Happy Box Hater
Central Park
While Alice was heading towards the magic show, she heard a girl who looked slightly younger than her asking for help. Something about her friend being stuck to a tree? While Alice would normally leave it to someone else, she was genuinely curious about it. How would one go about getting stuck to a tree? She forced herself to go over and offer her help, mentally going over what she would say as she walked.
She approached the girl and said, "C-could I h-help, m-maybe?". Even with prepared lines, she still couldn't break the stutter.
edited 22nd Oct '16 4:48:08 PM by pillowmantis
Why is a yam attacking me?
Just another guy
Aki I Central Park I Friend Get!
Ah, looks like she managed to get someone to hear her out. And it was a girl a bit older than her too. Maybe she knows how to help the samurai flower lady out! "Ah, sure! Of course!" Aki smiled and, without warning, immediately took hold of the girl's hand and brings her along with her towards the tree. "Right this way, c'mon!" She beckons, as she swiftfully drags her along to the general location of Allison.
Aki I Crossroads
"Heeeeeeeeey, tree lady! I think I found someone who can help!" she enthusiastically called out to the now armoured lady, while showing the new girl where her arms were: at the base trunk of tree. "So, what do you think? Think you can help out?!" Aki then looked at Alice expectantly, eager to see what she can do.
edited 22nd Oct '16 8:15:50 PM by JustSomeGuy732
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
Happy Box Hater
Crossroads with Aki and Al
When Alice heard that there was someone stuck in a tree, she expected someone stuck on top of a tree. What she got, on the other hand, was someone whose arm was covered in bark(?) and seemed to have somehow punched a hole in a tree. Even though Alice didn't think she was equipped to deal with this, the girl who had led her here seemed to optimistic to let down.
Alice examined the arm stuck in the tree. It seemed like a decent portion of it was covered in the bark. If it wasn't for that it would've have been easy to pull her out. Alice's first thought was to burn it off but it would definitely harm the girl.
Alice prepared her words for a minute and then said "I... I don't know if... if I c-can h-help. M-maybe we can try p-pulling her out simultaneously. This w-would be s-so much easier if we c-could get rid of that b-bark" and then "H-how did this even h-happen?"
edited 22nd Oct '16 6:01:11 PM by pillowmantis
Why is a yam attacking me?
The little girl brought another girl to help her and called Al 'tree lady', much to her chagrin.
"My name's Allison" she was already pissed off about the situation and saying that made her already stuck arm grow thorns all over it "Stop growing!"
At least the pale girl's plan was sound: Getting rid of the bark over her body. Of course, no one knew why it had appeared in the first place and Allison herself couldn't think of a suitable explanation.
"I-I dunno. It-it just happened" Al tried her best to keep her composure but that was getting harder as time went on "I don't want to die here!" she pressed her head on the tree lamenting that she had become part of it
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Central Park
"You can see? How is that-.." Caitlyn trails off as she gets that odd feeling from earlier again. ... It's probably not the best time for this, me.
The other girl seemed like she wanted to leave. Some part of Caitlyn didn't want her to go, but it's not like she could stop her..
Then another person approaches the group. Oh, hey, looks like she knows the blind girl... Maybe she could help?
edited 22nd Oct '16 10:36:13 PM by Daydre
off the shits
It seemed like everything about this situation was conspiring to make it as incomprehensible as possible. Either the blind girl was going crazy, or Rosalie herself was going crazy. There just wasn't any other explanation. If it was any comfort at all, it seemed the other girl was just as confused as she was over the whole affair.
Then another newcomer showed up. Fortunately, it looked like this girl knew the blind girl, which made her job here a lot easier. Hopefully. Or maybe things would just get weirder.
"...You...you know her...?" she said to the newcomer, "We...um...we were trying to help her, but, um...I think we're a little lost.... At least, I don't know what's going on...."
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Aki I Crossroads I Think like a Magical Girl!
"What? No no no, you're not gonna die! That's just silly." What does she mean that she'll die? She just became a tree. All they need to do is pull her out simultaneously or remove the bark from her somehow.
This is so much easier if they had an axe or something or... wait a minute! Maybe this is one of those situations! Since she just saw Allison grew a flower from her hands suddenly before encasing herself into a tree, could this be... her innate magical powers suddenly manifesting in itself and she just doesn't know it yet?!
Haha, no way! thought Aki, being silly just thinking about it. If this was an anime though, then that would most certainly be the likeliest conclusion she could draw upon. Sadly, this was real life. Then again, with all that has happened...
It's a stretch, but it's worth a shot!
"Have ya tried calming down and, like...," she actually stops for a moment, trying to figure out how to say this concept out loud to someone who probably haven't heard of it. "I don't know, control your 'powers' or something? I mean, like, commanding the bark to stop being stuck in the tree with your mind or focusing on your inner spirit or something. You know, like one of those things that superpowered people have to learn in an anime!" She spoke confidently, as though it's the most natural thing to do in such an unnatural scene.
If she's wrong, then all she's gonna get is a few odd stares and they probably need to resort to calling the local fireman for help; Aki even has her phone out, ready to call! Heck, even she thinks that she's starting to get ahead of herself with this whole 'superpower' thing. If she's right, though...
edited 23rd Oct '16 12:25:48 AM by JustSomeGuy732
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
Agent of Task Force X
Central Park
Charlotte already had far too much momentum to stop any time soon, so when the Darkmaster appeared in her path, there was nothing she could do. She collided with him head-on, bounced off, and landed on her back. For a moment, her vision went all blurry, and when she rubbed her eyes and saw him standing over her, she practically sprang to her feet, grabbed her sword from its sheath, and pointed it directly in the Darkmaster's face.
"What the fuck was in those water bottles at that party?!" Charlotte was paying absolutely no attention to anyone reacting around her, or considering how loudly she was screaming—or how obvious her Southern accent was at this volume. "I swear to God, I'd better not be hallucinating and screaming at a tree or some shit, because if I am, I'm fixin' to find whoever put that stupid rave together and kick their fucking heads in!"
Whoa-ho! BANG! BANGBANGBANG! BANGBANGBANGBANG! Vandalize me, Daddy
Happy Box Hater
Crossroads
OK, this wasn't something Alice thought was possible. Allison actually seemed to be fused with the tree. Before she could recommend using fire, the girl who had led her here had started talking as if this was some sort of superpower. This struck Alice as the dumbest thing she had ever heard, so Alice instead ignored her and started running her hands over the parts of the arm covered in wood. She was searching for any cracks or thin layers, anything that would make destroying the bark easier.
Why is a yam attacking me?
Bona-Fide Mastah
Central Park
Velita jumps at the familiar voice. "Alyssa!" she runs over and grabs her friend by the shoulders. "Aaaaaaaaaah I hadthis weid dream and therewas this red eyed girl and then i got a headache and everything's all blurry and heeeeeelp!"
D:
Fortunately for the others it's not a long run, but the sudden grab was surprising even if it wasn't uncommon for her to touch her friends to help orient herself. "Vel, calm down! Everything's okay, I'm right here, you're in the park. nothing bad's going on. Now just tell me what you mean about everything being blurry" Fortunately or not, her purple backpack decides to unzip itself so Poko can stand and stick his head out the opening. "Did she say 'red eyed girl'?"
edited 23rd Oct '16 8:30:10 AM by BlitzTrain
Trans Terminus Homo
Central Park
After quite a bit of wandering around in the city Maike arrived at the Central Park too, Erwin was still by her side, batking happily every once in a while but mostly keeping quiet. She started wandering around since it seemed there was still some time left befoore the magic show, just enjoing the sight.
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"
The littler girl tried to calm Al down, proposing that she should probably try to control her powers. If she thought really hard about it, maybe she could come unstuck from the tree. Apparently that worked for anime characters.
"Are you kidding me? That doesn't make a lick of sense!"
She had a point, though, freaking out wasn't going to solve anything. Maybe she needed to get a hold of herself and
"But, okay, I really need to calm down"
Al closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to imagine herself getting away from the tree. After a few seconds, the thorns in her arm retracted, her armor disappeared, and the tree holding her arm released her. But she didn't notice because she was too afraid to open her eyes and check for herself.
"I don't think it worked"
Happy Box Hater
Crossroads
Who would've thought that willing the bark to go away would actually work? Not Alice.
Nevertheless, she was glad that Al was free now and, rather than go through the trouble of verbally conveying that it worked, yanked Al's arm to demonstrate.
Still, this was an odd situation and Alice really wanted to know what was up with all that, so she resisted her urge to leave now that the problem was gone.
Why is a yam attacking me?
Just another guy
Aki I Crossroads I Respect for Tree Lady: OVER 9000!
"What are you talking about?! It worked! It actually WORKED!" Aki was absolutely giddy at the thought of this possibility that she practically bring herself to Allison after she was yanked out by the new girl; nearly tackling the tree girl.
"That was..." At this, she was starry-eyed. "Sooooo COOL! So, how did you do that? Was it magic?!" A pause. "Oh wait, don't tell me... Are you, like, secretly an undercover magical agent whose suffering from amnesia or something?! Oh, oh, or are you, like, someone who just discovered her innate magical powers for the first time? Or wait, maybe you're-"
She goes on and on about her theories, getting more and more excited by the second. An otherwordly amnesiac magical being who was secretly sent here to pursue a normal existence, a budding Magical Girl-in-Training, being visited and secretly stalked by an otherwordly creature, having weird.prophetic dreams about you being the chosen one, she just happens to love nature so much so that she was gifted by Mother Nature herself, etc.
It was only after ten full seconds in that she realized she's been going on and on without giving the poor girl some breather space for herself. Damn Aki, you gotta learn when to control yourself! Slightly embarrassed at this display, Aki backed off a little bit before scratching the back of her head and giving Allison an apologetic look.
Oh wait....
"Oh, yeah! I haven't properly introduced myself yet. Heh! My bad!" Chuckling, she then took the time to introduce herself properly to the two girls. "The name's Aakiyah. Nur Aakiyah, to be specific, but you guys can just call me Aki! It's a pleasure to meet'cha both!"
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Central Park
Caitlyn is just about to ask the same thing as Poko when, well, the rabbit does instead. Now, in lieu of her other question, she asks, ".. I-is that a talking rabbit?"
off the shits
Allison kept her eyes closed, not wanting to face the reality of the situation, until one of the girls yanked her arm to demonstrate she was free from the tree.
"...Oh" Al looked embarassed and quickly placed her arm behind her back "Thanks"
The other girl, however, was already throwing around theories about the nature of her 'powers' and, by extension, about Al herself. Someone had been watching way too many cartoons... and needed to cut on sugar.
"What? No, that's stupid, Aki. Magic isn't real. This is something else, like aliens" she examined the gap her arm had left on the tree and touched it with some hesitation "Or a really vivid nightmare"
Then, with her uncouth words and aggressive demeanor, T.D.M. realized this wasn't a kindred spirit at all! It was an enemy! Surely, considering his own demeanor, she would go on and kill Heather the second she got past him, and as such that was never going to happen.
Heather, on the other hand, really wanted to be anywhere else in existence besides here right now. Considering that not only had Adrianne seen him, this girl and smattering of people seen him in broad daylight, so the hallucination theory was right out. Though, at this rate that would've been far preferable.
As if he was prepared to flex his nonexistant muscles, T.D.M.'s arms hung out at his side as he bellowed "YOU DARE TO DRAW YOUR SWORD ON ME? I WILL MAKE YOUR DEATH LEGEN-"
Naturally, with that hypen in place, it would imply someone interrupted him. This was entirely the case, because Heather decided that enough was enough, she was out of here! Tugging on his cloak and saying "Run, already!" she somewhat expected T.D.M.'s incredulous response of "EXCUSE ME?"
"Listen to me and run!" She took off immediately, because while she wanted to die and get it over with partially, the more sensible side of her did not. Taking off in a fast dash, T.D.M. followed close behind before sweeping her up in her arms and dashing off at his own much faster pace. Neither of them knew in particular where they planned on going, besides "away".
Well, the blind girl seemed pretty relieved to see her friend. She was still freaking out, but she seemed relieved.
With someone else who knew the blind girl and thus could hopefully handle it from here, Rosalie's desire to leave and just put this nonsense behind her was extremely high. There was one thing that kept her from just hopping back on her skateboard, however: the fact that the blind girl mentioned having a dream about a red-eyed girl.
Could that had been the very same girl she dreamed about? If so...well, hopefully it was just some kind of weird coincidence. Either that, or she was actually still dreaming, hence why the red-eyed girl was getting mentioned at all. Yeah, that sounded more plausible. All she needed to do was wake up properly, and then she could go about her day normally.
Unfortunately, try as she might, she found she was very much awake. What else could be going on here, other than some kind of coincidence? Was there something more to it? She seriously hoped there wasn't.
Before she could dwell on it for too much longer, the newcomer's wiggling backpack opened itself. Out popped the head of a rabbit. If the fact the rabbit somehow managed to open the backpack on its own wasn't confusing enough, the rabbit then proceeded to ask about the red-eyed girl itself.
Now Rosalie had an idea of what was going on: she was going crazy. There was no other plausible explanation. She glanced between the blind girl, the newcomer, and the talking rabbit, wearing the most confused expression on her face and at a complete loss for words.
edited 23rd Oct '16 2:52:12 PM by Yomegami
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Bona-Fide Mastah
Central Park
Vels hugs her friend, tightly. "I mean...I...I can....s-see, Aly...it's all...b-blurry...but...I can..." she manages to blubber out.
She's very much overloaded by what is happening.
Still confused by her friend's jumbled explanation, Alyssa hugs back and just holds comfortingly while trying to process how a blind girl could possibly suddenly start seeing. "It's okay... Just close your eyes for a minute, nothing to be scared of Right?"
"Rabbit? Nope! I'm a familiar!" The creature smiles at the other two girls, then scrambles inside the backpack for a moment before dropping out of the hole and onto the ground at everyone's feet "Hiya, my name's Poko!"
So much for keeping him secret... Without breaking the hug, Alyssa turns her head to face the other girls to try and explain "I found him this morning"
feeling blue
There was so much happening at once that Adrianna was starting to lose track of everything. It made her wonder if she was still dreaming but no, apparently this whole chaos was real and the new girl she met today apparently bossed the big evil armor dude around. They even made a run for it and left her there.
With all that done, Adrianna just stood there for a while trying to process everything until she remembered she had to get ready for her show, so she just began running off before she ended up even more late.
Trans Terminus Homo
Central Park
Maike still continued wandering more or less aimlessly along with Erwin... but now she noticed some other girls aout her age in the distance... deciding that making some new friends could never hurt she went over. Erwin followed her as she did so.
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"
Bona-Fide Mastah
Central Park
Velita does as asked and squeezes her eyes shut. The only problem being...
"I...It didn't go away..."
She shudders, "What's happening, Aly?"
The hooded girl decided to look for help and told Al to stay there, as if she could go anywhere else. Faced with being stuck in a tree and practically being one herself, she just stood there and tried to take her mind off the current situation.
"Come on, Al, this is all just a really bad dream" she muttered to herself with her eyes closed
When she opened them again, nothing had changed.
"Fuck"
edited 22nd Oct '16 4:35:12 PM by DeisTheAlcano