Ricer6
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Post by Ricer6 on Apr 27, 2016 4:38:24 GMT
Outside of the Park (see the venue they just finished up) Riho leaned down and untied her tennis shoes, switching them off for the proper heels. As she rose back up, she felt a hand pat her back—undoubtedly Saya's. "See, I told you, didn't I? The stuff helped you out! And I can already tell you've gotten better at acrobatics even without them!" Saya lied through her smiling teeth. She would've loved to be paying attention to Riho's performance, but she was kind of doing a performance herself at the time. Even then, she still FELT like Riho made less of a fool of herself... The girl stayed silent, turning away. "Yaginuma. Riho. Come on, you really aren't all that bad!" Saya tried to reassure, her eyebrows raising concernedly. "Lighten up!" Riho gave a simple soft "No" and began away, her head seemingly perpetually aimed downwards. Saya recognized the behavior immediately—she was heading back to wherever she went yesterday. She rushed up and put her hand on her shoulder to stop her. "This is about that having to be perfect thing you pushed on me, isn't it? Look at that audience, Yaginuma, do those people really look like perfection is the only thing they'll take?" Riho turned back to glance at the crowd in the park, picnicing under smoking trees and next to burning bushes. Saya examined Riho's gaze in hope that she'd see what she meant. "...I'm not dropping my standards just because some people were dumb enough to accidentally commit arson," Riho stated, and left on her path anyways. When she got to the other side of the street, she turned and yelled, "Just admit I'm awful at this. It's the truth. And it's not acceptable." That was the last thing she said before she disappeared into somewhere down the rows of buildings. Saya stomped her foot into the ground with all her force and grunted.
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Post by melcaroni on Apr 27, 2016 4:58:04 GMT
Melody couldn't get the key in the door fast enough-- She could have moved faster had she decided to drop her bags, and she quite nearly did; but f*** that, this was more than $40.00 worth of merchandise-- She might get killed by a f***ing spider girl but she was NOT going to waste her hard earned cash.
She wrenched the door open and slammed it behind her, disappearing into the apartment.
Finally, she was safe. As she caught her breath, finally releasing the bags, a head shot up from under the table, half-covered by a large plastic bowl. The figure quickly tilted up his headgear to lay eyes on Melody, giving a silent wave.
"Welcome home." Shigeru deadpanned. "You may wish to join me beneath the table now, as the bees have only grown stronger."
Oh right. Bees.
f***.
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Post by inspectoralnoodle on Apr 27, 2016 5:43:01 GMT
For the record I asked if the one action in this post was okay with Sleuth and he said it was fine.
Well, technically he said "go for it", but whatever.
*click*
The sound of a door being frantically shut caught Meiryo's attention, making her put away her diary for a moment and peeking into the hallway. She couldn't see Melody anywhere, so she assumed she had entered her apartment in a rush. Meiryo stepped out into the hallway and walked the direction Melody had been running. Her footsteps echoed throughout the corridor as she carefully examined each door in detail. How was she supposed to find Melody's apartment with all these doors? She closed her eyes and put herself in deep thought. Buzzing sounds.
Aha.
Meiryo followed the sound, drawing closer and closer to its source. She was performing a little waltz as she walked, dancing and twirling with the grace and elegance of a swan courting a hippo while competing with a white crane in a flamingo pen. The buzzing sound got louder and louder before Meiryo's foot lightly hit something into the wall. She looked down to see what it was and found a can of bug spray laying by her feet. She smiled, picking the can off the ground and tossing it between her hands. She turned to face the door near her and sure enough, the muffled sound of buzzing could be heard from the other side. Looks like it was Meiryo's luck day. She closed her eyes and giggled to herself softly. "Ahuhu~ Silly Melody-san. She dropped her can of bug spray! I better return it to her!" said Mei, walking up to Melody's door. She began rhythmically knocking on the door before calling out to who was on the other side. " Ya-ho! Melody-saaaaan!" Mei called out in a sweet voice. "It's me, Mei-chan! You forgot your bug spray in the elevator~"
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Post by melcaroni on Apr 27, 2016 6:30:00 GMT
Melody and Shigeru sat huddled beneath the table, arms wrapped around their knees as the fucking bees buzzed overhead. They had seemingly overtaken everything in sight, and with the window busted open, it only invited more and more for what was probably the raddest bee party in bee history.
"I am not voicing this observation as a complaint or passive aggressive remark," Shigeru began, as Melody rifled through her bag frantically, "But I was simply concerned as to why you took so long to return."
"Oh, that," Melody said, biting her lip. "Well, Tips ran up to me with a job, and, well, there wasn't any good way of me saying no. But on the bright side, it paid off-- Pretty well, actually! We'll be able to cover these expenses in no time."
Melody glanced back at her bags in frustration. "For now, we should focus on getting the bees out, but... Urgh, did I forget to bring it? I can't find the bug spray anywhere! Oh, please tell me I didn't leave it back with Tips--!"
A voice suddenly called from the other side of the door, and suddenly, Melody realized that leaving it with Tips would have been so, so much more preferable.
"It's me, Mei-chan! You forgot your bug spray in the elevator~"
"Did you make a friend?"
"...You know," Melody said, throwing down the groceries and tucking her knees between her chin, "Death by bees doesn't sound so bad after all!"
Shigeru stared at his girlfriend for a moment, noting the excess of bags beneath her weird beady eyes. She looked tired. She'd looked very very tired ever since she'd moved to Sunrise to meet with him. He'd be the first to admit that he wasn't exactly an expert when it came to dealing with other people. But he figured he knew what to do.
"Maybe I can call an exterminator," Melody muttered, reaching for her phone. "It'll probably burn through my new cash, but it's better than..."
Suddenly, Shigeru reached out and gently placed his plastic bowl atop her head, patting it slightly, then quickly emerged from under the table, ducking and weaving determinedly through the field of bees. One by one, they began to latch onto him as he moved.
"Wh-- Shigeru, no!" Melody cried, reaching out in vain, "Don't let her in!"
Shigeru reached the door, his face stoic as ever as he reached for the handle. The bees were already climbing all over him, but he ignored them and pushed on. He turned the handle, and opened the door, revealing a decently tall, mostly bee covered man blinking through a suit of buzzing insects.
"...Human Salutation." He said.
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Post by inspectoralnoodle on Apr 27, 2016 7:01:14 GMT
Mei had expected Melody to come out of the door and graciously thank her for her help. She was also expecting to be invited in so that they could become good friends over a bowl of instant ramen. That would've been a wonderful way to end the day! When the door swung open, Mei's eyes twinkled in anticipation, ready to present the bug spray before a grateful Melody-san.
Instead, she saw bees.
Mei took in the sight before her, blinking. Was this a man covered in bees, or a swarm of bees pretending to be a person? The being greeted her strangely, so it was at least capable of speech. Mei decided that this was indeed a human that deserved friendship and did a little twirl and curtsy to introduce herself.
"Ohayo Bee-chan~!" she says, clearly not fazed by the potentially lethal amount of bees within her proximity. "Is Melody-san here? She left her bug spray in the elevator so I thought about finding her to return it. Luckily your bee friends led me right here! Yosh!" She does a little hop along with a fist pump, her eyes shining proudly in face her accomplishment. She tries to get a look behind Bee-chan to see if she could spot Melody.
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Post by melcaroni on Apr 27, 2016 7:11:41 GMT
Oh no. He hadn't expected to get this far-- Shigeru's one weakness was conversing with anyone not named "Melody Urashima". He slowly turned his head to glance over at Melody for a sign.
Melody's sign read: NONONONONONONONONONONONO
Shigeru slowly craned his neck back towards the girl in the doorway, his mind buzzing like a room full of bees to come up with a convincing response. Melody could practically see the smoke fuming from his head.
Melody bit her lip, starting to grow worried. In the two years she'd known Shigeru, he'd hardly been able to hold a conversation with anyone but her. It wasn't that he wasn't CAPABLE, but words didn't come naturally to him. His brain was wired towards answers, solutions, science, chemistry-- To the point that he found it hard to articulate himself when he wanted to. It's why they'd met in the first place. Now, two years later, he'd gotten much better-- It was time for all that practice to pay off! Melody clenched her fists, silently cheering on her boyfriend.
Come on, Shigeru, you can do this! Remember the flash cards! Remember the rhymes! God I hope he took his anxiety pills!
"...She's dead." Shigeru answered.
Melody slumped over.
"The bees killed her. Sorry."
You know what, just kill me now. For real.
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Post by inspectoralnoodle on Apr 27, 2016 7:29:30 GMT
The response did not register in Mei's mind completely at first, as evidenced by the tilt of her head and the placing of her gloved hand on her lips. There was something off about the way the man had answered her, as if he were reading off a cue card. Meiryo thought about it, if Melody had died shortly after entering the apartment, wouldn't she had heard a scream? But if this was true then that would mean... No, she'd just believe it for now. Maybe Melody was just hiding inside and didn't want to see her after what had transpired earlier.
"M-Melody-san... d-dead?" Mei stuttered, her lips quivering and her eyes starting to get teary. She stepped backwards in disbelief. "B-but I only wanted to h-help. Uuuuuuu..." she snivels looking at Bee-chan with her eyes, which were on the verge of crying.
"I-if I only m-made it here faster then M-Melody-san w-wouldn't be... be... Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" she falls to the floor and bursts into tears, the can of bug spray falling from her hand and rolling in front of her knees. "I didn't even g-get to be her friend!"
And so Mei hugs her knees and starts rolling around on the floor like some winter coat sushi roll, bawling her eyes out.
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Post by melcaroni on Apr 27, 2016 7:32:28 GMT
"ok" shigeru said, picking up the bug spray.
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Post by ramenigma on Apr 27, 2016 7:57:14 GMT
Bachi Apartment Complex
Thud. Fuck. Thud. Fuck. Thud. Thud. Thud. Crash. Thud. Crash. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUC-
A sound like an expletive powered basketball being violently thrown down a set of stairs echoed from within the stairwell, getting faster and louder at an alarmingly rapid pace. Bloody, violent crunches punctuated each curse... Like the snapping of bones under the tombstone-like teeth in a giants gaping maw. It's source was unknown, but it was getting closer.
Thud.
The door shook. It shook violently. It sprayed chips of wood, barely holding on.
Thud.
It shook again. And again. And again. Each impact against the shitty cheap wood snapping the frame more and more.
And then IT escaped with a bloodcurdling howl.
"MEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"
A spinning ball of flesh and silk burst through the stairwell door, roaring as it did so. It ricocheted off the walls, off the ceiling, off the apartment doors. It smashed lights and sent whatever got in it's way flying.
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"
It shrieked again, barreling towards Melody's apartment, it's whole being a hideous blur now.
"I TRIPPED ON THE STAIRS AGAIN MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIII"
It shot through the open entrance like a canonball, bounced off the ground a few times, knocked over a vase or pot or something and went soaring through the air.
"ALSO I CAN'T FIND THE TV REMOTE!"
It released one final roar as it came plummeting down on the table Melody was hiding under, smashing the table in two and landing on... something/someone squishy.
The creature came to a stop, shouted a few expletives and unfurled to reveal a rather tall girl with an eyepatch on, carrying a large spear.
It got up and did the strange, offbalance hula dance that drunk people did, before regaining it's footing.
"Ah! There you are, Mei!" Kawako cheered. "I came looking for you after I lost the remote. Also, I brought the spear, just in case and- oh fuck, you're crying!"
Instantly Kawako's tone changed and she dropped her voice to a growl. Stepping off Melody, she pointed the spear at Shigeru's face.
"What happened?" She growled. "Did this bee mother fucker try and take you bee hostage? Hm? WELL!?"
ACD48 "Office"
"No idea!" Rin promptly responded. "But it's best that we have SOME money in our pocket before calling, you know?"
She smiled sweetly and retrieved her phone from her backpack.
"Oh look. Death threats, my favourite." She grinned. "And look... Nice hat is trending. How wonderful."
Inside she made a note to use her eventual fanbase to find every single man, woman or child who used that hashtag and have them brutally murdered.
"Anyway, let's put that aside for now. You know what they say... No such thing as bad publicity and all. Now, then. Shall we call up everyone's dear Okaa-san?"
She held up the phone, ready to make the call.
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Post by kwanramen1313 on Apr 27, 2016 8:09:19 GMT
ACD48 "Offices
"I guess so? I mean, there's no way we'll be able to find out how much it costs without asking, I guess..."
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Post by melcaroni on Apr 27, 2016 19:30:11 GMT
Bachi Apartments
Okay, so things weren't perfect, but Shigeru got the spray. That was good enough for her! She began frantically signalling to him to shut the door. Luckily, Shigeru seemed to get the message, and turned around to close the door--
"MEEEEEEIIIII"
what was that noise
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"
Wait. Didn't she say she lived with her--
And in that moment, Melody knew what it felt like to be a Looney Tunes character. The table cracked clean in two, avoiding snapping her spine presumably only because God hadn't finished having his fun yet. The plastic bowl atop her head, oddly enough, managed to deflect the shattered chunks of wood and splinters, but there would be no solace from the Idol Cannonball. Melody could feel her body breaking, but more importantly, her soul dying.
Too bad that didn't kill me.
Then she noticed the splinters of her once-whole dining room table littering the floor.
...That was a $400 dining table. Somehow, that hurt infinitely more.
As for Shigeru, he was already having trouble keeping up, but this? Whatever patience he'd had for the nuances of social interaction had quickly fizzled out and died in his head.
"...Melody, I give up. Sorry." And with that, he simply cracked open the bug spray and began spraying.
Melody simply sighed. She glanced between the crying Mei, the dizzy Kawako, the mentally-blanked out Shigeru...
Well, none of them were gonna start cleaning up this mess. So, as usual, it was down to her.
"Mei..." Melody began with a sigh, "Mei, I'm not dead (yet). If you can please, have your friend stop standing on me, maybe we can be some kind of facsimile of rational adult human beings and work this out, okay?"
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Post by DreadLasagnaArchduke on Apr 28, 2016 0:21:47 GMT
Sewers
Nobody seemed to be down in the sewers with her as Ace O'Spades shut the manhole cover and descended the ladder to her lair. Other than the smell and the fumes, she had a pretty nice place for herself down here, with a small but comfy bed, several electric lamps, a pipe organ, a small fridge, and a few plastic chairs for the rare occurrence she had guests.
"Here we are, little ones, back home!" she said, as the small swarm of rats followed her down. As she reached the bottom of the ladder, she turned and was surprised. "What?! I never get any guests down here! What are you doing down here, Rutherford B. Hayes?!" she exclaimed as the former Trumpica president sat in one of the plastic chairs.
"It's very boring in the afterlife. I don't have a mountain with my face on it or a big monument like Lincoln or anything like that, so I rarely get a chance to show up to people. I've chosen to show up to you, because I sense enormous potential in you. You see, you're extremely talented! I've never seen someone juggle rats like you did at that garbage dump. You need to keep working at it, and you'll be able to accomplish wonderful things, perhaps even become president like me!" he winked. "But that's sometime off. Continue doing what you're doing, and soon we shall be able to conquer the world, young lady!"
"That really means a lot, Rutherford B. Hayes! I'll keep going, and soon I'll corner this industry! I'll be the new face or whatever the hell those Heifer guys want, and at the same time I'll stalk the streets as I usually do. I'll be the terror of the night and the terror of the day also! Mwehehehehe! MWEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" she cackled, as her laugh echoed through the tunnels. "Would you like a drink, mister? I've got Dr. Heifer's 100% All-Natural Diet Non-Artificial Cola Solution, Wolf Cola, and some cranberry juice I got from a vending machine." she asked, turning to look through the small fridge.
"I have no need for such material nourishment, young lady! I am a ghost! Fare thee well!" the president said, disappearing without a trace just as he appeared. Ace turned around and did a salute. "What a guy... He's a real hero, little ones." Whether she had really been visited by the president or the sewage fumes had caused her to hallucinate, she wasn't sure, but she didn't think she cared either.
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Ricer6
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Post by Ricer6 on Apr 28, 2016 3:04:43 GMT
Moonmilistar Offices
A waiting tone played out of Saya's flip phone as she held it to her ear, standing right in the middle of the front room of the office. Only an hour had passed since the last venue they interpreted at, and Saya expected to be alone until tomorrow—kind of a hefty amount of time considering it was only noon. In the meantime, she'd already dressed back into a usual tank top.
The tone was interrupted by a deep voice asking Saya Hiraizumi why she was calling, the voice of the girls' shared manager. He didn't exactly sound confrontational despite the diction used; Saya assumed this was because her and Riho's recent performance soothed corporate's attitude towards their reckless teen nature and not because he just wanted to be friends.
"Hey," Saya began, "given our recent increase in fame, I've been thinking... could you put us up—publicly—for being available to face off against other idols?" Mr. Manager grunted in interest. "Maybe create an ad enticing other groups, or just send a message to some other higher-ups you've got connections with that we're open if they think their idols can take them. But I'm confident enough in our abilities that we could come out of some battle being the better group." The manager made a noise of understanding and what could be construed as acceptance. "It's an important step to become a famous feature of the idol world, I'm sure you know. Alright, thanks."
Saya brought the phone down from her ear and went to hit the little red receiver button to hang up when she noticed Riho was actually standing at the door.
"O-oh!" Saya cried, her cheeks blooming red though not ashamed, "How long were you there?"
"Oh, I only caught the end of that. What's so important?" Riho responded. Her face was a bit red too, but Saya couldn't fathom why.
"I was just telling the manager that we should start going head to head against other idols," Saya explained, putting her phone away.
"Sounds fun!" exclaimed Riho, leaning over the couch that separated Saya and the front door. "Noow, if you excuse me, Saya I'll just... head into my room." And thus she did.
Saya was left still standing in the same place, contemplating things, like she feels she has been left doing a number of times over the last 24 hours due to Riho's actions.
...But hey, Riho's happy, so what's the concern? Saya let herself plummet onto the couch and turned on the TV.
Later that day, some ad or something went up saying that MOONMILISTAR ARE TOTALLY AVAILABLE TO BEAT YOUR HEADS IN. WITH SONG. LINE UP TO BE THE FIRST VICTIM. Hint hint.
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Post by inspectoralnoodle on Apr 28, 2016 3:27:01 GMT
Mei didn't bother to reach out for the bug spray as Bee-chan took it from the floor. It was no use, Melody-san was dead. Killing the bees would not bring her back to life; if it did, Mei would be at the front lines combating the bee menace alongside Bee-chan, who Mei was fairly certain that he wasn't a bee. She just lay there hugging her knees on the floor, whimpering like a dog asking for pity. There was a voice calling out to her name, gradually getting louder. Was this the spirit of Melody that had come to haunt her? To seek revenge for all her wrongdoings?
Cue Fumetsuno Kawako. There was no need to describe what had happened, this was all a disaster waiting to happen.
Mei was initially an unresponsive mess, only managing to stutter out Kawako's name amidst the tears and the hiccups.
"Uwaaaah... K-K-Kawako-san..."
Then, as if by a miracle, she hears Melody-san's actual voice. He gloved hand wipes away the tears and snot on her face and she cranes her head to see where it had come from. She sees Melody, crumpled beneath a shattered table. Immediately, Mei shoots straight up, landing on her feet and running towards Melody.
"M-Melody-san! You're alive! I'm so sorry for everything I have ever done, please don't die again! Uguu!" Mei says, hugging Melody tightly.
"U-understood! Let me help, please!" said Mei, releasing her bear hug from Melody-san and calling out to Kawako-san.
"Kawako-san! Behave! These people are our new friends, we do not crush their tables or their bodies nor do we point sharp spears at them, understood? Now please apologize to Melody-san!" scolded Mei, putting her hands on her hips and puffing her cheeks.
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Post by melcaroni on Apr 28, 2016 4:21:56 GMT
"melody is this how friends happen"
"if it gets me out of this alive, yes."
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