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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

hellrisen02: (Would you care if you lost the other?)

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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-01 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Alright. Duo resettles against the wall again, as if getting comfortable. Muted and cloaked to just Erik's notice, he can give information fairly safely this way.

Hopefully no telepaths were around.

"I predate Lachesis, actually. Well, in a way- she had popped up while I was still there, but we still hardly knew anything about her... Just that it had been her pulling the strings all along, and that she wanted to be amused by us. More or less. Oh, and she liked chess metaphors." He grins to himself, almost nostalgic.

"I've heard what happened in the end, but I don't know about any of the details apart from what Miss Kanaya and Stark told me. Gotta say I'm pretty curious too, about where she's gone."

He tilts his head thoughtfully, smirk deepening. "Anyone ever mentioned to you who it was that ran The City before Lachesis showed herself?"
incogneto: (you've gotta be kidding me)

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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-01 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
He takes all this in and when Duo gets to the end, he gets a sour look on his face. Great. What more secrets are they keeping from him? "No, I don't know. Who was it?" he asks.

Though he also wonders now, briefly, what Lachesis was thinking. He had assumed the porter technology was a fluke, or perhaps a solution cooked up to solve a bigger problem-- he hadn't expected it to be because Lachesis wanted to keep them as playthings.

And then... why hasn't the government reverse engineered it...?
hellrisen02: (Readying to bury your father and mother)

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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-02 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Well. It called itself 'Iron Man', but when I say that... it was just Iron Man. Ya get what I mean?" He winks, pauses for a moment, but then goes on. "Or as I like to call it, Iron Bot. One of Stark's suits, just the armor itself, running on I guess... some self-perpetuating AI system? Stark recognized it... a rogue piece of tech from his world. But I don't know if that'll seem familiar to you, since you mentioned you didn't really know him, yeah?"

Duo rubs his chin. "At the beginning of everything in The City, there was Stark Tower, which held the Porter and an underground prison for imPorts, and the MAC's, a housing project for imPorts. The MAC rooms were usually quickly discarded on arrival if one could help it, on account of security cameras everywhere in them. That prison was used once as far as I know- to hold that Teddy guy I mentioned, your grandson-in-law. The suit would greet people when they got ported in, but we never saw it outside of that, even though it told us we'd been brought to The City to serve as temporary police force for that place, since their police had completely disappeared without a trace."

"No explanations as to why the Porter existed, where they'd all gone... nothing. It was fishy right away, with the suit insisting we act as heroes and yet never showing itself to aid in the effort. And no home-grown villains that we could see... Well, not at first, anyway." His mouth turns to a frown. He never did find out whether the HIVE's denizens had been imPorts or not.
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-02 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Erik stares at Duo like he has two heads, but he listens to him intently anyway. He's going to have to assume it was a different Tony then, maybe one related to SIM? But regardless, of course it's Tony causing the problems. Some things never change, he thinks. And Tony had said Magneto was political poison. Damn, what did the other him do?

Anyway.

"A rogue piece of tech he couldn't control," he states, deadpan but on the inside he's skeptical. It's something he would have written himself.
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-02 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's about the short of it, from what I know," Duo nods his head in agreement. "And, from what I've heard, another mess of his for everyone else to clean up after." He snorts, and shakes his head. "I gotta admit, I don't quite know how anyone in your-- or his universe trusts the guy anymore, from everything I've heard about him. He's got talents, alright- but judgment? I gotta question that."

And Duo was maybe not the guy to cast stones about judgment, sure, but it was Stark's ego that really rankled him about it. "Well, that's between the people of your worlds, I guess."

"That Iron Bot met its end when Lachesis decided to publicly announce herself by speaking through it like a remote-controlled doll and then blow it up over Times Square. That's when we met her for the first time."
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-03 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Looks like Tony isn't the only one with a flair for the dramatic," Erik says, as if he's not included in this category as well. "What did she say?" he asks. "Do you remember?" He's thinking there's no way Duo would forget anything like that.

Though... if Tony lost control of the Iron man to Lachesis, it makes him wonder why he's not doing more to stop Lachesis now. Erik hasn't heard a peep from him about her, though of course he knows Tony's been keeping him at arm's length.

It may be time to do a little digging...
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-03 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, Stark says she likes him best, so maybe it's a kindred spirit thing," he laughs. Hell, Duo had weathered that accusation enough times, himself. And he couldn't deny it was pretty true, either. "Hm, about Iron Bot? Just that it was no longer useful to her. I guess once Stark was in The City, and with us having figured out that it wasn't him before that anyway, she decided the jig was up."

"...Thinking about the timing, though, it may have been incited by increasing transgressions from a group of villains in another city- ever heard of the HIVE? It was a base of unsavory operations on the west coast of the country. Stark tells me it got nuked off the map sometime after I left."
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-03 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I don't," he says, and then realizes he should've prodded Tony a little bit more earlier. "Where were they based?" he asks, wondering if there'a yne sort of record of their existence still hanging around somewhere. There must be records; all of the porter cities are on the east coast, which is something Erik was wondering about. So why would they crop up on the West Coast and then disappear?
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-03 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah... I think people from Earth said it was called Los Angeles, back in their worlds," Duo tilts his head. "But their influence spanned a large portion of that region. We fended off attacks from them a few times, attempts to capture the Porter. That was before Lachesis revealed herself, mostly; but after she did, they didn't seem all that deterred."

He twists his mouth into a frown as an unpleasant memory bubbles up. "There was ... a call for a preemptive strike on them from certain parties in The City. And there was an offensive, but it wasn't really successful. Anyway, it was just a cover for some twisted nutcase to get his jollies, so of course it wasn't going to be successful from the start." Duo mutters something under his breath. Nazis, man.
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-03 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Los Angeles," he repeats. Only the second most populated city along with New York-- maybe that's why they split over five cities instead; maybe the porter technology can't extend across the country like it can down to Florida. It's worth an investigation into...

And then. Wait. "There were... nazis?" he asks, raising a brow. Like, real ones from the 1940s in the way that there were knights templar a couple months ago...? Or....?

He thinks maybe things were uh. Crazier back then.
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-03 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, why? --You know, I still haven't been able to travel up to The City-- New York, I guess it is now, to check on how familiar it is to what I remember of The City," Duo scowls thoughtfully, glancing towards his wrist, where the UNSETTLED tattoo would show under lowlight. "Let alone LA. Has anyone noticed anything in particular about those cities that could connect to the prior universe?"

He looks a little surprised by Erik's interest, cocking his head, then shrugs his shoulders. "Yeah, this... Christ, cyborg Nazi nutcase tried to start a full-scale war with the HIVE, on behalf of The City's imPorts. We found out that he was selling weapons technology, including some similar to our own, to certain hawkish military powers of the world in order to exacerbate the situation, and eventually took him down." Duo tilts his head. "...Why, familiar to someone you know?"
incogneto: (he ate my heart)

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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-04 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think that we've explored either of those cities with any amount of scrutiny," he replies. "Though I'd be willing to go poke around New York with you if you want to check it out. I'd need your eyes."

And apparently he can't trust Tony, his other choice for this adventure.

But um

"Does your cyborg Nazi have a name?" and also is he really a nazi, like what part of him was Nazi-ish or is Duo using the term liberally...? Not that Erik really wants to ask "ok but not getting the part where he's a nazi, just an arms dealer."
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-04 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Duo stills, then glances at Erik with a fairly serious expression. That was a pretty good offer; he still wasn't entirely sure how trustworthy this guy was, in the long run, especially if he went poking around old haunts of his. Just in case.... Just in case, he wasn't sure what, but there were as many skeletons involved with remembering The City as there were remembering where he came from, and he wasn't necessarily sure he wanted the company.

But it was a good offer. "Alright." He agrees, head tilting with a small, sly smile. "Just let me know when. I'll be your personal tour guide... if there's anything left where I remember it."

The question, on the other hand, gets an exasperated expression, a little curious. "It wasn't really a name, it was... a rank, I think." He pauses a long moment, thinking, trying to clear the cobwebs of his memory. "...General? No, that wasn't it.... Anyway, the parts where he was definitely a Nazi. Swastikas? That's their thing, right?" Duo tilted, then shook his head. "Sort of ancient history for me, but-- it's major enough that it's remembered even in history classes of my era. And anyway, this guy named Bucky had explained it to me, the details, when we were going after him."
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-04 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, yeah, the swastikas might give it away Duo, maybe lead with that next time. "What did he look like? What was his name?" Erik asks, since like, he hunted Nazis for awhile so if it was one from his world he'd most definitely remember and probably have some intel to tell Duo back just in case he shows up again.

He also won't tell Duo that he doesn't need a guide to go around New York City, that's why he chose it over Los Angeles, it's closer so they can take a day trip from Pennsylvania and it's more familiar so he'll know what to expect if they want to replicate this little experiment in LA. "We'll have to go sometime after the election." And if he wins, uh, maybe not anytime terribly soon. Sorry Duo. Can't be looking too suspicious like shutting down all the beaches and then visiting a beach.
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-04 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eh... short, heavyweight... Glasses, I think." Duo frowns, wracking his memory. "Looked like the kind of nutcase you'd expect to be heading up a purposeful drive for war." Small in stature, big on ideas. "He was captured, but I got Ported out not too long after that all went down, I think. I couldn't really tell you what became of him, after that, but justice in The City was a lot more ...disorganized than it is here." But also, sometimes, a lot more strict.

The seriousness of his expression softens a little as they drive away from that subject and onto the election. "Yeah, 'course. You're pretty busy, huh?" Duo relaxes his posture again, hands in his pockets. "Gonna be moreso if you win. Say, what do you think about your chances, so far? Against Wayne, I mean." His smirk sharpens just a touch. "Just to be perfectly clear: I'm not here to spy on that front. I don't mess with democracy."
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-04 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He shrugs. "He's a good opponent. He has a lot of backers. but I don't know if I agree with his Justice League. I don't know how anyone else feels about it." He pauses. "The last election was a bit of a mess. Hard to gauge the audience, we're not particularly cohesive as far as wants go."

"Anyway, I don't think I know him. You didn't catch his name?" He tries to go through his mental rolodex of all his kill targets...
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-04 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Duo's mouth twists. "Yeah. ...The whole superhero teams thing, I've never been on that wavelength. But governments need to learn to handle things themselves with proper infrastructure; this whole reliance on imPorts is something I'm against in general, honestly."

He frowns at the mention of the last election. He'd have to look into that.

"Nope. Don't think he had a name- just... Major! That was it. The Major." He quirks a brow- Erik seemed awfully interested in the guy... "You dunno him? Or does he remind you of someone...?"
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-05 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"His name was just The Major?" he asks disbelievingly. Number one, that's definitely a nickname. Number two, that's definitely not even remotely German. "I don't think that's the name he was born with. I'll have to do some research."

"But tell me, what makes you say that? Why shouldn't we be relied upon?"
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-05 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, I doubt it was his name," Duo exasperates, running fingers through his bangs. "But it was the only thing he was known by. Back in that place, people held their cards a lot closer, with regards to identities." Some more than others, but with damn good reason, with people like Kira and B running around.

His expression goes a little grim. "...Because of impermanence. You said you been here... a couple years now, yeah?" Duo shifts. "Even I was only there for a year before, and I saw so many come and go. So many plans come together and fall apart. With the way the Porter is, where the leaders of movements can vanish without notice, imPort-led infrastructure will only cause chaos. This place- the natives have to learn to take control of their own peace and safety."

And that went for reforming this crooked government, too, but that was a different conversation.
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-05 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Must've leveled out. But almost no one here has a secret identity, though we'll usually keep those who want to keep theirs hidden," he says. "I guess it's a code we go by." And a code some of us break.

"But so far it sounds like the City was an entirely different place with a completely separate political landscape. You'll see. It's not the same here."
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-05 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Guess people decide it doesn't matter much anymore, when the government already knows everything about you the second you get here." Duo scowls darkly. He wanted to know how they did that- the Porter back in The City didn't have anything like that.

Unless it was Lachesis who...

He tilts his head as he thinks on that. "It was, by a mile. But what I'm saying-- I'm basing this on what I've seen here. And what I've been told by others that have been here." He shakes his head. "...And yeah, some past experience, but some things are universal, if you ask me."

People couldn't let go of weapons and have true peace if they were afraid. And using imPorts as their personal guards wasn't going to lessen that fear. "But imPorts are only a half of that issue. Still, it's the one we're directly responsible for. So with regards to Ambassadorship, it's the one I'd be invested in, seeing how the votes fall."
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-05 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"The Russians are trying to weaponize us," he says. "Make us their own personal army. They keep trying to do this every few months, with increasingly successful results. I don't know why we're not doing more against it. But to your point... we're not beholden to the government. I don't want us to be. And no, we shouldn't be an army of mercenaries; that never works out for the mercenaries and they're never quite remembered for anything in history other than brutality."

"I'm not interested in that." Though, he does think there is an element of conscripted soldier-ism in training everyone, but he thinks it's more for betterment, for people to decide what they want to do with their skills. Not everyone who works out decides to become a sports player, after all.
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-05 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure, the Russians," Duo mumbles half-heartedly. He'd heard about the brazen attacks, and of course they were a problem, but... Wars were never one-sided. And one things was for sure: he didn't trust either side of this one.

"But that's why Wayne's ...league thing concerns me." And why he was leaning towards Erik. "And a few other of the agencies that have been formed here. They're not all that different from mercenarial or government agencies for use of imPorts."

Not that some of the non-government groups were any better. Some of them were worse. But he doesn't give away that he's thinking about that in his expression.
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[personal profile] incogneto 2017-07-05 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Then don't vote for Wayne. He'll make the group regardless, he's got the funds for it," Erik says. "Apparently it was a thing he did back home, so I'm not too surprised. It was a program, and again, in a completely different political landscape."

That's why this is hard, no one's perspective is the same and everyone's on a different paying field. Even Erik's world is just... starkly different, and everyone sort of operates as if they're remotely comparable. It's why it's hard to run-- everyone's giving him half pictures of what they want and no one knows what they need. Anyway.

"What do you think we should do for protection, then?"
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[personal profile] hellrisen02 2017-07-05 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's what I'm afraid of," Duo snorts. "Yeah, I've noticed a lot of these ...types do what they want, regardless of the political landscape and infrastructure. That's sort of the problem I'm putting forth," he explains. "It's us that should adapt our experience to the landscape that already exists here."

"That said..." And Duo shifts another wary glance around the room. "...You wanna ask me about our "protection", my opinion is this: I don't particularly support the state this government is in, either. I think we should do what we can to support the groups closer to the ground- local police forces, hospitals, immediate beneficiaries of our help. But when it comes down to it, I think there is need of some serious reform."

"...I guess there is already imPort influence within the government proper, for what it's worth." Given how spread-out imPort opinions were, possibly little. One of these days, he would engage Senator Hundred in one of these little chats. But he hadn't been present long enough yet to go directly rooting around in the political arena. He had to watch things operate a little longer, observe, collect information. Any rash political movements on his part wouldn't be wise, nor helpful.

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