your ears and hands and actually just bring all of you because we're having a ye olde Renaissance Faire to celebrate a full year in this bubble under the sea!

The dome has of course been decked out appropriately. Flickering torches light the pathways, interspersed with larger bonfires that you can cosy up to with that special someone - or perhaps just a glass of honey mead. Pennant banners hang across the gates and along the buildings, sporting the proud coat of arms of the prison (a lot of purple and octopi, for some reason) and many of the clothing stores offer time-appropriate options for those of you who still knows how to have fun. The kiosk has even been re-imagined into a castle.

Many areas within the dome has activities to partake in and, if you're skilled or lucky or both, prizes to win!

( Let the celebrations begin! Fanfare! )

Enjoy!

[The video feed opens to the sight of a somewhat (initially) embarrassed looking Kazuki. Behind him there's a large steaming pot, numerous bottles of spices, and maybe a stray piece of chopped potato or vegetable here and there.

Someone clearly spent his first day in Marina shopping around, and in general trying to settle a little into all of this. He (along with Soushi) have already found a place to live for the time being along with a few other things.]

. . . If anyone wants curry, you're welcome to come over. I ended up making more than I thought, so there's plenty to go around.

[It's more like he wasn't even thinking about the amount. It's the same as he does as one of the primary chefs at the café back home.

Cooking is definitely going to become a Thing he does a lot (even more of) to try and keep himself from thinking too hard about this whole situation. It's always been something that eases him, and what he loves to do.

Which is why he adds- ]

Or if anyone has any requests, I suppose. I've stocked up on a lot, and really wouldn't mind making other things.

[. . .] I guess, too, so I can meet everyone else who's here. My name is Kazuki Makabe. I'm in Sector 3, apartment [insert The Tier Apartment # Here]. I'll have the door open.

Ah- [A beat. Something very important, albeit an odd request: ] Just bring your own plate or bowl. I don't have a ton of those.

( action: Sector 3 apartment )

[He's just where he stated. Anyone who comes by will probably smell the food he's making as it wafts through the door and down the halls. He's also looking the part with his hair tied in a low ponytail and complete with an apron. There also is a rice cooker going, among a couple other things.

Come taste some pretty awesome curry, everyone. He's famous for it back home.]



[ooc: Feel free to use this as a mingle, or whatnot, too. ALSO, assume that Kazuki's roommate (Soushi/festumborn) will be around here and there, just for the record.]

My name is Zero. I've already heard from Yuuki that apparently this isn't my first time in this place. Unfortunately I have no recollection at all of then, so I'm just wondering who among everyone here knew me before.

[It might be obvious that he doesn't exactly have much interest in these communicators, because YEP. That's the whole post.]

Wendy doesn't really know what is going on. She doesn't understand and she is upset because of it. She wants to curl up and hide, when she hears the voices explain where she is and why she's there. But she can't do that, she won't forgive herself if she were to give up just like that! She is a member of Fairy Tail, and the Sky Dragon Slayer! She needs to do something, rather than just huddle up and cry.

So she wipes the tears that had been emerging at the corner of her eyes, and stands up abruptly. It seems as if she is unable to use her magic right now but she couldn't use it while she was in Edolas, either, and she had managed then!

Sure, she had not been all alone, but this wasn't her first time in a new and unfamiliar place! She could figure something out for sure! "Yes!" She nodded firmly, a fist of determination formed in front of her. But what should she do...? "I can't do like Natsu-san and just barge into places shouting..." she thinks aloud. "Erza-san would demand answers, Gray-san would..." weird people out by his stripping habits so he wouldn't get a chance to ask questions... "And Lucy-san..." She contemplates in silence. Then sighs, figuring that there's only one thing she really can do for now. "I guess my best option is to look around and ask people for answers when I find them.." Ahh, she wishes Carla was with her right now, she really wishes that the Exceed was with her, things were always better with her around.

She seemed to be in an area meant for shopping? There are definitely stores there, and as she drifts from the curb she had originally found herself in, she sees a store with a very odd name. 'Plush rump' is not the most common name of a shop, as far as she knows. But her attention is caught by another store name, and it makes her stop in her way. "Magical Emporium..?" She is a mage, of course it would catch her attention.

[Action + Video]

This again...

[With a frown Yuuki can't believe that once more she is sporting not only the dome's most fashionable anklet, complete with built in hunter technology, perfect for suppressing vampire abilities! But even worse she's somehow in the orange jumpsuit once more. Not only that, but she woke up upon the ground in the center of the butterfly pavilion. It's not that she hasn't napped in public before. But she'd definitely remember changing into orange comfortable clothes to do.

Not to mention...her head feels somehow- foggy. She's not really sure how else to put it. What had she been doing before now? Marina is as familiar as ever, but something feels off. Which can only mean one thing, right? At the very least she remembers how to use their communication device. All at once she flickers up onto the screen on the network. With a sandwich from The Bistro in hand (she was hungry and thought it might help clear her head) she gives a small wave.]

So... does someone want to tell me what my punishment is this time? I distinctly remember putting on a performance not all that long ago and that should have been the end of that. I mean- it wasn't that bad. _Right? [Don't answer if you thought the concert was.]

Somehow I feel really disorientated.

[Although if she's back in an orange jumpsuit... had she left? But on all those other occasions she had supposedly disappeared she hadn't been forced back into prison gear. Just what's going on now?]

Zero...? And Yuuri-kun, too. Anyone really. What's going on? [The fact that she got a welcome message again... she hadn't disappeared again, had she? And if so... how long has she been away for?]