Brand New Day

[Voice]

Well, that's a little ominous-looking.  I feel like Eeyore.  Anyway, is there a postal service here?  Or someone running a messenger service?  I know everyone just communicates by Network and it's not like the city is that big, but in certain circumstances...yeah, anyway, let me know.

[ooc: He's trying to find a way to anonymously return McCoy's hypospray and tricorder (he feels bad, stealing from a hospital, sick people might need that, and anyway he's finished playing with the tricorder).  He sees no reason to return the other things he stole, but Captain Hammer will be getting those back.  B/k I will stick a log up shortly, expect backdating.   Setsuna-mun, feel free to assume that the gun is returned by Monday, even if how hasn't been established yet.  (Same goes for others who were robbed, but they are on hiatus T_T.)  This is a good place for accusations, yelling at him, etc.]

[Video//Public//Same attempts to disguise the Network ID as being Billy not Dr. Horrible as last time]

[Yes, it's a talking frog.  In a crown.]

Today, I realized I'd been in the City for six months.  I did not realize there was a curse.  I also accidentally pissed off a wicked witch, and now I'm a frog.

Look, whoever you are, I'm sorry I didn't see you there and knocked you over.  It was an accident.  Turn me back.  Now.

[ETA//Still video]

I didn't mean to sound so demanding either.  Please turn me back?  It would be really awesome if you did.

[ooc: link not ic.  He's stuck in the Grimm version of the story, so kisses will not actually help (his princess needs to throw him against a wall), but your character is free to try.  Action replies are a go--he's sitting in the square in a flowerbed.

As for the ETA, see conversation with Dawn below.]

[Voice]

[Singing, sounding better than yesterday though not quite up to par]

Today's forecast--cloudy with a chance of weird
Just another of the city's games
Filling our journals with trolls and flames
Will it bring you what you hoped or what you feeeaaaaaaaared?

[Speaking normally]

Well, it looks like the city has decided to play an April Fool's Day joke on us.  Somehow, I'm not surprised.  Still, this one's not so bad.  In fact, it would be the perfect opportunity to study any phenomena related to the arrival of newcomers.  HOWEVER, a certain lunk-headed interfering tool damaged all my shiny new custom-built instruments.  I WILL GET YOU FOR THAT.

Anyway, while I doubt I'll be making any public appearances today, this blog is always open for comments and questions.  But first, I need your help--can someone please tell me what they know about the TV show "Doogie Howser"?

[ooc: Go wild, 4th wallers.  No restrictions.  He'll forget anything really weird or spoilery by tomorrow.  I'm about to start working, so replies will be coming on my lunch break, a dinner time, and once I get out of class tonight.  I'm willing to backdate.]

[Voice]

 If you're wondering what happened to Karrin Murphy...

I finally visited the Underground.  Very cool.  Lots of things to buy.  Someone even tried to sell me fake Wonderflonium--attention scammer: the part where you started bouncing it?  That was the thing that tipped me off.  Everyone knows you don't bounce Wonderflonium. 

But whatever it was, it was veeeeerrrrrrrry bouncy, so I bought some anyway.

[Filtered to whoever saw the werewolf thing//Unhackable]

Um, false alarm.  Forget I ever said anything.

[/Filter]

[ooc: Yes, he is affected.  You know how amnesia is a consequence of refusing the deity's requests?  He's forgotten he wasn't female yesterday and, um, hasn't noticed his clothes are all wrong.  Billy being Billy (or Billie) that's probably just as well.  Good timing, SNL--but, uh, feel free to pretend he looks actually female and not just like Neil Patrick Harris in a bad wig.]

[Voice Post]
[Indented italics are sung, otherwise spoken.]

[Video Post]

[A teenage boy is shown, looking rather small for his age, which is 16.  He is wearing a lab coat that is clearly too long, and looking slightly confused.]

( [Image] )

[The boy says the following to the camera.]

Uh, hi.  I'm not really sure what's going on here, and at first I thought I was dreaming, but now I don't know.  Anyway, I know that this is the City and I live here for now...and maybe there was a party last night?  I also know how to work this thing, I think, so you can see me.  I really like computers. 

Anyway, there are a lot of children today and most of you sound kind of lost, even though I'm pretty sure some of you belong here.  Right now I'm in the lobby of Building 11 with some snacks I found in the fridge so if you want you can come by here, or call me if you need help.  I don't babysit much, but I have a couple of younger cousins. 

[ooc:  Well, Billy is very protective of children.  The curse muddled his thinking somehow, so he has vague memories of the city and his adult life and he kind of knows who people are, but has trouble focusing on it.  He probably won't remember much of this tomorrow.

I'm so excited that I got to use Doogie Howser pictures!  He even has a widdle lab coat, d'awwww.  Action for anyone who needs babysitting/wishes to gawk at bitty!horrible.]

I'm probably going to regret this, but it looks like the cold is slowing these creatures down and it's snowing! I haven't been out in the snow in forever and I desperately need food.

I forgot how much teenagers eat.

[ooc: Strikes not there.  He's out getting supplies as Billy.  If you are a zombie, please come bother him (tag backs may be slow).  Last line refers to new roommate Marco.]

[Public Voice Post]

Hey peeps! Dr. Horrible here. Looks like I've found myself a laboratory to work in. Not as good as a private lab, but now that I have a job, I can find a place to live. Tried sleeping in the lab--keep an eye out for my Porta-Pillow Instant Bed System, needs tweaking (ow) but I've got a prototype already--but I kept hearing that ticking...
So, uh, I eventually gave up on sleeping and have been in the internet cafe since then. I guess I need to find a place to live around people...

[Private/Hackable]

Maybe this city thing won't be so bad, after all. I mean, I've met some people and they seem pretty okay--no superheroes so far, but I've learned there are some in the city. The laboratory is amazing. I just went inside this ordinary-looking building and got in the elevator. It didn't have any buttons, and I thought it was stuck because it wouldn't move for the longest time, but finally it went one floor down and opened. It's the lab of my dreams! No huge chair and no Wonderflonium but ample workspace and lots of safety equipment including a lab coat, goggles, etc. just like the ones I had at home. Weird, but good--and it seems to be paying me automatically. (Note to self: figure out how that works.) It's a bit light on the sorts of spare parts and odds and ends I like to work with, but Gabriel said I should look in the Underground for those (hmm...that's where the clock's supposed to be). It has all the chemical equipment I could possibly want, too.

Speaking of chemical equipment, last night when I was lying awake uncomfortably on my Porta-Pillow prototype (Note to self: come up with name that doesn't suck) I saw this blurry thing and found myself thinking about my first chemistry set, which I got for Christmas. I love that set--and then it got smashed by a neighborhood bully wearing a bedsheet as a cape.

I'm really gonna kill Captain Hammer when I get home.

I wish Penny were here. 

[ooc: Anyone else work in the laboratory? I'm just sort of guessing how it might work based on the description. Poor Billy, so morally confused he almost gets stuck in an all-judging elevator ;) This entry isn't hackable for any particular reason, just that Billy isn't very careful with his blog.]

[ETA: Go ahead and point out that he is singing.  He has no idea he's doing it.]