[AQ/MOD][Flower Event] Black Petals [Kouya/Yasuko K.]

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

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Description: While the falling pink petals of the flower viewing are pretty, strange black “petals” keep rushing by the corner of your eye. Could there perhaps be a nearby X-egg?
Chase off the X-egg(s): +3 Guardians, -1 Faberge, -2 Roost
Find the X-egg and cure it: -1 Guardians, +2 Faberge, +1 Roost
Find and cure three or more X-eggs: +1 Guardians, +2 Faberge, +3 Roost
Destroy an X-egg: -2 Guardians, -2 Roost, +2
Destroy three or more X-eggs: -3 Guardians, -2 Faberge, -2 Roost, +3
“Ignore” the egg and go “black” flower viewing: ()
Requirements: Tag for X-mod, tag for an Admin to complete the () prompt

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Turning the camcorder on, Yasuko flipped open the LCD monitor, filming the numerous booths that peppered all over the park. She had obtained the video recording equipment from the Faberge booth earlier on, having heard that they were looking for volunteers to get some footage for News 663. Hoping it would allow her to, well, score some points with the talent agency, she had immediately made her way to the festival, gotten herself a camcorder and proceeded to get some videos for the news station to use. That is, if she had gotten it to work first. With a substantial amount of difficulty and a fair bit of cursing - plus an (un)lucky encounter with a third-year she'll rather not see again - she had somehow managed to work the camcorder, breathing a sigh of relief when the recording sign flickered in the corner of the LCD monitor.

Though sadly, she hadn't found anything truly interesting or spectacular to present to the news station at all.

Yasuko sighed, feeling a bit defeated. So far all she had gotten were pretty normal; families with screaming children, friends picnicking together on the grass, booths manned by both Seiyo students and third-party volunteers and a couple of people doing silly things and pranks here and there. Staring at the LCD monitor, she let it continue to record the going-ons of the people around her. Normal as it was, it reminded her of the old times when she was far younger, coming to the Flower Viewing Festival every year with her family. They were all exactly like today - though with far less of a crowd back then - full of chatter, games, screaming children and definitely flowers. She sighed, snapping the monitor close. Nostalgic as it was, she wasn't here for that today. Besides, she hadn't been to one since four years ago.

Maybe she should go somewhere else...

[kouya]

Kouya didn't know why he was there. In all honesty, he really REALLY didn't want to be there. It was a pretty sight, of course, and there was no harm in playing with the games and hanging out with friends...if he had any. The only reason he was there was because he promised someone at some point to go, but that person ditched him halfway through the festival. And now here he was. Alone and wandering around the festival grounds. He wouldn't have minded it all that much if it weren't for the fact that he was 99% sure there was something he was allergic to there. Pollen? People? Social Events? Whatever it was, it was wreaking havoc on his sinuses, and the tall third-year couldn't help but sneeze every few minutes.

Still...He could appreciate some things. He had his head tilted up most of the time, watching the pink petals drift down lazily. It was pretty and kinda comforting to watch. It sounded dumb, but he wanted to be one of those petals. Just fall off a tree and hit the ground. It wouldn't hurt if he did it the way those petals did.

Lost in his thoughts and sneezes, Kouya didn't notice where he was going. His gaze was too occupied with the pink petals, but something...strange caught his eye. Black petals? There were a few of them...black petals dotting the sea of pink and--

He was broken out of his thoughts as he walked--or crashed, depending on how you viewed the situation--into someone. Whoever it was was well out of his line of sight, and maybe he should look down more often. The most of a reaction Kouya made was a quiet grunt at the impact, taking a step back instinctively. It was a girl he walked into? With a camera? ...suspicious...

[Juon]

Said black petals had perhaps been falling faster than the actual ones; as, in reality, they weren't falling at all--nor were they actually petals.

The black eggs had been dodging and weaving throughout the festival, most of them trailing their owners away, or leading them somewhere where they could spread the feeling that they held.

One egg in particular was watching the girl with the camera and the boy that had run into her, peeking out from behind one of the blossoming trees, staring (as much as an egg could) carefully at her recording device with a particular distaste.

"Useless."

The shrill whispering echo of a voice resounded quietly from its source as the egg passed judgement upon those it watched. It seemed almost as if a chorus of the same word had spread throughout the festival grounds at that moment, the small, quiet sounds reverberating from every egg that roamed, as they all shared the same feelings.

Those feelings of which--the feeling of one's dreams facing rejection, protruding to the very core--they all shared one goal of spreading: and the two that were in front of this one just happened to have vessels that would spread such feelings even more efficiently.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko stayed where she was, still trying to decide on where she should go. She had - more or less - skimmed through most of the park, wanting to capture something interesting before it disappeared. And she certainly got a lot of footage, but not anything she could consider "spectacular" enough to present to the news station. As a result, she had no idea where exactly she should go now. Should she go through all over the park again? Well, she was certain that she wouldn't get anything here; but which direction should she go now? She tilted her head, arms across her chest as her eyes close as if in deep thought.

"Hmm...." she made a sound, tapping lightly on the camcorder resting on her arms. But a sound of a 'whoosh' behind her broke her out of her thoughts, immediately making her turn back. Huh? Was she imaging it?

She would've pondered on it more, if something hadn't crashed into her back. "Whoa!" she cried out as she took a couple of steps forward, trying to find her balance. Gripping the camcorder in her hands, she managed to stabilise herself without potentially breaking the video camera. Honestly, what was wrong with people nowadays?! This was the third time someone crashed into her in like a month! "Wha-What did you do that for?!" she cried out, whirling behind her to meet a-

A really tall person.

"--Holy crap you're tall!" was her response, one that immediately followed her outcry. In fact, her irritation at having been bumped into was completely nullified by the shock of seeing someone of such height. Granted, almost everyone was taller than her - something which Yasuko often noted with annoyance - but she hadn't seen someone this tall before. Was this person a male or a female? She hoped it was a male; tall males she could deal with, tall females she could not.

Still stunned by the person before her, she had not noticed the sound that had started to spread into the festival grounds.