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[BriiAngelic]

• Shigeru Saari || The Lovers

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  Aurora ( Mook-LandStrider ) Izumi ( Anne Boolean )
  

  ~ Metaverse ~
  Trapped in the Past || Shigeru's CS File
  
  He didn’t know what type of psychedelic gas had to have seeped out into the school but he was quickly rejecting the idea that this was something natural happening. What was once the school now looked every part an old western movie. He touched the wall of the room. Wood. Solid wood. It made no sense. He looked to the other and saw they were just as surprised bar one. Who was- what the fuck was Izumi wearing.
  
  He couldn’t help but show the annoyance in his reaction to it. He let out a sigh before looking back at Toshiko, who was still in her typical uniform. Good she wasn’t involved in this stupidity. He started to glare at Izumi but his concentration was broken as Aurora seemed to start to panic.
  
  “Klein-san this isn’t death. More than likely this is just a nasty prank from Izumi.”
  
  He spoke the words softly to the girl before rounding back on Izumi with a glare. They spoke up and he was even more upset with them. Was this really how they were going to respond to scaring someone into thinking they died? He started to let out a sound like an attempt to growl. He could hear Toshiko behind him being too busy being star struck to be of any help to anyone panicking. She was taking this way too laxly, as usual.
  
  “So what do you have to say for yourself? Just wanted to play dress up? Just what is this because that was solid wood I felt. Beyond that why the fuck are you concerned about a dumb phone app.”
  
  He wouldn’t let up though. It was rare he cursed, it was rare he was outwardly aggressive but not only was Izumi scaring students and wasting time when they should have been leaving they were being flippant about it.
  
  “Get to work? How about you fix this, none of us signed up for your games Izumi. Fix whatever you did.”
  

 

[Colorless Spectrum]

Aoi Mochizuki

She didn't bother listening to everybody else. She was very much annoyed right now and would rather not spend her time trying to explain or hear others explain about that damn Principal. She watched as Jude picked up her phone, curiosity at what he had planned to do with it but it seemed he just planned to give it back. Aoi glanced at him from head to toe, as if she was sizing him up.

"What? We all just suddenly got the same app out of nowhere?" She asked, obviously not hoping for anyone to answer her because that was a rhetorical question before taking her phone back from Jude. Aoi walked over to the table with the melon breads that she had been eyeing ever since Toshiko dumped them all at the table. She hadn't had anything at all since dinner the day before. She didn't want to take any, but she's just so hungry and every time she looked at those melon breads she loved so much makes her feel angrier than she should be.

She snatched two and proceeded to eat it whilst trying not to look like she's on cloud nine. Then suddenly their desks and chairs were gone and it was an unfamiliar room altogether. "What the f-" Her eyes roamed the room and landed on Izumi. Suffice to say, she didn't expect the outfit change and had led her speechless.

Of course, that speechlessness was broken by Shigeru and his grating complaining. "I think every one of us had that weird app, if not most since we were complaining about it. Care to explain what the fuck is happening here?" She said before taking the last bite of one of the two pastry that she took.

mention: || interaction: Anne Boolean Arcanist BriiAngelic

 

[BriiAngelic]

• Toshiko Kogane || The Tower

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  Aoi ( Colorless Spectrum ) Jude ( Arcanist ) Mei ( Taigakitt ) Aurora ( Mook-LandStrider )
  

  ~ The Metaverse ~
  A World of Knights and Dragons || Toshiko’s CS File
  
  The Wild West! She didn’t know how it was happening but the whole room shifted. She ran to the windows looking out. Woah! That was impressive! It was so cool. How had they done this? Was this the true nature of the breakfast club? She squealed with excitement.
  
  “This is so cooooool! Hey hey Class 3-B rangers! Come look!”
  
  Her excitement overtook her as she rushed back to the others still in the center and yanked at the one closest to her, which happened to be Jude and Aoi. She walked backwards to the window not letting them free as she started to talk.
  
  “Look, we're totally in a saloon! Do you think there's people out there? Aurora-chan! Mei-chan come look!”
  
  She was practically vibrating with excitement as she peered through to see a tumbleweed pass. The two were released as soon as they got to the window as she moved over for them to look out the window.
  
  She noticed Izumi had changed outfits but it totally clashed with the setting. She looked down at her own clothes before raising her hand up as if reaching for something in the air. With a breath in she held it before she shouted to the sky.
  
  “Costume change!”
  
  It clearly did nothing. Bummer.
  
  “Wha- but… Oh well we have sights to see! Let's enjoy this!”
  
  She lowered her hand down and seemingly ignored the entirety of her cousin and Aoi grilling Izumi as she went for the door. She grinned as she twirled around to the others.
  
  “A chance like this comes only to the chosen heroes! Let’s explore.”
  
  With that she flung the door open and passed through it not waiting for the others to follow as she went to the center of the “street” to look around for any people that might show up. She completely ignored the worried shout from Shigeru to stop playing around.
  
  
  

 

[The Regal Rper]

Masakazu​

To say there was not a hint of concern at seeing the state Aoi had entered in, would be a lie. Though watching her attempt to break her phone in her own anger told Masakazu that the girl was fine, as fine as she could be for now at least.

Toshiko bringing snacks in was a delight- yet Masakazu found that he would not be able to entertain the engagement of treats for long. Glancing at the clock, he knew time was up for him and he rose to inform the others he was leaving early- had somethings to do. Except before he could, something strange happened.

They were...in a different building?

Nani The fuck?

Masakazu stared dumbly in surprise at the teleportation that had just been conducted. His mind conjured up sci-fi genres of space/time teleportation into another world. Japanese folk called it Isekai in the anime business, and whatever was happening certainly felt like that. Then again, the logical conclusion could also be he was dreaming.

Aurora's panic however tossed that idea out of the window. And the ensuing bicker that started between Shigeru and Aoi demanding answers probably wasn't about to help with how he saw it as them thinking Izumi was directly responsible for whatever, or however they got here.

Admittedly, he couldn't blame them. Eyeing Izumi in that...thing-- "Are those even clothes? There's like barely anything being covered." He muttered now that he was looking. That one piece is literally just one piece of cloth with a hole for the head.

Normally, he didn't really care about the goods other people used as weapons in the game of flirtation or attractive appeal. He'd learned in high school the hard way. But uh, Izumi's current attire was the most blatant he'd ever seen.

He had to look away. Because staring anymore was just going to draw Izumi's teasing. He seemed like the type to get a kick off that sort of stuff and Masakazu wanted to not add fire to that fuel. "Look, I understand why you think Izumi is responsible- but, I cannot imagine how they could have done this." His arms gestured to the westernized style building. Wooden room and all. "Whatever this is- I presume he knows more about it. Judging from what he just said I mean."

Of course, it seemed Toshiko didn't care to wait for answers. The girl wanted adventure, and while her bubbly personality greatly contrasted Ming Mei's from back home, the desire to explore reminded him so much of his perpetually glaring senior. "Damn," Masakazu muttered as she clearly ignored her cousins protests. Unfortunately it seemed Toshiko also was willing to ignore sensible concerns when it came to following things she was more interested in or liked. Ming Mei might've cussed Shigeru out while leaving, but at least Toshiko could leave without swearing false threats at her friend (or in her case cousin).

Getting answers from Izumi would habe to come later. The third year moved towards the doors. Heading straight after Toshiko without a ounce of hesitation the moment she disappeared after the doors. "Summer, Mei, Jude, do me a favor- tell us what Izumi says. I'm going to see if I can convince Toshiko to come back. Or at least keep her company." And he was gone.

The outside world was more of a shock but not as much. Western cowboy style terrain. Wooden buildings, wooden swing doors, dirt road path. He knew little of American culture, but he knew a lot of their pop culture. This was a classic, and he wondered just why they were here. Just how they even got here- unease creeping up.

It was so strange and bizarre to see the school seem to no longer be a school. The sky didn't even exist here and that just made things weirder. He had always wondered, considered what it would be like to be- as the Japanese animation business genre called it- Isekai'd to another world. Probably not any of his own creations because the plot really darkened in some of those, but to have it actually happen...

Realizing he had slowed down in his gazing, Masakazu ran a hand over his hair. "Okay, bit weird sure but, this is still kind of cool." I mean how many people could claim having experienced this without being sent to a hospital for a psyche evaluation? Not a single one! There was a fascination hidden behind the confusion, caution and hesitancy. Deciding to focus on catching up to Toshiko, he broke into a quick jog. The thought of whistling to call her attention hit him but Kazu avoided that action. Not a clue of what or who else might be here and he had this odd sense that the 'work' Izumi spoke of, implied something else than all of them getting to cosplay.

Mentions: Anne Boolean Mook-LandStrider BriiAngelic (Shigeru) Colorless Spectrum (Aoi)

Interacts: Taigakitt Pik
Arcanist

Chasing: Toshiko ( BriiAngelic )

 

[Arcanist]

Matsuda, Jude

Mentions: Mook-LandStrider (Aurora), Taigakitt (Mei), Pik (Summer)| Interactions: The Regal Rper (Masakazu), Colorless Spectrum (Aoi), Anne Boolean (Izumi)

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Jude, of course, let Aoi take her phone back. He wouldn’t lie though. A ‘thank you’ would have been much appreciated, even if he did lift her phone off the floor…that she threw down herself. And the look she gave him…ah, really, he shouldn’t have concerned, or asking for thanks anyway. This wouldn’t have been the first time he hadn’t gotten a thanks for what he had done for someone else.

The conversation on what this school was to Principal Nomura continued. Cowboy. Wild West. Jude did chuckle at those words. It seemed to be an odd and strange interest of the Principal's from what the others were saying. He had only been in the Principal's office maybe once or twice, so he knew little about his interests or obsessions.

“Location found. Beginning navigation.”

“Hm?” Jude hummed, looking up upon the sounding of the feminine voice, only, to discover the room warping around them. “Huh?!” He exclaimed, breaking his normally stoic and relaxed nature. The ground twisted and changed under his very feet, to the point where Jude almost felt dizzy looking at it. Eventually, when the room had decided to stop warping, finally manifesting into something real again – or fake, he wasn’t even sure – he paused to look around him.

What was in Toshiko’s snacks?

Then he remembered he didn’t have any of that melon bread.

Then how and why--?

Jude suddenly felt him being pulled in another direction towards the windows by Toshiko, who was unable to contain her deep-seated excitement over being in the wild west. Man, the grip she had on him. I mean, to be fair, he didn’t put up much of a fight in trying to get her to let him go. He squinted as he stared out the window, all the while listening in bewilderment at Toshiko’s words. This couldn’t have been happening. No way was this happening.

How the hell did they get all the way back to America? And in the wild west of all places? He wasn’t even sure they were in the right time either. Was he dreaming? He had to be dreaming. This was too bizarre to not be a dream.

Jude glanced at Toshiko, who had her hand in the air as if to summon down from the sky – or rather, the ceiling – and shouted something about a costume change…which never came. It was then his eyes caught the colourful and…little costume piece of Izumi.

He had concluded that this had to be some crazy fever dream, or a wild hallucination brought on by the aromas of melon bread. It was the only theory that made sense to him right now and he was desperate to hold onto something that seemed tangible in the setting they were in.

By now, most of the Breakfast Club had been arguing and pointing the finger at Izumi, as if they had something to do with this whole affair. Honestly, Jude wasn’t so sure if they did. Then again, he was bewildered at the entire situation. He wasn’t sure how anyone could make this up.

As if things couldn’t get any wilder, Toshiko decided to run off. “T-Toshiko-san!” He shouted after her, about to run after her and try and bring her back himself, though, Masakazu insisted he would head after her, and that he should stay put along with Mei and Aurora to see what Izumi had to say for all of this. All Jude could do was give a brief nod before he ran off and he turned to face Izumi again…and that outfit.

Jude cleared his throat before he asked, “Well? What was that about the…MetaNav? And…all of this? And when did you have time to get into costume?”

Honestly, Jude was surprised at himself with the questions he was coming out with. He believed that was more than he usually breathed in a sentence.

 

[Pik]

Summer Storms

Anne Boolean The Regal Rper BriiAngelic Mook-LandStrider Arcanist Taigakitt Colorless Spectrum

"Hu now there's something you don't see every day." Summer was taking a bite out of some Melon bread when the room changed everything went and got all western themed it was weird and then there was Izumi who was wearing some sort of strange outfit. She would finish up the bread and approached them, the outfit seemed like a strange sort of sexualized catsuit but not, she's has seen outfits like this around the red light district all the time they were usually used as means to lure men into love hotels. She definitely never had thought of seeing an outfit like this at school well is this school anymore I honestly can't tell. "So did you like recruit us all for some sort fetish tape or whatever I have to say your outfit doesn't quite match the setting but hey I don't judge. But if you're using me then it is going to cost ya a pretty penny. Also, do I have to wear something similar?" She stopped asking questions when Masakazu asked her and the others still in the room and listen to Izumi. "Aww but I wanna explore to fine just save some for the rest of us." Summer poted and looked back at Izumi pokeing at their outfit "So is it like silk or leather? Is there a draft at all? Is it even comfortable?​

 

[BriiAngelic]

• Toshiko Kogane || The Tower

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  Masakazu ( The Regal Rper )
  

  ~ Metaverse? ~
  Dingga || Toshiko’s CS File
  
  Did they time travel? Was it Isekai? Would they return to the same time period when they went back? If she kicked a rock would she be accidentally causing an avalanche at Everest? She remembered one of her games talking about the butterfly effect but did it count if a mobile app dragged you in like Blade Skill Net? She didn’t think so, but even so she pulled out her phone. A quick unlock found that it was no help.
  
  She put it back into her pocket with a pout. Oh well that was one idea down. It would have been cool if it wound up being a super hub like a menu screen. But even this reality too followed rules, she just hadn’t learned them yet. She wondered if she could find an npc and get some information out of them. At least that was her plan until she heard Masakazu’s footfalls as he ran after her.
  
  She turned to see him still a few paces behind. Awesome! So she did have a pal ready to explore with her. She started to speed back and ran in a full sprint to his side. Instead of a proper stop she did a small jump into a twirl until she practically danced a half circle around him and wound up on his other side. She leaned her torso over and turned her head so that she was facing him.
  
  “I see I see you decided to come explore too? Glad someone did! So did you wanna check out the other buildings? I’ve been looking for the town center. OH Or the sheriff’s office that’d be fun too! Maybe we could even find costumes like Izumi!”
  
  Her excitement was overtaking her as she straightened back up with a clap of her hands and a grin on her face. She was shifting her weight from foot to foot with a rocking, as if she might run off again should something interest her enough.
  
  “Ooo maybe if we do find the office we can find other people! I bet lots got sent here too.”
  

 

[Mook-LandStrider]

Everything had happened so suddenly it still had Aurora's head spinning. The kind and soft words of the others did little to calm the storm in her mind. She felt like everything was falling apart and the little normality she had was crumbling away. The fact that the others were conscious of the fact that they weren't in Kansas anymore helped remove the concept of her being dead. But, the fact that they were all there could also mean that they all died and just happened to end up in purgatory all at once. That thought seemed to win out as her face turned beet red.

The noise of Toshi however spurred her mind towards looking at the others. At this point she didn't care if this was a prank or not, she was legitimately terrified of the fact that they weren't where they were before. "Did you drug me?!" She suddenly shouted before standing up and looking towards the door. She seemed to pause for a split second before bursting towards it like a bat out of hell. In her addled mind she wasn't thinking so much about where to go but that she didn't want to remain in the room anymore.

Yes, the outside world was different and it was scary but staying in the room with the one who everyone seemed to think caused this only caused more concern for the mewling blonde. Running after Masakazu and in turn Toshi she finally caught up to them and immediately ran up and stood behind the two of them in an almost cowering way. She listened to what Toshi had to say and the thought of exploring was daunting and downright terrifying. Why would they want to explore purgatory?! "More people.... oh god this is purgatory, all standing at the gates of justice to be judged by the law bringer of this realm." She muttered out. "What if they are evil and want to hurt us?!" She trembled.

"How can you be so excited about this?" Aurora spoke up before taking another look around "So many places and we all just ended up here?! I think they drugged us and we all died like Jim Jones, like some crazy cult leader." She spoke freely not even considering that she hadn't had anything to eat or drink that the person in question touched.

Interactions: Toshi BriiAngelic Masakazu The Regal Rper

Mentions Pik Arcanist Colorless Spectrum Anne Boolean Taigakitt​

 

[The Regal Rper]

Masakazu​

Watching Toshiko move Masakazu found her somewhat refreshing in atmospheric presence. She had an air to her, even though it was weird how she wasn't questioning all of this more than playing it off as excitement. No doubt, it was a defense mechanism of some kind- or maybe it wasn't. No point in sweating the details just yet though. She seemed to be okay and was having fun that was all. He listened her talk but when she said:

Maybe we could even find costumes like Izumi!​

That, did not paint good images in Masakazu's mind. Overactive imagination kicked in and in that instant when he blinked he saw Toshiko wearing the same dress and-- Oh GOD! he winced but passed it off as a snicker and chuckle of amusement, luckily at the same time as Aurora was catching up.

Masakazu glanced at Toshiko and then as Aurora joined them wondering Why did she have to say that?!

He was always awkward when it came to scantily clad clothing. Luckily minimizing his facial cues had taken a lot of practice he had gotten somewhat better at. The terrible thing was his eyes kept glancing in Toshiko's direction now. Like they had minds of their own! Brain coming up with ideas for a character. A enigmatic villainess, bubbly and energetic personality- seductress with a naive facade in one of his world's.

Actually, that's not a bad idea.

However things were made even worse when his eyes moved to the babbling Aurora. Her panicked state yet shy nature- poof, just copy and pasted the same clothing he was trying not to see Toshiko in on to her. Instaneously she went from whatever uniform the school threw at them to Izumi's outfit, just slightly modified in Masakazu's mind. He cringed when this happened, but it was an internal kind. The power of Izumi's unnatural charm really worked it's magic here. Barely anything on Aurora, and it didn't help given the shy nature.

Masakazu rubbed both eyes with the heels of his palm, focusing on the blackness of the world as he tried to get these two images out of his head. Another idea came into his mind. A young woman, conartist. Skilled thief, skilled illusionist. His brain took Aurora's image and the salacious clothing Izumi had and morphed it into something more fitting but yet still perfect for the hiss-and-rawr meter. If he were a different guy, there would have been shit-eating grin on his face, a little joke that only existed in his head but by the stars of Lovecraftian legend, this just felt awful!

They didn't even know what he was thinking, he felt like a perv! And not in the joking way his friends usually called him!

Then again, was probably for the best he still hadn't shown anyone in this country his 18+ stuff either.

Clearing his throat with a 'ahem' as he moved his hands from his eyes and blinked slowly till he was seeing straight he jumped on the opportunity to calm Aurora down since it was clear that she was going down a spiral.

"Okay!" He said loudly, cutting Aurora off half way in that last sentence. It didn't make him feel comfortable hearing about being dead because that was just one way to explain this and he'd rather not have it a theory of possibility. "Aurora, here" he said in a softer tone. Hand outstretched he kept his distance but with his long arms if he leaned forward a bit and maybe took a step or two towards her- he could grab- just not in this case. "Here, take Toshiko's hand, here Toshiko help me out. Take our hands" he offered to her, glancing between them. "I'll prove to you we aren't just take our hands, c'mon." He gently gestured with a nod. Smiling just a little.

At least that rambling got those images out of my head...

Mentions: Anne Boolean

Interacts: BriiAngelic Mook-LandStrider

 

[Taigakitt]

Mei Ono​

Immersed in drawing in her sketchbook, Mei hadn’t been paying attention to her phone until Izumi called out to them. Giving them her attention, she closed her sketchbook up and frowned at the question that was asked. It seemed a little sudden to start talking about him, but some people were just natural gossips, right?

Looking for comparisons, there were a few things Mei could think of, but she was letting everyone else chime in while she listened.

When Jude asked about malware, she tapped her pencil to her chin. “Unfortunately, not something I know how to do.”

As it sounded that a few others seemed to have a similarly named Malware, she felt compelled to check her own. Fishing her phone out of her bag, she noticed something named similarly. She soon went to the search browser and looked up what the phone’s most recent update patch notes were just as Aoi had thrown her phone to the ground. She looked up surprised, but also realizing her phone was a different brand. There went the update idea.

When Toshiko dropped snacks on the desk nearby, she immediately grabbed one with a word of thanks given.

As she was chomping down, he considered when Toshiko said that the Principal was like a cowboy. She couldn’t help her snort into her bread. Honestly? She wouldn’t be surprised.

Izumi’s phone said something, and it made her think that they were watching some sort of video or playing a game.

Next thing she knew, she fell to the ground with the thud. Except the ground wasn’t the normal tile. It was… wood? She ended up dropping her melon bread. Toshiko was already excitedly yammering about their predicament.

Quickly, she scrambled up, looking around frantically. “Wh-wh-what!?”

Her eyes moved to Izumi when they asked a question, took in their outfit, and then very quickly looked away, her face a bright red.

“It sounds like we all do. Wh-where did your clothes go!?”

Shigeru was already grilling into Izumi, and Mei was a bit fried trying to figure out how to address everyone.

Toshiko then addressed her. Mei-chan!?

Flustered already, Mei somewhat froze in place, her head swimming, having not quite properly reacted to Toshiko’s casual name calling. Aurora’s probably right. We died, didn’t we? We all went to some sort of hell and for some reason hell is the West. If we aren’t already dead, we’ll be dead soon.

Toshiko seemed to think they were chosen heroes.

Mei immediately denied that thought. She had no physical ability and has never stood up for herself. Bravery was a trait for heroes, and she knew for sure that is not something she had.

Masakazu grabbed her attention, breaking her out of her existential dread, “Huh? O-oh. Okay.”

With a deep, shaky breath, she turned her attention to Izumi, though she had to keep her eyes from looking directly at them, “A-ando-san, it sounded like you knew something about what was going on. I would like to believe we aren’t dead, but… I can’t think of any other explanation.”

~*~​

“Help! Someone!” A soft, almost-childish voice, gender indiscernible, may be heard by those travelling outside of the safe room, coming from within a building nearby. The wording on the building was blatant: Prison.

“Get me outta here!”

Safe Room: Anne Boolean Colorless Spectrum Arcanist BriiAngelic
Travelers: BriiAngelic The Regal Rper Mook-LandStrider ​

 

[BriiAngelic]

• Toshiko Kogane || The Tower

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  Aurora ( Mook-LandStrider ) Masakazu ( The Regal Rper ) Mysterious Voice ( Taigakitt )
  

  ~ Metaverse? ~
  Majesty || Toshiko’s CS File
  
  Toshiko turned to the girl with a smile. She shook her head as the girl mentioned that it might be purgatory. Sure that would be an idea but she didn’t believe that in the slightest. For one she had no pain, she didn’t remember dying, plus how would they have crossed over without being told that they passed? No she was sure this wasn’t purgatory. Her new friend just needed to calm down a second and see that.
  
  “Nah there’s no way it’s purgatory. For one what would the principal do with purgatory? Besides isn’t purgatory supposed to be bland? This is too fun to be purgatory. Besides didn’t you tell me you wanted to break out from your own normality? Now’s our chance to do it! Trust me Aurora please.”
  
  When Masakazu offered up his hands she jumped at the chance. She grabbed his hand as well as Aurora’s. Even if she knew that she wasn’t dead the reassurance of the two being there with her was comforting. Without thinking about it she raised her and Aurora’s connected hands to rub against her face. She instead rubbed the back of Masu’s hand to reassure him.
  
  “See we’re all here. Isn’t that great?”
  
  She would have continued to try to reassure Aurora but she heard a voice calling out for help. She snapped her head to the sound. Oh well they’d found the prison she supposed. She dropped the others hands.
  
  “Someone’s in trouble! We gotta help!”
  
  She didn’t explain much before she was off. She made a full sprint to the sound.
  
  “C’mon guys!”
  
  She shouted back leaving only her words behind as she reached the doors to the prison building. Just before she flung the door open she turned back to look behind her, she would bolt down on her own but she wanted to make sure Aurora was safe. Still, hesitating to help wasn’t in her blood. After a quick nod to the others she flung the door open to the building.
  
  
  

 

[Taigakitt]

The Voice in the Prison
Involved: BriiAngelic Mook-LandStrider The Regal Rper ​

Once the doors were flung open, a blue, tubular object could be seen flailing out of the bars, waving frantically. The voice seemed to come from it's owner? "Oh! Over here! Please! Help me!"

If the group approached, they would be able to see a three foot tall... stuffed bear? The blue tube appeared to be their arm.

 

[Anne Boolean]

Izumi Ando​

Izumi just responded to Shigeru's accusation and glare with a smile. Despite the boy's harsh words, their expression didn't waver.

"Well, it wasn't me technically," they responded. "It was the app. Although the keywords were input on my phone, so I guess maybe it was my fault? Either way, I'm surprised all of you ended up coming with me when it activated." Based on their previous usage, they were under the assumption that the app only transported the owner of the phone to the Metaverse. "Anyway, this isn't a prank. But boy would it be an elaborate one if it was! Would have definitely taken a lot of work too!

"As for fixing it, well, that's why I'm asking who has the MetaNav on their phone. Only people who do should be in here, otherwise they could be in serious danger. I was planning on leading the ones who didn't have it out of this place, but it seems everyone does. To answer what's going on, well..." They looked over to Toshiko, who seemed to be taking this much better than any of their other classmates. "Well, she kind of has the right idea," they said when she mentioned "chosen heroes".

"So only people with the MetaNav app can come into a place like this. I believe this place is the manifestation of someone's view of a location in the real world. I was asking about how the Principal saw the school, and there was a reason for that. Toshi-chan guessed it was the Wild West, and it seemed she was right! So basically, Nomura sees the school as the Wild West!" They watched as the girl went on ahead out of the building into the dirt road outside. Izumi knew she would find no people, at least not real people, but would let her figure that out for herself, for the most part. It may have been considered careless by others, but they hadn't been worried about whether the girl would run into any trouble. In fact, that was the way they were able to unlock their power, so if anything, Toshi will get the costume change she so badly wanted.

"As for my outfit, I'm assuming it's a disguise. It's so that if we run into Nomura in this place, he doesn't know it was me messing around with him." They let out a giggle, enthused by the idea of doing so. "You guys haven't gotten any new clothes just yet because... well, I guess you aren't seen as a threat here? I'm not so sure. Once you are able to find your own power though, you'll be able to get them as well!"

They had planned on correcting Masakazu about their gender, but it seemed the guy had run off after Toshiko. Aurora seemed to have started freaking out even more and chased after them. They would have tried to calm her down but figured nothing they said would be logical. Izumi themselves was in quite a state of disbelief upon first entering the Metaverse, although their reaction was more so like Toshi's. Exploring and figuring things out for themselves would probably work the best, they assumed.

"I'm not sure what kind of outfit you'll get," Izumi responded to Summer. "Maybe it'll be even sexier than mine!" They let out another giggle. "And no, we're not dead." They turned to Mei. "Although, make sure you don't overexert yourself after unlocking your power. Otherwise the monsters here will kill you. I think Toshi-chan and the others will unlock theirs soon. Why don't we go see?" They started to walk out of the door themselves.

Interactions: Shigeru ( BriiAngelic ), Mei ( Taigakitt ), Summer ( Pik ), Jude ( Arcanist ), Aoi ( Colorless Spectrum )
Mentions: Masakazu ( The Regal Rper ), Toshiko, Aurora ( Mook-LandStrider )

 

[Mook-LandStrider]

The sudden 'Okay' startled Aurora enough to shake her at least for a moment out of the downward mental spiral she was on. The taking of her hand by Masakazu was slightly reassuring. It still felt warm and for the first time she was beginning to push the idea of them being dead out of her mind. She sucked on her bottom lip for a second before letting out a sigh of anguish. "This all makes no sense!" She mumbled out before Toshi spoke up

"What does that have to do with any of this? This is so far outside my level of normality I am slightly questioning if I am crazy or if this is real and what I thought was real wasn't real and this is real and..." She stopped once Toshi asked her to trust her. "Okay..." She said with a slow exhale. Toshi taking her hand made her feel alot better and she then did something that left the little blonde a little more red in the face than she had been moments before. The gesture wasn't lost on her and it ended up relaxing and making her feel far better than she likely realized. "Alright, I trust you." She said, taking a deep breath. She did her best to force her feelings down but then she heard it and her mind went back into a frenzy.

Toshi let go of her hand and the anchor she had slipped away faster than she could reach out to clasp it again. She squeezed tightly onto Masau's before letting go and running after Toshi. Running towards the person calling out was the last thing she would normally do but she felt safer around Toshi than she did around Masakazu. She didn't know him well enough to consider him competent in protecting her if something happened, at least not as much as she believed Toshi was.

Running into the building behind Toshi she stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of what was making the noise. She stared wide eyed at the stuffed bear as it waved its arm at them from within the bars. "I don't trust this! It's obviously a trap! Its in a prison and it's an animated bear! Where is the puppetmaster at work here?!" Aurora said, completely losing it in the moment. The breach of normality seemed to slightly break her for a moment as she cast reality out the door only to have it replaced by absurdity. After all, she was in the wild west and looking at an animated stuffed bear. It smelled like a trap, looked like a trap and it sounded.... adorable.

"Keep it locked up! I don't trust it! Its to cute!" She grumbled before pointing at it. "Don't fall for the adorable thing. I bet it will try to eat us or it will try to.... I don't really know but I dont want to find out." She pleaded to Toshi knowing she was the one she would need to win over to keep the thing in its bars. Though she knew what it was like to be caged and she felt herself softening rather quickly as she pictured herself in the prison looking out rather than looking in where she was now. "Maybe keep it in there...." She said quietly instead of in a panicked voice.

Curiosity took over her mind as she walked closer to the bar as the bear was waving its tubular arm around. She reached out and quickly poked it to see what it was made out of. "Why are you behind the bars and if you are stuffed why don't you just squeeze through the gaps if nothing is inside of you but cotton or stuffing. Seems fishy to me." She noted.

Interactions: Masakazu The Regal Rper Toshi BriiAngelic​

 

[BriiAngelic]

• Shigeru Saari || The Lovers

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  Tags:
  Izumi ( Anne Boolean ) Mei ( Taigakitt ) Jude ( Arcanist ) Summer ( Pik ) Aoi ( Colorless Spectrum )
  

  ~ Metaverse ~
  Kneel Before The Crown || Shigeru's CS File
  
  He wasn’t surprised the others wanted answers too. He never took any of them for fools. Even Izumi and Toshiko knew what they were doing even if they had no sense of propriety. He was only further upset as Toshiko ran off, he wanted answers though and it’s not like she was alone. He would forever be grateful for the solidarity she found in the members, her old volleyball team were mere hypocrites. Even so that trio worried him to leave alone too long.
  
  He tisked as the idea of them being dead came up. He knew better, but he was glad that it was a last resort though for his leader. He crossed his arms over his chest as he shifted his weight to his dominant leg trying to stop himself from chasing down his cousin. No he needed answers and he needed them now.
  
  And as soon as Izumi spoke he felt wisps of anger take root.
  
  He didn’t care for the deflection of responsibility. Izumi was the one who planted the idea. Izumi was the one with the two previous words that led to the discussion. Izumi was the one that had the answers and still refused to share them when his club members were panicking that they were in purgatory. And Izumi was the one that now admitting to letting three members run off in a world where Monsters resided.
  
  He felt a tremor rock him as he broke his restraint.
  
  “WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT.”
  
  He was always angry, he didn’t let that show around the school, but he was never relaxed. But, dammit it if he was going to bother stifling himself when his cousin was in danger. He lunged at Izumi attempting to grab them by the collar.
  
  “DO YOU THINK IT’S FUCKING CUTE TO PLAY WITH PEOPLE’S LIVES?”
  
  He had started and he wasn’t going to stop without saying his piece. Even as shit he didn’t particularly mean started coming out of his mouth. He was pissed, scared for his cousin, and feeling just as powerless as he always did. His goal was to cut deep. To throw anything at them to get them to react, because it was better than giving into the urge to punch them in the face.
  
  “LISTEN YOU FUCKING ************ ******* YOU MAY NOT GIVE A DAMN BEYOND YOUR NEXT DICK TO RIDE BUT YOU CAN’T DRAG OTHER PEOPLE INTO YOUR MESSED UP BULLSHIT.”
  

 

[Arcanist]

Matsuda, Jude

Mentions: Taigakitt (Mei), Pik (Summer), Colorless Spectrum (Aoi),| Interactions: BriiAngelic (Shigeru), Anne Boolean (Izumi)

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The questions that had been bouncing off the walls of Jude’s skull, had made their way out the mouths of his other classmates. Well, not exactly the same questions. He certainly hadn’t been thinking of fetish tapes or if any of them had to wear the same thing, or how comfy it was, according to Summer. He shifted. He wasn’t sure if he would even suit an outfit like that, in all honesty.

Maybe.

Regardless, Mei’s worry that they were all dead didn’t seem incredibly plausible. “Would we…even know we’re dead?” Jude asked, his eyebrows lowering in existential thought. He highly doubted it. He felt alive. He would have remembered dying. He hoped he would have remembered dying.

Finally, Izumi seemed to explain the situation…though, it didn’t seem to answer very many of their questions, or at least, didn’t explain fully, in his mind, why they were all…here. Or dead. Or…whatever. Again, Jude, in his usual quietness, asked more questions to himself.

Wouldn’t we all be in danger anyway? Manifestations? Why are we in Principal Nomura’s fantasy land? We’re threats to this man’s crazy fantasy?

Jude never looked to be a man who had a lot of thoughts circling his head, and to be fair, he rarely asked questions and often did what was asked of him. Even took most people’s word as a fair enough explanation and continued with his day.

But this was too bizarre not to question.

“…huh?” Was all Jude could come out with. Though, even at that, it didn’t seem as if Izumi was going to take the time to try and explain everything again. Even if they did, he doubted that would help clarify anything he had already heard. The day would only get weirder and weirder, it seemed.

As if that wasn’t enough, the younger – or, who Jude assumed to be the younger - of the group suddenly exploded, throwing out obscenities towards the scantily clad Izumi. If it was possible, smoke would have been billowing out of that boy’s ears. He would have stayed put, let Shigeru get out that anger and frustration of his – which, actually, he was rather surprised at the outburst – though, he found himself stepping forward in front of Izumi before Shigeru could launch himself at him like a rabid dog.

Even as the obscenities continued and Shigeru still tried to lunge at Izumi, Jude kept side stepping and blocking off his path. Sure, this whole situation wasn’t ideal, Izumi was being vague as all hell about the situation they were in, and no one particularly wanted to be here – well, bar Toshiko-san, it seemed – lashing out at each other wasn’t going to resolve the situation here.

“Easy, Shigeru-kun,” Jude told him, though, nearly not as firmly as he could, and more in the way of someone pathetically trying to keep the peace, “think about what you’re saying here. It’s a pretty crappy situation and I don’t want to be here as much as the rest of everyone, but Izumi knows some things that we don’t, clearly. We should at least not be at each other’s throats in a place we don’t really know, yeah?”

God, this talking down thing was exhausting. He’d have rather been at the hospital right now. Somehow, that was less mentally taxing.

 

[BriiAngelic]

• Toshiko Kogane || The Tower

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  Tags:
  Bear ( Taigakitt ) Aurora ( Mook-LandStrider ) Masa ( The Regal Rper )
  

  ~ Prison ~
  Save Me || Toshiko’s CS File
  
  A plush toy? She was in no way expecting that. She went jogging in to see more. In an instant she plopped down into a squat looking across the bars at the stuffed bear behind them. She looked into the button eyes with a tilt of her head before poking through the bars with her right hand to boop him on the head.
  
  “There’s no time for poking! Get the keys behind youuuuu!!! Before the deputies show up! Quick quick!”
  
  The bear spoke again and she confirmed that it was indeed the bear she heard the noise from. So this was the little one that needed saving huh? She was just as taken aback as Aurora, but while the other seemed worried Toshiko was instead elated.
  
  “See Aurora! He’s harmless. C’mon we can’t just leave the little guy locked up. You say it’s a trap but I think you’ve just played too many Seven days at Sunrise’s! Really, like a puppetmaster? Or were you watching too much DanganRonpa? I’m gonna take away all the horror games at this rate!”
  
  She stood back up with a jump. Well now that it was settled… She turned around to look for the key. Ah ha! Now that was a terribly rude way to taunt someone. Then again could she really expect much from the wild west? She grabbed the old keyring from the wall and twirled around with a wink to Aurora and Masakazu.
  
  She made a quick detour to the desk and grabbed a set of handcuffs from the drawer. Lucky find! Handcuffs get! She circled back to the door with the keys. She raised the handcuffs up twirling them around her index finger.
  
  “Time to free the Itty bitty. But don’t worry we can cuff ‘em if they do act up!”
  
  And with that Toshiko unlocked the door.
  
  
  

 

[Taigakitt]

Stuffed Bear?
Involved: Mook-LandStrider Brii The Regal Rper ​

“I am not a trap! Nor is there someone controlling me! I was thrown in here! Not really unjustified… but for trying to help the world!” The bear waved a green arm at Aurora’s words.

“I won’t eat you, promise! I don’t eat anyway, but that’s besides the point!”

Then the bear was poked, once by the smaller blonde, then by the taller blonde. He waved his arms more frantically, “There’s no time for poking! Get the keys behind youuuuu!!! Before the deputies show up! Quick quick!”

When they poked the bear, he would indeed feel squishy. He looked through the bars as they stared hard at him, putting a pout on his face. “I can’t just squeeze through. It’ll mess up my cotton distribution!” He patted his belly, “And if that gets messed up, I might not stand right! It’s a mess to put together and there’s no time!” That sounded more like an excuse because he may not have thought about that.

When Toshiko grabbed the keyring, the bear hopped up and down in excitement, little squeaks sounded from the thuds back to the ground as he did so. He abruptly stopped when she walked away momentarily, sticking his blue arm out, “No, wait-!”

Though, he promptly shut up when Toshiko just went to the desk.

Antsy, the bear looked at the door and back to those that were assumedly going to rescue him.

Then, the door was unlocked! Relief flooded the bear as his wasn't left behind.

The bear quickly hopped through, aiming to grab the girls’ wrists to run out the door, “Quick! Let’s go let’s go let’s go! Before Sheriff Normura’s Deputies arrive!”

As if on queue, there was a metallic bell ringing, almost looking like an old-time fire alarm.

 

[Colorless Spectrum]

Aoi Mochizuki

"Geez." Aoi complained as soon as her wrist was released from her classmate's oddly iron grip. She didn't have the energy to fight back, not when she's too hungry, not when she had been beaten up the day before. The sigh outside was something she never expected to see, something people only see in any sort of fiction. "How-" She stopped herself short and painted away the bewilderment on her face into something more blank.

She watched from the corner of her eye as Toshiko ran to the outside with Masakazu on her tail, the young pianist could only see them as a bunch of idiots for going their own in an unfamiliar place, who was then followed by Aurora later on. Opposite to what others claimed, Aoi felt very much alive and that is all thanks to her hurting sides and the bruise on her cheek.

Aoi merely let Izumi's words hang in the air, letting the explanation sink into her mind. Danger? Monster? Just what kind of place did they go to? But that wasn't a question she can answer herself.

"Shut it, Shrimpy. Matsuda's right. Besides, shouldn't you be focusing on your cousin who ran off? You know dangerous and monsters and all that." She said with little interest before facing Izumi. "We can't do anything about this, it's happened. Isn't that right?" Something that she had learned about when she was still living with her parents.

"Anyway, is that all the you can share to us, Ando?"

mention: || interaction: Anne Boolean Arcanist BriiAngelic

 

[Pik]

Summer Storms

Anne Boolean BriiAngelic Arcanist Taigakitt Colorless Spectrum

"More sexer than yours?" Summers mind trailed off at the sound of those words the image of her running around this western wasteland wearing rather revealing clothing has never been a thought she would think to have but here we are. Her newly found possible fetish would go away moments later with the mention of there being monsters wandering around here and the potential risk of death of her clubmates. "Wait you've known of that and you still just let everyone go what the hell is wrong with you." Summers face lent into a disappointed expression as she continued to listen to the others talk. "Wow! Saari-san calm down and use your head for a second the others are now in danger, I agree that Izumi should be held accountable for their actions but now is not the time to do that." She would walk over towards the exit of the room to leave. "I'm not going to stop any of you from staying here and sorting this out but my friend is in danger so I'm leaving now but I do welcome anyone who wishes to come with me." Summer opened up the door and ran outside hoping to find one of the others soon. "Maski! Everyone else! where are you!"​

 

[Taigakitt]

Mei Ono​

That was a lot of words, an explanation that didn’t make sense.

An app brought them here? So, was this a VR reality? Even though they were not at all wearing headsets?

That hope was quickly dashed when “serious danger” was brought up. Mei’s heart sputtered. Danger!? What kind? Like Blade Skill Net, where you die here, you die back in the real world? This isn’t wrong.

What didn’t make sense was that this was Nomura’s heart. Why him? What point was it to bringing them all into some strange, dangerous universe that can kill them?

The idea of getting their own… outfit… when they achieved power was outlandish. Then again, this whole situation was outlandish.

Then, Izumi went to go walk outside, but was stopped by Shigeru throwing a fit and some very harsh words. Mei cringed, finding herself unable to get in between. She honestly didn’t disagree with Shigeru, but the way Shigeru was going about it was… "Can we please not fi-"

Jude stepped in, causing some relief to flush through Mei. Only a little though.

Summer was out the door. Mei gave those still in the room a glance before bowing, “I’m going to go with her!”

She ran out the door with her, and as soon as they did so, they could hear the alarm of a bell ringing off a little down the way.

Mei frowned, definitely not wanting to put herself in danger, but at the same time… What else could they do?

Running with Summer, Mei spoke up, “They have to be in this direction. I hope.”

Mentions: Pik Anne Boolean Colorless Spectrum BriiAngelic Arcanist ​

 

[Anne Boolean]

Izumi Ando​

For the first time since the interrogation began, Izumi's expression changed. "Playing with people's lives?" they asked, raising an eyebrow to Shigeru's question. "Mm... well, I guess I'm technically playing with Nomura's-" They were cut off when the other lunged forth. One of the others in the group, Jude, stood between them, trying his best to block every advance the younger made. "You're defending me, Jude-chan? Such a gentleman~!"

Eventually, the younger did manage to break past the brunet and take a hold of Izumi's collar. All they could do was blink as Shigeru called them names and spat insults. After he was finished, they tried their best to stifle the laughter that came up within them. It was an unsuccessful attempt though, as they burst out in giggles. "Oh Shii-chan! I never thought you'd be so interested in my sex life!" they teased. "If you really want, I can let you in on more of it~!"

The gave a smirk for a moment before their expression once again turned neutral. "But no, at this point I'm not dragging anyone into anything. At least not anyone who wouldn't end up here soon enough anyway." When they had first found the app on their phone, they had tried to delete it countless times, and they were certain the others had done so too. Yet, every time it was deleted, it would return soon enough. No, those who had it were destined to have it and eventually were destined to go through the same thing they did. They took a hold of Shigeru's hands and pulled them off of their collar. "Everyone who has the app and ends up here will face a trial of some sort. It will be difficult, but if they have the drive to overcome it, doing so will grant them power. As for if they don't overcome it... well, I'm not certain. I only have my own experience to go off of, but I know if I didn't, I would have died. No one was there with me, but I don't believe anyone could have saved me either. In fact, I would say they would have been the ones in the most danger.

"You shouldn't worry too much though, at least not about Toshi-chan. She's strong. As for you... " they let out a chuckle.

Aoi seemed to be on their side as well, shutting down Shigeru's outburst and claim that what was done was done. "That's sadly so," they responded with a nod. "I'm the only one I've known with the app until now. It's funny though that every single one of you have it too, especially since we all joined the same club. The world works in mysterious ways, I suppose."

"Et tu, Summer?" they said, pouting a bit when the girl also criticized them. "Well, I guess my words alone won't be able to change your minds. You'll have to experience everything on your own."

They were ready to follow after her, but Mei managed to beat them out the door. Despite that, Izumi followed close behind. The sound of a bell ringing caught their attention. "Hehe. Guess it makes sense with this place being the school and all," they commented. It certainly wasn't meant to signify the end of classes here, though.

Interactions: Shigeru ( BriiAngelic ), Jude ( Arcanist ), Aoi ( Colorless Spectrum ), Summer ( Pik ), Mei ( Taigakitt )
Mentions: Toshi

 

[Mook-LandStrider]

Watching both the bear and Toshi like a hawk Aurora was feeling her blood start to boil within. Her fears were being tossed out the window as paranoid ramblings. If it had been anyone else at this point Aurora probably would have blown up and started screaming. She trusted Toshi a bit more than the normal person and despite her growing fear she managed to remain semi-coherent. Letting out a sigh as Toshi began to talk on taking away certain video games.

Looking up at the taller girl Aurora stared into her eyes "Nooooo...." She whined before her attention was once more sucked back towards the bear. "Ahhh! Thats an excuse!" Aurora half-shouted as the bear spoke up rearranging its stuffing. Her eyes got huge for a moment as she saw what Toshi was doing. "Don't do it..." Aurora mumbled mostly to herself, unsure if Toshi would be able to hear her. As Toshi got closer to the door Aurora's heart thudded hard in her chest making her begin to turn redder and redder as her blood pressure spiked. "Ahhhh!" She cried, running at the back of Toshi. In an almost half lunge she wrapped her arms around her back and began to sob "Dooooonnntttt" But by then it was far too late as the door was already unlocked.

Seeing the door swing open Aurora kept Toshi between her and the bear, unsure of what it would do. Things seemed to be going decent up until an alarm started to sound. At that moment if one were to view Aurora they would see a marvel of human genetics. Her skin went about as pale as one could go without being considered long deceased. "I knew it! It was a prisoner and now the lawmen are coming to lock us up as well!" She cried before trying to shut herself up, knowing her whining was only going to make noise. At this point, she was an assistant in this jailbreak and as much at fault as Toshi.

BriiAngelic Taigakitt The Regal Rper​

 

[BriiAngelic]

• Shigeru Saari || The Lovers

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  Tags:
  Aoi ( Colorless Spectrum ) Jude ( Arcanist )
  

  ~ Metaverse, Entry Point ~
  To Hunt L'Cie || Shigeru's CS File
  
  Matsuda had a point. There was very little that he could do by jumping Izumi but he still found himself infuriated by them. What’s worse was Aoi was right, Toshiko was alone out there with only Aurora and Masakazu for backup. He couldn’t allow that, but at least some of them had some sense as Summer agreed and ran out to find them along with Mei. He'd have to thank her later.
  
  He would have bolted out then and there with them but then Izumi just had to run their mouth again.
  
  "You shouldn't worry too much though, at least not about Toshi-chan. She's strong.”
  
  He felt his blood boil as he turned around to face the asshole again. He didn’t mind the slights, didn’t care anymore what type of general bullshit Izumi went up to in their own time, but what he couldn’t let slide was the idea that because it was Toshiko they could ignore the threat. He would never leave his cousin to fight alone.
  
  “You don’t know anything about Toshiko. She’s no fucking thug, she’s just a girl. She’s strong-willed but it’s not like she just enjoys fighting, or is any good at it! You of all people should know better than to judge a book by its cover.”
  
  With a snarl, he turned to follow the girls that had gone ahead but stopped long enough to speak to Matsuda and Mochizuki.
  
  “Like Izumi said it’s not safe here, you guys should come with. I dunno what to expect really but I do have some skill with boxing, whatever use that may be here…”
  
  As he turned around Izumi was gone.
  

 

[Pik]

Summer Storms

Taigakitt Anne Boolean

"Maski! Kogane-san Klein-san where are all of you!" Nothing but the same sandy hallway for the last few minutes just how far could they have gone they were gone for like what five, ten minutes before she left they boy can they run. A few seconds later Mei would come running up beside her "Oh! Senpai! you came with me despite the danger oh I could just kiss you, you adorable girl you!" Summer would wave her arms at her in some sort of chibi like excitement, she might as well have been a character on a tv screen. "Hmm I know you're probably right but I've been following this path for a while now and no sign if only we had a map or some sort of navigation of the place then it would be easier to find them." And almost as if on cue she saw Izumi behind them. "Ah, that's right Ando you know this place right. Therefor you must know the quickest way to find our friends right. Beter get to work you owe us now after all." The small girl would tap her foot impatiently waiting to hear their expert's reasoning and maybe excuses. ​