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[hybridtherapy]

WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: Mingle!
WHERE: Somewhere in the city
WHEN: Day 3, morning

[It's a beautiful morning in this part of Coba! The sun is shining, the birds are singing - or at least they were until a few seconds ago. Suddenly, the city is plunged into darkness again, and the streets start to fill with people dressed in outrageous costumes. There's music in the air and all traffic is stopped for the parade of revellers heading down the street. Anyone from New Orleans might find the spectacle rather familiar, but for anyone else it's still an excuse to party like the night never ended]

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[hybridtherapy]

[Cami is there in the throng, but she seems much more interested in eyeing the entrance to a bar that seems to have suddenly appeared]

[nohybriddadno]

[calls out from a distance. The music is getting loud, so he has to yell.]

Cami?!

[insistent]

[Caroline had been on the other side of the street when the scenery changed and it took her a moment to orient herself again before she picked her way through the crowd, stopping when she noticed the normally dressed woman staring at the doorway.]

Are you new here?

[andps]

[once he's done complaining, Josh is wandering over to investigate the bar that just showed up - and pauses, when he sees her]

—Cami?

[nohybriddadno]

[Marcel's been staying in a small hotel nearby, he's usually asleep at this hour but when it gets dark he peeks out the window, then jumps down from it.]

This is more like it.

[keymash]

[ here's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ]

[ who is staring ]

[imposteur]

[Rebekah happened to be walking by when he jumps down and smiles a little.]

It's impressive, isn't it?

[rolemodels]

[Jenna offers the man a small smile and nod.]

Who doesn't love a good party?

[andps]

[he's fairly sure he's hearing things, but when he steps outside . . . nope. No, no this is very much not that at all. He tips his head back and groans]

It's too early for this.

[breakrecord]

[He just dodged a bunch of parade floats and beer due to being in the wrong place when it first appeared, so he's still trying to catch his breath as he speaks.]

Too early, or too late? I think the sun went to bed.

[very_elaborate]

...The fuck is this?

Look, Kanji was just trying to go shopping. That's all. He can't find the right stuff in the textile shop for Chie-senpai's poor jacket (and he really wants to get that patched up as soon as possible, so she has something familiar - she could use it), so he struck out for another fabric shop and found himself in... well, this chaos.

It looks like... a parade? Sort of? Maybe? With about 300 percent more weird than he's used to in a parade. CAN HE JUST GO HOME NOW.

('Home,' in this case, meaning back to Inaba House. He doesn't want to try his luck with Inaba proper just yet.)

[conjecture_this]

It's quite unlike anything Nagi has ever seen herself either. It's all lights and colors, gaudy costumes and beads. So many beads! They're just being chucked from the people going through the parade honestly. By the time the Summoner manages her way past the parade that she hadn't been expecting and more near the crowds gathering to watch, she's pretty much bedecked with beads.

She stops to catch her breath nearby Kanji, pressing a hand against her chest. "This is... quite the process..."

For a moment she considers asking if this is a common occurrence but really it seems like more often than not she ends up running into new people just as clueless as she is here.

[breakrecord]

Hibiki WAS planning on taking a bus out of the city to see what would happen once he left, but Coba's sudden and dramatic dive into darkness (plus, you know, all the noise and people that popped out of nowhere) was much more interesting than looking up bus schedules.

The only problem was that while a sudden parade party was entertaining, it was also disorienting and dangerous, especially when the parade route manifests right where he was walking. Why were there suddenly giant gaudy parade floats? Why the abundance of gold, purple, and green? Who was dripping beer on him? Why were people throwing cheap jewelry at him?!

Somehow, someway, he manages to make his way out of the parade, with his bunny ear hood up, beer stains on his hoodie, and several layers of cheap plastic bead necklaces and a glow stick necklace around his neck. With the threat getting run over by a giant jester parade float no longer in his imminent future, Hibiki leans against the nearest solid-looking object he can find.

...Which is Kanji. He's breathing a little heavily when he says:

"Sorry...but I really need a few seconds to catch my breath..."

[keymash]

[ this is such a weird place. Peter is still wandering around, trying to get a gauge on landmarks or anything suspicious because he still feels this place is too good to be true ]

[imposteur]

You don't look as happy about the changes as everyone else.

[captainkink]

[ Kirk is in the library, trying to look through the books ]

Do people still use paper?

[trickor]

And what, pray tell, is the problem with paper?

[reading something]

[teethteethteeth]

Well, I hear a lot of people're using ebooks those days.

[teamjosh]

...Wouldn't have thought this place celebrated Mardi Gras.

[Aiden had been out trying to find a job, actually. Now he's just standing on the side of the street, hands in his pockets as he watches the parade go by.

Also yup that's the weird thing. And not the part where it just turned back into evening.]

[insistent]

...I think it probably celebrates whatever was going on at the time it yanked people from.[Hi Aiden.]

[trickor]

Oh, lovely. A party.

[bloodymess]

First thing in the morning, even - or night now, I guess. This place knows how to throw a celebration.

[breakrecord]

[He was unlucky enough to be right in the middle of the parade when it popped up. After some impressive displays of agility, beer dodging, and bead catching, he makes it to the sidewalk. While he look completely unfazed and almost disturbingly neutral about the situation, he is breathing heavily, and his dry, flat tone of voice leaves little argument about how he's feeling.]

Woohoo. Party.

[He give a glowstick he's holding a pathetic waggle.]

[teethteethteeth]

[Sugar is making her way through the crowd and honestly having a blast when she overhears him. She can tell he's not having as much fun.]

Are you okay, young man?

[imposteur]

[Rebekah enjoys a good party, to say the least. Which is why she's making her way through the crowds with a smile on her face. Now this is more like it. She's been needing something fun.]

It's about time we have some excitement in this place.

[lockwouldnt]

[At least someone's enjoying herself. Tyler wishes he could say the same - he nearly runs into her, almost out of breath - before screeching to a halt at the last second. His beads fly out of his hand (thank GOD), nearly pelting a poor bystander.

It takes him a moment to catch his breath, but once he does, he manages a thin smile.] Sorry about that.

[To uh, both her and the poor bystander, who just took the beads and ran. Not that Tyler minds.]

[lockwouldnt]

[Seriously? Seriously??

Guess who's trying to avoid the parade by running (with his usual super-speed, no less) - and instead of escaping the parade, he just. Keeps encountering it at every turn. He even runs a few blocks, only to be stopped by a float (and people somehow aiming perfectly at his neck, thanks, he really wanted those beads).

So now he's running through the crowds, trying to figure out where the town's exit is because he's seriously had enough. Tyler had witnessed Mardi Gras once, when he was younger. It seemed like fun; problem is, he's not interested in fun at this hour of the day (evening?). He's really, really not.]

[bloodymess]

[unfortunately, he happens to run right past Damon, who notices and - reaches out to grab him by the back of his shirt. What kind of idiot super speeds his way through a Mardi Gras crowd?

Wait, he knows exactly what kind of idiot. The one he just stopped. Tyler, please]

And where are you going?

[gigglesnortpriestess]

What...what just happened?

[She was just going to get something for breakfast and SUDDENLY STREET PARTY? Uh...she might need some help.]

[teethteethteeth]

It looks like a party just happened.

[This young woman looks lost and confused. Sugar can't help but be helpful.]

Are you okay?