When Asuka corrected Kurt, his hands flew up in casual surrender, "Sorry, Asuka, didn't mean to offend," he replied, knowing first hand how sensitive someone can be about their identity and how they're viewed by others.<br/><br/>Suddenly, Kurt became one of the centers of conversation, as Kamala all but demanded Kurt to explain what she was doing here, followed by Jack, who made a rather in-depth analysis of the situation. Kurt shrugged, and fiddled with his unlit cigarette as he paced around the room. "Sounds like Jack here has the general gist of it. To clarify, the building itself, to it's foundation, is enchanted. The only places I've seen like this have been pagan temples, but not to this degree, and if you check outside and focus, you'll notice that the field of influence is expanding, which implies you guys might have a time limit. And yeah, the field emphasizes hedonism, from what I could tell. Being who we are, we have a little bit of a resistance, but I wouldn't bank too much on that. As for the serial killer, I'd put smart money on them being related to the Arcadia. How many shows are you playing here, Jack?"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Jack</div><div class="spoiler_body">[You're signed for three shows, Jack; tonight at 8 pm, and then again two nights from now, and a third time five nights from now]</div></div><br/>"Which brings me to my next point. It don't make much sense to me to go through all the effort of building a divine power conduit like this just to inspire the homocidelly gifted. But Fate can give you clues and insight you wouldn't have pieced together otherwise. I'd think on what brought you all here, asides from divine intervention, because chances are that there's no coincidence there," Kurt explained, and turned his gaze to Kamala and Asuka, as if just to emphasize his point. Hitomi, Jessica, Jack and Cuckoo are easy to place in the grand scheme of this story, but Kamala and Asuka were wild cards at this point.<br/><br/>"I would also like to point out that, while most of you were wrangled into this because your parentage wanted you involved, the whole thing started with Hitomi, here. Her papa wanted something to be done before anyone else, so that little tidbit may shed a little light on our situation. Hitomi may also be pivotal in some peculiar manner, so keep that in mind."<br/><br/>"Anyways, I'm not here to hold your hands, but you should all have my number if you need me. I want to make it clear that I am not a member of your Band, but I have been chosen by the folks upstairs to be your Guide. As such, call on me should you ever need help, or whatever, but you all are going to have to do most of the legwork from here."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Jack</div><div class="spoiler_body">[Jack, your Wee Men return, and they will inform you that there's a lot of almost illegal stuff going on. The "strip clubs" are closer to being brothels than anything else, and people's inhibitions are severely lowered. You notice that your pictsies may be intoxicated, and they mention about how tasty the food and women are in this place. They then begin to make lewd advances towards whatever members of the band you feel they would be attracted to]</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Anyone who has stayed in the Arcadia for longer than an hour</div><div class="spoiler_body">[You begin to feel a tingle through your body, and realize that you're steadily becoming more sexually aroused. You also begin to feel more hungry, thirsty, and a growing need to find some form of entertainment or excitement.]</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Experience</div><div class="spoiler_body">Everyone = 5 XP for participating<br/><br/>Kamala Jai = 1 XP for playing the reluctant heroine, 1 XP for detailed writing and helping flesh out setting<br/><br/>Chan Sung Jung = 1 XP for being bored and still sitting at the table<br/><br/>Lady Caitlin "Cuckoo" Laine = 2 XP for roleplaying Divine Hideousness and being likable at the same time<br/><br/>Jack O'Neill = 1 XP for Leadership and plot progression, 1 XP for Pictsie laughs, .25 XP for ZZ Top<br/><br/>Nakamura Yuriko = Where did you go?<br/><br/>Jessica Williams<br/><br/>Hitomi Hikaru = 1 XP Making an effort to get Asuka involved<br/><br/>Benjamin Ames<br/><br/>Asuka Takamura = 1 XP for plot progression, 1 XP sticking your nose in other people's problems because you're a Scion, even if you weren't initially invited to the party</div></div>