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[Sigh. 

So...got a bit of bad news for y'all. 

I'm, unfortunately, gonna have to drop Riku. I've tried literally every method I know of to try and get him back and revive him as a muse, but nothing's worked. And if I know I can't bring him back as a muse, then I don't want to just hog him for the full amount of time and keep someone better privileged from playing him. There's dozens more folks who'd like a shot at this silver-haired kid, and I'd really like to not keep them from getting that chance.

I won't be deleting the blog, if only because I wanna have it on standby if, by some miracle, he revives himself while I have him dropped.

Anyways, I apologize to all those whom I've been threading with and whom I was planning to thread with! I'm sorry everyone. I thought I could handle having two muses at once, but the other muse has just completely overpowered Riku.

Thanks for your time, and happy RPing, Citta-goers!]   

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His heart pounded in a panic; that encounter was way too close. If Sora hadn't  acted as fast as he did, Riku would've probably had a lot worse than just a bite mark. 

"Yeah..." He'd get to standing position, his expression slowly settling back to a calmer state. He had a knack for keeping his head cool in bad situations. Sora, on the other hand, he could tell was getting fired up every time one of them got close to being injured. 

Judging from what Riku'd seen from the various bodies lying about...

Sora would feel a hand pat his shoulder. "We might need to pull back, Sora." He'd give the Pariah in front of them a worrisome look. Normally, a couple of monsters wouldn't be a problem for either of them. But right now, it seemed clear that without their Keyblades, fighting these things would be a high-risk scenario. Riku didn't like leaving these things around, but he had to prioritize. 

And right now, getting Sora out of here safely was number one on his list. 

He'd glance back, looking to the alleyways behind them. Hm...maybe if they used some of the environment to scale their way to the rooftops...

"C'mon, let's get goin'." He'd get moving, pulling Sora's shoulder slightly, attempting to get him to follow. 

Don't Give Up!! (Ca Open/CA Event)

It didn’t take long for Sora to notice something odd. The monster he distracted for Riku stopped going after him. That sent so many red flags in his head as he desperately tried to look for something effective. Only seeing trash bins and the tops of trashcans, Sora thought he may be able to use the top as a shield, and his sword for whatever damage he could give. Picking it up, he quickly ran over to where Riku was, only to be greated by a surprising site. Riku being held by the monster that was trying to bite him.

"Riku!" Sora yelled as he changed towards the monster, without a second thought or consideration to how much force he would be using, Sora drew back his wooden sword and use all his might to hit the monster across the head, resulting with the sound of wood cracking in half. It was enough to make the monster let go of Riku, narrowing his eyes as if filled with anger if he manage to hurt his best friend.

"Whatever you are, you stay away from my friend!" Sora stood in front of his friend, narrowing his eyes at both enemies. This was going to be tough. The best they can do right now is probably run and recover for a while. “Riku, are you okay?” His eyes glance back to see if his friend had been injured or not, unable to see very clearly as he watch the two creatures before them.

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Riku's head spun, his balance being thrown off near-completely. Sakuya's act of shoving him inside might as well have been chucking him in there, as he tumbled all the same. He barely managed to break his fall, turning what probably would've been a really painful faceplant into a rolling tumble. 

...Geez, he'd be pretty embarrassed if lives weren't on the line at the moment. 

"Agh...!" He'd slowly attempt to stand back up, only to find his limbs not responding. What was going on? He'd never been gifted with magic, he knew that much. But his body had never reacted this negatively to it before. Had they limited his abilities with a catch, too...?

Tch...he...had to...

"I...can't just..." He had to keep going. Something told him that, if his abilities were this impaired, to the point of even hurting him, what would be happening to others? The sheer fact that this was one of his weaker abilities only served to increase this worry. 

...What would happen if Sora tried to cast magic in the middle of this? He knew Sora was far more gifted in the art of spellcasting than he was. That could only imply that the strain on his body would be much worse. The thought of his friend being left completely helpless before these monsters seemed to put return a small bit of control to his body, but nothing else. He'd slowly begin to stand, strained expression and sweat running down his face. Someone would need to sit him down and get him to rest before he got moving again. Otherwise, he'd end up getting himself killed. 

Time's Running Short || CA Closed w/ bewitchedblade [Event]

Even as a skilled and experienced user of her knives, the maid could still crack under extreme stress, just like any other normal person. Yes, even if people called her the Perfect Maid, even if she was excellent at many types of combat, placing her in a situation like this one showed that she definitely did have her struggles. Her abilities were nerfed, monsters were pouring in, and as well as keeping herself alive, she had to make sure a teenage boy didn’t get slaughtered. What a fantastic day.

No way she was going to give up, though — even though Sakuya was disgusted by the filth and blood that stained her hands and body, she fought as hard as she possibly could. There were lives on the line here. 

Concentrating and focusing intensely on the enemies at hand, the maid didn’t bother responding to Riku. Even if she clearly had the advantage over him with an actual weapon, at least he wasn’t completely helpless. The Pariah he was fighting weren’t enjoying being smacked around — a good sign. He really did seem like a classic gag from a zombie apocalypse novel, she had to admit.

Ah, but, the maid was growing weary. Her body ached, covered in bruise after bruise and various wounds. Her limbs hurt to move, aching from her exertion alongside being smacked around by the huge physical prowess of the pariah. As she began to feel weary, however, she noticed Riku trying to concentrate, and then…

Barely processing what had just happened, the maid winced as a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her along. She hated being grabbed like that, but with the odd way Riku was acting and the fact that he had just stopped time — the main ability that she was capable of — she was too stunned to gjve much reaction.

"E-Eh…?"

"Ah, are you alright…? Pull it together—!" As if on cue, a golden stopwatch suddenly materialised in the maid’s hand — if she had to do it, she’d stop time as well. Freeing herself from his grip, she quickly opened the door of the building they had reached and shoved him inside to safety.

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[well]

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¤

For every ¤ my muse will take a shot.

"That’s three…" At the very least, the taste wasn’t as strong now, either because he was getting used to it or the taste itself was numbing his sense of it. …He wasn’t sure how to feel about either of those options. 

He’s hoping he can cap it here…

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Welcome to the Master Club. ¤

For every ¤ my muse will take a shot.

He’s currently not sure if he’s glad to be here

Gulp!

"Blegh…doesn’t taste any better the second time around." Why was everyone so intent on having him drink these things? 

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¤

For every ¤ my muse will take a shot.

Why was he doing this again? Sigh…

Gulp!

"Ugh…that tasted horrible…" 

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For every "¤" my muse will take a shot.

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[Starting to realize there's some issues with contacting others via Tumblr. Seeing this...I think I'm gonna start exchanging my Skype with people here.]

Just toss me a message to lemme know, and I'll get to you~.]

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"..." 

A brief pause. 

"Now that the sun’s out I can wear these."

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"That was...actually pretty good. I wouldn't mind seeing that again a second time." 

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Hello members! As promised, we’ve gone ahead and made an official, affiliated request blog for you to formally send in notices for characters you’d like to see in our group! Submissions will be published, tagged with #ca request and archived on the blog (much like we would take note of reservations or characters in the group via the masterlist).

Please note that there may be times activity might not be as bustling on the request blog as it is on the main blog, but all of the mods hope that it will be a feature that you will enjoy and utilize regularly. After all, we all have characters we’ve been dying to see as well!

Enjoy, members!

-mod oo6

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"Looks like I missed that showing of the "Bee Movie..." ...He's not certain whether or not that's a good thing. 

"...I can only hope "Cats Don't Dance" is more interesting than the name." Showtime's in a bit, so, let's hope so, Riku...

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Citta Alveare Movie Night Part II: Electric Boogaloo

Whenever you have time, if you’re at all interested in the movie night suggestion (see the original info thread here), take this survey! It’s pretty general, but it should give me some idea of the best times to play movies, among other things.

At the moment, I’m still planning on doing the first one this Friday night, probably around 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time/GMT-5/Citta time. Though I might be seized with impulse and do something before then, too. Currently, the unofficially official tag is #Cinema Alveare.

I’d like it if some people would reblog this to circulate it a little, as, again, I know not everyone in Citta follows me. Thanks for your time!

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Oof, that last line felt like a sucker punch to the gut. Riku couldn't deny that he'd felt a bit helpless fighting here without his Keyblade. The lack of a proper weapon really made a lot of the difference when he fought. And yet, here he was, still fighting on. She could at least have given him points for trying...

...Yeah, like trying alone's really gonna matter at this point. 

"Hey, don't make the assumption I don't know how to handle myself." He'd retort, taking a few swings, knocking several Pariahs backward. Though, one would notice the response was hollow. Sure, he was holding out for now, but Riku himself would notice he was starting to lose ground. Sure, Sakuya could hold out as long as possible here. When she scored a hit on one of these, they stayed down. In Riku's case? 

Well, one could just say blunt force trauma doesn't seem to do much to mutated monsters.

"Tch...!" He'd attempt to block a sudden strike from one of them, only for it to grab the metal rod he'd been holding. Before he could even react to knock it back, it'd thrash its arm backward, Riku losing his grip on the tool, then forward, knocking the young lad for quite a loop. And taking his only useful weapon from him. 

He'd cringe upon landing, getting a look at Sakuya's end before he sprang back up. She seemed to be holding her own, but it seemed that they'd be overwhelmed soon. There were simply too many--and if Riku were to go down, that'd leave Sakuya with the rest. 

One of them would have to act; one of them would need to pull out a trump card. He didn't know what Sakuya was capable of, nor would he ask her to do more than she was already. 

No, he'd need to pull through on this one. How funny that this should be the first time he'd use his ability in Hive City.

A glance to the side would reveal a building next to them, a door and a perfect escape route wrapped into one little bundle. Concentrating, he'd clench his right fist as several Pariah prepared to strike at him. The lack of a conductor or a tool to channel the magic through made this more cumbersome than need be. As he'd focus, he'd feel a faint dizzying which would almost throw him off. 

"C'mon, Riku..." He'd close his eyes, putting his entire mind onto the spell. "Time...think on how time flows, and..." A sudden raising of his right hand into the air as he opened it.

"Stop!" 

The sound of what could best be described as a clock clicking to a stop would resound. Sakuya would notice the Pariah she'd be fending off would suddenly freeze, almost in a familiar fashion akin to how she stopped time. A small, peculiar-looking clock would be present over each of their heads, frozen in place. ...In fact, it'd be that way with every one of them. 

All, trapped in the embrace of time itself.

One paopu fruit... 

Then, a hand grabbing at her arm as Riku would begin to move towards their escape route. 

"...C'mon, we gotta--" 

Then a sudden lurch as Riku would feel the dizzying sensation grow stronger, almost as though the entire world was turning upside down. 

Two paopu fruit...

"Can't stick around here...!" He'd try to shake it off, but the sensation was much too intense for him to just brush it off. "Crud, why can't I--?!" 

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To people in Hive City a dainty-looking maid like herself didn’t seem like the kind of person who could fight, but back in Gensokyo, she looked just like everyone else. What a funny change it was, she thought. Here if their first impression of her was a good one she seemed like she wouldn’t harm a fly, but if they got on her bad side, Sakuya’s knives were as sharp as her tongue.

These Pariah definitely got on her bad side, so she’d show them that.

She gasped in pain as two hands grabbed a hold of her wrists, holding so incredibly tightly it felt as if the bones inside would snap, only to think fast and use the stability as a leeway to bring her leg up and deliver a sturdy kick to the stomach with her heel, smiling briefly as she reclaimed control of her hands and finishing the job with a prompt blade through the stomach. 

Disgusting, she thought, looking at the red staining her hands. She needed a nice hot bath with a scented candle when the power came back. For now, though…

The maid was quickly snapped out of her drifting thoughts and stiffened in shock at a Pariah’s wail, catching sight of it slamming into the wall and watching. When she processed it, she gave a thankful grin at Riku but got back to work immediately — there really wasn’t much time to spare. 

"There’s no need to worry about me," she responded, the frustration and stress clear in her voice and evident by her gritted teeth and the sweat staining parts of her silver hair darker. 

"Why don’t you leave the cold steel to those of us who know what we are doing?" She spared a quick glance in his direction amidst her swipes, noticing the ‘weapon’ he had. The maid swore she could hear a clock in her head, urging her to stop time just once — but she couldn’t right now. Not yet. After all, her uses were so scarce, she couldn’t waste them.

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The Pariah chasing Sora would seem to just have worse and worse of a day, because as soon as it'd try to get up and continue tailing him, Riku'd serve it a nice hot plate of "metal-rod-to-the-skull". Which, judging from how it recoiled, probably did more to anger it than hurt it. ...Kinda surprising, considering the difference in weapons.

"...Geez, how hard did Sora hit you?" He'd ask the creature, knowing of course that it couldn't respond. He'd glance in Sora's general direction, noticing the younger Keyblade wielder seemed to be looking for a weapon. Looks like Riku'd have to cover for him in the meantime. ...Though, something in the back of his head told him Sora kinda wanted it to have its attention, for whatever reason that would be...

"C'mon, ugly!" He'd yell at the Pariah. It didn't seem to like that nickname, and would attempt to rush at Riku. This wouldn't normally be a problem...except, you know, if there was a second Pariah around. 

And there was a particularly angry one right behind Riku as the other one rushed him. 

"Wha--" He'd backpedal to avoid the mutant, only to get snatched by the one behind him. He'd panic internally, struggling to get free. "Hey, hands off...!" 

His eyes would widen rather quickly when he noticed it baring its teeth in response.

Attempting to act quickly, Riku'd try to get the pole in his hand into a reverse grip. Maybe if he could get a swing at it before it bit down...!

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"Wha—Riku!? What are you doing here?" Yes, Sora is surprise to see Riku here. For some reason, Riku was one of the last people he would find close by here. Only because they were in different sectors. After all, Riku would have been more safe away from danger, not here with these monster things. But he couldn’t ignore the other’s teasing tone. Even in the heap of battle, he manage to calm Sora’s nerves just a bit. Maybe it was the fact that he had a friend close by, he felt even more confident to beat these guys up! Despite… his weapon not really being as great as a steel pipe.

Hearing the other’s voice, his eyes caught site almost too late of an incoming creature before Riku was able to strike it away from him. Wow.. that was close. Without him around, Sora would have definitely been in trouble. And not being able to cure himself was a major disadvantage in a situation like this. Sora let out a loud sigh, almost in defeat, knowing he can’t really say anything back at him. They were most definitely in this together, no matter what.

"Yeah, of course! It was difficult to stop and call you since you don’t really have a way for me to communicate with you. Not to mention the power is out." Sora looked around once more, making sure the two friends were back to back. You always know that your friend has your back in the most difficult situations.

Despite his weapon not being as strong as the other’s Sora gripped his wooden sword tighter, glaring at the enemy before him. "I didn’t know it was you. I was just a little more preoccupied in not getting myself bitten. And don’t worry about me. I’ll improvise if something happens to this." Towards the end of his sentence, Sora’s tone was a little light heart, not to show the other he was nervous or concerned about this situation at all. 

"Ready?" Sora went back to the monster thing he had been dealing with, glancing around to see if their was anything a little more durable then a stick. Their look like their was some trash bins around. That wasn’t enough. Maybe he would have to have this thing chance him around until he found something better. "Riku stay here, I’ll be back!" Sora yelled off, not before dodging another attack and using enough force to hit the monster over the head. Now he was really pissed off. At least he was being chanced, and not going after Riku. ‘You better be okay when I get back.’ Sora thought to himself before running off.