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[lyingheart]

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.

Comments

[attainment]

Not here, no, but I'm sure you could easily find a few people over the network.

[A beat.]

Technically, I can jump about as high as someone who flies, but that's probably not what you're looking for.

[bratziska]

... You jump right up but fall right back down again? Hmm. I'd like to avoid the falling. Perhaps I will have to enquire over the network after all. ( It's a bit more public than Franziska would've liked but if it was the most effective option, what could she do?

It takes her another moment to process the meaning of what else the man had said. )

So, you knew people with such powers somewhere else. Back in your real home, I assume.

[attainment]

I can usually stay suspended in the air for a brief amount of time, but, yes, inevitably I fall back down. [It's a little more involved than it sounds. The fact his powers only last for five minutes means he has to be careful.]

Something like that. The person I'm thinking could control the wind and possessed the ability to float. He used a jet pack in order to amplify his speed.

[bratziska]

It seems that this ability and other ones like it can manifest themselves in different ways. I was hoping that to receive some inspiration during the jump but... ( She trails off. It couldn't be helped. ) This is all very new to me, you see. We didn't have anything like superpowers where I'm from.

[attainment]

[Inspiration? That's an odd word choice. The ability to fly sounds like a relatively straightforward power to Barnaby, albeit one that might be difficult to control at first. But, a lot of times, mastery requires self-discipline and practice above anything else.]

You mentioned you haven't tried using your powers yet. I take it they haven't accidentally flared up, either?

[bratziska]

( She shakes her head. )

No, they have not. Is that a likely possibility?

[attainment]

It's a common way for powers to manifest where I'm from. If you haven't had any problems before now, though, you're probably fine.

[Of course, that also means she likely won't be forced to learn to control her powers anytime soon. And with an ability like flying, you don't exactly want to throw yourself off the highest ledge.]

[bratziska]

Probably. ( She looks bemused. ) How should I be trying to activate my powers?

[attainment]

That's difficult to say. Every situation is different, and the Porter only adds another variable to the mix. Since I've had my powers for as long as I can remember, I'm not the best person to ask. There are bound to be other imPorts who've experienced the same thing as you, though.

[bratziska]

Hmm. ( She mulls it over. ) I suppose I'll just have to keep asking.