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Post by Willow Fey on Dec 27, 2015 10:20:23 GMT -5
This was Willow's very first day at Hope's Peak Academy and he wanted to make an impression on people. Very few people at this school would likely know what his talent was, but that surprise factor would diminish rapidly. Willow needed to run a trick fast. An icebreaker if you will, to show everyone what he was about.
To that end he had gotten his hands on Pigs blood. One of his Japanese internet contacts had dropped it off at a safe point near HPA. Willow wasn't sure how the guy had gotten his hands on pig's blood and for legal reasons he didn't want to find out. He waited until after lunch, doing some scouting for the best place to do this as he had gone about his day. Eventually deciding on the stairway between the second and third floor.
His plan was to pretend that he had gotten himself murdered.
The Trickster had a couple morals to teach through this mainly, "Expect the Unexpected", and "Don't make assumptions", but mostly this was a trick for his own satisfaction. The look on the face of whoever found him would be hilarious, maybe he could even draw a crowd.
Willow began to quickly pour out some of the pig's blood, leaving a trail to the landing. Then he carefully wrote "Bloodstain Fever" on the wall in kanji, and just to be sure "Bloodlust" in english on the wall. He poured out the rest of the blood onto his clothing and the floor of the landing and quickly laid down in a very corpse like position against the wall. He had even managed to acquire a pair of the Genocider's scissors that had made it's way onto the shadowy corners of the internet, most likely sold by a dirty cop. He took the scissors and carefully pierced it into his clothing.
The Trickster closed his eyes. While he couldn't exactly stop his breathing or his heartbeat, he had learned a technique that would slow both. An examination by a medical professional or a prolonged examination would reveal that he was alive, but a cursory examination should be fooled. This wasn't meant to go on for too long, just long enough to give a scare or two.
Now he merely had to wait for a mark.
(OOC: Hey everyone! I decided to start this HPA pre-despair forums with a thread of my own. Anyone can post for this thread and be the victim of Willow's first trick at HPA! Also as many people as want to join in can do so. Let's have some fun here.)
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Post by Taro Yamada on Dec 27, 2015 13:52:58 GMT -5
Taro walked down the stairway to see Willow. As a man who had seen countless deaths, he could easily deduce that this man wasn't dead. Course, if he was panicking, like a normal person would do if he had noticed the blood on the staircase, would automatically assume he was dead. He had to give the guy credit though, he really went all out. He was able to slow his breathing.
"Cool." Taro said. He walked through the blood so he can help with the prank and went to class.
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Post by Mamouro Shabots on Dec 27, 2015 14:18:49 GMT -5
Mamouro was walking to his next class, right after a little exercise during lunch. Already on the first day, he could tell this would be a waste of time. There were a few alright people around, but the year was still going to drag. Or at least that was his thought process in that instant. Because he then turned the corner and saw that Willow guy, covered in blood and with scissors in his chest.
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SHIT!
Ah christ, what should he do? Alright, first thing, call for help.
"OI, ANYONE! WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER OVER HERE!"
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Post by Ignia Brand on Dec 27, 2015 14:22:28 GMT -5
Ignia walked from one room to the next during her normal day at school. She liked being the person who sat at the farthest end of each classroom, unbothered by people who were afraid of her talent. As she walked, she came upon a liquid that's all too familiar for her. Blood.
She looked at the body and at the wall. From there, she could deduce that whoever was on the ground certainly was still alive.
"Man, did ya really have to ruin ya clothes like that?", the girl asked the 'corpse'.
News of the Genocider also were broadcasted back in Germany, and there were copycat murders like those the Genocider did. If it was a prank, then Ignia wouldn't have fallen for it.
Without paying the boy on the floor more attention, she walked past him, unfazed and unaffected.
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Post by Willow Fey on Jan 30, 2016 8:13:10 GMT -5
This was really what his classmates were like? Boring?" Dull? Just walking past? Not trying to save him, not checking his vitals, not running to get help, not investigating, not anything? At least the boxer-what was it Shabots?-had the decency to yell for help. Thanks to them opening their mouths, he could tell it was the survivor and the fire starter. Willow was going to have to find something that would make them react in the near future.
Seeing no point in this display anymore he got up, "Sorry about the mess and any fear you might have experienced. I am the Ultimate Trickster, so it's kinda my thing. Feel free to leave this mess, or clean it or wait for help or whatever. I have to go clean off my clothes. See you around." Willow said.
He walked up the next flight of stairs, and went to find a vending machine, cursing all the while a waste of a good uniform. Once he found one, he began buying lots of water bottles and dumping them over his clothes. A bit of an impromptu cleaning method but he could hardly walk to his next class dripping in gore could he? He had to clean up a little.
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Post by Alexia Takana on Jan 31, 2016 23:43:57 GMT -5
Alexia was on her way to her class, nervous of what sort of things would occur on her first day of Hopes peak. But while in the hallway, she spotted someone by a vending machine who was dripping wet.
"H-Hey... Uh, you okay?" She said nervously. Unaware of who this person was or could be. Her eyes then gazed at the floor, which seemed to be covered in what looked like blood. The smell was also familier of that same substance...
"Oh, shit! Are you bleeding?" She asked a little too loudly. "Do you need any help?"
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Post by Willow Fey on Feb 1, 2016 12:34:13 GMT -5
There it was, someone asking him if he needed help. She looked familiar but unlike the boxer, survivor, and the arsonist he did not know either her name nor talent yet. No matter. He was going to get acquainted with her very soon.
"I am perfectly alright. This isn't exactly my blood. Names Willow. Willow Fey. And you are...?" Willow asked in a polite but tired sounding voice. He wasn't about to give his ultimate talent out for free. Regardless if she knew about his talent or not, such a statement would be unharmful. If she didn't though, he could gauge her reactions further.
Regardless the trickster was sure this was going to be a very interesting conversation.
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Post by Alexia Takana on Feb 2, 2016 0:32:20 GMT -5
"Alexia Takana!" She said proudly while smirking. She thought she knew this person, she had seen him somewhere before. Once... "Oh! Hey! You are in the same form room as I am, Right?" But Alexia was also bothered by something else. "By the way... Uh, you said this wasn't your blood..." She said cautiously, "then who's blood is it?" Although he sounded tired, Alexia thought that she needed to know this question. Begging that the academy didn't send in a SHSL Murderer or something along those lines. Willow Fey |
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Post by Taro Yamada on Feb 2, 2016 2:27:48 GMT -5
"Pig's blood" Taro shouted from down the hall. He knew enough about blood from his accidents to differentiate some blood types, whether they be human or pig. He continued off to class.
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Post by Willow Fey on Feb 4, 2016 16:34:51 GMT -5
The survivor was already proving to be an annoyance. Just where the hell did he come from anyway. It didn't matter, he hadn't intended to get the girl scared or anything. No...probably not scared, she looked tough.
"Pig's blood is exactly what it is. I am the Ultimate Trickster, I decided to arrange a little trick for a first day prank. An icebreaker if you will. It was an effort on my part to teach people a lesson about making assumptions. Also I thought it would be entertaining. Unfortunately people reacted surprisingly nonchalantly to a blood stained crime scene. Now I am just out of a uniform." Willow said with a sigh.
"What was your talent Ms.Takana? I am afraid I missed it." Willow said.
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Post by Alexia Takana on Feb 5, 2016 6:18:06 GMT -5
"Pig's blood?" Alexia stood in science. On her first day - No, First HOUR of school. She had already been exposed to unexplained occurrences. It was just downright weird. It was the last thing she was expecting from such a prestigious school like Hope's peak academy...
Thankfully, however, Willow gave a brief explanation... If one could even call it that. He seemed to be blabbering on about tricks of some sort. She caught something while half-listening to him, however.
"Unfortunately people reacted surprisingly nonchalantly to a blood stained crime scene."
"What on earth?" Alexia said a bit too loud. "A crime scene?" This would then explain the pigs blood on the floor. Because this individual standing in front of her was pulling a sick prank. A prank that could scar people for life. What the fucking hell was he thinking?
She decided to leave it alone... It was her first day however... He might actually be a good guy. She at least hoped...
"Uhhh... Oh! Right..." She stuttered, breaking from her train of thought. "I-I'm apparently the 'ultimate police officer' if I recall... Not that much of a big deal really..." She shrugged.
"And what exactly does the 'ultimate trickster perform?" She asked
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Post by Willow Fey on Feb 5, 2016 11:53:29 GMT -5
The "Ultimate Police officer" huh. That was fairly troubling. While most of what he did fell under the "legal" or "technically legal" categories he had never had a good relationship with cops. Most of his life he had been on the wrong side of the cops. Between his sister's acts of petty crime, his mother's legally dubious methods of obtaining cash and his own occasionally acts of pickpocketing and causing public scenes....his run in's with the cops were more negative than positive.
Still you can't judge a person merely by their profession. People who due are either idiots or people who have remained in only one world with little contact outside of it. Willow was a man of the people though, not an Ivory tower intellectual or a sheltered rich kid whining about "class warfare".
"No reason to be unnerved. As we are genius prodigies who have been forced to grow up so fast that we have already hit close to our peak potential by the time we have hit high school, I would say that the psychological damage has already been done, if that is a cause of concern. Seeing some pigs blood is nothing compared to that. If it is the mess in the hallway I have left that to the capable hands of our Ultimate Boxer." Willow said, dismissing her concerns. This Alexia girl was aa easy to read as his sister. In fact she sorta reminded him of...
"Being the Ultimate Police officer is quite a big deal. You are here representing your comrades to the entire world and being set as an example for law enforcement everywhere. The burden of that is something I can only guess at being an Ultimate Trickster with no real community of my own and no such call to duty. The honor and responsibility of that is quite staggering. " Willow said.
"As an Ultimate trickster I do have responsibilities though seldom they are as life and death as yours. To put it pretentiously: I perform acts of deceit and trickery in order to help unearth the truth. Less pretentiously: I expose people's prejudices, challenge their preconceived notions and conformity and try my best to help people. Without pretension: I lie so others can figure out the truth. That's all. " Willow said. He did not want to appear to be arrogant however he did not feel the need for false modesty. There was a reason why he was here at Hope's Peak. Even if he was bad at nearly everything else he was good at his talent.
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Post by Alexia Takana on Feb 7, 2016 3:22:37 GMT -5
It was too late before Alexia realized that the 'first day' nerves were getting to her. That and the fact that she was in a different country all together. She was being too soft. She needed to be more hard on him. He was technically breaking the law after all... But... There was something about Willow that made Alexia want to know more about him, there was something about him that made her enjoy his company around him... There was something about him that made her want to be his friend."Huh?" Alexia snapped out of her train of though. 'Come on, you have to be stronger than this...' She thought. But she didn't want to... To be completely honest with herself. He seemed like a nice person despite all of the 'illegal' things that he may of done. "Oh, yeah!" She chuckled "I suppose your right, it may be a big fuckin' deal after all!" Alexia sighed "Hey, don't be too hard on yourself. Surely you must represent something... I mean, hell! You are a fucking ultimate!"
That's more like it, this was the person she was. Stern, confident and foul-mouthed. This was her image she needed to keep. This was Alexia Takana, the SHSL Police officer. She felt a bit anxious, however, maybe didn't like the sort of way she acted? 'Hey! Cut it out...' She told herself, 'It doesn't matter whether he likes you or not. You guys just met!' Yeah... It shouldn't be that bad... Right? Willow seemed to be quite quaint. Describing his talent in many different forms of pretentiousness. That was good... At least he wasn't stuck up like some off the student's here. "So... The stuff you do is half-legal right?" Alexia giggled "Heh, you're like a vigilante! I like those sorta people...!" Alexia covered her mouth. ' shit. So much for being the ultimate police officer... Police officers don't support these types of people' Alexia thought to herself. Worried of what Willow may think... "Uh... Don't tell anyone I said that... Okay?" Willow Fey |
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Post by Willow Fey on Feb 7, 2016 10:47:02 GMT -5
Yes...she definitely reminded him of his sister. Ultimate police office or no...she could become his friend. It seemed for the moment that there was little cause for concern from her at the moment. It was not like he would lose anything from choosing to trust her.
"Yes, I do represent lots of people I suppose. It's just that they are disparate and divided communities many of which I find for the most part personally distasteful." Willow said with a smile, but it was a jagged one and didn't meet his eyes.
Willow laughed, a genuine laugh, during her vigilante commentary.
"Vigilante? I suppose in a way the shoe fits. There are people out there that do harmful things that aren't illegal and thus the law can't touch them. There are the corrupt who have yet to be exposed and people who have yet to be educated in how their actions affect others. Some of them need to be thrown to the pack of wolves called public opinion and some need guidance. I try my best to figure out what is the best way I can help them and the people they have hurt, and if they truly would take any help at all or are simply sociopaths who I can do nothing for. I don't exactly go around hitting people with baseball bats or blowing their heads off." Willow said.
"No problem. We all have unpopular opinions which are better kept to ourselves and a few close friends. Despite my "vigilante" nature, I am not the judgemental sort. Your secret is safe with me. " Willow said. Being friendly with a police officer had it's uses but...in this case it was more then that.
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Post by Alexia Takana on Feb 8, 2016 5:50:14 GMT -5
Hmmm, It was odd. She wouldn't usually be the one to be friends with someone who sort of goes against the law... But, he was kind. He was possibly the first ever friend that Alexia had made. Well, at Hopes peak anyway. But to be honest... It was still quite odd. But there was just something else about him... She couldn't quite put her finger on it... "Ah! I suppose that's true... I'm not a fan of those people though..." She was tapping her foot while crossing her arms. "I'm just big on the whole 'Half-breaking' the law to give something back... Police officers and government officials fucking hate them... But i don't see what is so bad about it. Not only are you doing yourself a favor but you are also giving back, which, in my eyes, is such a generous thing to do...!" Don't lose your act Alexia... "Hrm... I suppose I can trust you" Jesus Christ, not even five minutes in and shes already trusting someone she just met... 'Great police work Alexia'. "I suppose you are alright..." Truth is... Alexia thought he was more then alright... He was a nice guy... who spoke well. Willow Fey |
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