CUPID MAN SHINES DOWN UPON THE SCHOOL (Open to all)

[subspaceemissary]

Who: YOU and YOU!!!
What: CUPID MAN
Where: EVERYWHERE
When: February 14th – time varies
Warnings: People in strange love times.

Instructions: Start up threads, make sure you include everyone in your cupid group (So Lash's group would be Cyrus, Hawke, Lash and Ron) and there is no real need for a tagging order. Someone can show up later after people have been hit with an arrow etc. When you need Cupid Man, go post in the OOC post.

Note: Don't forget Morty's fortunes! They are amazing and awesome and go post in them, NOW.

Ahh what a fine day for causing trouble!
Robotnik was nowhere to be found (Good), but the Mega Twirp had found himself back in their school (Bad). Of course Wily couldn't risk doing this back in Capcom, oh no. Nope, if he was going to test this little robot, built upon leftovers from his nemesis shitty inventions, OH he was going to test it on Smash Academy.

Cupid Man was a state of the art Robot Master (tm). Designed to look a bit like a cupid, it had both stealth and a weapon which could amusingly switch how a person felt about the other. And what a perfect time to test this than Valentines!

...no he wasn't bitter at being FOREVER ALONE. Or being a Virgin Man.

Regardless of what you might think of him, he was totally crackling away at his home base, watching how this would all unfold.

And what a good time would be had by all.

Comments

Lash / Hawke / Ron / Cyrus

[thewunderkind]

She couldn't remember who she was. Why was she here?

Oh god why was her hair so huge.

Lash, or rather, the memory-less version of her ran around the campus while poor Claus on Rainbow Road was being tested for fun and giggles but some mischievous entities of who-knew-what. The wunderkind had been dumped off in school, probably just so they could see her wander around aimlessly.

Which is what she did.

[black_hawke]

Oh, good. There was Lash. Hawke, coffee in tow, had something very important to tell her, as was befitting of this particular situation, where inter-personal relationships were a bit forgotten, at the moment.

He was quick to approach her.

"There you are."

Goose | Blaze | Vincent | Sparkster

[rotarytier]

Goose didn't even know what the hell was going on today. Any holiday meant crazy shenanigans were bound to happen, but what shenanigans remained to be seen.

WELL, as long as he made it home to dinner and didn't get killed on campus, he honestly gave no shits, so here he is.

Re: Goose | Blaze | Vincent | Sparkster

[played_possum]

From what Sparkster gathered from the journal network the past few days, today was a holiday meant to be with the person you loved. That and apparently flying robots went around making individuals fall in love with random people. Wow, this world sure had some messed up holidays.

Regardless, Sparkster still showed up for work as usual. He was looking over his shoulder as he walked by Goose, keeping a sharp watch for these supposed cupid bots.

Byrne | Shinon

[dothelokomotion]

Apparently there was some sort of holiday here that involved sickening decorations of hearts and cupids and bright things everywhere. And chocolates. Lots of chocolates. From what Byrne gathered, apparently this was a holiday for romance and love, two things he couldn't be bothered with.

So really, this holiday had no meaning at all to him except just to annoy him with all the decorations and probably all of the couples in the student body prancing around. Stupid.

So he was just trying to make his way through the school without killing anyone from this mass display of headache-inducement.

Re: Byrne | Shinon

[snipernosniping]

It wasn't really anything he wanted to take part i--

No I'm not doing that this year because we already all know how Shinon feels about Valentine's Day. But hey, maybe... he could do something with Nabooru? Maybe? There were thoughts. But he'd never said anything because that would mean he was thinking about it. Of course, things never went anyone's way, and he was sure there would be either a food item or some little viruses swimming about the school that would - GASP! - force two unassuming individuals to couple. It had happened the past years he'd been here, to some extent.

If he could help it, well, Shinon was going to stay put in his dorm. That's what he told himself that morning, anyway, but he started to get restless. Now he had the conviction to stealthily traverse the school and isolate himself in the forest, at least to avoid any school-related shenanigans and to busy himself for the length of the day. Then he could return and crash. That was his planned day. Maybe it was too sparse a schedule. That was just an invitation to be bombarded with something, wasn't it...?

If he was going to treat Nabooru to anything for any reason, it would not be on this day. Too much weird shit went on here every year for that to be a safe thing to even do.

Vinnie | Gladys

[punchtheflowers]

Just his luck that Vinnie would have landed back in time for this annoying holiday. It wasn't so much that he disliked the idea or that he was bitter for love or anything. But considering how accepted it was that these annual Cupidbots were, he was not looking forward to that mayhem rearing its ugly head again. Last year was bad enough. He could only hope in vain that this year would be different.

With Morty's fortune-telling weighing on his mind, the Venusaur had set his mind on avoiding the school for the day. Instead, he was sticking to the greenhouse. Yes sir. After all, he had a lot of catching up to do with all of them. And with the new plants he'd received from Christmas (ah, demon poinsettias, what was he going to do with you guys,) he had a lot of new faces to get to know.

Hopefully he'd be undisturbed. Just him and his naming book, yup.

[popnpakkun]

Being left alone? This was Valentines, crazy things were going to happen!

Gladys was lingering by the greenhouse, unsure whether she should just go inside to see if anyone was in there. Her last encounter with "Bulba" ended on a not-so-well note, along with getting into an argument with "Marie"...which she later realized he was the actual Bulba... This "heartswap" deal left her a little drained and sad, not to mention confused. She tried to make a Valentines chocolate to give to Bulba to apologize, but she didn't exactly know where to find him, nor did she know what to say to him if she did see him.

When she did sense movement in the greenhouse, she decided to make her way in.

"Is anyone here?" She called out.

Nerds and Blimps

[psinothing]

Jeff knew it was hazardous to be outside his dorm on Valentine's Day. But he was a boy - well, man now, kinda - on a mission. A mission that involved delivering anonymous chocolate boxes to science-enthusiast ladies. And blonde ladies and baseball-loving bros.

Luckily, the halls seemed to be all clear. So much so that Jeff completely let his guard down as he strolled down the halls, gently swinging a bag of confectioneries as he went. Surely nothing could go awry on this day.

[boo_blimp_babe]

Charlise on the other hand was not in a particularly pleasant mood, but then again, when was she really?

Stupid, lame, lovey dovey fuzzy wuzzy nuzzle wuzzle vomit inducing bullshit for a damn holiday. she grumbled under her breath as she walked through the then empty halls of the school. At least she thought they were.

"Fucking only thing worth anything about today is the fucking chocolate these losers don't keep an eye on and leave them all open for me." But even that wasn't keeping her mood up as she wasn't even particularly paying attention when she ran right into a poor poor soul someone.

"Hey! Watch where the fuck you're going!" she let out before even knowing who it was.

Eli asks Kanji on a date: the TV series

[findthepenguin]

Valentine's Day was pretty frickin stupid. A bunch of lovey-dovey crap invented by the card and candy companies to exploit everyone was what it was. Kanji wasn't aware of the cupid bots or anything that had occurred on previous years, but he still didn't feel like dealing with the day, especially after having his "fortune" told the day before. He thought he had put on enough of a tough guy act, but clearly it didn't fool that fortune teller guy, so Kanji was kind of freaking out.

If only Kanji had a girlfriend or something so he could convince everyone he seriously was one hundred percent NOT GAY.

[hissyfit]

Well, just your luck, Kanji. Guess who else was on a mission to hunt down someone of the opposite sex in an attempt to convince others (or in her case, just one person) that she was one hundred percent ALSO NOT GAY?

That's right! The girl that kicked your nuts.

She figured Valentine's Day would be the best day to do so. Kanji was one of the two males she had considered asking, but she decided she'd rather not make things awkward between her and Jon. Kanji on the other hand...

Once she had gone out of her way to find his dorm number, she stormed on over. And she knocked loudly and impatiently. Twice, if he didn't get to the door quick enough for her tastes.

Bulba & Marie. or, trainwreck of the century.

[punchbulba]

Did this swap thing ever end? The one week anniversary of being in Bulba's body was slowly approaching, and Marie's mood was only getting progressively worse. Smoothing some things over with Vinnie had helped as far as the bitchiness went, but now he just felt a different kind of horrible.

If Marie had things his way, he'd have spent all of Valentine's Day in his dorm- possibly with Dana- trying to keep his mind off his recent ex-girlfriend. But he did not have things his way, and he was stuck in a body that required a daily sunning, otherwise his mood would be even worse than it already was.

He was perfectly distracted, however, with the fear of running into another one of Bulba's friends. After what happened with Gladys, Marie was pretty on-edge, worried that he'd be assaulted with another surprise hug from some dumb plant or something. Marie was so perfectly distracted, actually, that he hadn't even noticed it was Valentine's Day.

[rivaltwat]

Bulba wasn't in the greatest mood himself. He was grudgingly getting adjusted to the differences in this body now and trying to make the most of it. The mornings weren't so bad. He got to spend time with Vinnie at the pool now that he was back. It certainly wasn't quite as enjoyable for the older saur under Max's supervision, but for the younger one in a body that was born to be in the water.... Bulba had to admit that it was a certain thrill. It was actually the closest thing to wonderful that he could experience as he was.

Everything else was mostly rubbish and he could do well without it. That included the holiday. Bulba had not been looking forward to it, even in his regular body, and was all too aware that it was this day. There was too much regret associated with it. He couldn't stop himself from missing Kirby and lamenting the fact that they had not gotten the proper Valentine's that they should have. Last year he'd been making eyes at Fuel. What a mess. It was a scenario he'd really rather not repeat.

So he was headed off campus. If he wasn't there, then nothing crazy could happen to him. It was really quite simple.

Off he went into the brisk, cool day that didn't bother him as much as usual. And there he was, sunning himself in the light. Hm. Bulba frowned a bit, thought about it, then steered his direction towards the Ivysaur.

"You probably don't want to be here right now."

Eusine | Rhys

[mystical_man]

Eusine was not particularly fond of Valentine's Day. Or rather he didn't trust the holiday here in FDC. Last year's Valentine's Day had been uncomfortable, to say the least. And although Eusine and his good pal Morty had gotten over the weird, awkward, ignoring phase, the incident still left a foul taste in the mystical man's mouth.

Yet he wasn't going to let his experience last year ruin the holiday spirit. Hiding away in his dorm, like some people had mentioned possibly doing, would have been the coward's way out. So there he was, walking around the campus and taking note of all the decorations.

I-I didn't even realize this was here orz forever

[gentlesaint]

Rhys was just passing by, on his way back to the infirmary. Rhys knew Eusine, but not horribly well, and he smiled and waved as he shuffled on past. "Hello there!" he called in a singsong manner.

Volgin / Slippy / Frank

[shipscomingout]

Why didn't he deliver his Valentine's cards yesterday?

Slippy was asking himself that question over and over as he ducked behind a trash can. Today was a dangerous day to leave one's room as he was well aware. For once, he'd like to spend Valentine's Day not following someone around like a lovesick fool or worse, having someone obsess over him for the whole day.

Cautiously, he got on his feet. The coast was clear. Maybe if he ran quick enough, he could reach the safety of his dorm before the cupid bots did their work on him.

[overtimemode]

All Frank knew about the things that went on here during Valentine's was that apparently some flying robots made people fall in love with eachother for a day or some crap like that. Sounded good to him; impulsive lovey-dovey couples would be sure to stop into his room for keepsake photos. What they did after the robot thing wore off didn't matter to him as long as the money was already in his pockets. Although it was a little depressing to think that his precious photography would be burned or thrown out tomorrow.

Now if only he could get this stupid backdrop to cooperate, he'd be in business. For some reason it kept rolling right back up every time he thought he had it. This was more than a one-man job. What a coincidence that the moment he left his room to get some help, Slippy was rushing down the halls, ducking and rolling like some kind of really poor spy imitation.

"Hey, kid," Frank called out. "Lend me a hand in here, would ya?"

Sabrina / Bowser / Parakarry / Sable / Kyogre / Kojiro / Zelda

[ihateplumbers]

What was Bowser doing in the same place as all of these losers? Look at all of these losers, wow, they suck so much.

Oh, look at that, everyone around him is a faculty or staff member or RA.

They must be in the teacher's lounge. Everyone is in the teacher's lounge.

Bowser is busy eating a cup of yogurt from the 'fridge with someone else's name written across it. (Is it yours, dear reader? It may be yours.) He does not care whose it is. But, gosh and golly, there sure were an awful lot of other faculty and staff members in the teacher's lounge. This place was full of idiots. Bowser was going to leave. This place sucks. Maybe he'd shove Parakarry over first, before leaving, however. Just to keep up tradition.

((IF THIS IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO, JUST HIT ME.))

[mailcalltime]

At that moment, Parakarry had walked in to grab a bag of chocolate he had stashed away in the fridge. He stood in the doorway for a moment before backing away, deciding it would be much better if he came back later instead.

two dumb birds

[whatnot]

Valentines day, a perfect day to remind Empo on how he's not only single, but the person he cares about most likely hates him for the rest of Alex's immortal life span. It basically sucks, and it's not much of a stretch to say the Empoleon hated himself for being such a dumbass- although, it's not likely he'd admitted it himself. At least, for a long while.

For most part, he opted to stay in the library, reading through amount of books regarding his favorite subjects. One could only coop up in one place for awhile though, he decided to head out for the library, probably heading his room to curl up in his own brooding state. Alone.

After all, it wouldn't be by some luck that he'd run into Alex in the halls again.

..... right?

tweet tweet

[thunderbutt]

TOUCH LUCK Empo, Fate always love to toy around with emotions.

There was Alex, spitting at the nearest book. Why was he there in the first place? Possibly TA duties of whatever he needed to do.

Thankfully(?) he hadn't noticed Empo being in the library already.... yet.

Sasha and Max

[throughthefireandflames]

True to her words with Jeff, Sasha was currently walking the corridors with, amazingly, one tube of steak-flavored ice cream from the department store. Geeze that had everything in there.

She sad down in the common mess hall and turned over on the TV, flipping channels until she got something that WASN'T a love movie. It was harder today for some reason (no duh).

Re: Sasha and Max

[tank_rockarms]

And that was when Max walked into common area.

Oh, it was Sasha. Who still hadn't replied to the thing he'd posted that the entire school could read if they cared to.

"Hey," he said. "Uh. Did you get that thing I sent you."

green/red/gold

[rivalappeared]

And here, Viridian's resident playboy was out trolling the town on Valentine's Day!

Except not. Green had never been one for this pink, fluffy bullshit, and this year would be no different than any other year. Except for the fact that his Ivysaur was currently a Squirtle. And not just any Squirtle, perhaps the most annoying Squirtle Green had ever met. So he went to the trainer of said water Pokemon, wanting to see what Red had planned to do about it. He slouched his way over to his rival's room, hands shoved into his pockets.

[pokemontrainer]

Red's nonplussed about this holiday. He's just in his room playing Mineshaft, as always. Having dealt with Marie's tears earlier in the week, he was looking forward to having a quiet day today.

Except he knew that sooner or later, he'd probably hear from Green regardless. So he was ready for the inevitable, and left his door slightly ajar.

doopliss / pit

[pitticus]

Pit told himself to be on the lookout this Valentine's Day, much like any other holiday sporting rosy red hearts all over the place. The only Valentines experiences he'd ever had were not so good, with a few exceptions. Cupidesque robots were out to fire their cordate lovebombs- lovearrows, whatever- that made the victim's heart burst into flames of desire for another unfortunate recipient. It was a manipulative gambit and Pit did not appreciate it ONE bit.

At some point during the day, his attention to staying aware lapsed. There didn't seem to be any sign of them... During lunch break he decided to break out a bunch of chocolate roses and deliver them to his friends while things were quiet. Playing delivery boy was pretty exciting, you don't even understand. Alas, he had no idea what was to be in store for him.

[theletterp]

Yeah, it was a gamble to be running around campus on this day, but Doopliss didn't care as much as he should. While he did get hit with one of the love arrows last year, there wasn't exactly a reprocussion afterwards and his reputation wasn't exactly ruined. He just expected more of the same for this year. He was still dead set on ruining some peoples' days!

And so, Pit was the first person he noticed while hovering around campus. This is perfect! Why not start off by bothering Mr. Angel-Goodie-Two-Shoes? He silently glided behind the angel before taking in a deep breath and yelling as loud as he could, "HEY, SLICK!"

Phoenix | Mac-Daddy

[thewrightidea]

Phoenix knew that today was Valentine's Day, but it really bore such little significance to him. He put up a couple of decorations in his classroom, but nothing fancy. Just a couple of hearts here and there, to show the students that he wasn't a complete bore.

But other than that, he didn't really know what the big deal was about the day. It was invented by the card and candy companies, basically, giving people an excuse to rush out and find "that special someone" just to indulge in chocolate and cards with. Really, it's not that Phoenix didn't appreciate love, romance, and platonic love, but he didn't need Valentine's Day to show it.

He was walking through the hall when he spotted Mac, the student who had been attacked by Caim. Phoenix had just visited Caim in the prison area, dissatisfied with the answers he received. He had little to no respect for the man, but had a lot of respect for Mac for having suffered through what he did. So, Phoenix said hello to him when he passed him in the hall.

Re: Phoenix | Mac-Daddy

[star_punched]

Mac thought Phoenix meant so well and did a lot to try to help him out. He had visited Caim as well...and well...not sure how to feel.

But this was the day. Valentine's. His first one where he wasn't single. And no stupid bike adventures rescuing the girl of his dreams. He had a batch of yellow roses and chocolates for his beloved Daisy. Then he spotted Phoenix. He waved and said hello as well.

"Happy Valentines' Day!"

And no robots yet! Mac felt so lucky!

we interupt you with a non-cupid beamed person [closed]

[pikabitch]

Best to say, Chika. extremely despised the holiday. It was bad enough that most people go gaga about romance and love on a regular day (we're looking at you, Sasha) but an official holiday celebrated every year? Fucking hell.

To any poor, unfortunate soul, you may find her outside of her room- which as of lately, became a rare occasion. She's. ripping the nearest hearts decoration, yes.

[hissyfit]

On her way back from Kanji's dorm, Eli spotted the easily-flustered Pikachu ripping up a little paper heart. She approached her as casually as she could, not wanting to upset her right away if at all possible. Her expression lacked it's usual arrogant sneer.

"Got something against Valentine's Day?" she asked, keeping her tone calm.

Majima | Bob

[receiveyou]

Majima never gave too much thought to Valentine's. He didn't expect a single soul to get him chocolate, and that was fine by him - if he wanted anything to do with that mushy stuff, well, that was what hookers and hostesses were for. Less obligation on White Day, too.

He'd heard the term 'Cupidbot' here and there in passing, but Majima's assumption was that it was just another decorative, benign way this school celebrated. Nothing he was worried about, at any rate.

So here he was, on the roof, taking a smoke break.

[godmode_enabled]

Arceus, meanwhile, was singing a song in the skies, her steps tracing colors as they slowly fell into the sky. The result was a strange aurora borealis that expanded close to the school, melting with the stars in the sky. The trees nearby, still cold and freeze, sprung up in pinkish flowers despite most of the trees not even being cherry.

If Arceus wasn't going to have someone to share on Valentine's Day, it was going to at least give everyone else an enjoyable environment to spent the night in.

Otacon / Mei Ling

[codec]

[GUESS WHO WAS IN HER ROOM HAVING A QUIET VALENTINE'S DAY?

This lady right here. She wasn't the kind to dream of romance or anything like that, but nothing wrong with curling up in her chair and having a good romance to read, right? It's not like anyone is going to ask her out.]

[lovebloomsonabattlefield]

[Guess who had still problems knocking on her door, only this time it was 400 times worst oh god oh man oh god oh man oh god what if she didn't like what he had made oh man uh uh uh uh...


Okay Otacon you can do this!

You can knock on this door.

LIKE A BOSS.

You totally can--

Yes you...

Can

can

can do it

just knock on the door

come on

come on it's easy

you place your fist to the door...

you can't do it can you?

no! no as in no you CAN do it.

okay. OKay here goes nothing.

He knocks on the door.]

Byrne | Pele

[dothelokomotion]

Once Byrne had been separated from Shinon, he had regained some of his senses about him and realized that he should probably get some damned fresh air. He had fallen in love with a man he hated, and Byrne was not someone who fell in love. He wanted to deny it, but the feeling was so damned strong that there was no point in attempting to deny it.

But still, part of him realized how foolish he had acted, so he put his clothes back on and left the school. He could certainly use some alone time. He thought of the forest, but he did not feel like risking running into Nabooru there, as he had in the past. One place he hadn't run into her or other unpleasant people was the volcano, so he ascended it, intending to hide for the rest of the day.

Milimili | Klug

[trickroom]

Milimili wasn't in too negative of spirits today. She wanted to find some happy couples and ruin their day, unlike what happened... last year. She thought back to those intense feelings she had for a boy she hardly knew - Falkner, that is - and her strange obsession with him...

A part of her was sure that it wasn't impossible for her to gain such an immediate fascination with someone, but she refused to acknowledge it fully. If she didn't believe in it, it wouldn't be real! So here she was today, slinking about and doing her best not to remember the year prior and to focus more on what sort of havoc she could wreak on the lives of others.

[tectonic]

Sorry Milimili, your plans were going to be put on hold once again...

Klug never really thought much of Valentines, at least back when he was still living in Primp. Not much of romance-like things went around, unless you'd call people being creeps at each other counted.

So there he was, wandering his way to the library like usual.