tornheart | 003 - Gathering

Who: Any and all Awakened characters
What: An invitation for a meeting of the Awakened in anticipation of the newest countdown.
When: June 23/24, especially during the latest applenet post
Where: Chikusa's school apartment at Green Valley
Other: Consider this a mingle log for all Awakened characters to talk freely about the newest batch on the app, the new countdown, and when they get their sweet new duds again!

Ciro Bonavida's apartment is rather easy to find. Not only are the instructions left at the pawnshop written in a neat and clear hand, but the school apartments have a directory of their own, of course. While some of the older members of the group might normally draw a raised eyebrow, well... It's Solstice. The apartments aren't as filled as they normally might be in some areas with their occupants out partying, and the parties that are happening inside draw all sorts. No one, in this particular instance, will look twice.

As a bonus to make sure there's no doubt at all, the door on Ciro's apartment has a small paper sign taped to the front. My roommate is OUT! Around it, small happy sheep are drawn. Apparently he's taken inspiration from someone...

Any one of the Awakened who come over can do so as early as they like and stay to the following morning, if they want- Chikusa is fairly certain that Ciro's roommate is going to stay out for a good long while and isn't worried. Still, for anyone staying overnight (a necessity if they want to stay up for the app post to come up), he'd rather it if you went to crash at one of the many parties going on in the apartment buildings... He doesn't have room for everyone, you know, especially since none of you jerks are coming into his bedroom if he has any say about it.

As a bonus, every Awakened is treated to hot chocolate, tea, coffee, or iced tea in one of Ciro's many... many... mugs. Enjoy.

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"....Luci did mention that kind of thing happening." Frankly, it had also been something Chikusa had considered along with all sorts of other atrocious things. Paranoia is only something to be concerned about if there isn't just cause.

"Still... I would have thought it would be more like what happened with trauma- forcefully forgetting what he'd learned. Outright disappearing is... more worrying."

"It's...hard to say since we're only just now aware of it even being a thing. Maybe it isn't a consistent thing," Jaune mused. It could happen at any time, pre- or post- Awakening. Mako was still living with Sakuma as his brother last he checked, but didn't actually remember any of the things related to the app. He was still HERE though. Maybe there were other factors or ways of it happening.

"That's true... There's enough variety when it comes to the kind of people who've become involved in this, and the abilities we possess... So variables in other things isn't too far-fetched." Sighing, he thumps his head back against a wall. "...The only thing for it is waiting... I thought we'd be done with that once the initial countdown finished... How annoying."

Jaune took a sip from the mug. He'd nearly forgotten the drink in the course of their discussion. Luckily it was still warm. He wished they had more to go on, but it seemed that the Awakening was just the first part of all of this.

"I guess it was too optimistic to think that. We'll just have to pay closer attention...if there's any kind of pattern. Obviously we're the only ones who notice if it happens," Jaune said. The teachers had been worried when they'd been out sick--but when a student disappeared it was hardly anything? That was messed up and clearly spoke of something bigger going on.

What a trial... Having to keep track of so many people, what their skills are and what might need to be replaced if they go missing... Sighing, he leans forward in a slump.

"...To help make it easier... We should at least make codes for our demons and the roles we've been assigned." His head tilts slightly. "...I was thinking flowers..."

"That's not a bad idea. It'd make talking about this stuff in public easier," Jaune admitted. He considered the flower idea, "There's enough flowers that it could work and it's distinctive enough that we wouldn't get too confused. Maybe we could use colors to distinguish the roles." Navigators and combatants could have a different color, but they had some people who were the same demon, it would at least be a place to start.

"And 'budding' to talk about anyone who hasn't become awake like we have but we suspect are going through it like we did..." A slight shrug. "Something like that." It keeps up with the flower metaphor, at any rate.

"Since I'm in the gardening club, it won't look out of place if I start compiling a list of flowers and plants. I can let people know about it over the app when I finish..." It's certainly the easiest way, after all.

Jaune nodded, "Yeah--yeah that works. And I think even those of us who aren't in gardening club have friends that are OR flowers and gardening are open enough to be hobbies that even the adults among us might have." And since the city was pretty big on flowers, given they had a whole festival about it, the conversation would actually be pretty natural in his opinion.

"Then I guess if someone is faded we could say the flower has wilted?"

Eddan is obnoxiously full of flowers, it's true. Part of what makes it such a inconspicuous code to use. Jaune's suggestion has Chikusa nodding thoughtfully, appreciating the addition to this still in-process project.

"And our enemies would be pests."

Jaune smiled because it was both a good suggestion and it amused him. "That's a good one. Do you think we'd be able to use it to get around the censorship of the app? It might be something to look into--though I guess for those who are new it wouldn't really matter. But we'd have to figure out some way to spread it around without it being so suspicious."

Leaving a code laying around would defeat the purpose of it, wouldn't it?

"That's the problem...." Reaching up, he fiddles with his glasses until they're right back in place, although it's not as if they'd moved much beforehand anyway. "If we write anything down, then we run the risk of an enemy finding it in a worst case scenario. On the other hand, if we try to spread it through each other.... We still all have the risk of one another breaking and 'falling alseep' again." A quiet but annoyed sigh.

"If we had a headquarters of some sort that wasn't here... We could try to organize things around there, and leave some sort of hint to the code."

It was a major problem and not one that Jaune had an immediate answer for. "Maybe we can do some research into how codes have been spread around in the past. There's gotta be books on secret societies and things like that," Jaune said, thinking more of John's specialty than his own. John was very much into history and literature, so the idea of secret societies having codes wasn't a foreign one. Still, neither John nor Jaune had had to do something like this before which left him kind of in the dark.

"Maybe it can be one of those 'hiding in plain sight' kind of codes."

"Obvious to those who know what to look for, but that can be passed off as mundane to those who don't..." Chikusa lets his head fall to the side thoughtfully, thinking over it. It's a sensible idea. All that's let is to figure out how to implement it.

"...We can figure it out. Until then, I'll get to work on the code."

Jaune looks thoughtful, processing what Chikusa was suggesting. "Well...I'm not usually good at stuff like that, but if I can think of anything to contribute I'll let you know."

He wants to be useful if possible--more so than just on the battle field.

"You know where to find me..." Now that he's done, however, he starts to shift away. "I'm getting more hot chocolate..." He needs the sweet to get over what a mess this whole thing is becoming.

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