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[faithfulflame]

DISPLAYING SUBJECT: REI HINO Label: VIRGO ENTERTAINMENT Band: FLOWERS OVER BONES Instrument: VIOLIN Fame Lvl: 1 Current MP: 1 Short Description: ► Rei is a small, slender young woman with an elegant figure and a cool attitude. She's the model of traditional beauty, and has no objections to playing on expectations and her looks to get her way. Standing maybe 5'2” she blends into the background, giving off the image of vulnerability and gentility when compared to her more enthusiastic and noisy bandmates Regains So Far: ► Maximum Pyromancy/Pyrokinesis (-90 MP) ► Moderate Psychic Abilities (-30 MP) ► Moderate Martian Body (-30 MP) ► Moderate Senshi Flight (-30 MP) ► Minor Senshi Traits (-15) Contact Player: ► axiomaticgrue ► PM: This Journal ► AIM: Tuldawen IC CONTACT ► PHONE: 1-555-555-5555 ► TEXT: 1-555-555-5555 ► EMAIL: HinoFlower@virgoentertainment.vgo ► TWITTER: HinoFlower ► FACEBOOK: CasablancaMemories@facebook.com ► TUMBLR:CasablancaMemories.Tumblr.com

Comments

[text - Jan. 30, evening]

[mildwildchild]

things are weird af here tonight

hows everything at the big v

[text - Jan. 30, evening]

[faithfulflame]

Weird? How so? Because it’s been weird here.

[mildwildchild]

like tour bus weird


just to narrow that down i mean mostly the things tipping over for no reason kind of stuff and not yosuke wandering around in his boxers

altho that is also a thing rn

[faithfulflame]

Yes, things are weird like that here too. Extremely weird.

Take a picture for me?

[mildwildchild]

my phone would end itself if i inflicted that on it sry

i have something to tell you about in person sometime and not text maybe you can tell me about the extra weird stuff then too

unless you don't mind talking about it like this

[faithfulflame]

I'd prefer to talk about this sort of thing in person.

I'm worried. I can meet you somewhere this afternoon, if you'd like. Getting away from the penthouse would be great.

[mildwildchild]

yeah i thought that would prob be better than over text or something

where do you want to meet

[faithfulflame]

Cafe downtown across from the main metro station. It's called Dio's. I'll be in the back.

One hour?

text -> action

[mildwildchild]

sure i'll be there


Sure enough, one hour later he enters Dio's cafe, dressed in a nondescript sweater and a bizarre totally stylish hat, courtesy Koumei. Trying to blend in, yo.

He spots Rei at the back and slides into the chair opposite her, trying for a small smile. "Hey. Good to see you again."

[faithfulflame]

Rei's dressed simply, a blouse and blue jacket instead of red, to remove the association of color from people's heads. She perks up and nods to a cup, pushing it towards him.

"Ordered you hot chocolate when I felt you come in."

[mildwildchild]

"Thanks." Jamie looks surprised, but doesn't object.

"When you felt me come in?"

[faithfulflame]

"I don't know how, I just knew you were here."

And that's...worth a frown at least.

"It's been happening a lot lately.]

[mildwildchild]

"Yeah?" Jamie cradles the cup of cocoa between his hands, giving Rei a worried look.

"How lately? Since the..." He lowers his voice and makes a wavey gesture with one hand, which somehow is supposed to convey something supernatural. "...haunting stuff, or before that?"

[faithfulflame]

"Before that. It's gotten stronger and stronger since the...ah...party."

She frowns a little and pushes his hand down.

"I'm psychic, I've discovered. And I've had some other strange things happen lately. But this isn't why I wanted to meet. Are you okay? With everything?"

[mildwildchild]

He takes the hint and returns his hand to its place on the table, glancing over his shoulder to see if anyone's staring at them. They're being ignored for the time being, though, so he returns his attention to Rei. He'll have to ask about the psychic stuff later, he guesses.

"Yeah, everything's all right so far. It's mostly been a repeat of stuff that happened back when we were first signed, y'know, electronics acting up and stuff moving or disappearing."

He hesitates, takes a sip of cocoa and twists the mug back and forth in his hands before looking back up at Rei. "But...I've been feeling kind of weird, too. Like - different. Like there's something I'm supposed to find, or someplace I'm supposed to be, but I can't figure out what."

His tone is quiet, and then he leans forward to confide in a near-whisper, "And then there was this...episode in a supply closet."

[faithfulflame]

Rei listens quietly, nodding slowly, understanding it rather well. She felt the same way, like there was something just plain crazy going on. The bit about the supply closet though...

"What happened with that?"

[mildwildchild]

"Okay, it was like - " He cuts himself off, thinking, trying to wall the event off in his head so he can examine it.

"It was one of those things where I felt like I was someone else again, but this time was - different. I mean it felt really - not like me at all, like it didn't - fit, y'know? And I, or whoever it was, he was standing outside in this alley at night with Anansi, y'know her? And they talked some and then she asked him, like - 'What do you remember about your homeworld?'"

Jamie looks up at Rei. His voice is still hushed, just audible over the ambient noise of the diner. "Nothing like that's ever happened before. I dunno who the guy was, but it definitely wasn't me. And what'd she mean by 'homeworld'? That's like - some weird sci-fi shit."

Yosuke had said much the same thing one time. Maybe he was on to something.

[faithfulflame]

"No, Jamie, that makes perfect sense."

Rei keeps her voice low but flat. He's starting to figure it out too. So, may as well put another card on the table.

"We're not from this place. My band and I started thinking about it, and we're starting to believe that we were kidnapped. I mean you saw what Blanche and Santiago can do. Why not cross between dimensions or whatever? We were definitely brainwashed, too. Made to forget things."

[mildwildchild]

He goes silent for a long time, looking away from Rei to the tabletop, the mug in his hands, the wall behind her, anything. It's a ludicrous suggestion, completely untenable, the kind of thing some hack would write up in those trashy tabloids. It's also the only thing that makes any sense.

"You think so, huh," he murmurs finally. "We're actual, literal aliens." He lets out a short, humorless laugh. "Maybe the Vista City Arcane wasn't just pulling stuff out of its ass after all."

He takes another gulp of his cocoa, wishing it was something a little stronger. "If that's true, though - why? Why would they wanna kidnap and brainwash a bunch of people just to be rockstars?"

[faithfulflame]

"Maybe not. The Arcane is still a rag for bird cages, but they may have some real sources somewhere," Rei says with a laugh, polishing off her own drink and picking up a cookie to nibble on.

That question was one they'd all struggled with. And they had no good answer.

"I have no idea why. I mean, it seems like a lot of trouble, especially since some of us obviously have supernatural talents. I won't even pretend to guess what that means."

[mildwildchild]

"You'd think there were plenty of people right here in Vista City that they could brainwash," Jamie says with a shake of his head. "Makes you wonder what's so special about us."

He pauses. "Unless the supernatural stuff is what makes us special. Maybe they're, like...converting that power into the ability to make music as good as we do. Or they were, until people started regaining their powers."

[faithfulflame]

"I have no idea," Rei says simply, but...there's a glint in her eye. "That's a good theory though, and probably as reasonable a one as we're going to get. Taking us here can't have been easy. So there must be some benefit to us, specifically, you're right.."

[mildwildchild]

Jamie chews on his lip a little, pensively. "And it's probably not just us, either. There was...that guy talking with Anansi, whoever he was. Maybe Anansi too, and Naomi Rivers, and fucking Predator, and every other band that's with our two labels. Maybe they're all...just like us." He still can't quite bring himself to embrace the idea that he's an alien.

"And maybe using people like us is why Pride and Virgo are as big as they are, compared to all the other music labels around. Something about us, people like us, makes for...really great music. Somehow." He looks a little perplexed as he says this, for fairly obvious reasons.

[faithfulflame]

"That's probable. They may not be native either, but I'm really sort of lost on the why still. Maybe it is those powers. Or just...who we are, even if we don't have them."

Because as far as she can tell, Pao-Lin and Luce don't have them. Which is a whole other angle.

"Anyway. That's...what I wanted to say. That's...what we've been guessing."

[mildwildchild]

Jamie nods and leans back, running all this around in his head, and lets out a slow breath. There are about a million other questions on his mind now, but they might have to wait until he can wrangle his thoughts into order. For now, he just asks, "Who else have you talked to about this?"