[open] ain't no discussion party like an open discussion party

[psycholawgy]

Who: Anyone and everyone
When 1 February
Where: CERES Gardens
What: IC Dicussion Post
Rating/Warning: None so far!

[ At 5:30 in the morning, each person will receive a text: ]
Good morning!
If you'd like to know what happened during the CERES tours, please come to the gardens at 12 noon.
Lunch will be provided.

[ All these texts will come from Athena Cykes, so if you'd like to respond, head on over here! ]

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[ Athena's managed to convince the manager of the Little Sister Cafe to cater at ther CERES gardens, so there are tables, a spread of food, and at the center of all the tables is a small platform-like stage with a microphone. A part of the gardens now looks like this. With less balloons, of course.

Once there's enough people, Athena Cykes steps up. She has crutches, and she rests those crutches by the side of the platform as she speaks. ]

I'm sure we were all expecting a safe tour, but most of us - if not all - ended up being in danger. But, despite all this, we learned a lot of things. If we can all get up here one by one, in an orderly manner, and speak of what we've learned, we would be able to help one another survive in Cerealia better.

I don't think we need to keep this a secret anymore; Mr. Mosley and the rest of CERES have their eyes on us at all times. But still, we shouldn't try to withhold information from one another. Information is key to be able to survive in this place. Whatever you know? Please tell us.

The food is also from the cosplay cafe. Please come visit if you enjoy them. Thank you.

[ With a bow of her head, she steps down and heads to her table. Anyone is free to take the stand now and speak. ]

(( Make your own top-levels, and then there can be discussions for each top-level! I won't be running this post, so treat this as a mingle!

GROUP FIVE / GROUP SEVEN / GROUP NINE / IN-GAME TITLES ))

Comments

[jyajyaaan]

[He snickers at the mental image of Mosley kung-fu kicking a giant metal heap.]

That sounds like quite the adventure! Did that fish really eat you and spit you out again?

[psycholawgy]

It did... it turns out, the fish was a robot sent by Mr. Mosle.

[jyajyaaan]

[Oh dear. She said the r-word.]

Mr. Mosley has a giant robot fish? That's so cool! Do you know if it can transform?! Or if it has any laser weapons too?!

SORRY FOR THE TYPO

[psycholawgy]

No! What the heck— I didn't even know it was a robot until Miss Bulma told me it was!

no worries, I didn't even notice it!

[jyajyaaan]

Awww, you didn't. That's a shame... [He perks right back up.] But you got to ride on it, that's cool! I hope they'll give the rest of us a chance to do that too!

So Miss Bulma knows her way with robots?

[psycholawgy]

There were four of us in the group, and three of us got "eaten" first. [ She even does the air quotes. ] It was only after an hour or so that Miss Bulma joined us outside of the colony, and she rode a shark with a top hat.

It was Mr. Mosley who was controlling the robots.

[jyajyaaan]

Huh? So he has a shark with a top hat mecha too?

[This is starting to sound confusing, even to a robot-lover like him.]

[psycholawgy]

... I think so, yeah. You should ask Mr. Mosley to be sure.

[jyajyaaan]

I think I will! [He will.]

Anyway, can you tell me more about those things that you found outside? What was the place like? Why would they want you to get away from the city?

[psycholawgy]

Well... it was kind of just like, you keep walking and walking thinking you're getting closer to your goal? BUt then it looks farther when you take another look.

[jyajyaaan]

Oh. Like what happens in some bad dreams? I once dreamed that I took a shortcut to school and then couldn't get out of the seafood restaurant's kitchen anymore.

Did you try out what happens if you stop walking too?

[psycholawgy]

We didn't stop talking. We couldn't...

We just had to go back home, you know?

[jyajyaaan]

Huh? Why?

[This place isn't home as far as he is concerned. His home has been destroyed, trice over by now, but still. Here isn't it and will never be.]

[psycholawgy]

Oh! I mean - I mean, the place - our apartments... that's... home for now.

[jyajyaaan]

Oh! Because you have friends here and people who'd wait for you?

[He seems to have gotten it.]

[psycholawgy]

Yeah, pretty much.

Why? Do you not have friends here?

1/2

[jyajyaaan]

Well. [He smiles awkwardly, looking guilty.] There are some people from back home here, and some others that I get along well with. So I do have them, I guess.

[jyajyaaan]

[His expression falls into one of bitter resignation.]


....but I also know that none of them would like me if they knew about my past. So I don't mind leaving everyone while we are still on good terms, especially if it would help the others to find a way to rescue their worlds and to find a way back home.

[psycholawgy]

[ have a pat on the shoulder, man. ]

Hey. What's your name?

[jyajyaaan]

Huh? [He jumps a little at the sudden touch.]

It's Shingetsu. Rei Shingetsu.

[psycholawgy]

If they're really your friends? They'll stick with you no matter what your past may be.

I don't need to know your story, but hear me out, okay? Everyone's got a shadow to them.

[jyajyaaan]

Mmmh. [Blushing lightly, he holds a hand to his chest as he smiles to himself.] I'd really like that. But I also think that it's for the best if I don't put too big expectations on them when doing so wouldn't be fair.

[His shadows are plenty enough that they tried to come out and eat him whole before. Maybe it's because he has never really tried to feel any regret over what he has done or tried to return to being the person he was before Don Thousand had mindwashed him. There's just so much blood on his hands now that trying to wash it off would be nothing but a joke.]

Your name is Athena Cykes, right? You're the one who invited us all here.

[psycholawgy]

That's right, I'm Athena.

I've got lots of shadows chasing me, but I'm fine, and I have my friends. So... I guess I'm not worried. [ That's a lie, she totally is very worried of losing her friends. ]

[jyajyaaan]

Hehe~ So you could say that your friends are your light, right~?

[psycholawgy]

I guess! I have one that's said to be like the sun.

But I want to be a light of my own, you know?