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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.
bratziska: (presenting → the flaw's location)

[personal profile] bratziska 2015-01-05 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
My father is also a prosecutor. ( She preens a little at that. ) I'm going to be just as accomplished as he is. Sooner, rather than later.
kanadian: (Thought Bubble)

[personal profile] kanadian 2015-01-05 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
So then you'll supersede him, I take it, right?

[ Who ever heard of kids this driven? Even Salarians had something that looked like a childhood. Kind of. ] That's a lot of hard work, but... it looks like you're ready to put that in, huh?
bratziska: (sweating → let me rethink that)

[personal profile] bratziska 2015-01-07 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
( That first question throws Franziska for a loop, so she stalls for time while answering the second. )

Of course I am. I'm more than capable.

( Then, she shakes her head. )

That won't be necessary.
kanadian: (Oh my god)

[personal profile] kanadian 2015-01-08 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
So, you want to always...do just exactly what he did?

[ Kaidan sometimes missed the clues that there may be something else involved. ]
bratziska: (wagging → you really are a fool)

[personal profile] bratziska 2015-01-09 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
( She nods in agreement, but can't resist the temptation to make one minor adjustment: )

Yes, exactly what he does.

( She refuses to speak of her father in the past tense. )
kanadian: (I really don't know about that)

[personal profile] kanadian 2015-01-10 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I see. Sorry, I tend to...talk about people from back home like that.

But why go for just what he's doing?
bratziska: (bored  →  blah blah fool blah blah)

[personal profile] bratziska 2015-01-12 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't. ( She won't indulge in that type of negative thinking. ) But what do you mean?

( There are... other options? )
kanadian: (Some deep shit over here)

[personal profile] kanadian 2015-01-12 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, why just settle for exactly what he's done? I mean, don't you want to be your own person?

[ A pause. A grimace. ] My father was in the Alliance military too, but I didn't want to settle for just what he did. I wanted to find my own way.
bratziska: (drawing → and I'll do it again)

[personal profile] bratziska 2015-01-15 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
( She frowns, evidently troubled by the suggestion. )

It's - it's not settling. My father is a world-renowned prosecutor. He has a win record which spans several decades. You cannot exceed such a legacy, but only hope to match it.
kanadian: (That's crude)

[personal profile] kanadian 2015-01-15 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
Why not?

[ It's not that he doesn't believe her, and it would be impressive, but...she's so young. Why couldn't she do better? ]

Isn't it better to try for something even better? We're supposed to learn from our parents, so we can be even better. That's how we actually got where we are now, right?
bratziska: (elbow → prepare yourself‚ fool!)

[personal profile] bratziska 2015-01-15 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
( She's getting more visibly agitated now, and asks this next question through gritted teeth. )

Fine, then. Tell me. Tell me how I could be better.
kanadian: (Squints)

[personal profile] kanadian 2015-01-16 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
I don't -- [ A pause. Oh, now he starts to figure out he's kind of an ass. ]

I'm sorry, I -- I don't think I can make that call for you.
bratziska: (elbow → prepare yourself‚ fool!)

[personal profile] bratziska 2015-01-18 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
( Deep breaths, deep breaths. )

That's right. You can't. And don't you forget it.