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exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-06-30 01:42 am
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Date: July 1st
Location: The Initiative Hold & Courtyard.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports arrive and are shuffled into the Courtyard after their initial briefings. Now with 200% more People-Seeking lists!
Warnings: None.

You've just been hustled and bustled through mazes of information and literal, wide corridors of the Initiative Hold and you've been equipped with your weapon—be it a gun, a sword, or even your existing powers. They've handed you this light netbook and a small pouch of coins (or a debit card, if you're more inclined), and there are several Transports before and after you going through the very same motions. You can hear the Greeter's voice as she walks alongside large groups, telling them all about the history of this place and sharing with you your purpose here in a hurried and urgent tone. "You're in luck that we have enough rooms for all of you; the housing building is getting awfully full. Please, let me show you into the courtyard."

You pass what looks like huge gymnasiums, all with dummies and targets strewn and splayed around the room. Training areas. There are even classrooms, and a few small offices. You're rushed past a large library while the Greeter informs you that you can find almost all your information there, if you've got the time to look—and trust her, you'll have time. You don't spend a lot of time in the bank, and it's a bit of a blur of exchanges with more and more of these strangely-accented and oddly polite-seeming members of the Initiative.

Soon enough, you're in a massive courtyard bustling with all the other Transports. It's not exactly what you'd expect, and it looks more like barracks than anything—huge walls of concrete and stone, separating you from all of the hallways you'd just passed through. It's raining heavily, and dark clouds loom in the air, though it hasn't turned to snow. It's a chill cold, and there are shelters—long cloth hangings that extend from the walls of concrete to house you from the rain, but not enough. Most notably, the courtyard is filled with a marketplace. Even in the cold and the rain, there are several citizens seated at their covered booths and tables, bundled up against the weather. They're selling all manner of their own handmade goods and foods, and citizens and Transports alike are traveling from one small covered shop to another in search of all manner of necessities. Now and then around you you might spot paper fluttering in the faint wind from somewhere relatively dry. It looks like a list.

The Greeter's voice has become so faint now, but you swear you can make it out in the back of the crowds as she tells you, "Good luck. Be safe!"

Her voice is drowned out by the busy marketplace, though even the transactions taking place are somewhat subdued. Nobody is overly happy, really, though most citizens can be found with smiles on their faces. It doesn't seem like they're that shocked to see you, either; even if you're not bound in tattered rags and wrapped in heavy shawls as they are. You're welcome to walk up to a shop, and find yourself something to eat—hey, maybe you'll even find something akin to a raincoat. Or, you can join the others under the coverings against the walls. Where am I? What war? She was talking so fast, and it didn't all make very much sense… did anyone else catch it all?

Welcome to the courtyard. Welcome to the Initiative Hold—and most importantly, welcome to Exsilium.
overclocking: (hair pampering)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-07-25 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Kido--I met her on the way--bought this for me. [He waves another floppy sleeve-covered hand to illustrate.]

The coats I found at another vendor a little further out.
soul_sister: (That's not even English)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like a lot of Waiting.

[There's something in how she said it that makes it sound like it was regarded as a filthy word inappropriate for mixed company.]
shelkethetransparent: (Shyly Happy)

[personal profile] shelkethetransparent 2013-07-25 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
If they do things like that, I doubt they matter here, regardless.

[Shelke had noticed a certain predisposition amongst the people here. They all would've fit in rather well with Vincent's friends.]
soul_sister: (What if I just hit it a lot?)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[What is this sudden feeling of annoyance?]

I think she overestimated you.
overclocking: (put your pants back on sir)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-07-25 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
They only came in one size.

And it was very nice of her.
soul_sister: (What was that? I can't hear stupid.)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Yeah.


What's the motive?
vocalizer: (There was noise)

[personal profile] vocalizer 2013-07-25 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ This didn't seem like much of a vacation to him to begin with, and he expected to be told he'd be here a few weeks at least, but this is something else completely.

He looks horrified.
]

If they can't send us home sooner than that, why are they bringing us here in the first place?!
vocalizer: (To crowds there assembled)

[personal profile] vocalizer 2013-07-25 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not the most reassuring thing she could say, but at least it's honest. He can't fault her for that.

The crestfallen look disappears at the mention of housing.
]

Ah, no. I just stepped out of their building a few minutes before I saw you.
overclocking: (interesting.)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-07-25 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
We call it kindness and consideration.

Besides, I repaid her by treating her to lunch.
vocalizer: (Than posh isolation)

[personal profile] vocalizer 2013-07-25 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aoba's a little worried about that too, because nothing good can come out of the memory loss he's suffering, but right now he's a lot more concerned about the information Ren is sharing with him.

He looks absolutely dumbfounded right now. Not upset, or shocked, or angry, or happy.... Just confused. He's picking through his own memories to try to figure out what Ren is talking about, but events aren't the same. While he can recall finding the All Mate he's still having trouble remembering a consciousness that was part of his, but--

No, that's not right. He's heard the other voice in his head before. While he isn't sure what to make of that yet, and hasn't thought of that as a separate conscious yet or part of himself... does Ren have something to do with all of that?

He's quiet for a long time before he slowly starts to frown in concentration.
]

Part of my consciousness...

[ It's confusing, and it doesn't make a lot of sense, but at the same time something about it kind of does. He's not sure how to describe the confusing mix of emotions he's feeling right now. ]
Edited 2013-07-25 03:32 (UTC)
timehalt: (pic#6290175)

[personal profile] timehalt 2013-07-25 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Oh no! [They need to go!] Okay, ah, where does it hurt? Should I--should I find someone to help carry you? Can you walk?

[Aaaaah! What is she going to do? She doesn't know anyone here!]
soul_sister: (Aggro)

1/2

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[CATHISSSPITFLUFF.... wait.]
soul_sister: (Do you think that's our only card?)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
You're late.
soul_sister: (Untrue. Totally untrue)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
I can make it! I wont let it kill me this easily. She wont have that kind of satisfaction.
showmeyourwreath: (Default)

i'm right, the end, also WOW LATE AS FUQ

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2013-07-25 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
I've been since May! [Or whenever that thread was backdated, ok, who knows.

Flora smiles happily, though.]


I love it. Everyone in it is just so wonderful.
overclocking: (what the shit is this)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-07-25 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[



Shit.]


You don't know that! Your watch doesn't actually keep time!
showmeyourwreath: (❀ Gardenia)

sorry for late, had life and drive death :c youre free to drop this if you like! no worries!

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2013-07-25 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Good enough for her. Flora offers her an umbrella to take]

Well, then, please have one.

[Flora takes her at her word and is perfectly relaxed.]

That's good. A friend of mine can do something similar, and it can be harmful or harmless depending, but then, I guess being in a crowd like this, that would be pretty problematic if someone bumped into you, huh?
timehalt: (pic#6290163)

[personal profile] timehalt 2013-07-25 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Ah---[Maybe it's your mind that's also a bit sick?] O-okay. Um. I think it's this way. Shall we go?
showmeyourwreath: (❁ Candytuft)

i'm sorry for late, you can totally drop this if you like.

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2013-07-25 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome! I'd like to give you something else, if you'd like it, but... it'd be with magic.

[Flora still smiles, but it looks slightly apologetic. Honestly, she'd rather break someone who isn't used to it slowly and differently, but she has to be a bit more realistic and do the best with what she has, if she wants to help here.]

I know it must sound crazy, but I'm not the only one who can do it here, and you're going to run into it soon or later, and it might not be under the best of circumstances, either. What I can do might be different from what you might see other people doing, but at least you might know what it is.

[She rubs the back of her head for a moment.]

But it's up to you, Sweet Pea, you probably have enough to deal with today as it is without me adding to it.
Edited 2013-07-25 05:02 (UTC)
demonbloodblade: (Default)

[personal profile] demonbloodblade 2013-07-25 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
They also sometimes have things for people to do, so if you go and ask they might find something.
soul_sister: (WARN ME FIRST)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
My soul knows you were gallivanting! So the watch is 101% accurate! You can't prove that wrong!
showmeyourwreath: (✾ Watsonia)

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2013-07-25 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
You really need to think of yourself a little more, Kido.

[It's a light chide, because she gets it. Just, Other People, man.

But still!!]


You're never trouble. But I made some things because I didn't know who I might run into or how long I'd be here. She reaches under her table for a large bag, floating just above the ground, before setting it up top.]

I made some pasta, soup, and sandwiches. There's also fruit salad, and juice. Did you want some of everything?
overclocking: (6AM?!?!)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-07-25 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't prove anything. Even if she could, he's pleading not guilty on a technicality.]

It wasn't gallivanting, I was meeting people and finding out where to buy clothing and pizza! And all you were doing was sitting here feeling sorry for your hangover!

And I got you a coat! You never even said thank you!
soul_sister: (.....................................)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-07-25 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[You wont be the first to suspect so.

She follows your lead, a bit of a shambling walk.]


Yes! Future cures...
showmeyourwreath: (❁ Elm)

I'D SAY SORRY I'M LATE, WHICH I AM, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DROP MY THREADS SO W/E unless u want 2

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2013-07-25 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well, as long as it's not hurting other people....

[wao rude.

if true. maybe. BUT STILL RUDE!!!]