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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2017-06-23 10:05 am

FANPORT JUNE 2017

WHO: ImPorts!
WHERE:Nonah Convention Center
WHEN: June 23-25, from 9 AM - 12 AM every day.
WHAT: Registration is in motion alongside FanPort, the most popular imPort convention around! Come on in and see imPort-led panels, the artist's alley, cosplayers, and more! If you have any questions, or wish to amend the way we have written up your characters' panels, let us know here!
WARNINGS: None anticipated; please let us know if this should be changed.

Locals, imPorts, come one and all to FanPort, the annual gathering of imPorts and imPort enthusiasts! Registration volunteers are wrangling the long, long lines wrapping outside the convention center, but attendees are passing the time by competing in a contest sponsored by a local radion station: to create the best imPort-themed viral video clip and post it to social media! #PowersPower #Fandemonium #FanPortVIP

Unless they choose to mingle, as guests of honor, imPorts get to skip the line, receive a gold-trimmed IMPORTANT badge and be escorted through a secure entrance into the convention center proper. But there's no escaping the crowds once they're inside, you will be rubbing shoulders. This year's FanPort is seeing record attendance, and the venue is swarming with enthusiastic con-goers. Once they make their way past an impromptu welcoming committee of squealing fans, imPorts can explore...

ARTIST'S ALLEY

The bustling ballroom is full to brimming of fans selling their creative wares. Hundreds of prints are available for purchase, featuring everything from Magnus Burnsides striking a heroic pose to an artful portrait of Dandy Mott in his study, with his tie unknotted and dribbling down his front. There's even an action crossover depicting the Blue Beetle versus Iron Man, or Jesse Pinkman dancing with Reggie Mantle. Crossover time!

Other tables feature 3-D creations, with maskets full of keychains, buttons, T-shirts, homemade plushies and more. If you can dream of it, it probably exists, and it would be a challenge to name an imPort without some kind of creative representation!

Some artists and fanfiction writers have teamed up to create doujinshi about various imPort couples. imPorts who are known to be seeing each other are likely to see a drawn version of their relationship in this section, but there are also true rarepairs that go against canon, like Lapis Lazuli/Shale, Frederick Chilton/Sam Merlotte, Kitty Jones/John Murphy, Danny Pink/Mitchell Hundred, Jessica Jones/Laurie Collins, Han Solo/Luke Skywalker, Count Dooku/Archie and Rusty Venture/Sadie Doyle. And some of these books are sultry! Outright SHOCKING. You really must buy a few, if only as gifts.

If you don't see what you want being sold already, there are plenty of commissioners who would leap at the chance to provide an imPort with a custom print or doll, just for them! Although some of the dolls getting in the way of the big, popular ships may just be used as voodoo dolls, so watch out!

COSPLAY CONTEST

What's a fan convention without cosplay? There's not a single room in the convention center that lacks multiple cosplayers, but many of them are in it to win it at the cosplay contest. Some have gone to store after store to buy just the right street clothes to accurately portray imPorts like Daryl Dixon and April Ludgate, but others are up for a challenge and are showing off incredible armor creation or sewing work with their Riptide, Maeve Millay, Jean Grey, Petyr Baelish, Doreen Green, and Kanaya Maryam costumes.

And what of imPorts who want to join in? There are only two rules: imPorts may not enter as themselves, nice try jerks, and nor are they allowed to use shapeshifting powers. Other than that, they're welcome to join in on the competitions and the festivities! There are awards being given for everything from Best Performer to Best Costume to Most Accurate Posing, so jump in, and enjoy! ImPorts ARE free to give their own input (or imPut! Haha! So funny!)

IMPORT HALL

Aside from the panels, this is where imports are welcomed as special guests! Above the entire affair is a huge sign that reads, cheerfully: "WELCOME IMPORTS!". Here, imPorts are welcomed to set up their own booths to sell their goods, autographs, and pictures, advertise their businesses, or to simply meet some of their fans! A special photo-op booth is available for imPorts who are game for one-on-one meetings but don't want to set up a booth. Security is tightest around this area, but only for the safety of imPorts; if any fans get a little too touchy-feely without the imPort's consent, rest assured, they'll be hauled out in short notice. There is also a special demonstration area, marked off with cones, where imPorts may show off crowd-appropriate powers for some oohs and aahs.

This is also the place where willing and participating imPorts are showered with special gifts featuring everything from fanmade scrapbooks of their public exploits and fanart, home baked goods, or samples from all sorts of corporate representatives eager to have imPorts represent everything from their makeup lines to their gas-buster pills.

REFRESHMENTS

Forget the generic, slightly stale burgers and fries most commonly found at convention centers. Just outside the venue is a series of imPort-inspired food trucks and stalls. Ready for some Persephone Paprikash? What about some Emmett Brown-ies for dessert? Delicious! And we can't forget the line of So Carbonated They'll Make You Tina Belcher craft sodas. imPorts get a discount if they show of their tattoos to prove they're not just fantastic cosplayers!

DESIGN-YOUR-OWN POWER STATION

This year's FanPort has a special charity room for imPorts who feel like doing some community outreach. Long-term patients at Nonah Children's Hospital who are well enough to travel have been brought to the con, where imPorts who sign up to volunteer will help them dream up their own powers, design their own superhero costume and dress up using a wardrobe of donated costume parts. Each child can then pose in front of a green screen with their favorite imPort to create a superhero team-up!

RAVE

The first two nights of the convention, attendees can get their groove on after hours! The grand hall is opened up to various imPort inspired acts, such as the Woden-inspired Welcome to Valhalla, the Yurio Plisetsky-inspired Ice Ice Babies, and the Stark family-inspired Kings of the North. All of these shows are complete with light shows and complimentary glow sticks, and once the clock hits past 9 PM, a bar opens up in the back for natives and imPorts alike, provided that they're of-age — and yes, they will be checking their IDs!

Want to get your rock on? These acts will gracefully step aside to allow imPort musicians to take the stage, but will respond even more happily to jam sessions.

PANELS

ICE SKATING

What does it take to be a champion on ice? How do the pros spin so fast without getting dizzy? A Q&A session will be followed by an exhibition skate on imPort power-created ice. Starring imPort Guests: Otabek Altin, Viktor Nikiforov and Yuri Plisetsky

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WESTEROS

There are 50 states in America and seven kingdoms in Westeros. What's life like in this land far far away? Attendees will receive a short introduction, followed by a Q&A session and other activities. Clean cut folk, reconsider—anyone with a majestic beard gets front row seats! Starring imPort Guests: Robb Stark and Theon Greyjoy

LEADING THEORIES FOR ALTERNATE UNIVERSES AND THE CAUSE OF IMPORT POWERS

An introductory-level discussion of the science and logic behind the predominant theories for the existence of imPort powers and the nature of alternate universes. Adam Parrish will be expounding upon the most modern studies and theories, with Skeets providing practical experience, expertise, and exposition. Starring imPort Guests: Adam Parrish and Skeets

BEING DEAD AND COPING WITH IT

ImPorts are the life of the convention, but what if they're dead back home? This panel will offer helpful tips on coping with certain mortality. Starring imPort Guest: Danny Pink

RESTORING WORLDLY CONNECTIONS THROUGH MUSIC

This panel discussion includes audience participation as it explores how natives and imPorts alike can (re)connect with the Earth via singing, and explains other-worldly philosophies on creating more worthwhile connections with others in being one of the keys in restoring the balance of the world. A concert demonstration will promote the beginning of a peaceful connection between those living on Earth and the world they live in. Panel sponsor HNBN (Heropa's News Broadcast Network) will provide weather-related merchandise to be donated to multiple charities that are connected to natural sanctuaries, parks, animal shelters, homeless shelters, and other charities that promote imPort and native unity. Starring imPort Guests: Nike Lemercier

BEYOND MEDICINE: IMPORT HEALING TECHNIQUES

This panel reprises last year's edition, with a focus on Miracle Springs. Attendees can witness an introduction and demonstration of healing powers on native volunteers, particularly those suffering from conditions that are incurable with this world's medical technology alone. Participants must sign a waiver, with priority given to terminal patients. Panelists will administer treatment based on greatest need. Coupons for Miracle Springs will be distributed to anyone who doesn't get a chance to be treated during the panel. Starring imPort Guests: Jesse Pinkman and Haen Hithiel

ETV'S "FUCKUPS & TRYHARDS"

An episode screening and Q&A panel with the teen stars of ETV's edgy reality hit, which reviewers have alternately described as "a cinéma vérité glimpse into the lives of troubled imPort youths and the emotional complications of confronting alternate realities" and "basically just two assholes who look alike pranking each other for a half hour every week." Witness the controversial duo in person and decide for yourself! A memorabilia-signing session will follow. Starring imPort Guests: Ronan Lynch and John Murphy

FROM TELEKINESIS TO TELEKINES-YES

Along with some brief demonstration, this session provides a brief overview on gaining powers, tips on how to deal with them, how to control them, how to best utilize them in daily life, and how to support your friends and family through adjusting to them. All information is high-level, and panelists will be available to mentor powered individuals on a more one-on-one basis. Starring imPort Guests: Erik Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier

SPOTLIGHT: YOUR FACE IN THE TABLOIDS

An open discussion with various guests on how their imPort celebrity status has impacted their lives, through scandals and through influences. This panel will conclude with a series of mean bweets being read by their directed subject. Starring imPort Guests: Erik Lehnsherr and friends

SHIPS AND YOU IN ANOTHER GALAXY FAR AWAY FROM HERE

Is your ship grounded or does it fly? What's the cannon situation? Who has the best ship of all? ImPorts who have touched the stars are invited to share their experience in an intimate talk about their ships, what it took to make them fly, ways to be safe and other related topics. Attendees are invited to bring fanart of their favorite imPort ships! Starring imPort Guests: Han Solo and friends

MAURTIA FALLS OF THE FUTURE

A two-day historical recounting of Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania as an imPort city -- how it started, how it has changed, and what is in store for its future. One the second day of the panel, imports who either currently live or have lived in Maurtia Falls are invited to speak about their experiences and why more imPorts should choose this city as a place to live. Starring imPort Guests: Petyr Baelish

TO TOUCH A MOCKINGBIRD

Get up close and personal with the Northern Mockingbird as you learn facts about them and get to have the chance to see them mimic other birds and even human voices! All birds are friendly and love treats and head scratches. This panel will run on day three of the convention. Starring imPort Guests: Petyr Baelish and mockingbird entourage

MY BUDDY MY BUDDY AND ME

An advice show for the modern era! Come listen to the sage advice given by your fantasy friends, and maybe learn a thing or two about life! Starring imPort Guests: Taako, Magnus Burnsides, and Angus McDonald

GOVERNMENT AND IMPORTS: NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF A NEW LANDSCAPE IN LAW AND POLITICS

Senator Mitchell Hundred and available Ambassadors will engage in a discussion panel that includes multiple resources, pamphlets and giveaways for attendees. A Q&A session will follow. Starring imPort Guests: Mitchell Hundred and associates

ALIENS AND HUMANS: BRIDGING THE GAP

This discussion between humans and aliens who now make their home on Earth seeks to foster greater understanding. Panel moderator Supergirl will relate her own experiences and encourage others to share theirs. Starring imPort Guests: Supergirl

YOUTHS IN ACTION: WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY

This panel of teen heroes will discuss the importance of using extraordinary gifts for the betterment of their community, as well as tips and tricks to stay safe during missions. Other topics will include: The Importance of Secrecy, What Not to Wear, Pros and Cons of Crime Fighting, and more! There will be Q&A sessions for both the panelists and any superhero guests that join in. Panelist Kyle Conlen will also discuss plans to create a youth center dedicated to keeping extraordinary teens on the right track. By organizing teens with experienced leaders, it will give them an outlet for their powers in a healthy and safe environment. Donations are appreciated! Starring imPort Guests: Kyle Conlen, Yusuke Kitagawa and friends

DRAGONS AND MYTHS

Panel moderator Aurican will host a Q&A session on what it's like to be a dragon, how to deal with dragon mythologies, and how to live with the fact that people are scared of fire-breathing lizards. Demonstrations will include the reveal of his true draconic form and safety-checked flame snorting. Starring imPort Guests: Aurican

THE TRANSACTION OF MULTIVERSAL INFLUENCE ON THE EMOTIONAL DISRUPTION OF VETERAN IMPORTS

As host of the panel, Doctor Frederick Chilton will analyze the emotional and psychological consequences of imPorts having lived in this world, a universe foreign to their own, for over twelve months. He explicitly explores the manifestation of dissociation, maladaptation, codependency upon other imPorts, and the rare case of expressed criminal psychopathy. His presentation includes statistical data as well as anecdota, using Dorian Gray as an example of codependency with fatal but ultimately beneficial outcomes. Chilton's conclusion is that the longer you are in this world as an imPort, the more dramatically the environment affects you, sometimes profoundly influencing your behavior in unpredictable way, and he argues that the data supports a myriad of impacting variables within that environment, with no one singular cause to blame. Starring imPort Guests: Frederick Chilton and Joseph Kavinsky

BUSINESS FOR BEGINNERS: HOW IMPORT-RUN BUSINESSES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Bela Talbot will present an overview of the steady growth of her business and how she learned a great deal through hands-on work and research. She will pass on tips and guidance, with a Q&A session to follow. Starring imPort Guests: Bela Talbot

MAGIC AND YOU! THE SUPERNATURAL EXPLAINED!

This panel will explore magic as a general concept, the theory of magic, how it is used in different worlds and advice for dealing with it. It includes a practical demonstration in which Sabriel and other interested imPorts show off some basic skills. A Q&A session is included. Starring imPort Guests: Sabriel

RISEING UP: IMPORTS AND THE LAW

This panel discusses how the law interacts with superpowers, both in this world and the imPorts' worlds of origin. Starring imPort Guests: Sabriel and RISE members

THE FASHION OF SUPERHEROICS

Kayana's annual showcase on superhero costumes and the design philosophies behind them pulls examples from throughout the imPort community, and now some natives as well. Following this, there will be a demonstration of new developments made as a part Kanaya Maryam's partnership with OsCorp that may change the face of crimefighting in the future! Time will be allotted for a closing Q&A session.Starring imPort Guests: Kanaya Maryam, Normie Osborn, Peter Parker and Revan

HOW TO BE A LEADER IN YOUR COMMUNITY

This open discussion tackles the issue of how imPorts and native citizens alike can be a hero in their city. Detailed focus will go to social programs, charity work and opportunities to beautify the city. It will also include a brief lesson in self-defense and the ways people can protect themselves in case of disaster. Starring imPort Guests: Jon Snow

BOTTOMS UP! A GUIDE TO OTHERWORLDLY BOOZE

IDs will be checked at the door for this adults-only panel! Renowned TV host and alcoholic expert Sadie Doyle will lead an audience discussion on favorite drinks and trends in spirits from their own worlds, followed by a sampling of locally-produced beers and liqueurs that are known to be imPort favorites. If time allows, there will be a group sing-a-long of the best bar songs. Starring imPort Guests: Sadie Doyle

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND YOU

A panel to explain all of the questions you may have about artificial intelligence and to offer their own perspective. Are AIs going to take over all your jobs? Can AIs feel? Do AIs get their feelings hurt when jerks start questioning their validity as people? Is it okay to literally store them in a box for a number of years? Check that all that out here and more! Starring imPort guests: Skeets, Blue Beetle III & Friends

UCCY INC' THE NEXT WORLD PREMIERE + PANEL DISCUSSION

The world premiere of Daryl's off-grid survival living show The Next World! Episode One (of six) will be screened live before it hits televisions in July with a Q&A Discussion Panel following. Be sure to check in for some hot, hot behind-the-scenes insight with the Executive Producer, the Director, and even one of the clients that appears on the show! But, of course, nobody's really there to see them, so be sure to pop in to see the real stars of the show. Starring imPort guests: Daryl Dixon, Carl Grimes & Enid

DE CHIMA: HOME TO HEROES

An open Q&A for the denizens of De Chima to discuss the direction citizens wish to take their fine city! How can the city give back to its people? What is really important to those who live in De Chima? Will people ever stop getting angry over consequential nonsense like disliking the water fountains in the local park? Hear about all of that and more, including a touching dedication to Lucy Pevensie. Starring imPort guest: Jon Snow

pop_of_color: (Emote Ugh // ew no)

HAHAH

[personal profile] pop_of_color 2017-06-24 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Rosa's mostly floated from booth to booth, none of them really capturing her attention for longer than a few, full-of-judgment seconds. She's stopped to check out a few artists' work (she can support that sort of thing, so long as the shit they draw isn't fucked up or weird), and it's when she's leaving one of the tables that she hears the comment from the Ginger Dude to her left.

She scans him quickly in cop-like fashion - noting the .. uh, interesting outfit choice, the sneer on his face, the pissed off anger in his eyes, and puts it together with the mention of a wookiee. Dude is from fucking Star Wars.

But he's one of the cool guys. Maybe, just maybe, Rosa will get to see some fucking Force Lightning.

"Cause they're the fucking worst," she replies in typical monotone fashion, flicking a mutually unimpressed and commiserating glare towards him.
pop_of_color: (Emote Death // Knife)

[personal profile] pop_of_color 2017-06-24 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Rosa had sort of put together the pieces of why Daryl had seemed familiar the first time she'd seen him in person (as in, she realized he, like so many of the other people apparently stuck here, was .. from a television show). It wasn't just the actor pretending to be his character - Daryl is .. well, Daryl. If it had been anyone else - anyone she didn't particularly care for, she would've blurted it out - but she decides, as she's beginning to file out of the auditorium, that she'll keep it to herself. Only tell him if, for some reason, he figures it out and wants to know more.

She's only seen the first three or whatever seasons, anyway.

The touch of a hand on her shoulder snaps her neck practically off her shoulders, hand immediately reaching into her leather jacket for a dagger or a knife, but when she sees it's Daryl, she rolls her eyes (mostly at herself for having almost gone to chop his head off) and relaxes a bit. She remembers Jake, telling her that they'd always be friends, putting his hand on her and then immediately retracting it, citing the Rosa Rule (of no touching).

The handle of whatever weapon she'd conjured goes back into the leather jacket as she snorts, amused.

"Liking strong spices and tacos isn't the same as liking bad smells, dude," she replies as she glances around at the shuffling crowd. "I mean, I could've told you that without the Super Sniffer." She looks back to him, silent for a second. "So that asshole who called you out during the panel, want me to slash his tires? Set his possessions on fire?"
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Sookie Stackhouse | OTA

[personal profile] wordaday 2017-06-24 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Import Hall
[The thing is this: you can take the girl out of the poorhouse, but you can't take the poor out of the girl. Her old manager contacted her about getting autographs out at the convention, and frankly she'd been shocked he still even had her number. But no, he says, of course she's still on his client list. And look, a money-making opportunity to be if it them both!

It seems like a horrible and tacky idea—selling pictures of her face to a bunch of pseudo-fangbangers, and in the wake of the telepathy "rumor"? She nearly says no, but she needs a new roof and hey, $15 for an autographs isn't so bad, right?

The fans seem nice, at least. A lot of sorority girls in pastels and anchors, countless middle aged women who remind her of the judgemental ladies down at the Baptist church at home, a few pastors asking for speaking g engagements. It's almost worth the handful of awkward encounters. Almost.]


Out and About
[When she's not scribbling her name on her own face, Sookie sneaks out to go to wander around. The artist hall seems nice at first—there's some gorgeous paintings she gravitate toward, and it's privately hilarious to skim through the bad self published fanfiction til a point. It stops being fun right around when she finds something graphic with her face on the cover.

She likes harlequin romance, sure, but only if she place herself in the heroine's shoes and not actually BE the heroine.

The refreshments outside are a sweet relief, in more ways than one. It's not as crowded out here, and the buzzing brains inside the hall are blessedly muffled by the distance. It's easier to genuinely relax, not look like the airhead she always turns into when her attention is split into fifteen different directions. It's enough that she even chances getting a drink, one of those new imPort themed ciders that one company is making. She's no beer girl, but it's nice. Maybe a little tacky, but nice.]


Choose Your Own Adventure
[Sookie's out and about all over the place. If you've got any prompt ideas, let em rip!]
lempereur: (Futaba stahp)

2? but also 1? girl wat

[personal profile] lempereur 2017-06-24 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yusuke was just leaving Artist Alley, actually! He has already seen things he had no desire to see, some terrifyingly detailed drawings involving him, and--

Well, suffice it to say, he's leaving. N-O-P-E.

Until he comes across a much smaller version of a very familiar disguise. Has he really appeared as Fox in public enough to have fans? There was the cactus war, of course, and that burglar, but most of his activities have been under the cover of night, making it hard for a cosplayer to get a decent frame of reference.

Unless that cosplayer knew him.

Nice bright red hair. ]


...Futaba. What are you doing?
bragnificent: (my favorite movie set in a country club)

reggie mantle | ota

[personal profile] bragnificent 2017-06-24 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
ARTIST'S ALLEY & IMPORT HALL
    [ For the most part, a lot of the Artist's Alley doesn't actually interest Reggie too much. He doesn't know most of the people depicted, nor does he care about them -- although he does stop to linger on some of the more lovingly rendered portraits on occasion -- but what he decides he does like are the pieces that he's in. He has no idea who Jesse Pinkman is, but that doesn't matter.

    For a few of those lucky artists, Reggie even offers to sit and pose so they can get a better handle on his beautiful, perfect, spectacular (etc., etc.) features by sketching in their sketchbooks, which occupies a couple hours before he gets bored and ends up having a different sort of fun pursuing the doujinshi. Not knowing most of the people depicted basically just makes it like looking at silly drawn porno, which isn't exactly his thing but funny enough to flip through.

    So, other imPorts take caution-- any that happen to pass by while Reggie's skimming their illustrated sexual exploits, he will definitely make smug eye contact with if possible.
    ]

IMPORT HALL
    [ Eventually being in the Artist Alley gets weird, however, and that's when Reggie starts encountering fanartists who were fans -- still are, and apparently rather diehard ones -- of this so-called "old" him, and there's at least four, maybe five different layers of discomfort to all that implies. So he leaves and heads into the ImPort Hall where he proceeds to mingle, flirt, sign autographs (many of which turn out to be across cleavage, as per request), and take selfies with fans both in the photo-op booth and just in the hallway. ]

RAVE
    [ Then later, of course, Reggie rarely misses a party if he can help it. No need to hover around the bar -- although he does have a fake ID -- because thanks to his power he can take care of his own drinks, so he spends a lot of time on the floor dancing and grinding either on his own or with those who might like to join him, a glowstick held between his teeth whenever he doesn't have a drink to his mouth instead.

    Or sometimes he'll be off to the side taking a breather, but that's no reason not to still swing by and say hello. Those who recognize him can even ask him to "freshen up" their booze if they're so inclined; maybe he'll be in a generous mood!
    ]

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[personal profile] nightmarist 2017-06-24 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Ronan nudges Gansey's shoulder in return, a slightly rougher but nonetheless affectionate gesture.]

Hey, dad.

[He knows what Gansey's doing. It's the same anytime Gansey escorts him to a social event where alcohol may (or not may not) be served. Someone always has to make sure Ronan doesn't collapse into a pool of his own vomit, and Gansey has for some reason charged himself with the task.]
nightmarist: (provocative ☘)

[personal profile] nightmarist 2017-06-24 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Some former version of Adam could have possibly been described as a gawky nerd, but it's not the Adam that Ronan knows now. The bargain has made an ethereal creature of him, and not just in Ronan's eyes. "Someone asked if you were a model," he says, shivering at the kiss. "I said you were a nude model, and she took me seriously, so now I have her card. Do you think it's a porn thing?"
nightmarist: (reasonable ☘)

[personal profile] nightmarist 2017-06-24 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
At least one of us is enjoying it.

[Ronan can't read their lewd thoughts, but he doesn't have to, because more than one of them has taken it upon themselves to whisper the details to him while he was signing their merchandise.]
kestreldawn: ([rbf] are you kriffing me)

/cue the evil laughter/

[personal profile] kestreldawn 2017-06-24 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Jyn's spoken to a few interested passersby who'd asked a couple of questions - mostly, what sorts of classes would be offered, the fee (if any), the hours of operation - mostly mundane but practical information. She spots the man eyeing the sign with a particular sort of curiosity before he approaches. She recognizes him, as well, but even if she hadn't - there isn't a single thing about him that doesn't scream Imperial Officer.

When she realizes that he's making his way through the straggling crowd straight for the table, she shifts slightly in her chair and maintains as calm and neutral an expression as she can manage. His question doesn't surprise her, and she takes a few seconds to think of how to answer.

"It's based off of a planet," she says, deciding not to go into further detail. If he is Imperial, he'll recognize the name without issue more than likely - especially given Jedha's link to the planet killer - but if he isn't, it won't mean much. She'll use his answer to gauge him and determine his background.
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[personal profile] pale_blue_arrow 2017-06-24 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Brendan has seen a half dozen people pretending to be him, thanks to the whole Heropa Cactus War thing. Their jackets are wrong, their shoes are too new and shiny, and their slang is stiff, forced and unconvincing. He knew from the internet they were going to show up but he hadn't anticipated cringing as much as he has; why anyone would wanna be him is something he just doesn't get, especially if they're not even going to do it right.

So in an effort to blend in he's put his contacts in for once, straightened his hair and is dressed like a total dork. He has become invisible to the masses, and although his staring at the Veronica-alikes he saw was probably noteworthy to some, he played it off as just oggling pretty girls.

Not that any are pretty as the real deal, of course.]


Hey, Vee. You went official with the booth for this one, huh? How much'd that cost you? Or did you bribe people with slushies? [Even with his halfway decent disguise, his smile is distinctly Brendan, and he doesn't bother hiding his normal voice around her.]
kestreldawn: ([happy] soft)

omg veronica

[personal profile] kestreldawn 2017-06-24 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
Jyn had thought to ask Veronica about the .. strange project she'd undertaken over the past few weeks, but it never seemed like the right moment. Nor did Jyn ever want to break Veronica's admirable concentration and focus on what she was doing. And .. Jyn's mind was also a little distracted with everything Cassian had been going through (especially in how it manifested with him being almost completely absent from the house most days and nights).

So when Veronica shows up today wearing a costume that Jyn absolutely does not recognize, she doesn't even realize it's Veronica right away. She studies the work that she's done with an interested glance, before piecing together the voice and the face with her housemate.

She lets out a little laugh.

"Oh, you're Veronica. In a costume," she says, still delightedly laughing. "That's what you've been working so hard on these past few weeks?" She smiles warmly and stretches her arms over her head. "I might take you up on that in a bit, but you can come and keep me company in the meanwhile, if you'd like." Jyn? Offering social invitations and interactions? Willingly? Happily? What the kriff is going on?
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[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-24 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
"I've heard of NaJedha a while back but I don't know a lot about the planet. It has a moon but it was practically destroyed in a mining accident." That was the public story, at least. She had mentioned she had been on Scarif so he watched her as well, trying to gauge her reaction.

"I've never met anyone from that planet or moon, I admit. It's not a very significant system," he remarked thoughtfully. "But I assume you managed to leave Jedha if you found yourself on Scarif. It must have been an interesting trip." He knew more about Scarif and what had been there before the Death Star had destroyed it. Starkiller's preliminary plans had been there and had been lost for many years before someone had put them together again. "I wouldn't have thought Scarif was a planet where many people went for a vacation."
kestreldawn: ([rbf] scarif)

[personal profile] kestreldawn 2017-06-24 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely Imperial.

She almost scoffs at the suggestion of a "mining accident," but manages to keep herself clamped shut. She'd seen the way the ground levitated into the air, the horizon crumbling and rising as though no force could ever be big enough to keep it intact ever again. She'd felt the rumble of the moon from beneath her feet, had thought of the little girl she'd saved in the market place and how she'd met her end after all.

Mining accident. The fact that that's the story of Jedha's destruction makes her grit her teeth.

"It was significant to the people who lived there," she remarks, swirling galaxies burning up at him. "Yeah. Funny thing about ships and space travel; allows you to go all over the galaxy." She plants the soles of her feet down flat against the floor as she straightens her spine in her chair. "Had you ever been? Lovely place. Blue water, sandy beaches. Could've been paradise to some."
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hostage: (guilty ☣)

Jesse Pinkman

[personal profile] hostage 2017-06-24 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
import hall
[Jesse has to take care of all the crowd work before his panel, because he won't be well enough to carry on with the convention after it's through. He's at his booth in the imPort Hall early, before most of the guests have even arrived for the day. And that's good, because the group of patrons around the Miracle Springs display spills out to block several yet-empty neighboring tables.

They're not here for Jesse himself, though he does a fine job of charming his fans. Most of the people who've come to see Jesse have traveled thousands of miles to do so, some of them spending every last dollar for a chance to meet an imPort who could alleviate some disease no doctor could. Every other person who steps forward asks him to heal them then and there, and Jesse has the unfortunate task of turning them away with a coupon for the resort instead. Most of them won't be able to afford it, even with the coupon, and he knows it. It's a quiet, heartbreaking reality. But he's come to accept that he'll never be able to cure the whole world. Moreover, he doesn't owe it to any of them.

So he smiles brilliantly for the cameras and signs the things that need signing, looking as clean-cut as his stylists could make him: petite and angelic and boyish. He personally hands gift bags and free samples of health serums to every fan, graciously insisting that selfies and autographs are free.]
artists' alley
[There's about an hour before his panel after he's finished in the imPort Hall, so Jesse takes the opportunity to wander the floor. Flanked by bodyguards to keep anyone overzealous from getting too close to him, Jesse wanders from table to table, greeting every artist and buying anything with his name or face on it. After a while, his assistant's arms are piled high with posters and doujinshi and figurines in his likeness. A few fans rush up to show him their tattoos: scorpions climbing their wrists, just like his. Jesse stops for a picture every time. This part is, by far, always his favorite thing about FanPort.]
panel: BEYOND MEDICINE
[It's less like a panel and more like a Christian revival. In the years since he first arrived in this world, Jesse's fanbase has made him out to be a saint. He's spent a long time building and encouraging that image, volunteering during disasters and working with charity groups, not to mention his regular work with local hospitals. Though he's more of a businessman than a miracle worker these days, the public's impression of him hasn't faded. Half of the audience is dressed for church, clutching their crosses and their wands of sage. Many others have come straight from their hospital beds, waiting in wheelchairs or wrapped in blankets.

The introduction is short and sweet. Jesse explains the way his power works - that he will take his patient's injuries and illnesses upon himself, curing them - and that the most terminal among them will get first priority. Then he introduces his partner, Haen Hithiel, who will serve to treat more cosmetic conditions.

Then they go down the list of the chosen, and Jesse moves from person to person. He lays his hands on them, though he doesn't need to, and with no more ceremony than that, their cancer or their heart disease is gone. Jesse's smart about the way he piles these illnesses within himself, making sure that he can remain mobile until the grand finale. Then he chooses the patient with the worst case of paralysis, and the show ends with a dramatic display of some stranger gaining the ability to walk while Jesse collapses to the floor.

It's a good effect. No one pushes him further. They take their coupons for the resort and leave the panel room in joyful tears while Jesse's relocated to a stretcher that will transport him to a safe recovery room. It will be several hours before he's regenerated enough to walk again.]
therewillbeorder: ([10])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-24 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
'Well, I was born after Scarif had been turned into a wasteland by a rebel attack, just a day before Alderaan was removed from the galactic map so no, I've never been there," he remarked with an amused smirk though his eyes remained hard.

He was starting to understand why Tarkin had chosen Alderaan, a planet with little military significance, to destroy. It had been the heart of the rebellion in so many ways and Tarkin had ripped that out in a moment, just like Hux had ripped out the heart and soul of the Republic by destroying the Hosnian System. He wondered if Tarkin had felt that same rush of having literally shaped the galaxy in an effort to restore order to the galaxy as he had.

"But I did hear it was lovely as well. It was a posting that many Imperial officers wanted since it was supposed to be well-protected and with little threat of a rebel attack. It's not a lovely place now, it's mostly just a wasteland and all those lovely beaches are gone as well as the vast database." All that research had been tragically. Garrisons could be replaced, research was much more difficult to replicate.
nuns4money: (in my presence genuflect)

Eda | OTA

[personal profile] nuns4money 2017-06-24 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
01: ARTISTS ALLEY | we've come too far to give up who we are

[Eda is bit taken aback by the fact imPorts have fans and the fact they so casually make fictionalized stories and drawings of their fave heroes and their exploits. (And their love-lives... and sex-lives.) Some of them are kinda cool if you want her honest opinion of it and she kinda hopes for the day some lovingly crafts a body pillow to her. But some creations... man they are weird.

A artist has allowed Eda to sample her Count Dooku/Archie doujinshi. It's beautifully drawn but... that is far too much old dude on young dude action for her to be comfortable with.

On second thought, maybe she doesn't really look forward to be popular enough for someone to pair her off with a random person and draw... detailed sex scenes with them. She gives the doujinshi back to the artist, kinda weirded out. ]


02: PANEL| DE CHIMA: HOME TO HEROES | extraordinary and oh so cool

[She wasn't aware that the person holding the panel about De Chima was a hot dude. But she does have questions about their fair city. Namely... employment. Eda calls attention to herself, in tacky cheetah print pants, chewing gum in her mouth, bleached hair, and cat eye glasses.]

Small question, how do suppose the government will pull from our town when they need manpower for their missions?

[She doesn't want to be bored.]

03: AROUND THE CON/WILDCARD | i’m miss sugar pink liquor, liquor lips

[Eda, being a newbie will be out and about the con, and will attract people. (They think she's a either a booth girl or a really nice cosplay of an obscure imPort.) Will you catch her outside the convention building smoking? Spectating the cosplayers? Criticizing the burgers?]
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restingstitchface: (Opposition)

[personal profile] restingstitchface 2017-06-24 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
[At first, Crane is mildly disappointed at his answer coming from a young member of the audience, but it flies by. Instead, he watches Yusuke intensely, studies him. His clothing, his exhibition of style. What an astute young man. He tilts his head, birdlike, and answers.]

Nanites. Instant mechanical translation isn't outside the realm of science fiction. Not here.

[He tilts his head to the other side while a small smile plays on his lips.]

But that hardly explains our similarities in emotions and instinct, does it now?
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codeoracle: (Mail // Upgrade it)

[personal profile] codeoracle 2017-06-24 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Shopping.

[The reply comes as she's still going through one of the cousins she requested to see. If she was spending her money, it was going to be on something good.

Can people even bend that way??

She puts the book back as she found to before finally turning toward Yusuke. The mask comes up, sitting on her head the way she's seen him do a thousand times, and a grin firmly in place.
]

Hi, Inari. Like the artwork?
trouvaille: (boop)

one.

[personal profile] trouvaille 2017-06-24 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
( the hand he catches is unusually cool, smooth the way that pearls are smooth rather than soft as skin ordinarily would be; it belongs to a startled young woman sleekly and monochromatically dressed, the slight twitch of her mouth making her expression look suspiciously like she's forcibly suppressing the instinct to bare her teeth at him. )

Excuse me, ( which is much politer than doing that, making herself relax her hand in his grip instead of trying to wrench free and succeeding only in earning a bruise without even having any fun, ) I was bumped, I didn't mean to catch myself on you.

( she doesn't go as far as apologising to someone who feels perilously close to giving her a hairline fracture, but it's level, conscious of how little she's enjoying rubbing shoulders with who the fuck knows who these people are - it's too crowded, it's too busy, it's full of noise and things she doesn't really get, and she's prepared to sympathise with someone else's ambient stress level to a point. )
dirtyredneck: (Neutral (01))

Daryl would super appreciate that knife of Rosa's OMG

[personal profile] dirtyredneck 2017-06-24 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Daryl caught the reaction and made a note of it, including the weapon handle disappearing into her coat like it was a black hole. He didn't say anything about it, but he caught it all.

He'd actually been hoping to distract himself entirely from the question because he didn't like how close to the mark it had landed. Not with what they'd been forced to do in his world, but what his powers forced him to do just to survive. Still hadn't resorted to cannibalism, but damn if it didn't feel close.

At her question, his whole body stiffened and he crossed his arms tightly. He didn't bother to answer. He just wanted it left along. Instead, he went back to the Super Sniffer idiocy, "You was the one asking me who smelled the worst. Figured you had to have a thing for it. Actually can't smell too many of 'em right now."

He reached up and tugged a necklace out from under his shirt. A glass vial with a Cicada wing suspended in liquid inside it hung on a black cord. "It's close enough to my nose this way to overpower most of what comes through. Just the worst of 'em get through."
restingstitchface: (Patients)

[personal profile] restingstitchface 2017-06-24 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Crane looks into her eyes for a while with a gaze that is sharp. He pairs it with a tight-lipped smile and clenched jaw, a sigh, a turn of the shoulder and a hand on his lip. She doesn't know who these people are, perhaps - her tone indicates a woeful lack of familarity.

He takes that for what it is, together with the luxury of noticing that something is odd about her. He notes it, slips it inside his mental compartment of curious facts about dull people, and rolls his eyes.]


I believe you.

[He lets her hand drop and shoves it away before it can be moved.]

But one can never be too careful.
lempereur: (Idea man)

[personal profile] lempereur 2017-06-24 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yusuke's own eyes are intense as well, looking over Crane purposefully. Even sitting down, he carries himself with a sort of meditative grace and precision that is, as he is often reminded, uncommon for someone his age. His chin rests delicately against the palm of his hand, a glint of curiosity taking hold of his expression. ]

That is what I mean by effectively. The nanites take care of the language barrier, but to really understand each other, on an emotional and psychological level, it takes more than an implant.

[ He twists his wrist in Crane's direction, letting his Registered status be openly visible. ]

As far as we know, at least.
restingstitchface: (Urgency)

[personal profile] restingstitchface 2017-06-24 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[If anything, that answer holds Crane's interest more.

He carefully follows Yusuke's actions, observes how his behavior seems to hold shape and form under fierce attention, the sarcastic reveal of his implant muddied by his seemingly calm tone of voice. He smiles a little to himself and nods, notably keeping his own registration status hidden as he sits down.]


Not a fan of the registration system, then?

[It's a not-so-subtle remark about Yusuke's apparent dislike of overt control.]
oddbod: (are you satisfied with an easy life)

[personal profile] oddbod 2017-06-24 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you just have to make your word problems more interesting.

[Laughing at her own joke, she reaches out to take his elbow, steering him away from the somewhat impressive horror show.]
lempereur: (Adachi pls)

[personal profile] lempereur 2017-06-24 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shopping. Why? ]

I find it tragic. Some of these people have real talent, to see it wasted on smut is a shame.

[ He's just going to avert his eyes from whatever Futaba is looking at. He doesn't want to know. ]

Why are you dressed like me? Are they selling that mask here?