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[Well, Tidus has looked more cheerful (haven't they all?). He doesn't even bother to try and appear otherwise. If he did, it would just come off as incredibly bitter and fake. He looks at the camera--glares--and speaks.]

It's just funny. Most of you were against the Darkness before. You acted like it was something evil, and you sure seemed pretty adamant about it. But now that someone's gone and made things a little bad and she's told you to give up, people are ready to listen to her! No one's any good possessed--that's just giving up. Sometimes I just want to...! [He puts his hands on his face, pacing around before he lets out one scream.]

How many? I'd like to know so that I know who I can count on and who's probably going to be fighting us before this whole thing is over. Because we need to come up with another plan, something that can take her down and get back the people she has.

We should do something instead of letting everything we've done so far mean nothing!

spellbreaking

( for once, Belle isn’t cleaning so much as she is poking around in things that she probably shouldn’t be touching at while Rumplestiltskin isn’t in his room to keep her from his things. it isn’t all that often that she ventures into his room (save for cleaning it) so it’s safe to say her curiosity has likely gotten the best of her; and at the moment, she’s not aware she’s being recorded by her little trinket that was likely left behind in here when she was cleaning up )

Just what are you up to lately, hm…? ( she’s walking her fingers along the various oblong shaped bottles that hold a variety of potions within their confinements, tilting her head at some, narrowing her eyes to others to better see the contents — but never does she pick one up ) I wonder what this—

( her subconscious gets the better of her, though and imagining a noise (or possibly truly hearing one) Belle jerks to stand upright again. veering her body rather quickly to look at the door, she’s startled to see that no one is there but even moreso at the noise of shattering glass — she’d knocked a vial over )

Oh no!

( she’s about to kneel and grab the pieces when from the ground where the bottle shattered, a vast, thick purple colored fog erupts and covers the whole of the room, causing the device to lose Belle’s form as she’s engulfed by it. although it can’t be seen anymore, Belle stumbles through the ‘cloud’ to the window in the hopes that opening it will cause the mess to disperse but it fails and soon she’s coughing from the thick smoke-like substance )

Rumple—! ( alas, he’s not home after all, so crying out to him won’t work! ) —help me!

( the coughing continues, as do the calls for help, but otherwise the purple vastness is all that remains to be seen on the camera )

wantstobeasinger

[Musa smiled as she happily hung up some decorations by hand. While at the same time used some magic to put up decorations at the other side of the classroom. Beneath her some children had taken her communicator and were not playing with it, making funny faces and just general kids stuff. It takes a while before she realizes they even have it.]

Not cool, I didn't say you could take that.

But we were going to ask them about you.

[Musa jumped down from the ladder, going over to the kids and leaning forwards.] Only I know the most about myself, besides I know of a few who would have not so nice comments, so it's best to leave it be. [She signals for the kids to sit down while she makes her way over to her desk, choosing this time to sit down on the edge of it, instead of the chair behind it.]

So, as you all know Halloween is coming up, so I decided that for this month, we'll just sing or play with our instruments some songs that remind us of Halloween, or October in general, okay? [She placed her hands on the desk behind her as the children started to talk to one another, getting excited for the event. he device now left to the side and abandoned.]

Now I should add you have some time before I'll ask you to, so use as many of these lessons as you can for practice. I will judge you a week before Halloween at the latest. i'm sure whatever you lot come up with it will rock, so have fun. [She laughed as the kids cheered before talking once more. Musa on the other hand stood up and went to pick up a pumpkin.]

I suppose I'll be craving your face. I will warn you, I've never actually done it before, so aplogises if you don't look scary at all. [She soon goes to put him on the desk, the device she had picked up at the same time to take it over as well as she stares at it.]

I have no idea what I'm meant to be doing. Think anyone would be kind enough to give me a hand?

decaying

[It was a rainy day in the Land of Dragons and Kanda was sitting underneath a small wooden roof watching a man finishing up the details on a pair of kendo sticks. He didn’t seem to mind the weather, the exorcist coat was meant to withstand all of mother nature's fury after all.]

Don’t forget to add an extra layer of stitching over the handle on that one. [There was a worker not too far from where he sat in wait. This seemed to be the forgers workshop of sorts. Kanda didn't even bother to look at the man as he addressed him, he had other matters to take care of.]

Elizabeth, you asked me to train you a few days ago. I'm going to keep my word. I have never trained anyone before but my master trained me well. I know my code but I have never seen the differences in training done between men and women. I know they exist but I'll be teaching you the same way I was taught, you will have to be the one to tell me your limits.

[The worker walked over to Kanda presenting him the first kendo stick. He took it in his arms, standing up, and sizing it up in silence before continuing.]

Whether you're a child or a woman, you can never assume your enemy will show you any mercy. More often than not, they don't care about discipline or follow any codes for war. They'll kill indiscriminately so you will be trained the same way. Gender doesn't make a warrior, their skill with a sword does. If you're willing to accept that then I will be your teacher.

[The worker returned with the second stick and Kanda took it, scrutinizing the hilt, it was a bit more bulkier than the previous one he was shown and he nodded his approval to the worker who quickly moved away.]

When are you free.

brbgettingwrench

[Winry could be seen standing with a moogle outside what appeared to be an old medical clinic with Winry listening to what the cute creature had to say about the place.]

As you can see it's a very old building, kupo~ It hasn't been used in a long while so it's very run down and falling apart in places.

[Winry just nodded slightly, arms cross over her chest as she was thinking about the things she could do with this place.]

If I managed to get this place up and running, would you be willing for me to pay less? Considering I would be doing most of the hard work and munny fixing the place up. [This was part of a lie. Edward she hoped if she begged enough would be helping her. After all he needs his engineer to do the work she usually does and she needs a work place. It seemed like a good compromise.]

So, do we have a deal?

[She held out her hand for the moogle, making sure that it was pointing down so the moogle could reach as the little dear was still thinking.]

I promise to buy you something as well... [She smiled, knowing what the moogle might thing as he held it's little paw in her hands to shake and finalize the deal.]

You have two months to fix this place, otherwise it's the full price, kupo!

Very well, you have my word. [Winry smiled and waved the little guy off as she now started to get a little excited.] I finally found the perfect place to open shop~! [She puts her hand to her face and jumps up and down for a moment, looking more and more excited by the second. Once that was over she settled a bit, going into the building and coughing as dust flew the moment she opened the door.]

I have got a lot of work to do.

intogold

[The video is on. But Rumpelstiltskin is unaware of this, largely because it was turned on as it was flung against a wall.

He's having a bit of a tantrum. These are, thankfully, quite rare, but also quite violent. There is broken glass strewn about, vials and bottles shattered and small pools of variously colored liquids.]

Useless! All of this entirely useless. How is it there's not one pair in true love in this entire mess of an existence?!

[It's about here his eyes fall on his communicator and he realizes he's being watched. He straightens up a bit, schools his face into a bit of a smile. Tense around the edges, pulled a bit too taut over his features.]

Well dearies, sorry you had to see that. Call it a bit of frustration and homesickness. I suppose perhaps while I have some of your attention, I should make the most of it. What is the happiest memory you have? What would you be willing to sacrifice to reclaim it?

blitz_acing

[The video comes on to show a sunset, bright scarlets and roses dotted with pale stars. Just below the sunset is Zanarkand's city skyline. Lights are already blazing enough to rival the stars, reflected in the ocean. It stays like that for a moment before Tidus leans into view. Those who know him well might notice the difference in attire, which is slightly more modest but not a whole lot.]

It's pretty, isn't it?

[He's smiling, but doesn't quite sound like he believes what he sees himself. Holding up his communicator, he spins it around a little. It looks like he's sitting on some purple tinted metal, since he climbed up on one of the side wings of his home. Kicking his legs, he keeps staring ahead, before immediately jumping up and running to the upper deck. The view settles again, and Tidus moves around a little.]

This is Zanarkand, well--my Zanarkand. It's where I grew up. Anyone who wants to visit, should sometime! There's a lot to do, especially the Blitzball Stadium. In fact, if you visit, it's required that you see it at some point! My team's there...the Zanarkand Abes.

[He glances away thoughtfully, then back to his communicator. He beams.]

Oh, and this is where I lived...live, now. So if you visit, you should stop by here and I'll give a tour if you want. I'll be helping at Disney Castle until it's restored, but I'll be here too during certain times. I know all the best places, so you should take me up on it.

no_souls_here

Now that things have settled down, I owe you all an explanation of my actions regarding the siege at Disney Castle.

[Normally Ciel wouldn’t have felt the need for something like this however since his plans had been more of a public nature it was necessary. He stood before the camera quite confidently]

Neither me nor my butler had any true sympathies for either Hades or Icy. [He paused for a moment to let that sink in] .. It was simply a ploy to convince those two of our “loyalty” and a way to infiltrate their otherwise heavily guarded stronghold.

I do realize that our methods could have possibly jeopardized your own endeavors to overtake the enemy, however we did not inform them of anything they were not already expecting. The duo had been more prepared for a frontal assault than for someone working against them from the inside.

You are all free to believe as you like…. [He bowed his head for a moment before looking back at the camera] but I assure you, I, Ciel Phantomhive, would never do anything to bring disgrace to my own family name. [~~At least not publicly…….~~ ]

I do apologize for the confusion but it would have been quite impossible to have revealed my plans to you earlier or your reactions would not have been authentic and it might have aroused suspicion.

[And with that the feed ended. No one needed to know what transpired after the duo had entered. The job was taken care of and that was enough. ~~no one would be hearing from Icy any time soon…~~]

offrillsandswords

Ladies and Gentlemen, I, Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Middleford am planning on making a welcome booklet for any and all newcomers that might arrive. This will include hopefully a gift basket filled with various things either from businesses around the worlds to give you a clue what to expect, or just some cute little bits and pieces to help get you settled. Within the booklet will be various bits of information that we, the people might feel like is important. This will be written by you the people and will also advertise the worlds, the business as well as give them answer to the most basic of questions that get asked often. I hope that by doing this, we are able to help them in some way, but I'll need your help to get it written up, so please reply back with a piece of information that I will consider putting in the booklet. On another though this will mean I am hoping to start up a 'Welcoming Committee.' With this we won't need too many people, but any and all who might be interested please let me know, we can sort out things after we have gathered later. Lastly because of this welcoming planning, I have decided to move my business 'Simply Charming' to Traverse Town, so if your looking for something cute or a party favor, please come see me. I'll wait and hope that everyone can come together to make it more welcoming for those who are new, especially after what has happened. [Private to Chloe and Belle] Would it be okay to ask if you'll help me move my things to Traverse Town?

[OOC: To make the information more simple, I'll be putting up different sections like World, or Business, so that the information can be put in one clump together to make it easier to make the welcome booklet.]

sinfullysublime

[ ah chaos. sebastian loved it. a small smile pursed his lips as he listened to it unfold over the feeds. he had even reviewed the information he'd procured over the last several hours. it had been amusing. at least at first... now it was borderline pathetic. they were all going about this in the wrong manner. ]

Hades. Miss Icy. [ in spite of the impending doom Sebastian is as polite as ever. ] I am sure that you realize your opposing forces are gathering and planning on making an attack at your castle. [ yes, your castle. ] It's silly, really, trying to overthrow the King of the Underworld and his Ice Queen... but the stupidity runs deep amongst this particular group. I'm sorry to relay that they won't make the best of minions, [ curls a hand to the base of his chin as he takes a moment to think. his head cants to the side and he stifles a dark bit of laughter. ] ...perhaps slaves. I wouldn't rely on them for anything more than breaking bricks.

Be on the look out for a few groups. I do believe one is lead by a pair of race bastardizing half demons and they're on their way to the Underworld. I know not the reason. Perhaps they're interested in giving what marred souls they possess to you, my Liege. [ doesn't bother to cover the subsequent bit of laughter. he can't stand abominations. ] ...and the other, as you can imagine, is aiming for the Castle. It might be wise to bolster security and do a bit of fire prevention.

[ It later becomes apparent that the demon is not entirely alone. Seated nearby Ciel laced his fingers together and casually leaned his head upon his hands. Hades and Icy's plan seemed too reckless to truly be seen through to fruition... but something about the ordeal intrigued him. This might offer him a new opportunity to get in the Lord of the Underworld's good graces... ]

These idiots could all use a lesson in humility... [ He narrowed his eye as he spoke. ] I will gladly donate my servant to your cause.

Master? [ and that is cause for alarm. sebastian wafts a brow as his gaze finds his former master. ]

[ The smirk on the boy's face was evident, as he seemed to delight in Sebastian's confusion. ] All that I ask in exchange is for my own safety.

[ sebastian recovered as swiftly as he could manage, his master's cruel bargain aside. he dropped to one knee and set a hand to his heart as spires of darkness bled from his being. ] ...guarantee the safety of Earl Phantomhive and I will be yours to control. [ lifts his head as his face splits into a toothy smirk. ] ...one hell of a Butler...

( ooc; Black is Sebastian. Blue is Ciel. )

majestical

[Anyone in Traverse Town, or anyone who happens to have their communicator on at this moment, will find that the sky has suddenly grown quite dark. Just when you thought nothing else could go wrong, lightning begins spearing through the clouds with deafening thunder to follow. It's a violent storm, nevermind that it wasn't on the forecast for the day. That becomes the least of anyone's problems once a booming voice crackling with rage fills the air off-camera.]

Where are they?!

[The force of the voice is enough to send the moogle holding the communicator backwards onto the ground, flailing its arms. Its source, however, becomes clear. A towering man with a wild dark mane and beard stands across from the moogle, looking as furious as he sounds.]

I-I don't know who--!

My son, Perseus, and my brother, Hades. [He cuts the moogle off impatiently. There is no time to lose.]

W-Well, I don't know about a Perseus, k-kupo... There's a Hades here, b-but he's--

[The man doesn't even wait for the moogle to finish his sentence, despite its frantic attempt to explain that it's probably not his brother because he's a god. It isn't until the man swings a hand up to the sky, vanishing in a bolt of lightning and the storm soon vanishing with it that it realized it was talking to a god.

Ally or foe? That's for you to decide. Unfortunately, his attempt to get to his own Olympus promptly fails and sends him across the various worlds, looking for his son and brother with a storm following him wherever he goes.]

OOC; Zeus will not be answering any video responses because... well, he doesn't have the communicator. But the moogle will if you're so inclined!

spellbreaking

( Belle looks tired as she comes into view on the camera, despite the fatigue, she’s smiling rather proudly and proceeds to explain her elated feeling, fingertips pressing against one another in her giddy state. )

I’m finished!

( just two words, but that’s her proud announcement. finished what, you ask? )

I’m all finished! The whole place is completely dust free, pollen free, scum free, scuzz free, dirt free, web free, bug free — free, free free! It’s all gone! Rumpelstiltskin’s is immaculate!

Now that that’s finished and there’s no mess, I can finally take that trip I had been wanting to!
Oh, well, that is to say if I still have a charming guide who’ll assist me with the travelling?

Tidus, once you’re finished with that Cup, if you’re still up to it, that is.

( can you FEEL her excitement, everyone? )

intogold

Good evening, dearies. [Rumpelstiltskin is all smiles, as per usual.] And I do hope everyone is well

[It's totally sincere, of course. Of course.]

I was hoping, perhaps, for just a bit of advice!

[He wiggles his fingers a bit, drumming them together before he speaks again.] These little shadow creatures -- the Heartless... does anyone know anything about capturing them? So far my magic mostly seems to send them scattering. To bits.

[To regroup wherever Heartless go to regroup.] But I'd love to take a closer look at one, examine this darkness to better understand it.

Well, any input would be delightful.

And that aside, if anyone has any business, the door to by shop is always open. Belle, dear. I may be heading out for a bit of exploring. If you are about, would you mind terribly minding the store?

[A bit of a pause and he adds, off-handedly.] Sebastian, do tell me how things are going with you, hmm?

snaketrap

[ He does not look impressed when the video flickers on but somehow he is managing to keep his cool. It might be part in due that his mind is still caught in the midst of nowhere. It's dark, it's difficult to make out where he is, but there's tiny little movements in the background and sounds that indicate he is not standing in one spot. ]

Good Evening. [ It's curt ]

Information, please. [ Before he starts kicking people. ]

alwaysmindful

[Normally it was Obi-Wan who left to explore but this time it was Qui-Gon who had ventured off without his apprentice or his trustworthy furret. The feed came on to a display of blue rock and dark; almost purple, soil. His dark boots made an even crunching sound, he did not have any intentions to conceal his presence, it was quite the opposite. He was making his way through the fissures of Radiant Garden when he came across a crack in the mound of earth before him. He paused, ever so briefly before walking int.]

For as long as time has existed, the conflict between light and dark has always been present to guide and distortion our perceptions. It is this battle between the balances that has bred war and injustice just as easily as it has created hero's and peace. In order to understand one we must scrutinize the other. There is no light without dark and therefore we must be careful to perceive what distortions the imbalance is creating.

[He eventually moved out of the tunnel and came across the sink in land where the destroyed castle bearing heartless marks along it's still-standing walls rested silent and ominous. Guess who was on his way to the belly of the beast. He inhaled slowly, hand at his sides.]

Too many have decided to tread on this journey but I fear they're minds are not ready. The path of darkness leads to many roads and none are ever as promising as they cloak themselves to be. It clouds everything even the paths of light. That being said, I cannot train everyone to sense these things so I have decided to join you. To help.

I will be the guiding light. I will venture into darkness, the force will guide me.

spellbreaking

I wanted to thank everyone that helped with cleaning up Rumpelstiltskin’s shoppe. It looks just lovely now and it will be so much easier to keep tidy this way. You’re all very kind to have helped! I hope that in the future I can assist you all with things as well.

Mm, but with the store clean I find myself lacking in things to fill my time with, so I was hoping that someone might be able to answer a question for me — is there a library here in Traverse Town? I find myself with a thirst for delving into some reading.

( FILTERED TO LIZZIE )

Elizabeth, I was wondering if I could ask your assistance in a matter of fashion? You seem to be just the girl that I need when it comes to such things.

decaying

[Kanda's in a mood. Then again he's always in a mood. Today, he's a particularly angry teenage boy. He's in his living room with one of Renge's books lying open in front of him. He's reading, a rare sight to catch Kanda doing this, with a very stern expression. Every once in a while he turns the page.]

I don't sound like that. [He changed the page.] That idiot. She doesn't even know what she's doing. It's like she didn't even bother to-

[And he paused. Something on this particular page made him freeze his blue eyes staring at the page. He turned it, and again, and again and some more. The entire time his face started getting redder, he was sitting up a bit straighter. He started going through the remainder of the pages in a silent fury before pausing. He had to backtrack, something obviously caught his eye and the red got deeper. He slammed it shut and punched the table.]

I'm going to kill her! I'm going to kill anyone who reads this, if I so much as catch you with this in hand I'll- Tori, don't!

[His pet seemed to find this book interesting. Kanda wasn't sure if it could even read but it sure liked to think she did. Kanda walked over and pulled the book out of it's wings.]

Don't. You. Dare.

styx_and_stones

[ Video ]

Yuuki, Yuuki, Yuuki! Oy, day and night, whining and complaining… I miss Yuuki, where is Yuuki, when are we going to find Yuuki… Enough already!

I don't complain that much....
[Openly. Clearly Hades is blowing it all out of proportion.]
Once I accomplish my goals I’ll have no cause to trouble you further…

[Hades voice takes on a light almost gentle tone. ]
No, no you don’t… You only mention it…
[His voice flares as his flames rise with fury and toast anything that is too close to the God‘s explosive temper. ]
EVERY WAKING MOMENT!

[Kaname looked dismissively aside, there was no arguing with Hades when he was in one of his "moods". That's when he caught sight of the communicator recording it all]
Did you intend to broadcast this exchange to the populace?

Why do you leave these things laying around? What the he--…
[That ends the triad as Hades glides over to the communicator and flicks it off. ]

[OOC: Black = Hades, Blue = Kaname - Some one is tired of his house guest... ]

spellbreaking

( there’s a clunk of a book falling to a table, which hits her device and causes it to start recording. )

Bother, I’ll get that in a moment… ( she mutters to herself and for a time it goes unnoticed to the housekeeper that the trinket is recording at all, as she’s still busying herself with dusting the shelf the book fell from. clearly it’s been far too long since this place had a proper and complete cleaning, she’s been trying, but the whole building needed a one over and it’s been taking a lot of time.

still!

Belle finally settles down to a chair in the front room of Rumpel’s shop, fanning herself with the collar of her dress as she tosses the rag to the table. ) So much work to do here, this is almost worse than Dark Castle was.

( it’s then that she finally notices the device and smiling to it, leans to grasp it. )

Well, well… I don’t suppose anyone wants to lend a hand with a bit of clean-up? ( she chuckles, considering it’s not really what one would normally call a ‘bit’ of a clean-up. ) I suppose I might as well serve this as a public announcement: anyone with severe dust allergens might want to avoid Rumpelstiltskin’s store — at least for another hour or two before I’ve finished with it.

sanguineheels

[Lenalee appears on the feed, her nose and one cheek spattered with a haphazard splotch of what looks like flour. Behind her, the kitchen looks as if it's been under heavy use, but not a disaster zone. Several pots are boiling away on the stove, a cutting board is covered in flour while several small plastic bins are stacked on one another, full of whatever it is she's just finished making.]

This might be a strange question, but has anyone ever made soba noodles from scratch before? [She was sure she knew of several people she'd met through the communicator that had mentioned being from Japan. It WAS a Japanese dish, right?]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but it doesn't seem to be coming out right. [She lifts a curled finger to her chin, eyes darting off in a direction in thought.] It could be the tsuyu that I'm getting wrong... but that doesn't explain why some of the noodles are sticking together sometimes.

[after a moment of thought she smiles and shrugs her shoulders.] But, if anyone would like to taste test for me, I would appreciate it.

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