4th Broken Illusion

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ Action : Closed : Back-dated to 11/13 ]
[ Just as promised, Touma is waiting at the corner for Arisawa to show up. He hasn't been here long, but he got tired of standing still so he's pacing a circle around the stop sign, pausing when there's a chance a car or bike would be coming by and could hit him --- but nothing happens. ]

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[ Open : Rec Center ]
[ Part of it is to keep in shape, and part of it is to work out stress, but today Touma decided to visit the gym as he does from time to time. You'll find him either working on the stationary bike (that doesn't break), lifting weights (that don't come undone and drop onto his feet), or punching at a bag (that doesn't come apart or otherwise break).

Yeah. Someone's noticed that things aren't quite "normal' for him, and since he can't come up with a rational explanation, it has him just a bit ticked off. Since he lacks his power, he'll have to make up for it in other ways. Recent talks with people who went through hard times back in their own worlds only served to reinforce this.

Touma barely takes a break between activities, sitting somewhere alone with his sandwich or a bottle of water, before getting right back to it. ]


(OOC: People can also use this post to just call Touma or stop by his house if there is a need for it. o/ )

Comments

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ken shook his head] Not at all, every new person who arrives, everyone who leaves, it all adds to the general disorder of the place. It's always changin' and there ain't much we can do to keep things stable. The only thing that works like clockwork is the fact that we get tortured every damn holiday.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

Damn. [ He really shouldn't be surprised, but he is. ]

How long do you think this place has been going on like this? What's the oldest "resident" you can think of, trapped like us?

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I'm lousy at keepin' stuff like that straight. You could ask around. [There wasn't many people still here that were here when he arrived but there had to be a few.]

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

Guess I'll have to. [ Touma starts to lift the dumbbells, now, having almost neglected them in favor of talking. ] Seems like the last set of... hell, I don't know what to call them. "Incidents"? Felt more like a joke this time around.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

You never know, it might have been. [Ken twitches as he suppresses some of the more infuriating memories from Halloween.]

I don't know what they intend to do next.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

There's another American holiday coming up soon, right? [ He doesn't want to think about this place and "feasting". ]

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Thanksgiving. Last year it was booby trapped turkeys that did all sorts of nasty shit. I wonder if they'll just do that again this year.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

Ew. Like hell I'll be trusting any meals on holidays here anytime soon. [ Touma makes a face. He'll have it out with the drone parents if they try to feed him or Morgana anything weird. ] Thanks for the heads-up for that possibility.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Food seems to be one of the things they like fuckin' with most of the time. The milk, holiday foods...it sucks kiddo.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

Yeah, that took some getting used to. But at least I can still have oatmeal, or toast in the mornings. [ Which is really the only time milk plays that heavily into his diet. ]

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Yeah. As long as you buy it from the store you're ok thankfully. Has anything else tripped you up?

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

...it is? Damn. No one's told me. [ Welp. He'll just have to go shopping sometime and mark the bottles. ] Besides that, I can't think of anything.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Oh that one got past ya huh? Yeah there's a few survival tips that I'm not surprised only made it to 'unspoken rule' zone with out getting put in that pamphlet.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

There's a pamphlet?

(ooc: ...there's a pamphlet?)

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Yeah, it was a collab project by a few of the players, tells what they've learned about the town. ]

You didn't know? Fuck. Yeah, there's a pamphlet. Most people have a copy sittin' somewhere in the house from previous inhabitants if they didn't get one themselves. I guess with the turn around lately it's slipped most people's minds.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

That would be pretty handy. I don't remember seeing anything like that at the place I'm staying, and my friends didn't tell me, either. [ Thoughtful hum. ] Know where I could get a copy?

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

I've got one at home, I can lend you it. I should really get that thing copied if you're not the only one who doesn't know about it.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

That sounds like a good idea. And yeah, I'd like to take a look at it whenever.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

No problem. I thought they were still getting handed out but I guess I'll have to be a bit more proactive with the new kids if it's the case that it's not.

It helps keep the lectures down too so it's a really useful tool.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

I bet it does. Thanks, again.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

No problem kiddo, I'm always help people out. We're all in this together after all.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

[ Bit of a smile. ] That's right. Better think of it like that than have everyone be all for themselves. We won't get anywhere that way.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

Exactly! And while most people fall into it pretty quickly, there's still the people that don't quite see this...I don't mind if its because this place is honestly better then what they had but there are some...Ah, whatever the case most of us are workin' together in some form or another.

[punch_illusions_get_harem]

Just as long as the general public doesn't get content or -- even worse -- become broken by what happens here. [ Giving his arms a break, now. ] I don't like the idea of force being the only option, but numbers have to count for something around here.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

You'd think, but when you're fightin' something this powerful sometimes numbers don't work. But I ain't waitin' around for some damn hero to show up, that's just for fairy tales. We can only do what we can.