the displaced; ic

I've made the decision to go home. I've thought about this long and hard but most of everyone from my world have been returned and as far as I know, everything is okay with them back home. Or is for the time being. Due to memories I had received a few months earlier, I can't really say if things are going to stay okay, and I need to be there.

Thank you to everyone who has helped me adjust in this world, and offered me their friendship. I hope going back to my world voluntarily does not mean I'll forget any memories I've made in this world.

I will be, of course, putting up Mal's farm and the livestock for sale. Can't really watch over them if I'm not here.

I can't say I thought of this long and hard because the decision had always been there. I plan on staying. From what I was told by Lance prior to his leaving, everything turns out for the better. The intergalactic war back in my world that we had been fighting for centuries is over.

But I am no longer alive after the war, and I'd like to continue to be alive in this world. I will miss the rest of my Paladins everyday until they come through and decide to stay here but for the time being, this world will have to deal with me in it for a few more years at least.

Filter: Keith

I hope that answers a question you might have had.

FILTERED TO FRIENDS*

It's funny. The first day or so all I could think about was how to get home. I know there might have to be a time where I go back but [...] I think I'd like to stay. I'm used to strange, unbelievable things back home, but being here has opened up a much wider door and I don't want to miss out.

*ooc: seriously, i wont be picky, be her friend.

ALUCARD MARESH

I don't want you to worry for even a moment.

I'm not going to choose to go back without you.

I'm sorry to see that many of you had an unpleasant experience with the most recent portal nonsense, but I quite enjoyed it. It was refreshing to relive a more carefree time, and now I have new, happy memories of it.

I did miss my friends, though. How are we doing? Would anyone like to have an impromptu party this weekend? I'm thinking... beach.

Hello, my friends! This is a fascinating world and seems to be full of wonderful people. I am sad that I don't remember meeting you all and would love to meet you again.

For anyone who doesn't know (or has also forgotten), my name is Rhy Maresh.

ALUCARD MARESH

Shall we explore what fine dining options this world has to offer?

Yes, I am asking you to dinner.

So in case anyone didn't know. Hi. I'm Abraham Frankenstein. Is anyone here besides my mother any good with a sword? Because this reality sounds exceptionally sad otherwise.

Also someone help me bribe my sister into not glaring at me. I'm suggesting ice cream.

WHO: Younger!Rhy and younger!Alucard, part 2
WHAT: Sorting out a few more things
WHEN: After this one, still today
WHERE: Maresh Palace
WARNINGS: I don't think there are any in this one, just a lot of feels.

( ... )

WHO: Younger!Rhy and younger!Alucard, cameo by Anisa Emery (NPC)
WHAT: Waking up in bed together, patching things up and then figuring out wtf is going on, in that order (part 1 of 2 logs)
WHEN: This morning
WHERE: Maresh Palace
WARNINGS: Mentions of the abuse, torture, homophobia etc in Alucard's past. I think that's it?

( ... )

Looks like Croft Manor managed to show up through the portal. It took me by surprise for a second, it looks like your typical ranch house from the outside. I'm guessing that's the portal's work as well? I'm really curious about the portal and how it works, but I imagine so does everyone else around here.

Funny enough, I've never spent a lot of time in the U.S. I know some differences, so this will be a fun learning experience.

Hello, again.

WHO: Everyone.
WHEN: Um, it was supposed to be last night, so let's say tonight.
WHERE: Callisto Deck, Starlight Park
WHAT: Living up to its name, Starlight Park hosts the Festival of Recreation. Leisure. Dancing. And... other things.
TRIGGERS: There will be a section for the

( Oh THAT kind of LEISURE and RECREATION. )

Right then. Back in space, party coming up. Who's excited? Love a good space festival.

[OoC: Posted to the network about ten minutes after the Disappearance notification]

Does that sort of notification happen a lot?

WHO: Waugh-Solo family & extended family
WHEN: 28 - 29 March
WHERE: Medical Center in Theed
SUMMARY: It's a … !
WARNINGS: Please utilize the Content Warnings page.

( It's a Girl! )

I understand that this world, for its previous inhabitants, must feel very different and strange and I hope this is not insensitive to say, but: I think this is my favorite world I've visited so far, and I will be very sad to leave.

I am trying very hard to see all of it, but it is oh so very tempting to stay the whole rest of the time in Lake Country. The things they can do with flowers is incredible. I have spent so much money on blossom wine and perfume (followed very closely by clothing, not just from here). Not to mention the parades! The acrobats! I want so much more time to spend here.

I never thought it was possible to say this at the age of 30, but apparently it is possible to say that I think I'm legitimately too old to be able to enjoy any kind of amusement park rides. Is this a mom thing or something else?

That being said, I opted to take cooking lessons in the kitchen instead. Anyone want to join me? Because this is hella fun, and Hargreeves mansion is going to have an amateur chef eventually!

WHO: Rhy & Alucard Maresh
WHAT: Celebrating their 2-year anniversary, rewatching old memories
WHEN: March 1 (backdated)
WHERE: Maresh Palace
WARNINGS: Mentions of parental abuse, trauma, patricide (past & hypothetical future)

( ... )

I love it when they turn gravity lower and you can jump higher. I'm on the stateroom decks and it's all WHEE and WOO while I'm shooting arrows around. I'm gonna do null gravity archery next.

Before we go to space, who wants to watch the Mamma Mia! movies? You can be in the production, not in the production. But who knows if we can watch them in space, and they're super fun.

Also, I still own less than I thought I might have. I started packing, and other than my spaceship and my lego spaceship, it pretty much almost all fits.

Okay so if the cruise ship tries to kill us this time and we come back to a transformed town I would like:

the city to grow two sizes

THE LAKE BACK. Remember when it was a lake and not a river? That was a thing, right?

Purple trees.

Main street to have giant sculptures on its street like Las Vegas does

Churros.

What do you want?

Tags: detective pikachu, lauren strucker, megan gwynn / pixie (616), ochaco uraraka, peter maximoff / quicksilver (movies), rhy maresh

[Filtered to Friends+*]

So I guess that happened.

I'm not good of this sort of thing, but since I brought it up, they/them pronouns for now.

GAME NIGHT CREW

I definitely enjoyed last night. We should do it again sometime when all this Maleficent mess is over and things are hopefully more settled. Otherwise, I guess we'll just work around it.

RHY MARESH

Thanks for smoothing over that awkwardness from last night, by the way. Slight misstep.

No.

CLOVER EBI & QROW BRANWEN; edit: ALUCARD MARESH

Clover, it was lovely to spend some time with you yesterday. I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Qrow, you were missed on the shopping expedition but I do hope you like the clothes we picked out for you. What activities do you enjoy?

Also, if you'll indulge my curiosity, which of you won that bet?

Hello, inhabitants of Tumbleweed. My name is Clover Ebi. My friend and I have just arrived and, despite the arcane technology, I have been informed this is the best way to reach out to the rest of you who are here. I believe 'the Displaced' was the current term used to describe us all, but please correct me if I'm wrong. I'd like the opportunity to get to know the people here better, but I understand to get information, sometimes one must give information, so let me start it off.

I hail from the kingdom of Atlas. I'm the leader of the kingdom's Ace Operatives and a huntsman. I have heard this place is different from Remnant and you do not have much need for Huntsman and Huntresses as there are no Grimm. I'm sure I can take my skills from home and apply them wherever necessary should we be here for a while. Not that there's anything to go back to for me

My friend, Qrow Branwen, is a huntsman as well. He may be a little less optimistic than the regular person, but he's really not as bad as he makes himself out to be. Don't take his words to heart. He doesn't mean half of what he says.

Please, if someone could direct me somewhere that I could find reasonably priced and well made clothing, I would appreciate it. I came with only one outfit and it is, rather unfortunately, destroyed and soaked in blood. And any tips for a new outfit for a man who wears a cloak that looks like it's been half eaten by a Grimm would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I'd like to give a thank you to the medical team for setting me straight and for whoever made those handy potions.

There seem to be consequences to [...] poking the bear. Count me among those who've lost one of their senses.

ALUCARD MARESH

I haven't been able to hear anything for the last ten minutes.

Will you come and take a look at me? Then we can decide if I should also be examined by one of the clinicians here. Unless they've looked me up, they don't know about my [...] current condition.

I must say I considered killing whoever I needed until one of you fools could send me home, but the idea of conquering a fresh new world is far more appealing than returning to one I already rule.

I also know how tiresome heroic fools can be.

Consider this your one and only warning to stay out of my way.

WHO: Rhy & Alucard Maresh
WHAT: Talking about their bucket/portal list after a storm at sea
WHEN: Backdated to January 22
WHERE: Somewhere at sea on the Besame
WARNINGS: I don’t think there are any?

( ... )

Q, we're totally doing this.

Who else is in?

I have been pondering what it is I want to do, while here. Which makes me curious about everyone else's thoughts. What's the thing you're most proud of/glad to have done since coming here? What do you most still want to do? What can you do that you cannot at home?

Filtered: Bard

How much sailing have you done yet?

Filtered: Isobel Evans

Hello again. How have you been settling in? I saw you on the charity post. And I thought it's been too long.

So last year, there was a convention in this area, for soon-to-be brides, and while I had no intentions of getting anything out of it (even if Lance had assumed something then), they had asked me to participate in modeling a few wedding dresses. Those wedding dresses (three in total) ended up in my possession, though they never called me back for them.

They've still been sitting around in my closet for all this time, unused by anyone in this household, of course, so I was wondering... what can be done? Would anyone like to take them? I don't want to toss things out especially considering we all here already have very little since landing here.

Similarly, the portal also gifted me with elven wine this past Christmas. The last time I had enjoyed it was when Sif, Loki, Thor, and I had gone about in Middle Earth together. Considering they (or at least the versions I was close to) are no longer here, I'm not entirely sure if I have the inclination to enjoy these again.

Two things:
1. If you happen to be wondering how to deal with the geese after you collect them, I'm pretty sure I have a couple of recipes around to make some really good dishes for a weekend family dinner.

2. I'm going to just go ahead and announce now that I'm having a 25% off sale for anyone who books me before February 1st for makeup and hair for their lovely Valentine's Day dinner date.

Unless you're vegetarian and vehemently against and offended by people eating animals, during which I may have just shot myself in the foot for making that first announcement along with my second.

I've been getting slowly more used to food that isn't, well, protein bars.

What do people recommend? I've had cakes and those were good. And mac and cheese. Also something called a burger?

Two weeks late, but I just wanted to thank everyone again for coming to the grand opening of Satyrs. For any future events, Satyrs will be private parties or even catering. We're open everyday for a meal starting at 10AM, then a break mid afternoon (3PM to 5PM), between lunch and dinner, and then we'll be open till midnight on Thursdays to Saturday, and till 11PM on Sundays to Wednesdays.

And you know what? I just realized the awkwardness of naming the restaurant Satyrs and having it open in the month of January because it was around this time last month that I remember actually BEING a satyr on another island. Haha, I told myself I would never think about that time again and yet. YET.

I swear to god there is no magic like that on the restaurant.

Filter: Katie Bell

Weird question but you wouldn't happen to have veritaserum lying around, would you? Or a method that you all use to reverse engineer a truth-spitting potion?

Pity that nobody really celebrates Twelfth Night. Not like they used to.

CHARACTERS: Everyone!
SETTING: Satyrs, Josh Hoberman's new restaurant, starting at 7:30 and going into 1AM
SUMMARY: Satyrs is having a grand opening and starting business off with a NYE party. IC/OOC post!
WARNINGS: Mentions of alcohol
NOTE: Thank you, Emmy, for helping me with the format! ♥

( Celebrate 2020 at Satyrs! )

Every December I've not had to set foot in the foul damp that's London I've considered an escape worthy of being celebrated, and I'm very happy to report that this will make nine in a row. This year I have much more to celebrate than avoiding a chill, so please allow me to introduce myself by expressing my gratitude at finding myself here. It seems a wonderful sort of place, and while I've no doubt I'll make a perfect fool of myself sooner rather than later, I do that in the city, too. I hate to begin by begging everyone's patience, but it won't be the first time, nor the last. I can only assure you I do my best to be a quick learner.

Well, my turn to show up in a Hallmark movie. Strangely enough, I realized that of all works I starred in back home, I never did a Hallmark movie. General Christmas movie? Yes. I played Belle in one adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Don't think I would have acted in one though if anyone asked me, but at least now I suppose I have the experience indirectly!

Hello everyone. I heard a secret that we're the most interesting thing to happen to this town. Some of you I've met before. If you met me a few weeks back, I remember you. If you didn't, I'm Declan Lynch, lately of Washington DC. And it'd be a pleasure to get to know you.

Like many of you, I'm fortunate enough to arrive and have a place to stay. But I would enjoy being an honest man and finding some kind of job here. Most of my experience is in one kind of office setting or another, but I'd welcome branching out in a place like this. I can handle retail, tourism, accounting, lattes, you name it. If I need to, I'll learn how to do it.

I could make a resume, but like most of you here, my references wouldn't be available for comment.

Now that business is taken care of, I'd love to hear about you.

Filtered: Alice Quinn

Hello dear, have you had any water in the last hour? Please drink some more. For your health and well being. It's incredible what has happened here over the time we've worked on the portal. I have enjoyed it immensely, and you are an incredible magician to work with. It is with no harsh feelings that I wanted to let you know I will be resigning my position with the Bureau. We never know how much time we will have, and I want us all to choose carefully what we do with the gift it is. For me, the time has come that it means working elsewhere and on other magics. I wish you only the best with the portal, for I know this work is meaningful and valuable.

Filtered: FNRB Leadership

Thank you all for the work you do. It has been an honor to work with you. I am rendering my resignation, for two weeks time. Though you may always call on me during the emergencies we face as a community. Sincerely.

I know we all must think of what we want for Christmas, especially from the portal. I am tempted to request more of the wine I cannot otherwise come by here (not even piracy can help us there, Bard). But I wonder about the practice of New Year's resolutions. Has anyone begun thinking of those? Have had good ones in years past? Have kept one (and which one?).

So is this a life of leisure situation? You've all this technology, doesn't seem to be a need to work, we all just exist?

Attention ladies of Tumbleweed!

I'd like to introduce three of my darling sons for your eyes

( cut for images )

And it should go without saying, of course, they're all delightfully single!

I don't know if this is generally what we use the network for, but if not, why not!

WHO: Any/all displaced
WHAT: Rhy's bday party
WHEN: Earlier today, 4PM-onwards
WHERE: Playa Miramar, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
WARNINGS: TBD

IC/OOC thread! Very simple bc neither Sil or I have the energy for pretty things, but I didn't want to NOT post anything.

Come hang out at the beach, eat good Mexican food, drink tequila (or whatever your poison is), listen to music, and have fun!

Belated as it is, we are having a birthday celebration for the love of my life, my dear husband, Rhy Maresh. It is, as ever, a gift to have each other here, and in that spirit everyone is invited. The only gift we ask of you is your company this Saturday, November 16th beginning at 4pm at the beautiful Playa Miramar. A portal will be set up at our residence to take you there, and you are welcome to join us by other means.

There will be food, drinks, and music as late into the night as you wish. If you would like to spend the night or two as well, let us know, and we shall arrange rooms for you.

We hope to see you there.

WHO: Rhy & Gansey
WHAT: Getting "lunch" (aka midnight snack in Tumbleweed time) in India
WHEN: Very early Wednesday morning (backdated)
WHERE: Haveli at Jalandhar
WARNINGS: Mentions of death, loss, mental illness, relatively vague

( ”...” )

Waking up from a dreamless sleep is quite an experience. One I'm not too eager to repeat. Losing six days and not even realising it has put me in that perpetual state of "I know I'm forgetting something." Yes, Clara Oswald, you're missing six days, and you feel like you're constantly behind on everything.

I'm sorry to my students and the staff at the school.

Finally, those accursed thorn scrapes and punctures have finished healing. It never takes me so long to heal from something so minor, but it seems the fairy magic behind them also caused them to heal at a slower pace than that to which I am accustomed.

Now that I am free of those marks, I will be resuming assignations at Carpe Noctem. Due to the legal status in this place, I suspect I shouldn't even advertise that, so please contact me privately and not publicly with any interest.

[FILTERED TO GOLDEN SQUARE]

If anyone should need assistance running errands while they remain cursed or in recovery from their curse, please know that I'd be happy to assist you.

Lucy, you discussed present-day apparel the other day. I have found a couturier, Miss Jan Van Dyne, who does exceptional work. She is also understanding when someone is accustomed to very different fabrics, shapes, and supports than what is commonly found here. I also noticed that you mentioned music. Will you tell me more about which instruments you play? Perhaps we have some in common.

WHO: Rhy, Alucard, & Kell
WHAT: Rhy wakes up from his cursed sleep
WHEN: 3 days after the ball (backdated)
WHERE: Maresh Palace
WARNINGS: I don't think there are any?

( ... )

WHO: Gansey, Rhy Maresh & Kell Maresh (background Ronan Lynch)
WHAT: Identifying & saving Kell
WHEN: Late Saturday/early Sunday September 15/16th
WHERE: Fairy Ball
WARNINGS: Issues of self-worth, some cruelty, vague references to violence, etc. What you'd expect from a log making a deal with fairies.

( He was good enough to get Kell back. )