kaisou | UN: Zodiac | Fall into Fall!

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Libra App
WHEN: September 1st
WHAT: Zodiac Network Post
WARNINGS: None!

[As the days roll into September, a cool wind picks up through the city, chasing away that summer heat. Autumn has begun to arrive, and with it comes the blarring alert sound that comes with a new Zodiac post. As usual, the alert will sound even if you have your phone turned off or on silent, and will take over your phone until you read and comment to the message. Though, it seems to be starting with an additional notification this time.]

Riku

Riku, Meti, Rapunzel, Kashuu, Miyako, Asriel, Pascal, and Rand have left the app.

[The post then continues on as normal.]

Hello! Thank you for using the Libra App!

We hope you are doing well as we enter September! We thank you for all your hard work and effort with assisting in the crisis that occurred last month. Our experts have assured us the tears have all been successfully sealed thanks to everyone's effort, so there should be no reason to feel concerned about more dinosaurs appearing. Clean up efforts from the damage accrued will continue, if you're interested in helping out! As for those of you who have been asked community service hours, we recommend getting ahead of that now instead of procrastinating.

Now, we're well aware that many of you have been asking for more transparency from us. While we can't tell you everything at this time, we have reached the conclusion that it would be best to fill you in on some information - especially in regards of the status of the otherworlders, or the isekais, as many of us have fondly called them.

The truth is, while Zodiac has been researching and experimenting with various methods to return you all to your proper worlds over the past year and a half, we have been unable to come up with any way to reliably travel to other worlds. This is not unexpected. Humans in this world have been attempting to travel through the Spirit Realm and to other worlds for centuries with no success. While we will continue to look into ways to return you home, we will make no promises as we believe such a feat is beyond this world's capabilities at this time.

As for those otherworlders who occasionally disappear, we can verify they are no longer in this world. Unfortunately we have no way to verify what happens to them after they leave the borders of this world. Perhaps they do return to their home, but due to the size of the Spirit Realm and all the multiverses out there - it's more likely they're now lost somewhere in the Spirit Realm or another world altogether.

We're sorry to those who are affected by this news. The reason we at Zodiac were reluctant to share this information was because we didn't want you to lose hope, but now we've come to understand your desire for transparency. If you so wish, counseling sessions are available. Please contact the Zodiac office to schedule an appointment.

And so we don't end this message on a completely sad note, it's time for our ever-popular icebreaker question!

This post has been sponsored by Forgotten Tales Books! Discover whole new worlds through stories.

[Users will have the option to choose their own display names and userpics if they haven't already. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone. Riku, Meti, Kashuu, Pascal, and Rand will be in the city but have no memory of the app. Meanwhile Rapunzel, Asriel, and Miyako will be nowhere to be found.

Like always, there'll be no responses from Zodiac.

OOC: As mentioned in the plotting post, apps and drops will be announced in the Zodiac posts instead of the group chats from this point forward (though characters can still use the group chats!) The next Zodiac post will happen in the middle of the month. ]

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It just does. I went to sleep, woke up, said "oh, my leg and arm's feeling funny". And then bam. Metal.

[He frowns now, folding his arms.]

From what I understand, its a Libra thing. When that app appears, weird things happen to you. New abilities. New looks. Memories you can't explain. Its a whole mess.

And have you found yourself with such inexplicable memories? I've heard that's a common issue.

Vague impressions of ones, here and there. Nothing I can make heads or tails of.

...It must be disorienting, to say the least. I can hardly imagine.

One thing you don't have to worry about, huh?

[Theres a bittersweet sort of laugh.]

You know exactly who you're supposed to be.

...

[Waver smiled bitterly at that, laughing under his breath.]

Does anyone, really?

Well! I would hope for some they'd at be somewhat sure, at least to compensate for the rest of us.

[He tilts his head.]

I would hope you're part of that small group. Would make me feel a lot better. If a grand lord and professor doesn't know what's going on with himself, does that bode well for anyone?

You'd be surprised how much of the aristocracy is miles from well-adjusted, to say nothing of the average teacher.

[A shrug.]

What can I say? I'm not all that important.

We're all bonkers in our own way, I suppose you have a point.

[He shakes his head at that last statement, though.]

Oh, come on. Don't put yourself down. I really think you are.

You...just met me.

[????]

I'm a good judge of character! But really, call it a hunch.

[Deja vu, ringing like bells.]

You have people who are going to miss you, right? That's important enough.

I-...

[This was no longer going anywhere he could even have begun to calculate for.]

Don't be absurd. Even someone awful would likely have at least one person that would miss them.

And that awful person is important to that one guy. You likely have more. So. Proving the point.

[:3c]

[?????]

I have to confess I'm...very confused right now. Are you like this with everyone?

Haha, well, I...

[He stops.]

[An honest request. A bright young man standing at his elbow. A request to keep him safe. Of course, he's neutral. That is the nature of an Overseer, but...he puts that aside. He wants to. He recalls a group of students coming forward to him, of all shapes and sizes, some older, some younger, and their one tie is one man who lifted them from the cruel society of magi, and made them more than those wretched people who use power for their own needs-]

["How on earth did you survive that den of demons known as the Clocktower?" He says, to the man on the phone - the words are incredulous. How impressive it is. What an amazing man.]

[The curt accent is so sharp on his ears with the reply, though. "...I've just been blessed with good luck and a fortuitious destiny. But, you know, I do understand my own lack of ability without needing to be told.]

["That wasn't an insult. I was praising you....Even if you become a bloodsucker, I'll overlook it unless you do something bad."]

[The memory fades. Hansa grips at his head for a moment, pales, eye staring down at the floor.]

...I'm sorry.

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Hey-

[Completely forgetting caution and confusion both, Waver took a step forward with honest concern written all over his face. (A bleeding heart in any world, sometimes to his own detriment.)]

Are you alright? What's wrong?

...

[He blinks, before straightening, hand raised in apology. It's fine. Its fine...]

[He puts on a grin, as fast as it went.]

Bad spot of deja vu, Professor. Nasty little headache. Pity you aren't a doctor, too.

...Not exactly, I'm afraid. The best I can do is some healing magecraft, and I doubt something like that would help. Are you sure it's nothing?

Healing magecraft...sounds fancy.

[And an almost sheepish look at that. He's usually not the type of man to be taken aback.]

Like I said. Deja vu. [...] Memory came on. Some guy must have reminded me of you. Same voice, though.

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I might almost be a little worried, if someone's going around using my voice. Probably causing all kinds of trouble I'm supposed to be causing, and where's the fun in that?

Ahaha. Are you worried you'll miss out on all that trouble?

A little. And a little worried I'll miss out on having to clean up the aftermath.

Haha. Someone's got to do it. As long as you're having a little fun...then that's alright.

I’ve found that life can be a pretty miserable thing. So I take what little enjoyment I can, unusual as it might get at times.

We're kindred spirits in that regard.

[Fun is fun. There's no point in letting the cruelties of life drag you down.]

Say. I don't want to keep you in this lonesome little church. How about we get coffee sometime? I want to hear all about that magecraft of yours.

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