Day 241 [OPEN] - Wakeup call

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Who: Ibuki Mioda and whoever!
Open: Open forever
When: Day 241, very early in the morning
Where: Around the Monument.
What: Ibuki Mioda arrives at the Bastion... loudly.
Format: Log, but willing to switch to other formats!
Warnings: Scary ghost! 2 spooky!

It was just only becoming daylight at the Bastion when a new arrival would show: A young lady with wild hair. There was nothing particularly extraodinary about her, unless one was to notice the "horns" on her head; but that was only her hair styled to resemble such a feature.

She looked a bit confused and travel-worn; but a one hour walk was really nothing to her. Ibuki was far from exhausted.

And now that she arrived at what appeared to be civilization, where should she go? The apparent center of the village seemed like a good start.

"Yoohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?!" she shouted once she reached the Monument, apparently having no regard for people who may still be sleeping, "Hellooooooooooooooooooooo?! Is anybody here?!"

If nobody came out to answer, she'd have to start invading buildings...

[Edit: Now that she's been given the lowdown on the situation, ... you can still feel free to come across her being loud. Ibuki wants to meet new people!]

[Edit of nostalgic regret: This was before I had Ibuki use -chan and made up weird nicknames instead...]

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[windgod]

[Well, luckily for the new arrival, this was around the time of the morning Ippo was out doing his morning road work, so the yelling was pretty quick to grab his attention as he skidded to a stop and pulled down his hoodie to look around properly. His eyes locked on someone he'd never seen before standing and shouting in front of the monument, so he figured the poor lady must be a new arrival.

As such, he put on his best friendly face and raised a hand in greeting as he began to approach.]

Um...hello? You're new here right?

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Yes, that's correct! Good mornoming! [... she might be a little bit hungry]

I'm Ibuki. Nice to meet you!

[Rather cheerful for somebody who recently found herself transported to some fantasy land.]

[windgod]

Ippo Makunouchi, it's a pleasure Miss Ibuki.

[Don't mind the formality or the full on bow he was going to give her in greeting, just an old habit.]

If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer as best I can.

[He'd be surprised if she didn't have any, considering the circumstances. Waking up in a strange land far from home usually left people with at least one or two of those.]

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Ahhh... Miss Ibuki? I almost feel old when you say that, Ippo!

[And Ibuki, on the other hand, was... very informal]

[And, yes, of course she had questions...]

Ibuki has a lot of questions! But where to start...

Where is here? How did Ibuki get here? What was with those statues of Ibuki's friends? What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Why is the land floating? Is there a creepy black and white bear in charge of everything?

[windgod]

[That...was a lot of questions, and not very many of them had the kind of answers she might be looking for. A few of them were outright impossible but that was neither here nor there, so he was just going to do the best he could.]

Well...some of those don't have very pleasant answers. We might want to sit down for this, it might be good to get some breakfast while we're at it; do you mind?

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I am a bit hungry-

...

You're pretty bold, are you asking Ibuki out on a date?

[She's teasing.......]

[windgod]

I uh...what...?

[Ippo doesn't understand being teased, good job on getting him all flustered and thrown off kilter.]

I just...thought you might be hungry...

[Red in the face? Who's red in the face, you're red in the face! No really though he's even looking at the ground.]

[heptagram]

Patchouli had been awake for a while by that point, but she didn't like loud noises, so she may as well have been asleep. Ibuki would have heard the other woman's voice behind her, but not her footsteps.

Footsteps, or lack thereof because of her levitation abilities; she wouldn't hear them because there were none to be heard.

"Do you have to be so loud?" she asked of the stranger.

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Well, she could have heard the rustle of fabric... her hearing is pretty good.

"Hmm..."

Ibuki seems to give the question some serious thought.

"Nope! But it's the best way to get attention," she nodded at her own wisdom, "I'm Ibuki! Nice to meet you, floating person!"

She was still being loud, even after getting attention...

[heptagram]

Okay, that works.

"I guess," she replied. "I'm Patchouli. Nice to meet you..." She didn't really have many feelings about it either way, honestly; she'd reached a point where she could accept that maybe knowing a few people was a good idea, but she wasn't about to go seeking out company, as a general rule. Acknowledging it as useful didn't mean she necessarily liked it. Maybe Ibuki could be someone she wouldn't mind spending time with?

... well, it was technically possible. In theory. Statistically, though, it wouldn't be something to bet on.

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"Patchy, then!"

Ibuki's already referring to Patchouli with a nickname... yeah, she's that kind of person.

"How do you do the floating thing, Patchy? Can you teach Ibuki?"

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Jeez, Ibuki. That's... awfully quick. That's probably the quickest she's heard anyone refer to her by a nickname. Anyway, she's not so stuffy that she's just going to tell Ibuki to stop, not anymore. Of course, that's probably largely due to Aoi. If it weren't for their interactions, too, Patchouli would probably be calling Ibuki 'Miss Mioda' (if she knew her full name), and that'd just get to be a pain after a while, right?

"I'll see what I can do, Ibuki."

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"Really? Reallyreally?!"

Yes, the prospect of floating sure sounded great to her. Maybe she'd even get to fly.

"Does Ibuki need to do anything, or are you going to use magic on me?"

She'd seen the dragon already, after all, so............ yeah, magic wasn't a hard concept for her to grasp, now.

[dontyoujustwish]

[Anya is awake at this point, but she wasn't quite ready to be this awake. After covering her head with a pillow doesn't work, she throws some clothes on and tromps out to be grumpy at this loud newcomer.]

You could learn to be more considerate. I might have been hungover. [Not other people. Just Anya.]

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They say ukon is a good cure for hangovers!

[She's never had ukon nor been hungover, so she has no idea if that's true (and it actually does nothing for hangovers, sadly)]

I'm Ibuki Mioda! Good Mornyoro~ning, hungover person!

[dontyoujustwish]

I don't know what ukon is, but I'm not hungover today. I'm Anya.

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Ibuki believes it's used for curry!

[even though she already has Anya's attention, Ibuki is still loud...]

Nice to meet you, Anya! Ibuki just got here, so she is hoping to meet as many people as possible.

[dontyoujustwish]

If you want to meet them on good terms, you should stop yelling.

Are you hearing impaired?

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[Gosh what a stick in the mud...]

Ibuki's hearing is actually really good! I'm just keeping my voice in shape.

[Ibuki can't even stay consistent on referring to herself in third or first person...]

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon is up early anyway, but he had missed Ibuki's earlier yellings, because food. But now that he is fed and has done his morning run, he finally comes across Ibuki.

She's....something.]

Can I help you?

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Hmm... maybe!

But for now, I'm new and meeting everybody here! I'm Ibuki Mioda, nice to meet mew!

[yup, she really said mew instead of 'you'...]

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....hi.

[Bon is unsure of what to think of Mioda, but he'll be polite.]

I'm Ryuuji Suguro, but most people call me Bon.

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Hmm... it's not always Ibuki's way to go with the flow!

Hmm...

...

... hmm.

...!

Okay! Bonbon it is!

[kyotoprincess]

Bonbon?

[It sounds like a kind of candy or something.]

Why that nickname? Bon is fine.

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Ibuki must have had candy on the mind when she thought of it!

[No, she didn't read your mind. It really was what she was thinking of]

What's wrong with Bonbon?