SCHOOL FESTIVAL

[afterlifer]

WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: School Festival / Arriving in the Afterlife!
WHEN: 9/30/2012. Morning through evening.
WHERE: All around! Mostly at the school, since it is a school festival!
WARNINGS: Potential violence, but since everyone's already dead it's not like it matters, BUT FOR THE MOST PART HUNKY DORY PG! So PG+V? That works.
SUMMARY: A school festival! Details here!

No matter where it is you woke up, if it's near buildings the sounds of merriment are all around. The shouts of people rooting for the winner of a game, students trying to pull in attention for their booths, adults laughing as they trip over themselves during a sport or someone screaming at the haunted house...

It's then that you realize you're at some kind of festival, everyone's invited, and no one seems to be bothering with money.

Then the realization that you're not even in your clothes. What the hell is this outfit? A school uniform? A janitor? A store clerk? Waitress?

No, no, the bigger question is deinitely "What the hell is going on and where am I?" With nothing but forest and mountains visible in the distance, it's kind of--

POP POP!

..Are those fireworks?

If your character isn't at one of the events and are elsewhere in the town/forest/school/dorms/exploring the buildings/wherever, feel free to just comment with their own thread at the bottom.

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[instrumented]

(That. . .) His eyes widened. It sounded more like something out of a myth. Something practically unfathomable.

. . . But then again. (Wait. Yuuki, you—)

Suddenly it all made sense. Crystal clear, and not the idea that maybe Yuuki had done so, which is how they ended up here. No, something different. Something even more important, in that the blanks were finally being filled with answers.

"Yuuki. . ." Zero started. The concern edged his tone. Her demeanor, alone, said everything. "So that's how—" he swallowed. ". . . For Yuuki to be human, then, you were. . .

[sunflowering]

From the start she knew he'd realize what must have happened. The only possible explanation to how they had lived together for so long, and neither had known what she truly was. She nodded in response but didn't look up.

"Only my mother, though. Father was murdered."

[instrumented]

A light nod, gaze cast downwards. Solemn. He didn't need to further press, the hows and whys didn't matter right now. He clearly was understanding, however. It showed.

Although hesitated briefly, Zero lightly placed a hand atop Yuuki's head. Silence stretched between them for several long moments.

[sunflowering]

It was so like the boy from her past. The nostalgia welled up inside. She closed her eyes and let the warmth of his palm temporarily sooth her. Although so much had changed this was still, undeniably, the person who had always tried to protect and sooth away her fears.

"I'm fine," She said after a moment. Her own hand lifted to curl around his fingers, and she gently removed it from atop her head. Though not without a small squeeze.

She had to pull herself together. Whatever had happened, for better or worse, she couldn't afford to let herself break down here. With a small umph she pushed herself up from off the ground and dusted off her skirt.

"I feel uneasy, about the fact that Zero is suddenly human again with no explanation, and that I myself no longer possess the power to do what I once could."

The absence of Artemis, admittedly, had her on edge, too.

"Although no one has stepped up to the plate to reveal themselves yet, surely someone very powerful must be behind all of this." Even if it was true that they died, the place that they were in now could not be run on its own. And she still questioned the words that she had heard from others. This was the kind of thing that they would need to explore themselves.

"I want to find something to protect myself with. Even though it might sound weak, coming from a pureblood, I don't feel comfortable without something tangible in my hands." That had never changed, even when she had hoped that by becoming a vampire it would banish her fears. What a beautiful delusion. Zero, too, would likely benefit from the extra protection of a weapon. They just needed to find something.

With a breath, she extended a hand, and held it out for Zero to take. Whatever fears she had at the moment, she wanted to bury them within and move forward with her head held high.

"I don't know who is responsible for this, but I want to get to the bottom of it. Although it may not be related to that person, this is still a goal that Zero would like to see achieved, right?"

Her eyes moved to stare into the pale violet that watched her in turn. She had to hope that there was something - anything - that could right things.

"If our objectives are still in alignment, would you work together with me as an ally once more, Mr. Future President?"

[instrumented]

Zero watched Yuuki for the moment. Watched as she sifted through her thoughts, putting the necessary ones behind her for the time being, while organizing the goals for the present. He watched as the melancholy truths settled, making way for what new answers needed to be found.

All of what she said was true, and things he could only agree with.

He watched as she rose to her feet once more, and stood her ground with a new found strength.

"It may be the fault of more than just a person, or group," Zero finally commented, looking upon her.

The offer she made was more of the Yuuki Zero remembered. More so his Yuuki, than the confused one he had drink his blood.

So of course he would work alongside her. How reminiscent of home it was.

He took her offered hand. "Yeah, I will."