Alright, listen up, this one's to all the guys who've hit puberty.  Every one of you. You see this girl?

[He holds up a photo of ]

That's Ange. She's my kid. Real cute, right? I know. Well don't get thinking she's too cute, 'cause you're not allowed to talk to her.  If I catch any guys talking to her, I'm gonna track them down and gut them like a fish, you got it? Good.  Well here's a list of offenders so far after looking back on the bracelet. You guys are safe for now, but consider this your final warning.

Ryuunosuke Uryuu
Eridan Ampora
Hijiri Shinozuka
Kiyomasa Senji
Shiki Tohno
Kurt Hummel
Aoto
Soushi Miketsukami
Arihiko Inui
Kaz
Nezumi
Shion
Koda Hasegawa
Austin O'Brien
Hisao Nakai

[ Hello, Asgard. It's late, and Bolin is on your video feed tonight, looking slightly -- more-so, extremely -- horrible. Appearance-wise, anyway. His hair is tussled, his eyes are shot. His face is droopy and he's slumped down in his bed as far as you can see.

Someone's been crying again.. ]

Hey, Asgard. [ A sniffle as he rubs his eyes. ] Does anyone have, like, a good pick-me-up? I mean, I know it's been hard these past few days, but.. Tell me a joke, anything. [ He shifts in the bed as Pabu the fire ferret peeks into the feed, nuzzling Bolin's cheek. ] Pabu?

[ A moment or two before the feed clicks off. After all this darkness hoo-ha, the rain, AND people going missing -- well, it's a lot. Still. Way to go kiddo, not even gonna mention the fact that your brother left in the midst of it all. Don't blame him, he's so... under the weather. ]

[ ooc; forward-dated to day 135 (for the rain). i hope this is ok, otherwise you know what to do. ]

[The feed is shaky and focused on SHIKI's face. He doesn't say anything at first. He seems to be focusing on something past the screen and the background shows he's moving backward. He hops to the side, glaring at something and finally addresses the feed.]

Hey, you veterans out there! How do you deal with this thing?

[A blade suddenly appears in front of SHIKI, but he quickly deflects it with a knife. After he maneuvers around something again, he fiddles with the touchscreen buttons. The feed switches to audio, back to video, and finally fixed so he can move it around. He points the feed at a black figure wielding a household knife of its own. SHIKI dashes in, strikes it from the lungs to the heart, and backs away, but it seems unaffected.]

It won't just die!

Look, I'm just going to be honest for a minute here.

What makes you people trust each other? I've been here for a couple months and I've run into nothing but people that put their faith in people blindly. It's just... it's kind of disturbing! Are you all idiots, or something?

[ Woah, take it easy, Painwheel. Deep breaths, you know there's no reason to yell at anyone... ]

All I'm saying is that if you trust a lot of people and make friends easily, you should step back and be a little more careful. With so many people here, there are bound to be some people who aren't so trustworthy, alright?

[ And with that, she's done. Way to blatantly mask your own insecurities, Carol. ]

[Shortly after Loki's post, a text feed pops on the network.]

Hello, fellow travelers. I have a question for you, if you care to answer. Interpret it as you wish, however I will not deny it is inspired by our recent encounter with the one called Loki.

Can you kill a god?

[This time, Loki addresses the network from perched on a bit of the wall around the castle plaza. He's as relaxed as always, though he looks just a tad irritated as well this time. People near the gate between the castle plaza and Loki district should be able to interact in person, but first he has something to say.]

You know guys, I like you. I really do. But sometimes I think you're all a little dumb.

See, we set this network up. We know what's said. For that matter, we can easily find out anything you're up to if we decide to take the time to check on you. But we don't even have to do much ferreting. You're really obvious with your displeasure, and I'm sure if I looked a little deeper I might find out some of you are making plans to do something about it.

Now the boss man, he's not too interested in whatever you're doing. I, on the other hand, thought I'd run through a few things to get you up to speed. If you're going to rebel, you're going to want to do it smart. So here we go.

[He holds up a finger, clearly intending to count visually all the way through.]

One. We're gods. You don't know how to kill gods, do you? So before you start any plans, you might want to be sure you'll actually be able to do anything other than irritate us.

Two. Say you did take us out. You've all been really hostile against the idea of governments. If you're all determined to never have anyone tell you what to do, you're going to have anarchy. What do you expect will happen then? No regulations, no network, no bracelets to keep you from getting sick, no barriers to keep the monsters out, no one to keep up alliances and trade agreements. You'll have a bunch of armies on your doorstep in weeks and no organization to help you deal with them.

Three. Say you beat us and find a way to get sent home. You're all happy - 'cept the ones who're going home to being dead -- and you can forget all about our crap. And then every world in existence gets wiped out and remade and everyone you love dies along with you. You can take a bet that we're lying about this whole thing, but do you really want that kind of risk?

Four. If you can't beat us, no one's stopping you from running off and joining someone else. But out there in the world you're either going to our allies, who'll send you back, or our enemies, who'll either kill you or take you in and let you fight for them. And they're going to let everyone you love die too. That or you end up with my brother, and he doesn't care what you do as long as you entertain him. He'll make you a lord one day and a slave the next, just to see you get angry.

So here's the conclusion. You'd better be thinking of how to deal with all of those things before you start. After that, who knows. Maybe you'll get to take over a whole city and all its naive, loyal subjects...

In the meantime, how about you guys tell me what you'd want us to do if we decided to follow your orders. I'm pretty sure number one is quit messing with you, but if that's it how about you propose some plans for how you'll generate your own emotional energy? What will you guys do yourselves to make sure things get fixed as soon as possible? I'm sure you could get that bleeding heart Freyr to argue for you... but who says the big guy's going to favor the opinion of Hostage #1?

Oh well. Might as well try, hey?

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[It's been a while since he's shown himself on the network. Shu's been dwelling on things way too much lately and he needs to talk things out with someone. Anyone really. Being taken off the battle front gave him some time for self reflecting. Back home he wasn't fortunate enough to have this sort of free time so he may as well take advantage of it.]

What do you think about when the people you care for leave one after another?

You can't go back to the things were before. It's impossible.

There's only one option for you left. To move forward.

How do you cope with that? How do you move on? It's different for everyone, I guess.


Action

[1.If you're awake at 3 am you can find Shu laying in a patch of grass near the Gefion Park in the Baldr district. Bumming around late at night stargazing.

He couldn't sleep at all and going outside didn't seem like a bad idea. Given everything that happened to him back at home, he wasn't really at fault for being so uneasy. The amount of stress he gained within a few weeks was too much for him to handle. Serious issues piled up and he was forced to sort them all out as a leader. For once it was nice to finally be able to sit down and relax.

There were some headphones in his ear and he was listening to the band Egoist. The vocalist was Inori Yuzuriha and he happened to be a big fan of her voice.

With that being said attempts at calling out to him using your voice might end up in failure. Music's too loud. Try shaking or bothering him.

2. Alternatively if anyone caught Shu while he was leaving his room/home at Odin you're free to catch him around wandering too. ]

There! Ah - no, it's okay, piggy - um!

[ Taiwan tucks her hair behind her ears and sits up straight. Judging from the background of the feed, she appears to be somewhere in the Sigyn district, not so far from the water - and drenched. Man, she shouldn't have worn than sundress. ]

Weiii! Ah, today's a nice day for a swim, isn't it? Ahahaha... Anyway! I was wondering if anyone has some towels to spare? Piggy and I are wet. [ Taiwan lifts a baby mini pig up for everyone to see. She has a spot on her right eye and she should appear less pink because of Asgard's color problem but I just grabbed the first pic I found okay. Where did Taiwan get the pig? You'll probably have to ask. ]

Aiyo, piggy doesn't even have a name yet, so I need some suggestions, too, you know. Is anyone good with names? She's a girl! I think.

[ While saying this, aforementioned mini pig is trying to get back in the water in the background. Her grunting noises don't go unnoticed, and Taiwan goes over to pick her up. ]

Piiiiiggy, you know the water's too deep for you!

[ After she gets some towels, anyone in the Sigyn district can find them on their way back to the Freya welcome hall, with Taiwan's new pet wrapped and carried like a newborn baby in her arms. Feel free to contact them before or after they get help. ]

Uwah, such an efficient design...

[The video turns on to what looks to be a young Japanese man with his arms stretched in front of him. In person he's actually stretching the screen, testing out all of the functions he can manage. Moving it around, keeping it still and stepping back... At that point he seems satisfied and recalls that he is actually broadcasting right now (apparently) and so focuses, giving a small bow of his head.]

Ah, hello. It seems I was greeted by someone who very much resembled a nopperabo, and then told many things that I believe are far too much to process at once. [A brief pause here.

Yeah he's not sure what to make of this so he's just going to... bring a hand to the side of his face, tapping nervously.] Is this true?

I was told I was given a power, but I am not sure if it is one I would like to 'test' so simply... Ah, but that aside, I would very much like to meet any others who find themselves in this same position. Thank you very much. [And he ends that overly formal message and turns off the video!]

[Oh god....Yes, it's Shiki Tohno and Shiki Ryougi stuck together. One Shiki keeps swiping at the other with a knife while the other Shiki frantically blocks with his own knife. While stuck together.

Guess who's yelling?]

Will you stop that, you moron!!

I will as soon as you stop clinging to me! [Because clearly this is all Tohno's fault, right?]

I'm not doing anything, you knife maniac! [Says the guy that keeps a knife on him at all times.

Oh god why is this still happening?]

WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT! YOU'RE SERIOUSLY GOING TO KILL ME LIKE THAT!!

[Knife maniacs locked into a hug WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG.]

That's what I'm trying to do, idiot! [WAVING HER ARM AS BEST SHE CAN TO KILL HIM!!]

[SCEAM!!!

and WAVING HIS ARM AS BEST HE CAN TO NOT DIE.]

HELP! HELP! SOMEONE SAVE ME FROM THIS LUNATIC!!

[The two will be tagging in separate threads.]

[As the feed loads up, you'll be able to hear a few bars of this song. It sounds... well, just as it does in the link THE POWER OF YOUR CHARACTER'S VOICE ACTRESS BEING A PROFESSIONAL SINGER TOO, but just who is singing it? Depending on how well you know her, you might just be surprised to find out that it's Shiki!

She doesn't notice that the video is up and running for a bit, and when she does she immediately stops singing. Ah... welp. She looks a tad bit embarrassed, but nothing super noticeable.]

Alright, alright, I get that we've all turned into a bunch of singers now, but how does that explain singing a song you've never even heard of? It just came out of nowhere.

[With that said though, Shiki can be found for the rest of the day outside, just taking a walk and absentmindedly singing a bit of this every now and then. Like before, she sounds quite good. Too bad the sight of some random girl singing in the night is... kind of weird...]

Is anyone here familiar with forging weaponry? I'm interested in studying blade creation. It came up at work and there's so much to learn about creating weapons.

[All he's been doing lately is going to part time jobs.]

The insides of a blade are much different from lets say....a gun or a bow. Guns use triggers and trigger guards. I don't know much about those. They're overly complicated.

Bows on the other hand can be created out of different material. Plastic ones are more common, but I prefer wood. There's much more you can do with them in terms of customization.That's just my personal taste right there.

The problem is with swords. The design is important and I know that much. What I want to know is how do you go about making a good sword without the use of magic?

[He probably could have managed something with his amateurish magus powers back at home, but that's not an option here. He's not going to rely on it.]

Tutturu! ~♪

Hello!

Mayushii here!

You know, Mayushii has been working very hard on a costume for someone! I never got her name, but she was shy and cute!

If I can't find her then it'll be a huge waste.

[And then she holds up a costume resembling the clothes on this character ]

It's Seira Orgel from the Blood Tune anime! Will someone try it on for me? Please?

[The feed turns on and the first thing you notice is this_chair 's body on the bed.

Shirou walks over to poke him and there's no response.

Since Shiki claimed to have anemia, Shirou couldn't bring himself to ignore it as easily.

This is why he will now consult the bracelet for advice. ]

Do any of you think he's dead?

...

Hey.

Tohno.


[Now using more force to tug at the other male's shirt.

Still no response.]

He might be dead for real.

What do I do?

[ooc: replies will be coming from Shiki Tohno as well! We'll be tagging separately.]

Tutturu! ~♪

Hello!!

Mayushii's stuck in a castle.  I'm sorry Mr.Castle, but I'm already Okarin's hostage.

If I stay here then Okarin won't have his favorite hostage anymore and Mayushii will be sad. Sometimes Okarin talks about things and Mayushii doesn’t understand difficult things. She understands Okarin though! Okarin is Okarin.

Hmm....[She thinks to herself for a moment.]

You know taking people away from their lab is tyranny. Tyranny is bad and bad things are bad.

I think the lady said something and something. She said I was in the fried drawer house.

[By fried drawer she means Freyr.]

What's a fried drawer? 

[It's a misunderstanding]

I want to say something like "This is Kohaku's fault" or anything similar but I get the idea people will just point and laugh at me. Then there will be a bombardment of "It's no one's fault" and "What they tell you is true" and then I'll look like some kind of idiot trying to deny everything. It's a sad day when I can say this feeling is all too familiar.

Whatever...

Give me all your hints and tricks to making this easier for me, please. Maybe I can pretend I'm actually dreaming and try to have fun or whatever people do around here.

[Alright Asgard ARE YOU READY FOR SOMETHING AWESOME TODAY??? Because somewhere outside in the open (probably somewhere in the Hel district maybe) there is.

SOME AWESOME FIGHTING GOING ON.

And by awesome I mean there is one red leather jacket-clad kimono-wearing knife-wielding girl doing the LET'S GET DANGEROUS tango with one dual lance-wielding love-spotted Irishman aka this handsome dude right over here also known as broduil yep. IT'S A REALLY INTENSE fight with lots of insane speed and crazy hits and all that good stuff they might as well be out of an anime straight from an action movie or some crazy shit like that. Granted it's probably been only three minutes or so but this whole thing is so cool that it feels like time is stretching for eternity!!

But this is TYPE-MOON and we can't have nice things. :( So in the middle of this badass fight of badassery there's a moment where she closes her eyes and sighs, almost as if conceding something. Certainly not this fight, right? Not a moment later though her head.

You guessed it.

EXPLODES. All over her opponent and quite possibly onto you if you were standing by close enough; it's about as messy as you can imagine it to be! What a way to end a show right... About an hour later though, there's a new post on the network. For anyone who did manage to catch to catch Shiki's hideous, gruesome death, she looks quite fine! Not even a trace of blood everywhere, and remarkably unshaken up for someone who just. Y'know, died.]

Talk about a let down. What was that, five minutes? Not really enough time to do much of anything, but I'll say thanks anyways. Dying was kinda shitty I guess, but it's not really dying anyways if I'm back. Still can't call it much of a fair trade, but whatever.


[ooc: For those that would like to GAWK AND STARE at Shiki's headless body, broduil will be responding. o/\