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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

[bratziska]

Franziska nodded along as she received the tips. They also seemed reasonable, and she felt certain that once she was actually up at the top, in position, she would be ready to go. There was, however, one piece of advice that she hadn't considered beforehand, and probably should've before she'd changed into her costume.

"Seems simple enough. Thank you very much." She cast her gaze around the room. "Actually, could you point me in the direction of the bathroom?"

[lyingheart]

She occasionally has good advice, when asked on subjects she's either had experience with or had reason to think about on her own. Such as it is now, she's mostly looking forward to getting this over with - no nervousness, and no real excitement, though that will change once she's in the air. Some thrills are hard to deny even while maintaining focus throughout.

As for the latrines... Where had that been? Annie looks around, trying to recall if it was down the one hall or the other. "Down that hall on the left. You should see the signs once you're closer."

[bratziska]

Franziska gives one final, curt nod in the direction of the bathroom. "I'm going to take you up on your advice," she states, as way of dismissing herself. "Good luck on your jump."

Not that she think the woman will need it.

im so sorry this was terribly uninspiring from me /face in hands

[lyingheart]

Annie inclines her head toward Franziska as she leaves.

"Same to you." Even if it feels like less a matter of luck and more a matter of following instructions and avoiding the unpleasantness behind dying or major injury.

Then again, they did have ambulances on the scene.

lmf it's okay! honestly i sometimes love threads like these (she rly needed to pee ok...) :')

[bratziska]

She turns back, just briefly, channeling all of her confidence into her smirk. "I won't need it."

And then she is gone down the hallway to complete her preparations.