Turning over a new LIF

[maskormods]

WHO: The imPorts!
WHERE: The Ashen Tree, NYC, New York. Need help getting there? See here!
WHEN: April 14th, 8:00 PM - April 15th 1:00 AM
WHAT: The April Swearing In Guessing Game!
WARNINGS: None foreseeable!


Welcome to The Ashen Tree! This sleek, elegant private property leased out only occasionally for limited and exclusive events. The Ashen Tree is a five story, century-and-half old mansion down East 67th Street, constructed somewhat in the vein of those famed and excessive Vanderbilt houses. The theme inherent to The Ashen Tree is in black and white -- this duality means more than just visual aesthetic. There is right, and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. There is Registered and there is Unsettled. This reoccurring dilemma won't be lost upon your hosts, governmental or otherwise.

The thrust of this Swearing In is to play a game! There will be two versions of this game. If you are newly imPorted (if this is the FIRST Swearing In that occurred since you have been ported in), then you are automatically entered into a raffle to win prizes! You can enter your name into the raffle ONCE for EVERY THREAD with A DIFFERENT CHARACTER that you have! How lucky you are! If you have BEEN here (if this is NOT the first Swearing In that occurred since you have been ported in), then you may only enter the raffle if you WIN at the game.

What is the game?

The Identity Game.

Every imPort who is in the DESIGNATED ROOMS: ROOT, TRUNK, BRANCH, and TWIGS will do their best to pretend to act like another imPort. If someone (who is also in character, just like you are) guesses what imPort you are pretending to be, then THEY may enter their name in the raffle. If you guess the pretend identity of someone else, then YOU get to enter your name in the raffle. There is no sign-up for who pretends to be whom, and there can be multiple imPorts impersonating the same imPort. That will not be regulated. The more you guess correctly someone's pretend identity (which can be achieved by threading with many people), the more you get to enter your name in the raffle. You MUST guess the identity of the imPort being impersonated correctly -- there is right and there is wrong. If someone guesses your character's impersonation correctly, then you have to tell them. You do not have to keep the same impersonation for the WHOLE LOG, but you do for at least a single thread! No changing up identity on someone. ANY imPort can play this game, INCLUDING new imPorts. While new imPorts can play the Guessing Game, or impersonate other imPorts to their desire, their eligibility to enter the raffle is still judged differently. Because they're new!

The LEAVES ROOM is the "safe" zone. You can be yourself! You can stop pretending! Well, maybe some imPorts never actually stop pretending -- maybe there is some gray between all this black and white.

Comments

[microbrobotics]

[ If it makes you feel better, here's a kid in a hoodie and a robot shirt. So at least you're tied for being the least fashionable kid in the room if nothing else. ]

No kidding. I'm mostly here for the free trip to NYC, not gonna lie.

[ursawhiner]

[Dipper hasn't seen a boy his own age that didn't have a pompdaour in months. Time to become best buddies!]

I feel like there's something wrong when summer in northern Oregon feels almost exactly like spring-time New York.

[microbrobotics]

[ Just a good ol' scraggly like nature intended. ]

Too hot? Or too cold?

[ursawhiner]

[Please teach this boy how to have cool hair like Hiro's.]

Bit of both? Mostly I'm just glad I didn't need to wear a winter coat.

[microbrobotics]

Dude, no kidding. I'm from California, so I'm seriously glad this whole winter thing is just about over.

[ursawhiner]

Looks like I picked the right time to arrive.

[He remembers Mabel being alone for months and months and... deflates a little. Winter on the East Coast wouldn't have been so terrible if he'd been able to keep an eye on his sister.]

[microbrobotics]

[ Huh. He sees Dipper's face fall but can't figure out why from context. ]

... Hey, if you really wanna see winter that badly, there's a guy here who can help you out. Snowed in my house with magical snow.

[ursawhiner]

People can do that? That's way more awesome than my powers!

[Please don't ask about his powers, please don't ask about his powers.]

[microbrobotics]

Aww man, really? What'd you get?

[ Too late. ]

[ursawhiner]

Uh, I can kind of shoot a laser beam and...

sneeze kittens.

[microbrobotics]

A laser beam is --

[ He was about to say "cool" just now, but. Pffffft. ]

What was that last part?

[ursawhiner]

Uh, uh, the laser beam doesn't do much! Just burns my hair. Luckily my sister said she'll lend me some bobby pins? Haha!

[Stay cool, Dipper.]

[microbrobotics]

No, no, the sneezing kittens part. Holy crap.

[ursawhiner]

...Yep. I sneeze kittens. Adorable, fluffy kittens.

[microbrobotics]

Well. It's not the worst power I've ever heard about.

[ursawhiner]

How can there be anything worse? It's completely useless!

[microbrobotics]

Still better than the guy who gets literally punched in the face by everyone he meets.

Yeah, that's a power. Apparently.

[ursawhiner]

...that's pretty bad. Did he try to fight crime?

[microbrobotics]

Dunno. But my brother's punched him like three times already.

[ursawhiner]

On purpose? --Actually, I think my sister would do the same thing.

[microbrobotics]

No, no, that's just it. The power makes people punch him no matter what. Trust me, my brother wouldn't do it normally.

Younger or older sister?

[ursawhiner]

I'm glad your brother isn't a supervillain.

Twin sister, actually. Plus five minutes...

[microbrobotics]

Pffffft. No way, not Tadashi. If either of us were gonna be a supervillain, it'd be me.

[ He brightens at that. Now that he mentions a twin, Hiro can see the resemblance to someone else he's met... ]

Let me guess. Mabel?

[ursawhiner]

Yeah! You know her?

[Wait a second...]

You're not the assassin kid, right?

[microbrobotics]

Uhhhhhh no. Definitely not. I build robots.