[OPEN] I Shall Walk With You, Holding Your Hand With A Smile

[naughty_nurse]

Who: Mikan Tsumiki & You!
Where: Fantasy Land... and then Zombieville
When: Duration of the Event.
Rating: Possible PG-13 for Zombie?
Summary: Catch-all log for the event! Mikan loses herself in fantasies... and then zombies. Did I mention the zombies?
The Story:

A - Fantasies

"Oh nooo~! I'm late for school agaiiin!"

It all starts with a classic anime cliche - the girl running to school with toast in her mouth. She's headed towards Hope's Peak Academy, which may be familiar to some residents of Wonderland. But this version of the school has WAY brighter colors, and much happier students. Should you dare to walk inside, you'll find even more old-school cliches - the transfer student being introduced before class (Which is Mikan)! Eating lunch on the roof (Made and eaten by Mikan)! Opening your locker to discover a whole mountain of love letters (Of course it's Mikan's locker)!

But this isn't to say Mikan is oblivious that this is all fake... She knows. She's fully aware. It's just that she just does not care. After all, she's constantly surrounded by cheery students who want her attention 24/7. Why does she have to face reality just yet? Feel free to "bump" into her around the corner as she runs to school, or any of those scenarios listed above.

Special note for our Dangan Cast - you will see your "doubles" among the classmates. Dipper Fresh, anime-style.

B - Zombies

Inevitably, for her own good, Mikan has been broken out of her illusions and... now things are dark, grim, and once again -

"WHYYYYY?!"

She's frantically climbing up a tree, trying to avoid the one monster-type she dreads above all else. She's also crying hysterically - well, more hysterical than usual.

"Why, why, whyy zombies?! Why is it always Zombies?! Events aren't supposed to repeaaat!"

C- Wildcard
Make your own prompt - did she stumble into your fantasy? Karoke time? Go for anything!

((OOC: will match your format!))

Comments

Get out of the fantasy, you silly girl!

[shslliar]

Good god. Mikan must be watching way too much anime for her own good.

Kokichi managed to sneak into the building, only to find anime cliche versions of people he's met in Wonderland. Drat, there's an anime version of himself too, isn't there?

If he wants to infiltrate the school and find Mikan, he's gonna have to swap places with Oma-Fresh... Now where is he...

NEVER

[naughty_nurse]

At this period, Mikan was heading to the roof to have lunch with her friends - and, tailing behind her, was Oma-Fresh. This one had sparkly shoujo bubbles all around him, and perhaps a bit of extra eyeliner. With Mikan's back to him, she was oblivious about a third party.

"Hm hm hmmm~"

Then we shall have to sneak you out.

[shslliar]

... Is this what he thinks of him?

The real Oma trails behind the two, about a few steps back. If he's gonna go replace this guy and lure Mikan out, he's gonna have to learn how this sparkly bishie acts. And probably steal someone's eyeliner.

[naughty_nurse]

"Hey hey, Mikaaan~" Fake Ouma speaks up as Mikan opens the door to the roof. "Did you make me the egg rolls the way I like~?"

Mikan blinks, confused, but then just assumes that's the way the fantasy rolls. Why not? "I bet I did! ... I guess!"

[shslliar]

Egg rolls?

... Actually, that might not be too bad, even though he didn't have much of a taste for them. They're not pork feet.

Already, he's plotting a way to take the fake out. Maybe he could stuff him in a locker to keep up with the school cliche... Or perhaps stick him with the punishment where he has to stand out in the hall carrying a bucket of water in each hand...

A(hahahaha)

[trabryu]

[ Honestly, all Mondo wants is peace, he's been surrounded by too many colours for too many hours and he's feeling so sick of all that. Not to mention all the neon lights... Look, they're beautiful when used in moderation, not put one after another obnoxiously like what this land does!

And so, he sets to an adventure to find a saner space for his mind.

After walking for a couple of minutes, he finally spots an area ahead with pastel colours. It's still too vibrant and pinkish for his liking, but much better than all that psychedelic shit that's been giving his eyes major pain. Look at those cherry blossom trees! How long has it been since he last saw one? Maybe less than a year, and yet it feels so long ago, maybe because he's in a place so different like Wonderland. Thank goodness though, this area seems pretty normal. Incredibly familiar, even. He wonders wh-- ]

Fuck.

[ Chill goes down his spine. The closer he gets, the more he realises why. It's Hope's Peak Academy. What's going on here? The building and its surroundings look relatively brighter from what he remembers, and the students that crowd into the school seem like they're having so much fun ー exchanging morning greetings, asking each other if they've studied for the test... It looks so darned normal. That's so far off from what he's experienced since his first day of high school. ]

The hell's this....

[ Just as he mutters that, he sees a familiar face ー Tsumiki, with a bread in her mouth, rushing towards the school gate in her school uniform. In her rush, she doesn't realise the person that's walking towards her way and--

BUMP! ]

Tsumiki!!

[ Plop her bread falls from her lips to the hand of the young man she bumped to, as his other hand captures her waist to refrain her from falling. Mondo, who was rushing towards them, could only halt on his steps when he's close enough to have a proper look at the other guy. ]

What?! What the fuck?! I-It can't be...



[ Before Mondo, stands a young man that looks uncannily just like him, and yet almost insultingly different. He's emitting the aura of a prince. What the flipping fuck?! ]

Who the hell?! Oi, asshole, get those hands off Tsumiki!!

[ So he yells as he attempts to get the other dude's hand from her. ]

BEST TAG I'VE EVER GOTTEN HANDS DOWN

[naughty_nurse]

[Mikan had been surprised at first to see Mondo #2, but it only lasts for a second. After all, what fantasy would be this without her dear friends? And maybe this one wouldn't yell at her! She blushes, dipping her head with a cutesy expression.]

So-ry, Mondo! I slept late! I promise I won't do it -

["Who the hell?! Oi, asshole, get those hands off Tsumiki!!"]

... Huh?

[Somehow, she hadn't expected the Real Mondo to show up, and it throws her off, making her hand snatch back from Fresh Mondo.]

Oh... uh...? Ah! Of course! You're here to enjoy yourself too, aren't you? Isn't this such a good day?

I AM HONOURED

[trabryu]

[ Enjoy himself?

Tsumiki will have such a trippy experience as Mondo #1 throws Tsumiki the most incredulous look he could manage, while the Mondo #2 shoots her the most shimmery smile ever. Mondo swears, he could feel a chilling shiver going down his spine and his hair standing. It's sickeningly gross. ]

Don't worry about it, Tsumiki. Are you alright? Did you hurt yourself?

[ Look. Yeah, Mondo can admit that this fake person's voice sounds exactly like him, but just the voice. That soft as animal shit (he doesn't know what animal poop is soft ok it's just so... unpleasantly gooey) tone makes him want to die. But seriously, is Tsumiki just going to accept that there are two of them in front of her now? ]

Tsumiki... Wake up. You're not gonna just accept this dude like that, right?

[ But it's not only the Real Mondo who can throw punches. ]

Now, now. Don't trouble her like that, will you? She's just going to start her new school life, let her enjoy it. Right, Tsumiki?

[ Mondo #2 takes her hand in his, bringing it up high to place a kiss on it. ]

[naughty_nurse]

M-Mondo!

[That goes to Fake Mondo for his gesture - not that she's not enjoying it, but because you don't do that sort of stuff in front of people!!! Ki-yaaa~!]

N-Not in public! Ahhh...

[She covers her face with her hands, blushing.]

Ah, um... W-why don't you come to school with us, Mondo? Ah, First Mondo? Maybe this will be a little confusing... b-but it's okay! Since we're all friends!

A

[deadshapes]

Mae hates this. She hates this a lot. Her friends keep showing up and following her around, and at first...at first it felt so good, like maybe they really were all here. Like maybe she could finally see them all again. But then Mae had made some offhand comment about Wonderland, about this event, about how everything's too damn colorful, isn't it? And Gregg had grabbed her wrist a little too hard and told her not to worry about it.

It all came crashing down, and now she's doing everything she can to avoid them. It's all fake, and it's all messing with her head, and she absolutely cannot stay in her own perfectly crafted corner of this world anymore. She's gotta run. Even if it means heading directly into a high school, where she can only assume she'll have to relive that particular nightmare.

It doesn't seem to be her nightmare, though. Maybe not even a nightmare at all, aside from the fact that everyone here is human. It takes her awhile, but eventually she finds Mikan at her locker in between classes.

"Oh thank God, someone I recognize. Mikan, hey." She jogs up to her. "It is actually you, right?"

[naughty_nurse]

The other students stop and stare at Mae - they're human, after all. Does a cat belong in this fantasy? There's a darkness around them, waiting, planning...

... But when Mikan smiles to see Mae, that darkness instantly vanishes, and everything is just A-O-K! Nothing wrong here! "Mae!" Mikan says happily, trying to close her door. "Of course it's me! Look, I even have my own locker! Although it's a little stuck..." She giggles, delighted to be embarrassed over something so silly and inconsequential.

[deadshapes]

Oh God, this is literally one of her worst nightmares. Everyone in school stopping to stare at her. It's even worse, because this is real--sort of--and they might try to kill her or something.

But then all the tension fades in an instant, and all of them move on.

"Uhh..." She looks around to make sure people aren't staring at her anymore. "Yeah, that's cool...uh, hold on, I had a locker like this in sixth grade, there's like a trick to it..."

She's not sure why she's bothering, given that none of this is real, but whatever. She takes hold of the locker's handle, maneuvers the button a bit, does a sort of lifting motion, and manages to get it unstuck.

"Mikan, uh, maybe we should get out of here, though..."

[naughty_nurse]

Mikan claps at Mae's handiwork, and when the locker opens - more than a dozen loveletters begin dropping out, even coming with cartoony sound effects. She gasps, and then kneels down to eagerly pick them up. "Oh, wow! I've never gotten a single letter before, and now I've got all these! Heeheehee!"

Yeah, she's clearly in no rush to get out of here anytime soon.

b

[bibliocorn]

Sunburst has absolutely never experienced zombies out of reading about them in books. Dealing with them in 'reality' is a hundred times worse- and he is absolutely not prepared for them. He's not exactly combat prepared, he's the research guy, he leaves the battles to the girls.

So, he'll be galloping away from the things in a panic. Climbing a tree is not really an option, but HIDING behind one absolutely is. It's her screaming that makes him look up.

"Mikan? Uh...is that you?"

[naughty_nurse]

Mikan looks down, tears still pouring down her cheeks like heavy rain. it takes a few blinks to get the blurriness out of her vision.

"Ah... Sunburst!"

[bibliocorn]

"Unless there's another unicorn running around here that I've missed."

That was a terrible attempt at humour to try and ease her fear a little. He knows it's bad, he even grimaces as he's saying it. Don't tell jokes, come on you know you're not good at them.

"Are you alright? ...I mean, obviously, you're not alright. But is there anything I can do?"

Except fight zombies. Wow, he hopes she doesn't ask him to fight zombies.

[naughty_nurse]

Mikan sniffles, clinging to a thick tree branch. "N-No one can do anything... this is the will of Wonderland! We have to wait until all this horrible stuff is over..."

B

[entreats]

Ange may not have found the solution to dealing with these zombies yet - because it's something someone like her would never think of - but that just means she figured she just has to avoid them as much as she can instead. Thankfully she's pretty quick and used to being chased down to begin with, so it's not as bad as it could have been.

She doesn't stop until she hears a voice she thinks she's heard before over those weird devices. It's then that Ange spots Mikan trying to climb up a tree.. or, well, she notices the crying more than anything. It's kind of hard not to.

And despite what she seems like, Ange can't just leave someone alone when they're looking like this. So she picks up a rock from the ground and throws it at the zombie's head to try and draw its attention away from the obviously frightened girl.

"Hey, is harassing girls who don't fight back that much fun? Go pick on someone at your own level." Even now she seems calm though - her deadpan tone pretty much the same as when she spoke with Mikan before.

[naughty_nurse]

Mikan's intense sobbing stops, or at least pauses, when she notices the odd attack on the zombie. Clinging to a big branch, she looks at Ange - that is, Ange, right? Blurry tear-filled eyes make it hard to see - and gulps. "A-Ange?! Is that you? What are you doing?!"

[entreats]

"What does it look like? I'm pulling its attention."

It's still a zombie though, so it's not happening particularly quickly. These things seem kind of stupid, so Ange just picks up another rock and tries again. At least it's finally slowly starting to notice something is hitting it from behind and it's turning..

"Climb out of there once I get it away from the tree."

[naughty_nurse]

She jerks up, horrified at the implications.

"W-what about you?! I can't leave you here if I know that th-thing is going to hurt you!" She'd rather die than have someone else hurt because of hurt. Literally.

A

[moraloutrage]

[Ishimaru seems to have gotten lost and ended up at the wrong fantasy. Or perhaps their fantasies have merged? Either way, Ishimaru's a bit confused as he wanders around the grounds of this Hope's Peak.]

Ah... This is the place, isn't it...?

[He ends up rounding the corner, lost in thought as he unintentionally steps right into the path of Mikan with her toast!]

[naughty_nurse]

Ah!

[BUMP! Mikan rams into him, and falls backward, but this time, no panty shots! She blinks, and then laughs, dropping the toast into her lap.]

Ishimaru! Good morning!

[moraloutrage]

Ah... Tsumiki-kun! [He bows quickly, sorry for knocking her over. But it always could have been worse, he supposes! At least she fell in an appropriate manner and still seems pleased! Though Ishimaru is still apologetic.]

I sincerely wish you a good morning, but I must apologize to you first! I am sorry for bumping into you, and for disrupting your breakfast! [He quickly reaches out a hand to help her up.]

[naughty_nurse]

[And this time she gladly takes it, getting up and nibbling on her toast.]

Don't worry about it! In this place, breakfast is whenever want! And I can't be late for anything! Isn't it wonderful?