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morethanmyth ([personal profile] morethanmyth) wrote in [community profile] longestnight_old2013-04-27 07:49 pm

Once Upon a Time...

They likely felt the world shift, a fragmentation of all they thought they knew. It was the way a fictional character might feel if they could feel every page turn in the book they lived in. It was the beginning of a new story and that meant an end to an old one and they would each feel that.

To some it would feel like they had just died. To others, it would feel like they had just been born. To many, it would feel like both at the same time. It all really depended on who they were and what they were leaving behind.

In any case, this world had something New appear in it. After lightning crackled in the evening sky without any storm fueling it, they would find themselves waking up in the streets of a small town called Burgess. It was a perfectly ordinary Pennsylvania town, a place where the modern mixed with the old, American suburbia at its finest, making it all the stranger that something extraordinary would happen somewhere so ordinary.

[ooc: Make a subthread for each character and those of you that would like to toss your character at someone else before Bunny and Jack show up, tag a subthread already there.]
mywarrenmyrules: (eyeroll)

[personal profile] mywarrenmyrules 2013-04-30 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I gotta say, I have questions for Manny."

Nico could have all of the eyerolls. They were all for her.

"Right now, mostly about the guy who threatened to eat me."
letskicksomeice: (024)

[personal profile] letskicksomeice 2013-04-30 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Haven't seen your friends so far and I don't really remember him showing anyone like that in the crystal, but the shapeshifter might be here, for all we know."

He looked between Nico and Bunny.

"We, uh, kinda question the Man in the Moon's judgement calls sometimes, is what he means - especially lately."

It didn't used to be that bad...until it got bad.

"And we don't exactly do everything he says, especially when it doesn't make sense. Like him wanting kids and teenagers to be Guardians rather than telling us to try to just send them back home as soon as we can. Some of the people we've gathered so far are way too young for this."

Said the skinny teenage boy that was a full four inches shorter than her.

"Honestly, you seem a little too young for it, too."

What with the raging paranoia, combativeness, and massive chip on her shoulder and everything.
spellitonce: (Snarky)

[personal profile] spellitonce 2013-04-30 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Bunny could roll his eyes all he wanted -- Nico was a teenager, and she could roll her eyes with the best of them. She was more than happy to demonstrate the ability when Jack started talking about how she was too young for the fight.

"Duh I'm too young for it," she said. "And yet, somehow, this isn't the first time I've had to fight monsters from beyond the dawn of time. Idiot adults make a mess of things, and the kids are always the ones left to clean it up."

Nico crossed her arms and glared at both of them. "And sitting around isn't going to get me home to my friends any faster. So if you don't want my help, fine, I'll just have to do what I can on my own."
mywarrenmyrules: (MAGESTIC WOODLAND CREATURE)

[personal profile] mywarrenmyrules 2013-04-30 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Her declaration of having already fought monsters made Bunny glance at Jack, pausing for a moment as his irritation softened.

There was more than the usual teenage sass at work here. This girl was aggressive like an abused animal - snapping at everything, ready to bolt at a moment's notice.

No kid should be in that situation, but as she'd pointed out, she already was.

"If Manny's recruiting child soldiers that other people have already recruited . . . that's still not a call we can stand by. But whether you end up in the fight or just stick to finding your way home, you don't have to do it alone. That's why we came here."
letskicksomeice: (005)

[personal profile] letskicksomeice 2013-04-30 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, Jack had glanced over at Bunny at the exact same moment, making the exact same conclusion.

"Why don't we go meet up with the others so you can see if anyone you know is there, then you can figure out what you wanna do from there, okay? We'll figure something out."
spellitonce: The Staff of One obscures the lower half of Nico's face, the upper half is viewed through the circle on top of the Staff (Wielder)

[personal profile] spellitonce 2013-04-30 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
She couldn't believe she just talked them into letting her help when she still wasn't completely sure she trusted them.

"Fine," she said. "Point me toward this lake of yours, and you two can keep scouring the area for whoever else is wandering around."
Edited 2013-04-30 08:21 (UTC)
mywarrenmyrules: (MAGESTIC WOODLAND CREATURE)

[personal profile] mywarrenmyrules 2013-04-30 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Bunny pointed.

"Can't miss it."

Hopefully she'd actually go there, instead of running off.
spellitonce: The Staff of One obscures the lower half of Nico's face, the upper half is viewed through the circle on top of the Staff (Wielder)

[personal profile] spellitonce 2013-05-01 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm going to see if I can find any of my friends," Nico said. "But I'll head that direction in case one of you finds them first."