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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2014-02-15 05:18 pm

I’ve traveled all this way for something

WHO: YOU.
WHERE: Eden East's cruiseship
WHEN: Saturday February 15th, around 5 PM EST
WHAT: Registration in motion... among other things.
WARNINGS: None anticipated; let us know if this should be edited.


" The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises -- it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not to their pocketbook -- it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security. But I tell you the new frontier is here, whether we seek it or not. "
( from jfk's speech "the new frontier," 7/15/1960. )


The sun hasn't set yet and the temperature hovers somewhere just below 70 degrees this evening; imPorts, both recently arrived and not, will have been escorted to this event so that they can meet each other, have a good time, and of course officially state their registration status. Or lack thereof. It's your decision, they emphasize, even though the unspoken "but" is always there.

It's an elaborate spread, certainly much more elegant than last time. Eden East herself, elegant in her backless champagne-colored dress, meets and greets each and every imPort as she flutters to and fro. She'll find you and chat for a few moments, shaking your hand and complimenting your dress. She'll know your name, and she'll have an entourage of aids and cameras following her wake. Captain Holiday, in contrast, maintains the energy of someone who feels out of place holding the Swear-In ceremony somewhere so extravagant. As imPorts arrive he tells them where to be for the ceremony part of the evening, but that they are free to enjoy themselves until then and after.

( Please state your character's official status -- REGISTERED or UNSETTLED -- in the subject header of your thread. Characters who are UNDECIDED may be contacted later in the week for their decision via their IC contact post. )
guiloteen: (so many people creeping on her)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-19 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[After being captured four times in less than six weeks, killed and then almost killed by two of her captors, tricked into a dreamland in which she killed the man she saw as a father in another, and forced to fight for a month in a death match on another world with her friends, well. Laura wasn't feeling especially warm toward her abductors here.

That, and she was tired of being used. Played.

There's a long pause for a moment, but she says simply:]
I do not know what they want.
abadidea: (009)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-19 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods again, understanding her perspective.] I don't know what they want, either, but I figure the fastest way to figure that out is to work for them.
guiloteen: (sullen)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-19 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks back at him.] No. They will show us what they want.

[It's spoken with the certainty of experience. For a second, she sounds older than 16.]
abadidea: (010)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-20 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
I get that, but I have an idea what to look for. [His tone is equally one with the weight of experience.]
guiloteen: (so many people creeping on her)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-20 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[She's skeptical, but doesn't see a point in pursuing it further. She turns back to the crowd.] Okay.
abadidea: (008)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-20 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looks over to her then.] You seem pretty good at reading people, though. What do you make of the Captain?
guiloteen: (aftermath)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-20 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't look back at him.] You are the one who decided to join him.
Edited 2014-02-20 21:56 (UTC)
abadidea: (009)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-21 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
What, you think fending for yourself in a world you don't really understand while possibly being hunted down by the people who were powerful enough to pull you here from another reality is the easy way out?
guiloteen: (another stare)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-21 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
No.

You are defensive.
abadidea: (018)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-21 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He breaths a sigh.]

Annoyed, really. I spent...a long time on the run from my own government, and then I got yanked here. Trust me, Laura, I know what they're capable of, but I'm just...tired of running.
guiloteen: shattermydisco (thought)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-21 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[A sidelong glance.]

So you are giving up?
abadidea: (020)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-21 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
What? No. Running was giving up. I'm not running anymore. Sure, maybe these people want to use me, but if it means helping people along the way, isn't that better than running away and just serving my own interests?
guiloteen: (stop being a wimp gambit)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-21 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[The way he so casually says "Sure, maybe these people want to use me, but" gives her pause enough to be noticeable. She doesn't respond for several seconds.]

There are other ways to help people. You have already made your decision. Why do you need me to agree with it?
abadidea: (025)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-21 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Not if I can't help myself. [He sighed again.] You're right. Difference of opinion, I guess.
guiloteen: (logan sucks)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-21 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Beat.] Yes. We are different.

[Laura pushes away from the wall and looks at him.] I am leaving. I will see you at the house.
abadidea: (009)

[personal profile] abadidea 2014-02-21 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh...okay. [He really doesn't get this girl, and he's pretty sure he won't be any closer to it in a month.] Yeah...I'll see you at home.
guiloteen: (thinking)

[personal profile] guiloteen 2014-02-21 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Laura doesn't respond, just turns and disappears into the crowd.]