#steci intro

[edensblossom]

after reading the letter the sheep gave her, eve knew the best way to figure out what was going on was to write back to the one’s named Aries and Stella. eve gave the sheep a pat on the head and smiled. “could you wait right here for a moment? this is rather important and i’m afraid i’ll get lost trying to find the post office,” with that, Eve turned to face the room and spotted a desk against the wall that suspiciously looked like the one that she used to have back home before she had died. she quickly shook the thought out of her head to save for later and went to search it for paper and a pen, which she found very easily (they were both exactly how she used to keep it. this was getting to be a bit weird for her). eve pulled out the chair in front of the desk and sat down before starting on the letter. 

Dear Aries and Stella,

Thank you for your kind words! I’m sure I’ll enjoy living here very much but I must ask. What am I doing in Stella City? It’s quite strange that I don’t remember how I even got here. I have a very important job back home and I really need to get back... Though I must say the sheep are quite cute. If only we had them in Heaven; I think they would be a nice touch. Maybe I can get in contact with Father somehow and tell him...  Oh! Does being here mean I’ve been reincarnated? It would be nice if it were true...

Yours truly,

Eve

eve noticed that the letter was getting to be a bit long and signed her name at the bottom before she could write more. worried she had kept the messenger sheep waiting too long, she found an envelope in the drawer of the desk and sealed the letter within. she went back to the door and handed the letter to the sheep who took it into their mouth (she hoped it was the same kind of envelope that the first letter had came in.). “thank you very much. i’m sorry i took so long!”

@popcornpost

[spiriteddefense-blog]

☆ Wake-up Call; [drabble]

  When Maya woke up in a totally unfamiliar room in some shabby motel to the sound of someone clopping at her door, her first thought was, "Oh, come on, kidnapped again?!"

  After answering the door to a sheep of all things and reading the "welcome" letter clutched in its mouth, however, she quickly realized there was a lot more going on here. This soared right past "weird" and straight into "disturbing" territory, do not pass GO, do not collect 200 stardust. She was not going to write back to these sheep-obsessed creeps, nor was she going to explore the city. Instead, she sat herself down and wrote a letter to her sister, explaining the situation and asking for advice. She didn't like to rely on this trick unless she had a real emergency on her hands, but "kidnapped by crazy sheep stalkers" probably qualified.

  She got ready to channel Mia's spirit, arranging herself in the proper position and clearing her mind. But when she reached out through her powers, she felt... nothing. Not even the faintest of connections.

  "Wh-what?" she stuttered. "What's happening? What did you do to my powers?!"

  That last part was directed to the sheep, who unfortunately didn't reveal anything beyond a vaguely unimpressed look, even as she waved an accusatory finger in its face. Not her best moment, if she was being honest.

   Okay, so she couldn’t channel anyone for some reason, not even her dear and easily-reachable sister. That was bad. Like, really bad. But even without channeling Mia, she knew what her sister would tell her in this situation: she needed to put on a brave face, even if she was starting to feel scared. So, that’s what she did first. (It was more of a grimace, but she gave herself an A for effort.)

   Letting out a groan of frustration, Maya slapped both her cheeks and got to thinking up another plan. Maybe she should write back to the sheeple after all, try to get some information to work with? Seeing that as her best option for now, she set about looking for more paper.

Aries and Stella, What's the deal with this place? You know you left me in a room with an unlocked door, right? Some kidnappers you are!

I don't know what you want from me, but you're not going to get it! A lot of people will be looking for me once they realize I'm gone, important people who put criminals in jail for fun. A lousy kidnapper who can't even remember to lock the door behind them doesn't stand a chance!

Whatever you did to my spirit channeling, it's only a matter of time before I fix it. I’m going to find a way out of here before you can say “baaa”!

Thanks but no thanks, Maya Fey

  Maya read it over one last time and nodded, satisfied. Maybe she was exaggerating just a tad with her threats, but it was important to let these kinds of people know who boss was from square one! If they took the bait, she would hopefully find out more about them, whoever they were.

  Turning back to the sheep that still stood in her doorway, she sized it up, awkwardly shuffling from foot to foot.

  "Um," she started, “could you maybe, uh..."

  She stared at it just long enough to feel pretty stupid for trying to ask a sheep to deliver her mail, and the sheep stared back. Then, just when she was going to give up and go and find a mailbox or something, it yanked the letter right out of her hands and clopped off down the hall.

  Maya blinked after its retreating ovine figure, resigning herself in that moment to her sheep-filled fate.

  "Talk about a baaa-ad break..."

[jekyllhyding]

Unknown Mystery

A mountain of paperwork to go through after the recent case Lucy and he had solved, the inspector had decided that seeing as it wasn’t urgent (and he could solve it in less than a minute all up anyway) he was going to take any chance he could get for a snooze. Except, the only problem with what seemed a good idea at the time was that he woke up in an entirely different area when he came to.

His first instinct was that the other side of their shared body had gone crime-solving while he was asleep: but hearing ‘Potty’s’ voice in the back of their head proved that thought false really quickly.

[ You shouldn’t need me to tell you this... >

[ I can’t move around without you being awake. Same goes for the other way around. >

[ Stupid. >

Ignoring ‘Potty’s’ usual penchant for insulting him, ‘Placid’ now saw...a sheep? There was a sheep there. It had a letter, and he gingerly took it. Reading it through, it answered a good deal of questions - but the question of why he’d been brought here was still moving about.

[ This is absolutely ridiculous, you know that? >

[ Being dragged away from Lucy, and work, for something so droll as ‘a city run by sheep’? >

Shaking his head to get his other side to stay quiet a moment, he penned down a letter.

Dear Stella or Aries:

As much as investigations in another place are interesting, I have a lot of paperwork to do back home in the Mystery Room, and my assistant - not to mention the other workers - might be worrying why I’ve suddenly vanished. Is there some way I can return back? If not, may I at least send a letter to them to reassure them I am alright?

Yours sincerely, Alfendi Layton.

Giving the sheep a polite nod, he spoke.

“Would you kindly deliver this message to those in charge? I would greatly appreciate it.”

That said, he would see if the sheep was willing to take the message back. (He was kind of glad he was the one to send the message and not his other self. Potty would likely have said a lot of things a gentleman shouldn’t be writing in the letter...)

[c4keen-blog]

haha hello guess i forgot to introduce myself til Nils reminded me

i’m kuri, 25, they/them, if i look vaguely familiar it’s probably because we met in Citta or Rift or even Toshi long ago!! If you remember a small judgemental fluff hair soccer child that was me. 

my other hobbies include fashion, skincare, and transformers. please rec me some cute manga where everyone is gay

anyway i really love stella and thank you for having me! if u wanna lot shout my twitter is kurifurinkan and i would love for u 2 ask for my discord. if you have thought abt threading with me we’re already friends so don’t be shy

[starshipcaptcin-blog]

This was...quite something.

Space shouldn’t have such a strange light hitting. Florescent lighting from the ship would be too harsh as this seemed less noticeable at first till the light finally hit Tee’s eyes--

Hey, wait a minute, this definitely wasn’t his room!

Not even back in his home world from what he could remember resembled anything like it. In fact, the atmosphere feel similar to that of--

His head turn upon hearing a knocking at the door. It didn’t quite startle the teen, but he definitely didn’t expect a visit upon waking up to his new surroundings. He cautiously made his way to the door and opened it.

...Well this was a rather strange creature.

His first instinct was to immediately pet the top of the sheep’s head. He was quite curious in seeing such a strange animal. He didn’t really recall encountering one before, he’d assume that such animals were probably near non existent where he was from.

After constant petting, he finally took notice of the letter that the sheep was holding; he grabbed the letter, though not before having a look on his face from the drool all over it.

Reading the letter had only made the space captain more confused of the current situation. He should be back on his ship. How did he get here? Well, at this point, he definitely needed some answers and not to be distracted by such a fluffy creature.

Dear Aries and Stella,

I’m rather confused of the situation here. That’s not to say I’m not grateful of your hospitality that you’ve provided, I’m just rather concerned about my crew if I’m currently absent without any warning. I’ve already had to leave some good friends once, I don’t wish to do the same with my crew if I’m the only one from them here.

Lastly, off topic, what is this strange creature that sent me your letter? I’ve never really seen anything like it.

Best regards, -Tee

After finishing, the silver haired captain gave the sheep another pet before handing the letter over with a small smile. “Be sure this is send to Aries and Stella, alright? Safe travels to you.”

Well one job is done. Next is to explore this new place. He might as well get comfortable and try familiarizing himself with this city.

@popcornpost

[wingedkuribohspal-blog]

Jaden took a look around the room and wondered where he was. This place seemed kinda like the old dorm, only a little more swank than he remembered. Still, pretty sweet pad. Not too upscale, not run down.. It was just right. Yet, something was different.

Then again, he had traveled to the past to duel Yugi that one time. Oh and the time he was in Venice due to Paradox and time traveled with Yusei. Boy did he miss his friends. Yusei left a lasting impression... Hell, Manjoume was a riot and he could actually get Pharaoh to do anything. And then there was that one friend. 

The one that was a lot like him. Johan... I miss you, I miss all of you even though I said I’d be back. But I’m nowhere near you now I don’t think.

Just as he was getting lost in his thoughts, a knock came at the door. Upon answering it, he was met with a sheep. Huh. Ok, that’s weird. What’s this? A letter... And because it was in the mouth of a sheep, it’s covered in drool. Yuck. Oh well. He’s dealt with worse...

Pharaoh watched Jaden as he opened the letter. He gave a loud “Brrrrrow~!” as he stretched his fat cat self on the bed.

Jaden then nodded after reading the letter and looked at the cat. “What do you think Pharaoh? We should write back right?” To which his response was a roll on his back. “Guess I should.”

Dear Aries and Stella,

Jaden Yuki here. Thanks for the sweet pad. It really reminds me of Academia days you know? Well, aside from that, I don’t guess you know if my friends are around do ya? They go by Manjoume Jun, Yusei Fudo, and Johan Anderson. I have no problem being here. And Pharaoh likes it here too. But If you happen to see or know if my friends are here, any chance of letting me know?

Your pal,

Judai Yuki

He then gave the letter to the sheep. “Be safe lil’ guy.” Or girl. He didn’t know which. But he still wanted them safe.

@popcornpost 

[arriivee]

☆ ( There was a star that danced...

     It’s by sunlight streaming into her room and onto her that she wakes up...and realizes that this isn’t the room she fell asleep in last night. Alyssa knows she fell asleep in her own room last night, being back home for summer break between the school year.

     Though she does have to say that the room is gorgeous, comparable to her room back home. It’s nice and all, but she just wants to know why she’s ended up here, and not back at her house.

     There’s what sounds like knocking at the door, so she pulls herself away from the admittedly really comfortable bed and answers it to find...a sheep?

     Well, there’s weirder things that could’ve happened, so Alyssa takes the letter from the sheep’s mouth and reads it over. The letter seems to make sense, considering her circumstances and well, it’s not like she can do much other than accept it.

     Though writing back might be a good idea. Maybe she can get some answers to what all is happening. Finding a pencil and paper doesn’t take that long and she get to writing.

Dear Aries and Stella,

     Well, this is a certainly unique situation to find myself in, though I’m thankful for the room and for being able to continue my studies, but I must admit I am curious about this whole thing.

     Why am I here? Not that I’m complaining, but it is quite surprising. There must be a reason I’m here in this city, along with the many other people that are here. Also for how long do you intend for us to be here? If our stay is permanent then it’s quite a shock but if not then why are you gather us?

     Also, is there any way to contact outside of the city? Somehow I have a feeling it’s not possible but it would be nice to know. I don’t know if you have the answer for any of these, but it’s worth a shot to try, right?

Sincerely,                                                                                                                                      Alyssa.

     And with that, her letter is done and she hands it to the sheep that is still at her doorstep. “Be a good sheep and get this to them, okay? I know you can do it.” A pat on the head and then the sheep was off, leaving Alyssa along in her room.

     “Well, I guess this is just a new journey among the stars, right?”

                                                             and it danced into a new stage among the stars. ☆ )

[bottlesmalls-blog]

The first moment of consciousness and the world spins this way and that. Robert lifts his hand towards the bedside table searching for the open bottle of whiskey he brought to bed the previous night; his knuckles touch the lamp and he feels it out with a calloused palm, massaging and groping it with his fingertips. A second passes and he realizes he broke his lamp with an adventurous one-night stand. He opens his eyes to a blinding light that seems unusually bright for Maple Bay.

Adjusting himself on the bed, he reaches over the edge to feel for one of the many bottles he’s left behind, hoping to come across one he has yet drained. Nothing. Now he’s worried. He props himself on his elbows and searches the dingy room that is absent of bottles, crinkled cigarette packs, strewn clothes and no Betsy. Great.

“Mary?”

Half hoping his friend will appear from the bathroom wearing a proud smirk on her face, but to no avail.

A knock on the door rouses him from the bed. At this point, he’s willing to accept his fate for his misdeeds. He opens the door to a bleating sheep that should catch him off guard, but he has accepted his fate. He takes the offered letter, gazing over the drool before looking back to the farm animal. “Is Rick on vacation? Won a trip to Hawaii, huh? He and the wife deserve it,” casual conversation with a sheep while opening a sleek letter, nothing new. He’s surprised that the letter isn’t from Damien, and thus he reads intently.

He finishes the letter, “Right. Guess I’ll go ask Alice when she’s ten feet tall.” He looks down to the sheep and cracks a smirk, reaching down sans fear and pats the sheep on its fluffy head. He exits the room, making sure the door is securely closed before stepping away; Robert slides on his pair of shades on and cranes his neck left and right, the kinks popping one after another. 

“Could use a drink.”