lyingheart: anonsanta, let me know who to credit! (relaxed | it's time for you and me)
Annie Leonhart ([personal profile] lyingheart) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2014-12-13 09:22 am

[ open ] jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

WHO: OPEN.
WHERE: De Chima.
WHEN: Saturday, December 13th, 2014.
WHAT: Earlier in the afternoon, there will be base-jumping in elf costumes. Later on is the charity silent date auction and different performances by USA celebrities fundraising for charity this holiday season. OOC information post here.
WARNINGS: None now, will update later. To avoid seeing all the silent auction threads, simply press on the (Hide ## comments) under the header comment for the auction section!

[ BASE JUMPING from TARTARUS TOWER ]

For those imPorts who volunteered to jump from Tartarus Tower, arrivals for fittings into their costumes begins at 2:00 PM sharp. Each costume comes with a name-tag attached, and make-up artists are on hand to help affix elf ears to participants and work on their eye make-up for the ease of the cameras catching all this live.

The jumps will start at 4:00 PM, and after all imPort elves have jumped and successfully reached the ground, they'll join the bus transporting presents and Malik to the De Chima children's hospital to deliver gifts to the children in the cancer ward (and elsewhere). ImPorts will then be transported over to the main facilities for the fundraiser event as a whole, invited to attend the Silent Date Auction as well as listen to any of the various performances occurring over the course of the evening.

[ CHARITY SILENT DATE AUCTION in DE CHIMA ]

Starting at 4:00 PM, the doors to the conference hall made available for the ImPort Charity Silent Date Auction will open. Live music will be provided, along with refreshments and catered hor d'oeuvres, and televisons displaying both the news stories and live coverage of the fundraiser events occurring over the course of the evening. ImPorts will be encouraged to attend any of these performances in person, but will not be required to leave the conference hall unless they wish to do so.

There is lounge seating available, and free wireless throughout the building. Different conference halls are hosting different events in this event center, and the largest productions are happening on a built stage outside. There's a massive lit tree in the central front courtyard of the event center, and many small stands selling hot drinks, good foods, and wares outside by the stage and surrounding streets, all with a portion of proceeds going to various named charities.

Please comment to this log with your own starters! Only the Auction Thread will be set-up under its own sub-thread, for ease of tracking. Auction Threads can be threaded in, but initial comments to those threads should be the bids that a character is placing on someone else (or themselves). Bidding will close OOCly by this time next week (or when a player states bidding is closed on their character - send me a PM to close that thread, or comment to close it on your own). ICly, all bids close at the end of the night.
enabeled: (no slut-shaming)

[personal profile] enabeled 2014-12-14 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The dream seems so far away now, and Gideon can't remember all the details, himself... but seeing Abigail there brings something, a fleeting memory, back briefly. There is an unpleasant clench somewhere in his chest, the tension that accompanies the realization that something private -- secret, rather -- has been revealed. It's just a feeling, but even so, it bothers him.

It was just a dream, wasn't it?

He is himself dressed fairly informally, because he doesn't spend much attention, time, or money on clothing; the nicest thing he had on was a navy blue coat, with the burgundy shirt beneath it, black slacks, and slightly scuffed brown oxfords looking a bit less than new. Looking at her, he wonders the same thing: How can he talk to a person that he suspects, for no particularly rational reason, may have eaten some of him?

Then again, he talks to himself just fine... so he responds as if nothing's wrong:
]


Well, you're looking nice tonight, Ms. Hobbs. That is to say... all things considered.
lurings: (✃ peering carefully)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-12-16 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ SQUINTING INTENSIFIES. ]

Thank you. All things considered? [ she lifts her eyebrows, curious as to the particular turn of phrase. does she not look nice when no things are considered? one hand reaches down to tug at her dress. ]
enabeled: (way harsh)

[personal profile] enabeled 2014-12-17 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
All things considered.

[ He raises a hand to brush his neck; scars are meant to last, after all. To say nothing of other missing parts.

Gideon raises an eyebrow.
]


But no need to take my word for it -- not exactly known for my sensitivity.
lurings: (✃ also pursed)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-12-22 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ her hand reflexively lifts to cover her throat and what little confidence she had in her cuteness flutters away in the night air. her lips purse. ]

Obviously.
enabeled: (this barely counts as a flashback)

[personal profile] enabeled 2014-12-28 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sorry, Abigail. No one ever said Gideon was good for morale.

He smirks, as if in evidence.
]


What's the matter?

Like most things in life, compliments require earning.
lurings: (✃ struggling)

[personal profile] lurings 2015-01-01 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
No they don't. Compliments are polite. Politeness isn't earned, it's common courtesy. [ there is a tiny bit in her tone that sounds, basically, like she's saying so there. but she doesn't verbalize that because

his leg.

it's not like she will ever have a leg to stand on (pun absolutely intended) when it comes to abel gideon. ]
enabeled: try again next seas-- dammit (can't eat me yet)

[personal profile] enabeled 2015-01-02 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
Courtesy is owed to acquaintances. Doesn't extend to compliments -- more than one way to be polite.

[ No smile that time, though there is still a slightly lilt at one corner of his mouth. Bluntness aside, he sees no insult in just stating fact. She'd advertised her scar to the network herself, after all; it wasn't him that did that. ]

Not that it makes much of a difference one way or the other.
lurings: (✃ annoyed)

[personal profile] lurings 2015-01-04 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ fine, she did bring it on to herself, that's fair. but her lips purse again because she's more of a delicate flower than she wants to be. and because she can forget her scar sometimes when she's comfortable, but the easiest way to be uncomfortable is saying she looks nice in spite of her deformity.

she huffs. ]


Suppose it doesn't. Enjoy your evening. [ and because she's got two working legs, she takes off. probably to tell will that he lied to her when he said she looked nice.

look, she said enjoy your evening that's polite. actual human trash abigail hobbs. ]