intro!

[bolledivita]

WHO: Caesar and the network! (Also Caesar+Mercedes)
WHERE: Mercie's car for the closed prompt, also the network
WHEN: Early March
WHAT: Caesar and Mercedes just got to town!
WARNINGS: I'll update this if something comes up

shortly after arrival - closed to Mercedes
[It's been one hell of a week. Finding out just what, exactly, had been going on, getting out of there, spending so much time on the road...

... It doesn't feel real, honestly. But it is real, and now he and Mercedes are in a strange town on their own and... their younger siblings aren't here. This is what they're doing for the foreseeable future. They can focus on their goal in the upcoming days, but for now...

Mercedes had gotten out of the car to check something after they'd pulled over, and Caesar... just slumps a bit in the passenger's seat, burying his face in his hands. He'll still be like that when she gets back in.]

un: c-z; video
[There's a blond studying the camera with a faint frown before he sighs and closes his eyes.]

So. Is the app that apparently downloaded itself to my phone as soon as I got within city limits something I should be worried about or was that just complimentary?

[... That's it, that's the whole post, apparently.]

Comments

text | un: blackbirdtarot

[drewthetower]

okay first thing's first

do you believe magic and shit exists or are we starting from square one?

[Look Jun! He's learning!]

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[bolledivita]

[Okay, switching over to text.]

i've known that magic's a thing since i was a kid, why?

[drewthetower]

cool welcome to Kaisou Zodiac must have pinged on you being Fuckin Weird and that's how the app got on your phone

sorry dude

[bolledivita]

this may as well happen

but as long as it's not going to brick my phone or anything w/e i can deal

thanks for the welcome though

[drewthetower]

sorry man. at least it'll be easy to get settled?

UN: passerotta, video

[suzi_q]

[Guess who's just chilling in the background of what seems to be some kind of garden, oops.]

Mmm, don't think it's that big of a deal! I've been in the city for a while and it just appeared one day, but nothing bad so far! [MA'AM, YOU ARE LITERALLY KIDNAPPED BY FAE RIGHT NOW.]

[bolledivita]

[He... actually has to pause before he responds.

For some reason, she looks... kind of familiar? But he's never seen her before in his life.]

Well... there's that at least. [Sigh.] Moving's stressful enough on its own without something else to be concerned with.

[suzi_q]

[Totally hasn't seen her before at all in his life, yep. She's just another ridiculous blond.]

Mhmm! If nothing else, it... is a pretty good way of meeting people or seeing what's going on? [Entirely and completely ignoring the whole "and then I saw supernatural shit" business.]

But welcome to the city! It's pretty much your typical city!

[bolledivita]

[Perhaps ridiculous, but also very pretty. Oh no.]

Well, my sister has told me I need to make more friends. [Especially now more than ever, hah.]

I appreciate the welcome. [...] Caesar, by the way.

text; un: moiragetes

[corpserun]

congrats
you're cursed now
only got seven days left to live
it's rough out here for all of us

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[bolledivita]

right

so

do you have anything actually useful or?

[corpserun]

nope
only got this app today myself
but i guess it's for lumping all of us freaks together

[bolledivita]

well points for honesty i guess

[About not having anything useful, he means.]

great

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[purpurabellator]

[No way. Caesar? Now it's a party. Joseph sees his face on the video and immediately gets to posting nonsense.]

It's a virus man. Unfortunately your shit's toast. Not me though my phone is unbrickable by virtue of the fact that it's mine

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[bolledivita]

[It's probably a good thing Caesar's turned the camera off by this point because otherwise right now he would be staring into it like he's on The Office.]

helpful.

[... wait, that way of talking is familiar--]

holy shit why are YOU here

Re: text

[purpurabellator]

I drove here? knucklehead lol 😂

[Joseph is typing for quite a while after that, like he is puzzling over exactly what nonsense he wants to prattle off next.]

Welcome to Kaisou I guess. Gets kind of funky around here but nothing too crazy iirc. Unless I'm involved

Let's get down to business. What kind of trouble you want to get into

-> private

[bolledivita]

kind of wish it were better circumstances but thanks i guess

right now though it's probably better if i keep my head down instead of getting into trouble

[But, after some consideration...

... he's also going to switch this over to private because he doesn't want Mercedes to potentially see this.]

wouldn't turn down another fight with you though

[lapislamine]

[What a whirlwind of a week. Mercedes's heart has been pounding in her chest but she only uses it to keep herself on pace. One more beat, one more breath, one more step forward, no looking back, not right now.

She gets back to the car, and it's clear what she must do. She goes over to the passenger side and opens to door so she can get a better hugging angle.

She hugs tightly.]

[bolledivita]

[He lifts his head when he hears the door open, but he doesn't have the time to question what Mercedes is doing before it becomes clear.

There's a pause before he hugs back just as tightly, burying his face in her shoulder.]

[lapislamine]

[It's the biggest, firmest bear hug she can manage. And she won't let go.

She won't even start speaking just yet, just start humming an old lullaby.]

[bolledivita]

[He relaxes in her hold, willing himself to not cry.]

... sorry.

UN: LOCKANDKEY | TEXT

[reallysucks]

Personally I don't trust a damn thing about it, but that's because I have a healthy amount of experience with what's considered legal information sharing.

Keep to basic internet security standards and it might be fine. I've never used my phone less.

[She hates it!]

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[bolledivita]

[Yep, okay, switching over to text now--]

considering it downloaded itself, i think not trusting it *is* probably the wise thing, yeah

but thank you, i appreciate it. i'll pass the warning along to my sister too since it's also on her phone

text

[reallysucks]

Hitting families now is it. Well if that isn't comforting...

[bolledivita]

it could just be a coincidence

you'd probably have to ask around if it's hit other families