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[Well, this was quite an unpleasant state of affairs. One Sylvando could deal with certainly, but he knew of at least one of his friends who might not be quite so prepared to handle things. Thus, it was time to make a call.]

Mal, darling? Are you at the apartment? I think we need to talk and it would likely be better to do it in person, I think.

connie_maheswaran

Hello, all.

There are definitely few of us now, we've all noticed. I'm putting this out as a general call for all of us still here. I'm hoping we could get together and talk, maybe start to form a plan about what we do now that our numbers have dwindled and the ones that would usually call us together aren't around.

So, to start, how many of us are there? Name, rank, that kind of thing. It'll help to get the new people where they need to go for training, and we can maybe even start thinking about what we want to do going forward.

electricdynamo

[A video feed crackles to life, showing a young woman with red hair and a severe case of argyria. For a moment, she looks like she's mock-preening, making a smoochy face and brushing some hair behind an ear. Then she gives what can only be described as a nasty grin, though there isn't anything inherently awful about it; it's just very wide and confident. Perhaps it's the pointy eyebrows.]

Well, well, well, get a load'a this place, huh? WILD. Never had anyone just hand over a whole-ass apartment rent free before! Little constricting, though. I'm more of a secret-underground-lair kinda gal.

ANYWAY, name's Livewire, sure am glad t'be here! Whoever ganked me got me out of one hell of a shit cake, let me tell you! I mean, who knew INTERPOL were such sticklers, am I right?

[She flops on the bed with her shoes on and toasts the camera with her free bottle of liquor.]

So, dicks, I'm told I'm a Monster, which, y'know - HA! - no surprise, there!

[Then her expression drops and she looks serious and thoughtful.]

But gosh darn it, it seems I ain't in Kansas anymore. You don't know me. So who's makin' this unkind-but-I'll-be-honest-completely-accurate assessment?

creepyoldguy

[Beetlejuice is sporting purple hair tonight, and the color has bled through to his shirt and tie. ]

So, you losers probably noticed that Lydia Deetz--the first edition--has gone back home.

Collector's Edition is still here with me, so this place has a chance of not totally sucking, but, we're your only hope now.

[He crossed his arms and huffed.]

Oh. It also means we're down a Princess, so, you're more likely to die.

Later, losers.

[Beetlejuice flipped off the camera, and cut the feed, but, would probably respond to people.]

smilingarmor

[Sylvando once again appears on the network, looking as cheerful as ever..]

Hello, everyone! The Great Sylvando here, with good news to report! Cleaning and repairs to the Opera House are going along swimmingly, and she should be more than ready for opening day. But the even more exciting news is that that opening day now has an official date!

The Grand Reopening of the Opera House will be on the Sunday following the close of the Food and Wine festival next month! And what sort of show would be fit for such a grand event? Why, a show where anyone can be a star, of course! The opening day performance will be a Kingdom-wide talent competition. Do you sing? Dance? Play an instrument? Can you get an audience rolling in the aisles with your jokes, or astound them with feats of prestidigitation or acrobatics?

Well don't be shy, darlings! Now's your chance to share that talent with the world. And I don't just mean my fellow Apprentices; I'm sure all you citizens of the Kingdoms out there are just bursting with talent!

There'll be some lovely prizes for the best acts, so keep an eye out for sign up forms! I'll be setting them up at a few locations around town; they'll have a bit more information about the rules and the like for those interested, and you can fill them out and drop them off before the festival starts if you'd like to participate.

But if you don't think performing is for you, never you fear! There's room for you at the Opera House too. I'll be looking to hire not just performers for the regular shows, but also stage hands and general staff. Feel free to inquire at the Opera House or contact me if you're interested.

Ciao for now, darlings! I can't wait to see you all there!

[Locked to Mal]

And Mal honey, I have a special commission in mind for you, if you happen to be interested.

originaldragoon

[It looks like it's one of those Full Moons where Rose is a full dragon. Good thing she was at the edge of town when she transformed. Her mirror was out, and she seemed to be using to check her reflection as it started to record. Her full monster form was still a large black dragon, but this time her dragon form also had a white beard.]

[She turned her head to different angles in order to get a better look at it. Even brought her claws to run through it to make sure that it was something that was really attached to the underside of her lower jaw.]

Well, this is new... [Her voice is deep and growly, which may make it easy for those who don't know her to mistake her for male. The beard doesn't help.]

Anyone else experiencing anything odd during this Full Moon?

tikibarkerbirb

[The feed turns on with a squawky yawn.]

Good morning everybody. I have a very special announcement for you! The Citizens of the Bayou want to open their doors to all of you. As a thank you for saving their lands.

[The camera changes, giving a lovely shot of Bourbon Street in the Blue Bayou. Gracey Manor looms in the fog.]

Here on Bourbon Street, on Saturday, February thirteenth, there will be a huge Valentine's Day party! There will be food and dance- but I am told that you will have to dress up.

It starts when the sun goes down and the gates of Gracey Manor open.

[The Barker Bird shivers.]

Have fun I guess!

smilingarmor

[Sylvando appears on the network with a particularly excited grin on his face.]

Hello, all you lovely people, and welcome to our newest Apprentices! Sorry for being so scarce lately, darlings, but I assure you, there's good reason for it.

For those who may not know, I'm The Great Sylvando, entertainer extraordinaire. And I've been working on something absolutely fabulous behind the scenes. And you know what that is?

As of today, yours truly has officially taken over management of the Main Street Opera House! Isn't that wonderful?

Granted, it will take some work to get the old place ship-shape again- saying that the previous tenant wasn't much of a housekeeper is something of an understatement-, but it shouldn't be too long before it's bringing music and laughter to this lovely place once again!

Do watch your mirrors for more announcements, and I hope to see you all there!

[When people walk by the opera house now, they'll find that the marquee is at last lit up once again. It currently displays the following message.

NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
GRAND REOPENING COMING SOON! - DATE TBA

And on the door a smaller sign is taped: 'Performers, Stage Hands, and General Staff wanted. Inquire within, or contact Apprentice Sylvando via mirror network.']

prodigalmess

[ The young man who comes on the mirror has a slight smile and a pair of large blue eyes. ]

For those of you whom I haven't met yet, my name is Malcolm Bright. I'm still relatively new here, but I wanted to talk for a minute about this.

[ He holds up a beautifully crafted sword, which he shows from all angles to show the details, then slowly pulls from the sheath. ]

This is a type of Vietnamese sword called a guom. If I had to guess, it's probably from the early nineteenth century, as you can see the French influence in the hilt. Most often, these were carried by high ranking officials or their bodyguards. You can see that it is clearly very high quality, with the ivory hilt and mother of pearl inlay on the scabbard. Oftentimes they were more for show than for function, but I've already tried this sword on a few things and it works very well. [ There might be a few hacked tree limbs and halved fruits lying around. ]

[ Malcolm furrows his brow. ] It's a beautiful piece and I'm honestly not sure that I'm worthy of such a gift. I guess it's a small consolation for being brought here against my will.

[ He turns his eyes back up to the mirror. ] Does everyone get a weapon? I'm curious to see what other people got.

[ ooc: now with linked photos! ]

trashylittlesecret

Hey, guys.

[the mirror shows Richie leaning against one of the pinball machines in the Arcade, his broom resting on the wall beside him. a quiet holiday with his two best friends did him a world of good, and he seems like he's pretty chill, not his usual manic self]

I'm looking to get a new stand-up routine together for the spring, but I can write all the jokes I want and they won't be worth the paper I chicken-scratch 'em on without some test subjects. Anyone feel like being on call for my running some material by them? It's not gonna be for a little while, I'm still writing, but ... maybe by February I should have something solid put together.

Any takers?

king_of_egypt

[Atem hasn't been using his mirror lately, but it seemed like as good a time as any. There had been a lot of changes over the course of the previous twelve months, both positive and well-not-so-positive... but he's not here to fixate on the latter.]

With the New year swiftly approaching, it's a time for reflection and oftentimes redirection. I'm just curious, what would the rest of you like to accomplish in the upcoming year? Any goals, aspirations... dreams?

[Smiling softly. Technically New Year's for him would be a lot closer to summer, but when in Rome..]

ace_of_hearts

[Ace has an assortment of animal plushies with some special modifications made to them. A monkey with a drawn on scar under it's left (looking at right!) eye, a straw hat, and a red vest, a tiger with three swords, an orange cat, a duck with a swirly eyebrow, an armadillo with a slingshot, and a reindeer with a blue nose. A transformers looking cyborg. And a cowboy hat on a little black Robin. He didn't have one for Vivi, and no one's told him about Brook yet, and he still thinks Jinbe might not follow through on his pleas for help, so sorry guys!]

Once upon a time there was a giant crybaby monkey. He was such a dumb crybaby that he almost drowned, but the pirate that saved him gave him his hat. And then he kept getting into stupid trouble, and wreaking havoc, so he had to have big bro pull him out of the fire all the time. But this isn't about that.

This is about when he finally set sail to become King of the Pirates.

He's kind of still a big dumb idiot who never listens and dives headfirst into danger, like who the hell walks into literally Hell?! [Uh is this puppet show really for children?!] But that's why his crew is so amazing!

This is Zoro the swordsman! [Holds up the tiger.] He uses three swords, because his fangs aren't long enough to bite people's throats otherwise. [Okay this puppet show might definitely not be for kids, despite that Ace is giving it in public LIKE a free puppet show for kids....] Nami: the cat burglar, [Orange cat!] she steals from pirates and gives it to the monkey! Her mistake though, because the monkey is always leaving IOU rocks, and doesn't even know how to eat'n'run! [Please please please, do not get your moral lessons from this moron...] Sanji, the super cute chef! [Swirly eyebrow duck.] Usopp the sniper! [Armadillo!] And Chopper is their super brilliant reindeer doctor!

I met them all when I was searching Alabasta for a traitorous bastard. [Or language.] But Gramps -- my grandfather told me how he met Franky the cyborg, [Sort of transformer toy dude...] And Robin the devil child in Water 7 when he ran into Luffy and his crew too.

BOY, did Luffy cause havoc there!!! [VERY PROUD LAUGH!] He took on the whole world government! Just to get back Robin! That's my idiot baby brother for you! He doesn't know the meaning of danger!

[Points to the plushies other than the monkey.] These guys really have their hands full making sure he doesn't die! [... Says the man who died :|]

creepyoldguy

[It's the day after Christmas. And there's a new face on camera, beaming at everyone from their mirrors. A teenage girl!

...of sorts. She's not winning any beauty pageants, that's a given. She looks "off", for lack of a better term, but, for what she lacks in normalcy she makes up for in enthusiasm.]

HI GUYS!

[A cheerful "princess" wave.]

I am sooooooo happy to meet all of you! I'm Betty! I can't wait to be your new friend, TEE-HEE.

Tell me all the things! Y'know gossip and shit....stuff. I mean.

[She tilted her head and let a messy ponytail flop to the side with the gesture, still smiling much, much, too broadly.]

princess_weia

[On the afternoon of the 21st, a message appears on the network.]

Hi everybody! I just wanted to wish you all a happy holiday and let you know that I'm going to be bringing a bunch of you each a present. Try not to knock the boxes around too much, OK? What's inside might break if you do.

[Later that day, a number of apprentices will find packages left on their doorsteps labeled To: (Their Name) From: Leia. The packages are smallish solid color gift boxes with a metallic sheen and are tied shut with a white ribbon. Inside, they'll each find a unique mug, along with a note explaining that Leia had used Wishful magic on the mugs so that whatever liquid is put in them- hot or cold- always stays the perfect temperature for drinking, and inviting them to try them out.

Dreamfinder and Merlin also get mugs (Figment gets a smaller one that matches Dreamfinder's) which will be delivered to them at the castle, either by Leia personally (if possible), or via being dropped off with the guards at the gates to be delivered by someone at the castle later (if not).]

((OOC: Mug recipients are:

Nate, Shadow Weaver, Jose, Beetlejuice, (movie) Lydia, Mal, Harry, Drake, Elena, Dreamfinder (and Figment), and Merlin.

Jose might also find himself in the possession of several otherwise plain-looking mugs that now do things like change color, play a little tune, or glow bright blue when filled with liquid: Leia's early experiments that didn't come out quite the way she wanted.

Feel free to have characters reply to the post either before or after they've received their gifts.))

creepyoldguy

So. If you were going to try and scare someone half to death—-what would you do?

Also, please rate Actual-Crowley and my scares we did. If we got ya, I mean.

prodigalmess

[ Malcolm comes on the mirror network looking as professional as he can without a suit. He really needs to start earning some money so he can up his wardrobe game here.

He clears his throat in order to get everyone's attention before he begins. ]

Hello. For those of you whom I haven't met yet, my name is Malcolm Bright. Back home, I work as a law enforcement officer who catches killers. The primary way that I do this is by analyzing crime scenes and victims in order to determine what we call a criminal profile. This profile helps to narrow suspects and catch the killer in a more timely manner. As such, I've been applying my skills to this case, and, after inspecting several crime scenes and victims, I'm ready to give my profile on the suspect that we're looking for in connection with the recent murders.

[ He stands tall, his hands moving while he speaks. ] I believe that our unknown subject is female. [ That alone is rare enough that he feels he must pause for a moment to let it sink in. ] She's white and young - early to mid-20s. All of the victims have been men of various ages. All of them have been decapitated by an axe. Our perpetrator draws them in with some kind of... ruse or flirtation, only to attack them.

[ As far as her motivation, Malcolm thinks it's entirely intrinsic. If she's working some kind of financial fraud, she's not waiting long enough or getting involved enough with the victim for the pay off, though Malcolm wouldn't be surprised if she were involved in some such scheme in the past. ]

I also believe that she has some kind of... supernatural strength. The cuts through the spine are clean, implying that she did them in one hit. I won't go into details, but suffice it to say that it's not easy to decapitate someone.

Our suspect has an axe to grind... literally. This is her revenge after being wronged. The victim profile is men, seemingly of all ages and backgrounds. [ Malcolm is aware that he falls into that group. ] This doesn't mean that anyone who is not a man should rest easy. This woman should be considered armed and extremely dangerous.

[ He pauses to take a breath and let it out slowly. ]

I'm working to catch her before she takes any more lives, but in the meantime, keep your wits about you and don't go out alone, especially not after dark. If you have any information about these crimes, please contact me immediately. Any tip can help, no matter how small you might think it is. If you have questions, I'll be around for a little while.

[ He ends the feed and sits down at his desk to go through some of his files. ]

v_valentine

[A day after Drake's frantic post to the network, Vincent makes an annoucement. Though you can't really tell it's him, easily. In his rush, he's holding the 3M more like one would hold an older-styled cell phone, so all that really can be seen is his chin and mouth, and the collar of his cloak. Given how everything is shaking, and the rapid sounds of boots on wooden planks, one can deduce he's running while talking. His words are terse and brief.]

Medical assistance to the wharf, STAT. The killer is here.

[The feed cuts off abruptly, as Vincent shuts the mirror and stuffs it into a pocket. He won't be returning any responses, as he's a little busy fending off the Bride.]

[ooc: Coming from this thread, here. Vincent's a LITTLE busy, so he won't be replying to anyone, here.]

dr_riley

[The first thing that gets posted to the Network is a slightly blurry and underexposed photograph of a woman in blue. Moments after that, there's a live feed of...well, it's hard to tell because of all the wild swinging movements, but there are unmistakably distressed sounds coming through: labored breathing interspersed with high pitched gasping and wheezing and the occasional ragged gulping of air]

I - I jus - Fou - She - HELP!

[Among all the blurred images of road, night sky, and buildings passing too quickly for the mirror to be anywhere but in the hands of someone running for everything they were worth, were flashes of a face crazed with terror, and glimpses of the woman in blue behind him. This only went on for perhaps six or seven seconds before the camera caught a long shot of the sky and then juttered to a perfectly still POV from street level, accompanied by the sound of a painful grunt and a view of Dr. Riley falling flat on the pavement nearby. He only stayed down half a second before pushing himself up, scrabbling for purchase and then taking off again, boots smacking the ground and leaving only a receding echo in the feed.]

dr_riley

[Drake looks characteristically ill-tempered, but at least he isn't wild eyed and panicked like in the last frantic video. Behind him, one might make out Malcolm]

Hello! Yes, sorry, false alarm - I think, jury's still out, actually. The bloke who's broken in is... [He twists his face into as derisively confused a look as he can] My room mate? Apparently?? [A small shrug and a shake of the head, still wearing that expression, like he feels he's definitely owed an explanation and someone's committed a massive oversight by not keeping him informed]

Anyway, problem: Malcolm is missing. Said burglar claims to be him with no memory of this place, so. [He doesn't bother explaining that if the adult Malcolm is telling the truth, this clearly means they're two different versions of the same person from alternate timelines, thinking it obvious] Be on the lookout, and if anyone knows anything, do please keep me filled in, yes?

dream_is_a_wish

[Dreamfinder appears on the feed, interrupting whatever anyone may have been doing on their Mirrors. He will feel guilty over that in a moment but he has to focus.]

Apprentices. Your help is needed in the Kingdoms. Someone is...murdering the Citizens of Main Street. It, will be dangerous but well, you all have something the citizens do not.

[Figment's head pops up over Dreamfinder's shoulder.]

Yeah! You guys have a got Sparks! And a whole lotta of 'em too! Plus, we have enough Sparks saved up from your mission to bring back two more Kingdom Spirits!

[Dreamfinder smiles, resting his hand on Figment's head (more a comfort for himself than the little dragon).]

Please keep your eyes open- I need to get things ready for the next step in freeing the Bayou- but....I can't do it without you. So please, be careful.

Yeah and let us know if you find anything!

Thank you, everyone.

[He gives a gentle smile before shutting off the feed, Figment waving until the screens return to whatever they had been on before.]

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smilingarmor - [video- Locked to Mal and backdated to just after BJ's announcement about Lydia]
connie_maheswaran - All out bulletin.
electricdynamo - WHADDUP TURDS! (CW: language)
creepyoldguy - One depressed demon (cw: rude gesture)
smilingarmor - Another Big Announcement [Video-backdated to just after the Valentine's party]
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tikibarkerbirb - Announcement
smilingarmor - Video- An Important Announcement
prodigalmess - Video; weapons nerd
trashylittlesecret - Looking for an Audience [Video]
king_of_egypt - General Musing [Video]
ace_of_hearts - Mirror + Action
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princess_weia - Video- 12-21 Santa's little helper
creepyoldguy - (Video, late November 7)
prodigalmess - Backdated to 10/28, before the attacks on PCs
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[video- Locked to Mal and backdated to just after BJ's announcement about Lydia]

All out bulletin.

WHADDUP TURDS! (CW: language)

One depressed demon (cw: rude gesture)

Another Big Announcement [Video-backdated to just after the Valentine's party]

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Announcement

Video- An Important Announcement

Video; weapons nerd

Looking for an Audience [Video]

General Musing [Video]

Mirror + Action

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Video- 12-21 Santa's little helper

(Video, late November 7)

Backdated to 10/28, before the attacks on PCs

[Video] - backdated to Oct. 29th, nightime

Video: S.O.S FOR REAL HOLY MOTHER OF GOD SOMEONE HELP

Video: Backdated to 10/09 (Room assignment day)

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