i&#x27;m fine!!

#sof switch even #sof event #sof open #DUCKSITTING IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE

A reassuring sigh left the males lips, that may have been a bit more exaggerating due to Karen's current appearance. Seeing that the duck was at least kept safe was one of her top priorities, since it seemed to be the best friend of the original owner of the body she was occupying. Which was strange all on its own, but she wouldn't complain.

Approaching the girl who had captured the duck in her arms, she brought up her arms in order to take the duck back. Which had brought Tapioca into a more calming state, being once again in familiar arms.

"Sorry about that, he just ran off for some reason!"

"But thanks."

With that childish tone along with the laugh that came shortly after it, the fe... male had brought up a hand and simply waved it off, "Ah, no need to call me by that. It makes me feel old!!"

Older than she apparently thought, we may as well add.

#falsifiedrose

how do you even work a turban [ open ]

Seven A.M.

Wakin' up in the morning.

Gotta get dre...ssed... Oh. Oh. Oh.

And this single moment was possibly placed in the top ten most awkward things that has happened to Karen Araragi. Let alone a few things of the past -- such as anything dealing with brushing teeth -- certainly being at the top of the list, this alone gave Karen more than enough reason to let Akira suffer with an explosive bladder once they had changed back.

Just kidding.

Okay, maybe just half kidding.

What really was currently on her mind was finding out exactly why she got switched up in this body in the first place. She was a hero! She didn't have time to go ahead and deal with this when she had a good number of things on her list she needed to do. Main example being patrolling the campus and making sure that the other students were alright... especially if they just so happened to be stuck in an awkward situation such as this.

So she was just going to ignore whatever Akira had on his plate and do whatever she wanted. And with a cool sidekick too, being that she was more than happy to be reunited with the duck since the last time Karen had seen her new animal friend was when the older male had interrupted their game of DDR. Rude.

But heck yeah, being able to carry a duck around was a lot of fun.

But it didn't take long for things to go down hill once Tapioca had found its way out of Karen's arms.

"Hey! Wait up!" With a familiar voice ringing in her ears, it was a bit confusing that Karen wasn't being talked to rather than talking herself. But she immediately pushed that aside and gave chase to the duck who had quickly turned a corner. And she just so happened to find someone just down the hall, lucky here.

"Hey! Stop that duck!"

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03. abnormality. | event open

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[ He was surprisingly calm for being in this state, moving swiftly enough to keep himself from being scathed. Every time one got close enough to actually harm him, he merely knocked it away, not really having any second thoughts about the way he was fighting. He was only playing it safe!! But something distracted him momentarily—that voice, he definitely knew it— ]

Karen—!?

[ Blue infernos flickered with hesitation, but his grip on the sword itself remained firm, his hand coming up to block a lunge at him, turning his elbow and knocking it away with the hilt of the sword, heeding subconsciously to her demand by not killing it mercilessly. The demon didn’t quite understand what she was trying to imply—of course he was going to attack them, they were demons that were harmful to humans. They were, in a way, his kin, but even so, he’d been trained that killing these creatures was his duty—or at least a part of his quest to protect people.

A small flint of anger boiled in him in confusion, but only because of his vulnerability to emotions in his demonic form, and his teeth bared, realizing that it must be strange for her to see him like this, in his real form. In this state, he only felt the strongest and most raw of emotions, and of course it was impossible to mask them. With a snarl, a hand grabbed him on the shoulder and he took the arm in itself, pivoting his foot and throwing the thing a good few hundred meters away from him, eyes flashing with rage. He couldn’t lose himself. He couldn’t. ]

There are people getting hurt, I have to protect them—

Just get out of here, it’s dangerous.

[ Despite the fire and demonic qualities, there was sincerity in his voice—he genuinely cared for her safety, and that much was evident. He didn’t want more people to get dragged into this mess, and he especially didn’t want her around if he lost his confidence and went on some rampage. He could only hope Shiemi would be there to pull him out of it like she had in times past, but for the short moments he had to communicate with her while the undead struggled to get up, he gave her a look of genuine compassion.

Human compassion. ]

#yolo karen shouted as she punched rin's stupid face #burnsblue

She didn't care.

There was not a single negative thought on his appearance. While his current features did bring much to question in her mind, now was certainly not the time to start a terrible question and answer.

Besides, there was no way that she could possibly risk him getting hurt. No matter how many times he said he was able to protect himself -- or the display he had given her -- Karen was still unable to find a single reason in her entire being to leave him at this state. Not only because of the fact that others may happen to stumble and see him so easily dispose of the zombies, or because she was all in hopes of finding the cure in order to save those that were brought into this undead state.

But because she would never allow herself to leave someone that she had promised to protect.

Still, she would be lying if she said she was not angered by his actions along with him still continuing to push away any sort of help from her. It was still far from personally getting into a fight with him while they still head the walking dead surrounding him, but it was more than enough of a reason for her to knock some sense into him.

"I know that it's dangerous," Her words came simply, as her eyes glared with nothing more than confidence and determination at the genuine compassion he was allowing to give her, "In fact, I'm shaking down to the bone. Just thinking that someone could be turning into one of them as we speak."

Dark eyes glanced over at the zombies that were struggling to regain their own strength, which seemed to be endless, and were only brought back to Rin. In which she approached him without any sense of hesitation nor consequence.

"But don't you remember what I told you?"

"I promised you. That I would have your back too."

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03. abnormality. | event open

[ It was the stench that bothered him, at first.

It smelled of rotting flesh and the smell itself was familiar. Ghouls. Here, they were called “zombies”, he believed? Ugh, what a drag. He’d come here to be normal, fuck his life. Still, he worried for the safety of others as he always did, and decided that it was probably unlikely that this many of them came to drag him back to Gehenna. Though, it was also possible that that much was true, it was still in the demon’s best interest to get rid of as many as he could.

Guess that whole idea of people thinking he was human here was scratched.

Calmly approaching the outskirts of the school, the ghouls—zombies—followed him, groaning and apparently thirsting for his hellish blood. At least he could try and get them to follow him farther away from the school so if he…well, lost it, for lack of better words, he wouldn’t destroy anything. Hopefully his training would prove to be fruitful.

And he drew the Kurikara, blue light igniting around him and at his temples, ears elongating with teeth that rivaled that of a sizeable lion, tail lashing out in an entirety of blue fire. ]

Oii, let’s play—!

[ And with that, the closest one near him combusted in azure. ]

As Karen was already more than occupied with the hope of finding a cure for her fellow classmates, she couldn't help but glance from the window from time to time. She was fully aware that a good number of the students and teachers would attempt at escaping, but it would certainly be a foolish move with the amount of flesh driven creatures already surrounding the campus.

However, it was all too difficult for her not to notice the handful of zombies that seemed to be heading towards the outskirts of the school. Even with the distance, Karen was unwilling to go ahead and watch as a figure continued to drive away the zombies from the school.

Having quickly made her way out of the building, quickly knocking away her previous classmates and teachers with a kick or punch. Nothing that was too harmful, but enough to leave them in a daze long enough for her to escape.

Once arriving to see the good amount of zombies, Karen could feel her heart suddenly drop as they had seemed to stop as well. Was she too late? Had another join in the seemingly endless undead army -- ?

Those thoughts came to a stop once she had saw the flames.

The voice was familiar, and she could remember the once normal conversation the two of them had before this event had happened. And it had brought her voice to have a slight crack as she parted her lips, "Rin...?"

Watching as the zombie combust into the azure coloured flames, the dark haired quickly curled her fingers into a fist.

"Rin! Stop!!"

#burnsblue #jamie ofmggg

a team on a mission || sof event / find a cure

Things had been quiet and calm for too long, but Wally didn’t really mind it. Not that he didn’t love the hero gig, but of course, it came with its repercussions. It was kind of nice to just be able to hang back and be a normal kid for a while, no heavy responsibilities on his shoulders, just a couple of clubs and friends. It was nice.

As he ran through the halls of his new school, supersuit and stealth mode on, and a mask over his mouth and nose to prevent that weird gas from entering his body, he knew he’d expected too much. Or rather, too little. The absolute worst had happened - he had no idea what was going on, but some strange gas had been released into the school, transforming some of the people inside into horrifying creatures ready to devour him. He’d hated to even think it, but only one word had popped into mind when he’d first seen them, uttered by a cheerful blonde with blue eyes - zombies.

“Full League response, I’m requesting a full League response!”

Wally yelled desperately into his comlink, frustrated when all he could hear from the other end was static. There was no contact to the League, or his old team. He’d have to rely on the team he’d built here - the ones that would be willing to help him, anyway. He sped forward, beating off the zombies that tried to get at him with a punch of a kick, but continued on. Finally, he reached a location where panicked students and faculty had gathered.

It was time for action. Time to act the leader he’d never really thought he’d have to be. Time to be a hero.

“These monsters are students and teachers, we can’t hurt them!”

He yelled out, casting a hand aside before gripping it into a fist. There was a reason he wasn’t a leader, but he’d really have to step up in this situation, wouldn’t he? Perhaps it was time to prove himself. Words of his argument with Juliet echoed in his mind. He’d seen the students transform - there had to be a cure, an antidote to whatever this weird gas was doing.

“We just need to hold them off until we can find a cure and give it to them. We’re going to have to fight a bit but that’s fine! If you’re with me, then follow me!”

With that, he took off down a dark hallway, ready to take on whatever came his way.

#andimspeedygonzales #sof event #omfg i can't even look at wally without thinking #GOTTA GO FAST SOOOOOOOOOOOONIC

Despite her life not being anywhere near normal, and having her fair share of experiencing something that she once believed was impossible, Karen was certainly not expecting to awake to an entirely different atmosphere. It caused her to tense up, an unknowing but sickening feeling to settle down into her stomach.

With her decision to leave the safety of where she was previously, she was unable to allow herself to leave any that were possibly attempting to defend themselves from the zombie outbreak. However, she had began to show more mercy once she had heard a familiar voice echo through the halls.

“These monsters are students and teachers, we can’t hurt them!”

"Tch!" She sucked her teeth, her expression having a mix of both aggression and concern after the quick realization. He was right, and Karen had found herself unable to put all of her strength in her attacks against the zombies.

There was no way that she was going to allow the deaths of her classmates, so finding the cure was now at the top of her to do list for the day -- Or, however long this outbreak was going to last.

Either way, her determination and energy was filled to brim. The friend of Justice and enemy of Evil, she had more than enough given reasons as to why she was going to push her limits in order to help.

Escaping from a good number of zombies, Karen had quickly made herself to an intersection in the hallway before her eyes had noticed a dark blur quickly making its way in her direction.

Okay, why is there blurs now? Does she need to call Ghost Busters or something?

Just kidding.

"Oi, Kid!! Slow down!!"

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She had a brother? That was cool. Siblings were always fun to have around; at least, that’s how Sen felt about his own siblings. Still, she’d managed to make him laugh. Yeah, she reminded him of his little siblings. “Yeah, you think you could fight me?” He wouldn’t take her up on that. Sen didn’t fight girls, even if they were black belts. It just didn’t feel right.

“You can stick around when we get the band room, y’know,” he told her, grinning effortlessly. He kinda liked her, and he missed his own family a ton, so it was cool to be back in the big brother shoes. “You don’t listen to music, right? I’ll play the drums for you, it’ll be fun.” Yeah, he’d show her how cool music could be. And he wouldn’t be all nervous; it’d be the same as playing for Sa-chan or one of his siblings. The difference was that his siblings never really gave his music a listen, because they were so young. They were all caught up in their own stuff. He didn’t really blame them, though. Kids were just kids. Maybe she wouldn’t want to stay around and listen either, but it was worth a shot. Sentarou could really use a couple of friends.

He laughed. “And hey, why would you have punched me? You got a problem with people askin’ questions?” Maybe he’d been a little rough, but he had to be! That was the only way he was gonna get anyone’s attention. “Maybe you should lighten up on that brother of yours, huh?” He wouldn’t like it if his sisters punched him. Well, they kinda did already, but they were so young that it didn’t really hurt him. And besides, it was just play. “Since he’s your family and all.” Family was a pretty sacred connection. He hoped that she got along with her brother as well as Sen got along with his siblings.

#heartthrob-boxer #i finally did this bless

"Of course I can! I'm the friend of Justice, enemy of Evil, Karen Araragi!!"

And while it was still a bit foreign to her, knowing that she and her sister broke up the Fire Sisters in order for her to intend this school, it didn't mean any difference to Karen. Who was still more than willing to be the "hero" of things while separated from her younger sister. Her brother, however...

"Even if I lose one around, I'll get back up and win the game!"

Despite her constantly arguing with him over it, Karen and Tsuhiki's actions were always seen as nothing more than a game. No matter how much she physically made herself stronger, it had also made her emotionally weak. Unable to see that what she saw was "right" could possibly harm those around her, and her own weakness had given one too many opportunities for those that could simply harm her with a snap of their fingers. Which was a major reason as to why she was so easily defeated when confronting someone who believed that money held more of a role in life than any kind of right that Karen believed in.

She tilted her head to the side, "So that's why you're carrying those sticks around, Kawa Nii-chan? You play the drums..." Her features seemed to brighten, with the thought of actually being able to see someone play an instrument face to face would be something new, "I'd like that!"

His next question, however, had brought the girl immediately to burst into a fit of laughter. "Of course not, but you came out of no where."

And when it came down to her brother... she simply laughed again. While she could punch, kick, or bite her brother without a single thought of regret, it was only out of the pure love she had for him. While she would never lift a harmful finger to her younger sister, Karen viewed her brother a bit differently. They had always fought, and had disappointed her whenever he just so happened to lighten up on her.

"I love my brother. Just as much as I love my sister."

The words were simple, but there were nothing more than honesty coming straight from her heart. She did care for her brother, no matter how many times she threw a punch at him. There was not a single part of him that she could ever think to resent, especially with her constantly in thought of protecting both him and her sister. "But I won't lighten up on him, nope! If he deserves a punch, I'll make sure it hurts!"

And she'll just give a playful punch on the arm, "So there's no need to worry about that."

#senboy

boxing vs martial arts [closed;; akihiko]

Late night, that was when he said he was at his best, from what Karen was able to remember.

Her excitement had left her restless the past couple of nights. With her entire being already itching for a fight, even if it were just a simple spar of two styles going against each other. It had already made Karen's walk have a little extra jump in every step as she made her way to the location that Akihiko had told her.

The gym.

Sneaking around so late at night proved to be not the least bit difficult, since the young Araragi possibly had done so a good number of times in some act of 'Justice'. Despite this, it must have been a surprise with how she wasn't tired whenever she just so happened to do so.

Opening the gym doors, it didn't take less than a second for her to immediately spot the older male. Still dressed in her uniform, her jacket being tired around her waist with her sleeves being rolled up halfway up her arms.

Stepping into the room, the dark haired girl immediately brought up a smile before she spoke, "Oi! You're Akihiko-Senpai, right?"

"Karen Araragi is here!"

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Yeah, yeah, Sentarou was much better at faces than he was with names, anyway. So he couldn’t make any promises. He sorta wanted that brass player to just go ahead and finish up; big, bulky instruments like that had never really been that nice to him. They worked sometimes, when they were in the right stuff, but this one was patchy and sort of off-key. Also, it sounded real forced. Most tubas sounded pretty forced, though. Plus, it was playin’ classical music, and that just sounded wrong comin’ from somethin’ big like that.

“What kinda fightin’ you do?” he asked her suddenly. Wasn’t often he met a kid like her that was all into martial arts. “Karate or what?” He’d never been into that sorta stuff, with the perfect form and all that. Too much work. Too focused on perfection. Sen was really more of a spur of the moment type of guy.

Really, if he thought about it, (which he tended not to do that much), he really only liked fightin’ as a way to release tension and energy and anger that’d built up. It wasn’t like he wanted to cause physical pain to everyone, no, more like he used it as a way to give people what was comin’ to ‘em. Most of the time. Ya know, some people just needed a good beating. But mostly he only used it as a way to get his own way in things, a way to get through to people. Hey, that wasn’t that bad, right?

He pushed his head against the wall and stared up at the ceiling. Man, it was weird talkin’ to new people. He sorta missed it back home. Well, he missed it back home a lot, and he wondered how his family was doin’ without him. Probably alright, they were big kids. But he felt kinda bad just leavin’ on ‘em. Maybe he’d write or somethin’. But for now, he’d just sit here with this kid, and wait for the band room. She was young enough to remind him of his sister. So that was a plus.

#senboy #quick kawa nii-chan we need to go duCK SITTING

"Martial Arts. But..."

I'm weak.

"I only use to it to protect others."

"Sparring is a little different though, so I don't mind fighting big guys like you just for fun." Besides, how else would she have gotten that black belt? Sure she basically breezed her way through with the abilities already given to her, but there was so much that she didn't learn before practicing them. And even then, she still had much more to learn no matter how much she didn't want to admit it.

"My brother is a completely different story."

Especially since nine times out of ten, she found herself fighting with her brother for whatever reason. Let it be a way for her to be entertained while arguing with him, or for the mere fact that while arguing with him she felt incredibly weak. Being seen as a child, or having her thought of being right was the greatest weapon against someone, even when she proved herself to be strong in all directions, she still had some weak points that were easily exposed.

That didn't mean hiding them once again with her attitude was difficult, either.

"Because if Kawa Nii-chan was my big brother, I wouldn't have held back when we first met. You would've gone flyyyyyyyying. Or I would have called an ambulance."

awh yeah handstands [open/intro]

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” This place is so big… ” Touko mumbled, dragging her bag behind her with a puff of cheeks. Never before had she been in such a large place and she was already getting lost. At first she thought she was heading toward where the dorms were, but after hitting the schools track field, she had found out that she had her map upside down and now? Well, now she had no idea where she was going.

Face pressed up close to the map in her hands, Touko’s blue eyes darted around its surface, trying to figure out where the girls housing was, but with no luck. Frowning, the girl stuffed the paper into her skirt pocket and continued to drag her bag along. Maybe she should have never left home…

Movement from the corner of her vision caught Touko’s attention and she turned just in time to see another female hauling herself onto her hands, feet in the air. Eyes wide, Touko couldn’t help but smile at the display until the girl began to wander closer and closer and close —

” Oh cra — ” Touko started as the handstand girl crashed down on top of her, the wind being knocked from her lungs as she hit the pavement, ” Owow .. hey! Are you alright? ” she manged to wheeze out, glancing at the other girl with a pained smile on her face.

Fortunately enough, the impact had caused the dark haired girl to begin falling back. With the reassurance of her abilities, she simply left her hands pressed against the ground as her feet fell against the pavement.

As she watched the other girl go down, however, she did all her best in able to keep a simple on her face as well. Despite being in such an awkward position, Karen was more than able to approach this situation with a smile on her face. Which shouldn't be much of a surprise, since the sight of seeing her frowning was even more of a surprise than anything else about this girl.

As long as you exclude pouting.

A small wince had escaped from her, but she had simply brushed it off in order to glance towards the girl that she had accidentally bumped into.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" She spoke in her usual, energetic tone, "Sorry about that, I'm usually more careful than that! Are you okay?"

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Normality [intro/open!]

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Protect. That sounded nice.

“I’ll do my best to.. do the same for you,“

If she could face the frightening things in her dreams without batting an eyelash then she could surely protect one of her new friends, right..? Reality was harsh though, she’d found that out the hard way; it wouldn’t stop her though, she had too much to see and now friends to protect.

When the first questions came she blinked, stumbling over her words for answers to them.

“I.. I’m a freshman and softball and games club,”

#windowtodreams #kdfajkf thank you! ;v; mado is super cute too~!

"Awww, but there's no reason to do that! I'm a friend of Justice itself."

"As that friend, I have to do everything that's anything to protect everyone I can."

Karen herself had faced many hardships that would be surprising to the average person how she would still be filled to the brim with energy. Still allowing herself to be sacrificed for others without a single form of regret, or any kind of second thoughts over it. As long as she was protecting them from any harm, and as long as they made sure to defeat whatever evil that happened to come their way, things would be fine, right?

"Ahh, I'm just a year ahead of you. And you're in softball, huuuuh... that's cool! If you play any games you need to tell me so I can come cheer you on!"

So I'm about to go ahead and post everything in my drafts, sooooo...

Put your guns on.

#ooc #not even gonna bother saying i'll delete this because i know i won't #we all know i won't

move it boii [open]

After Akira had been launched into the air from touching her no-no square, he didn’t really mean to, he just, you know, curled up in her arms because he realized he told a joke. Without meaning to. Which was worse than saying one. Then, after laying on the ground for about 20 minutes straight, both in pain and anguish, he got up, and realized, wow, where did the girl go, and where did Tapioca go as well?

Until he put two and two that the girl must have taken his duck as consequence. She was a weird girl, and… he didn’t even know what he did. He is a bit slow in that department, even if he was at times visibly (or secretly) smart. Forget that he even had initially signed up for the Young Justice League. They didn’t need his operative expertise, and that was just fine, he had his own work to be done.

Akira had practically crawled to his feet and began to search for Tapioca. “Tapioca!” He’d call out, but it seems the duck didn’t heed to his calls, clearly since it was too busy playing DDR with the ladies (lesbian duck)? This just… about nearly bummed Akira out, since Tapioca was kind of… pretty much… their mascot, and also originally one of his only friends… and WOULD be his only friend, until he reunited with Haru and Yuki and Natsuki. Then again, things were tough lately with all that.

And he had to locate Haru if it was the last thing he did—but… his duck……

He scoured the halls of the classrooms after hours, though his last option would be trying to sneak through the girl’s dorm—though he’d probably get severely punished for doing that, not just for being a boy, but also being twenty-five fucking years old. Can you smell the consequences? And he is not a pedophile, people.

But he heard music, and that… was odd, since he didn’t really hear any music coming from any other classrooms. So he curiously approached it, simply because of how odd it was, and then he could hear… quacks, and the flapping of wings, and… he picked up his pace, throwing the door open and—

Why was his duck DANCING!?! DANCING! He already had enough horrors with the Enoshima dancing as is!! And above all, why was it alongside some girl that he only just met today!? He wasn’t even sure if he remembered her name! But after today, he would be sure to remember who they were. This was just outrageous. He knew she wasn’t bound to be some alien, even despite how weird she was, but still, the question was being outlined in his head: Why!?

“What… are you doing to Tapioca…”

#turbanguy #akira you're a kill joy!!

Karen had no intention of punishing the male when she had took his duck. The only thought in mind was that she would have to take care of her (???) while he was laying around somewhere. So this was only a part of taking care of the duck, entertaining the poor thing while they awaited for Akira to return.

However, it must have been difficult for him since the young girl moved from one place to another without a single hint of where to look for her next.

Still, even with the presence of the male just a distance from her, Karen didn't dare to stop and pause the game. With her feet still hitting hard on the dance mat, dark eyes only glanced in the direction of the male as most of her attention was already on paying attention to what arrow came next.

"Hey!! You're that 'Jagger' guy, right?" She stopped her words for a brief moment, having to jump twice in order to get two sets of arrows that appeared at the same time.

"We're playing DDR, of course!"

"You should join us."

Cause obviously Tapioca isn't complaining. Oh.

( YO KAREN, AKIRA, WE NEED TO DO A LEGIT THREAD SOMETIME. )

[ you just want this guy to suffer!!!!!! ]

[ well i certainly do.

AND HELL YES WE SHOULD. ALL OF US CAN GO ON A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE WITH A LESBIAN DUCK. be the coolest kids on the block, yo. ]

#ooc

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Martial arts, huh? Sen did a lot of fightin’, so he could understand how she drew that conclusion. Perfectin’ your form and all that. But jazz was a lot more soulful than just fightin’. Fightin’ took energy, time, but you were hurtin’ people in the end. Sentarou put his hands behind his head and leaned up against the wall.

“Never too busy for music,” he informed her, glancing down. “It’s all around.” Martial arts, huh? So at least they had fighting in common. But Sen didn’t like to think of fighting as part of his personality. It was just something there so that people would listen to him; something he used to get his way when he had to. He never really thought of it as something beautiful like music.

He sank down to the floor. They’d be here for a while, or at least, he would, if the kid decided she would rather leave. He’d wait all night for the band room if he had to. But he wasn’t gonna drag her down with him. Always busy, huh? Then she had more important things to do, anyway.

“By the way, Kid, what’s your name?” he asked, nodding up at her. Anyone who’d managed to stick around him for that long deserved at least that much. Ri’ko and Richie were the only people who had the guts to, but he supposed that now he could add a third person to that short list.

#nah it's cool bro uvu #also LOL I TOOK MY TIME TO REPLY TO THIS AHHHHHH #senboy

Despite the fact that Karen was aware that she would physically harming people, she only thought of her actions to be for the greater good. Her goal in mind only being to help others, and do whatever she can in order to protect those that were willing to put their trust in her hands.

What disappointed her most about this, was her elder brother thought that she and her younger sister only did this for their own entertainment. In order to make themselves into someone that could be remembered.

While Karen was unaware of whatever her sister had in mind for their actions, she knew for a fact that her act on justice was only to help others. She didn't care what happened to her, to the point that she was willing to put her life in the line only to have the reassurance that the person that she had promised to protect was alright.

That was the reason why she fought. But certainly not the only one.

Since had had decided to take a seat, Karen only shrugged her shoulders and decided to take a seat a few feet away from him. Legs crossed with her hands in her jacket pockets, she leaned back against the wall as she decided to take his comment into thought.

Music truly was all around her, but she had just been too bothered to pay attention. Her mind had always been cluttered with how she would grow to protect others, or whatever other personal thoughts that came to mind. It blocked away the sound, the music, that she had been ignoring for some time in her life.

And with nothing else on mind, she was able to clearly hear the sound of the brass instrument. The closes thing she had been to music for who knows how long.

It took her moment to take notice of Kawabuchi's question, her head turning in his direction before she had parted her lips, "My name is Karen Araragi."

"Make sure you don't forget it, Kawa Nii-chan!"

move it boii [open]

Since she was given the much exciting news that she was allowed in the Young League of Justice, Karen had been finding ways to congratulate herself. Let it be simply pigging out on some kind of food, jumping around her bed for some time, and then finally having the brilliant idea of playing DDR...

In some empty classroom, that is. She still needed a TV and a good amount of space in order to play. Pushing the desks to the back of the room, to which she would probably put back to its rightful place later, the young Araragi took little to no time to put the game together.

Once she got it all set up, the dark haired girl immediately jumped in the game without a single thought of consequence. Hey, it's not like she's disturbing anyone. And besides, there were probably tons of other things going on -- there were clubs for a reason.

So here she was, her feet hitting against the dance mat with confidence of getting a perfect score. While she was no where near close of being a dancer, she sure as hell was pretty good at DDR. All you had to do was move your feet, it shouldn't be that hard. Despite the fact that she had seen a few people from time to time, mainly beginners, who just can't play this kind of game to save their life.

A grin from ear to ear, her mind clearly focused on the screen before her and making sure that she had hit the correct arrows, the young girl paid absolutely no attention to the person that just so happened to walk in.

Of course, she wasn't alone with her celebration, oh no. She had made a friend just moments after she had became a true member of the Young Justice League.

A duck.

And yes, she had brought an extra mat just for Tapioca. How she learned his name, no idea, but when did any of her actions make any sense to begin with?

#sof open #i'm obviously the best at making titles

calling all heroes!! || sof young justice league

Now this guy…he gave Wally a bad vibe. Not only was that turban or whatever on his head weird (Wally, you’re being racist, stop that—), but was that seriously a duck in his arms? What in the world was this guy doing carrying a duck around?! Wasn’t that dangerous? Was it more dangerous for him, or for the duck? Mysteries abound.

Either way, he didn’t understand why this guy was here in the first place. Wally raised an eyebrow as the guy told him that he was a spy here to observe aliens, blah blah, something about the Bermuda triangle? Man, wouldn’t he have a coronary if M’gann was here?

“So…my moves…I have the moves like jagger.”

Wally’s eyes widen at this sudden statement, and he stares at him right back, deadpan, until a smile cracks onto his face and he starts laughing.

“Are you serious, dude?! That’s the best joke I’ve heard all day!”

Moves like Jagger?! Was he seriously insinuating that this was a superpower of his? Wasn’t that a so—

Where did that girl come from.

He recognized this girl, as he’d spoken to her only a short while ago, since she’d joined the Young Justice League before he’d tried out this…well, try out system. She claimed to be a master of martial arts, but Wally still demanded that she show him. However, here she was—

“His superpower is his duck.”

—dragging the man away.

Wally stops laughing, unsure of what to think of the entire situation. Where the hell was Robin when he needed him. After a moment, he lifts up his clipboard, drawing two big red X’s next to the names “Akira Agarkar Yamada” and “Karen Araragi.”

WAIT THAT WAS A JOKE HE WAS TELLING A JOKE ALL ALONG HE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST CONTEMPORARY LINGO!!!

“That was… the best… joke… you……”

Akira would have reacted into being carried off suddenly by the girl like wait, what are you doing, but before he could have even inquiried that, Wally’s words bore into his head, echoing… Echoing…

“Are you serious, dude?! That’s the best joke I’ve heard all day!”

He starts sinking and just kind of like scrunches up in Karen’s arms, his weight seems to magically grow heavy as his mood grows heavy and he grabs Karen’s arms and anguishly twitches into her chest. His grip is hard on her, and if Karen was in any mood to be rude, she could have easily dropped him and let him roll on the ground and he would have probably just… laid there…

“Don’t tell me… that was actually a joke…”

He oddly enough sounds like he is dying from the inside out. Wally could almost hear a sob coming from him as he puts huge red X’s over their names.

“I… hate… jokes…”

#andimspeedygonzales #turbanguy #AND THUS BEGAN THE AWKWARD FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THESE THREE #AND A DUCK

Karen had no idea what "Moves like Jaggers" was and she was in no hurry to know.

Despite having the want to join the group, she had no problem with current situation having to cost for her audition. The main reason being that Karen was more used to doing things alone, and she was perfectly fine with only doing what she knows best.

And that's just kicking ass and taking names.

Carrying Akira in her arms wasn't a problem either, surprisingly. Especially since he had been starting to feel even more heavy as the time went on with his constant whining over Wally's comment. Karen couldn't take it seriously either, but she was ready to laugh in less than a second before --

...

While she was usually very willing to let someone snuggle in close to her whenever they were in need of help, this was a different story. And while Karen still considered herself a Hero, that did not mean she was willing for him to go ahead and touch her at any time.

AND SHE JUST BLEW ALL OF THAT OUT THE WINDOW.

THIS WAS HER CHEST. YOU DON'T TOUCH THAT. THAT WAS HER NO-NO SQUARE.

To which, it took little to no time for her to literally throw Akira into the air. Poor soul, he would be the first person to actually experience what kind of power had behind one of her kicks. Evil doer, beware!! You just laid your hands on the one and only, Karen Araragi!!

And in a matter of seconds, she had lifted her leg and heard her foot hit against the male's face.

And she'll just casually watch him flyyyyyy out into the distance. All while picking up his duck and walking off, yup.

calling all heroes!! || sof young justice league

“Alright then, listen up! I don’t…I don’t have any idea like, at all how some of you got here, but here’s the deal - the Young Justice League is try out only now, got it? We can’t just have you running around here without me knowing what you can do!”

“That’s dangerous not only to you, but to the whole team! I might not know a lot a bout leading a team like this, but I know enough! So here’s the deal - you’re already in it? You need to show me your moves. Right now. You want to join? Still have to show me your moves. Convince me you have what it takes to be here!”

[ After more thinking about it, I realized this was how things had to be for this particular extracurricular! I mean the premise behind it is to go out and fight crime, not only within the school, but in its surroundings too!! And you can’t just be on the League with no powers :0 Some have already been approved but, if you’d still like to show Wally your moves, go right ahead! I’ll be tagging everyone that’s in it, okay! Thanks for understanding and if Wally says no, please also understand!! ;v; ]

“…What I can do?”

“I am a spy, sent here to observe aliens and report back my findings. All to prevent a crisis like the Bermuda Syndrome from happening any more than it already has.” He also has a gun in his turban. He is pretty much a secret law-abiding Indian prince but he doesn’t really have any powers. Those are inhuman. And potentially dangerous in itself.

Hey you all have powers and are all essentially aliens posing as humans maybe he should apprehend you all instead if only people with powers are meant to join this thing—maybe he should just turn around and leave at this point.

“So… my moves…”

He paused. What could it take for him to be there? Not that he even had the will for it at this point.

“I have the moves like jagger.”

He says this with an uncomfortably deadpan face. Awkward.