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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2015-04-14 04:25 pm
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Turning over a new LIF

WHO: The imPorts!
WHERE: The Ashen Tree, NYC, New York. Need help getting there? See here!
WHEN: April 14th, 8:00 PM - April 15th 1:00 AM
WHAT: The April Swearing In Guessing Game!
WARNINGS: None foreseeable!


Welcome to The Ashen Tree! This sleek, elegant private property leased out only occasionally for limited and exclusive events. The Ashen Tree is a five story, century-and-half old mansion down East 67th Street, constructed somewhat in the vein of those famed and excessive Vanderbilt houses. The theme inherent to The Ashen Tree is in black and white -- this duality means more than just visual aesthetic. There is right, and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. There is Registered and there is Unsettled. This reoccurring dilemma won't be lost upon your hosts, governmental or otherwise.

The thrust of this Swearing In is to play a game! There will be two versions of this game. If you are newly imPorted (if this is the FIRST Swearing In that occurred since you have been ported in), then you are automatically entered into a raffle to win prizes! You can enter your name into the raffle ONCE for EVERY THREAD with A DIFFERENT CHARACTER that you have! How lucky you are! If you have BEEN here (if this is NOT the first Swearing In that occurred since you have been ported in), then you may only enter the raffle if you WIN at the game.

What is the game?

The Identity Game.

Every imPort who is in the DESIGNATED ROOMS: ROOT, TRUNK, BRANCH, and TWIGS will do their best to pretend to act like another imPort. If someone (who is also in character, just like you are) guesses what imPort you are pretending to be, then THEY may enter their name in the raffle. If you guess the pretend identity of someone else, then YOU get to enter your name in the raffle. There is no sign-up for who pretends to be whom, and there can be multiple imPorts impersonating the same imPort. That will not be regulated. The more you guess correctly someone's pretend identity (which can be achieved by threading with many people), the more you get to enter your name in the raffle. You MUST guess the identity of the imPort being impersonated correctly -- there is right and there is wrong. If someone guesses your character's impersonation correctly, then you have to tell them. You do not have to keep the same impersonation for the WHOLE LOG, but you do for at least a single thread! No changing up identity on someone. ANY imPort can play this game, INCLUDING new imPorts. While new imPorts can play the Guessing Game, or impersonate other imPorts to their desire, their eligibility to enter the raffle is still judged differently. Because they're new!

The LEAVES ROOM is the "safe" zone. You can be yourself! You can stop pretending! Well, maybe some imPorts never actually stop pretending -- maybe there is some gray between all this black and white.
ursawhiner: and I want her gone. (Condition: Creepy as hell)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-21 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Only enough to singe my hair. --You're not thinking about strapping some kind of robot to my forehead, are you?
microbrobotics: (come oooooon)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-21 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Not a robot. Just ... something you could wear to adjust the focus.
ursawhiner: inside John Goodman. (You could really make a life for youself)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-21 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't really keep it on? It's more like a blinker.
microbrobotics: (escape)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-21 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe if you practice? It can't be completely useless.
ursawhiner: Gimme that sssssap. (Did you ever read "The Taking Tree"?)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-21 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, my other power is sneezing kittens.
microbrobotics: (so you're telling me)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-21 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Imagine sneezing kittens at someone trying to mug you though.
ursawhiner: I need to grow that goddamn footprint. (Default)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-21 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
So the mugger gets purred on and maybe gets a couple cat scratches.

[Knocking back some more "champagne," this conversation is too much.]
microbrobotics: (awkward)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-21 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hiro just shrugs and takes another gulp himself. Wwwow he's regretting this bet a little now. ]

Man, you gotta think around the problem. Find a new angle.
ursawhiner: and think "yeah, I could juice that?" (You ever look at a skinny cucumber)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-22 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I don't need superpowers to be awesome. I've got my brain!

[Dipper is valiantly trying not to do the peepee dance.]
microbrobotics: (so you're telling me)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-22 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
So use your big brain and think your way around the problem.

[ Dumb boys. ]
ursawhiner: inside John Goodman. (You could really make a life for youself)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-22 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Not much of a problem besides being embarrassing. I'm not going to be a superhero or anything.
ursawhiner: Just like, a shaft of light. (Can you see out the blowhole?)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-22 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really my thing, y'know? I'm more a behind-the-scenes guy.
microbrobotics: (does it shoot lasers?)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-23 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
... You can totally do that and still be a superhero. I run support for my team too.
ursawhiner: and think "yeah, I could juice that?" (You ever look at a skinny cucumber)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-24 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Do you mean here or back home?
microbrobotics: (candy)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-24 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Back home! Most of my team isn't here.
ursawhiner: And not just remove their essence with your leg meat? (Can we just leave horses alone?)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-24 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
At least you have your brother. Anyways, I might end up having to do some kind of superhero thing. I think Mabel's been fighting crime with her pigs.
microbrobotics: (escape)

[personal profile] microbrobotics 2015-04-25 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
... With pigs. I mean, it's Mabel, so I'm not surprised, but ... wow.
ursawhiner: And not just remove their essence with your leg meat? (Can we just leave horses alone?)

[personal profile] ursawhiner 2015-04-26 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. That's Mabel. Pigs, sweaters, and glitter.