CAMPUS WIDE EVENT: SPRING FEVER

[intercom_voice]

[Today, the lovely denizens of the Campus will wake up to a beautiful spring morning. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and pollen is in there. But this isn't just any pollen, the kind that afflicts the allergy prone to months of watery eyes and sneezing, oh no, this pollen is far more potent.

This morning, you will wake up with exactly one menial illness. It won't kill you, it won't even really hurt you, but it will be a constant annoyance to you for the next week. Sicknesses range from sneezes and rashes to spontaneous floral growth out of the forehead region. Really, anything goes.]

((ooc: okay, so, feel free to give your characters whatever silly or petty illness you want! This event ends on the 25th. Our cooperative event has been postponed due to a lack of feedback/interest--since it's an event that requires at least a small group of people to be active in.))

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[fluffydeathdealer]

...Okay, so you're just kind of insane. Good to know.

[He waves a hand dismissively. Can she really not hear herself? This is hilarious!]

You keep saying weird things. It's like you're randomly reciting advertisements.

[Idly, he runs his fingers over the scar on his face. Can the girl really not tell how old it is? It's months old yet...]

I'm out because I felt like being out. I don't need a life-threatening incentive to come out, you know. But who the hell are you? If you tell me, I'll tell you who I am too.

[roadroller]

[man, she doesn't know how your human flesh works. All she knows is what Ryou looks like and that his face didn't have a scar. If it's new, it can't be old!]

I am not insane! Rude!!

- Wait, me advertising? No way! I don't remember getting paid for that kinda thing. ♪

Don’t forget the clocks go back on the 28th October. We’ll all be going round our homes changing them by an hour. All except for 226 people. They won’t be doing it this year. It’s not because they can’t be bothered, it’s because time has stopped for them.

They’ve died in house fires since this time last year. So there’s one extra thing we’d like you to do; it won’t take much time. When you change your clock, test your smoke alarm. Fire kills. You can prevent it.

I'm Rin Kagamine, a Vocaloid. I'm also Ryou-kun's roommate, you know! ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

[He bursts into peals of laughter suddenly. Ryou had told his host that he lived with a girl, but this...?]

You're Ryou's roommate? But you're cute!

[Ryou never did well with cute girls. Come on. Tell him something realistic!]

I'm Bakura. I belong to a different Ryou.

[roadroller]

Thank you! Well, a lot of the time he gets flustered over me, but it's not such a big deal.

"Belong"... Hehe, that's cute. There's more than one? ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

I'm not surprised! He's never been good with girls.

There's two. The one that's your roommate, and mine. You can tell them apart pretty easily, though.

[roadroller]

Mm, well now that I know there's two, it seems pretty obvious. But a doppelganger isn't normally the first conclusion I'd jump to! Especially with humans! Geico, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance! ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

What, you haven't run into any parallel universe bullshit yet? That's a pity... If I'd known that right away, I'd have pretended to be the same one you knew!

[What's with these weird adverts...]

I do hope you're getting paid for that and just forgot about it.

[roadroller]

Man, me too! But a commercial gig sounds really boring, so maybe I deleted the memory... you'd think I'd delete the commercials too though. Lame.

Well, I did meet Ryou-kun's ancestor, Jack Cade! But you look like Ryou-kun even more than he did, so yeah. ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

Of course. I'm Ryou, but not Ryou. Think of me like a split personality, if it helps. I'm the fun one that kicks the ass of anyone that bothers the cute one.

You talk like a computer.

[roadroller]

Yeah, yeah! You're exactly like the other guy I met. His eyes were red though, and he seemed much stronger. A "cool" Ryou. But hey, Ryou-kun is fun too! He's kind, moe and good at art and games.

- Why do cats stare when you're pouring milk? Scary the way they watch. It's like they know it's only a matter of time. Time! The only thing between them and opposable thumbs. Imagine that! Cats with thumbs. And what if they got together? Gangs of cats with thumbs. An organised army with one thing on their mind. Pure, filtered Cravendale. Well, jog on, kitties. It's ours. Cravendale. The milk matters.

I'm a robot, though! So of course I have a computer's memory. ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

Moe? What the hell is that?

[Cats with thumbs is kind of a frightening image. He's evil. Cats are eviller. There's no way in hell anything like that would end up good.

...wait what? He just reaches out to poke her cheek firmly, trying to find if there's metal beneath the skin. ]

A robot? Don't make me laugh... They can't make things like that.

[roadroller]

Um... you know when someone is adorable, so you want to protect them, but on a personal level you get the urge to tease and torment them relentlessly? That's moe! ♪

[At least that's Rin's definition of the term. It's a pretty fluid term.]

... It took a really long time for Ryou-kun to believe me too. Poking my face isn't going to do anything, I'm too realistic!

But... [She pulls up her sleeve, where he can see a seam from a deep wound. It's patched up, but maybe if he squints, he can see that it's not flesh and blood underneath.] He sure believed me after I tanked an axe blow for him, heheh. ♪

[she doesn't really like showing this scar off, since it's kind of ugly. But it IS a convenient demonstration, and she likes Ryou enough that she wants his alternate to think she's all brave and cool!!]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...hoh. So there's a word for that now! He really is moe, isn't he?

[And another misappropriated word from the future is cheerfully misinterpreted and adopted into his dialogue.

...huh. Does that mean Harriet and Malik are moe sometimes? He'll need to think on this more. Fearlessly, he leans in to take a look. It looks normal at first, but staring at it properly reveals a hint of something beneath that's definitely not flesh. Wow... she really isn't human.]

Heheh. Cute and badass. Ryou lucked out!

[roadroller]

Yup! That fired-up feeling you get around a person like that is the essence of moe! ♪

[it sounds just slightly like a turn-on when she says that. But her meaning is innocent, especially when Ryou is concerned.]

♫♪ ~I wish I were an oscar meyer weiner, cause everyone would be in love with me~ ♪♫

Of course, he's very lucky! Make sure you tell him that! ♪

[Since he complains about her personality often enough, he could definitely use a reminder of how awesome she is.]

fuuu I thought I'd tagged this but apparently I lost my tag and didn't notice aaaa

[fluffydeathdealer]

What? Don't tell me he can't tell! Honestly, that boy... He's lucky he's cute.

[If she wasn't a robot, he'd have been more amused by her statement. After all, Ryou was as unresponsive to girls as they came. Talk about an odd couple.]

I'll tell him for sure.

NO WORRIES

[roadroller]

[bursts out laughing] What?! You just called yourself cute too, you know! ♪

[this is his fault for saying they're a split personality]

[fluffydeathdealer]

I'm not cute.

[He pouts, irritably.]

Cute is 50% personality.

[roadroller]

You look even cuter when you pout like that. ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

O-oi! I'm serious, I'm not cute at all!

[roadroller]

Heeeeh... I guess even the 'cool' Bakura-kun gets flustered by me sometimes. ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

Oi! I'm not flustered! [He totally is. Damn you, cute robot girl. Damn you.]

[roadroller]

It's fine, it's fine, you don't have to deny it! Who wouldn't be, talking to a star like me! ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

Star or not, robot or not, you're still just a kid! There's no way someone like me could get flustered that easily!

[roadroller]

Hmm, maybe there's a point! A cool Bakura-kun wouldn't get flustered at all, would he?

But you know, Ryou-kun doesn't like being called cute either! Maybe you haven't switched personalities at all? Heeheeheeheehee. ♪

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

Oi, are you calling me soft?

[He isn't so close to Ryou as to be compared that easily, wench!]