[Upon awaking, Romana had been lead to the vine, walking in a daze as if she was sleepwalking. This was all a dream right?

But after fiddling with the vine, she finds herself surprised when a small mirror appears. In her shock she mumbles to herself, lips pursed in annoyance] Cats that give letters, plants that that can be used as phones... why do I get the feeling that that puttana Inghilterra's behind all this. Definitely witchcraft after all.

[Scowls slightly, poking the vine hard enough to make the mirror shake slightly, before drawing her arm back quickly as if the plant will hit her back. Nothing happens, yet, so she settles for frowning, arms crossed, clearing her throat and speaking]

Right. So does anyone whose human, and actually meant to speak want to explain this? I feel like I'm going mad, trying to have a conversation with something that has paws.

And what the fuck are we supposed to building? I have enough to do as is, I don't need some do it yourself project as well.

((ooc: ahh sorry her intro post is so late, I just got lazy over the Chrissie break orz. But never fear, I am here!))

[There's some hesitation to see if the Vine is working as its supposed to, and then Japan clears her throat a little before speaking.]

I've been rather quiet since I've arrived here, haven't I? Ah... for those of you I haven't met yet, allow me to introduce myself. I am Japan. I came here quite some time ago, but I've been busy...

Ah, you see..! I'm quite skilled with creating things. I have been trying my very best to see what sorts of things I could put together in order to return us home, but I am not sure if a place like this really has anything. ...I have also been attempting methods like clutching a very important item and chanting while waiting for a transformation sequence, and spinning to see if I have gained any powers--!

However, nothing seems to work. So while I continue to ponder this... I'd be very happy to meet you.

[ooc: WOO went on an unofficial slowatus thing of sorts. I haven't been tagging around, but I hope to now!]

[The darkness doesn't bother her, not with her powers coming back online. The sun being blotted out unnaturally might be a little unnerving, but the fireworks make up for it, the sensation of new beginnings and hope make up for it. The steady increase of her order's voices inside her heart definitely make up for it, and they all have the same request.

She's missed their new years ritual at midnight, the augur's singing, the blaze of expectant glory that they put up, the drums and the dancing. It's been her dance for centuries, but just because she's here doesn't mean she gets to skimp on ritual. She takes herself out to the Ruins, the white temple stone seems apt enough, and she begins the firebird's dance. Death and rebirth, prayer and exultation. Those who watch her long enough will feel the urge to dance alongside her. Her movements are strangely graceful for the size of her body, for the power in her feet, each stomp of her feet sets the threads of magic in the air ringing joyfully.

It ends in flame, her head tilted back as the heat flares, engulfing her like a firework all her own, glimmers and then dies. She stands panting, sweaty and smiling.]

New Years. Who wants a kiss?

((Haunted House info here. Picture of the outside, for reference. Also, most magical powers don't work in the house.))

[Oh no! Before you know it, you (and likely someone else who you were with or who you bump into in the fog) have wandered into a thick mist. You're not sure how his could have happened.]

[A flitter, a flutter, but not anything alive. The last little petals of cherry blossoms are falling off of the largely skeletal tree branches above you. Some of them have many blossoms still, others... almost fully bare. There's a path at your feet, and through the haze something tall and dark, perhaps shelter, stands deathly still.]

((The haunted house's mists have summoned you and likely another (or perhaps you wandered its true body near the Rapids). The haunted house changes as it pleases, and you may control these changes to try to scare your characters (perhaps into clinging to each other <3) as you wish. The house will not harm your characters.))

((Unless you specify in your thread's subject line that you DO NOT want me to do, I may pop in with additional magical house haunting, or with Quattro's illusions.))

[Ever since the winter's blizzard had ended, Nero had been at work on a rather large model. She began with shaping it via clay, making a 10' x 10' model of the lake. She, however, proceeded to add a bridge, an island, and this structure upon that island, all in rather painstaking detail. Then, after using magic sand to construct a massive oven to bake her creation, she set out to painting it. The process has consumed all of her time.]

[When she's finally done, with the magic sand she erects her creation in the real world, down to nearly every detail. It is almost exactly how she wanted.]

[She was thrilled, until (after crossing the bridge) she realized it was not a building, but a solid structure, like a wall.] Augh!

[Taking more sand, she had to construct each room and workshop one at a time.]

((Feel free to bother Nero during the creation process of her model, during the correction process of her reshaping and creating the rooms inside, or after she is finally done, but please specify in the subject line.))

*Satsuki is wandering about in the dead of night again. While she's able to move around during the day it's still easier for her to be around at night. It's much less exhausting this way.

What she's found for the very first time is a lake full of blood. A human might not be able to tell right away in the dead of night that it is indeed a pool of bodily fluids this isn't a problem for a vampire. In fact she could smell it quite a ways away before seeing it with her eyes which were designed to see in the dark.

She calmed herself down, taking deep breaths. Satsuki's vampire instincts are going insane at the sight of the blood but she has to do her best to calm herself. After all, she would hate to attack someone who managed to find her. Taking a few more breaths, she looks around and then kneels down slowly. Still in control, she dips one hand into the lake and begins licking the blood off.*

... Thank goodness. This will make things much easier for me.

[ooc: I've been doing a terrible job at keeping Satsuki's vampirism a secret so I just decided to go ahead and do a post like this. Maybe we could also get some fellow vampire cr up in here? I would like to not have Satsuki attack anyone but if you really really want it to happen I can work something out. If you would like to have her attack you, check this permission post! You can comment there or drop me a line on aim at marbledoll.]

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[In the Gardens, namely barely in sight from the Library, in the section of perpetual Autumn, there is the magician called Alice. She is standing in front of a house, newly made, also with a sign saying "Margatroid Residence". She happens to look quite happy with herself... and exhausted.]

Took me long enough to get around to this... with everything that has happened recently, to just getting this far, it has taken far too long for me to do this.

I don't expect everything to be as it was inside, but as long as it's at least eighty percent there, I'm happy with it.

... I think I'm just going to sleep now.

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[If you come to the place and enter, you will find it is silent, with no one around. She forgot to lock the door. The creator did as she said, and went to sleep in a bed, in a bedroom of course. Disturbing is not recommended.]