semi-open ☆ on a night when it seems we've gone insane

[promisedyou]

WHO: Mio Sonozaki and those who want to get involved in a small player plot and its aftermath!
WHERE: Various locations in Recollé
WHEN: June 17th and onward, as denoted in the prompts.
WHAT: One of Mio's regains causes her to become a little paranoid and stab a few people.
WARNINGS: Stabbing, murders, hallucinations. Also the potential mentions of suicide and abuse. If anything else comes up, let me know and I'll edit as necessary.



☆ OPTION I. ( closed to those who are getting stabbed / early morning to early afternoon on the 17th )

[The streets of Recollé aren't safe, not for Mio. Everywhere she goes she can hear the voices. Even though she should be aware that it's probably the paranoia talking to her. But even so it's difficult to just push it all away like it was nothing.

But maybe you're out there, in a secluded area, on your own in the early hours of the morning and right before it turns late.

Surely nothing could possibly go wrong, right?]

★ OPTION II. ( closed to hairstroke / late afternoon to evening on the 17th )

[She's stabbed five people already. And while she's snapped out it for a moment, it's only that one moment that she finally realized what's happened. And the whole thing is actually terrifying that it makes her fingers tremble as she manages to take out her cell phone and immediately input Leon's number in hopes that he'll answer.

Please, please answer. She hopes that for her own sake that he will. But she believe in him. She always has.

Even if the demon in the back of her mind tells her that she shouldn't. After all, he's yelled at her several times before. He won't love her now. Not after what she's finally done. It doesn't matter if it's because of some disease or something else. She has blood on her hands now. Not as Shion Sonozaki. But as Mio.]

☆ OPTION III. ( open on the 18th from early morning to late afternoon )

[At this point, Mio's... around, but there's a blank look in her eyes. Emptiness. As if she's been completely drained of life. What people might immediately notice besides that fact is that her hair is a lot shorter, only going a little bit past her shoulders.

Nevertheless, she isn't doing anything.

In fact, she's just staring into the vast expanse of space just simply waiting. Maybe it would be best to talk to her.]

★ OPTION WILDCARD

[If anybody wants to play anything out from the 18th onward and visit her while she's in the mental ward on the weekends! Or for those who wish to have a personalized starter for option one, feel free to give me a heads up and I'll write something up.]

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✩ closed to the investigation group!

[promisedyou]

[ Leon has been missing for quite a bit and hasn't shown up since morning, but that shouldn't possibly be anything strange, right? He hasn't been gone for too long, and in spite of all the things going on with Retrospec and the city, there is no way things could get any worse.

But of course they do.

So, who's in Tisse? There's something waiting for you around here, but where in the area is yet to be seen... ]

(OOC: Investigation start! Feel free to use this top level to mingle and search for clues and I'll reply accordingly as needed to give you your investigation clues.)

Re: ✩ closed to the investigation group!

[lienhearts]

[He hadn't actually intended to look for Leon - he's just in the area on his own business, do a little shopping, maybe grab a bite to eat...

He's wandering, basically. But as such, it can't be helped that he might stumble into trouble along the way.]

Re: ✩ closed to the investigation group!

[invocate]

[Li-Na on the other hand, has been looking for Leon since the morning. Having run out of places Leon frequents, she has started searching the streets for Leon's car. It is missing as well, and maybe if she can find his car, he will be nearby.

She could cover more ground if she used her boots, jumped from rooftop to rooftop, but there is a chance she could go too quickly and not see something important. So she is walking briskly down the sidewalks of Tisse, looking at the cars parked on the sides of the street.

She's so intent on her search that she walks right into someone.]

Oh! Sorry!

[Recognizing the guy who helped her study for her history final, Li-Na straightens up.]

I am looking for a friend. Have you seen Leon?

[She pulls out her phone and shows Theo a picture]

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[fullcowl]

[Izuku's out early, picking up some things for his mother. Even if she can't see him right now, she left a list of errands for him.

So he's out early, not paying that much attention to where he's going- but with the city the way it is, it's hard to get a very good read on where he is.

This is definitely what lost feels like.]

[promisedyou]

[It's kind of hard to sleep at all when you have recurring nightmares every single waking moment on the hour and what he probably doesn't expect is the soft sound of laughter in a secluded corner, where nobody else can see or find anything because that sure is a girl wearing a hood over her head with a knife that might just be going right into Izuku's side all of a sudden if he doesn't see it first.]

[fullcowl]

[He doesn't see it at all. In this life he's never been trained for anything more than being a student.

The knife wound penetrates his side. It takes a moment to process. He screams.]

II

[hairstroke]

[ Leon was in the middle of studying when he received Mio's phone call. Given that he's told her to call him if she ever needed him for anything, it doesn't strike him as odd that she's calling in the late afternoon. This isn't even the first time they've spoken to each other so late.

After everything that's been going on with her, he's naturally worried. It's just not for the reasons that he's assuming. Almost instantaneously, he stops reading his book and picks up the phone. There's an obvious worried tone in his voice as he speaks. ]

Hello Mio? Is everything okay?

[promisedyou]

[To be honest, she isn't okay. It's difficult for her to think right now and her fingers are trembling as she's speaking with what seems to be a somewhat shaky voice. It doesn't help that she's laughing in a way that seems almost manic.]

I don't know, but I'm going to make this quick, Leon... don't answer, just listen. I think it's gotten worse. I want to see you. I want to meet with you. Please. I'll send you the location, so please... meet me there.

I don't know how long I'll last.

[The laughter gets worse before she hangs up, but as promised she does send him the address of what seems to be a hotel.]

[hairstroke]

Wait, hold on! What exactly is going on?! [ But before his pleas could be heard, she hangs up on him. All of his worries were inreased ten fold. He was already concerned for her but now it's been amplified. Not only that, he couldn't deny that was frightened by the way she spoke. As much as he hates to admit it, that laughter seriously unsettled him. He wasn't going to get any answers just standing around. Without any hesitation, Leon immediately gets into his car and drives to the designated location. Truthfully, he's a little scared of what will happen if he does't get there quick enough, so he practically bolts to the location. Throughout the trip, her words resonated within his mind and the more he thinks about it, his concerns grow. If it was any normal day, he would be curious as to why they are meeting in front of a hotel but that doesn't even matter to him at the moment. After parking his car, he immediately steps out and starts calling for her name, looking around for any sign of her. ] Mio! Where are you?!

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[fabrefactions]

[ Finishing up a shift at work is always nice. Not that he dislikes his job, and certainly not because he dislikes being surrounded by art - but because he enjoys getting home to work on ideas that had been floating around his head for most of the day.

His pace isn't especially hurried. It's early enough for a late lunch before he heads home, so he's considering where he could go for something to eat more than anything. ]

[promisedyou]

[She sees him and freezes, but not for the reason one would expect. Mio comes from behind and she can't help but go in suddenly with no reason nor rhyme to it and just decides to give him a surprise. It's... a knife!! Not even being subtle about attacking from behind, here, even as she's slightly obscured with her hood up.]

[fabrefactions]

[ For a moment there, Yusuke isn't really sure what happened? It feels like something smacked into his side from behind - heavy and hard, he can feel the impact, certainly, but for the moment he's not actually aware that he's been stabbed.

But he reacts accordingly. There's a flash, and a flicker of Goemon, followed by ice shooting up from the ground, and hopefully pinning his attacker's feet to the ground. Before he can turn to check if he caught whoever just assaulted him from behind though, he's hit with this wave of exhaustion and wooziness. Like he'd felt when he summoned Goemon for the first time, as if someone had drained half of his energy like a leaky tap.

?? ]

i.

[wordcarvings]

[ It's not uncommon for Koutarou to be out and about at ridiculous hours. His work and sleep schedule is not exactly structured, beyond the few classes he has each month.

He's been working on little sleep for several days now, only getting in a slightly more proper nap before thursday's class, and now he's been getting something to eat before going back to work a little longer.

Nothing usually happens this time of the day, though it might be later than he thinks because he hasn't looked at the time and reading it off the sun is something that he can't really do; he doesn't expect anything to happen today either. ]

[promisedyou]

Excuse me. [There's a kind voice and she smiles as she has her hands behind her back. She's wearing a hoodie with the hood up and her jacket zipped up.] You didn't just say something just now, did you?

[wordcarvings]

[ Koutarou blinks slowly at her, and he barely suppresses a yawn. If he's too tired to properly notice another person even when he's not got his nose stuck in a sketchbook, then he should probably take a nap soon. ]

Did I...? No, not as far as I can recall..

[ And he's pretty sure he doesn't sleeptalk much. But he has not shared living space with anyone in a while. Plus he's still awake, even if he's only half awake. ]

I

[sanephiroth]

[Either it's early in the morning, before the students arrived at the dojo, or in the early afternoon after they've already left, Zephyr can be found in the dojo with the door open, tending to whatever needs to be cleaned, arranged, or sorted.]

cw hallucinations

[promisedyou]

[Usually Mio's not the type to go into the dojo. But with everything that she's seen so far, she needs to focus on making sure that she's safe. That others are safe. So when she sees him, she doesn't see him as a person. She sees him as something else entirely different as she comes in from behind, trying to be sneaky as she stabs him in the back with her knife.]

I

[hananobooks]

[Robin checked her phone for any emails on her way back to the library. On the mornings she didn't spend petting Mimi she would go to the library to get an early start on her day. There was nothing better than being able to go to the library to do some grading and a little reading. Today she decided to take a quieter path to the library. It's been awhile since she took this path and she enjoyed the quiet.]

[promisedyou]

[The library was one of the places where Mio thought she could possibly find some sort of help, and maybe some peace and quiet-- Except for Mio, that's not possible. She hears things and sees things differently than most people, after all. Especially when she's on the road just pretty much just not-so-subtly stabbing any person she sees. And she's just lucky to find her unwilling victim.]

iii! early morning

[spiritoso]

[ As promised, Kaede is out looking for Mio early in the morning. She wasn't able to sleep, not well at least. So, she decided to go ahead and get up and look for her.

Thankfully, it doesn't take long for her to spot Mio, even though it takes her a moment to recognize her due to her much shorter hair.

Kaede runs toward her. ]

Mio!

[promisedyou]

Good morning.

[The emptiness in her eyes seems to fade a little bit when she sees Kaede as she tries to smile in spite of herself. If she pays close attention, she might notice that her eyes are definitely red-- she didn't get any sleep since she sent the message and it looks like she hasn't been looking so good, either.]

You can sit down, if you'd like to.

[She'll even pat the seat next to her.]

iii late afternoon because it's LATE LIKE ME

[cardcaptured]

[Sometimes Retrospec likes to give people back useful things, and in others, much like Mio's, they like to give back... terribly awful things. In this instance, Xiaolang's going to have to peg this new ability of his squarely in the 'useful' category-- because for as much as he's turned his nose up at magic, didn't put any stock in inexplicable phenomenon, it was damn handy to be able to find a person with just some chanting and a personal item. Thank goodness Mio had left that comb at their place beforehand...

And while one would question why he hadn't used the spell for Leon instead, to use the many items he had at his disposal to track him down... it was easier for others to find him. Xiaolang knew his usual locations, his habits... Mio, on the otherhand, was a mystery. So if he could find her first, maybe answers about Leon could come in it's stead.

Xiaolang's nearly out of breath as he races down the streets to where his spell had directed him to, her comb still clutched tight in his hand. It's not long until he spots a familiar head of green hair, shorter than it usually was, but distinct none the less. The relief nearly breaks out of his chest as he pushes himself towards her, one piece to this puzzle thankfully found.]

Mio! MIO...!

[promisedyou]

... [She hears the familiar voice but the emptiness doesn't leave her expression as she looks up at him. There aren't any words for her to say, so she just simply waits for him to actually say anything else. At least, not at first before she finally says a single word.] ...hey.

iii. healing meeting.

[livingimpaired]

[ A terminal disease, huh?

Arriving at the aforementioned location, he muses over if he will be able to do anything. He, however, acknowledges that there is no one else that can help her at this time. Most doctors and other hospital workers are no longer visible and have no means to help. Felicia has already said that she can help with some injuries but nothing overly serious, and so that leaves him.

But he also wonders what else that he can do with his newfound healing abilities. He looks over his hand, flexing his fingers, before acknowledging the young lady. ]

Certainly not the kind of meeting that I was hoping for, Mio. But I suppose there is no helping it, hm? [ Kei takes a light tone in an attempt to ease the seriousness of the situation. It is a poor attempt, at best. ]

[promisedyou]

I honestly didn't expect this to happen, either. [She tries to keep her voice even though she's actually rather nervous, smiling all the while.] But I suppose it could have been worse.