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.))

Comments

[lumineinfinitus]

[Oh, good! That should help. X makes sure to talk slowly, so that Ryou can look up the words.]

Can you understand me now?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah, I think this'll work. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[He's the one being the most inconvenienced, though he doesn't seem to think so...]

Is it a malfunction? ...or is there a way to fix your language setting at all?

[lumineinfinitus]

I think you're the one being more inconvenienced than me, even though it's my translator that's not working right.

[He laughs a little in a friendly way, smiling again.]

No, a malfunction would come up as a warning. This is... a virus, I think, which is strange. I'm built against those.

But if I had to get infected with one, something that's only annoying verses something that's dangerous is what I would prefer, so I can't complain that much.

[fluffydeathdealer]

A virus, huh... I guess you don't have any sort of malware scanner, if you're designed to not be able to get them at all.

But this place doesn't seem to be limited by normal limits, so it's not all that surprising for you to get infected by one here.

[He starts, realizing his rudeness.]

Ah, sorry! I'm Ryou Bakura. It's nice to meet you.

[lumineinfinitus]

I have plenty of scanners and backups, but they don't seem to be working. It's as if it doesn't exist, though it clearly does.

[He has no fucking clue, man. Though that name...]

Japanese, right? I'm X. It's nice to meet you.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un! I'm from Japan.

[Though his surname isn't.]

If it's inflicted by this place, it might disappear on its' own before too long has gone by.

[lumineinfinitus]

Your surname sounds different, though... I can't quite place it.

[Curiosity shines through his voice. Even if it doesn't matter, he does want to know.

...wait, what?]

"Disappear on its own"?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Uhm. It's pretty hard to trace it back... But I think it's Egyptian in origin. I guess I'm a bit of a mixed breed.

[It's a really rare surname. He smiles a little at the confusion.]

Inflictions here come and go. It'll probably die on its' own.

[lumineinfinitus]

Egyptian... that does sound kind of --

[Krrsttt, whoops. The language swaps again, but at least this time Ryou won't need the book; it's Japanese.]

-- like it's from there. From what I remember, anyway.

[fluffydeathdealer]

-! Ah... Quite the fortuitous change, it seems.

[lumineinfinitus]

Japanese?

[That's what it sounds like, at least.]

Well, at least the dictionary isn't necessary anymore.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un! It's definitely Japanese. I hope it doesn't change again, or I'll need to get another dictionary...

[lumineinfinitus]

It likely will, unfortunately... so long as my systems are mucked up by whatever this is.

[...He's a bit curious.]

How old are you?

[fluffydeathdealer]

[He passed his seventeenth birthday a few months ago, didn't he? It passed not with a bang, but with a whimper, as the saying goes.]

I'm seventeen.

[lumineinfinitus]

[...Seventeen. For a moment, X isn't sure what to say. He's so...

Young.]

I see... how long have you been here?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Uhm... I'm not exactly sure. It's either eight or nine months now.

[He sounds a little uncertain. It might be as many as ten months. But he doesn't think it's that long.]

[lumineinfinitus]

[While he's not about to go a shade of pale to put Ryou's hair to shame, that news still seems to alarm him.]

Nine months?

[He knows this place freezes time, so it's not like he's going to be stuck here while another war rages on at home. But that doesn't make the news feel much better.

Sure, this is a school, and it's very low that it's going to be as blood-drenched as his home is. But it's a small place, very closed off. He doesn't even know if being here will be a respite from the wars; this Voice sure wasn't someone who seemed to value peace for everyone.

It would be nice if it could be that way. But even if it was...

The Hunters, who were backing him up always. The friends he made while off-duty, human and Reploid both. And especially... Zero.

Nine months isn't long in his life of a hundred years, but the idea of not seeing them for that long -- or longer -- is still not one that he's pleased with.]

I see...

[fluffydeathdealer]

Sorry... I don't really have any good news for you on that front. Some people don't stay long, but I know at least one who'd already been here for three months when I met him, and he's still here now.

[Ryou sighs, looking downcast. He wishes he had some good news to give.]

[lumineinfinitus]

[Oh, you adorable little bunny. Don't you know what X does to animals?

He reaches over, clasping a hand warmly on Ryou's shoulder.]

It's all right. I've lived for about a hundred years now. A few here isn't going to hurt me, especially since I don't have to worry about my home.

I'll just miss the friends I left behind, that's all.

[fluffydeathdealer]

E-eh...? [Woah. That's right... this guy is a robot. It's hard to remember when he acts so normal. He manages a little bit of a smile for him, though.]

That's still sad, though. I hope you get to go back to them soon.

[lumineinfinitus]

I know... but at least I know they'll always be waiting for me. If time did still pass there, then they'd be even more intent on making sure they kept things under control so I wouldn't have to worry about it.

I don't think I can relax here, not with the way I came or that Voice, but... at least it's a weight off me. Especially with kind people like you here.

[fluffydeathdealer]

You don't even know me... But I'm glad I can help even a little.

[Huh... sounds like this guy's friends are really good ones.]

[lumineinfinitus]

I know that, when given a stranger who didn't speak your language and was confused, you went and got a dictionary, then painstakingly listened to pick out the right words.

And would have done so for however long you needed... isn't that right?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Huh...? Of course I would have! It'd be really rude not to, considering you were trying to make yourself heard...

[lumineinfinitus]

Then that's all I need to know about you. You didn't know me, after all, did you? But you still wanted to help.

There's not many people like you.