I see the bad moon rising / I see trouble on the way

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone!
What: There are these crazy masks everywhere, you see. And does the moon look strange to you?
When: The 23rd through the 30th. (If you want to backdate a thread in here to the 22nd for some reason, feel free. A separate log for the day of Halloween will go up at a later date!)
Where: Everywhere!
Summary: Things are starting to get a little spooky around here. What with masks that range from silly to creepy to downright menacing turning up everywhere, the people wearing them beginning to act strangely, and that menacing moon looking down.... why, it's starting to feel a little like Halloween.
Rating: Anywhere from G to hard R for violence, I'd imagine.

BOO!

.... ahem. Details are here! Have fun, everyone! (Oh, and please do remember to add character tags!)

Comments

YEP

[bigsiskonagi]

[No, she doesn't notice her at all. She's too busy wondering why the moon seem so much closer when she felt someone's arms were wrapped around her.

Startled, she reacted as if she still had the Reaper Mask on and yelps, flailing slightly]

Uwah! D-Don't touch me, you'll...Yuuki-san!?

>:3

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

You will what exactly? Are you trying to tell me you are not the sort of person who enjoys being hugged? A shame.

[A shame because Yuuka is that sort of person who enjoys a good hug! Or she is right now anyway. Wrapping her arms around Yui's shoulders and giving her a nice, tight hug~]

[bigsiskonagi]

Well no, that's not really what I meant...[she blinks, several times. Yuuka was hugging her. What in the world-]

Ah, is everything all right, Yuuka-san...? [Asking as she tilts her head back slightly.]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

Not quite. I have never felt like this before. I just feel like hugging anyone who passes me by and once I do I almost feel at peace. Quite strange~

[Not going to question it though. I mean, hugs are amazing. What's there to question?]

[bigsiskonagi]

[She blinks again. Puzzled. It had to be the mask she had on...she would be excited to see the change in Yuuka, but she knows this was the mask's doing. But how much of it was the mask, how much of it was something else?]

Do you really feel that way, Yuuka-san? At peace?

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not at peace, though I do feel some form of gratification from hugging others recently.

[There's a smirk from beneath the mask.]

It has to be this thing's doing, correct? How annoying. If only I could remove this mask, then maybe I could see clearly again.

[bigsiskonagi]

[....A sigh. As much as she be happy to see Yuuka being friendly with others, she knew this wasn't right. She at least knew how she felt, being unable to do anything while under the influence of these masks.]

Do you need some help?

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

[...Help? From Yui? Sorry, but she can't help but laugh quietly to herself at the thought. Help! Dear dear... But then she has to wonder. Continue to hug people like this, or have someone help remove the mask and hug no one else?]

...Perhaps. How would I go about removing this mask without ripping my own flesh off with it? I have tried to remove it normally, though it seems to be stuck fast.

[Eh. Might as well use her for her help. Assuming she's even going to be useful.]

[bigsiskonagi]

Hmm... [All the mask have to have some kind of requirement to them, right? They just don't know what this one is. If it makes people hug...]

I got an idea. Can you let go of me first?

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

[A simple enough request... And yet she really can't bring herself to let go. She needs this hug.]

No. [...] Do not get me wrong, if I had a choice I would never have bothered with this in the first place. As things stand now however, it does not seem I'll be letting go anytime soon.

[bigsiskonagi]

Well--I need to turn around to try this. [She squirms a little]

Just, ah, give me enough space to do that?

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

[Loosening her grip by the smallest fraction. How's that Yui? It's still fairly tight, but she should be able to at least move a little by this point.]

Share with me what you intend to do before you put your plan into action. I would like to be aware of what you have in mind~

[bigsiskonagi]

I'm going to hug you back! [Wow, she sounds kind of excited by the prospect]

You've been hugging everyone else right? Well, what if it comes off if someone returns the hug?

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

...I see. [Well she wasn't expecting any fantastic logic anyway. It's worth a shot though, right?]

Well then, by all means go ahead and try.

[bigsiskonagi]

Right! [Have a super awesome best friends forever hug Yuuka! She is going to cherish this moment for all times.]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

[...This is awful. This is awful. Awful. It's bad enough she's never hugged someone before, but now she's getting one in return too.

Sighing and waiting for Yui to let go... Except it seems she's already let go herself first. Huh, it worked after all.]

Excellent. It seems I am free from this wretched mask's hold. [She would love to take it off right now Yui, so could you let go? That would be great.]

[bigsiskonagi]

It did? [aww, she wanted this to last a little longer.] All right.

[She'll let her go and take a few steps back to give Yuuka some space]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

Ah, much better.

[Taking the mask off, flinging it the ground and crushing it beneath her foot. After which she kicks the mask off to one side.]

Now I can look forward to a stroke more normality in my days. Thank you for your help~ [She's saying thank you purely out of being polite. |8]

[bigsiskonagi]

Ah, you're welcome. [She worries about what you do to people around here sometimes, but...she's not going to bother debating on that.]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

[Rubbing her face a little. Ah yes, it's nice to feel skin rather than a tacky mask.]

Have you not found a mask of your own yet, dear? Or perhaps their sway has not permeated that mind of yours? Hmm~

[bigsiskonagi]

I was already attached to a mask earlier this week...you'd probably would have liked that one. I had to take people's souls because of it.

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. Were you able to reap many souls? I certainly hope you performed better than the one from my world who ferries the souls of the dead.

[bigsiskonagi]

Ahah, I was mostly trying not to. I didn't want to do it, because then that would mean...[she frowns with a sigh.] I took two souls in the end before I finally got rid of the mask.

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

Only two and yet you already possess productivity doubling that of the useless ferryman's. I might even dare say that congratulations are in order. [Have a slow, drawn out clap Yui.]

[bigsiskonagi]

Ehh? Really? [Yui looks...mildly surprised by this.]

That's not good when it's actually someone's job to ferry the souls.