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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2014-08-17 12:55 pm

Oh Mr. Clown, Oh Mr. Clown

WHO: YOU.
WHERE: Heropa Greenland Park.
WHEN: Sunday August 17th, from 11AM to 10PM.
WHAT: ImPorts participate in the local carnival, hosting their own attractions, helping with the booths and rides, and/or come looking to have a good time. Details here.
WARNINGS: None anticipated; please let us know if this should be edited.


    Even in the daytime, Heropa Greenland Park appears almost dour in appearance and atmosphere. Employees of the park open the creaky gates at a few minutes before 11:00AM to allow imPorts and soldiers who have been ordered as security inside. Preparations have already started, with thick and colorful streamers lining hanging from one rusty looking lamppost another along the park's pathway. The booths look a little worse for wear and the while an effort had been made the night before, the park grounds are still coated in soda spills, popcorn, leftover hot dog bits, and other sticky and grimy messes. Sometimes the lights in the event booths flicker or burst entirely.

    Needless to say, this place looks like it can use a makeover. While it fares well among its locals and those from Cape Canaveral, it has not been a place of interest among others in the state for quite some time. Right now? It looks more creepy than wholesome family entertainment.

    But that's what imPorts are here for, aren't they? To liven up the place!

    At the heart of the park is where employees have made enough room as possible for imPorts to set up their own attractions, booths, and whatnot. There will be small platforms for some imPorts and bigger ones may need to be shared among each other, scheduling their time slots for their own performances. There will be tables should anyone need it for performances that don't require a grand stage.

    By noon there the line-up park employees had been expecting turns out even better than they had hoped. There are twice as many locals who've shown up, eager to see imPorts in action up close. By 12:30PM the park is bustling with people of all ages and all appear to be having quite the time, despite the occasional issue with the rides such as the merry-go-round (oops, it slows down more than it should), the carousel (it stops at least once every two hours), and the haunted house's lights go down at some point, though this seems to have worked in its favor.

    Kids are screaming in delight everywhere, there are teens trying to do risky things on faster moving rides, and everyone is passing through the center at some point to come and check out what imPorts are going to do next.

    Put on your best face and give them a show they'll remember, heroes!
observationalhazard: (ah so)

[personal profile] observationalhazard 2014-08-21 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Say - do you know how they work? How do they communicate without any sort of connection? I know sound can travel through a cable or other material... but not text or pictures.

[She's insanely curious about that.]
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[personal profile] purgation 2014-08-21 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Why should text or pictures be incapable of being sent that way? In the end, all they are is data...data that is transferred through cables or airwaves. Presumably, that is how our devices work.

Of course, I am no expert, particularly not in the area of our communicators, which are still a little different from devices that exist in my world. And I have not taken mine apart to examine it, you see...nor do I recommend doing so.
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[personal profile] observationalhazard 2014-08-21 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't know what to do with it if I did...

[Hange doesn't particularly like admitting that, but still.]

What I want to know is how it's transferred though. I just can't wrap my head around it!
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[personal profile] purgation 2014-08-23 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Science. I suppose...it is more developed in some worlds than it is in others.

[However, while the devices are interesting, they're the least of his concerns...]

Have you considered seeking out experts in the field of technology? It is far more likely that such individuals will be able to explain things to you in a manner that you will understand. They will probably be better equipped to give you demonstrations should you require those as well.
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[personal profile] observationalhazard 2014-08-24 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
I think I'm going to have to. But I'll have to find time away from my new job.

[Which sounds like the weirdest thing, but she thinks she can handle it.]

They're putting me in a history museum for some reason....
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[personal profile] purgation 2014-08-24 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuri sips his tea, paying Hange only half a mind until she mentions the history museum. It is only natural that recaptures his attention.]

You are employed at the museum? May I ask what position? I have a fondness for history, myself.
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[personal profile] observationalhazard 2014-08-24 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Assistant curator, actually. Which should be... interesting. At least I'll be learning a lot!

[And she can deal with archives. Archives are fine.]
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[personal profile] purgation 2014-08-24 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[That revelation earns a tiny smile on Yuri's part.]

What a fortunate placement. Curating is a fascinating occupation. Where I am from, I was also a curator...
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[personal profile] observationalhazard 2014-08-24 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, really? Maybe you can help me adjust to it then! What's it like?

[She's still settling in, clearly.]
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[personal profile] purgation 2014-08-24 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wait, what? Help her adjust? He didn't think through opening his mouth, clearly.]

It is a busy field, to say the least. One benefits from having a desire to learn coupled with incomparable people skills. It does not hurt to have a wide variety of experience in various fields of learning, either.

As an assistant...you will probably be put in charge of helping arrange exhibits when pieces come into the museum, as well as prepare educational programs for tours. The head curator will likely see to their preparation personally, although I expect you will be required to help with that for your own learning experience. And...probably, you will collaborate with the head curator on purchases for the museum. The hours will be long, the work tedious, and you will be on your feet almost always, but given your previous occupation, I do not think you will do poorly.
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[personal profile] observationalhazard 2014-08-24 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I can do all that!

[It sounds easy, compared to what she did at home. But she's not sure how she feels about that. She doesn't want to get comfortable here. It's not home, however much they try to make her feel like it is.]

It probably won't be too hard, then.
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[personal profile] purgation 2014-08-24 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not doubt you can.

[Providing she doesn't scare people away with her habit of rambling incessantly about things that strike her fancy.

Finishing his iced tea, Yuri begins to rise from his seat.]


Well, Ms. Zoe...it has been a pleasure seeing you again, but I must return to my work. If you would please excuse me? I expect we'll speak again soon, in the near future.
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[personal profile] observationalhazard 2014-08-25 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you're off?

[She's still working on her tea.]

It was nice to see you again, Yuri! Have a good day!