I see the bad moon rising / I see trouble on the way

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone!
What: There are these crazy masks everywhere, you see. And does the moon look strange to you?
When: The 23rd through the 30th. (If you want to backdate a thread in here to the 22nd for some reason, feel free. A separate log for the day of Halloween will go up at a later date!)
Where: Everywhere!
Summary: Things are starting to get a

Comments

Everyday except the final few hours.

[soreplaceable]

25th
[Ion just spent the past two days wearing the Stone Mask. But he didn't realize the mask's power, you see. Instead, he just assumed, for whatever reason, his housemates were ignoring him. And as patient as Ion is, there's only so much he can stand before the silent treatment starts getting old. Especially with that moon hanging in the sky over the village. Was it getting bigger? It seemed that way... or was it getting closer? It was hard to tell.]

[Either way, expect him to be looking more than a little sour when he comes home that night. Certainly, the fact that he's wearing the Phanto mask isn't helping matters either. Feel free to run into him on his way to House One... but don't expect him to be very friendly.]

26th - 28th
[From around mid-afternoon, Ion will be wearing the Couples Mask. And with the moon starting to look rather menacing, maybe that extra cuddly side will be more appreciated... he'll be making his way around the village, occassionally shooting worrying glances up at the sky.]

29th - 30th
[But on the final

Evening of the 25th

[offallingsnow]

[It's not long before she puts a full mug of hot cocoa in his hands. See? All forgiven.]

As hard as it may be, if we spent all of our time feeling responsible for every experiment...we wouldn't do much else, would we?

Evening of the 25th

[soreplaceable]

[Oh, and Nephry makes the best hot cocoa, too! He smiles before taking a nice, long drink.]

Yes... but even so, I think I'll try to be more careful about picking up any more strange masks from now on.

[Emphasis on "try" of course. He pauses.] Actually, I wonder now if that's the reason no one was talking to me these past few days...

Evening of the 25th

[offallingsnow]

That's probably a good idea. And I, at least, really didn't see you until today.

Evening of the 25th

[soreplaceable]

Then I suppose it must have been that mask I was wearing. It felt as though no one would even look at me, let alone speak with me. I'm not sure why I didn't even consider it until now...

[Well, he knows why, but blaming it on the Malnosso doesn't accomplish much.]

Evening of the 25th

[offallingsnow]

I think you're sure. And you've spent enough time dwelling on that for now.

Evening of the 25th

[soreplaceable]

Yes... yes, you're right. [He sighs softly before taking another sip of his cocoa. He still needed to apologize to Anise, but... right now, he was all right.]

Thank you, Nephry... for the cocoa. [And forgiving him, but that much is implied.]

26th 8)

[thederpyhalf]

[Ion might have this strange feeling that he's being followed. Yui, currently trapped in the Grim Reaper mask wasn't too far behind him. She needed souls, and here she was hoping she would not spot someone she knew. Now she can't even avert her attention away from Ion. She needed to keep following.]

B)

[soreplaceable]

[Oh, he does have that strange feeling, yes. But seeing as he's currently wearing the Couples Mask, rather that feel any kind of concern, all he wants to do is find that person and perhaps give them a hug. Maybe that was why they were following him? It made sense, right?]

[...sure.]

[So he stops evcentually and starts to glance around. Who was it...?]

[thederpyhalf]

[Yui stops when Ion does and then flails for a moment to find something to hide behind. Oh a tree, let's try that!

Be the tree, Yui. Be the tree!]

1/2

[soreplaceable]

[...]

[Why is Yui hiding behind a tree?]

[soreplaceable]

[No matter! Clearly this is something he needs to investigate! What if something's wrong? He can't just ignore her and go along his merry way!]

[Besides, he can't help but feel the strongest desire to give her a hug right now. This is probably a bad combination, given what mask she's wearing. He starts walking towards the tree.]

Yui...?

[thederpyhalf]

[Bethetree, bethetree, bethetree--OH CRAP SHE'S BEEN SPOTTED.]

A-Ah! N-No, I'm not Yui. What made you think I was Yui ahaha. [Smooth]

[soreplaceable]

[Yui's voice, Yui's clothes, Yui's fa-- okay, he can't see her face because of the... c-creepy mask. But he's still walking closer because hey, he's concerned here!]

Is something the matter?

[thederpyhalf]

[Inching away slightly, matching Ion's approach.]

Um. No, nothing's wrong. W-What made you think anything was wrong? [Souuuuuuls]

[soreplaceable]

[...if she were anyone else, he'd almost think she were just teasing him or something. But seriously, that mask is kind of concerning. I mean, look at it. He's just going to keep up the approach, matching her step for step.]

Then why are you moving away?