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[When Erza wakes up on the first day of the experiment, she finds that her room is mostly chrome, and the area outside her window seems barren and lifeless. Not only that, but her outfits have all been replaced with body-hugging suits in a variety of colours. Resigning herself to the fact that she'll have to wear this, she heads outside, only to find that a bubble has formed around her head. Opening her journal, she turns to the community at large.]

[Video]

Why is this stuck on my head? [She points to the bubble - the video's background makes it rather clear which section she's in.] It doesn't seem to serve any purpose - in fact, it seems rather fragile. [Maybe someone who's more informed about space travel could explain this - her own culture is vaguely medieval in nature.]

[Action]

[Erza certainly feels more comfortable in the gangland and shogunate areas - it helps that she already has outfits which match the ones that she wears there. She'll wind up with a few scavenger hunt items over the course of the experiment - some samurai swords from winning challenges, a few tommy guns from beating up mobsters - but her focus isn't on the scavenger hunt, so she can be convinced to give them to someone who still needs them. Otherwise, she can generally be found in any of the three aforementioned areas, visiting the shops, training in the barracks, or walking around the village to see more of these strange places.]

[April 2nd - action]

[The first person to wake up in the morning in Adell and Luka's apartment might be in for a shock - Erza's in the kitchen, rummaging through the fridge. She's not too concerned, of course - she drops in unannounced all the time. Totally normal behaviour. :\]

Is it just me, or are we missing a day? ...Also, you're out of jam.

[Later on, once she feels like things have been sorted out, Erza opens up her journal. It's been a while since she asked about this, but the weather seems right for it and she could use some exercise after being cooped up.]

[voice]

Is there anyone who wants to spar? I prefer to use swords, though I could use practice with hand-to-hand fighting.

[Throughout the rest of the week, Erza can be found around town, buying clothes, patrolling for any wrongdoing, or drinking at Seventh Heaven. Luka may or may not be with her on these occasions - Erza's trying to get her out more, but she doesn't always succeed.]

((OoC: Sorry if this seems kind of hodgepodge - I wanted to post this earlier in the week, but essays and assignments ate up most of my free time. Feel free to specify the date, and whether you want to talk to Erza, Luka, or both in the subject line. Oh, and the AU is that Luka is a member of the Fairy Tail guild; see here for further details))

[In spite of the sheer number of new wingless people in Luceti, Erza is still trying to go about her daily routine. The keyword being trying: with so many people here, it's difficult to get around town. Regardless, she'll try to keep an eye out for any familiar faces as she heads to the bakery and the barracks. With all of these new arrivals, there's a chance that her guild members - her nakama - are among them, and she wants to make sure they're safe. She's also hoping to find Jellal somewhere in the crowd, even if she'd never admit that out loud.

...and if someone has taken the last piece of strawberry cake before she gets there, there will be hell to pay.]

[It's official: Erza hates Christmas. Not a Grinch-like level of hatred, mind you, but in Luceti, it seems to be a terrible time of year for her. Gray had been brought home a few weeks ago, which did little to help her mood, so she had decided to spend more time with Natsu. Those two had been so far ahead of her, and she wanted to find out what she had missed. Now, it seems that Natsu's gone as well. She had tried sending him a filtered message to him through the journal, but the filter broke, confirming her fears. It did not help matters that Natsu had been sent home at the same time last year.]

[Voice]
For those of you who knew Natsu... I can't do this. Not again. [She slams the journal shut, but it should be easy to guess how she was going to finish that sentence.]

[A few minutes later, she opens it up again, having taken time to compose herself.] How are we supposed to feel when our friends get sent home? It's good that they've made it out of here, but... it's hard not to miss them when they're gone.

[For the rest of the day, she'll be at the Battle Dome in the afternoon, smashing anything she can have conjured up while in a berserk rage, and at Seventh Heaven in the evening, drowning her sorrows. She'll probably be quite noisy by that point, but ask her to quiet down at your own peril.]

[Erza's horoscope reads:
Aries
-Your father is not an astronaut.
-A stranger may mean you harm this week so greet everyone with a blood-curdling shriek.
-While you were away from home, a stranger showered in your bathroom.
-Buy a cat and name it Chris. It will get you out of a jam.

Naturally, she doesn't believe a word of it.]

This is absolutely ridiculous. And what's an astronaut?

[The only one which sounds remotely plausible would be the third one, so after finding out what an astronaut is, she heads back to her apartment. Will she find anyone there? Who knows!]

((OoC: I haven't really planned anything for this event, so anything goes!))

[For most of the past week, Erza has been wandering around town as usual, with no particular destination in mind. She believes that she's some sort of dragon, and is stuck wearing an odd suit of armour that vaguely looks like one, (like the image, but with large wings on the back) but beyond her attitude and her mistaken belief that she can breathe fire, not much has changed.

Now, however, she's convinced that she needs a hoard of treasure, as that is something that dragons tend to have. So, once she's climbed through a window or broken through a door, she'll be combing the buildings of Luceti, searching for anything shiny and bringing it to the roof of Community House 3. It could be a precious heirloom, or it could be a piece of tinfoil - she's not particularly picky. She's not particularly stealthy, either, seeing as she's wearing a bulky suit of armour, so it shouldn't be hard to catch her in the act. Anyone who follows her to her "lair" will find that she's already got a decent pile started - her own weapons and armour.]

[Early in the morning, around the time that the sun starts to rise, Erza can be seen heading for the beach with a cart trailing behind her. On the cart is a large quantity of meat, along with a good-sized number of dead insects. She's carrying a ridiculously large fishing rod over her shoulder, much larger than what would be necessary to catch a regular fish. The line is closer to a steel cable in thickness than a normal fishing line - she's greatly overestimating both the size and ferocity of Luceti's fish. Thankfully, she brought a smaller back-up fishing rod just in case. Also, a harpoon. She likes to be prepared for anything.

Once she makes it to the beach, she'll spend most of the daylight hours there, getting increasingly frustrated and much easier to bother as a result. Fishing is frustrating normally, and when one expects a much larger catch than what one gets, it's even worse.]

[Upon waking up in the morning, Erza goes about her usual routine, getting an early breakfast. Afterwards, she heads to the bathroom to brush her teeth, but drops her glass in shock when she sees what's in the mirror.]

[Not even bothering to pick up the shards of glass that now litter the floor, she runs over to the journal and throws it open. The only thing she can think of is that this is some kind of body-swapping event, which means...]

Gerard? Are you out there? It's Erza!

...Do you still know who I am?

[Afterwards, she is heading out to find some clothing that will actually fit her new body; the good thing about ex-quipping is that she can avoid any sort of awkward situations that could arise from this. At the moment, she's wearing the most gender-neutral outfit she has, a fairly baggy construction uniform, but that won't be enough to last however long this will go on for. Others can find "her" either in the clothing store or just walking around town.]

((OoC: tags will be made from

bluhairedknight ; I couldn't pass up a TF2 reference))

[Erza walks into the apartment, carrying a wrapped present intended for her roommate. Inside is a stuffed blue cat (it took her a while to find a blue one in the item store), with wings from another stuffed animal stitched onto it. It has an uncanny resemblance to Natsu's best friend, Happy, and Erza had hoped that he would like it. However, she arrived to an empty apartment, and all of Natsu's stuff was missing. Dropping the present in shock, she drops to her knees. She had heard about this before, but actually experiencing it...] No... No, no, no! [She punches the wall, angry at the Malnosso and frustrated that she hadn't been able to do anything.] Damn it!

[After taking several minutes to compose herself, she opens the journal for a quick message.] For those who knew Natsu Dragneel, he's been sent home. [After saying this, she'll be found in the Battledome, taking out her frustration on anything that she can have the building conjure up. Once her hour is up, she futilely attempts to get back in the room before heading to the Seventh Heaven for a drink.]

[Erza had noticed that there were a lot more people than normal, but figured that it was redundant to comment on it. Instead, she figured that she might as well try to get some organization into this chaos.]

Any members of Fairy Tail, come to the fountain in the middle of the plaza. Failure to do so will result in the usual consequences.

[After making that general announcement through the journals, she will be sitting at the fountain, a pile of coats beside her. She has way more than she needs, and if her nakama are in the usual New Feather outfits, they'll definitely need them (aside from Happy, Charle, and Gray - she's from right before Edoras, so she doesn't know about Pantherlily or anything else that came up after Oracion Seis).]

[It had gotten fairly cold lately, so Erza had decided to take a nice hot shower. This proved to be a big mistake a few seconds after she got in, as she was teleported into the fountain. Realizing that she wasn't in her own house any more, she grimaces, ex-quipping some winter clothes on in an attempt to warm up.]

Damn it... Not this aga- [Before she can even finish her sentence, she's randomly teleported elsewhere.]

[Basically, Erza's stuck with randomly teleporting for now. Feel free to have your characters run into her, so to speak, as they make their way around the area.]

[Backdated to the morning of the 30th.]

[Throughout the week, Erza had been hearing voices outside of her apartment. For the past few days, she had paid no attention to them, but the night of the 29th was different. Now, the voices were familiar ones, intermixed with the sounds of whipping and slavemasters barking out orders. The familiar screams were mixed with pleading, begging for Erza to help them. She kept hearing Shou... Simon... Miriana... Wally...

Jellal...

Logic would tell her that this is a trap, they aren't really out there, she'll be safe if she stays indoors. But logic tends to take a flying leap out the nearest window if Jellal is involved, like how Erza took a flying leap out the nearest window to get outside faster. Before doing so, she left a note for Natsu, in case he heard anything.]

I'll be right back
-Erza
P.S. Don't worry about the window.

[Whether she wanted to make sure that they were safe, or beat up whatever was imitating them, Erza wasn't sure, but she didn't return that night. When the morning came and the fog had faded, Erza was in the plaza, unconscious and bleeding heavily, but thankfully still alive. Though any holes made in the costume had repaired themselves, her blood covered the ground nearby.]

[Word quickly spread about the new training facility, so naturally, Erza went to check it out. After spending an hour or so testing it out, she opens up her journal.]

Natsu, come to the forest just outside of our apartment building. I think you're going to like this.

[Erza's standing outside of the Battle Dome, waiting for Natsu to show up. However, she's willing to try this out with just about anybody, whether it's fighting against holograms or just sparring in a different environment than usual.]

[The date for the supposed kidnapping had arrived. Erza had been fortunate enough to not have to experience being kidnapped by the robots before, but she's still not looking forward to it. It seemed to be worse if you knew that you were going to be kidnapped, but didn't know when it would happen.

In an attempt to keep her mind off of it, she decided to take a walk around the village. She'll be seen at various places throughout the afternoon, if anyone happens to run into her, and will be finishing off her walk at Seventh Heaven.

Later on in the day, after these threads, she's mallynapped. The journals don't pick up anything, but suffice to say, even when it comes to token resistances, she isn't the type to go quietly.]

[Back-dated to this morning.]

[Erza is dressed much less conservatively than normal this morning. At the start of the week, she had been badly injured for some mysterious reason (unknowingly to her, due to the summon event), but now that she had bandaged herself up and rested for long enough, she's decided to go on patrol. Carrying her spear over her shoulder, she keeps an eye out for any potential enemies of the kingdom.]

((AU info is here; basically, she's from an (in-canon) alternate reality where she's the member of the royal guard in a world where magic is limited. She's incredibly sadistic, and will attack and try to (at least) arrest anyone who she sees using magic.))

Adell, I'm ready to spar if you are. Just tell me where you want to do this.

If anyone else is in the mood for training, I'd be happy to help if you don't mind fighting someone who uses swords. I need any opportunity I can get to become stronger, and I'm sure many people here feel would likely feel the same.

[Action]

[After appearing in a wooden cabin in the forest, seemingly unable to use her magic, Erza left the small building with nothing but the clothes she was brought here with, an empty book she found that seemed to have some magic in it, and a pair of wings on her back. She wasn't sure where they had came from, but stranger things had happened to her before so she didn't mind. After wandering around for a while, she wound up just south of the village. At this point, she started sorting out what she planned on doing upon entering the small community.]

[Voice (accidental)]

Okay, first thing's first - I need money. There's got to be some kind of jobs that people need done, but I'll probably have to stick with lower-risk jobs than what I'm used to. I can't perform up to my usual standards if I don't have weapons or armour. After I've got some money, I should find any kind of clothing store. It would be helpful if they sold armour as well, but if not, I can make due with what they have. Also, I need to find a blacksmith; I can't go around unarmed.

I'll also need to find some place to live, but I can worry about that once I have enough money to rent an apartment or something. If I get swords and armour, I could take more difficult jobs which would pay more, making my search for a place to live easier.

I wonder if the same thing's happened to Natsu, Lucy, and Gray... I could see Natsu enjoying this sort of scenario, Gray certainly wouldn't mind the weather, and even Lucy might enjoy this given time. She certainly seems to adapt to strange situations well, at the least.

...Wait, what if this "town" is filled with monsters? Better be on my guard; attacks could come from any angle.