Rebellious Beginnings/Ten P.M.

Rebellious Beginnings
Ten P.M.
# Central City Park, 22:00

Posted on 12:32, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"This is truly inconvenient," Yunseo called out as she neared the Cherry Blossom river, trying her best to keep a straight face. Under the bridge, Luci held back snickers. "If only someone could keep me company..."

Luci Simonetti

"Shaddup," he hissed, pulling laughter out of the other. "Someone else is coming, shh."

Posted on 12:32, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"Got it, boss."

Kye Hanbyeol

Zero halted his board in front of the bridge, alerting Yunseo who grinned at him. "...Why are you here?" he questioned. "You can't..."

Posted on 12:32, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"Hack? Yeah... I got this creepy message and stuff."

Kye Hanbyeol

"...So I'm not the only one who received this... Have any idea who it is?" he asked as he hopped off his hoverboard and turned it into a disk to keep in his coat pocket.

Posted on 12:32, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"Nada."

The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 14:31, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

Cas was whistling rather loudly when he arrived at the cherry blossom, raising his eyebrows at the other two who had arrived. "Hey! You two got the creepy message too, right?" Cas exclaimed loudly. "Go figure." He faced the other two, looking at them individually. "Yunseo! ...If that's your name," he enthusiastically greeted Yunseo before tilting his head at the other boy. "And Mister Glasses! ...Yeah, I don't recognise you. Whoops." Castor grinned at both of them before crossing his arms. "Which of you set this up? And please don't tell me it's a prank. Pleeeaaase. This is the most interesting thing that happened to me this month!"

me, myself, and I

(OOC: i'd call zero glasses-kun as a reference to p5 but... lets just go with mr glasses -aria)

The Detective
Jude Aster
Posted on 14:31, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

The mysterious message unnerved Jude, but after careful consideration and deciding he hadn't made enough enemies who were good with technology, i.e. the message wasn't a random person threatening him, i.e. this person actually wanted to communicate with him, Jude went to the cherry blossom... with too many back-up plans in his head in case anything went awry. Nonetheless, he headed to the park. "...Zero?" That was the first thing Jude said when he found the other three. Upon noticing the others, he said, "I don't suppose the rest of you are here because of that message?"

me, myself, and I

(OOC: audrey if this is technically in the near future, would that mean zero and jude are dating at this point -aria)

The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 14:31, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"Yessiree!" Castor looked at the new one. "Uh... Average Guy. Sorry, no clever nickname for you."

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The Detective
Jude Aster
Posted on 14:31, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

Jude blinked. "I'm flattered...?" He glanced at Zero as if to ask him what was going on.

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The Journalist
Bellamy Noire
Posted on 14:31, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

Amy didn't want to meet this stranger at all, but whoever it was sounded serious in the message. Truthfully, the only reason Amy went to the park after all was solely because of her curiosity. She was surprised to see a few other people. "Umm... so you all also got the message, huh?"

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The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 14:31, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"Man, it's a party in here!" He put his hands to his hips. "I'm gonna call you Shorty," he stated to the girl despite being the second shortest of them all himself.

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The Journalist
Bellamy Noire
Posted on 14:31, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"I--umm..." Amy didn't have a proper response for that.

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(OOC: yup it would mean they're dating)

Posted on 21:43, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

She honestly didn't know what to think of Castor but offered a weak smile, refraining from showing the annoyance she felt. "So... Castor, Aster, and... Noire!" she exclaimed. "We got the Arsonist, the Detective, the Journalist, the Basketcase... Who else are we missing?"

Kye Hanbyeol

He kicked Yunseo in the shin as he walked past, rolling his eyes. The girl barely flinched and stuck her tongue out at him. "If I'm the Basketcase, you're the nutcase," he shot back.

Posted on 21:43, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

She nodded, acknowledging his point. "Fair enough."

Kye Hanbyeol

His eyes flickered over to meet Jude's for a few seconds. Funny enough, he momentarily imagined what it would be like having a date here. He made a mental note to elaborate on that thought later. "Jude," he said sharply, almost calculatingly. "If we truly assume no one here is lying and no one is the source of the message... There are more people."

Posted on 21:43, September 18, 2017 (UTC)

"That's great. Just what I wanted to do at ten P.M. in the night. Get threatened to show up in the middle of the park so I could wait for more people who got this creepy ass message to show up."

Kye Hanbyeol

Zero was so close to kicking her in the shin again. "Sarcasm aside, it would be in our best interests to stay until we find the source... lest this person or thing attack us the way the message threatened."

Will Deneris

He reached the river, a frozen drink in his hand which he was sipping on. "Hello everyone, you can stop mourning cause the best that ever happened to you has just arrived!" He declared, shoving his way through them to slip onto the bridge's railing, shooting a wink towards Amy. Regarding the others, he grinned dopily. "You all got the very *threatening* message? Personally, it's made me lose sleep, absolutely terrible. Scared stiff."

J.Abdus.Salaam.H
The Adrenaline Junkee
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He wandered up, his hands shoved into his pocket, and his eyes raked the others before landing on Jude and smirked. "Hey, it's Judy Moody, 'sup Judy moody?" He asked. "If I knew you were going to be here, I would have asked for a lift."

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Posted on 00:04, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"And if it isn't the infamous William Deneris," Yunseo chirped, leaning against the bridge rail. "Ahh, another councilor kid too. We have the works."

Kye Hanbyeol

"We're still missing someone... or some more people. Unless one of you are a secret hacker?"

Lucia Wright

"That would be me," she said, coming up behind Zero, and her eyes instantly darted from face to face. **Two councillor kids. Some IIYM students, some SPA-** She narrowed her eyes at Castor before electing to ignore him. "And no, I'm not the secret hacker."

Posted on 02:08, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Ha, the Arsonist, the Detective, the Journalist, the Basketcase, the Resident Joke, the Nutcase, the Smoker and the Pain in the Ass..." She drifted off, feigning innocence as she said, "Oops! Did I say the last one out loud? I meant the new Queen of the bitchiest mean girls you will ever meet, Miss Lucia Wright."

Kye Hanbyeol

While fairly amused by the comment, he showed no reaction.

Luci Simonetti

Luci nearly broke his cover at that one, swallowing his laughter. He counted off the names in his head and when he had finalized that everyone was there, he dropped from the bridge into the water, whispering *Aperi* and *Ad Novum Locom puddle* under his breath as he disappeared and reappeared in a puddle of water, behind Lucia smiling cheerfully. "Let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... You're all here!"

Lucia Wright

She stared at Yunseo for a moment, mouthing 'what', before asking, "do I know you?" Not jumping at the sudden voice, she turned her head to stare at Luci. "Yeah, no kidding, told you I'd come last."

Will Deneris

"Resident joke?" He asked, "I am so not the resident joke. Resident hot stuff, perhaps. And you-" he said, bouncing off the railing to go over to Lucia.

Lucia Wright

"Come near me and I'll break your nose," she snapped, crossing her arms over her chest. "Why you chose this idiot to come on this, I will never know."

Luci Simonetti

"Before you everyone starts the next Hunger Games, let's me explain why I've gathered you here tonight. I don't care what you would rather be doing tonight, why you're opposed to what I'm about to tell you, or whatever other bullshit reason you can come up with... but since I'm talking to you, you're all now targets so you don't have too much of a choice." He flicked on his HC. It barely took him a minute to set up his castle of screens and spread them out so everyone could see what he could see. Monitors around the Empress' Palace in the Assassins' wing. "We're going to break into the Empress' Palace."

The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 09:41, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Yunseo, Yunseo, me being an arsonist isn't public information. I'm surprised you know," said Castor. "Also, I'm the one making nicknames. We've got you, Mister Glasses--or I'll just go with Basketcase, Average Guy, Shorty, Guy Trying To One-up Me (or Resident Joke, if you will), Weedman, and--" Cas dramatically gasped. "Miss Lucia Wrong! I can't believe you're doing something fun for once in your life!" He grinned at Lucia.

me, myself, and I

The Detective
Jude Aster
Posted on 09:41, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Ah, hello, Jamie," he politely greeted. "I didn't know you were invited to this... thing as well."

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The Journalist
Bellamy Noire
Posted on 09:41, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

Amy glanced at Will but wasn't able to say anything as the others were speaking. However, she was relieved to see a somewhat familiar face.

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The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 09:41, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"And the mystery hacker who brought us all here!" Castor grinned. "Well, I'm always a fan of breaking and entering into palaces, but frankly I only recognise two people here. Introductions are in order! My name's Castor, and because Yunseo decided to reveal it to everyone, I like setting things on fire. Next!"

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Lucia Wright

*I want to die.* She closed her eyes briefly before looking at Castor with a scowl. "Lucia Wright. W-r-i-g-h-t. Wright. And shut it before I set *you* on fire."

Will Deneris

"My, my, ever so ready with the threats," he snickered, "all he did was ask for your name, Ms. Wrong. Now to everyone who doesn't know me-which is a rare find but I am William Deneris. Will if you insist." He brought out a packet of gummy bears and threw them into his mouth.

J.Abdus.Salaam.H
The Adrenaline Junkee
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"Ever so polite," he said to Jude with a sigh, "you'd think after spending five years of those bloody events you'd get past the polite-stage, I was even considering-" he broke off as he noticed his own nickname. "Weedman? Sounds like a superhero name! Weedman to the rescue! Jamie, by the way," he said with an easy grin before hesitating. "Breaking into the Empresses place? Why would I do that? I've already been in there."

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Luci Simonetti

*If there was an award for assembling the most annoying team in existence, I would've won first place,* he thought to himself, keeping his urge to slap everyone under control. Luci snapped his fingers and the screens surrounding the group in a circle so that anyone who couldn't see them (or wasn't paying the fuck attention) would be aware of their existence now. "The faster we get through this, the faster we can get this over with. Unless y'know, you'd like me to throw you into the mission unprepared to die?"

The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 12:06, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Well, Mysterious Hacker, that just means I have to call everyone by their nicknames that they don't like," stated Castor. "In any case, at least I'm the only one who's agreed to breaking into the Empress' palace right away, so be glad."

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The Detective
Jude Aster
Posted on 12:06, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"It's just my nature, Jamie," said Jude with a shrug before turning to Luci. "Might I ask why you plan to breaking into the Empress' palace?"

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The Journalist
Bellamy Noire
Posted on 12:06, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Wait," Amy interrupted suddenly. "Empress' palace? That's where..." *The Enchantress is,* Amy stopped herself from saying. "Why are we going there? Why us specifically?"

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Luci Simonetti

"Well if you'd let me speak with interrupting constantly, maybe I would get to tell you," he snapped. "Look around you. See the screens? Monitors I hacked into. This is a special wing of the Empress' Palace that no one except for a select few—" his eyes flickered to Will, Zero, and Yunseo so quickly it looked as if he had simply blinked. "—know about." He began typing in mid-air the screens changed, some flickering to different hallways, other giving profiles of guards in the area, and files he would have them retrieve. "There's extremely dangerous information in there that unfortunately for you, you're going to help me get. Why do I need it so badly? Well, let's just say it could prevent the end of the world as we know it. Any questions?"

Will Deneris

He shrugged. Nothing about this was new and he chewed on another gummy bear.

The Journalist
Bellamy Noire
Posted on 13:13, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Okay," said Amy, "why us specifically? Out of all the people you could pick?"

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The Detective
Jude Aster
Posted on 13:13, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Did you create all this technology yourself?" Jude asked.

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The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 13:13, September 19, 2017 (UTC)

"Do you invite strangers to do illegal crimes often?" He grinned. "If so, I volunteer to be part of your next endeavor."

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Luci Simonetti

"I was waiting for someone to say that, Amy." His fingers danced in the air again, bringing up profiles written by the government themselves about every individual there. "I know all of you, some of you, however, don't know me. Just the to get this out of the way: Luciliano Simonetti, hacker, bounty hunter, and probably the reason you end up dead in the next couple of months." He said all of this cheerfully as if he were casually talking to friends about a new movie or a video game. Pretending kept him calm, so as long as he pretended he was happy about this, he would be happy about this. He wasn't happy about this but no one needs to know that.

"I chose you because you either have specific skills that I... no, we're going to need... I chose you because you are related to the target information, or I chose you because you have a... let's say different thought process that would contribute to finding solutions through different perspectives." He walked past Lucia and some others to stand in the middle of the group.

"To answer your question Jude, technically yes, this is all my own technology. While it is based on HCs or Holographic Computers, the material, the projectors, and even the functions are completely different. It looks like an HC for disguise purposes though... Can't have anyone asking why I have a dangerous supercomputer that could access all your information in a couple of seconds on hand." He spun around to glance at Castor. "No, first time actually. But this definitely won't be the last... you'll all probably see each other again soon, just... not in this location."

Will Deneris

"Yes, I think I will see a couple of these people again. I mean, I live with two of them," he pointed out. "Can we hurry up, now? I have a date to go to."

The Journalist
Bellamy Noire
Posted on 09:59, September 20, 2017 (UTC)

"Hold on!" Amy exclaimed. "This is too sudden. I know we're supposed to gather information, but how do we break into the Empress' palace in the first place? Exactly what information are we looking for." *How do you know about my connection with the Enchantress?* She didn't add the last part.

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The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 09:59, September 20, 2017 (UTC)

"Details bore me. Let's go already!"

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Luci Simonetti

"Too bad Castor, details are in order, unless you feel like dying." He snapped his fingers, compacting all the screens into one and turning off his HC before walking over to the bank of the river. He expected the others to follow him so he didn't say anything. His amulet began to glow pink, like the cherry blossoms as he called out, *"Aperi!"* The water before him swirled until a bluish green portal was before them. *"Ad Novm Locom Warehouse!"* For a split second, his irises changed color before he stood and gestured to others, going back to normal. "After you."

Lucia Wright

She stuffed her hands into her pocket. *Could lead us to certain death. But most likely not.* She shoved into the portal, not looking at any of them, dreaming of nothing but her bed.

Will Deneris

He chewed on another bear, slowly, thoughtfully, "warehouse," he repeated before following Lucia, "and this, kids, is where we get slaughtered to death as there'll be a wall of snipers on the other side," he declared before disappearing into the portal.

J.Abdus.Salaam.H
The Adrenaline Junkee
Posted on {{{2}}}

He slowly brought out a smoke, slipping it into his mouth, as he watched the events unfold. "You go next," he said to Castor.

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The Arsonist
Castor Blaise
Posted on 12:28, September 21, 2017 (UTC)

Castor finger gunned at Jamie. "As you insist, Weedman." He entered the portal.

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The Detective
Jude Aster
Posted on 12:28, September 21, 2017 (UTC)

Jude glanced at Zero for a moment, before deciding to step through the portal.

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The Journalist
Bellamy Noire
Posted on 12:28, September 21, 2017 (UTC)

"Someone's optimistic," she muttered about Will. She took a breath, then entered the portal.

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Kye Hanbyeol

Zero caught Jude's glance but said nothing, just jumped in after Amy without so much of even a neutral greeting. For the whole meeting, he remained silent for his own personal reasons. He was more worried about Jude discovering the Enchantress than anything else at the moment.

Posted on 21:56, September 21, 2017 (UTC)

Yunseo went in after, her hair fanning out around her shoulders as she disappeared through the portal.