Fandom Murder IV: Eye of the Storm

[Storm-Shadow14]

While waiting for her initial guest to take their seat, she was approached by another interesting looking red-head, though her hair easily was the darkest shade of the bunch. Maybe it was the result of some kind of weird biological response that lead them all to congregate in the same spot, not that she really had an issue with that. Weird trains of thought aside, there was no reason to deny her access to the napkins, sliding the box of them all towards her (( @ Nenma Takashi )) without a word, seeing as the first woman who addressed had finally taken a seat and opened up on her offer for conversation. She gave a nod of understanding at that goal, figuring that maybe she should try to do the same since some interesting looking individuals seemed to be in town for one reason or another, hoping that the occurrence it wasn't just bad luck coming to bite her in the ass. Gathering her thoughts while the waitress made a small interjection to drop off a to-go bag, she was caught off guard by the prod at her stature and the wink, letting out a chuckle before leaning forward in her seat attentively. "You.. you might be fun.. The name's Celeste... but you can call me muscles if it floats your boat, Kinny." She teased, propping her chin up on her hands after steepling them together and setting her elbows on the table.

After receiving the request for her story, she knew some simple bullshit about "seeing the sights" or "taking a break from the office" wouldn't cut it, on account of her appearance alone. Celeste couldn't give her an answer that was too honest either, because Kinara could be just be dressed up like a character from a sci-fi show to lower her guard. "Well, I do some PMC work, and the company we were hired under had to cut us to stay afloat... so I decided to take a breather before I look for another gig.." she offered, hoping that would suffice. (( Storm-Shadow14 ))

Kinara would purr if she could at the larger woman's own teasing, but instead she smiled knowingly, and rested an arm against the back rest of the booth, opening her body language, making her more receptive to advances and conversation. "Ooh, well if you insist, Muscles~" She flashed another wink, and took another bite of her sandwich. As she listened to the woman's story, and told her own. What Kinara did tell of the truth of her story was that she wound up here by some mishap of technology, and that she'd been trying to fix what was broken since she got here. While she explained, it seemed they lost track of time, and Kinara looked to her watch: 10:34AM. Blinking and doing a double take, she smiled and looked to Celeste.

"Say, Muscles... you like the beach? I know a great spot to just hang out if you're up for it... come on! Follow me!" By now, she'd long tossed away her trash from finishing her food, and reached out to gently grab one of Celeste's hand, playfully tugging at the larger woman to follow her. Smiling, she led the larger woman to The Beach, where they would start to walk down the sands, with nothing but the sounds of the gently churning water to play as a back drop to their conversation.[/COLOR]

"Y'know... back where I come from, I sort of ran a PMC of my own. Sort of... took it upon myself to fight an evil Empire and all that jazz. What kind of stuff were you up to?" LunarDiscord

 

[Stormcloak]

"Now you get on the back of my bike and we blast off to a little place I know in the outskirts of town".

 

[Aegis]

“Alright. Fair. Never thought someone else would take the lead for me, but I guess there’s a first for everything.” Leon hops on the back of the mans bike as they speed off down the road “Name’s Leon by the way.”
( Stormcloak Akibahara )

 

[Zerulu]

Walking deeper into the forest it had been relatively bland, seeing the same type of trees over and over when started to believe that’s had gone in circles despite only ever going straight. Eventually after what felt like ha eternity they happened to stumble upon the junkyard where ears hadn’t beat them to it, “So much for some alone time” She mumbled under her breath noticing the others, especially the cup from back at the diner.

She emerged from the woods, walking closer to the bus where the group had assembled, “ ‘ello there mates!” She called out to them, walking closer, “What do we got here?”

GinkyGotBack KandiPoP Rhysie Username @anyoneelseiforgot

 

[Akibahara]

@Forest people

SIDE QUEST: Dead by Daylight

You felt cold. So cold. The sky grew darker as if someone... or something snuffed out the light. Wasn't it 11am? You felt a tingle run up your spine as an utter blackness engulfed the sky, glaring at the ground beneath you. It was cracked, withering with disuse and decay, little brown weeds gnawing at what remained. You felt...strange. As if the darkness itself swallowed you, draining your very essence—cannibalizing whatever supernatural or magical abilities you once had—or perhaps, weapons you once possessed.

That's too bad.

You looked forward, body shivering from the cold dark night. It was unwelcoming. You crossed your arms over your chest squinting deep into the abyss:

Everything was so blurry. You could see shadowy silhouettes dance in the mist. As if laughing, on the verge of giggling like an impish little child, because it knew you didn't know what you had done. A spine-tingling sliver ran down your spine. You really didn't know what you had done. God, what if... what if this was all a trick! What if-

No.

You unconsciously dismissed what you saw.

You were still next to Chloe's safehouse and the door is unlocked. You were surrounded by an endless forest and in the distance:

A fireplace.

If you read the note, the contents have changed:

"I keep trying to understand them at the same time as they stalk me.
I try finding something that can pinpoint their purpose. I wonder if they might be punished? But in that case, am not I in the same position?
Being punished for something, as I try to escape and find some way out of here. They play their role.
Without any diversions, they are like a machine that is set on finding any living soul.
Are they without hope? Who do they serve? Is there even a master?
I have never seen them rest or stop. They hunt until the hooks are occupied.
But where do they go after that? Trying to find some answers is one of the few things that keep me sane.
For now. If you stumble upon one of these beings you must run and you must hide.
Without any sound.'" - Benedict Baker, Nov. 1896

You look back at your friends.

Do you escape this nightmare or venture ahead?



@Forest people​

 

[Ineptitude]

Mey-Rin
Location: Blackwell Academy
Interaction: Victoria Chase ( Akibahara )
​

Mey-Rin stared down at the concrete pavement underneath her feet as she was continously harrassed by a group of young women, presumably students of the academy she had stumbled into. From what she could tell, they were most certainly the most powerful people in the schoool, seeing as how the other students had immediately backed away once they made the move to approach her, averting their eyes from the scene.

"I'm sorry, did I do something to upset you?" She bowed her head, acting out the part of a demure and coy servant.

 

[Critic Ham]

The Doom Marine

Location - Two Whales Diner | Interacting with - Macarons in Pastel as Garry| Status- Agitated​

I showed the picture to a man. A shake of the head. I showed it to a woman. Another shake of the head. Pressure crumbled a corner. I kept showing the picture to people and all I got were shaking heads. Some muttered about needing to be at some place and dashed off. The rest stayed in their seats, glancing at me. Worry marred their faces. My hands balled up with fingers digging into palms.

Damnit, Hayden must have sneaked around settlements or he already made contract with this world’s government. I growled through clenched teeth. If he made contract then this world was doomed. Perhaps I should raid a government building for information… I shook my head. That would be stupid.

A person standing up and trying to quietly walk out the diner grabbed my attention. He wore a tattered, dark blue, long coat. His appearance was scruffy yet lean. Effeminate even. A bag filled with art supplies was slung over his shoulder. I crooked an eyebrow. A drifter I think? Eh, couldn’t hurt to ask. I doubted that he knew where Hayden’s location was. I followed after him out onto the streets.

“At least there’s nothing here trying to kill me yet…” He muttered as he walked about. I cracked a grin. Yes, yet. Wait until an Imp starts smacking people with its balls and whatever ‘monsters’ in your life would look tame in comparison.

I walked up behind him. Whether he noticed my approach or not didn’t matter as I tapped him on the shoulder for his attention.

 

[Stormcloak]

"Hey Leon, names Jason". Jason continues to drive to the barn.

( Aegis )

 

[Aegis]

Leon sits quietly until they arrive at their destination. Not really knowing what else to say in a situation of this particular nature.
( Stormcloak )

 

[DerpyCarp]

Vaati approaches the Campfire and glances about, confused. "What Just Happened?"

 

[LunarDiscord]

Kinara would purr if she could at the larger woman's own teasing, but instead she smiled knowingly, and rested an arm against the back rest of the booth, opening her body language, making her more receptive to advances and conversation. "Ooh, well if you insist, Muscles~" She flashed another wink, and took another bite of her sandwich. As she listened to the woman's story, and told her own. What Kinara did tell of the truth of her story was that she wound up here by some mishap of technology, and that she'd been trying to fix what was broken since she got here. While she explained, it seemed they lost track of time, and Kinara looked to her watch: 10:34AM. Blinking and doing a double take, she smiled and looked to Celeste.

"Say, Muscles... you like the beach? I know a great spot to just hang out if you're up for it... come on! Follow me!" By now, she'd long tossed away her trash from finishing her food, and reached out to gently grab one of Celeste's hand, playfully tugging at the larger woman to follow her. Smiling, she led the larger woman to The Beach, where they would start to walk down the sands, with nothing but the sounds of the gently churning water to play as a back drop to their conversation.[/COLOR]

"Y'know... back where I come from, I sort of ran a PMC of my own. Sort of... took it upon myself to fight an evil Empire and all that jazz. What kind of stuff were you up to?" LunarDiscord

Celeste really couldn't believe what she was hearing, but at least going along with it would be a whole lot more fun than sulking and working out until she couldn't walk by herself, so she gave Kinara's story her honest attention, losing track of the time while they sat there, having gotten a coffee for herself at one point as well. The sudden shift in conversation took her out of the laze she had been lulled into, shaking a little in her seat, wondering if the town was having some kind of weird effect on her behavior, suddenly feeling the need to stand up and get moving. "Sure do! I'd be down.. I feel like I'm gonna sink through the floor and become a lump if we don't get moving, lead the way!" The mountain of a woman was willing to let Kinara drag her about, taking a mental note to remember the swimsuit tucked back in her luggage should they need it, but the rental car should be fine in the parking lot diner for now, seeing as the beach was right across the street.

"Can't say any of my work was that grand... no evil Empires for me, just a bunch of greedy, fuckin' windbags willing to shell out some serious cash to protect their businesses..." That much was actually true, though her work was much more free-lance, with much more underhanded dealings going on, instead of pretty contracts and legitimate security work. "Outside of that, I spend most of my time working out, or just indulgin' in hobbies with all of the bank that I make, given that I need to stay in top form for my line of work, and that it could get me killed just about any day... I may as well live it up, ya know?" She added on, giving a bit of a shrug. "How about you? What keeps ya goin' outside of dismantling bad guys?" (( Storm-Shadow14 ))

 

[KandiPoP]

Pandora looked around confused. "I... don't like the looks of this..." She wandered toward the fire.

DapperDogman Rhysie GinkyGotBack

 

[Stormcloak]

Jason brings the bike to a stop. "Alright there big shot here we are". Jason says as he gets off the bike and pushes the barn gate open. Jason realizes he left his satchel on the bike and shouts to Leon "Hey can you pass me the bag, Although be careful it has explosives".

 

[Aegis]

“Damn. What are you, Inspector Gadget?” Leon grabs the satchel and carries it over to Jason, handing it to him before walking into the barn beside him.
( Stormcloak )

 

[Username]

"vhat the fuck?" Max said, going to pull out his handgun when he realized it suddenly wasn't there. "vhat the fuck!" he said again, looking to Elise. "is zhis normal for ze forest?" He said, sounding more so confused than anything else. He had never seen or felt anything quite like this before.

Zerulu

 

[Corrosion]

CAPTAIN RENKO
Two Whales Diner​

Renko spared once last glance at the diner and its rather... unique patrons, before grabbing his guns and leaving out through the front door. Once out, he took a breath and allowed the scent of the sea to flow into his lungs. He smiled, looking upwards to see the sight of circling seagulls overhead and the sound of waves down below.

Right, he still had absolutely no fucking clue where the hell he was. Slinging his shotgun behind his back, he decided to head to the first place he knew would have some information: the visitors centre.

Walking through the small town, he caught the eye of several people. Probably because of his uniform. Or his weapons. Maybe both.

=====☭ =====

Blackwell Academy
Mey-Rin ( Ineptitude ), Victoria Chase ( Akibahara )
​

Well, that was fucked. He found out that he was in a small town known as Arcadia Bay in Oregon. He knew he had to get back to his unit somehow, but he didn't even know if this was the correct timeline. If he shot his past self, he would have erased himself from time. He didn't even know how he got here.

Maybe Nathaniel Renko didn't even exist in this world.

He needed to gather his thoughts first, so he decided to have a walk around town and get his bearings straight. And so he walked.

Eventually, maybe an hour or two later, Renko wasn't counting, he found himself in front of a school building. Blackwell Academy, apparently. The town's senior high school that specialised in art and science, from the various brochures he had found. He stepped towards the building.

He heard a commotion in the area, and he turned to see a group of rather typical school bullies harassing a young red-headed lady. Wearing a maid costume.

Yep, weirdos, alright.

Still, he wasn't exactly one to tolerate bullying, so he decided to make a move. He stepped towards the girls and stood at his full height. Together with his rather bulky frame, special forces uniform, and weapons he had with him, he was quite intimidating.

"Is there a problem here?" He asked.

 

[Stormcloak]

Jason grins behind his mask as he takes the bag and walks over to a corner of the barn which he cleared off earlier and places the bag on the ground. Jason starts searching through the bag and takes out a short brown leather jacket and some welding tools.

( Aegis )

 

[Zerulu]

And just like that the forest seems to change, she gets a massive headache as everything’s becomes blurry, almost like she is falling asleep. Eventually she regained focus and everything had changed, from the forrest around them to a campfire off in the distance, “M-Max?” She slurred her words looking for her companion, eventually finding him by her side where he was before the ‘shift’ happened. “I don’t think this is normal, not in Australia at least. We should head to that campfire, and assess what’s going on.” She slowly started to make her way over, on the outside she may not have showed it but she was terrified.

Username

 

[Akibahara]

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Toshinori "All Might" Yagi

Location - Blackwell Academy | With - Kate Marsh | Condition - Fine

“Just give me five minutes, alright? Talk to me for five minutes, and if you don’t want to talk to me anymore after that, I’ll leave you alone and never bother you again. Deal?”

( Akibahara )​

"No. You don't understand. Nobody cares about me. Nobody. I don't need your pity. I don't even know who you are. I... I really want to be left alone." She stops in her tracks, looking up at the tall Japanese man, lower lips wobbling, "Why do you care about someone you don't even know? Is this a trick? Who sent you?"

Professor Spacecakes​

 

[Aegis]

“Can you get me any of this crazy shit?” Leon asks “Maybe a device capable of helping me find Sherry or Claire?”
( Stormcloak )

 

[Akibahara]

Leon decides that ,having no idea about the town, he should call this off and avoid getting arrested. Mostly because he's a cop himself and he knows that doing this was not a good idea to begin with. "Come on!" Leon yells at the stranger as he bolts onto campus, holstering his knife.
( Stormcloak Akibahara )

You could hear police sirens in the distance as you both run off, "Hey, get back here!" You're being followed.

Aegis Stormcloak

 

[Macarons in Pastel]

Forgotten Portrait



Location- Two Whales Diner || Interacting with Critic Ham || Status: Frazzled ​

At a sudden tap of the shoulder, Garry jumped with a girlish shriek and nearly tripped himself, too caught up in his own thoughts to notice the stranger. And oh dear, what an intimidating stranger it was, with that doom and gloom look about them. Definitely a strange turn of events, but nothing dangerous for the moment. It seemed something was needed of him, and in an attempt to save face, he cleared his throat, brushed off his jacket, and tried to stand as postured as he could, with the most charming and polite smile he could manage. "A-ah, pardon me, I hadn't heard you approach. May I help you with anything?" He looks so nervous, and would be sweating bullets if he weren't so good at keeping face in front of people- ignoring that little slip of a reaction before.
If he judged this man by the unique apparel that was sported, well that would have been very rude, so Garry made no comment of it. Instead, he only straightened his hair -although it always seemed to cover his left eye no matter what he did- and adjusted his bag strap, patiently waiting for whatever the reason the stranger needed him. Although being himself, manners would definitely come into play sometime or another in any conversation to be had- speaking of manners, where had his gone? "Oh! And do pardon me for asking, but my name is Garry, may I ask for yours? Your name I mean. No need of me to be rude, introductions are only polite of course." And there he goes, nervously falling into patterns of lady-like speech, as per the usual.

 

[Rhysie]

Handsome JackSo, now it was some time in the evening. It was now cold... very fucking cold, everything was turning blurry for him as the man spoke something out loud "Holy f u c k, how does one survive out here jeez" as he slowly walked towards a campfire right as he heard his female partner said about not liking this "Listen Pan. I'll pay you to literally jump into that fire. 100 bucks cash, got it?" Now that was some risky and good offer no one could deny. Pan could now either accept the opportunity or not. It was her choice


"What's your choice?.. hehe" a bit of a crazed laugh continued with the convo as Jack stared at Pandora ( KandiPoP )​

 

[Username]

Max looked to Elise and simply nodded. He went over to the camp fire, looking around to the others. He had no idea what was going, but he would be damned if he would let whatever was happening intimidate him. Pushing down his fear the same a man charging an enemy's line would, he turned to both Elise and the others by the bus. "Alright, does any one have any experience with anything like this before or has anyone found anything zhat vould tell us vhat is going on?" He said, snapping into an authoritative voice, a stern look coming on to his face.

He looked to the man. "Lets not be burning ourselves right now, the last thing ve need is a one of us being incapable of doing anything because zhey are covered in third degree burns"

Zerulu KandiPoP Rhysie GinkyGotBack @anyotherforestperson

 

[KandiPoP]

She looked at him thoughtfully. "Only a hundred?" She scoffed playfully.

Rhysie