003 - Gathering

[kokuyoyo]

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.

Comments

[kokuyoyo]

Well. It's not like Chikusa hasn't also been heavily judging some of them. There's a decent chance that some of them will shape up when they become who they truly are inside, no longer blinded by this farce of a life... But he's not putting his hopes up.

"So there's no one that's caught your attention so far?"

[beastfang]

"If there was they'll likely not be as ideal in time."

Because so far, of those that have made it this far, few of them have been exactly as they were when memories were returned.

"If nothing else instructions have been created for the event I can not keep up with demands or become unavailable long term."

Meaning he's just going to create enough and varied call signs until he gets help or he ends up lost or dead, thus making one of the many notebooks he's creating needed for someone else to keep it going.

[kokuyoyo]

"It's true..." Chikusa adjusts his glasses, faintly annoyed. He'd like to think that Luci will be able to get them into a situation like the last one: minimal danger, with their own worst enemies each other as their memories hit them. Still, do they really have to be flung in so recklessly...

Something occurs to him, and he shifts slightly. "...I wonder if there's better ways to prepare them for all of this. Beyond how the memories do. Things that could get a better look at their abilities than how they act on the app."

[beastfang]

"If we can physically collect them as they appear, one could manipulate events to see what their bodies may or may not be capable of before they fully regain their other self."

The pause comes off as thoughtful after that, though mostly it's more for Genda to mentally grimace and brace himself for what sort of mentality he is advocating regarding all of this.

"Instead of worrying about making them believe everything, perhaps playing along that it's all some promotion or city event would make our task easier in cataloging which ones will be problematic in an attack."

[kokuyoyo]

There's no such feelings in Chikusa's own pause, hard as it is to read his expression. Instead, he's doing his best to think carefully over his- or, rather, Ciro's- thoughts and emotions from before he realized who he really was. After perhaps a minute or so, he nods slowly.

"Ciro had been skeptical onto how that could actually happen, but... I think in the face of wanting something safer and someone who acted like they knew better, he might have believed something like that." Leaning back, he quietly breathes out. "Of course, each person might have to be approached differently... And we'd have to coordinate to make sure no stories from us conflicted."