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 Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:13 pm
Shehk seemed to express some surprise of her own as Lizzy outed the three people Shehk really wouldn't have suspected to be heading SEEDs as their admin. She would have suspected Riley or ....Riley..... overall. But... she seemed to frown a bit as she let herself think about that.
It explained some of the people who were invited into its ranks, at the very least. Still, she passed a look over those who were assembled already, noting the faces she recognized and those she didn't know as well. These were their comrades. She knew those who had been there in the Haunted House much better than some of them, but never the less.
Then again, the Couriers had no secrets, so she knew that some of these people were involved to begin with. Never the less, she didn't really have any questions to pipe up with yet. So she'd just try to not mother-wolf over Jericho.
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:58 pm
Amrita took a seat with the boils, staring at Aymet until he did the same. "Iii aamm noot siick, Caalderr." She said quietly, offering him a small smile. "Juust need a paatchingg, Iii promisse." Her patchwork body being injured was more like wearing a ripped shirt; it didn't effect her after everything underneath it healed (and her FEAR was at healthy levels, thank you), it was more of an aesthetic thing. "Sooonn, Iii promissee..." She assured the Kelpie, and meant it.
Amrita sighed at the mention of the notes, pinching what was left of the bridge of her nose. "Aaand whaat we diid haave...bloodiied..." She lamented quietly to the boils around her; the paper had been on her person when that Hunter cut her from sternum to chin, and while she was glad they didn't lose the paper...well, even dark, old congealed blood was hard to read through. On the subject of finding things... "Aah! Yess, Moort...I need yoour heelp wiith---"
The beeping caught her attention and she stopped, turning her attention to Lizzy.
The Spider Demoness had already outed herself as the Leader in the Haunted House; the other two came as a complete surprise. She looked around the room as prompted; everyone she at least recognized, but there was a good chunk she didn't know any more than in passing. She listened to what was being said, the layout of the meeting, and the little pep talk that followed; it was good, she thought. A really good start! It was one less thing for her to worry about in the end.
When the time came for questions, she merely shook her head; she had none.----- Mac leaned in the doorway, alternating between watching Lizzy and watching the hallway for stragglers. At least he was a half decent guard dog. Kind of.
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:12 pm
Amphi blinked as the news filtered down to her before sighing. Her friends were quite the dangerous duo, added with the one they called Junko....It was a potent punch to know that perhaps she wasn't doing her part to support the two.
She moved to sit by Xiu and smiled at her. Reaching out a hand to gently brush her shoulder.
"Xiu....How have you been since the field trip?" She eyed the demon, her voice lowering to a whisper instead. Her question was more for the sake of their friendship then it was about SEEDS itself. "I've been a bit worried....and now this as well..."
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:26 pm
Taryn's lips remained sealed. So the admins were going to reveal themselves... but everyone else didn't have to, right? She looked around herself nervously as she sat. Nobody else seemed to be revealing themselves, so she'd just take that as a 'no'.
That being said, the ghoul had learned about Insanity in the broken-down bathroom from the horsemen themselves, back when they had been the only ones. She looked between each person who asked a question, but did not have any to pose at just this moment. For now, she'd just listen.
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:12 pm
Mot was fairly surprised to find out these three ghouls were the admins of Seeds, especially that Pepin had a hand in it. He had to keep from shuddering at the memory of being called Meat Shield.
Mot paid close attention to Lizzy's long speech. One sentence more than others renewed his hope; ...be a boogeyman future scarelings can look up to.
It was his dream, one that had almost been dashed until he heard that one line. Maybe he wasn't so lost after all.
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:53 pm
Blade Kuroda "Wait. How did you get the website running with its security?"
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:18 pm
Malodore's gaze wandered over to Amrita - she'd taken some damage, and not had it fixed. Perhaps it could assist in that area... but then Lizzy started to talk, and its attention was drawn back to her and the other ghouls.
The plague doctor's head tilted to one side when Lizzy announced that she, Xiu, and Junko made up the administration of Seeds; while it had never suspected Riley, knowing she would have shared such a thing with it, it hadn't expected the three ghouls to be the leaders. Interesting. It listened as she spoke of tests, very reasonable, very scientific-
Fall in love. It flinched, wings rattling, shoulders curving into a hunch with the successive words in that sentence. It felt ashamed, embarrassed as it dipped its head sheepishly downwards, but it couldn't control the painful twists that filled its being at those words, even though it knew the demoness had meant nothing by them. They were intended for the majority, not for it. It was so tired of hurting. So very tired.
With a very quiet sigh, it forced itself to straighten again, saying nothing for right now, but keeping its gaze almost entirely on Lizzy other than one glance Jericho's way. It had to make sure the dragon was all right.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:17 am
Scanning the faces of the students, the baku noted the looks of surprise with a hint of amusement. Frankly, she couldn't blame them--she probably would have had the exact same face on if she had been in their place. Even now, she couldn't really believe it herself. Only a year ago, she had been a somewhat meek but generally worry-free ghoul. She remembered the times where she would just spend the whole day baking or doing homework. But now...
She looked up when Amphi approached her, offering the ghoul a bright smile. "Hi, Amphi. Have you got any questions, or...?" She trailed off, tapir-shaped ears perking up slightly as her mermaid friend spoke. Well, not questions about Seeds it seemed, but about her own well-being in general. The baku's smile softened a little as she shook her head.
"I've been...okay. For a while, there were...voices in my head, but they seemed to have faded now." She lifted a hand to touch her temple, her eyes fluttering shut. After a moment of silence, she opened them again and looked at Amphi. "How have you been?"
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 12:21 pm
Sparrow was feeling distinctly awkward after the ghoul - Lizzy - stopped speaking. Now that he looked around, he realized just how little of the students he actually knew, and a sense of unease rippled through him unpleasantly. He knew Hel and he knew Xiu and Amphi, who were standing next to each other, talking in low, quiet voices - and he vaguely knew Mot. But other than that...
Oh, but there was Aymet - and Malodore as well. But Aymet was speaking to someone else, a ghoul with backwards feet, as well as another, and Sparrow did not want to interrupt their conversation.
"What sort of mission do you suppose this means?" he asked quietly to Hel and Mot, frowning a little.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 1:02 pm
"I've not the slightest idea." Mot replied quietly back, shifting in place. Silently he hoped it wasn't another one like the last. He was not in the mood to put his friend's lives in danger like before. "I'm a little worried, though."A look of concern crossed his features as he settled his gaze on the three admins.
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 1:54 am
Since it looked like there weren't any more questions, she decided to move on.
"Humans," She continued, making sure that her voice could be heard, "Are not all bad, just like how we are not all good. On a mini field trip that Professor QB led, he showed us a female human who could see us. She... Was very friendly, not hostile at all. She didn't appear to be scared of us, and she knew Professor QB. She was working with DETH, giving us the chance to scare humans. For the first time, we actually met humans who we could actually spook!"
She smiled, clearly excited, "Fear means scarelings! Fear means that Halloween will exist! Without humans, this world will not exist. We need the humans... But then, there are the hunters. Unlike most humans, they don't appear to be... Scared of us at all. Even if they are, we can't feel any Fear coming from them. They also seem to be on a mission to eradicate all Fear-based creatures, like you and me. If they appear to endanger you, a friend, a fellow Halloween citizen... Fight back. They're not going to show us mercy. I've been captured, knocked unconscious in a net, and put in a cage. There, I've seen..." She stopped, inhaling deeply before continuing, "Halloween citizens being turned into weapons. They get tossed in this machine, and with a press of a button, their bodies twist, turn and stretch; I could see and hear the pain they were going through as the machine changed their body into a weapon... And then, silence. Weapons can't talk, and if there's nobody to wield them, they turn into a stone tablet... Which can't talk either. You can't move. Can't eat booberry eyescream, or hug someone, or surround yourself with friends and minipets. You forget your friends, your family, and is now a weapon to be used against them. The only person who can hear you, is the hunter you are bonded to... If the machine fails, and you do not get turned into a weapon, you will still never be able to reform..."
She frowned, pausing briefly as she cleared her throat, taking the time to calm herself down. Knowing that this next topic could be a really sensitive one to discuss, she looked sheepish, "I will try to be as, uh... Neutral as possible here. First off, the Bogeyman. The law enforcers of Halloween, their schedule is not monitored by the Town Hall, and they follow their own code. However, because of that, there are 'bad' Bogeymen, as well as 'good' ones... It's why I said not to be discouraged by the hostility they had shown us. While I am still trying to look for a Bogeyman we can trust, I remember a Saebel, who seemed trust-worthy enough. Professor Red was a Bogeyman too, and one of the strongest, most dedicated teachers I had known, even though her teaching methods could be... Uh..." She chuckled, looking sheepish, "Rather extreme, if any of you remember what skittersharks are."
She might had shuddered at the memory.
"Next, DETH. An organization that protects humans, advocating safe, sustainable scaring for FEAR. They work with various humans, setting up 'scaring grounds' for us to scare humans in a safe environment. Right now, we do not know their take on hunters, but they do know of their existence. Professor QB is a part of DETH." There were two others, but since Professor QB would probably be the easiest to reach...
"Next up, the Lost Clans. They are probably as far from DETH as you can go," She didn't know how else to describe them, "They are for killing humans, hunters and non-hunters alike, bringing about the Apocalypse... Recently, the hunters had destroyed their home, family, and friends. The survivors had moved into Halloween." Some of them had even been sighted near the school, collecting materials with the intention of rebuilding their home.
"Next up, the Trick-or-treaters... Which I have very little information on," She frowned, "It is an official job for Halloween citizens though... Going to the human world, pranking, scaring - which doesn't seem different from what they do here, at home - and bringing candy and other loot back with them. I'm not sure about their take on humans or hunters though."
In a way, she found them to be even more mysterious than the Bogeymen.
"Seeds, however, is our own side," She continued, "Rather than having a specific belief, we value individual ideas... As long as the rules are followed, as long as Seeds as a whole is not compromised. On the other hand, I want to make something clear - as a group, if we somehow find ourselves in combat, and forced to a corner... You bite us, we bite back. We don't initiate fights, nor do we look for it. However, if a fight is brought to us, please fight back or at least defend yourself! Don't wait for someone to defend you just because you don't feel like fighting! It might cost that person their life or freedom... Now, before I go on, any questions?"
OOC:
-> If your eyes are bleeding from this wall of text, please only read the pink parts.
-> Quote me (Lizzy), Eight (Junko), Kaiyumi (Xiu) if you need us!
-> Questions will be addressed as they come!
-> IF YOU ARE A LATECOMER, you probably have my permission to be late. Otherwise, "sigh-ups" are now closed! If you really want to be here, you can try IMing me to ask. xD <3
-> You have 24-36 hours to respond to this prompt; if there reaches a 'no questions' point, the rp will move on to save time. <3
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 8:42 am
For a moment Sammy's eyes seemed to 'pop' a bit, the FEAR leaking outside of her hollow eye sockets much in the way someones eyes would swell up and out when they opened them in surprise. Pepin running the site was a bit of a shock, she seemed to be a bit of a gossip, but it made sense that she would be the one setting it up, but Lizzy, Junko, and Xiu being admin was a bit of a loop.
Still she continued to listen as Lizzy spoke, and somewhere deep inside her, something twisted in disgust. She crossed her arms eyes ******** the boogiemen."
She stood a bit taller, and clearly looked livid to hell. "They lied about Red. They took Maladore's head off during the quarentine, they bully us around, tried to shut down the school, and to top if off they took Riley away as well. Odds are their spinning tales about the horsemen, the hunters, and lying about what happened to Riley. She didn't go on a vacation, she didn't retire, it would be the last jack damn thing she would have ever done. Red was the first, and last boogiemen we can trust and unless Arel himself walks in here with a list of boogiemen who aren't secret police hell bent on screw us over then I suggest we never trust a word they say again and treat them like Hunters. Enemies from start to end."
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 9:18 am
"They did some really cruel, unforgivable things to this school and its students, but can you imagine what would happen if they made Hunters and Insanity public? Wide-spread panic. People might be too scared to even step out of their houses. Parents will start withdrawing their children from school. There might be riots. Unease. I do not agree with their methods, I do not agree with them taking Riley away, or slandering Red, but they are not the enemy... And you should not make them an enemy," She paused, frowning; in the past, she might had agreed with Sammy, but after talking to Arel, and taking time off to think... To rationalize... What he said made sense, "If you make them angry, and cause them to turn their full focus on us, we really will not be able to stop them from turning on us. We're not ready to take them on right now. It is alright if you want to be wary of them, blame them, hate them, but don't fight them."
She sighed, "Again, I want everyone to know that we value and recognize all opinions, but I also don't want anyone to do something reckless." And probably cause them all trouble without meaning to.
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 9:42 am
"To the public? Fine. Let them lie to them, but to the students? To the people who watched them die? Who've seen their friends captures and hurt? No. I won't stand for that. You said it yourself, you've been captured. I saw those same weaponization tubes, I've felt what they do. You think it's right that they hide that from the student body when we're the ones under attack all the time?" It had been a while since she had spoken to Arel personally, the last time had been lamenting the field trip, the lies, and leaving a piece of Red behind for the secretary to keep. What would they talk about now? What could he even say to persuade Sammy otherwise.
"No, we have every damn right to fight them. If they turn on another student again we should have every right to defend said student and our home." The last part of Lizzy's speech made the undead ghoul only grin, a slightly morbid grin like laughing at a joke made at ones own expense.
"I hate to say it, but I'm pretty sure a few people here can agree Recklessly Violent is a very good middle name for me." The grin slowly faded, replaced by a very grim line. "We need to do something though. We can't have them attacking students, and if they don't willingly give Riley back we need to take her back. We didn't bring her all the way home just to have some bastards take her away from us like that..."
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 9:59 am
"They can lie to the school all they want, as long as we know the truth, we cannot be swayed," She had her determined face on, and at Sammy's "idea", she twitched; the idea of doing something as reckless as that? That went against all three rules, really, and will only cause the Bogeymen to be even more adamant about shutting them down, "I'm sorry, but the Bogeymen had never really outrightly attacked us. That idea is more than just reckless. It's-"
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