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Hᴇx - ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅ ᴍᴀᴄʜɪɴᴇ ([personal profile] modmachine) wrote in [community profile] cityofhex2017-03-24 09:30 pm

WEEK 06

Moon phase: The first quarter moon is on Wednesday the 7th, and the moon will be nearly full on the weekend.

Weather forecast: After so many days of clouds and threatening, the freeze has arrived for the year beneath an open sky.

Ghost Bust(ers): On Tuesday, Ryoji will get a message from Autumn on the Twilight Network, letting him know that the situation involving the old man’s ghost has been resolved.

E(dda) T(ravis), Phone Home: On Wednesday evening, Corwin gets a phone call from Edda, asking if she can come over sometime on Saturday.

To Invitations: Speaking of Corwin's house, both he and Malin will be able to notice signs of something in the trees nearest the place occasionally. Whatever it is is the size of a large racoon and seems most comfortable staying in the trees, especially during daylight hours. Large claw scratches can be found in the trunks frequently.

Sparkle and Flicker: The park light displays put up throughout the end of November are now open to the public, from now until New Year's. They're drive-through-only on weekends, but on weeknights, when the goal isn't getting as many people through as possible for the park to have budget until summer boating season, it's just as likely that people will park at the nearby ice rink and walk through the well-lit sidewalks. (It helps that there's a discount for families on Tuesday and college students on Thursday, too.) Of course, off the paths, you can never be quite sure what you'll encounter…

Red like... Cherries?: While Tobias seems to have scared the 'younger' Beast off from his own Lair, it seems to have decided to hang around picking out easy targets. Those who are closer to Tobias will find themselves plagued with dreams of a blooming cherry tree throughout the week. Approaching the tree within the dream will reveal that the bark is coated with dripping blood - looking up for the source will show someone close to the viewer impaled on sharp branches, the blossoms on the other side of the body in perfect condition.

Tell me True: Various hunter channels, including Network Zero, start to get posts from someone talking about 'the truth of the city' and 'the real power here.' This isn't completely abnormal for them, given how many conspiracy theorists (right and wrong) are in such places... But what's odd is the amateur photography and exacting records of trains going around the city, and how food seems to appear from nowhere on them. Anyone wanting further information is encouraged to contact the poster by leaving a note at a certain abandoned house in the Residential District.

Cutting Loose: The local high schools are also empty for winter break, which means there's a lot more teenagers on the streets of the Residential and Sixth districts than usual. In particular, a senior in a red aquarium hoodie can be spotted skateboarding around by himself, in places you're specifically not supposed to skateboard, almost out of spite. Some of those places skirt dangerously close to Infrastructure, and even straight through it if it's outside buildings. The only place he seems unwilling to disrespect is a graveyard on the border between the two Districts, where he goes and sits in front of a headstone most afternoons to eat his small packed lunch.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Smile])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-03-27 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Whoo, high five! Ryoji grins at her, and then turns his smile on the Geist. "Hello! What's your name?"
movingon: (human: serious)

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[personal profile] movingon 2017-03-28 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Have you found what made them?"

The scratches haven't been there for long, so she hasn't really looked into them yet, but her question still holds more than idle curiosity. After all with an animal coming this close to Corwin... you got to wonder if someone supernatural is spying on them.
runs: (cat: meep)

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[personal profile] runs 2017-03-28 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
He'll wake up to a kitten snuggled up against him after his distressing dream. It was always very useful when Chantalle was sad or distressed, she found, and she could hardly ignore Ryoji's distress, even if it was just a nightmare.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Happiness])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-03-29 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
...Awww. Even though he is a bit panicked and very confused after the nightmare, kitties do help. Ryoji smiles a little, shocked awake by the ending of the dream, and will just pet her for a moment. (She is definitely a cat, which is a thing he has to focus on because thinking she's a girl is way too weird.)
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[personal profile] crazycatvampire 2017-03-30 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Corwin offers a small smile in answer, glad to see someone who's willing to talk to him, and knows something of what he's really like. "I am worried about myself," he answers, because he's not great at small talk and it's hard to focus on, anyway, when you're worried and uncertain.
crazycatvampire: (smirk)

[personal profile] crazycatvampire 2017-03-30 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Not yet, but if it's something that can stand being around me, I definitely want to," Corwin says, pausing yet again in stirring the concoction in his beaker to peer out the window. Since it's after dark, it's safe for Malin to be around with the curtains apart. He doesn't want to put her in danger, after all-- she's more important than an animal. But he's definitely curious.

"I put out some food, so maybe it will come down where we can see it," he adds hopefully.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Whoops])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-03-30 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That... is not terribly helpful. "Um... what do you mean?" Ryoji asks, very puzzled by that response and a little worried.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Smile])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-03-30 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Ryoji smiles, leaning back a little. "That's ok! Thanatos can talk, but he's mostly just kind of grumpy."

The Geist rustles its vast wings at Ryoji, and if its skeletal face could form a glare it probably would.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Smile])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-04-02 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanatos fluffs up a bit again- it would not make a good plushie at all, and Ryoji don't even think about it- but Ryoji is totally thinking about it now. "Mm, that might be kind of fun to try and do!" He laughs, grinning at her. "That would be kind of funny, making plushies out of Geists..." Some of them would be kind of terrifying is the only problem.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Huh?])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-04-02 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ryoji nods. "That's a good idea! I've never really made anything like that before, but maybe I should try." If it would be helpful, then why not?
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Happiness])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-04-02 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, wow! That's really cool!" Ryoji grins at her. "That sounds like it would be fun to do... I can buy the fabric, if we do one of Thanatos and you tell me what to get." He doesn't know what kind of money the girl has access to, and given most of his other friends...
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[personal profile] helborn 2017-04-03 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
I: Light It Up

Casper doesn't like to just sit around, especially with someone inside of him who hasn't been alive for some time. On a lot of weeknights, he can be found wandering around the park lights. He's got a little bit of pocket money, so it works. The twinkling lights are somewhat nostalgic... he remembers wandering through Christmas displays. Not that he ever really celebrated that, but it's still nice to remember. Of course, if anyone's nearby, he'll try to strike up a conversation with them.

II: Fear is Compressed

It's not as if Casper is never afraid of things. He just processes it differently. In fact, he's worried enough about things that he's spending a lot of time prowling around the edges of the city. It's taking him a few days, but he's looking for any sort of crack or oddity. Anyone near the edges of pretty much any district can find him staring at the Wall, frowning. There's got to be something here...

III: We are Magnets:

Eventually, though, Casper has to find rest somewhere. He's been trying to stick near Ryoji at night, since he has no real idea how the city works. He hasn't been around for long enough, really. Even if it's not the most pleasant of places, Casper has taken to sitting around the graveyards of the city to try to find a little peace. It's not exactly the most common idea of peaceful, but it's a sort of place he's always been comfortable with. And if a ghost wanders around, he won't exactly mind.

... Anyone living and not obviously visiting a grave, though, will get a bit of an odd look. Someone here for a similar reason to him, maybe?
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [My bad])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-04-03 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, yeah, but I could probably afford that..." Maybe. Hopefully? But if she's got some that works too.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Happiness])

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[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-04-03 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ryoji likes having Casper around- he's a much nicer person than Ryoji's actual roommate, and it is nice to have people around who kind of know what's going on in the world at large. Or... this world, within the walls, anyway? Suddenly it gets much more confusing when you add in all of that.

He's been a little... shaky since his nightmare last night, but he's still all smiles as normal as he settles down next to Casper.
helborn: (nope too cute to function)

[personal profile] helborn 2017-04-03 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It does get very confusing, but he smiles at Ryoji. "I should have guessed you'd come out here." It's just so quiet here. It makes it easier to think, even without his new friend in his head. "Are you doing okay?" He'd noticed Ryoji looking a little off this morning, but he hadn't wanted to pry.
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [Happiness])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-04-03 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mm... I'm fine, yeah." Ryoji isn't fine, exactly- the nightmare has stayed with him all day, but it's more confusion and worry than the sharp fear that had been sunk into him during the dream. He's not sure if he should talk about it, or keep it quiet, to be honest. "You?"
dangerouslyinlove: (Ryoji [With my scarf])

[personal profile] dangerouslyinlove 2017-04-03 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
She's an adorable child. Ryoji laughs a little, grinning. "Alright, if you're sure..."
helborn: (i'm not an anime protag i swear)

[personal profile] helborn 2017-04-03 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He's quiet for a few long moments, and then sighs. "Ryoji... please don't lie to me." He hasn't really told him about his lie detection, but it's... not all that hard to figure out anyway. "I'm fine. But I saw you this morning, and... I don't know. I'm just worried."

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