I can't believe this isn't a dream

16 October 2011 @ 11:36 pm

Game 046 [Voice/Action] - The Longest Two Years

I'm guessing most if not all of you have felt the phenomenon where time seems to move at different rates, even though you know it's all in your mind. So tell me, does being in Luceti cause time to feel different to you than it did when you were back home?

[ Two years. It's been two years, and after experiencing as much time slip by as Joshua has, feeling those two years is a less-than-welcome change.

As a distraction, he spends the day painting a side of his building that has been blank ever since a certain someone went home. It's certainly not Hanekoma's style, but it's similar to it, the color scheme the same though the designs are more fluid, less blocky and more streamlined, with harsh points instead of rounded curves.

Maybe this is his way of making peace with it. Maybe he's finally moved on.

Maybe he's just that homesick. ]

Tags: #action, #voice, almost lost shibuya once already, anniversary, is normal teenager rly, it's funny what you miss, josh can do art too, not telling people things, serious question for once, totally a cheerful topic of conversation, 『ami mizuno』, 『leonhardt』, 『shiki misaki』, 『yukari yakumo』

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26 September 2011 @ 03:36 am

Game 045 [Action/Voice] - And a Five, Six, Seven, Eight

[ Well. It wasn't enough that he had been forced to track down every mermaid he could find and berate them one by one, outside world this, Malnosso world that...

Of course not. Experiments always had to go the extra mile, didn't they?

So this fine day, Joshua could be found clad in all red with a crab hat on his head, in the fountain. Singing. With his journal open. ]

In Luceti...!

In Luceti...!

Darlings it's scarier outside the barrier, take it from me!

[ Of course, the Malnosso had to give him his own musical number. Of course. ]

Tags: #action, #voice, @event, blame twewy for being music-themed, brb making someone's life hell, mun might finish song on request, nana nanana nananana na katamari damashi, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『hisoka kurosaki』

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21 July 2011 @ 06:28 am

Game 044 [Action] Backdated to the 17th - Missing a Safety Net

[ It was an average day of grocery shopping. At least, until the world spun and Joshua's feet nearly collapsed underneath him.

Now he's stumbling his way towards House 38, the groceries abandoned behind him. Blood drips from the corner of his mouth, and every so often he doubles over coughing, clutching his stomach like he might throw up. Slowly, very slowly, red stains are appearing on his back as he goes onwards.

Shibuya withdrawal, exactly six months after his de-Ascension. ]

Not now..

Tags: #action, bleeding on the inside this time, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, not telling people things, would be awkward if josh did awkward, yes this may happen every six months, 『hisoka kurosaki』, 『tsuzuki asato』

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13 July 2011 @ 11:43 pm

Game 043 [Voice/Written] - Nothing Wrong Here

[ The entry opens with audio. ]

Wha--

[ But the voice is cut off almost immediately by the sound of sudden coughing. Red splotches appear on the page, and after only a few seconds, the feed audibly cuts off as the journal is quickly shut. A few minutes later, a written entry starts up in its place with the splotches still visible. ]

What day is it?

And who decided to poke around my home while I was gone?

Tags: #voice, #written, bleeding on the inside this time, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, hey not fair only i'm allowed to cheat!, not telling people things, so this is how normal people do it, un-mallynapping, who moved my towel, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『daisy』, 『hisoka kurosaki』, 『neku sakuraba』, 『shiki misaki』

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01 June 2011 @ 03:58 pm

Game 042 [Written/Action] - Play Like There's No Tomorrow

[ The following goes up on the journals later on in the morning. ]

A rather large collection of sheet music appeared in the shops some time rather recently. If you were looking for any that you'd hoped would follow you to Luceti, I might have picked it up.

[ Soon after that, the sound of a violin can be heard coming from in front of House 38. If you're quiet, it can even be heard all the way from the town center. What's he playing, you ask? Well, anything.

Maybe your favorite song. Maybe something hauntingly familiar. Maybe a rousing song. Maybe it's even battle music!

Seriously, he'll be playing anything if there's someone with that canon here. Who needs a fourth wall.

Joshua is sitting out in front of House 38 on one of the chairs from inside, sheet music on his lap has he sight reads it. Care to stop by and listen? ]

Tags: #action, #written, blame twewy for being music-themed, it's funny what you miss, josh can do art too, trolling for new victi-er... partners?, 『hijiri minase』, 『hisoka kurosaki』, 『jilly coppercorn』, 『naoya shirogane』, 『shiki misaki』

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22 March 2011 @ 03:34 am

Game 041 [Written/Action] - Empty Room

[ Joshua was used to empty space. For more years than he'd cared to count, it had been all he'd ever spent most of his time in. He didn't need friends. He didn't need companions.

Without his city, maybe he'd grown too attached to his Producer. That had to be what it was. The one bit of it all that stuck with him, even here. Even through all of it, Sanae was his one connection to what he was. To Neku, he was a friend. To Shiki, he was a bother. But to Hanekoma, he was the Composer, even here with no Shibuya to watch over. He'd said that if he ever found a way home, he'd be sure to bring Joshua with him. So was this an accident, or was that a lie?

Early Tuesday morning, a written message goes out over the journals. Joshua doesn't trust his voice right now. ]

Kat's Kradle is closed until further notice.

[ After that, he heads down the stairs, doesn't bother locking the front door, makes himself a cup of coffee, pulls a stool up to the bar, and sits. He doesn't drink the beverage. He just holds the cup in his hands and stares off into space blankly over the counter top. Not moving. Not thinking.

But there were a few things left behind, and at least one of them should be dealt with. So if the intended recipient doesn't show up at the formerly-a-cafe before the early evening, he's finally going to move and make his way to house 44, a note in his hand. ]

Tags: #action, #written, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, hanekoma what did you do this time, it's funny what you miss, when in doubt shut down emotions, 『mama a』, 『neku sakuraba』, 『shiki misaki』

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01 March 2011 @ 02:06 pm

Game 040 [Voice] - Patterns

[ The journal feed opens to the sound of dull tapping in the background. Then it pauses, and Joshua speaks. ]

What do you suppose is their criteria for drafting individuals to fight?

Or if you don't care for musing, what do you do when so many people are away?

Tags: #voice, it's funny what you miss, josh can do art too, secretly wants to make things go boom, serious question for once, trolling for new victi-er... partners?, 『artemis fowl ii』, 『haru(k/h)i suzumiya』, 『jilly coppercorn』, 『neku sakuraba』, 『smoker』

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14 February 2011 @ 02:45 pm

Game 039 [Voice/Action] - Love is the Great Destroyer

You know, I never did like the enforced dynamic of Valentine's Day and White Day. To save you all the trouble of worrying what would be proper, I've decided I will be the one to deliver chocolate on Valentine's Day to my male friends. I expect reciprocation on White Day from all of you, hee hee.

This means you, too, Neku.

[ With another giggle, the feed cuts.

Afterward, Joshua can be found out and about delivering chocolate. This is made a bit more difficult by the fact that he doesn't actually know where all of you live, but he's got chocolate for Hanekoma (dropped off before he left the house, of course), Neku, Hisoka, and Haruhi (yes, he is delivering that one mostly to be jerk). He also has a few more in case he bumps into anyone he's not particularly close to but he'd be amused to give anyway. ~~Yes Hisoka he is trying to find your house, and if you don't show yourself soon enough he will start pinging you. Hard. With mind-beams. Ooooo mind-beams~~~ ]

(( ~~First journal comment is reserved, but feel free to wait~~ Go ahead and respond, or bump into him in person ))

Tags: #action, #voice, @event, brb making someone's life hell, confident josh will likely pay for this, hanekoma what did you do this time, nana nanana nananana na katamari damashi, never trust a giggling mun, newsflash: joshua is a jerk, of course he's not up to anything!, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『haru(k/h)i suzumiya』, 『hisoka kurosaki』, 『neku sakuraba』, 『shiki misaki』

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31 January 2011 @ 11:19 pm

Game 038 [Action/Voice] - Able to Breathe Again

[ Hey, Luceti. Have you been missing your daily dose of snark and rainbows?

Actually bundled up for the first time since last winter is a Joshua, making his cheerful, if slightly lethargic, way from House 38 to Community Housing 5 and back again. One thing that might also be noticeable is that for the first time since the summer, he looks like a 15-year-old.

So yeah. Surprise.

And after he gets back into warmth (yay being affected by temperature again?) he'll just put out a little public service announcement. ]

It seems I'm finally back to normal.

Tags: #action, #voice, confident josh will likely pay for this, newsflash: joshua is a jerk, not telling people things, of course he's not up to anything!, trolling for new victi-er... partners?, 『neku sakuraba』, 『shiki misaki』

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17 January 2011 @ 09:08 pm

Game 037 [Action]

[ Today you might stumble across Joshua as he's out and about. He's walking around with an alert look on his face, wandering all over the village. He doesn't seem to be searching quite so much as expecting. The particularly observant might notice the way that the light seems to fall strangely on him, as if there's another light source on him that's completely independent of the cloudy sky overhead. If you get close enough, or spend enough time near him, you may find yourself subject to a mysterious headache that will fade if you move away.

His vibe is up and he's trying to attract some sort of attention, but unless you're familiar with his world, it might be confusing as to just whose attention he's trying to grab.

After combing the village which results in a distinct lack of sudden assault by crazed mathematicians, particularly of the Taboo-infused variety, he'll head back to Kat's Kradle. ]

Tags: #action, almost lost shibuya once already, hate this form, hey not fair only i'm allowed to cheat!, i'm not lost this just isn't shibuya, it's funny what you miss, nana nanana nananana na katamari damashi, never trust a giggling mun, nope no walking ball of life energy here, not telling people things, of course he's not up to anything!, this is serious business, trolling for new victi-er... partners?, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『haru(k/h)i suzumiya』, 『jilly coppercorn』, 『neku sakuraba』, 『sanae hanekoma』

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01 January 2011 @ 10:30 pm

Game 036 [Action/Voice] - Once More With Feeling

[ If you happen to be celebrating the new year with some coffee or pastries or... whatever else Hanekoma feeds people at Kat's Kradle, then you might hear the sound of someone tuning a violin coming from the second story.

It starts off quite out of tune, but within a minute or two, it sounds fine. Then, Joshua starts up a piece of music: fast-paced, somewhat frantic, somewhat chaotic, without chorus or verse, but it has an overall feel to it of life, of progress, of change.

Or maybe you just missed the whole performance.

Either way, a little later, the following goes out over the journal. ]

Why do you want to go home? [ And then, after a short pause, ]

Why do you want to stay?

Tags: #action, #video, almost lost shibuya once already, blame twewy for being music-themed, it's been a long 274 years, it's funny what you miss, not telling people things, obligatory birthday poll, serious question for once, totally a cheerful topic of conversation, 『gailardia gardios』, 『mama a』, 『neku sakuraba』, 『nina parker』, 『sanae hanekoma』, 『spada belforma』, 『tsuzuki asato』

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25 December 2010 @ 05:00 am

Game 035 [Action] - Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart

[ If you're up and about late, late on the border of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, you might happen to catch Joshua making his way from the plaza towards Community Housing 5, holding what on closer inspection reveals itself to be a violin case. He's rather under-dressed, especially considering the snow is picking up, but he doesn't seem to mind much at all.

A little later, you can find him on top of Community Housing 5, sans violin case. He's just sitting in the snow, staring up at the stars that occasionally peek through the clouds. ]

Tags: #action, @event, blame twewy for being music-themed, hate this form, it's funny what you miss, not telling people things, 『neku sakuraba』, 『sanae hanekoma』

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18 December 2010 @ 11:07 pm

Game 034 [Action] - 4th Wall

[ Joshua is done holing himself up after the embarrassment that was himself as a Reaper. Besides, with so many people about, why would he bother staying indoors? ]

So many people and so many new faces. It's rather nostalgic.

Tags: !fourth wall, #action, @event, confident josh will likely pay for this, hey not fair only i'm allowed to cheat!, nana nanana nananana na katamari damashi, never trust a giggling mun, newsflash: joshua is a jerk, ooh pretty feathers, trolling for new victi-er... partners?

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21 November 2010 @ 02:28 pm

Game 033 [Action]

[ You know what is not cool? Falling asleep at the end of a very productive day of a very productive Game, and rather than waking up the next day in the same Game, suddenly waking up in front of a half-painted canvas. The mural featuring his own Reaper wing as the center point on the nearby wall didn't make things much better. Suspicious? Just a little.

So today you can find a very confused and hiding it Reaper trying to get the lay of the land all around Luceti. He's certainly not in Edo anymore. ]

Tags: #action, @event, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, hanekoma what did you do this time, is normal teenager rly, never trust a giggling mun, newsflash: joshua is a jerk, this is how the mun explains everything, 『neku sakuraba』, 『sanae hanekoma』

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17 October 2010 @ 09:37 pm

Game 032 [Action] / For Hanekoma (and possibly others with permission) only - Separation

(( Backdated to yesterday ))

[ Maybe if he'd remembered that this day, out of all the days of this month, this day in particular, was the one-year anniversary of when he arrive in Luceti, he'd have been expecting something like this. As it was, he hadn't been checking the calendar. A year was a terrifying thought; a whole year separated from his city. It was one of those things he just didn't think about, pushed it to the back of his mind and ignored it for the sake of his own sanity. So he went about his day as if nothing was wrong.

The new pain started as just a burning on his shoulders, high up where his Angel wings connected, so he ignored it. And for a few minutes, it was bearable. Then without warning it pulsed straight down his back, straight down the decay, hit the bottom and seemed to explode outwards, sending pain to every corner of his body. The first pulse stopped him in his tracks. By the fourth, he had collapsed to his knees.

Joshua couldn't remember well pulling himself along and forcing his feet to move. All he knew was that it hurt, it hurt a lot, as he dragged himself off the path and through the trees and made a beeline for one specific building.

He knew what Hanekoma was capable of. That's exactly why he had no choice. As much as he knew what Sanae might make of this and how badly that could end, the terrifying certainty only grew inside of him with each explosion of pain through his body, through his Music, through his Soul. And after the agonizingly long time the short walk should have taken, he stumbled his way into Kat's Kradle just as his vibe reeled, sending his white wings flickering into existence and out just as fast. He went to support himself against a table, missed, and collapsed to the floor with barely any hope of moving again on his own. The white mass of feathers sliding in and out of his vision didn't even seem like his own anymore. The pain was too much to think over, his shirt felt warm and sticky against his back, and somehow, he was absolutely sure that either he or Shibuya was dying. Maybe even both.

Hanekoma was Joshua's only option. ]

Tags: #action, almost lost shibuya once already, anniversary, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, hate this form, hey not fair only i'm allowed to cheat!, never trust a giggling mun, not telling people things, this is how the mun explains everything, this is serious business, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『sanae hanekoma』

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24 September 2010 @ 02:00 am

Game 031 [Written] - Not What it Said on the Tin

[ The question indeed comes a couple hours after midnight, early enough that you don't have to be too much of a late-nighter to catch it going up. ]

What sort of things do you do to help yourself relax?

[ After he poses the question, Joshua will be off doing his current favorite: showering. So he won't be responding for a while until he's done. ]

Tags: #written, @event, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, hanekoma what did you do this time, hate this form, hey not fair only i'm allowed to cheat!, never trust a giggling mun, not telling people things, serious question for once, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『allen walker』, 『cid raines』, 『draco malfoy』, 『patchouli knowledge』, 『rydia of mist』, 『sanae hanekoma』, 『terra branford』

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11 September 2010 @ 04:22 pm

Game 030 [Action] - CATFIGHT

[ If you happen to be looking up within the vicinity of Community Building 5, or on the roof, you might spot a strange creature. It's white with black markings, vaguely fox or cat-like, has strange tattoo markings instead of front legs or its tail, and a second set of wings that are folded on top of a (possibly suspiciously familiar) set of rainbow filial wings. Oh, yes. And it's BIG. About seven feet to the shoulder, to be precise, except you can't really tell that because it's curled up and seems to be dozing.

Joshua is fed up with not being able to sleep.

Poke him?

Alternatively, maybe you noticed the GIANT CATFIGHT that suddenly erupted in the streets below between him and a creature that flickers back and forth between these two forms:

A fight which is not one to be interrupted, but after they go their separate ways after the fight, you're welcome to poke either one of them. Just expect them to be ruffled and mildly unhappy. ]

((tl;dr poke either sleepy Joshua on the roof of C5, ruffled Joshua in the street, or ruffled Hanekoma in the street. All in Noise forms. Don't worry, they won't actually attack you.))

Tags: #action, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, hanekoma what did you do this time, hate this form, is normal teenager rly, never trust a giggling mun, this is serious business, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『freyjadour falenas』, 『sanae hanekoma』

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21 August 2010 @ 12:22 pm

Game 029 [Action] - No Way This Will Go Poorly

[ See Josh. See Josh being a teenager. See Josh walking in and out of Kat's Kradle, multiple times, sometimes even with things like *gasp* groceries. It's tough to tell, but he's a bit bothered by something.

He's also casually strolling in and out of the building that he's been avoiding like the plague for months. Surely nothing strange at all is happening here. ]

Tags: #action, @event, hanekoma what did you do this time, never trust a giggling mun, not telling people things, oh yeah also i killed everyone you know, trolling for new victi-er... partners?, 『neku sakuraba』

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09 August 2010 @ 05:17 pm

Game 028 [Action] - It Was Worth a Shot...?

[ Hey Luceti, who remembers that stunt Joshua pulled ages and ages back?

Well, guess what. He's trying again, in a different place. Because the ever-so-lovely earthquake has resulted in a shift of what he thinks is Luceti's center, but pretty much no one but Josh cares about that anyway.

Let's hope there aren't too many people in House 29 in the wee hours of the morning, because between there and the ruins of what was once House 22 stands Joshua. He's still for a moment, hands raised to the sky, murmuring to himself.

Suddenly there's a flash of light.

Then loud, echoing, sharp enough to feel like a punch straight to the chest, ]

CRACK!

[ Yup, he failed again. This time around, though, he's lying crumpled on the ground, completely unmoving. Occasionally there's a faint crackle as a soft wisp of power flickers across his skin and vanishes.

Um. He might need help. ~~Beware the zapping.~~ ]

Tags: #action, @event, confident josh will likely pay for this, dammit that wasn't supposed to happen, hate this form, hey not fair only i'm allowed to cheat!, is normal teenager rly, not telling people things, of course he's not up to anything!, this is serious business, would be awkward if josh did awkward, 『mayoi hachikuji』, 『sanae hanekoma』, 『sonny munroe』

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26 July 2010 @ 01:26 pm

Game 027 [Voice] - Remind Me Before I Forget it All

[ It's early in the morning when the audio clicks on, just about the time when the earliest risers will be waking up. Joshua isn't going to be going to bed any time soon, though, so he'll be responding well into the day. ]

Call me curious. What do you dream of?

[ His tone of voice is level, more bored than curious with just a hint of weariness. ]

Tags: #voice, gonna have to get used to not sleeping, hate this form, it's funny what you miss, not telling people things, serious question for once, 『derek bliss』, 『gelda nebilim』, 『haru(k/h)i suzumiya』, 『kohaku』, 『lady morgana』, 『mama a』, 『neku sakuraba』, 『smoker』

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