Counting Stars (Safi)

This was weird... But eh, DJ was born to do weird things! And it showed as the DJ was now seeming to lead a small parade of kids around Penecia at seeming random. Each kid had a star stick it seemed as they followed her. It was an odd event but everyone, including DJ, where singing twinkle twinkle little star. Why in the world you may ask? Well, because the school had been turned to hell! Not to mention the failed circus... The area needed some boost in moral... And so, the small star parade was DJ's idea.


It was simple... Just a few boys and girls who where allowed to participate in the parade destined for the park... A parent actually had joined the parade, though, she seemed more interested in watching the kids than actually participating in it... Kinda lame, but eh. DJ didn't mind. DJ just wanted people to smile... It was the least she could do to help out a bit! And the kids seemed ecstatic to actually be doing something... The lack of school must have been a blast at first, but not being able to easily see your friends every day must be a total bore... At least now they got to play with each other.



The DJ called out in which all the kids squealed in excitement as they started singing completely off tune and loudly... Heh, it was cute though. Some of the people stopping to watch where very amused and some even joined in for a while... Regardless, the parade eventually ended once the kids finally got tired and DJ brought them all home. She ended up at the park after the whole ordeal... Kinda funny, really. It was nice though... DJ had a good day. She walked over to a bench and sat down, placing her guitar gently down on the ground after he. She leaned back and looked up at the stars, smiling lightly.

The sky was always so beautiful... No matter where you were... Those where the same stars... The same moon... Planets and asteroids, comets too... The DJ took comfort in that thought... It felt wonderful knowing her parents where somewhere, under the same sky and moon... Even if they didn't even pay much thought to it or her, it made DJ smile lightly... Hm... Though, those happy thoughts soon faded as she thought of the terrible things that had happened as of late...

The circus's attack was awful... A bloody moment on this wonderful island no doubt... It sucked, really... Ms. Circus and co just wanted to make people happy for once... Life was hectic and hellish at times... What they did... Or tried to do, was wonderful and honorable... Something that Blood Bag and that terrorist shouldn't have destroyed...

Then came the school... DJ heard it was covered in sand... It was like it became a dessert over night... It was so totally terrible to hear... Education was important, and coupled with the school's prestigious nature, a lot of over seas students where sent home or dangerously out of a home... Kids like Mae... It was awful, and DJ knew it was linked to Blood Bag... It had to be. He had to be the cause of all this hell.

Did her little parade actually help though? It was hard to imagine her little extravaganza actually boosted any moral... These islands where becoming so corrupted... And DJ knew it'd only get worst... What would happen if it didn't stop? So many people would be without a home... People would no doubt die... It was so terrible... It was a terrible thought... A horrifying one... A living nightmare.

Hm... Heh, it didn't matter though... At the end of the day, DJ had to do her best... She didn't know how to exactly help right now... But she'd do her best... Little things like her parade would have to help, right? They'd have to... Until DJ knew how to actually help, she'd be stuck doing things like this... And she didn't really want to... She wanted to prevent more tragedy and death from happening... She didn't want another soul to be lost... To be plunged into the darkness these monsters where creating...

DJ sighed lightly, continuing to look up at the stars... They where so beautiful... So stunning and majestic... They where so free, too... So far away, literal light years... They probably watched down on the earth with sad eyes... Eyes hoping their friend wouldn't end and be plunged into the darkness they tried so hard to illuminate... The moon... The DJ stretched a hand out to the moon... The closest thing to the earth...


DJ sighed and crossed her arms over her chest, bringing her knees close as she put her legs on the bench. She looked skyward once again... She wondered if anyone came and hear her... That'd be kinda embarrassing... She was super poetic there... Ah well... DJ blushed lightly and smiled as she continued looking at the moon slowly dance across the sky... A beautiful sight, no doubt.

The DJ hummed lightly, her lilt tune echoing within the park. It was rare for her to be so alone... So open about her dreams and wishes... She wondered what would happen to moments like these? Would there be a life time of them? Or would they disappear? The DJ frowned lightly, sighing and picking up her guitar, propping it up on one leg and laying the other down along the bench. She began playing a sad tune... Something she didn't do often, really... But, she felt sad right now... So uncertain of the future... It was so strange...

She continued playing for a moment before perking up... She wasn't alone any more... Who was there? She scanned the surrounding park area, a light startle once she noticed a silhouette... Where they listening to her? And for how long? It was kinda creepy... Was she even seeing a person? It was weird... But she stayed on the bench, looking at the person with light curiosity.


"Um... Hello?" the DJ called out to the person, a light tilt to her head. She continued playing her guitar, though it was obviously getting slower as her focus was more so centered towards the person now. Where they a creeper? A stalker? A weird fan? The DJ didn't know... But how bad could it really be?

Oh, that was a surprise... It was DJ's stalker. Wow, it has been a while... A long while, heh. She didn't expect to see him anywhere after that meeting, to be honest... Especially with how crazy things had gotten lately... Who'd have guessed he was still kickin? It was nice though... It meant another soul hadn't been lost to the ether... To the eternal darkness these freaks where trying to plunge the world into... Stupid idiots... Regardless, the DJ would smile lightly at the realization of who it was, returning to her melancholy song.

"Nah... I like to think I'm trading clubs for hearts." she said with a light smirk. Card humor... Cuz, ya know, clubs and hearts where both in the card games... Eh, it wasn't even that funny... Kinda stupid, actually. Ah well, nothing you could do... But DJ would look back up at the moon, a light smile played across her lips.

"... How many stars do you think there are, Sharaku? Are ya one of them types that stare fore longingly at them?" she'd ask with a light smile before looking down at her guitar, lightly strumming the a more sad tune than melancholy. Hm... It was so sad... What if failure was inevitable? It seemed DJ had failed her parents... And would only fail Calvin... Would she fail humanity as well? It was so hard to tell... So hard to understand...

"... Did ya hear what happened at the circus...? Or did the news escape ya...?" she'd ask after a few moments of silence, looking off at the city this time... It felt like yesterday when she heard those screams... Saw the blood and Ananke... Felt her persona manifest in her mind... Felt the rush of battle, then the crushing exhaustion of the after effects... It was a nightmare and a dream mixed into one... Utter hell, really...

The DJ stayed silent and listened, her melancholy tune echoing throughout the quiet park. She looked towards Sharaku with a light frown. She forgot he didn't quite understand the metaphors she was so accustom too... Heh, oh well... DJ'd would just have to explain her words, ya know? Now... Where to start...

"... 'Ey, Sharaku... Come on, open your mind." she'd say with a light smile, strumming her guitar a little more before speaking. "The stars are the galaxy's greatest mystery... The universe is endless and holds more secrets than our little earth... Ain't that worth a glance? The number of stars is just one mystery... Don't ya think they deserve a bit of thought?" she asked with a light hum that mimicked her guitar's song. It would appear she was on the verge of singing a song... Huh, odd... Why would she, the DJ, make a song for the guitar? Acoustics weren't really here forte... That was more Calvin's job...

"... It was hell, you know? Some psychopath came with a gun and shot people down left and right... When he was done, he got smashed and died... Then..." the girl shuttered, sighing lightly before continuing. "Blood Bag came... He... He was awful... Absolutely terrible... The blood... There was so much of it... It was like he was made of it... Controlled it... That blood though... It did something... Something wonderful but terrible..." she said before falling silent... She hadn't really talked about the battle sense the hospital... It was just, like, not wonderful... Terrible... It was a nightmare that stalked the DJ...

Ah, well... Okay. That made sense, at least. People had to have their own opinions on things. It would appear Sharaku had better things to do than to be poetic... The DJ didn't blame him... It was folly to believe she could really understand all of this... Maybe it was a way to escape the awfulness of what had happened... Kinda sad, really... Sense all she wanted to do was prevent things like that from happening...

"Ah... Yah... I get'cha... This place has mysteries that would satisfy any detective's secret hunger... And it wouldn't nonsense... It'd be something less... Insane... Something pleasant to uncover and not something as bloody as what lays around here..." she said before humming lightly, she had put in her two cents, and now it was time to see how Sharaku would respond... She didn't really want to sway his mind, only to make him understand her point. Regardless, the circus came rolling around and now it was time to be more specific with that...

"... I never caught his name... He had blood red hair, a crazy face and eyes... And these tattoos on his arms... They where like writhing blood snakes... I don't really no a lot... Other than he's not good... That he's terrible and wanted to kill people... That blood, it gave people power... Anyone who touched it got it... That's the wonderful yet terrible thing... He placed a curse on this girl... She broke it though, so whatever it was supposed to do never came to pass, but... He would have stayed if she didn't... He was so strong... He controlled this blood lightning and made these spikes come out of the blood he made... And when he left, it just all vanished... All that was left was the destruction he left... It was terrible..." she said before falling silent. The memory was terrible... Honestly, it was just something that didn't need to happen... Why did it have to happen that night? Why did it have to happen to her... It was like her life was just getting started... Just for it to fall to threads because of this idiot and terrorist...

He was so... Odd... He didn't seem to be capable of whimsical thought in the slightest... Though, maybe he was so normal whimsicallity just flew over his head. DJ was born and raised in a way that would have made her more like Sharaku than... Well, Sharaku... But a few rebellious actions, a divorce, and music collage classes later and DJ was the way she was now. It'd be kinda stupid to think everyone thought the same way as she...

"... Ouch, sounds painful... Oh, that was a joke? Aaaah... That's kinda funny, actually." the DJ said with a light laugh. She didn't expect Sharaku was capable of joking... It was actually really nice to hear... She smiled a little afterwards, the song changing to a slightly happier tone than before. She stayed silent as Sharaku continued speaking, humming lightly before it was her turn to speak again.

"... Yah... DJ got some power... Now she's part of this mess... Though, I suppose I'll do my best to prevent Blood Bag from hurting people... I did a little parade today to try and make people smile... Make them forget that tragedy at the circus... I'm not even sure if I'm able to help anyone..." she said with a sigh, her song becoming sad once more. She was so confused and unsure of what to do... What would the future really bring?

... He was so weird... Though, DJ was weirder... Maybe they could have a weird off? Like, who could weird the other out the most! That'd be an interesting event... No? But, eh... Things like that weren't really important... More morbid thoughts where, sadly... She figured that, though... There had to be more with what Glasses did that night... If it was all about Blood Bag, they'd have acted differently... That's the only thing that made sense...

"... Y-You where...? W-Wait... Stop being confusing... It's hard to tell when you're joking, maaaan..." she said with an exaggerated sigh that pulled her lips into a light smile. It was weird, to say the least... Everything that was transpiring yet she was still somehow capable of smiling and being happy with little moments like these... She'd need it in the end, you know? Stress was nasty, and whatever was happening had to be stressful...

"... Yah, I know... He ignored me the whole fight though, to be fare... He was focused on the other fighters, ya know? I suppose my presence was a total accident after all..." she said with a smirk, strumming her guitar a little before nodding at Sharaku's persona question. It wasn't like she cared what it was called... She just needed her help to fight monsters like Blood Bag... Ugh, this was so lame... Why couldn't she be more useful? "... Yah, I figured... With the ways some of the people battled, it wasn't their first show... Especially that glasses guys... He knew things..." she said with a sigh, shaking her head lightly... Fat lot of help she was... Whatever, Sharaku would find out himself... He seemed more than capable of finding things out himself... Not like her, at least...

He laughed? Huh... It sounded nice. It was, actually, nice to hear someone laugh... Maybe it was just DJ's brain, but these past few weeks had felt like an eternity... An eternity of headaches, pain, fights, and misery... But, it might actually be coming to an end... Eh, DJ was being all poetic again, Sharaku and her had some important things to talk about, not about how screwed up the DJ had been these past few weeks. With a smirk, she'd look up at Sharaku and stick her tongue out at him.

"Ha ha, very funny. I'll have ya know I haven't had a headache sense I started blasting music into my ears at max volume... Heh, maybe you should try that out?" she said with a light laugh, winking at Sharaku before returning to her strumming. Hm... Yah, that was true though... If Oki hadn't helped her there... She'd have been killed...

"... Yah, you're right... I almost died, actually... Heh, Blood Bag hits hard with his blood... If a friend didn't help me out when they did, you'd have had a lonely walk in this park, huh?" the DJ said with a quiet smirk before nodding her head. She had assumed as much... It would explain how the others where so able to fight... "Ah... Yah, I thought so... There was something about the radio tower, right? Did Blood Bag do something there too?" she'd ask with a light tilt of her head. She wanted to know stuff, yah... But it was hard with all the random reports and varying stories the media and internet brought up... Sharaku was her best bet right now at finding things out.