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maskormenacelogs2014-08-09 04:00 pm
maskormods) wrote in maskormenacelogs2014-08-09 04:00 pm
Entry tags:
- !event log,
- abigail hobbs | n/a,
- bart allen | kid flash,
- jaime reyes | blue beetle,
- kang | n/a,
- stiles stilinski | n/a,
- † alex louis armstrong | strong arm,
- † anna | princess of arendelle,
- † annie leonhart | n/a,
- † bader | n/a,
- † benton fraser | n/a,
- † bruce wayne | batman,
- † clementine | n/a,
- † commander shepard | blasto,
- † curt connors | the lizard,
- † dana scully | mrs. spooky,
- † desmond miles | n/a,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † ellie langford | n/a,
- † erwin smith | n/a,
- † freddie lounds | tattlecrime,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † gilbert nightray | n/a,
- † hajime ichinose | n/a,
- † hank pym | giant-man,
- † harvey dent | two-face,
- † hope estheim | alexander,
- † jean kirstein | n/a,
- † jesse pinkman | diesel,
- † jessica jones | n/a,
- † kaidan alenko | sentinel,
- † karen starr | power girl,
- † kate bishop | hawkeye,
- † killian jones | captain hook,
- † klarion bleak | n/a,
- † kristoff bjorgman | n/a,
- † levi | rivaille,
- † light yagami | n/a,
- † lightning | the savior,
- † lust | n/a,
- † margaery tyrell | the little rose,
- † maria thorpe | n/a,
- † mike parker | n/a,
- † mitchell hundred | the great machine,
- † nick burkhardt | grimm,
- † olivier armstrong | ice queen,
- † peter parker | spider-man,
- † pitch black | the nightmare king,
- † rei ryugazaki | n/a,
- † reiner braun | n/a,
- † revan | n/a,
- † richard swift | the shade,
- † rick bradbury | n/a,
- † roy mustang | the flame alchemist,
- † samara | the justicar,
- † sukuyo mankanshoku | n/a,
- † uzu sanageyama | n/a,
- † will graham | wolf trap,
- † yuri petrov | lunatic,
- † zoe hange | n/a
Let's live it up
WHO: YOU.
WHERE: De Chima, VA.
WHEN: Saturday August 9th.
WHAT: Registration in motion... among other things.
WARNINGS: None anticipated; please let us know if this should be edited.
While known for being surprisingly quiet compared to other bustling cities like Nonah, De Chima is loud and packed this weekend with news of the Swearing-In Ceremony being held at one of its lavish halls this evening. Spreading like wildfire, people from nearby cities show up at the hall in attendance, many there for the publicity or for the opportunity to meet an imPort themselves. There's no shortage of non-locals in the hall and one may even begin to wonder if just how many non-locals outnumber the De Chima residents who are attending the ceremony.
The hall is brimming with excitement, with members of City Hall having joined the party (but the Mayor had other business to attend to, sorry!) to public figures who've decided to make an appearance much to the surprise of the media who are present (as usual) at these events. Reggie Pressley, Swaggy-Swag McSwag, Bartolomeo Zoccarato, and London Marriott can be found around the hall, some being interviewed by the local media, getting their photographs taken, or giving out autographs to those who ask. Marriott in particular will be poking around imPorts for juicy gossip and other information. Other public figures who have made an appearance tonight are local businessmen and women from the city itself, scouting imPorts in the hopes some will take an interest in their work. While many are looking for imPorts to work in computer, research, and medical fields, there are many entry level jobs in data entry, paying slightly more than minimum wage. These business folk will be around till the end of the event, handing out their cards to anyone who takes an interest.
If anyone is paying close attention to the De Chima locals who are attending, or if they had been out exploring the city earlier, they will have noticed something... peculiar about many of them. Silky smooth hair, unblemished skin that almost radiates, straight, white teeth, perfect eyebrows, noses, jawlines... you name it. These people are good looking and they know it, but more importantly, you can be, too! There are various doctors in the hall, make beelines for identifiable imPorts, and they apparently haven't established what boundaries are. If they can, they will grab a hold of an imPort's arm, shoulder, or boldly go for the hips and babble about their appearances, offering their cards and pointing out any flaws (or perfections that can be improved) the imPort has. "I can help you with that," they'll say about crooked noses, scars, wrinkles, anyone with a little extra weight, etc. A few may forget they're here on business and flirt with the adult imPorts, taken in by good looks (or other appealing features). One particular doctor, Dr. Nic, a man with buoyant personality, will be trying to pass around as many of his business cards as he can.
There are long tables set up overflowing with all kinds of food and drink. Alcohol is served at a bar where ID is a must, so sorry to anyone under twenty-one! There's a space in the middle of the main room of the hall for dancing, where Swaggy-Swag McSwag will domineer unless someone wants to challenge him to a dance-off.
In one corner of the hall, a small crowd has gathered to watch local businessmen exhibit their latest invention: a roomba with musical capabilities! At the top of the room is a slot to fit portable music players and it has wi-fi capabilities, allowing it to connect to someone's music folder from their computers. Like many roombas of the current time, it displays low level intelligence, able to repeat a couple of basic phrases. It also purrs at some point, which results in the crowd glancing at one another with perplexed expressions.
Unsurprisingly, or perhaps surprisingly to imPorts, is stricter than usual tonight. Before entering the hall, security checks everyone's belongings at the door. Jackets are scanned, purses are checked, sometimes pockets are asked to be emptied. Security will ask this of everyone, so don't pick a fight at the door unless you want to be escorted off the premise! Inside the hall, there's a security guard or two at every doorway and roaming up and down the other hallways.
The event begins at 5PM and ends around midnight, but imPorts are free to linger. De Chima is also known for its rainy weather and today is no exception, unfortunately. It pours outside and will continue even late into the night, so imPorts better take care not to wet their nicely done hair or clothes!
( Please state your character's official status -- REGISTERED or UNSETTLED -- in the subject header of your thread. Please also read and state your character's official status at THIS post, considering not every character will post a starter thread!
Additionally, NPCs will not be NPC'd by a mod, but players are welcome to utilize them as they wish, provided it's within reasonable bounds. (Don't shank anyone!))
WHERE: De Chima, VA.
WHEN: Saturday August 9th.
WHAT: Registration in motion... among other things.
WARNINGS: None anticipated; please 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. )
While known for being surprisingly quiet compared to other bustling cities like Nonah, De Chima is loud and packed this weekend with news of the Swearing-In Ceremony being held at one of its lavish halls this evening. Spreading like wildfire, people from nearby cities show up at the hall in attendance, many there for the publicity or for the opportunity to meet an imPort themselves. There's no shortage of non-locals in the hall and one may even begin to wonder if just how many non-locals outnumber the De Chima residents who are attending the ceremony.
The hall is brimming with excitement, with members of City Hall having joined the party (but the Mayor had other business to attend to, sorry!) to public figures who've decided to make an appearance much to the surprise of the media who are present (as usual) at these events. Reggie Pressley, Swaggy-Swag McSwag, Bartolomeo Zoccarato, and London Marriott can be found around the hall, some being interviewed by the local media, getting their photographs taken, or giving out autographs to those who ask. Marriott in particular will be poking around imPorts for juicy gossip and other information. Other public figures who have made an appearance tonight are local businessmen and women from the city itself, scouting imPorts in the hopes some will take an interest in their work. While many are looking for imPorts to work in computer, research, and medical fields, there are many entry level jobs in data entry, paying slightly more than minimum wage. These business folk will be around till the end of the event, handing out their cards to anyone who takes an interest.
If anyone is paying close attention to the De Chima locals who are attending, or if they had been out exploring the city earlier, they will have noticed something... peculiar about many of them. Silky smooth hair, unblemished skin that almost radiates, straight, white teeth, perfect eyebrows, noses, jawlines... you name it. These people are good looking and they know it, but more importantly, you can be, too! There are various doctors in the hall, make beelines for identifiable imPorts, and they apparently haven't established what boundaries are. If they can, they will grab a hold of an imPort's arm, shoulder, or boldly go for the hips and babble about their appearances, offering their cards and pointing out any flaws (or perfections that can be improved) the imPort has. "I can help you with that," they'll say about crooked noses, scars, wrinkles, anyone with a little extra weight, etc. A few may forget they're here on business and flirt with the adult imPorts, taken in by good looks (or other appealing features). One particular doctor, Dr. Nic, a man with buoyant personality, will be trying to pass around as many of his business cards as he can.
There are long tables set up overflowing with all kinds of food and drink. Alcohol is served at a bar where ID is a must, so sorry to anyone under twenty-one! There's a space in the middle of the main room of the hall for dancing, where Swaggy-Swag McSwag will domineer unless someone wants to challenge him to a dance-off.
In one corner of the hall, a small crowd has gathered to watch local businessmen exhibit their latest invention: a roomba with musical capabilities! At the top of the room is a slot to fit portable music players and it has wi-fi capabilities, allowing it to connect to someone's music folder from their computers. Like many roombas of the current time, it displays low level intelligence, able to repeat a couple of basic phrases. It also purrs at some point, which results in the crowd glancing at one another with perplexed expressions.
Unsurprisingly, or perhaps surprisingly to imPorts, is stricter than usual tonight. Before entering the hall, security checks everyone's belongings at the door. Jackets are scanned, purses are checked, sometimes pockets are asked to be emptied. Security will ask this of everyone, so don't pick a fight at the door unless you want to be escorted off the premise! Inside the hall, there's a security guard or two at every doorway and roaming up and down the other hallways.
The event begins at 5PM and ends around midnight, but imPorts are free to linger. De Chima is also known for its rainy weather and today is no exception, unfortunately. It pours outside and will continue even late into the night, so imPorts better take care not to wet their nicely done hair or clothes!
( Please state your character's official status -- REGISTERED or UNSETTLED -- in the subject header of your thread. Please also read and state your character's official status at THIS post, considering not every character will post a starter thread!
Additionally, NPCs will not be NPC'd by a mod, but players are welcome to utilize them as they wish, provided it's within reasonable bounds. (Don't shank anyone!))
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"Do you think it was an alternate version of this world? Or somewhere altogether alien?"
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It's a sincere question, not intended as a smart-ass remark; Reiner doesn't know how to gauge that. Some people might categorize it as alien, but there are some similarities -- enough to suggest some overlapping concepts. Human beings, language, military, landscape... even though many of those things were different than how they manifested here.
"There are still humans," he adds. "If that's what you mean."
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It probably is a harder question than he intended. It might be possible his life didn't afford Revan's companion the indulgence of anthropological pursuits. But that was a judgement he'd reserve till he had further information.
"It's quite a different clime than I'm used to. Enough that the planet's ways are quiet alien to me. Even with the inherent similarities."
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"Incredibly far off. There's no comparison," he says, stowing his hands in his jacket pockets. "War means something different. Danger, life, death, family, friends, trust -- everything means something else. I've had to figure out a whole new way to live since I've been here. It's good, I guess."
Given what he's leaving behind, it's good in almost every conceivable way, really. Except for those minor ways he can't let go of, that gripping loss in his gut whenever he thinks about his mountain hometown.
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"You are a soldier, yes?"
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Talk about. Think about. Ruminate on. Whatever. Reiner tries his hardest not to over-think his situation now, this second chance at a genuinely non-sinful life. Or as close to one as he could manage.
"I wasn't cut out for it," he adds, as a mildly clarifying afterthought.