Feed a fever, starve a cold?

[shinra_dog]

Who: Albel and Reno
What: Player Plot: Down with the Sickness
Where: Throughout Aqures Ixen, in their homes or the homes of their caretakers
When: Albel, May 16 -- ? ; Reno, May 21 -- ? (yes, during Diamond Weapon too, uh oh!)
Warnings: Language as always, hallucinations (possibly including body horror), severe anxiety, will add more if they come up. Headers will be labeled.

[Multiple threads and varying severity are fine, just put Reno or Albel in the thread header for who you want.]

Albel

As if revisiting the Lunar Gate wasn't stressful enough, whatever meltdown Sephiroth had just had was the last straw. Well, to be more specific, opening the can of worms that was Terra was the worst of it, especially when neither man was an especially good communicator as it was. Adding alcohol was just more fuel for the fire. So the Behemoth challenge was like a blessing. Albel could go, beat the thing senseless, and work out his frustrations.

At least that was the plan. But apparently using his Beastmaster job didn't count as "single combat" if he got help from his dragon. He would have beaten the damn thing, too, but for that technicality. Tch, stupid. Now Albel was even more stressed for having lost.

He sneezed. Again. Ugh, so annoying.

... Except it got worse. Sneezing became sniffling, sniffling became coughing, it all became a pounding headache with sweats and chills. Apris, it felt like the mountains of Airyglyph, he was so cold! Could this get any worse?


Reno

Reno blew his nose again. Ugh, gross. The girls had already preemptively quarantined him to his room -- apparently a weird flu had been going around and it was super contagious. But this was just a little cold! It couldn't possibly be that bad.

Colds sometimes had fevers, right? Sometimes? Maybe? Whatever, it wasn't even that high.

At least K-chan could still stay with him. But he didn't have time to be sick right now! The Assassins needed him! Surely this would all go away on its own in a couple of days, and then he'd be fine. It was just that gross sewage air, that was all. It was definitely not going to stop him from hunting down Diamond Weapon. That was too important.

Reno jumped, his heart suddenly racing as he thought he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Breathe, he told himself, trying to calm down. Just a shadow, just a trick of the light.

There were no gods or goddesses to curse him here. There were no gods or goddesses to curse him here...

Heroes of Light Anonymous Board

[forcegalactic]

[Shortly after the newest Heroes arrive, a new board is erected in the middle of the residential district. It just appears one morning with papers already pinned onto it, some with titles written on them. The Barkeep did his best to hide his handwriting by using all capital printed letters.]

HERO OF LIGHT MESSAGE BOARD
AN EASY WAY TO COMMUNICATE AND CHAT ANONYMOUSLY IN A GROUP SETTING. WRITE DOWN A QUESTION UNDER THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OR START YOUR OWN DISCUSSION. THIS BOARD WILL BE CLEARED REGULARLY TO PREVENT CLUTTER

[Mordecai hasn't had access to anything resembling the Internet for a year. He needs to do something to make up for it.]

((OOC: You character can post under one of the comment headers or do someone on their own. This is a fun way to have the Heroes can share something anonymously, or if they want to do something to the billboard, action threads are fine!))

Dancing All Night

[mindofathief]

Who: Everyone
What: A slumber party at the Observatory so the Heroes can experience something nice for once.
Where: Old Observatory
When: Night of May 12th - Morning of May 13th
Warnings: If your character comes, there's a huge change they'll catch the sickness from someone else who's infected but doesn't show the symptoms. Duster will have many regrets in the future.

[All those that had been invited to the Observatory tonight would see all the windows on the bottom floors lit up before sundown. Duster and Zelda had spent most of today setting up bedding and rearranging the furniture in preparation, and then Duster had to run back home to change into his new suit.

There were multiple rooms with lights set up. One has a corner turned into a makeshift stage where musicians could perform. Two had tables of food. Several rooms were left alone for partygoers to have private moments (Tamekichi suggested that). There was also a box of beer bottles as a sad attempt at a bar, with an empty bottle marking the area where party games were to be played, Spin the Bottle included (all that was Tamekichi's suggestion, too).

Duster greets the arrivals at the door with a soft smile, wearing a periwinkle suit, a white dress shirt, a red shit, and black dress shoes.]

Welcome to Club Ixen! It's time we had some fun.

(no subject)

[boomchucka]

Who: Selphie, Yuri and open to housemates
What: Lil' Miss Sunshine isn't so sunny lately and could use some cheering up.
Where: Team Hijinks House
When: May 3rd
Warnings: n/a First thread chronologically goes to Yuri for dragging Selphie out of her room.

( Even the people who never frown eventually break down. )

Player Plot: Sewer Quest Part II

[forcegalactic]

Who: Barkeep and anyone else who signs up on the OOC post.
What: Exploring the Aqures Ixen Sewers in search of a hidden room
Where: Aqures Ixen Sewers
When: May 12th-15th
Warnings: n/a

[It’s that time again. The morning of the 12th, the Barkeep collects the Heroes that volunteered to explore the sewers of Aqures Ixen one last time and reviews their supplies at the entrance. Last time was a blind scouting mission, but this time, they’ll surely find something. He can feel it in his bones.
Candles, potions, ethers, whistles, dry food – these things the Barkeep has brought. He has a bag of his own things and leaves some of those supplies for the others to take.
The sun is shines bright as the group prepares to enter the filthy streams that run underground.]

Broken Promises

[damn_juicebox]

WHO: Rukia Kuchiki, Yuri Lowell
WHAT: The conclusion to The Enemy Within event thread, where Rukia attempted to use a black crystal to merge with the Calamity and control it. Yuri is against this plan. Rukia is against Yuri being against this plan. They butt heads, and everyone is sad forever. (No really, it's a tearjerker, don't read it if you like either of these characters.)
WHEN: January 15th, 2016 (SUPER BACKDATED)
WHERE: The Sage's Shared Consciousness / The Tree of Life
WARNINGS: HOLY SHIT THIS IS SAD. Also, apologies for any assumptions taken. The thread wasn't getting tagged, so we went forward under the impression that Selen died, at which point Yuri showed up to interfere.

( Isn’t it true? You don’t trust me. You don’t trust Ichigo or any of those people you consider friends. You’re throwing it all away on a goal that might not even work. )