#sinshosted

[box0pals]

That gaze illuminated, she'd be sure to poke fun with Peony soon enough at a later date tonight. They didn't really pay much to Odin seemingly, but the creature was watching him and Ava with a subtle tendril while they worked, listing off a status report. That personality bleeding through the veil a touch, "Righto... it seems even while sustaining damage? This ship would be good for a few more years before it'd start to encounter serious issues, but it's best it's dealt with now than let it become a deathtrap hurtling through hyperspace." Deploying Hover Drones from an out of sight place, the once human began to do repairs around the ship. Her machine printing out a visible copy of the very long and concerning list of what needed fixing, "You would almost think me to be a Repairshop with how much fluff this has to it. But I assure you: a Spacecraft needs to be operating at 100% efficiency for obvious reasons." It seems fairly invasive as they had their drones get to work, Tessa already heading towards the warpdrive and engine underneath the ship's panels to give it some TLC with her tools.

There is an absolutely delighted series of chirps and trills from the dragonfly, its attention returned to the other while Ava is away. It grabs ahold of their fingers, clambering around and giving them a small bite, up until Ava returns. While they start to head into the ship, Peony climbs back into Tessa's hair, resting atop their head. Both Ava and Odin get a chirp, but the insect is not about to move.

As Tessa walks in, the other occupant of the ship fixes them with a withering glare. Odin, who for a moment looks like he wants to say something, does end up keeping his mouth shut. The older boy grimaces as Ava gestures at him to zip it and stay put, only moving when he hears the sound of connections being made.

Between the pair of them, they each knew that there was a very strong chance that there was a lot they would have missed, though only Ava is genuinely curious about what will be found. "I mean, 's a cargo ship that absolutely is not supposed to still be kickin' after we took it off the grid. We've been doin' a lot of ad-hoc stuff, whenever we can." Ava's head whips around as she hears Odin approaching, shoving him back, away from the console. "We're gonna take the offer, I've already decided."

[sillymuses]

@sinshosted

"Yeah, there is a lot of water around here." Not only was her home surrounded by it, but the water itself was used as a gateway to go in and out. However, that did mean towels were plentiful as Ellian simply scooped one right up and handed it over. "But uh, welcome! I can get you another one if you need it?"

[freezerbrain]

@sinshosted asked: ❛ being a menace to society is a full time job and I am dedicated. ❜

" So we're choosing violence today? " Veronica snorts as they look up from the book they're reading. They don't really mean actual violence but if it comes down to that... They close the book and sit up. " Alright. Whose the unlucky one that gets the wrath of Ava for the next twenty four or more hours? "

[burning-brightly]

@sinshosted

The promised dinner in Ava's honor had arrived, outdoors in a mansion's vineyard. They had to apply for leave to get here - somewhere north of Jersey - but Aeria could never say no to cutting school, especially for a legitimate reason.

Right now was the cocktail hour with the little fancy snacks ranging from mini-hot-dogs to these little egg tarts. The plan was to enjoy the gardens and the vineyards outside with the snacks - and then move inside for the dinner proper.

The party was smaller than originally planned. With the disaster over at Italy and the general civil unrest, people simply didn't feel safe at these parties anymore, but smaller still meant close to several dozens of people.

She'd been introducing Ava, Hannah, and Lils to all seven of her brothers. All the way from Albert to Gregory, all lawyers. Her parents haven't made an appearance yet, probably getting everything ready indoors in their own dramatic way.

The people who gathered to the party were eccentric to some degree. Some were obviously meta-humans with a tail or ears or horns that were definitely not human - others just felt smarmy like they're used to being waited on hand and foot - and the rest just seemed like the socialite type. What they had all in common was that they all had outfits that screamed money: expensive dresses, expensive accessories, expensive suits, etc.

There weren't very many people their age though. Most of her dad's circle was already hitting the low 60's since she herself was a very late child. Any kids they saw were more likely to be someone's grandchildren.

Lils's, after a bunch of cajoling of why she can't wear her uniform, had settled on a very simple blue dress with long sleeves. Hannah, a dark blue ballroom gown. And as for herself, naturally a golden shimmering off-the-cuff dress.

"See. It isn't so bad, right?" Aeria said to Ava after probably the fifteith introduction today, passing a small cupcake to her, "Just meet up, say hi, say a compliment, and move on. All we have to do is wait for dinner, and we'll be home-free."

[supraxstcllas]

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The streets on either side of Radical Highway helped him keep G.U.N forces at bay, hover shoes cutting through the air as he dodged missiles and other ordinance shot his way. taking out a G.U.N robot, he was surprised to find someone hiding behind some crates. probably taking shelter from the military onslaught that had been rained on the city the moment he'd stolen the chaos emerald.

brows furrow as he gets closer, taking the chaos drive dropped by the robot and tucking it in his quills for the moment, " Who's there? " he states firmly, still hovering a foot off the ground,

" You really shouldn't be here, G.U.N doesn't discriminate between targets and civilians."

[mayhemsmonsters]

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"You're sure you wanna go with me to forage? It's nothing crazy..."

Ethan walked alongside Ava on the sidewalk, watching the various monsters lurking in the street, oblivious to their presence. The girl had insisted on going with him, even though collecting reagents was nothing compared to combat or spellwork.

He knew she liked gardening, but this wasn't gardening! This was collecting mist wood and cattails and-

"Ava, you're drifting. Stay on the sidewalk." His tone was firm but not hostile. He didn't want her getting pulled into an unnecessary fight.

[daemonduality]

@sinshosted

"When I was speaking about heat control, that..." Mirielle paused, looking at Ava in the Inn's kitchen, before continuing, "wasn't what I had in mind."

[tienkou]

@sinshosted

[ I did not know what to choose, so I bought one of everything. ]

Chi placed down the tablet as she presented the KFC feast taking up the entire dining table. She was not joking. Not only were there 1 of every value meal and family pack present, but it included their Extra Crispy and Louisiana counterparts on top of the Original Recipe as well.

Buckets upon buckets of the Colonel's Fried Chicken in their red-and-white glory lay stacked on the table. Some buckets were on the floor too as their dorm table couldn't hold them all. Sides of cole slaw and mashed potatoes and potato fries add to the giant chicken feast along with several 2L of soft drinks.

The girl casually took a family pack bucket from the table.

[ You can pick more than one bucket if you want. There are many. ]

[gemscales-and-tea]

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"Come now, it's rude to stare. Surely you were taught that much."

The dummy speaks coolly, articulating in a way his mouth shouldn't be allowing him to. Really, must he be gawked at like a sideshow attraction? Sure, he was a darling of a Vaudevillian act-- the prize of his mother's show-- but this was silly.

"Unless you've need of something, perhaps you should move on."

[yaablefamily]

@sinshosted

The scientist grumbled with his arms crossed as he simply floated around in space. Perhaps leaving his Randomly-Teleporting-Gun or the RTG for short out of its casing for Zort to find wasn't the smartest move on his behalf. Hopefully, Cora was beating him up right now as he thought about all of this. But what's this? An incoming ship!

He waves, and tries to paddle to intercept, before ultimately smacking right into the window with a groan. An eye opens up before mumbling. "Can I come inside? Please?"

[moved-to-civic-hub]

@sinshosted  //  x

[  ☆  ]  Marsha  is  silent  as  Ava  talks.  This  wasn't  really  what  she  liked  to  share  with  people;  not  even  her  sisters.  When  it  wasn't  her  own  thoughts  keeping  her  up,  it  was  her  nightmares.  Almost  every  night  she  had  them.  And  it  wasn't  them,  it  was  her  weird  prophetic  dreams.  She  was  just  so  tired.  Constantly  tired.

[  ☆  ]  ❝…Almost  every  night,❞  she  mutters.  ❝If  it's  not  another  nightmare,  it's  just  one  of  my  weird  dreams.❞

[box0pals]

@sinshosted

"Well there's only one way to find out!" Betilla would then practically shove Ava at the orb, albeit literally. It seemed to be how this one joked, but it certainly wasn't one of Betilla's power orbs, but if picked up? It seemed to glow when Khalaas was near it. The Great Fae maybe knowing more than they let on, "Well seems safe enough!" A rumbling, the place had begun to collapse, thinking outloud, "Ohyah-o! That was linked to the structural integrity, we should probably leave before you become a cute pile of ashes, Ava! Good thing you're not a weakling! I can help already it seems." Accessing some of their own power already, Betilla would quite literally scruff Ava with a strong arm. Turning big, they'd fly upwards and Betilla would give a simple hand-wave, the earth ripping apart to make a crack for them to go out of before reaching outside. "So where to now? You probably have a better idea of where to go than I do."

[sillymuses]

@sinshosted

"Are you doing a little bit of scaring tonight as well?"

The voice calls out and the source of it appears to be a bat currently residing upon a tree branch. Once she's noticed, Draculaura gives a friendly wave with her wing.

[radioiaci]

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"I understand if this work, compared to the negotiation tasks I provided you, may be a touch beneath you, but that does not mean you need to act as though I'm subjecting you to torture."

Because as dull as it is, he is responsible for ensuring that the hotel is looking up to snuff on this day - when the princess has designated time and space for an 'open house' for Sinners to come and go to simply tour the place with possible recruitment as an overarching goal.

Which means he is standing there, watching as Ava is tasked with decorating the upper railing of the lobby with streamers. It should be simple.

[circusroyal]

AVA 𝙰𝙳𝙳𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝚄𝙶 𝚁𝙴𝙿𝙾𝚁𝚃 : ❝ i’ve some memories i’m not quite ready to give up on yet. ❞ / 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺.

❝   Good  .  Or  bad  ?  ❞  He  retorts  .  ❝   Depending  how  you  feel  about  them  I  imagine;  some  memories  are  apart  of  who  we  are  even  the  ones  we've  let  go  of  them  .  ❞  He  hasn't  let  go  of  his  .  𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆  𝐖𝐀𝐒  𝐍𝐎𝐓  𝐀  𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒  𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍  .  If  his  own  memories  were  not  so  allusive  &  required  a  specific  environment  with  no  guarantee  of  even  remembering  the  specific  ones  needed  at  any  moment  ;  maybe  he  could  do  some  good  around  here  .  Do  better  .

❝   It's  okay  to  hold  onto  them  .  It's  your  choice  after  all  .  ❞      He  is  glad  he  can  provide  his  wisdom  in  this  moment  ,  making  the  effort  to  shift  himself  towards  Ava  / @sinshosted . 

❝   Do  they  guide  you  in  someway  ?  I  know  that  it's  easy  to  get  lost  in  this  place  .  Especially  when  you  cannot  even  remember  what  you  ate  for  breakfast  this  morning  .❞    

[nameless-brand]

In light of our mission to get Lillian out of the army, I've been testing my ability to manipulate people's senses with Impose.

All willing subjects, of course. And no direct manipulation of the mind.

Only surface Concepts that shift the senses. Like < notice > or < blue > or < normal > or < sour >. The one I'm trying to create is probably borderline as a surface Concept, but it's one that everyone in the Inn is regularly exposed to and it's one that I'm very familiar with.

So it can't be too bad, right?

In any case, I don't really dare to do anything deeper. Changing people's minds, sneaking suggestions, tampering with the Concepts that make up a person, etc. Not even as a last resort.

Mostly because I don't think I can resist the temptation once push came to shove. It's easy to start saying everything's a shove if you have the power for it.

So I'm putting this post here to keep me honest.

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I'm trying to conceptualize < Unknowable >.

The plan is to have Ava's dragonflies wreck havoc on the walls while having the Concept on them. The army will see said Dragonflies but be incapable of remembering specific details about them.

Afterwards, people will refer back to the recordings of the incident, which is where Echo's manipulation of the record will finish the job.

Because people will use the recordings to fill in the missing gaps in their memory. So what Echo creates will become what they know. Because people tend to trust technology over their own memory.

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Problem it's easier said that done.

I've seen Lillian use this before. I should be able to do what she can.

So why is it so hard?

I was hoping that having the Blank Canvases around, who innately are Unknowable, would inspire me. And...they're helping somewhat. They keep putting a light bulb in my hand. And I know Lillian uses light bulbs when she feels compelled to wield Unknowable - and the lightbulb turns black in her hand - emits a light that casts everything around it in shadow.

But when I try to do the same, I keep creating the Concept < black, light > instead. And I don't have enough Faith to carelessly experiment.

What am I doing wrong?