...

I want these disgusting creatures out of the rose gardens.
This instant.

[[OOC: He'll be making the rose gardens and his castle grounds a safe place by using lots of black magic. And maybe a little summoning. :D]]

But who is the villian and who is the hero? The plots twist and turn with the turbulence of a storm. So it begins, so it begins.

Hello, brother. Welcome to Vertere.

Well well well. What an interesting turn of events.

While I wish I could take credit for the chaos, I cannot. I wonder who's doing this is? It's quite an amusing spectacle, none the less~

I rather feel like causing some chaos myself, but I'm unsure if that's my will or the will of this mask. I suppose I'll refrain from anything drastic until I can be sure of my own thoughts.


[[OOC: Is he acting under the Oni mask? Or is it just him being his good-old creepy self? The world may never know.]]

And so another chapter begins.

What is this... "Halloween" I've heard spoken of? I understand that it's a holiday of sorts, but what is it's purpose? What is it about? It's a shame that such a thing is foreign to me. It sounds like quite an undertaking.

I hope that you won't mind the little tokens they find; do not concern yourself with them, merely consider them as a gift. After all, music is a wondrous gift indeed.

The rules have been mastered. Now to set the board.


[[OOC: Strikeouts deleted. Kuja has sent out little music boxes to character's homes. You can choose whether or not you get one--it's just a box that plays a pretty little song when you wind it up. He'll be using them to find out more about the various residents in Vertere. There's nothing special in them if you take them apart, but if your character is good at sensing auras and stuff, then they'll notice that Kuja's aura never really goes away from the box...]]

How marvelous~!
I do so love surprises.

Quite a magnificent mechanism, these houses. I simply stepped into one, and it transformed into a remarkable white castle, right before my eyes. Many of my personal effects have even appeared. Excellent, excellent...

This new world; this Vertere, seems to be full of wonders such as these. I'll admit that I don't understand it all as of yet, but knowledge will come with time. It's been quite an amusing show thus far, and I have no doubts that it will only get better.

For now, however, I believe I shall continue to simply watch. One must learn the game before moving the pieces, after all.


[[OOC: So, a big white castle has appeared near the rose gardens (what's one more castle, right?) and it looks a lot like something right out of a faerie tale book. Feel free to stop by and visit Kuja if you'd like. Have tea, play the pipe-organ, ballroom dance, watch a play, talk about the failures of humanity, whatever. :3]]

Peace is but a shadow of death,
Desperate to forget its painful past...
Though we hope for promising years.
After shedding a thousand tears,
Yesterday's sorrow constantly nears.
And while the moon still shines blue,
By dawn it will turn to scarlet hue.

What a strange place I've come to. Most certainly unlike anything I have ever seen before. Even that old fool could never imagine such a miraculous working of technology as this. To think, people still speak through letters when things such as this laptop are in existance.

However, I cannot seem to draw any power from my summoning stones. Could something about this mysterious place be blocking the flow of souls for my Eidolons? Or... Is there even such a thing here? I can no longer feel any connection to Terra. A minor setback, but quite possibly beneficial in the long-run.

Hmmm...

Yes. Yes, I see now. This must be part of his plan, still. Instead of being re-directed to Gaia when my soul departed, it must have been intercepted and sent here instead. Interesting, interesting...

Perhaps my curtain has not fallen yet after all...
But he is a fool if he believes he can sidestep me again. The gears are still in motion and the music continues to play...

A garden of roses. How wonderfully fitting.


[[OOC: He likes to hear himself talk. :D]]

[[Whoo. Consider this a test post for the journal. It's also a post that says that this journal is now for use in ad_interim. Anyone who friends this journal that isn't a part of the game is probably either (A) confused, or (B) going to be very disappointed. I have nothing more to say. Kuja looks forward to killing meeting you soon.]]