[open] And as you know I have a gigantic heart

[pseudonyms]

Who: Rise Kujikawa and OPEN!
When: 7/19-7/23 (IC) aka event-time!
Where: Various prompts
What: It started with a goat. Then it all just went downhill from there. AKA Rise Kujikawa and the mysterious memories event.
Rating/Warning: N/A for now, will update if needed



[It started with a goat. Honestly, at first she thought that she'd dreamed it, that maybe it was just an extension of the white feathers she saw in her dreams recently but no. She wakes up and there sure is a wispy little goat at the foot of her bed. She stares…and the goat bleats flatly at her. It's a sad-looking thing, but as she tries to get closer it seems to disappear immediately.

Wow. That's weird.]

A.) is for Academy

[It's a normal school day. With everyone back from the dead and her worries a little more at ease, she can concentrate a little easier. It's quiet in the Study Hall period of the day and she's working on some homework when she spots the goat out of the corner of her eye…approaching a wastebasket. She hasn't realized it can't change much of the world around them, but she'll get that memo as soon as she gets up and stealthily tries to approach the animal.

Of course, the goat suddenly moves and it startles her and her arms suddenly pinwheel as she yells, trying to balance on her high heels so she doesn't bite the dust. Are you going to catch her? Let her fall? Fall with her? Sorry about all of that.]

B.) is for Bad Places Rise Shouldn't Wander

[This goat is seriously way more trouble than it's worth. She's not sure where it came from or why it's in such poor condition, but she's taken to following it around the colony to make sure it doesn't get too far out of her sight. It's for that reason she doesn't even realize she winds up right in the middle of the Pleasure District. The goat's paused, and if it's possible it gives her a knowing look despite its lack of real expression.

(Is it possible that this goat knows about her dungeon?)

She ends up in a staring contest with the goat, narrowing her eyes when she realizes she's standing in front of a love hotel.]

Don't even think about it. [She sure was talking to the goat, but it's not that hard to overhear her.]

C.) is for Cafe

[Everything is exhausting. She's sprawled over a chair almost ungracefully and that goat hovers around near her feet, but at least its not moving. On occasion, she'll be writing neat lines in a notebook and sipping her tea, though she frowning in concentration. There's an extra chair at her table though. Feel free to ask if you can join her or even be nosy about what she's doing, she won't mind.

On the other hand, if you're a friend or even someone she recognizes, she'll look up and smile brightly before pushing the chair out with her foot.]

Hey, over here!

D.) is for Dancing Games

[Sometimes Rise likes to play games. Sometimes Rise likes to use the game station to practice and when she gets bored of dancing in her room this is the next best thing. However, she's found at the game center today in front of one of the dancing games, and as she watches the colorful arrows fall across the screen she's continually missing and whines in frustration.]

Ugh, come on! This should be really easy! [And it would be…if she actually remembered how to dance. It's like all memories and coordination have left her and she's left trying really hard to fix that. Help her? Challenge her? Question her?]

E.) is for Everything Else!

[If you want to run into her while she's out shopping, at work as a model/karaoke star/tofu connoisseur, or if housemates want to do apartment shenanigans here you go!]

[ooc: ALSO if you have a preference on your type of memory please let me know! Otherwise I will be randomizing. Thank you!]

Comments

a!!

[pinsky]

[Sulla is pretty sure she's going crazy.]

[At least, that's what it feels like when she looks at that ghost bird following her. She knows that this colony is known for hallucinations, weird things, ghosts, even - but seeing it there, making pitiful little noises at her, doesn't make the pill easier to swallow. It can't affect the world around it, she's figured that much out, but... She wants to help it, desperately. Yet, it stays wispy, just out of reach.]

[She's only been in this school two weeks, not even that, and yet it seems like the worst waste of time. Nobody's enthusiastic, she's really not learning much she didn't already know on her own, and... Well, she has no idea how to make friends. During study hall, at least, she can work on her own projects: her robot prototypes, sketches of new parts done meticulously on graph paper, waiting for when she finds a machinist to custom-make her some of those parts to build. There are a few sketches of CyBuddy internals in there, too; she has to catch up on her work.]

[But she's not one to let people hurt in favor of work, so when Rise squawks and starts falling all over herself, Sulla's there in an instant to swing out an arm and catch her right around the shoulders like she weighs nothing. Heels, in a place like this??]

Ohmigod are you okay-- Wait... [Sulla looks to where Rise's eyes had been cast, just above the floor... And belatedly lets go. Whoops, almost forgot she was holding this girl she doesn't even know.] Those birds. I mean, this is probably crazy, but, uh. Do you have one, too?

[pseudonyms]

[Let's be honest, Sulla probably wouldn't be the first to think that. Rise's in school just for routine and it makes the most sense to her, plus it allows her to meet more people. This, however, was probably not the way she really wanted to meet people because she's suddenly in the grip of another girl. At least she manages to catch herself and stand upright by the time Sulla lets go of her shoulders, nodding and shuffling just a bit.]

I'm fine! Sorry, that was just--[Wait, maybe she doesn't have to make an excuse because Sulla's staring in the same spot as she is.] Birds? I haven't seen any birds today, no. But you have...? [Great, are there really multiple ghost-like animals running around? Thank you, Cerealia.]

B

[notsogreedy]

[Ankh, meanwhile, is here on purpose, but only for the sake of exploring. This district is one he doesn't have much personal interest in, so it's one he didn't immediately get to wandering around much, but, well, he's here now. And inwardly scoffing at it a bit, because it's about as full of desires as he might have predicted. Humans are very predictable creatures sometimes.

The words he overhears catch him a bit by surprise, though, especially when he glances over and she's talking to... not him. Or anyone else. There's just empty space there where she's glaring. So don't mind the random guy off to the side replying with a slightly amused scoff.]

Talking to yourself?

[pseudonyms]

[Well that's embarrassing. She's not sure which is actually worse, the fact that she looks like she's talking to herself, or the fact that she's doing so in a place like this. So she smiles instead, immediately playing it off and twirling away from the goat.]

Not exactly! I was...rehearsing! [That sounds good. That sounds real great because it's a lot easier than "I followed a goat here."] Is that bad?

d.

[thatdamnknight]

[spending several days with a godawful, horrible, evil bug means taking it easy for a little while. best way to do so is by playing so games, games that aren't vivid of course. games are fun, enjoyable and relaxing.

well, maybe not for the person voicing currently voicing their frustrations with a dance game. ah, if it isn't rise! always a pleasure to run into her. flynn watches and is impressed... by how bad she is, wow. those sure moves are something special...]

It's still a good effort.

[ever the optimist.]

[pseudonyms]

[FLYNN....oh no why did you have to see her like this??? The song ends and basically announces just how much she stinks at this game and she's pouting when she turns to face Flynn again. She recognized his voice at least and she does her best to smile even though she still looks pretty put out.]

Are you always this nice? [And that goat's busy just sort of standing at the edge of the game machine. It's not entirely caring about the fact that Flynn's standing there.]

c;

[majinken]

[stahn just so happens to be strolling in the cafe; he had the intent of coming in to bring back something for leon but... truthfully? he's forgotten exactly what it was he wanted to buy.

(what was leon's favorite again? it's weird that he can't remember.)

but whatever, it's fine. his head will whip around, and his expression will shift from mildly baffled to a friendly smile.]

Oh, hey, Rise! [this is fine, he's definitely got time to take a breather and hang with a friend.]

[pseudonyms]

[It's even better that it's Stahn, really. Stahn has quickly become one of her favorite people in the colony and it's always nice that he humors her. The goat, thankfully, is still under the table.]

Picking up to go, or are you here for a little bit? [Please come join her, friend.]

B

[johnnyjoestar]

[Aside from feeling like he needs to get his eyes checked for seeing things, Johnny's day has been fairly uneventful. He's still exploring new shops and though there's no one from home, there's a few familiar faces from his last ViViD experience. The girl from the castle- Rise, that was her name, right? was sitting haphazardly in her chair over at one of the cafe tables.

Johnny's a little uncertain about wheeling right up to her, but after she looks up and smiles, it seems kind of rude to just leave. He grips the wheels and spins the last few feet over.]

Brought my own chair.

[His humor always seems to fall flat. Well, at least she knew why he didn't get up and follow her out back at the sandcastle.]

It was Rise, right? I didn't really get to um. Say thank you, for the map and all.

[pseudonyms]

[Suddenly a lot of things make more sense about her first meeting with him in that sand castle. But despite the fact there's a slight bit of sympathy (not to mention sort of cringing that she didn't even think he wouldn't follow her because he couldn't) she's more focused on the fact that he made it out and seems to have settled into the colony. So she slouches just enough in her chair to wrap her foot around the leg of the spare one, pushing it out of the way to give him room.]

Never hurts to come prepared, does it? [It's okay, Johnny, she'll take it all in stride.] Good to see you again, Johnny. You don't have to thank me for that, I'm just glad you made it out of there okay! The place was a mess before the castle fell apart. [The goat, unfortunately, has taken an interest in Johnny and his chair and slowly limps up to it from its place by Rise's feet. It's not quite touching it yet though.] Did you find who you were looking for? [She had tried to look, but with her own friends showing up and then...the crazy happenstance of her friends disappearing it was also sort of a mess.]

C

[niceguypose]

[As for Rock Lee, he has been dealing with the sudden appearance of a cat that has been following him around. He perksk up once he hears the familiar voice, however, and he looks right towards the chair that has been pushed out!]

Rise-san!

[Rock Lee proceeds to leap into the air and lands standing on the chair, which he proceeds to sit on, as if this was a normal thing to do. He smiles at her.]

Have you been well?

[pseudonyms]

[Wanna trade, buddy? Rise would prefer a cat. But you know what she's going to push back from the table just a bit once she realizes what Lee's doing, and when he lands...she claps. She actually applauds for him because this sure is a normal thing to do.]

Ten out of ten! [But she leans on the table again and continues on.] Things are starting to get a little more back to normal. I think we all have a few things to adjust to again. [And now with 100% more semi-corporeal animals!] Have you? I haven't seen you since the last meeting.

B

[dereban]

[ So you know who is actually here with a purpose? This girl. Of course, she's in disguise so it's difficult to tell that it's Inaba - considering that it's a rather intricate disguise, blonde wig, blue contacts, make up, the works. ]

Don't even think about what? [ Who are you talking to, Rise?? ]

[pseudonyms]

[Inaba what are you even doing...since she doesn't think to try and recognize her, all she's seeing is a girl with blonde hair that she doesn't recognize and she shrugs.]

Going into that one. [She points, playing it off completely.] I've heard pretty bad things about it. Too many grabby robots.

B

[beaconed]

Augh!! I-I wasn't! I wouldn't, ever, for any reason, whatsoever, no matter what, I-- [ Okay, he stops and thinks for a second.

Hmm.

Denying it too hard could also come across as offensive. What's the right answer here?? UGH STOP OVERTHINKING IT YOU WEIRDO ]

...Well. NO!! [ shaking his head ] No, that's... why would you even say that?! I-- h-hahahaaa...

[pseudonyms]

[The longer that Jaune rambles the more Rise just sort of stares at him, eyes going wider and wider before she holds up a hand to stop him.]

Jaune, I believe you. Really. [Wow this is awkward, is this awkward, who said anything about being too awkward? Dumb goat. Thank you for making this awkward.] What are you even doing out here?

[As for that goat, it's in front of the love hotel still but now has its attention on Jaune.]

c!

[mombastic]

I'm not interrupting a date? [ Otome smiles just as brightly, glancing over her shoulder just to make sure the cat is behaving itself. Luckily, it seems to obey well enough, and it's still stalking close, so her attention can return to Rise.

Hi there. ]

[pseudonyms]

[Why does everybody get something cuter than goats? Not that she can see that at all but her own goat stares blankly at the newcomer even if Rise perks up even further.]

Not today. [Her tone is enough to indicate she's teasing anyway.] How are things, Otome-san? [Ah yes she's gained respect for her what about that.]

C

[rated]

[In... all honesty, Tytree's actually snooping around the cafe with a kind of worried expression?! He sure was just looking underneath some empty tables when she calls out to him and he's a little startled. Whoa!

Hitting his head on the table before he gets up.

Guh.]

R-Rise...?

[SURPRISE.]

[pseudonyms]

[She winces when she hears him hit his head and she watches him crawl out from under a table, tilting her head just slightly.]

Hi. Are you looking for something? [Tytree what even...the problem is that he was on the floor and that caught the goat's attention. It's busy watching Tytree now with a pretty low level of interest honestly, but at this rate the goat's grown used to having to deal with a bunch of people.]

d

[sunnymerc]

( Despite being surrounded by them here and being in one, Soleil still doesn't quite understand what video games are, but loud noises, bright lights, and young people are all she needs to end up wandering the game center. She may not quite understand how these games work, but what she can understand is a pretty girl doing something resembling dancing.

She watches in awe until the girl is done and, even though Soleil can tell she is disappointed, claps in excitement. She doesn't know what happened, but it looked impressive! )

Yay! Good job!

[pseudonyms]

[The clapping surprises her and she turns her head, immediately spotting Soleil standing not too far away. Even if that was one of the worst performances of her life, the enthusiasm actually makes her feel a little better and she grins brightly.]

Thanks! It could have been a lot better but I'm still practicing. I didn't think it would be so bad. [The goat bleats in sympathy and Rise's eyes dart toward it. Yes, goat, she's sure you could dance better than she can right now. Thanks for that.]

e is for ew not this punk again

[discard]

[It's not like he cares.

That's the mantra, really. It's not like he cares, it's not like he's worried, it's not like it matters, but--

But, well, when weird things happen, there's....that niggling feeling that he may as well go make sure she didn't get herself killed, and after the entire Interlude disaster... well.

Well.

And he hasn't realized yet that the angry cat following him around means anything more than just...well, an angry cat following him, so he hasn't thought twice about hesitantly approaching the tofu shop she was passing samples at before. He figures he can just...try to see if she's there AND THEN KEEP WALKING BECAUSE HE'S NOT CONCERNED.]

e is for everything will probably fine said no one ever...

[pseudonyms]

[LEON!!!!!

Is what she would yell if she weren't convinced it would end in him yelling at her. She's finishing up her shift at the tofu shop, truth be told, and when he approaches the door it's about the same time that Rise's stepping out with a goat lumbering after her. Is she...holding the door open longer than usual? She sure is. She can be polite to her goat, it's fine.

However seeing Leon right there sure surprises her and she jumps slightly, not aware that the fussy black kitten has an actual angry black cat behind him. She'd known that he and Stahn were all right. She'd checked when people started returning and was relieved to see that their names hadn't been blocked out or disappeared or anything. But she also hadn't expected him to be right there.]

Oh, Leon! Hey! [She's also remembering what Otome said. She has to just keep trying.] How are you? [That seems safe. She's under no assumptions that he's only here to subtly check on her since that would be TOTALLY silly.]

D. OBVIOUSLY

[youraffection]

[ If there's one thing that Yosuke understands, it's a need for distractions. It's been a total mess and whirlwind of WTFery since he arrived. Okay, he had a few free days, but after that, fans and shit and more questions than answers. Apparently that's the status quo and it makes him miss whales eating him. That's where we're at.

On the plus side, Rise seems to be of a similar mind. What guy doesn't like video games? Ignoring ViViD who is way too heavy on the reality side of "virtual reality". But DDR?

He grins. ]

You really want me to go up against an idol? This isn't just to make you look better, is it?

[ But oh, little does he know... ]

PERSONA 4: DANCING IN CEREALIA....

[pseudonyms]

[With Yu and Dipper back there's a little bit of breathing room. In a way she almost feels bad for everything Yosuke's already experienced. But she did say she'd take him out for karaoke and stuff when things settled down. While this isn't her forte, it's pretty close. (And if she's honest, it's been kind of nice being able to spend some time with him by himself, too.)

She's just really, really hoping she can get it together because embarrassing herself in front of her senpai is not cool by any stretch of the imagination. There's some catchy tune playing in the background and Rise leans back against the screen, smiling brightly as she tilts her head toward the other dance pad.]

Aw, come on! Are you scared? [Her eyes only drift a bit to that goat. Oh hey. You. You're from the apartment. (At least Yosuke didn't land in the trash today, that could have been a selling point for Rise's goat-friend here.)] I promise I'll go really easy on you.

d!

[trueend]

Easier if you learn where the arrows are going to be... S'okay to mess up a lot before you remember.

[HEY THERE. Guess who likes to stop and watch people use the dancing games whenever they're in the game center? This little snot.

Their advice is coming from experience. Mostly. Kind of. Still, it's somewhat practical... Or it would be if nobody was dealing with memory issues this week.]

[pseudonyms]

[It's pretty solid advice and she would thank them if a.) she wasn't having trouble even remembering how to move to music and b.) her goat didn't require so much attention. She leans back for a moment, pausing to smile at them before she gestures to the accompanying dance pad.]

Sounds like you know a thing or two about how this works. Think you could show me?

b

[fittedgloves]

[ Kyouko is doing one of her routine explorations of the pleasure district, taking note of anything that's changed.

She's passing by as she overhears the girl supposedly talking to herself and pauses in her walk. ]

...I wouldn't recommend that particular hotel. It's for the best if you continue to not think about it.

[pseudonyms]

[You know the best way to leave an impression on a stranger? Hang out and talk to yourself outside of a shady love hotel. That's absolutely what she wanted to do today. She looks up then when she hears Kyouko speak, as does the goat. Rise finds herself twirling to turn her back on the goat and gives the other girl a small, almost sheepish smile.]

I didn't even know there were this many hotels here. I'm usually not around this district. [Does she want to explain that she was following something nobody else can see? Probably not.] Wait, what's wrong with this one in particular?

d!

[adornmental]

[Kashuu "can't even walk in my own heels" Kiyomitsu sure isn't in any position to challenge her, but he can attempt to help! Kind of!! Or at least cheer her on(ish), draping across the backbar of the other half of the game station.]

If you're having an off day, y'might just wanna take a break.

[Just. From one person with newly-destroyed balance to another with newly-lost coordination.]

[pseudonyms]

[That pout turns toward Kashuu then and while she knows he has a point she shakes her head and half-glares at the game in the background.]

No way! It's just a game and it's an easy game, I should be able to finish one song without messing it up! [The goat doesn't seem to believe it, seeing how its attention drifts to Kashuu instead.] You think it's that bad?

B comes in 10 yrs later

[sortileges]

[ Really, this meeting is a little more delayed than he would have liked (mostly because he had returned in her apartment, then bailed but still, it wasn't exactly appropriate to stick around when she obviously needed to speak to Yu first and foremost and he had places to be as well) but it does mean that despite obviously rushing through the district to get back, he does stop when he sees Rise talking to... herself?

Behind him is his own little fox friend, though it seems to be keeping close to his own feet for now, ducking down whenever it can to keep hidden. It's fine though, he's not really had to pay too much attention to it just yet.

The words she's saying are a bit of a worry though, given what she's standing in front of. Ah. ]

I reallllly hope you aren't thinking about it.

[pseudonyms]

[Hello Merlin, nice of you to join her in this completely terrible set of circumstances! Yu had told her he woke up with Merlin and someone else when they'd all come back to the colony but she hasn't seen Merlin herself up until now. This really wasn't what she was planning on, but. You know.

She can't see the fox but the goat can and there's an annoyed-sounding bleat from it. It's in an apartment full of foxes, why is there now another?]

Merlin! [She. At least has the decency to blush a little bit.] Of course I wouldn't really think about something like this. It looks pretty...[Gross? She knows how these places are. But let's turn this around to tease him instead! (She'll get to the "it's good to see you back!!!" part shortly.)] Don't tell me you are though.

D

[babermetrics]

[Who doesn't like a good round of DDR? Or whatever CERES offers along those lines. Leon definitely does; he loves the Game Center, but there are times when a guy doesn't want to just stand around in front of a screen all day. You've got to get some motion going sometimes!

At first, at a distance, Leon doesn't realize the girl currently occupying half the machine is Rise. He does realize she needs some serious help with her moves, though. It's . . . pretty obvious. Hey, he was headed over there anyway to burn off some energy—what better secondary incentive could there be than a girl to be impressed at his moves? She looks like she'd be impressed by just about anything, with coordination like that . . .

And then he hears her voice, right around the same time he's close enough to the machine to start suspecting who this is. The voice clinches it:]

Kujikawa?

[He sounds . . . pretty disbelieving, as he widens his stride to close the distance between himself and the game area.]

[pseudonyms]

[Her shoulders seize up the moment she hears his voice and she doesn't turn around just yet as she gets herself together. What if she just never goes out in public again until she figures out what happened to her rhythm? But he's already there and when she turns she looks fairly humiliated that Leon has to see her like this. The goat also turns with her, checking out Leon closely to determine if he's worth getting excited about.]

This isn't what it looks like, I swear!

c

[anarchos]

[He doesn't see her, or the goat, or much of anything else after he gets his hot chocolate. Bellamy tends to avoid paying attention to most other people when he goes into cafes, save for casing the room out of habit.]

[It's the chair scratching he hears first, but he ignores it, at least until the voice comes with it. He so rarely gets people calling out to him personally with that tone of friendliness, doubly so with the familiarity of the voice, so he looks over in spite of himself.]

Guess the coffee's not as high up as the books?

[This is clearly the best way to say hello??? He doesn't quite move to sit down, but he does move closer to her table.]

[pseudonyms]

[Bellamy you are kind of a rude shit, but Rise's okay with that. Since his help in the library, she's come to decide he's not too bad even if he's a little...different. The smile she's giving him is one that basically says she knows he's being kind of a jerk but she's okay with it, not taking him too seriously. The goat lifts its head to stare at the newcomer but ultimately decides to ignore him. For now.]

You'd be surprised what higher heels can get you. [She lifts her foot to show off her platform sandals then.] I've come here enough they started remembering my order anyway. You ever been here before?