My big dream

i guess i shouklde've seen tis conming, and tyet--

uit always managwes top anmnoy me.

[ooc: Again a wolf. Hello keyboard smashing.]

Okay, this is not what I expected to find in my wardrobe when I wake up.

Does anyone happen to have a black-and-blue vest, shorts, and shoes? And a white t-shirt and socks. Because if you do and you normally wear a white-- uh, outfit, and have a sword, I think we should talk.

... My coat is gone, too!

[ooc: Switched with Wanderweiss. D-don't give him that look Arrancar boy, he hates this as much as you do 8x]

So, this morning I woke up in a weird bed in a weird room in a weird apartment in a weird city. Which is kind of weird since the last thing I recall happening is returning from Hell...

Can anyone tell me what's going on? And where are my friends?

This isn't home, but- this looks somehow... familiar?

Dad? Dad! Pirika! Everyone?

At least you're here, Kororo, but...

So, last few days before Christmas... I guess it means busy times. It always does.

Ren, the decorations were a nice surprise! I'll be hanging them up in a minute. Would you like to help?

[ooc: Affected, actually, but he's keeping that to himself for now~]

...not this again.

Sorry, everyone, I think I'll be staying in my room today... It's kind of hard to move around when you're a freaking toy.

[ooc: Because it has happened once before.]

Risa, thanks for being such a wonderful friend to me. It's rather nice to know there's someone I can rely on anytime. And thanks for helping me out so many times.

Misao. Thanks for being a great friend all the time!

Eliza... thanks.

Ren, thanks for being there. You're an awesome friend I almost don't deserve you. And thanks for knocking some sense into me when needed, you're really good at that. But I guess you knew that already.

And City... well, deities. Thanks for not having a horrible curse on my birthday. This I can take, and actually almost enjoy a little bit. I mean, it's better than getting turned into a freaking wolf or something like that...

So, guess I'm 17 now.

Not again! We'd better hide... and FAST!

[There's a soft click as the device is turned on, and sounds of someone putting on outdoor clothes]

Ren? Are you inside?

[No answer, so there's another small sound - as if someone shrugging - and the door opening - then, a dead silence for a second, or two.]

...Ren?

REN!?

[ooc: So he found Ren, outside the apartment door, and will be dragging him inside dhortly. :x]

...somehow I'm glad I stayed away from the Network yesterday. That could've been a long post...

[ooc: Aka. mun totally forgot about the said curse day because her sisters were visiting? :x]

Ren... thanks. That was fun. And thanks for not making me pay, too. I probably couldn't have controlled myself anyway without you around. Baked sweets are just... you know.

How was everyone's Halloween? I've been a bit busy with work Not that it's a bad thing, Risa!, so I couldn't really celebrate that... hopefully others had fun, at least.

November, huh... ...I'm gonna be seventeen at the end of this month.

[ooc: unless I can't do my math right and he's gonna turn only sixteen or-- what. Clara correct me if I'm wrong please? D: Strike filtered to Ren~]

deamn. danmmit!"

howe many tiumes must i gto triuygh thiuas

........

[voice: on]

[Loud growling can be heard: apparently, some big, big animal is NOT amused]

[ooc: L-lawl no I'm still on hiatus shh. But, I had to affect him. Semi/Placeholder for now!]

...a year tomorrow. How come I didn't realize that?

Just, it can't have been that long, but seeing as it is, next month's October... wonder if it'll be as bad as the last one, that was hell. But at least I had friends to bear it with me, like Faust and Nita... but they're both gone now.

But, there's Risa, and Ren... and all the Akindo staff. So I'm not alone.

Somehow I've learned to like this place... not in the sense "like", but this is better than home. At home there's the tournament, and fighting, and just thinking about it and all that happened makes me all worked up, like what happened to Faust and Ren back then and that we still couldn't defeat Hao though there're only a few horus left, how I got myself beaten by Kalim just because I was being utterly stupid, how our mana will never last until we get to Hao and that stuff. This place is horrible with all the curses, but, yeah. No one expects so much of me here. It's... kinda nice.

...

...I. Hate this curse.

But, does this make me a City veteran now or something?

[ooc: How very nice to have this curse on his almost-anniversary of coming to Poly!]

...F? What's that supposed to mean, F?

And it's bright red, too. Sorry, City, but I think blue's more my color than red ever... Besides, it reminds me of blood. Hrrr...

Ren, can I buy us some ice cream? Just this once?

[ooc: F stands for friends. It's all been done for his friends, no?]

...I could probably enjoy this curse at least more than the one in last October, but...

I mean, milkshake is good. Really. I love milkshake not that I didn't love all the junk food out there but... yeah.

It's not his fault this time. His name was in the Hall of the Missing.

...doesn't make me feel any better, though.

[ooc: Noticed Ren's disappearance. And pretending to be happyhappyjoyjoy like usually. ...and fails.]

...shit.

...it's not normal for me to feel this distracted, is it. Ha ha...

Sorry, Risa, for sort of... slacking at work. I'll make up for it, for sure. Wouldn't want to give you any trouble.


( private to self: hard to hack )

Right, so...

Don't tell me this place really is what I think it is.

The City? Dammit, I thought I left here years ago...! What reason does it have to pull me back!?

[ooc: Aaaaffected.]

[Shuffling noises and after a while a stifled yawn]

What time is it...

...huh?


...

[Horrified silence]

...WHAT!?

[ooc: Handcuffed to Ren tongari_shaman. <3]

...okay, this is NOT funny.

Cap'n? Lady Anna? Where did you go?

...in fact, where am I? This definitely isn't our ship. .............whiiiiich reminds me.

ohgodsomebody'sgonnakillme.

[ooc: Pirate!Horo at your service~]

okaY his is nogt cfunny

KI HATE YOU, CJITY

[ooc: ...yeah.]