middleofsomewhere | No Place Like Home: Outside

No Place Like Home: Outside

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: OUTSIDE

HOME SWEET HOME

You find yourself not on a wide station platform, in the clothes you last remember, holding what you were when you went through the glas door. There's no longer a train behind you, no sound of its whistle, with no other passengers around you in similar style of clothing to your own.

You're somewhere familiar, or just - the last place you remember being before your life became tethered to the Voidtrecker Express. A field, a city, a kingdom, or perhaps even a space station. You should be nowhere, yet you find yourself somewhere, despite all odds.

People - if there are people - don't at first notice you; but attract enough attention to yourself, and that will all change. Friends, family - are they near, a phonecall away? It's either everything you wanted or everything you imagined (for good or worse), and it could seem unbelievably real. But it is real - you're off the train, back somewhere you know.

Finally - the journey is over...

...If only.
You're moving away from where you arrived, for whatever reason. Who wouldn't? You may be far from home, have business elsewhere, or want to go sightseeing. It's time to return to - and live - your life, and that doesn't include sticking to one place.

But you'll find that when you reach a point, the world becomes...foggy. A fog that you hadn't seen in the distance before it appears, and when you walk through it, you'll find yourself in a place some have already found themselves in.

Because for some passengers, there was nowhere for them to return, and so the barriers lead only to fog, and then straight back onto the platform. The Voidtrecker Express may be stationed, or there may be a blanket of fog where it should be; sometimes, it can be caught trying to leave the station, only to come back a few minutes later. The doors are shut tight, and the windows are obscured, showing nothing inside.

Those who came from somewhere can go back, should they go through the turnstiles again. And if they want, they can take people along with them, too...

But sometimes, they go to a world no one knows. They go through the barriers into nothing, a black emptiness. Not space, for those that know space, and it doesn't seem to be the void either. But it is a void, devoid of anything at all. Just a darkness so complete they will not be able to see anything at all, they will only know their companion is there through touch and sound. How they are breathing, how they are living at all, is a mystery; one probably answered only by the SCA on their wrist.

Being there brings an unease deep down inside them. This place is not natural, not somewhere that they should exist in. Not a place that should exist at all. Luckily they are never there for more than a few moments before they return once more to the station, fog covering them like a safety blanket.

A DIFFERENT CORNER: LOCATIONS

In the first couple of days (whatever that means, when time doesn't match up between most places), the only way to move to another's tethered location is by them leading another there. But after that, individuals will show up in other locations when they reach close to the distance limit. Indeed as time goes on everything gets a lot less stable. They may know their five miles perfectly but still one step to another leads them back to the platform. Attempting to return to their world leads them somewhere else entirely.

And there's quite a few places to end up.

SETTLEMENTS

Buddhist Temple, China ( Koumyou Sanzo | TL )
Rebel Camp, Lothal ( Hera Syndulla | TL )
Homestead, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA ( Nell Ingram TL )
Capsule Corp ( Trunks | TL )
School Grounds, College ( Idia Shroud | TL )
City Ruins, beach ( Najaran | TL )
Hakkei Palace, Tai ( Taiki | TL )
Gusu Lan, mountain sect (China) ( Lan Jingyi | TL)
Lotus Pier, riverside, China ( Jiang Cheng | TL )
The Endless Abyss, Hell ( Shen Qingqiu | TL )
Hyrule Castle Town ( Zelda | TL )
Haven Palace ( TL )

COMMUNITIES

Spaceport ( Yondu | TL)
Mobile Station Base ( Kiyoiri )
Arkwood, Town (Ryo | TL )
Techstead, Town ( Devero | TL )
Tatsumi Port Island ( Ken Amada )
Mor Dhona / Town, Mountain, Lakes ( K'zeka Tai | TL )
Hyrule Field & Lon Lon Ranch ( Link | TL )
Ishigami Village, Japan ( Senku Ishigami | TL )
Aether Paradise/Artificial Island/Natural Preserve ( Katsuya Jonouchi )
Nautilus ( Spark/Clef TL Clef | TL Spark )
The Underworld, Hades ( Zagreus and Thanatos | TL )
Sanctuary ( TL )

CITIES & KINGDOMS

Saillune City ( Zelgadis | TL )
New Mantle, City ( Ruby Rose | TL )
Brooklyn, New York City, USA in 2017 ( Jake Peralta | TL )
Azabu-Juban District, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ( Usagi Tsukino | TL )
Hau'oli City ( Eva Iden'no | TL )
Gauig City ( Little One/Buttercup | TL )
Kyoto, Japan ( Masumi Sera | TL )
Shinjuku, Japan ( Yosuke Otoha | TL )
Kingdom, Evermore ( Roland Crane )
Garlemad, Kingdom ( Zenos | TL )
Kingdom of Knothole ( Mina Mongoose | TL )
Domino City ( Yugi Muto | TL )
Amnity Park ( Danny Fenton | TL )
Garlemald ( TL )
Lothal ( TL )
Los Angeles ( TL )
The First - Crystarium and Lakeland ( Elidibus | TL )

OOC NOTES

OOC post. Ask questions here.

LOCATION TOPLEVELS: Since it'll be easier for players to engage with settings presented by those offering them, when we see a toplevel for one of the above locations put up, we'll add it to the list! We've also included the OOC comments for settings to the side, so any questions can be left with the player, as well as extra details. Please always speak with the player first if you intend to do anything drastic to the setting!

A REMINDER: Time of log is Poi 22-25, but time within worlds can last up to a maximum of two weeks. Minimum is whatever you want it to be.

During Poi 22 and 23, characters will need to be led to a location to be able to access it. From Poi 24, people will show up in locations regardless of invitation.

The second half of the event will go up during 20th to 25th February (Poi 26-28). But as always, play around in here and do as you like!

If your character's setting isn't above, link us to it in the Questions post, along with your toplevel! We'll add it.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

See below comments for threading on his world without Jingyi attending, or his personal prompts:

(OOC: Please contact me first (either fenixofthedark#9631 or Dark_fenix ) before threading in Eva's world without her. This is so I can give you any extra world info you'll need :) )

[Platform]
She can't say she's surprised to be back on the platform; not when the SCA had remained. Not after seeing her body in the hospital. Not after that conversation and a half with Satoru and Fluffy. If Senku was here, she couldn't sense him, yet it didn't mean shit.

Not when this is just another thing in a long line of them when it comes to life on the train.

Still, it's not an easy thing to process; she'd wanted to go home at least, to see Satoru and her family, and her hands shake as she stares at the SCA. Hands form fists as she steels her will into that of Eva the Champion.

"Ok. That's how it is?"

Doesn't matter how many times she comes back, she still says it. As if she's trying to will it into not being so. "Wonderful."

[Choices - Daytime]
Her first trip to the world was by herself and she dealt with a few things as best she could, but now... She's brought people here. Friends, found family, or even just curious people who want to see a world dominated by pokemon. She'll bring them all.

Compared to what she wears on the train, Eva is in a teal-green shirt, jeans, and white sneakers with a myriad of pokeballs on her 'belt - though she has a familiar rucksack on her back and she's not letting go of that anytime soon. Also the SCA, but details.

"Right, so; we've got pretty much the run of a city and there's a lot of things to do!" Eva says to whoever's come with her, with a laughing grin that is all confidence and ease as she sweeps a hand out towards Hau'oli City and the city life that is her home. It's noise, it's green, there's people and (reasonably sized) pokemon everywhere. What cars can be seen are small, sleek and compact. The same with the odd truck here and there. The air is clean and salty. All in all, it's a vibrant place full of life and laughter. "There's the beach, the shopping district, the mall, the parks, libraries, the marina... One of the Take Off Zones if you want to go for a flight..."

She points upwards. She doesn't mean planes or helicopters, she means literal flight on pokemon, some of which can be seen high above. "The choices are endless, really."

She means it, too. "Just let me know what you want to do and we'll go from there, ok? And don't worry about cash; I'll take care of that."

[Choices - Nighttime]
Nighttime is much the same as the daytime, though there are notably fewer people and pokemon around. Any wild pokemon that can be spotted are distinctly nocturnal.

"Right, so; we've got pretty much the run of a city, and like in the day, there's still plenty of things to do! and there's a lot of things to do! The beach, the shopping district, the parks. Bars and clubs if you want? One of the Take Off Zones if you want to go for a flight..."

Eva shrugs. "The choices are endless, really. Just let me know what you want to do and we'll go from there, ok? And don't worry about cash; I'll take care of that."

Edited 2022-02-12 08:24 (UTC)

Gusu Lan, the Cloud Recesses, rises as mountains and buildings of a very particular style, visible to those who step away from the platform, either led by Lan Jingyi or, in later days, finding themselves present for unaccounted reason. Each finds themselves beginning in the place where Lan Jingyi stood prior to his arrival on the Voidtrecker Express: a training yard that has been converted into a very odd sort of sickroom, completely open air but for the covering artfully spread across half the area, under which a familiar young man sleeps, covered by a white sheet. If he's in human form, it's because the spirit of Lan Jingyi is as well; if he's in dragon, it becomes apparent that the body of Lan Jingyi is not clothed, because his body likewise gains dragon form as he does. Their transformations, body and spirit, indelibly linked.

Yet outside that training courtyard, just large enough to contain a dragon and still showing signs of wear and tear from months of transformations while unconscious (not unheard of, Lan Jingyi will say, but unusual in the course of things), lies a town-like sect woven into the valley landscape of the mountains it sits perched within and between. Waterfalls cascade down the taller back mountains to course through the sect itself, winding in the ways nature has intended. Smaller creeks can be found, along with crafted ponds for senior households and visitors and the teaching areas of the sect; the kitchens produce foods gentle to the stomach and tongue, but warm and filling, always.

Visitors will be met with curious looks by the young disciples, and cautious, often aloof respect by the older disciples, and even more cautious consideration by the elders. They'll be greeted, once they strive to make themselves known, even fed, but only the youngest ask many questions, and only the Lan Sizhui, Lan Wangji, and Wei Wuxian of his world will actively speak with the visitors. Lan Xichen might be tracked down as well, but he's busier with sect dealings, and upcoming nuptials, though no one seems inclined to say whose they are.

Guest right is granted to all visitors, and guests are expected to treat themselves and their surroundings with respect. Then again, all the Voidtreckers caught between realities needn't make themselves known, and there are rabbits to play with, or dragons to watch in flight, and a whole natural world within the limited sphere of wandering to experience. (Or, perhaps, near limitless warm, bland food to fill stomachs searching for that kind of fare.)

( ooc: please indicate which npc(s) you're looking to speak with if tagging this thread. lan sizhui, lan wangji, wei wuxian, lan xichen are some available: anyone in the untamed canon is likewise available, because why not? they can be invited to visit gusu lan for the right reasons. )

Edited 2022-02-12 08:24 (UTC)

on platform: a request for photographs

"Hey! Does anyone here have a thingy that takes photographs?"

It's after accepting that they can't force their way back on train that he cups his hands around his mouth and shouts his request. Might as well see if he can take advantage of this whole stupid, wrong situation while he can.

on platform: mealtime (and bathtime) roundup

"Anyone who needs somewhere to eat, you're welcome to come with! We've got filling meals, not really spiced ones. We also have latrines and bathing tubs, hot or cold."

Lan Jingyi sounds vaguely disgruntled making this announcement, but it was swiftly evident that with nothing on platform to make use of (or to dig into, if they even wanted a field latrine), it was up to organising world trips to keep people fed and tended to, annoyingly enough.

"Though if you complain about the food I'm going to have to kick your butt on principle."

on platform: train naps

Every so often, he barnacles on top of the train for a nap, which lasts for variable amounts of time. If the train tries to rumble off into the void, he's instantly ported away and may or may not come to in the air, catching himself before he hits platform in dragon shape; or else he does hit platform and wake up, massive head lifting on his long neck as he blinks rapidly and looks around.

"You are so rude!" He calls out to the train. The train, as always, doesn't respond.

when in gusu: pick your poison

Jingyi finds his way back from his world swiftly, heartsick (homesick) and irate at having been kept from reboarding the train. He does periodically return for more than the necessary reasons. Not usually for long.

He doesn't say much. His world is as secure as he expected, and he's well tended to, out of love and obligation. His communications simply inform those watching over him, and while they continue to worry, there's better understanding of the whys.

If you find him here, did he bring you? Or did you come across him unanticipated, to find him sitting with an immense amount of white rabbits, all hopping around him unconcerned, even thumping his tail? Or in other witnessed snippets, talking to Lan Sizhui, or staring down at himself, or at one point, transforming to dragon form so that he can tend to his own body's mane as it likewise makes the transition. Or, with him grateful, did you finally witness the Cold Pool, where Lan Jingyi stands entirely naked and chest deep in water with his eyes closed as he breathes out in something akin to peace, soaking up the spiritual energy the waters provide?

You choose.

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Edited 2022-02-12 08:49 (UTC)

[Masumi was more than willing to see Eva's world, curious about what kind of place it is, but she's still taken off guard actually seeing it for the first time. She's visibly staring around, taking in the sight of so many pokemon in one place, and it takes her a moment to pick something to do.]

How about the beach? [She always did like the beach.]

At some stage, she's on the platform when that call goes out.

"I do!" Eva says, waving her phone in the air. "Though it's more a phone, but it does the trick."

Well, at least you'll fit in like a tourist from Kantō.

[Sera was one of the ones she'd wanted to bring to her world, if only so she could meet Kate. And see pokemon, but mostly meet Kate and have a talk to the other lady.]

Sure! Roro, let Kate know we'll meet her there, then get Tank's 'ball out, k?

Yezz, Mizztrezz. [The rotom phone chirps while Eva starts to walk and talk, attention more on Sera.] Beach's a few streets away if you don't mind walking? Or I can grab Banki out for 'porting down?

I don't mind walking there, I want to stretch my legs anyway now that we're off the train. We spent so much time cooped up on board when we weren't on missions!

[That, and she wants to see more of the area on the way there/try not to think about how something's not right with the attempt to send people home. Just teleporting there would get in the way of that.]

So, what's Kate like? [Eva told her about meeting Kate beforehand, but she's still curious about who Kate is.]

Walking it is- and yeah. I think I spent most of my first trip here just walking place to place when I wasn't dealing with stuff.

[Eva hums as they walk then grins, absently reaching out to catch the pokeball that appears near to Roro in a burst of light.] Outgoing and energetic, for one. I've known her since her family moved to Masara some eleven years ago, and even then, she needed to wear a bell.

[They pass a house with a sleeping arcanine on the verandah, the giant dog old, tired and scruffy.] I'm pretty sure she isn't a shinobi, though.

Is that so? Sounds like we'll get along, then.

[Masumi gets along with a lot of people, so this isn't that hard. She'll probably like Kate once she meets her.]

She's openly staring at the arcanine as she continues, visibly in awe at the different pokemon here.] Thanks for letting me come visit your world. I probably would have asked myself, since I'm still curious about a world filled with pokemon.

Accidental Good-byes - Closed

Yondu's quiet about his good-byes. He's gonna miss some people but wants them to make it home. Offers them polite nods and such and hangs around in case anyone wants to shake his hand or say their piece of flip him off or whatever the hell ever. He's good for it. Give 'em closure. But it's when he's about to get back on the train, pressing his ticket to the barrier, that the panic hits. It's practically a countdown and he's getting desperate, mashing the ticket repeatedly, panic growing. He's pausing to observe someone else try to make sure it's working for them. Watching them board before he tries again.

He doesn't want it. He doesn't want that moment of air being ripped out of his lungs, to feel the cold sinking into him again. He doesn't want the stars to fracture and blur and disappear from his vision. He doesn't want to feel it, not again, not like it was. He's waited so long to board that he doesn't have much time. It's practically a countdown for him.

Small favors, it's not out in space where he eventually finds himself. It's on a spaceport colony. It smells stale and the air has that odor of having been cycled through familiar regulators. There are Orloni scampering around the dingier parts- little creatures with the personality of rat pirranha that scuttle into garbage cans. The nicer points, the brothel, the gambling house, some nice inns at least trying to pretend to be for classier clientele (or at least ones that pay better) are cleaner but bright and gaudy and garish. Yondu's been here before- not in a couple of decades, it's changed quite a bit and he tried to stay out of range of Ego's curiosity, but he has been here. A station close to where the planet used to lie. One where he'd even picked up a few payments from him.

It's sitting in front of an information terminal that he digs up articles and stories and personal accounts on the equivalent of stellar social media. Capt. Yondu Udonta died a hero, a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. His funeral was attended by the 99 remaining Ravager clans. The colors were flown in his honor. There are news anchors talking about successfully heists carried out by the united Ravager captains. There are further successes from the Guardians. There was a purge of 'most-wanted' posts about Yondu in the Kree Empire to stories about how their superior training enabled the former Kree soldier to help save their world and so many others from Ego's wave of destruction (isn't that a hell of a historical edit). There's a video of Stakar Ogord with a metallic stone, talking about how it fell into his lap and how a childish voice entered his head. He'd somehow imagined that it was from one of Ego's victims through some magical means that Krugarr couldn't identify. It had told him that Yondu was sorry, but had been making up for it.

It leaves him sitting like a lead weight for an hour, unsure of what to do. People pass him by like he doesn't exist all the time, while he tries to absorb the knowledge that Yondu Udonta is no longer the vile Ravager exile with a scum of the universe reputation. He's a hero, who gave his life to do the right thing. He was a beloved father and friend and this man he's just read about is somehow supposed to be him? Never before has an idea worn him out so much as trying to wrap his head around that kinda thing and it leaves him just sitting for a while, mentally spent.

Fuck It - OTA

Coping is digging through old illicit bank accounts. Coping is scrounging up the pay that was meant for a good 300 some crew members and using it to vent 'cause it ain't like they're gonna be using it. It's slamming his hands on an inn's front desk until someone pays attention to him and renting a temporary room next to the casino. It's drawing increased attention over drinks, raising his voice and yelling as he gets increasingly riled up. It's slow-dancing with a pretty Krylorian woman at a neon-lined brothel and it's slapping someone badmouthing his son's reputation across their face and reveling in the fight it provokes. It's getting dragged off by the Nova Corp officer hanging out nearby. It's smirking behind the cop while he leaves concerned messages of, "This guy looks familiar, can you run a check?" over his comm, until he looks into the back of his transport and Yondu's gone, his cuffs laying in the backseat.

Because Yondu's back on the platform, having left the allowed range, and after a brief moment of surprise he gets it, and realizes that he can just be as much of a little fucking shit as he wants to be.

Eventually, he makes his way back (eventually, because now he's got it in his head that in case things fuck up he needs to see whatever he can while he has the chance, and takes his own spells of world wandering). He'll gladly bring someone with him if they choose to come along. When someone swings by the platform while he's there? He hollers out to them. "Hey! Wanna take a load off? Believe me, I got ya covered." If they don't have a comfortable place to stay at home, he can rent them a room there. Somewhere to sleep and shower and eat if they're adventurous enough to try alien foods and see stretches of impossibly clear streaks of nebulas and brilliant glistening stars. He's got some leftover money that he's planning on burning through. Might as well treat some friends.

[OOC: Catch him on the platform or somewhere on the spaceport. If someone has left their world and needs a place to sleep or something he'll get them a room.]

You will. She's not shy about letting it be known if she doesn't like you, though.

[There's a wry grin at that, even as Eva hum little as they walk.]

Well, that uindi [[a nod back towards the arcanine]] we just passed is a retired battler. I'd say probably around thirty-five years, maybe a bit older. Her owner's one of the Lapaʻau who work under the Kahuna.

Platform: Arrival
Danny had had a very exciting return to his world. The situation in AmityPark... well, chaos was the only word that came to mind. It had taken a weirdly long time for anyone to notice he was there. But once he was.... Well he'd been fighting ghosts and dodging ghost hunters non-stop since.

He'd been trying to put some distance between himself and one of the new hunting teams, when he abruptly finds himself on the platform. While flying at top speed of course. Danny makes an attempt at stopping, but only succeeds at crashing into the ground.

After a long moment he groans and rolls over.

"This really isn't my day."

He'd get up in a bit. Just give him a moment to rest and heal up.

Platform: Meeting Up
Danny was standing by the stile, staring at the way back to his world and frowning. He hated to admit it, but he needed help. Even if he just considered Amity Park, there were too many ghosts out for him to handle himself. Let alone the ghost hunters, who only seemed to have increased in number.

"Hey!" He says to anyone nearby. "Have you ever considered ghost hunting as a career?"

So You Want to Hunt Some Ghosts
"Right," Danny says. "So I think the first stop is home. We can pick up some thermoses. And other stuff." He makes a face. "A lot of my parent's inventions are really stupidly named and go off on me all the time, but they are useful."

He leads the way to a house that would have appeared to be a perfectly normal brick family house. If not for the giant glowing sign pointing to the front that proclaimed the location of Fentonworks. And the enormous structure on the roof that bore a strong resemblance to a flying saucer.

Ghost Fighting
Danny lands on the ground and immediately slumps as he checks the thermos.

"I think I need a vacation from my life," he groans. "Just how many ghosts are out there?"

And of course that is when his breath shows on the air for a moment as he shivers.

"Great. Now what?"

Platform, First Return
Zelgadis had left, after debate. Ultimately, he needed to know what species his body was, even if it meant finding out the answer wasn’t the one he wanted. Of course, then he learned that the train hadn’t figured out the re-tethering process. He’d been going out to look for answers when the fog rolled in and he found himself on the platform.

He stared in confusion for a bit and then his brain started working. If he’s not tethered to his body, he must still be tethered to the train. “Dammit, you shouldn’t have offered if you weren’t sure you could deliver.” Zelgadis could cope (though he better try to go back to his world and explain some more). Other people might not.

Platform, An Offer
A bit of experimenting let him know the limits to his tether, and that he can return to his own world when he's booted out of it. And, well, he’s feeling generous. “If anyone needs food or shelter until the train figures out what the hell went wrong, I’ve got a friend back home who can cover it.”

Saillune City (with or without Zelgadis)
[If you want to explore or interact with NPCs, hit me up. Check out the setting information.]

"What, like an exorcist?"

"I thought you re-boarded the train." Zelgadis said honestly. Well, shame on him for not noticing at the first departure, because he was too caught up in his own troubles.

"No," Danny says tiredly. He had forgotten just how exhausting his life was at home. "I mean like fighting ghosts and kicking them back into the alternate dimension they came from. I've been gone from my world for over a year, and apparently they spent that entire year throwing a "No More Phantom" party in the human world."

He rubs at his shoulder slightly where an ectoblast had managed to get him. He had also forgotten what a pain it was to fight people who could actually hurt him.

[As curious as Willow has been about Eva's world, never did she think she'd actually have been able to visit the place. And she is absolutely In Awe with it. Discussions of the place can only do so much, one has to actually experience such a place and Willow is thrilled to be able to.

She's got a wide smile as she nods to Eva.]

I would like to see the shopping district, and then I would like to see the beach?

Nozomi, Queen of Bad Ideas

Nozomi figured it would be a quick hop and back in. All she wanted to do was peek in, see how things were, then return to the train. Easy peasy, right? Well, when she hopped out of the train, onto the platform and away from it all, she found herself somewhere different...

...an empty black void. There was nothing there. No land, no sky, no animals, no people, no light, just darkness. The feeling was nothing but terror. This was wrong.

However, the feeling is fleeting as Nozomi is soon spat back out onto the platform, her purple eyes wide in terror.

"What... what in the world was that?!"

Fighting the Train

Regaining her wits, Nozomi took notice of the train leaving... and returning. Leaving and returning. What in the world was going on? First empty voids now the train stuck in a loop?

With each time the train passed, Nozomi tried to get its attention. She would bang on its doors, hop up and down waving her hands in front of windows, yell at the top of her lungs to get them to stop.

After awhile, this changed to her becoming Cure Dream and trying to force her way in. This was ridiculous!

"Hey! Train! Stop it! WOAH!" Nozomi yelped, getting knocked for a loop as the train left again.

Wild Card

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Welcome Home

Usagi let out a small sigh of relief as she finally returned home. Everything was still standing, no one was causing mischief (hopefully), it was almost like she left and came back almost instantly. Of course, calendars will tell her that she's been gone for a few weeks. True, she has a mission to do here, but she feels like she has time. She wants to hit her favorite haunts - different restaurants, the park, Crown Arcade, her school, the like.

"C'mon, let's go have some fun!" she said, smiling.

Awakenings

A movie audition? Oh, that sounds like fun! Oh, sure, Usagi knows she isn't going to get the part (her? Acting? Ha!), but she has to try it out for sure! Of course, she knows she isn't alone in this as she's joined by four other girls - A blue-haired girl who seems more focused on her studies, a raven-haired girl that seems to have a fire in her eyes, A tall brunette whose power hides a kindness, and a blond who instantly recognizes Usagi.

"Usagi?! When did you wake up?!" the blond said, surprised.

"Minako?! When did you get back?!" Usagi replied, equally surprised.

Of course, things wouldn't be too friendly as a strange bull-themed woman showed up.

"Uh, she part of the movie?" Usagi asked, confused.

Downtime

Great. Just great. Another threat has arrived in her home and she needs to fight again. Of course, she doesn't have to right now, right?

Right now, she's hiding out at a cafe, sipping away at a drink, trying to process everything.

"Something... feels off, doesn't it?"

Wildcard

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"I have some astral shamanism. It works against ghosts." He glanced at Danny's shoulder. "Also a basic healing spell."

[Otoha's goodbye thread is here if you want it.]

Despair (closed to close CR)

He's home. Finally. It takes some wandering, but Otoha finally finds the shrine he uses as a gateway to the yokai realm. If anywhere is going to tell him what's going on, it's that place. He needs to see what's going on with the yokai, to fulfill his duty as Karas.

... But the gateway won't open for him. He holds up his amulet, the symbol of his pact, and... nothing. He tries to wave it around, but nothing happens. "... Yurine? Yurine!" He calls, and finally the white cat he's familiar with appears before him. "Yurine, why can't I -"

"You are no longer Karas." His heart drops, and he stares at her. "But my amulet..."

"The city needs a Karas, always. You have been gone. Your body is being taken care of, but you are no longer Karas." He stares at her, disbelieving. "But I... I have to be -"

"Goodbye, Otoha." The cat turns and jumps away into nothingness, the tinkling of a bell the only thing to stay behind.

He moves, faster than he thought he could, up and away from the shrine. He keeps running, not stopping. His heart is breaking and that's all he can see - not the cars that screech and honk as he passes by them, not the people he dodges without thinking, He can't see, he can't hear anything other than his own breathing, until he feels something snap like a rubber band and fog surround his vidion -

And he's back on the platform, staring at the train.

He falls to his knees and screams, covering his head with his arms as he cries, tears and snot gathering at the end of his nose. He coughs and wheezes helplessly, unable to stop himself. His chest feels like it's being torn apart, and the worst squeezing he's ever felt - the closest to pain he's ever felt - grips his chest with an intensity he'd never imagined.

Wandering

Otoha wanders along the platform, trying to figure out what to do. Should he go back? No. Should he go somewhere else? He's not sure where to go or what to do. He can't seem to get back on to the train, and the train itself seems to be... looping?

He sits for a while, then gets up and wanders about. His mind is a blank, and he looks over at the ground. There's nothing. There's nothing left for him.

Maybe a change of location will do him good? But he's not sure how to get anywhere else... though he can take someone to Shinjuku if they really want.

Danny hesitates.

"That won't hurt them, will it?"

He was exhausted and annoyed, but he still didn't want to see any of the ghosts permanently hurt.

He glances down. "Oh yeah, that would be appreciated. Would you believe that I completely forgot healing magic was a thing?"

[Kyoko was there to cheer on Usagi, of course, even if her girlfriend didn't think she'd get the part. Things became strange earlier for her though, as an intense feeling of deja vu overcame her the moment she locked eyes with the girl with the black hair.]

Wait, is that-

[Of course, anything else is cut off as her ring starts shining just before the bull-woman makes her appearance, the same way it would when she was tracking a witch in the old days.]

Usagi, I don't think she's here to audition. Not unless they're looking for talent from living curses these days.

I don’t know how she knows it, but she’s right! Everyone move!

[And as Minako dives to push the blue-haired girl and the raven-haired one, Usagi watches in astonishment as the brunette catches the charging monster and holds her back.]

Wow, she’s strong!

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