Eldritch Island

Winning over Fai

2007-09-13T22:42:43Z

[-] Title: Winning over Fai
[-] Characters: Rue, Fai, and Open
[-] Location: Kurogane family apartment/Rue's Apartment,/Little Bless
[-] Summary: Rue and Fai go off to search for her apartment and take a look at the uniforms for Little Bless.
[-] Rating: PG
[-] Status: Continuing via comments

Rue woke the next morning groggily, not remembering how she got into a bed. She remembered feeling tired the night before as they all sat in the living room after dinner. She must have nodded off at some point and Goku or Kurogane probably carried her up to the bed. Although, she didn't remember having any other clothes with her and the ones on her seemed a bit big. They must have been Aeris' or a creation of Fai's.

She looked around the room in search of her school uniform, finding it folded neatly on a dresser. She got out of bed, gingerly putting weight on her ankle. It didn't hurt as much as she expected it to. It was only a dull pain that she could deal with until it had healed completely. She dressed quickly, folding the borrowed clothes neatly and placing them where her clothes had been before heading towards the kitchen.

She admittedly felt bad about taking up Goku and Aeris' room. They didn't have to do that for her, but the did anyway. Maybe she could make it up to them and make them breakfast. And so, she began rummaging through the kitchen, deciding to make everyone some omelettes for breakfast.

[Open Log]

2007-09-13T21:52:42Z

[-] Title: Over the black gold
[-] Characters: Fuji Syuusuke and OPEN
[-] Location: Apartment Building A - Coffee Shop, floor zero
[-] Summary: Having a coffee makes for some deep thinking
[-] Rating: G for now
[-] Status: Incomplete

It was still a bit too hot. Fuji stirred absentmindedly in the black substance in the cup, the spoon hitting the sides every now and then, the soft sound rejoining the rather odd music that found its way out from speakers hidden away from clear sight.

It was rather strange actually, but somehow he felt as if he was starting to settle down in the city, and that thought in itself was frightening. He had no plans on striking up a living here, quite far from it actually, but the human nature had this knack of adapting to new environments quite easily, and he was fairly sure this was the case right now.

He knew ever corner of the apartment he shared with Eiji by now, could even navigate inside it with all the lights out, as proven the other night when a nightmare had woken him up and he went up to get some water, keeping the lights off to keep from waking Eiji up. The other boy had slept soundly and Fuji had had no intention of doing something to startle him from whatever nice dream he might be having.

Eiji had mumbled in his sleep, something about some John... Fuji still had to ask the redhead who John was, but somehow he had never really remembered to do so when confronted with Eiji the next morning. Well, it wasn't all that important either, and since then he had always been thinking that he'd ask him later, when the opportunity seemed right.

The nightmares had started to come more frequently after arriving at the City. That was rather alarming, especially since he was sharing the apartment with someone, that someone being Eiji of all people, but there seemed to be little he could do to stop it. He couldn't control his subconsciousness after all, he doubted anyone could.

He tried to sip the coffee and it seemed like it was about the right temperature. Good.

Open Log

2007-09-10T02:15:39Z

[-] Title: There was a Sheep here
[-] Characters: Kikumaru Eiji and OPEN
[-] Location: The Temperate Forest
[-] Summary: Eiji is out exploring, and...?
[-] Rating: PG for now
[-] Status: Unfinished

The wind that swept through the air was chill and Eiji shivered, pulling his new coat closer around himself as he stepped out from the small path he had followed for maybe an hour, being greeted with the ruins, or maybe not ruins, since the house looked well kept enough, just deserted, of something that had probably been a place where people lived years before. Grass was sneaking up on the small asphalted area in front of the house, pushing its way through the oiled rocks and creating vicious looking cracks here and there. The house itself seemed like an empty shell, windows cracked with wind hooting through them, and the stone the house was built of looked dirtied and not very well managed at all.

No one had lived there for years, but that also meant the Doctor had been around and about on the island for far too long a time. Right?

Eiji made a disgusted face, but since curiosity was known to kill the cat, he stepped closer, sharp, watchful eyes scanning the area, and he blinked as he realized there were animal droppings here and there on the ground. And they didn't look all that old, not years old at least.

A small grass patch a few meters away from the house seemed even more alarming; the grass was flattened and in the soil underneath the boy could make out the markings of a shoe print, the markings still fairly visible. Given the fact that it still was there, and the fact that the grass still was flattened, who ever had been standing there had been doing it not too long before Eiji himself had arrived to the abandoned house.

That fact alone was enough to make anyone uneasy, and Eiji's nerves weren't the best in the world. The young speed-and-net-player looked around, hand squeezing the only weapon he had brought - a small salt container made of marble which lay heavy in one of his pockets - as slowly approached the house, heart beating furiously in his chest.

Maybe he shouldn't have left the city; but he was starting to feel rather suffocated there, he wanted to find out more of the island, since it was his - temporary - home right now, and bringing a backpack stuffed full with something to sleep on, some food and water, plus a small notebook to entertain himself, and maybe make some useful notes, he had set off on a trek that he hoped wouldn't last more than two or three days.

The forest had been wast, intimidating and seemingly endless - where in fact what he had done the most being trudging onwards in a spiral that had grown from rather wide to narrower by each turn - but in the end he had reached this clearing, after maybe walking for half a day. The place held something eerily sinister about it, but he figured it would be as good a place to rest as anything, and after taking one final look around, he sat down on the small stair leading up to the house's front door, and unpacked some of his brought food; two double sandwiches and one of the water bottles.

He tried to stay on guard however.

What if there really was something there, watching him...?

eldritch_island @ 2007-09-09T19:44:00

2007-09-10T00:05:19Z

[-] Title: Magic Users Unite~!
[-] Characters: Fai and Daisuke/Dark [smile_of_iceand niwa_angel]
[-] Location: Library.
[-] Summary: Fai meets with Dai/Dark in order to talk about magic and such; maybe go off to meet Yuuko too?
[-] Rating: PG-13; just to be safe.
[-] Status: Incomplete.

It took a bit longer than he intended to find the library. It should have been easy, but no, he had to go the long way and smoe how get lost. He wasn't one for getting lost, so it was a bit unnerving to be so, not to mention he was afraid to ask for directions. Any one could be Project Zero or the Doctor, and thanks to the wonderful jerk face from last time who had proceeded to touch and then lead him in the wrong direction, Fai thought he would just suffer finding it himself.

Eventually he did find it, and was glad he had decided to come early just in case such an event had occured. He made his way up the steps quickly and though the doors. He wasn't exactly sure what this person looked like, and he did feel a bit foolish for agreeing to meet a stranger (thank goodness Kurogane wasn't here). Still... the thought of of discussing magic with someone who could understand was enough incentive.

eldritch_island @ 2007-09-09T17:40:00

2007-09-09T21:48:12Z

[-] Title: Fai Made Chii
[-] Characters: Chii and Kurogane
[-] Location: The city somewhere.
[-] Summary: Kurogane is wandering around the city and meets someone.
[-] Rating: PG
[-] Status: Incomplete.

Kurogane walked through the city, sword at his side, looking around with sharp eyes. There were a few people here or there, but it was still pretty empty for the size of the place.

All the more reason to look around. There was a lot of hiding places that needed to be checked out. After all, those who worked for the Doctor and Project Zero were serious threats.

It was then something caught Kurogane's eye. A girl with long blonde hair and weird ears. He stopped and stared for a few moments before walking over. "Chii?"

eldritch_island @ 2007-09-03T21:01:00

2007-09-04T01:05:26Z

[-] Title: Morning After
[-] Characters: Fai and Kurogane
[-] Location: Kurogane's apartment
[-] Summary: The morning after Kurogane stopped being an idiot.
[-] Rating: PG-13 for safety.
[-] Status: Incomplete.

Kurogane slowly opened his eyes, staring into a head of blonde hair. He stared for a moment before noting it was Fai. The next was remembering what happened last night.

He smiled slightly, kissing the top of Fai's head. Why did he deny loving the mage so much? It was nice waking up next to someone you loved.

Maybe it was just his pride.

Either way, he just held Fai close for now and enjoyed the peace.

eldritch_island @ 2007-09-02T13:08:00

2007-09-02T17:18:37Z

[-] Title: Meet the Psycho Mage
[-] Characters: Fai and Danny [(smile_of_ice) and (wtf_notinthecar)]
[-] Location: Little Bless; Fai's new Cafe.
[-] Summary: Fai meets Danny as Danny tries to find some food.
[-] Rating: PG-13; due to Fai and his gayness.
[-] Status: Incomplete.

Fai was very proud of how his cafe had come out, and with little help from Goku-kun, Aeris-chan, or Kuro-koi. Though, he had to admit, if he had said something he probably would have recieved said help. He liked surprises, and so figured he would leave it at that. Though, the piano would take a bit of work for him to do by himself. Maybe Kuro-woof wouldn't mind helping him there.

Well, the parts he did do he had finished. He had the tables set up, the counters, the kitchen behind the room he was in now, some tables outside. He even managed to turn the small room next door into a make shift green house, with the glass, hose, benches, sinks, and what not. The piping to shut of the fertilizer had taken a lot of effort to fix, but that had been his last job. Now he had to finish costumes.

Hence what he was working on now. He had finished the orange-monkey, yellow-squirrle, green-flowers, red-fox- and white-bear themed maid costumes; even already had them given to some of his employees. The others were sitting beside him on the counter as he sat lazily, sewing some blue fabric together for his own costume. He had finished the ears and tail already.

Of course, being so engrossed in his work, he never expected a potential costumer to walk right in, even if he had left the door open.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-29T18:22:00

2007-08-29T22:38:07Z

[-] Title: Meet the family~!
[-] Characters: Goku (bottomless_pitt), Aeris (life_in_lilies), Fai (smile_of_ice), Kurogane (ninja_manga), and Rue (raven_hime)
[-] Location: Kurogane Family Apartment.
[-] Summary: Rue meets the family.
[-] Rating: PG; subject to change sue to Fai's gayness, Aeris' evil planning, and Kurogane's language.
[-] Status: Via comments.

Goku entered the apartment with Rue still on his back, looking a tid bit tired, though it was more of a problem caused by hunger than it was carrying Rue. Rue was so light, that he could hardly feel her.

"Otosan? Okasan?" He called, wondering if the both of them were home. "Aeris-niisan?"

No one returned the call so he gently placed Rue on the couch and headed off to get some ice to put on her ankle.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-29T15:54:00

2007-08-29T20:06:01Z

[-] Title: On The Trail We Blaze~!
[-] Characters: Danny (wtf_notinthecar) and Chii (lilkitty_chii)
[-] Location: Forest thing.
[-] Summary: Danny and Chii go to the city~!
[-] Rating: PG for now.
[-] Status: Complete

Chii was glad Danny was with her, even if it wouldn't have mattered if he followed her or not in the first place. But after meeting him, she kind of wanting to stick with him. The jungle thing was kind of scary once you entered it. And it was getting chilly, though it was nothing compared to what she experienced in Celes. There she had hardly worn anything and it was covered in snow.

She turned to see if Danny was still following, smiling brightly. "Chii!" She said, as though he would understand what that meant. He wouldn't, since it was an expression of her excitement, but she said it anyway. Curious as a cat she took off in front of him and deeper in to the jungle, racing through the underbrush.

"How long does Danny think it will take to get to the city?" She asked, though the grin on her suggested she couldn't care either way.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-28T01:06:00

2007-08-28T05:14:04Z

[-] Title: Granting A Wish~*
[-] Characters: Yuuko (priceequalsjob) Watanuki (blind_why_me) and Fai (smile_of_ice)
[-] Location: Yuuko's Apartment.
[-] Summary: Yuuko grants Fai's wish. Watanuki is there for comic relief! >w<
[-] Rating: PG; subject to change with Watanuki's bad language, Fai's gay influence, and Yuuko's crazy fangirl moments XD.
[-] Status: Complete~!

Watanuki was a bit surprised, hearing that Fai-san had a wish. Which meant of course that he would need to be with Yuuko when she ganted said wish. Though, if he got to meet Fai-san it wouldn't be so bad.

Then again... Fai-san was a bit... eccentric. He could be asking for a death wish for all he knew.

He sighed and finished setting up the sake and the small snacks for the both of them, like Yuuko instructed. Why did she have to make is such a party if she was only granting a wish? Though it made sense he guessed. Yuuko did tend to favor the little traveling group.

Watanuki sighed and decided against pulling off the apron. From experience he knew Yuuko would just make him make more or get more sake.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-27T00:56:00

2007-08-27T05:01:38Z

[-] Title: Another Wish?
[-] Characters: Yuuko, Fai.
[-] Location: Yuuko's apartment.
[-] Summary: Fai wants to talk about wishes with Yuuko.
[-] Rating: PG
[-] Status: Progess via Comments

Ah, Yuuko loved space heaters. They made a cold apartment nice and toasty. And tea did wonders to warm the body.

It seems the rather agreeable weather of the island has now turned cold. It was too be expected. You wouldn't want people to get too used to some things. Yuuko wondered if she could do something about that after her plan.

Oh, well. For now, she waited with her door opened for a customer to arrive.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-26T22:14:00

2007-08-27T03:14:37Z

GLOBAL EVENTS // RPG WEEK FIVE - WORLD WEEK 161

Project Zero continues their subversive work against the citizens of the island and the Doctor. Be wary of strangers; they could be working for Project Zero, and if so, they may intend to harm you.

Remember citizens, the Doctor's research is for the good of mankind. Supporting Project Zero and preventing the Doctor's vital, ground-breaking research is only for those who work against progress. Without progress, humanity will fall. We are in this together, for the good of the human race.

	WEATHER BROADCAST
	A cold front is moving in off the mountains. Highs of 45-60 and lows of 30-35 in Central City.

GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS

There are no global experiments this week.

Global experiments are experiments that effect the entire island population.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-24T22:42:00

2007-08-25T02:57:44Z

[-] Title: Just a Little Push
[-] Characters: Fai ( smile_of_ice) and Kurogane ( ninja_manga)
[-] Location: Apartment
[-] Summary: Maybe Fai can get Kurogane to admit something if he gave the ninja a little push. Of course, it's more like Kurogane makes Fai do a little soul searching.
[-] Rating: PG-13; subject to change.
[-] Status: Complete

Fai headed back for the apartment as soon as he finished his talk with Yuuko. He was distressed, mostly because Yuuko had made him re think his decision. His current mission was finding Kurogane and to talk, not only because Yuuko was right, but what she had said made him realize something.

So, he ran into the apartment without any thoughts of caution and began to call for Kurogane, wondering if was even still here.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-24T17:20:00

2007-08-24T21:52:02Z

[-] Title: I have a wish.
[-] Characters: Fai (smile_of_ice) and Yuuko (priceequalsjob) [Maybe a guest of appearance of Watanuki?]
[-] Location: Yuukos' apartment.
[-] Summary: Fai wishes to forget those moments with Kurogane. However, he should have waited until Yuuko could grant it.
[-] Rating: PG-13; Subject to change.
[-] Status: Complete

Fai knew that Yuuko had arrived and knew that she lived just moments away from his own apartment. The thought of her being so close made him angered, only because she was the one who granted Kurogane's wish, to turn him into a monster. Of course, Yuuko simply granted wishes, she didn't plan them. So, it wasn't her fault.

And these thoughts circulating in his head and gave him an idea.

Kurogane had hurt him deeply. He wanted nothing but to forget, and Yuuko could give that to him. And so he found himself on his way to Yuuko's apartment, in search of the witch herself.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-21T22:20:00

2007-08-21T21:26:50Z

[-] Title: A sense of normalcy
[-] Characters: Rion (crystal_sinner) and OPEN
[-] Location: City; Outside the apartment blocks
[-] Summary: Rion is a little confused, and a little lost. One wonders how he hasn't gotten used to the feelings yet.
[-] Rating: TBD
[-] Status: Incomplete

He couldn’t help but admit that he was lost. Lost in the sense of ‘oh dear god, I have no idea where I am’ sense, rather than the ‘ok, I came from point A, meant to go to point B, but have ended up… Here?’ kind of lost. It was disconcerting, to say the least, and most definitely troublesome. The last time such a thing had happened… The blonde shook his head, willing himself to ignore such thoughts. The most important thing was what was going on now, rather than what had happened then. Then he had been unable to remember ‘his’ (he had never entirely gotten used to the concept that it wasn’t really ‘his’, not in the true sense of the word) past. As of right now, it certainly seemed like he could remember everything. Everything, that was, except arriving here.

He was in a city – wonderfully lacking in what one would describe as activity, as most places that liked to be foreboding were. Currently, he was standing in a generally indecisive manner outside what appeared to be a block of flats. He’d always had a dislike of places that gave people a small room for money, particularly hotels, ever since that incident. He doubted, though, looking at the vastly superior state that this place was in, that it held quite the same type of occupants.

Running his tongue across his lips, he decided, eventually, than entering the building and finding somewhere to stay (by force or otherwise) would be a definite Good Thing. Camping out on the streets did not rate highly in his books, and besides, having one less thing to worry about meant he could focus on other, more pressing matters.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-20T20:41:00

2007-08-21T00:49:17Z

[-] Title: Wish Granting.
[-] Characters: Yuuko, Watanuki, Eiji, Takafumi.
[-] Location: The south end of Main Street at the City Edge.
[-] Summary: Yuuko can feel her powers returning enough to truly grant the wishes requested of her.
[-] Rating: PG-ish.
[-] Status: In Progress.

Yuuko had found a beautiful kimono that clung in all the right places. It was black with dark red flowers along the sleeves and edges. How she got the money to pay for it?

That was her little secret.

Yuuko looked out the window at the darkening sky. It was 7:15. 45 minutes till she was to meet with Takafumi and Eiji to grant their wishes. She picked up a bowl, heading into the kitchen where a sealed container sat on the table with crystal clear water inside. "Watanuki! Come here." She called.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-20T07:00:00

2007-08-20T11:08:48Z

i s[-] Title: A Meeting of Hitsuzen.
[-] Characters: Watanuki (blind_why_me) and Eiji (lilkittylost)
[-] Location: Eiji's apartment.
[-] Summary: Watanuki introduces himself to Eiji, his co-worker.
[-] Rating: PG for now.
[-] Status: Complete.

Watanuki had heard that there was someone besides him working for Yuuko, and that he was to be his co-worker. Idly he wondered if perhaps he had been offered a wish in favor for his service, just like Yuuko had done to him. She called it hitsuzen, but he called it a scam. Of course... he didn't really believe it. Not with all the crazy stuff he got himself into with Yuuko's wishes. Most of it at the underlining of 'be careful what you wish for' while others were just small lessons that were either learned to late or not learned at all.

Anyway, he found himself in front of Eiji's apartment with some brownies as a gift. Yuuko had told him to become introduced so he would have to introduce himself. Couldn't upset the boss. With a sigh he rang the doorbell and waited.

Log: Down the Drain

2007-08-20T02:47:55Z

[-] Title: Down the Drain
[-] Characters: Fuji Syuusuke and [Open]
[-] Location: The Waterways
[-] Summary: Searching through the City, Fuji stumbles upon the sewers...
[-] Rating: PG for now
[-] Status: Unfinished

The air held a faint, burning flavor, as if something was on fire quite a far bit away from here. Fuji noticed this as he stepped outside, slowly making his way through the neighborhood, as he was aiming to learn and find his way around the city. Besides, a little exercise could never be wrong, now could it? In case someone wondered where he had went, he had left a small note saying that he'd be back in a couple of hours, and so far, no one was following him. That was nice, since his head had been in turmoil for quite some time, first because of the fact that seeing an aged Eiji had been quite a shock and then because of that, the entire situation had slowly started to sink in. He had spent a lot of hours thinking, trying to figure out the best way to deal with this, and drawing a blank again and again. But, the least he could do was try and get some sort of idea of where he was, if he were to find out a way to get away from here.

The boy stopped, eyes traveling to a drain. He was small, lithe, and it wouldn't be too difficult to squeeze his way down there. Sewers interested him, there were always people hiding in the sewers; anyone who watched movies and read comic books knew that, but he had never actually been down a sewer himself, and the thought piqued his curiosity.

The boy came to a decision, but decided not to go down this drain after all, the more he looked at it, the more impossible it seemed, so instead he wandered about a bit more, finally happening upon a pipe with a rusty old chain link bar in front of it that he easily peered away. The pipe was large enough for him to stand up straight, and it was rather dry, not one that had been in work for quite some time, by the looks of it. He took a deep breath and ventured inside.

It was dark, but an unknown light source, some old light bulb probably, because the light flickered on and off over and over again, lit up his way somewhat, and he slowly made his way past different pipes, barbs and other things he'd rather not identify. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all... The fourteen year old was just about to turn around and go back...

...When he heard something.

Let Your Colors Collide

2007-08-20T01:12:28Z

[-] Title: Let Your Colors Collide
[-] Characters: Sora and Roxas (maybe a guest appearance by Riku?)
[-] Location: The beach.
[-] Summary: Roxas has emerged from Sora upon landing on the island.
[-] Rating: PG-13 for swearing, maybe.
[-] Status: Incomplete.

The last thing Sora remembered was falling asleep on the beach, so when his wide cerulean eyes flickered open and he stretched his sleepy limbs, he didn't feel that anything was off. He flopped over so he was lying on his back, a hand coming up to shield the sun from his eyes. "Mm, Riku, Kairi... some more sleep..."

A moment later and Sora was sitting completely upright, suddenly keenly aware that this was not his island. Yes, an island, but it wasn't Destiny Islands, and that he was sure of. Eyes scanned the area, the left first and then the right... And that's when his heart did s strange flip flop and he almost felt sick. He rubbed at his eyes, unable to accept the sight before him, unable to actually understand that Roxas of all people was sitting just a few feet away from him. Weren't they supposed to be the same person...? Sora didn't feel any less whole, though neither had he the last time Roxas had been separated from him.

Tentatively Sora smiled, unsure of how to react to his Nobody. After all, hadn't they been almost on opposite sides or something like that? And he'd fought Riku... Sora bit his lip, eyes lingering uncertainly on the boy that almost could have been his twin, the boy that was his Nobody. He'd never really looked at Roxas before, he'd only seen him for brief moments that left him wondering how they could mistaken for one another. It was now that he noticed the subtle details that linked them together.

"Uh. Hi Roxas," the brunet managed to say, eyebrows raised in a quizzical expression. "What are you doing here?" Okay, so that sounded a lot more ridiculous out loud than it had in his head, but Sora was sleepy, flustered, and confused which made for a fairly bad combination in terms or anyone. To boot, Sora was most definitely a morning person, and his voice was more than chipper though not as completely obnoxious as it could be at times.

Central City Times // RPG WEEK FOUR - WORLD WEEK 160

2007-08-19T06:45:55Z

GLOBAL EVENTS // RPG WEEK FOUR - WORLD WEEK 160

It appears that the Doctor has mysteriously, for no reason, relocated everyone to the three new apartment buildings in Central City. They are a large improvement over the old apartment buildings which, really, had kind of started to smell. All belongings have been moved and the old building has vanished over night.

The apartment buildings are A, B, and C. Comment in the board of the appropriate building to 'move' your character or to 'move-in' with another character and the Doctor will update all concerned directories.

It also appears that both Cecil's clothing store and Central City Grocery are open for business.

Remember citizens, the Doctor's research is for the good of mankind. Supporting Project Zero and preventing the Doctor's vital, ground-breaking research is only for those who work against progress. Without progress, humanity will fall. We are in this together, for the good of the human race.

	WEATHER BROADCAST
	The reasonably good weather continues. It looks like we'll be experiencing highs of 65-75 and lows of 40-50 in Central City.

	WEATHER BROADCAST
	HORRIBLE WILDFIRES in the Temperate Zone. Beware travelers coming through that way! Animals and human refugees may be appearing in Central City.

GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS

There are no global experiments this week.

Global experiments are experiments that affect the entire island population.

DOCTOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS // RPG WEEK FOUR - WORLD WEEK 160

The Doctor would like to note that the quality of role-playing has become a concern. In the application, each player put forward a role-playing sample that was intended to gauge playing ability. This sample is the sample by which your role-playing quality is judged and held accountable to. It is expected for current role-plays to reflect the quality present in the applications.

Two sentence comments logs are not something encouraged in Eldritch as the moderator is aware of the players' ability to construct much more complicated scenarios and worlds (judged by each individual's application). The intents of role-playing are to have fun while either honing skills or keeping already honed skills. It is expected that those goals are kept in mind.

50 words are the new posting limit. The Doctor will only comment/add random events to posts that have reached, in at least one post, 250 words. It is encouraged that each individual post is two paragraphs (a paragraph being defined as 3-9 sentences) in length.

Easy is fun but the fact is that you can all do better. The Doctor will start leaving warnings in posts where responses are less than three sentences. If the quality of role-play dips lower, the intentions of this role-play will be lost, and the Doctor may have to remove individuals from the island.

In other moderator information, a 'Getting Started' Pamphlet has been added to help those needing a little extra guidance. Also, the Quick Add/Remove has updated, so feel free to update your friends list.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-17T19:17:00

2007-08-17T23:50:53Z

[-] Title: My Bed Wasn't a Beach...
[-] Characters: Danny and whoever happens upon him.
[-] Location: The beach!
[-] Summary: Last Danny checked, he was sleeping in bed. This doesn't look like a bed, or Amity Park. Or the Ghost Zone, for that matter.
[-] Rating: PG for safety
[-] Status: In Progress!

He had a massive headache.

Which occured from time to time. Things like that happened when you were a part-time superhero. He'd learn to deal with that. But the salty taste in his mouth...and there was grainy stuff in there. And slippery stuff. Brows furrowing, he rolled over onto his side rapidly and opened his mouth wide, waiting for all the salty water, the sand, and the seaweed to get out of his mouth. Even when it was all out, he continued to gag and cough on the ground, his eyes shut. Only when his throat had become completely raw did he stand up shakily.

He put a palm to his forehead in hopes of relieving his headache. Where was he? A beach, that was definite. But no one was here...people were always at the beach.

Taking a quick look around, he saw no one around and figured it was safe to transform. He willed it, waiting to find himself in his ever-so-familiar black jumpsuit with his altered appearance but alas, it didn't come. He tried again. Nothing.

After a few more attempts proved fruitless, he finally gave up. With a sigh, he muttered, "Definitely a 'yikes.'"

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-16T21:10:00

2007-08-17T01:29:32Z

[-] Title: Moving in
[-] Characters: Haruhi and Rue (and maybe Goku)
[-] Location: Central City Apartments- Building B
[-] Summary: Forward dated to after Rue gets to the City. Rue is moving into her apartment and receives an interesting guest.
[-] Rating: PG-ish
[-] Status:Continuing via comments.

After walking through the Jungle for a couple of days, Rue was grateful to finally see the city and possible get away from Goku for a little while. She wandered around for awhile, looking around until she noticed some apartment buildings. Maybe she could find Goku's apartment in case she needed anything.

Checking the first building, she was amazed by how many people were living in the same flat as Goku. Stepping out, she wondered if the other buildings were occupied also. When she got the second building, she was amazed to find her name on one. She didn't recall ever getting a key and was strange. It was like it came out of a horror story, really.

Pushing open the door, finding it surprisingly unlock, she made her way up the stairs towards apartment 11.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-16T16:41:00

2007-08-16T23:41:39Z

[-] Title: NO ORDINARY HUMANS ALLOWED
[-] Characters: Haruhi and Fai
[-] Location: Central City
[-] Summary: Haruhi wanders into Central City looking for aliens, time travelers and psychics.
[-] Rating: PG
[-] Status: Continuing via Comments.

Haruhi brushed off a few twigs out of her hair as she continued her trek towards Central City. It had taken at least two days to get here and, on the way, she hadn't seen a single thing out of the ordinary. It was just like any old Mysterious Unknown Island. Haruhi kept waiting for something exciting to happen but, really, nothing ever did.

She had high hopes though, as she fingered the letter from the scientist through the fabric of her skirt. She had tucked it into her pocket and, every once in a while, she touched it hoping it would bring back just a little excitement. Haruhi craved excitement! She wanted the UNUSUAL! She didn't want to be doing just what every other girl in Japan was doing and, now, after having been kidnapped by a mad scientist... she wouldn't be!

But, even so, the walk to the city had been a long one and Haruhi was tired. She sat down on a bench underneath a tree and heard her stomach growl. She adjusted her headband, brushed her hair back and glanced around, eyes bright and alert. There had to be something mysterious here! She'd figure this mystery out!

GROWL. But, first, maybe, she'd have to find some food.

eldritch_island @ 2007-08-14T19:25:00

2007-08-14T23:34:30Z

[-] Title: Trekking to the City.
[-] Characters: Rue ( raven_hime) and Goku (bottomless_pitt)
[-] Location: Jungle; on the way to Central City.
[-] Summary: Rue meets up with Goku half way and he shows her to the City.
[-] Rating: PG; Subject to change.
[-] Status: Progess via Comments

Goku had decided that he wouldn't worry about that stupid Project Zero, despite how much Black Dog said it was stupid and Mother said he shouldn't. Perhaps that's why he did it, because they both told him not to. Really, what was so bad that he couldn't defend himself anyway? He wasn't useless or anything. He could take on whatever was in this jungle and he would beat it!! Just like he had promised Kurogane-san!!

And besides... the jungle was his element, being a monkey king and all. And the thoughts of wild fruits growing on trees excited him. Thus he made up his mind and headed into the Jungle, Nyoi-bou on hand despite the fact that he knew Nyoi-bou couldn't work, and sniffing out that delicious smell of ripe fruit.

Fai and Fuji

2007-08-14T12:32:13Z

[-] Title: Fai and Fuji
[-] Characters: Fai ( smile_of_ice) and Fuji ( mirliton)
[-] Location: The Slums of the Central City
[-] Summary: Fuji falls and needs tending and shelter from the rain. Fai offers his help. They find a building for little Bless.
[-] Rating: PG
[-] Status: Complete. [Done through AIM]

~*Start~

Finally the rain let up.

Fuji Syuusuke peeked out of the warehouse, breathing the fresh, crisp air that always came after a rain shower, and closed the large slide door behind him, starting towards the more pleasant parts of the city. The place was by no means large, still it felt weird to have so many buildings around him, and almost no sounds of human activity anywhere.

It was a strange kind of loneliness that gripped his heart in the most peculiar way.

Caught up in his thoughts, the fourteen year old genius failed to notice a small crack in the road and he tripped, foot twisting painfully underneath him, and he couldn't help but to let out a yelp of pain as his knees hit the concrete.

Fai didn't like this part of the city and he bet it was to that offending mans great pleasure to send him here. All he had wanted was to find and unoccupied building so he could start up his cafe, but the man had sent into the slums. It was probably because the man had thought Fai was pretty and Fai wouldn't let that filthy man touch him with his grimy fingers.

Sighing, glad that the rain had stopped for the time being. He didn't mind walking in it, but it was always so annoying! On his way around the corner he happened to notice a young boy fall down. Fai couldn't help himself from giggling, heading over to the boy who looked as if he had landed on his knees pretty hard.

"Are you alright?" He asked, approaching the teen. "Do you need help?"

The voice was friendly enough, Fuji noticed even before looking up, and he was greeted with a face not too unlike his own actually, and he blinked quickly, before smiling: "I just tripped, really. I'm all right. But a hand, perhaps...?"

"Of course!" Fai said with a grin, holding out a hand for the boy to take. "That was a pretty nasty fall." He commented idly, finding that the boy's facial features were a striking resemblence to his own. He panicked momentarily, thinking about Fai, before forcing a smile, forcing his brother out of his mind.

"I twisted my ankle I think", Fuji mumbled, looking down on his knees. The jeans were torn on both knees and they were both scraped, but only the left one was scraped deep enough for it to be bleeding. "I guess that's what happens when you don't look where you're going, nee?"

Fai's eyes trailed the blood on Fuji's knee, a flash of angry red eye making him blush. He shook his head and smiled at Fuji a bit more cheerfully than he needed too. "Ah~! Well let's find you a place to sit and we'll take a look at it."

"Thank you", the teenager smiled back, trying his twisted ankle out, seeing if it could support him or not. It could, however it did hurt a lot, but he had been through worse. It would have to do. "Preferably away from here, hm?" Because these quarters were not pleasant. At all.

Fai nodded feverishly. "Perhaps to the nearest cafe?" He asked. He watched the teen test his ankle and knew that it was hurting him. But, if said boy didn't ask for help Fai wouldn't provide it. "Come on." He said, motioning for the boy to follow him. He kept his pace slow so he wouldn't have to hurt his ankle any worse. "My name is Fai! Fai D. Flowright. I'm a humble magician from Celes." He grinned. "What about you?"

A magician? Well, everything was possible, Fuji guessed, seeing as they were indeed on an island in the middle of no where to begin with. "I'm Fuji Syuusuke from the country Japan... On Terra." That was hopefully descriptive enough. "It's a pleasure to meet you." The greeting would probably had gone over better, had he not been limping like a drunken duck, but it just had to do.

Fai grinned. "That sounds interesting. I wonder what Terra was like?" He wondered if perhaps the group of travelers had ever actually gone to that country.

Suddenly Fai recognized the name. "Fuji-kun eh?"

"Terra's not all that hyped up, really", the boy smiled as he limped onwards. "And... Yes?" His smile widened. "Heard about me, have you?"

"From Eiji-kun!" Fai said with a large grin. "Do you play this weird game... erm..." Seriously if Fai remembered the name he would have asked. "Well... I can tell you it's a sport." He said, flushing slightly in embarrassment.

"Eiji? Do you mean Kikumaru Eiji?" Fuji's eyes widened. "Redhead, band aid on his cheek, blue eyes? And yes, I play. Tennis, that is."

"Cute little Eiji-tan!" Fai replied, nodding his head again. "I live with him." He added. "He's always talking about how I remind him of you, and about this tennis match he's missing, and about Oishi." Fai laughed. "He's a real energetic fellow!"

"I can imagine him talking about Oishi, yes", Fuji laughed, however the smile faded quickly from his face. He could handle being here, yes, but Eiji? Kikumaru Eiji wasn't the kind of person he ever wanted to see have to suffer through anything even remotely bad, and being stuck on an island, caught by some mad man that wanted to experiment on you was definitely bad. "How... How is he?"

Fai noticed the worry and smiled softly at Fuji. "He's well. And I won't let anything too bad happen if I can control it. I would hate to see such a young spirit break." Fai wanted to avoid what happened to his childish spirit from happening to Eiji; or any other younger generations of people he found in this city.

"That would be bad, yes." Fuji tucked a few strands of hair behind his ear and gave Fai a curious smile: "So I take it you've really taken a liking to Eiji? How did you meet him?"

"We bumped into each other, both a bit panicked about aging. See, Eiji-kun is about thirt four now, I believe."

"He's what", Fuji blinked, eyes growing wide

"He's 34!" Fai said with a grin. Angelic Tensai

"But how..." Fuji stuttered, then took a deep breath and eyed Fai carefully. "One of the experiments? And are you younger than you look right now as well?"

Fai shook his head. "I gained twenty years... heh heh."

Fuji tilted his head curiously: "That would make you how old?"

"Forty..." Fai started to count on his fingers, muttering under his breath and looking thoughtful. "... seven." He replied.

"So you're actually twenty-seven then, correct?" Fuji winced, foot telling him that he needed to stop for a while, as well as the pain in his more badly scraped leg did.

Fai smiled. "Yep." He looked at him curiously before finding a spot to sit down, letting out a loud sigh. "Feels so good to sit down, neh~?"

Thankful for the break, Fuji stretched out his rather short legs in front of him and sighed, leaning back and looking up at the sky. "Indeed."

Fai mimicked him, glancing at the clouds in a daze. He grinned suddenly, pointing at a certain one. "It looks like a kitty~!" He said with a giggle.

Focusing more on the sky above and less on the pain in his foot, Fuji was quick to oblige and thought for a little while before pointing: "And that one looks like a dragon with a bunny tail~ &hearts;"

Fai laughed. "A Bragon!"

"A bragon it is", Fuji grinned, stretching lazily, thin shirt riding up slightly to reveal a little bit of pink skin on his lower stomach.

Fai glanced at him before going back to the clouds. "That one looks like a rain cloud," he said with amusement in his face.

That was a rather bad joke, and Fuji had to grin at that. He nodded then pointed at another one. "That one too~ Maybe they're twins."

Fai went pale and quickly removed himself from the bench, looking as though he had seen a ghost. He laughed weakly. "Twins..." He repeated.

Fuji refrained from the obvious answer "yes, two people being born the same time, from the same womb", as the man's color told him something was off. Instead he slowly pushed himself to his feet, gingerly placing his foot on the ground and started walking again. "I'd hate to get stuck in the rain, so should we get moving?"

Fai nodded, his face slowly regaining color. "Yes... that sounds good." He forced a smile. "A cafe? My apartment is too far away from here." Fai looked thoughtful. "Well... if we ran perhaps, but with your ankle it's out of the question."

"Anything with a roof would suffice I'd say", Fuji smiled, recognizing a forced smile when he saw one, and decided to really not push the matter any further.

Fai grinned. "Then a cafe it is!" His smile faltered when he remembered about the old man and he scowled. Why did he have to attract the ugly stupid ones? Of course, not wanting to cause suspicion, he continued to smile in a friendly way. "An empty one perhaps."

"There are such things as cafés around here", Fuji blinked, looking around. That sounded highly unlikely, but hey, you never knew, right?

"Of course! But mine will be the best!" Fai responded with a Cheshire grin.

Fuji returned the grin and nodded. "Of course. What are your specialties?"

Fai looked thoughtful. "I can cook anything if you give me a recipe."

"I'm sure", Fuji smiled. "But is there anything you love doing? I know Eiji loves to bake cakes~"

"I make sweets! Anything sweet and I can make it!" Fai grinned. "Eiji will be helping me in the kitchen of course."

"Then I'm sure it will be delicious", Fuji grinned, stopping again to allow his foot some rest.

"First I need to find the cafe though." Fai said with a melodramatic sigh. "Eiji helped me think up a name~!" He added with a grin.

Glancing around, Fuji noticed a couple of shadows lurking in the dark of an alley, and he started walking again, feeling a bit uneasy. He gave Fai a curious grin however: "Oh, really? What?"

Fai was not oblivious to the shadows. He smiled, though it wasn't as happy as it should have been. "Little Bless." Fai answered. "And we're all gonna wear maid outfits!!"

The teenager blinked, then chuckled, clearly amused. "Maid outfits? Eiji? Oh, that I've got to see...!"

Fai laughed. "Indeed! I'm going to make them all, special with animal themes!!"

"That's special..." Really, this place could probably use a subway, or a cab, or anything to get them away from these quarters, he thought sullenly, but at least the image of Kikumaru Eiji in a maid outfit were amusing enough to take his mind of the less pleasant things in the environment, for the time being.

Fai grinned. "I'm still in need of employees! Would you like to work for me?" He asked. He was ignoring the presence that was following them, despite the fact that he was highly annoyed at being followed.

"I don't know... Maid outfits...?" He wasn't quite sure his pride would allow him, even though the idea in itself was amusing.

Fai smiled mischeiviously. "It'll be fun~~!"

"I'm sure it will", Fuji offered helpfully. "How will you finance it?"

"I'm sure there are such things as loans, and I've owned a cafe before, so it shouldn't be too hard." Fai laughed. "Besides, I have mean old black dog to help me."

"Well, how much do you think this society will follow the rules of regular society then, Fai-san?"

"Not much if we're all trapped here to be experimented on, neh?" Fai said glancing to the side and finding an open building. "Let's go there! I'll take a look at you're ankle."

Anything to get away from the streets sounded fine with him, Fuji thought, and followed gratefully. Inside it was dark, dusty and apparently no one had ever really set a foot in here, but there was still a strange kind of newly built atmosphere around the rooms. Fuji flopped down on a couch and winced again as he stretched out his legs before him, injured knee objecting.

Fai set about scavanging for scissors and then taking a cup out of the cupboard in front of him, he washed it out and filled it with warm water. He found a hand towel before heading over to Fuji. "Let me see." He said gently. "Roll up your pants."

The boy nodded and carefully began folding up his pants, stopping half way since he realized he wouldn't be able to get it across his knee no matter how hard he tried. Instead he stood up, hiding his blush behind his bangs, and unbuttoned the pants, sliding them over his thin hips, allowing them to pool on the floor. "I guess this works too?"

Fai blinked in surprise before smiling, holding up the scissors. "That's what these were for..." He mentioned idly before shrugging. "But I guess this is better. Cutting jeans off a swollen knee sometimes causes more harm."

Fai sat him down again and dipped the hand towel in the luke warm water. "Tell me if I hurt you, alright?" Fai asked, gently dabbing his knee to clean the wound there.

Fuji closed his eyes, the stinging in his knee not exactly bad enough for him to really be bothered with calling it extra hurt, and tried his best to relax. "How does it look?"

Fai looked at it curiously before smiling softly. "It looks swollen." He said, getting up again to head back into the kitchen. "Enough so that maybe you shouldn't be walking." Fai cleaned yet another glass and filled it with water, setting it on the counter and reaching into the freezer to pull out some ice. He came back and wrapped the hand towel around the ice and placed it on his knee. "Hold that there."

"Thank you", Fuji smiled, placing the make shift ice bag on his knee. "Who's that dog you mentioned, by the way?"

Fai's smile faltered briefly before he made it stronger than before. "No one... just a friend of mine."

"Ah... I'd love to be friends with a dog", Fuji smiled, leaning backwards slightly, pretending not to notice Fai's discomfort. "I'm friends with a cat though, you've met him ♥"

Fai sighed. "My Dog is cute, but also very selfish." He paused before grinning. "And you're little kitten is so cute~!"

Fai left it at that, standing to return to the second glass of water on the counter. He bent over it and let out a small whistle, the water suddenly turning a shade of lavender. He cringed as he backed away and returned to Fuji, handing out the glass of steaming water.

Fuji couldn't see what the man was doing over at the counter, but as he returned with the glass of water, the boy had to furrow his eyebrows curiously: "...What?"

Fai couldn't believe how much it hurt to do a simple spell. He made note not to do it again, in case a bigger spell caused more pain, or worse. He smiled despite it, handing the luke warm cup to him. "It's water... drink it. It will help with you're injuries."

"The injuries really aren't that bad", Fuji mumbled, frowning at how the man had paled suddenly. "Isn't it rather you who need to drink something?"

"I'm fine!" Fai waved him off. "Spells take energy, neh? Now drink up! It will help you be able to walk!"

"If you say so", Fuji smiled quickly taking a sip of the water. Spell, hm? Was probably something more powerful than his sister's tarot reading back home, no doubt about it. "What did you do with the water?"

"That is water!" Fai called, giggling. "I just used sound magic to give it healing properties."

"Oh, well, well", Fuji blinked, deciding not to comment on the "just". As far as he was concerned, there were nothing only "just" with anyone being able to use magic, but, hey... As long as it worked. He downed the medicine and smiled. "Tastes pretty good~"

Fai grinned. "Of course it would~! I hate anything that doesn't taste good." He laughed lightly before heading back into the small kitchen, walking around curiously. "I wonder if anybody owns this building..."

"Well, probably", Fuji mumbled, feeling reality pound down on him without warning. "The Doctor would probably own everything around here, wouldn't he? Do you think he has small survailence cameras planted in every building? Or some sort of sensors or something?"

Fai shrugged. "Doesn't matter. If he's going to watch let him watch." Fai leaned over the counter, resting his chin on his hand. "I was thinking... I could turn this place into a cafe if I wanted." He grinned. "I'm sure the doctor wouldn't mind!"

"A café?" Well, there was the old saying that in an unfamiliar situation, you should try and make things as familiar as you could to keep somewhat sane. "That's quite the novel idea..."

Fai looked at him curiously. "What do you think?" He stood and gestured toward the room. "Perfect, neh?"

"I suppose it is. How will you handle things like an industrial dishwasher and provisions and salary, not to mention staff?"

Fai shrugged. "Don't know... I'll let my puppy handle all those! And I already have staff! I have Aeris-chan, Goku-kun, Eiji-kun, you, and myself!"

"Ah", Fuji replied, slightly baffled. This guy wasn't really one to think about the practical, was he? "Well... Hopefully it will be fun, nee~?"

Fai laughed. "Yes yes!! This will be it!" He pranced around the store once, babbling about where tables would go and where the piano will be located.

Fuji listened with half an ear, the creepy feeling of still being watched making the hairs in his neck stand up straight. And he was worried about Eiji. And not sure what would happen if they stepped outside. What if the guys in the shadows still lingered around? That would probably be bad, wouldn't it? "Can you play the piano", he asked, trying to show at least some interest in the man's babbles.

Fai blinked, loosing his train of thought. "No... but it will look nice!!" He noticed Fuji's discomfort and walked over, sitting down beside him. "How's your ankle?"

He smiled up at the man and shrugged lightly. "Getting better. I think the medicine water helped~ ♥"

Fai didn't want to worry Fuji but he couldn't stop the sigh of relief. It hadn't been sure the water would help, only because it seemed his magic wasn't working the way he expected it too. Though, the amount of magic used was minimal so he figured it wouldn't be a problem.

"Do you have an apartment yet?"

The boy shook his head, then continued as an afterthought: "I've been staying at a warehouse, but that's hardly anything you can call an apartment. It's spacey enough though."

"WAI~!" Fai shook his head, looking disgusted. "Come on! We'll have to find you an apartment!!"

The boy blinked. "What, now?!"

Fai nodded enthusiastically. "Now!"

"Can't it wait until after I've met Eiji at least", Fuji tried, getting quite exhausted just by looking at the man.

Fai tapped his chin thoughtfully. "If that's the case then you should stay with us!"

"I wouldn't want to intrude..." And really, spending 24 hours a day with both Eiji and this person...? Seemed like it would be grating on his nerves in two minutes flat. "But if it's only temporarily..."

"Of course! Until we find you an apartment!" Fai grinned like a maniac and held out his hand to help him up. "Come! Come!"

Defeated, Fuji allowed the man to take his hand and help him to his feet. "Quite the energetic one, aren't you", he mused, a soft smile on his face.

Fai nodded. "Of course! Smiling is always better than a frown." Though... how long could that last if he kept avoiding his big puppy? "Well, shall we go?" He asked, taking a look at the room a bit dejectedly. He'd have to come back and play with the furniture later.

"Yes, let us." The boy limped slightly, but it wasn't as bad as before, and he had to admit he felt a little better. Maybe this wouldn't be too bad after all...

~*End~