[Video] 001 ☽

[messianic]

[At first, when your SFC clicks on, all that can be seen is blue--the blue of the ocean above the barrier. The video seems to be...rocking back and forth, slowly, and the gentle slap slap slap of what might be...small waves...? against something can be heard.

A long pause.

Then the video shifts and changes before settling on a young man who seems to be...lying down, holding the SFC up, peering at it.

A red light...?]

...It's recording...?

[A puzzled (and slightly soggy) blink, and he begins to sit up.]

Why am I on a boat--

[Too late. His sitting up tilts the small boat off balance.

Tilting--

Splash!

...oops.

ooc: feel free to respond with either video or action, guys!]

Comments

action! *o*

[messianic]

[He does manage to find the plaza, and not with much difficulty. The entire city does seem to be built around it, after all.

When Akihiko gets there, Minato will be standing by the coral, inspecting it with an air of absentness, hands in his pockets and slouching.

Blink. Blink.

Oh hey. He straightens slightly, turning.]

Akihiko-senpai.

*A* SO EXCITE

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

[Akihiko smiles, walking up to him.]

I take it the plaza wasn't too hard to find?

[He nods in the direction of a few shops.]

Come on.

[And he's going to begin walking in the direction of those lovely shops, hoping for Minato to follow him.]

alksbndlas Me toooo *o*

[messianic]

[He falls into step easily, nodding.]

It seems to be an important point in the city. Is it because of the coral?

eeee these two *A*

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

I think so, I mean, the locals seem to worship the coral in a way. Or so I've heard.

[He gives a bit of a chuckle.]

I suppose I should warn you about the curse that's going on this week.

[1/2]

[messianic]

They worship the coral? Is there some sort of power in it--

[2/2] We must make them bros again. >:

[messianic]

[...]

Curse...?

[Wat, senpai. Why did you not mention this before--]

we really need to :c

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

I think the coral is what keeps us here, in a way, or it made the barrier -- something like that. It can heal us if we're sick, all we need to do is touch it.

[He doesn't quite understand it himself.]

When darkness hits, ghost pirates attack the city. There are safehouses we can go to, though, that the ghosts can't get to.

We will. >| This will definitely happen.

[messianic]

[Healing coral that traps them here and ghost pirates. Right right, okay. Important matters first--]

Can we still fight the pirates? Even if they are ghosts?

[Doesn't that imply intangible?]

And what about everyone else in the city?

[Do they need to save more people? :c]

yes!

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they can die, but it doesn't mean that more don't come to replace them. They're like Shadows, only much weaker.

[He sighs.]

Some people can fight and some can't. I've been helping out as much as I can, but fighting and using my persona in general tires me out, it's safe to say this place drains our energy.

[messianic]

[He nods again, indicating his understanding. But--]

Have you been fighting them all alone, senpai?

[...that's not good. :|;;]

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

[Crap! He was found out!]

On some occassions, yes, but it's what I have to do.

[messianic]

[Moenato is so onto you. He knows you.]

Maybe we should head out in teams from now on. It would be safer, and we would also be able to accomplish much more.

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

[And Akiderp has no idea how much he knows him.]

Good idea, Arisato. I had attempted to do something like that, but everyone is so spread out, it would be hard to assemble a team. Now that you're here, maybe it'll be easier.

[messianic]

[Leader again--

Well, he straightens slightly in response (even if he's still kind of slouching), and nods once. He is used to this role, anyway.]

We can do our best to assemble everyone. It would be safer for us as well to all be together.

[Pause. Ah! Idea-- He pulls out the SFC he has on him.]

Does everyone have one of these?

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, everyone has an SFC.

[Oh, he understands.]

You're thinking we could grab who we can through it?

[messianic]

[He nods again. Even if part of his brain is going 'SFC...?' Star Finger Communicator? Star Fish Cellphone?]

If everyone has an SFC, it shouldn't be too difficult to gather everyone. We might even be able to take a count of who needs help still.

[...'star fake communicator--']

Is anyone else from SEES here?

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

[Akihiko looks a bit distant.]

No, it's just me and Haruka.

[messianic]

[...hmm. That's unfortunate, a little.]

I am sure they are better off at home, continuing the fight against the shadows.

...Do people appear here at random?

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

I agree.

[He doesn't know if he should mention defeating Nyx or not.]

Yeah, they do. In different ways.

[messianic]

[And here they are, dancing around the issue both of them know about. Derp derp.

But he blinks at that.]

'In different ways'...?

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

You know how you arrived in a boat? Some people arrive on the streets, on buildings, in rooms.

[To say something or not to say something]

[messianic]

Oh, I see.

[...So not everyone falls into the lake. Man, he got the short end of the stick here.

...And perhaps knowing is better.]

Senpai, do you mind if I ask you what the exact date was before you arrived here?

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

March fifth, after graduation.

[He's hoping that Minato came from the same time.]

[messianic]

[...Ah--

...Then they won. That's...nice. If Akihiko still remembers the shadows and Nyx, and yet made it past the New Year...

They won. That's a relief.

He nods.]

I see.

[It also makes his decision clearer, not that it was ever really in doubt. ...Also haha subject change now.]

Are those the shops you were talking about?

[akihikos.livejournal.com]

Oh! Yeah.

[He seemed to be a bit focused on the whole Nyx ordeal.]

You can grab whatever you want.

[He walks over to the door of a clothing shop because dry clothes were awesome fersure.]