[Event Post]

[hardcorebestcore]

The air in Domino is… well, it’s always crackling. The world’s ascending, etc. But tonight there’s more of an energy in it, ropes of prismatic colors bleeding through the night sky at random intervals. Slowly at first. Barely noticeable. And then there’s something like a distant voice. And if you’re paying attention, that voice is turning into a high-pitched, joyous yell as there’s a sound something akin to a pane of glass shattering as all of those prismatic ropes focus into something that hurdles down like a comet, letting out that wail.

It crashes into an unused parking lot and in the crater, a young woman is already getting to her feet. She’s dressed in an outrageously bright outfit, a coral woolen dress that swishes around her thighs, matching cape, all lined with golden fur. Matching beret, of course. Thick and bright green leggings, and heavy combat boots. Trendafilka Adelina Cardozo may be late to the party, but she’s not showing up underdressed. She rifles through a bag that matches her stockings, popping out a compact, making sure none of her makeup got smeared in the crash landing, before snapping it shut.

“Okay.” She says to no one in particular, rolling her neck and her shoulders, giving a few jumps. Trendafilka who saw the end of time once, and the end of so many other things, lets out a squeal into the night air. “Boa noite, Domino! It’s me again!” She says as she sniffs the air. “Every day weirder… But first, food. Sweets. Ooo, a coffee…? No one to tell me no…”

Trendafilka begins counting money that’s stuffed haphazardly into her purse, letting out a small giggle to herself as she bounces from foot to foot, leaving small craters and then she huffs. “Ugh, right. Self-control…” She murmurs, taking another step which is… normal. She nods half to herself as she adjusts her coat and steps out into the night, sniffing at the air occasionally.

Things to note: It’s Trendafilka! From school! Or from TV. If you’ve met her, you’ve met her. You may recognize her from the Junior League, from a thousand other places. Looking at her or hearing her is enough to reassert her presence in reality and bring that all rushing back. Maybe even just hearing about her. She’s playing with a different ruleset from her currently banished blood family. She’s also gnawed through most of the limiters Sophia and others placed on her a decade ago. It’s not quite fully Tierra, but it is verging close. Luckily, it’s still clearly Trena, the entire conceit for placing mental and emotional limiters on Tierra's power in the first place is a success! Unluckily, it’s still absolutely Trena.

She’s also probably a walking mental bomb if the connective tissue to her is through people who don’t currently exist right now. Good luck trying to reconcile that at the moment.

You can find Trena at the following locations:

1.) Near the crater or perhaps as she’s starting to walk away from her scene! Trena is alot of things and subtle is not where she is tonight. Maybe you were tracking weird lights, maybe you heard the scream or the comet crashing to the earth to come investigate.

2.) Trena is next to some vending machines near her crash site. And with a ‘well, gonna need some more money…’ she punches into the machine with the ease a normal girl would have punching into tissue paper, prying it open to shake out the coins and bills onto the ground before scooping them up and into her purse, while also helping herself to some snacks and drinks.

Comments

[Event Choice 1]

[knowinginthedark]

*So! You don't know how or why. You might've smelled him before he arrived, and something smelled different, but by the time you see him after he dived down from somewhere, he's back to his normal, Tarou-y identifying state.

By which I mean he's absolutely made a record-breaking beeline for a crater with his notebook already out, and his expression is reading "ALIENS? FINALLY??" with such glee. give him a moment before disappointing him.*

Re: [Event Choice 1]

[hardcorebestcore]

She sniffs a bit. And seems to bristle with joy for a second before noticing his face.

"Oh, um. ... Take me to your leader...?"

She gives a light twirl and a curtsy.

Re: [Event Choice 1]

[knowinginthedark]

*... hangs his head immediately. that is definitely not an alien!*

Okay, maybe it's still too soon to greet our intergalactic friends...

Re: [Event Choice 1]

[hardcorebestcore]

How could he tell!?

"S-sorry Tarou... I-I bet there's all kinds of cool aliens out there like space dragons or star dragons or like, galaxy dragons!"

She moves to pat him on the back. Gotta comfort him...

Re: [Event Choice 1]

[knowinginthedark]

*because he definitely knows you! he gives a heavy sigh*

No, no, it's fine, you don't have to comfort me with soft lies. One day they'll finally visit us and I'll have proof of their visages with my own eyes.

Re: [Event Choice 1]

[hardcorebestcore]

patpatpatpat

"I bet it's all dragons out there, 'cause of dragonization or whatever it is that makes all things evolve to crab but it's dragons."

[Option 2]

[last_sundust]

::Walks up to a vending machine, looking at it perplexed, as if her hive mind hasn't used them for over a decade. She seems to have not noticed you.::

Re: [Option 2]

[hardcorebestcore]

She continues to casually peel money out of the machine, before looking up.

"AH! Miss Sun!"

Another sniff. "... different though."

Re: [Option 2]

[last_sundust]

::Turns, pauses, considers, thinks.::

... Long or short term visit this time, oh Shard of Disaster?

Re: [Option 2]

[hardcorebestcore]

"Longer."

She cracks open a canned coffee, and takes a long sip.

"Prolly not a shard anymore, unfortunately." She sighs, waving her free hand. "Sister Sophia's idea was solid enough I think it worked as intended. But I got no intention of staying cooped up in her forest anymore." She streeeeetches out. "... you did help. Alot. About staying focused and dignified and all of those ideas though. Helped me gnaw, I think."

Re: [Option 2]

[last_sundust]

We should do a refresher course. And you are of course welcome at my home, Trendafilka Adelina Cardozo.

::Turns, pondering the Vending Machine.::

I have so much trouble with these things...

[Option 1]

[wherethemiceare]

::Toddles towards the crater, with a stick in hand, in a cute outfit that is very shiny sparkly.

She's come to poke whatever's in the crater.::

Re: [Option 1]

[hardcorebestcore]

"Kitty~!"

She's already up and is gleefully looking at you, sniffing a teensy bit.

"Don't worry, landed on feet!"

Re: [Option 1]

[wherethemiceare]

... Give me a second. I'm like having a total mental seizure.

::Beat.::

Oh, hey. Trena.

::Hops down and pokes you with her stick anyways.::

Re: [Option 1]

[hardcorebestcore]

"Hey Kitty!"

She's poked. Solid.

"... was a bit hard to remember me at first, yes?"

Re: [Option 1]

[wherethemiceare]

Yes. Like I had to pull out a bunch of info I swept under a carpet... and shoved in a filing cabinet. Locked in a dungeon.

::Ponders.::

(Option 2)

[kattobingore]

*Yuma happened to see something fall from the sky and crash somewhere, so he runs to investigate! As he approaches the area he notices someone at a vending machine, seeing them punch and pry it open, which puts him on edge for a minute...
... until he sees who it is that just did that.*

Wait... that's...

*His face lights up as he runs forward.*

Trennnaaaa!! Hey!!

Re: (Option 2)

[hardcorebestcore]

"YUMA!"

She doesn't lunge forward, but does clop quickly before she goes to hug the young man.

"How have you been!?"

Re: (Option 2)

[kattobingore]

*Yuma gives her a big hug back!*

Oh man, I've been great!

Well, great and kinda tired sometimes! Kotori and I have a son now, so he kinda tires us out a lot!

How have you been?? I haven't seen you around in ages!

Re: (Option 2)

[hardcorebestcore]

She almost lifts Yuma off the ground before he says his middle sentence and there's a spark in her brain and she lets out a noise that maybe garbles his last sentence for her.

"A SON!?! CONGRATULATIONS OH MY ME."

for ease of reading this is spaced out, but for Yuma, she basically detonates into the following tirade in a few seconds:

"I gotta meet him I gotta I gotta oh my goodness do you need a babysitter I'll babysit so you two can do dates or sleep or whatever I gotta meet him right now please please who cares where I've been it's a long and stupid story and I'm happy to be back there is a more pressing issue and is the fact you have a baby and I gotta meet him"

Deep breath

"... what's his name?"

Re: (Option 2)

[kattobingore]

*Yuma gives out a laugh at her reaction.*

Haha, yeah, you can come and meet him!
And his name is Kouki. He's about six months old now!

*With that, he takes out his D-Pad and brings up a recent picture of him. He looks like a mini Yuma and is super cute.*

I took this picture of him the other day!

[Option 1]

[becomeanwarrior]

[ Of course, that a sudden crater was created in Domino is more than enough for The Chief to rouse himself out of a paperwork-induced stupor and investigate. The lights of a well-maintained, comically over-armored D-Wheel shine into the crater as the towering man swings off it, tucking a helmet under his head as he squints, mental connections re-lighting for the first time in... a minute. ]

...Wait, there's only one person I know who could make this much of a spectacle of casually shattering a dimensional barrier...

[ Stepping closer to the crater, as if he's suddenly in a horror movie. ]

...Trena?

Re: [Option 1]

[hardcorebestcore]

There's a skittering noise. A quiet giggle. Was that eyeshine? Something moves in the crater, letting out a squeal that rattles glass and bone, hitting a frequency that most humans would maybe not be able to hear as Trena surges out of the crater and towards Onni.

"HONORARY BROTHER"

Re: [Option 1]

[becomeanwarrior]

[ Trena collides with Onni who either was too stupefied to move or rationalized that bracing for impact was the smarter move which means his heels dig lines into the pavement about a foot and a half long as he takes the full-force impact of Trena's lunge. A grimace that quickly turns into a grin, and a bracing for impact that quickly turns into a hug. ]

Oof!

Geez, yeah, that's you alright...!

I feel like I should ask where you've been, but I'm not sure the answers would necessarily be helpful, so maybe I should just say "welcome home"...?

Re: [Option 1]

[hardcorebestcore]

"Is good to be back! Mostly the void. Well, all the void, honestly. But it wasn't my first time there and I was a kingdom hearts of myself!"

That explains nothing! But she is fiercely hugging Onni with enough force that could crush anyone else.

"But I gnawed enough at my seals that I was able to punch my way back!" She smiles, bright, cheerful... "So I'm here to fix eeeverything!"