❧ ...Until someone loses an eye

[luministimods]

[randomly in the southern lawn of the town square, a silver view finder appears. pretty innocent looking, isn't it? and in actuality, it really is! only...what it shows might not be so innocent... nonetheless, observers will notice that the remaining residents who haven't been turned into dolls yet walk past it without noticing it at all. how odd.

a few minutes after its appearance, an unregistered CAT device sends an audio message to only the new residents, but those with keen ears will notice that the voice distortion is pitched a bit higher than normal. strange. the message goes as follows:]

Things are falling apart faster than I expected, so I can finally utilize this device while everyone is distracted. Use those prizes I gave you to get a glimpse of the truth! Thought you'd also like to know that he is safe and at home with his family far, far away from here. But please keep each other safe and beware R--

[the message, unfortunately, cuts off there...]

[ooc: Remember those gold coins embossed with the image of a lion and a sun? It seems someone has had something planned for them this entire time. Good thing you can recover it with your stolen item! Of course, there are some residents who can get one coin and others with two. Those with two will be able to use the view finder twice. Oddly enough, the view finder only will let you look at things in the four cardinal directions, and once you pick the direction, you can't move the view finder. So! Comment here ICly with the direction you wish to look at. Those of you with two coins can comment twice so we can let you know what you will see with your second choice. If you wish to comment/ask a question OOCly, you can as well!

Oh, and as a note, after you have used your coin(s) and return home, you will find that the lion paperweight has moved to a different location in your townhome. How or why that happened, well...you'll see soon enough...]

Comments

[bit_impossible]

[his ears did pick up on that difference and he wonders why that is--one of many thoughts in fact. soon enough, though, he turns up at the view finder and pulls out his two coins, flipping one of them over his fingers while he debates where he should look. after a moment, he grabs the view finder and turns it so it's facing north, then inserts one coin.]

OOC

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[And some both IC and OOC laughing at more suddenly-appearing things that the regular folks can't see! (Plus, Fuu likes view finders.)]

If two characters are at the view finder and one uses a coin, can they both catch a glimpse of the view on the one coin?

IC

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Exasperated with staying in her home and away from other buildings pretty much all week, Fuu is out for a walk when she gets the message. A short time later she happens across the view finder and claps her hands in delight.]

Oh, Hikaru would love this. It must be the 'device'.

[Investigating it, she tries turning it around. Oddly, it seems to stick to the four cardinal directions. Then she sees the coin slot. Taking one of her coins, she tries fitting it to the slot without putting it in.]

Ahh~

[Smiling, she tilts her head as she considers. Presumably, she could use her two coins to view something through the finder twice. It would be nice if she could see all four, though... Remembering his post from a few days ago, she recalled that Mister Braxiatel had two coins. Her smile widening, she takes out her CAT to message him.]

[Video message to Brax]
Mister Braxiatel, if I may trouble you, could you come meet me at the town square? And please bring your two coins?

[desertdaggers]

Prizes? [to anyone who might be listening] What prizes do they mean? Beware who? [And what in the world is going on here?]

private text message

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[After thinking about that unregistered CAT message for a while, Fuu sends this private text message to Miss Verita's CAT.]

Thank you.
Your recommendation came in quite useful. I took someone there the other day and it was good.
The news must be keeping you busy, but I hope we can meet there for lunch sometime.


[Although this might be taken at face value, Fuu hopes that it might be even more meaningful to the person who sent the mysterious message. She also hopes that it was indeed Miss Verita who sent it, even though she thought that the woman was currently a doll. But it would seem that the 'dead' Deputy is alive and well, so who knows!]

[fortune_sought]

[approaches the view finder suspiciously, hesitating and taking a moment to examine it before she turns it facing west and, having noticed the coin slot, inserts one of her coins]

[finalwished]

[Sara shows very little sign of turning into a doll--just a section of hair that is actually hardened into that position--as she's quite used to desires being associated with costs. she approaches the view finder and slips in the coin that she retrieved when she won back the pouch at her waist. it is facing south]