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Date & Time: Jan 12th to Jan 19th (real time), July 11th to July 18th (historical time), 1884
Location: Black Rock, New Mexico, USA
Characters: All transports
Summary: Fearing UE reprisal, the Initiative corrals all transports and shoos them onto a mission back to the Wild West, to vote Gerald "Moony" Jackson in as Mayor of Black Rock. Transports are encouraged to used all their wiles to encourage townsfolk to vote in favor of him, too. Other than that, they're free to roam as they will for 7 whole days! Good luck finding food and shelter, masses. (See the OOC post for more information.)

The Initiative had been terse and rushed as they gathered the transports into the Transporter room, and anyone unwilling to participate will have been forcibly hurried along. The Initiative employees had seemed distracted and worried, and unwilling to stand around and debate. It was time to move. The teleportation had gone off without a hitch, and a roomful of transports have been treated, quite suddenly, to a broad and sunny blue sky, and especially to the heat of mid July in the American West.

Enjoy your weeklong stay in Black Rock, New Mexico! The town is small and sleepy, with just 3 good saloons and one questionable (but considerably cheaper) one. There are a few inns, but these inns aren't quite prepared to room a sudden influx of over 300 travelers, and some people might have to bunk up or get creative with their sleeping arrangements. If you sleep in an inn at all, of course. There's plenty of unexplored wilderness out there to sleep in instead, isn't there? Just make sure to check your boots for scorpions in the morning.

The only instructions are "vote for Gerald "Moony" Jackson for Mayor, and try to convince others to do the same", and you've been given just enough money to cover a very sparse room and board for 7 days, if you don't spend it in anything else.

So, how do you spend your time?

Edit: Overflow log!

Comments

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......That's word for word, huh.

[Including the... beautiful dark eyes...

If Emily didn't see the guy, it only stands to reason it's Kougyoku's description he's hearing. Talk about unforeseen obstacles.]

S'too vague! We gotta know who it was so we can keep 'em from showing up!

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Actually, word for word would be more "Tall, handsome man with bronze skin and eyes as dark as the night sky". I think.

[Wait is this a bad thing?]

Huh, why? What's he going to do?!

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I dunno, distract her?

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[...Paaaaause.]

I didn't think she'd be the poetic type.

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She can't overcome herself if she doesn't face him! Take him head on!

[Wait, but if this fails...] I mean we can hide him, but even for how long?

And of course she can be poetic, she has a maiden heart!

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You... think? Nah, she's done that already!

[And lost every time! Kazu's not even sure it's always the same guy.]

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A-already?

[DETAILS. MINOR DETAILS. That Emily doesn't know but hey, love a growing process.......?]

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[He smells a misunderstanding.]

Uh, just—during the speeches?

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...That's what you meant by taking him head-on, right?

[WHAT ELSE IS THERE.]

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Oh...not yet, Kazu-sama!

[Emily waves her hand. She still loves you, but leave this to the girls.]

He still has power over during the speeches. They need to meet one on one!

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[He doesn't understand you girls all the time sometimes.]

To, what, get used to it? I dunno if she can last that long, man.

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[That's why you don't get she's been asking you out you know 8(]

We have a couple of days, we can find him. If not, then we'll do what you said, stop him from distracting her.

I still believe she can do it though!

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[But it's hard to tell the difference when friends can also go on dates.]

What if someone else comes along? Lotta tall dark types 'round here!

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[8'D Kazu-sama...you could've had a girlfriend so early if you could read the signs, you know. SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE SOB.]

Oh yeah...[She looks around, because one just walked right past them.] And I don't know what he looks like either.

But we need to get their votes too! We can't hide all the really good looking tall dark types.

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[YEAH HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT SANDWICH WAS ABOUT EITHER. MAYBE SHE JUST WASN'T HUNGRY.]

Guess that's true... [ He turns to do the same, stare bordering on leaden. ] But man, s'like this place's full of 'em.

[Aren't people from the 1880s supposed to be more, he doesn't know, pockmarked?]

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You think we can get this thing to affect other people?

[Up comes the weird wrist-watch-slash-holographic-device the Initiative gave them.]

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[HOW CAN LOVE LUNCHES FAIL SO HARD. HOW?!]

Could be because of all this sun! [She points upwards after the token hottie disappears from view. And then her eyes are all gleaming with wonder because--]

Kazu-sama, that sounds like a great idea! We got to test this out!

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[WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE GETTING EATEN PART.

He's got doubts it'll work, but hey. It's worth a shot and it's not like they have better things to do anyway.]

Right, we got this! Let's get outta here first.

[Bad idea to fiddle with the holograms in public. Besides, it'll be nice to get out of the sun for a while.]

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[Well Emily is fine with this since it wasn't her gift of lunch :)

Damn right, they have to try everything they can!]

Okay! Where to, Kazu-sama?

[She looks around. Where would be secret enough? She wasn't sure they should trust the back roads...]

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[Continued here!]