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Event Log - Total Recall (2)

Who: YOU AND ME! THAT SPELLS... MOUYE?
What: More event shenanigans
When: Today until the 4th! (Backdating is okay too)
Where: All around Luceti. Actually that's wrong. Anywhere INSIDE Luceti.
Summary: It's that special time when the Malnosso collect all their recent experiments and apply them all at once to measure effectiveness. Although invaluable as research, it tends to leave the subjects looking just a bit mad.
Rating: Rated BLARGHARGHBLARGH

So there is a mod post and it pretty much tells you EVERYTHING you need to know. This is a second log so people can change up their effects and try something new, jump into the event late, or just avoid the impending CAPTCHA on the first log.

Don't forget to tag in using the appropriate format: [canon] character name

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[Billy grins a bit at that. The names are unfamiliar, but it sounds like Viral's world at least has some heroic or fictional tales. Good to know, maybe he can ask about that later.]

It does, doesn't it? It's not the end, though. She had until midnight to go to the ball and get home again because the spell was gonna wear off. So Cinderella did the whole spiel of showing up, wowing everyone, dancing with the prince, being all cool and mysterious- it's all pretty dramatic. Then the clock starts ringing for midnight and she rushes off without even saying her, name, leaving behind a glass slipper. The prince was totally head over heels about her, though.

[The stories weren't widely circulated among the troops, like the interpersonal liaisons that came with friendships that ran deeper than just camaraderie. He doesn't know many, and only started to bother learning more during his years as a wandering guerilla. He would try to answer if asked, but he is still a terrible storyteller despite his final orders.]

...so how does it end? You said that she gets rewarded for her...goodness.

It ends with the prince coming to Cinderella's rescue by getting every girl in the kingdom to try on the slipper, which to me sounds kind of stupid, because there had to have been at least one other girl out there with the same size foot. But whatever, it's a fairy tale. She tries on the slipper, it fits, so she gets to marry the prince and become a princess. The stepmom tried to get in the way, but what's she supposed to do against a prince?

[He shrugs, idly kicking a stone out of the way as they walk. The library isn't that far now.]

So yeah, that's Cinderella. Teaching little girls to be house slaves until they get married off to a handsome prince. Great life lessons, huh?

...wouldn't it be better to teach a girl to be strong and self sufficient?

[This was clearly another aspect of humans that he just wouldn't understand--but that didn't matter.]

So if you're Cinderella, then who are the other characters?

Yeah, I don't get it either. But tales about heroic princesses saving themselves aren't very popular. Maybe deep down little girls just want to be damsels, to be saved by someone. Don't quote me on that, though, I don't know any little girls that I could ask.

[His mother could probably write a whole psych paper on the phenomenon if asked.]

...I don't know any either. [None of the ones he met thus far in Luceti counted, especially since he met them over the course of the Shift. Who knew whether these children were normally in this form?] But it makes no sense. None of the women I've met would wait for a rescue when they can do the job themselves.

Hey- fairy tale, remember? Anyway, not everyone can be strong. Sometimes people need to be saved. That's why heroes exist.

[He certainly knows that feeling, growing up as the local bully's punching bag. Would've been nice to have a handsome prince around to sweep him up and take him away. Not that he'd have said as much.]

[Viral didn't understand the feeling as much as Billy, but knew enough from his recent experiences to sympathize a little. He had no desire for a hero...but almost acted as one to the refugees that needed it. He was a hero that was as troubling as their enemies to their minds, but it was more than they had otherwise.]

...what about you? Do you need a hero?

[Billy lifts a brow at that, then his lips purse into a smile again, looking kind of amused. Ironic question, that.]

Well, if I'm supposed to be Cinderella right now, I guess I do. Funny, though- when I was little I always wanted to be one.

[Even if he doesn't look much like one now.]

You're not having much luck then.

[But it was a thought. Fairy tales, heroes...Viral always sympathized more with Enkidu in those ancient stories, not Gish--it was Gish that walked the world in the end, seeking answers. Alone.

This new kind of tale, with half-orphaned daughters and princes, intrigued him. He huffed, amused.]

I'll give it a try for you, to see how it goes.

[...he didn't mean to say that, but it was too late.]

...Heh. What, you want to be my hero?

[No, Billy, singing that goddamn Enrique song is not an option right now.]

[Billy's fortunate that the reference goes right over Viral's head. The beastman would be vastly uncomfortable otherwise. He grins in amusement at the question, deciding that this was probably just another part of the strangeness this week and that it would be easier to not fight it.]

Why not? It sounds almost fun.

Edited 2012-06-05 01:02 (UTC)

[Pfffft. He shouldn't laugh; really, it's kind of cute. Touching. Sort of. And he doesn't have the heart to say that it was just a joke now.

Who knows, maybe Viral playing along could get him out of this mess.]

Well, I'm not gonna walk around in glass slippers, but maybe a sneaker will do the trick.

I wouldn't ask that of anyone. The glass would break.

[Clearly the beastman needs more practice in the art of storybook conventions. The smile doesn't go unnoticed by the beastman, and Viral finds himself smirking in amusement despite himself.

The entire situation was absurd.]

Let me know when you find your villain and I'll take care of it. I've been itching for some action.

Edited 2012-06-05 14:18 (UTC)

Cinderella doesn't have a villain, remember? But I'll let you know if my evil stepmother decides that I can't go to the ball or something. ...Whatever the Luceti equivalent is.

[He can't really imagine it. A party, maybe? Who knows...]

Yea, you do that.

[See that hint of a smile? Viral doesn't care if he ends up fighting an evil stepmother, so long as he gets a fight.]

I'll come in and rescue you, skirt and all.

[Honestly, he can't decide if this whole exchange is sweet or facepalm-worthy. He chooses the middle ground and laughs instead. Maybe Viral can rescue him from the skirt itself.]

Okay, you got it. Here's the library, though- want me to find Cinderella for you?

I have it from here,

[Viral's words were calm, his tone even despite the strange conversation. He nods at Billy, all seriousness.]

Just say the word; I'll come.

[Billy's somewhat taken aback by that, leaning away in surprise- and then, abruptly, feels embarrassed by the slight flush crossing his cheeks. Wh... what the heck is wrong with him? Just how deep does this Cinderella role go?

Crap.]

Uh... okay, then. I-I should head back, though! To work, I mean. It's almost noon.

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