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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.

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[ considering kaneki's father and mother died when he was still pretty young, it's difficult for him to talk about a family. He remembers his mother well, but... even if Kaneki doesn't admit to it, his mother wasn't really... the normal kind of mother. Kaneki has an idealized idea of her, simply so he can live well, but in fact, his mother was a very unfair woman.

When Reiner mentions Bertholdt, kaneki wonders if he should ask... first, he will answer the question ]

Aha, I read a lot of different things. But I'm very fond of horror, terror, psychological thrillers and... kind of dark themes. [ insert awkward laugher here. ]

Uhm, Bertholdt... is the other of your friends, right? [ a titan shifter, too ] he left. [ it's not really a question. kaneki hasn't seen him around and Annie doesn't mention him as if he were ]

Ah-- [ Reiner pauses, caught a bit off-guard by the question. He's too used to talking about Bertholdt, and it's obvious; slowly, he nods. ] Right. Bertholdt is my best friend, but he hasn't been here for a while.

[ But then, after another pause, he moves back to the other subject easily. ]

Because they're more interesting than love stories, right?

[ Reiner, for the record, is fine with those too. ]

I'm sorry. I know what it's like to miss someone. [ yeahhh. Though Kaneki feels a bit weird to say this, because he imagines being here is much better than being in Reiner's world with... well, titans and everyone wanting to kill you because you are one (sort of) and having done what... they... did.

kaneki isn't going to say anything like that, of course.

Okay, the subject change might be for the best, he doesn't want to upset the other ]

Aha- yes and no. I'm sure love stories are fine. [ sure. ] I just feel like thrillers and horror stories can stimulate my perception and emotions a lot better. [ REINER, YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO KEN RAMBLE ON. because books. ]

For example, in psychological thrillers, characters rely on their mental resources to overcome the situations presented to them, and you are allowed to see how their psyche works, rather than their physical body. You are allowed to learn more about these characters, and in a way, it stimulates the reader enough by also playing with our minds. It’s less aimed at direct entertainment, and more at provoking thought and shifts in understanding of the human mind.

I think it's amazing! [ so much excitement ]

Mostly, I'm glad it's me that's here alone and not him. I don't know how he'd handle it.

[ Bertholdt was always the loner, between them; it's not like he wouldn't take to that role here, probably, but Reiner doesn't know if Bertholdt would make any effort to seek out others either. Guilt drives him in such different ways than it does Reiner.

He glances upward thoughtfully, rubbing at the side of his head. ]

Wow... that sounds too complicated for me. I tried reading this one called A Journey to the Center of the Earth, but I don't think I understood most of it -- I liked it, though. Or I think I did. I'm not always so good with that kind of thing.

I don't think anyone would like to be alone, regardless. But you also have Annie. [ so he isn't that alone. Right? ]

[ even if Reiner worries for his friend, Kaneki is sort of glad Reiner isn't alone either. Not completely. ]

Aha- Julio Verne can be difficult since it was written years ago and the writing style is a bit more elaborate than nowadays. But it's a very good book.

Have you found any genre that you are into? [ kaneki might suggest something ]

Yeah... that's true. Annie and I are closer now than we used to be, and that's good.

[ They're actually for sure friends now, and not just allies. It's been an adjustment, but not an unpleasant one.

Uncertainly, Reiner nods, then shakes his head. ]

It was good. I did like it, even if most of it didn't make a lot of sense... but I figure that's bound to happen. This world isn't like my world, so I won't get a lot of what they're writing about. [ He pauses. ] I thought I'd like "science fiction" because it would be different, but it's pretty confusing, too.

[ Because it still relies on a lot of ordinary conventions in order for logic to follow. Reiner is not, in fact, illiterate or anything. ]

So not really... not yet. I don't really read that much.

[ its' great to have friend Reiner, don't be like kaneki.

He smiles as he hears so and nods after ] It can be a bit difficult to follow if you aren't from this world or don't know things that this world already assumes you do, such as space.

But, in all honesty, my world, yours and a lot of people's worlds would be considered "science-fiction" to a lot of people. [ a sheepish laughter ]

Hmm~ why not super-hero books? [ OR ACTUALLY. ] Ever heard of "comics"?

[ But you can't betray people if you don't know them, right? Well, you at least don't feel as bad about it.

Anyway, he nods. Ideas of space or traveling below the Earth's surface? Definitely beyond Reiner's imagining without some context into what either of those actually... is, or entails. The latter is admittedly easier to grasp than the former. ]

Space isn't something I ever thought about before coming here. [ Or knew about, because really. Reiner looks at Kaneki with mild surprise. ] Our worlds? Really? Even compared to all this?

[ Flying cars and stuff... ]

Comics?

[ you should always feel bad, man.

And of course it would be compared. Titans? Ghouls? Maybe not "science" but "fiction" for sure. Kaneki decides it's the best to skip ahead about that ] I guess every place can be pretty different from what natives are used to.

[ now as for comic books: ] Or "graphic novels". Basically it's a story that instead of written, it's drawn. They are pretty popular in my country, Japan. [ though it's called "manga" there ]

Yeah, you're right about that. Although there are plenty of people who say this place is similar to where they come from...

[ Whatever that really means. Most people that compare it thusly mean that they have people with powers, too, or they know about traveling to different universes (that it's possible, or they've already done it themselves). Talk about "science fiction." ]

Oh, so... it's got pictures? [ He hopes that doesn't mean Kaneki thinks he can't read. ] But words too, right?

It's a bit similar to mine, actually. Just a bit. [ no floating cars. No heroes. Also lacks a certain strike of cannibalism in it ]

And yes. There is the dialog, also a plot. And they have specific genres to: horror, thriller, action, sci-fi... but it basically joins a visual aspect to the story, as well as art, and that interests a lot of people, I guess. [ of course he doesn't assume Reiner can't read. he read Julio Verne. ]

Just a bit? How much is that?

[ Reiner smirks slightly at that, but his question is sincere -- he's curious, genuinely, when he asks other people about their worlds. It's interesting to compare and contrast, if a bit melancholy at times.

He considers the idea, which interests him, but is a little difficult to picture without reference -- at the moment he's basically imagining illustrations with words beneath. ]

That sounds interesting. I'll have to see it to know what I really think, I guess, but it'll probably be easier to understand.

[ he will tell him what he told Annie. ]

Technology is similar. As well as the same places; America, Russia, Japan. Story went a bit differently, though; while this world focus on conflicts between countries, ours focused on conflicts happening within each country. They focused their resources on solving this internal issue, rather than just battling each other.

I mean, we had wars before - but there are more important things to focus on. [ like cannibals living among humans and killing everyone. ]

I can show you next time. it's probably weird to have it described without actually seeing it. But I think you will enjoy it when you understand. Even i do. [ he isn't a fan, but certain comicbooks are fun ]

Oh -- like civil wars?

[ Reiner is familiar with the concept, especially because where he's from, most of the external conflicts distract from the internal problems stirring under the surface. As far as Reiner knows, though, no one's focused on getting at the route of where that's coming from yet, even if part of Annie's mission was to listen and learn about how things were operating further within the walls, from an authoritative perspective. ]

I understand what you mean, though. Where I'm from we have internal conflicts, too, but they're complicated by external problems. [ But he shakes his head, dismissing that -- it's not important right now. ] Yeah... you're right. I look forward to it! But I guess that's for another time, huh?

[ He's already scheming, though. ]

A bit smaller. Groups of people who wanted territories and power... [ and food. ] The government intervened in order to keep the people safe, but they are still around. This happens in every country, I'm told. [ since ghouls exist world wide. And yes, it's big of a problem enough that the whole world basically forgets war and decided to focus on it instead

he nods at reiner's explanation ]

Yes. I'm sure we will have a chance to check them out. [ of course ]

[ Reiner thinks on Kaneki's elaboration quietly, nodding his head; to him, it doesn't sound too different from how things seem to be here, although his understanding of this world's politics is still very rudimentary. The government's intervened where Reiner's from too, of course, allegedly to keep people safe, but he knows -- most of them know -- that there's more to that than really meets the eye. ]

That doesn't surprise me too much. No country, or... town, or city, whatever, none of them can be perfect, after all. It takes a lot of work to even keep them peaceful.

[ Then, with a more exuberant nod, Reiner grins and stands up. He'll leave Kaneki be, for now. After all, they might well be seeing more of each other later. ]

Yeah, I hope so! I'll hold you to that, Ken. I'm going to go get some more food for now, but I bet I'll see you later, right?

[ it does, specially if some of your citizens are actually a kind of person who can only subside by eating other citizens. Kaneki will never elaborate ~~he hopes~~ on it.

Kaneki smiles and nods after, offering reiner a bright smile to match his ]

Yes, of course. I will see you, Reiner. Have fun, too.

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