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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.

[personal profile] diedahero 2013-08-09 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
I really like it. Does it hurt?
terrot: (pic#6287628)

[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-09 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's at this point that the concern starts to work its way into physis' face. ]

I've never had my hair cut before. I counted it as something a pride that I've avoided it.
spellcastes: (my once pleasant dreams)

[personal profile] spellcastes 2013-08-09 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
Azrael seemed thoroughly amused as they walked alongside one another, his expression remarkably pleased, given their current circumstances.

"Not very likely," he repeated. "But still likely?"

SHOOTS IT IN THE HEAD

[personal profile] of_the_lake 2013-08-09 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hiking a brow at that question, Berserker felt concerned for Flora.

She was clearly trying to get him to say something nice and should have known better.]


Remain in the moment, my Master. I will not pose situations which will detract from your happiness.

[To which he ignored the shit out of that question.]
showmeyourwreath: (❀ Gardenia)

REGENERATES

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2013-08-09 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiled just a little sadly, even as she held a firm gaze.]

That's not an answer.

[He was wrong there. She didn't want something nice. She wanted the truth.]

I might not like what you have to say, but that doesn't mean I'll ignore it. I know who I am and what I do. I'm not like them.

UNDOES

[personal profile] of_the_lake 2013-08-09 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You pose a meaningless question in the first place.

[As if to summon the full extent of his melancholy and physically assault Flora with it as if it were wrapped around his knuckles in a sanctioned UFC fight, Berserker continued on without hesitation.]

My opinions, outside of monitoring your safety and well-being are meaningless. I do not understand why you would ask such things of your sword.
showmeyourwreath: (✾ Limonium)

NOT ALLOWED

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2013-08-09 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[P sure using melancholy is an illegal move in UFC!! Disqualified.]

Because I care...so they can't be meaningless. I just...[She sighs suddenly.]

It's not that I doubt your skill or will to protect me, but I'm hardly helpless and it's kind of awful knowing that you're compelled to protect me while some part of you might just disagree or dislike who I am based on principle. You might be able to set that aside, but...doesn't that bother you at all?

[personal profile] of_the_lake 2013-08-09 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not dislike you, my Master. Even then, it is meaningless, as I have said--to be concerned with such a thing.

[Even by accident, she possessed his command seal, provided him power and a purpose. If nothing else, she deserved the totality of his abilities and none of the pain that came with his real opinions.]

Regardless, before I became a Servant, it was necessary for me to be this way. A sword has no need of a will. Only the one wielding such a blade has need to gesture to what needs to be taken care of.
kneecaptain: (brooding & the power of eyebrows)

[personal profile] kneecaptain 2013-08-09 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He arches an eyebrow. That catches his attention. ]

If you're not throwing stones, you're doing better than most.

[personal profile] substitutable 2013-08-09 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... all right. Well, it's not much but you'll probably find something you need eventually.

Uh, I think the only person I'm really looking for in case she shows up is this kinda tiny girl? She's got really fluffy white hair... and if she sees you she might cry because she's pretty shy.
substitutable: ([solo] Σ(゜ロ゜;))

[personal profile] substitutable 2013-08-09 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[shit

DON'T GET UPSET PLEASE DON'T GET UPSET]


A-ah, no! Sorry, I didn't mean to sound snippy! Anyway, yeah, I can make tea... so.
sweetling: (well you see)

[personal profile] sweetling 2013-08-10 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know, but still. I am sensible if nothing else.

[She says this jokingly. 'Sensible' is not the first adjective to come to mind with Halfpipe involved, even though she might be in her own odd way.]
sweetling: (what angelfuck told me)

[personal profile] sweetling 2013-08-10 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Must've been a big power plant.
sweetling: (a body's worth)

[personal profile] sweetling 2013-08-10 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
On your face, yeah. But it's not as bad as some things.
limitstorm: (ღ hiplean; ❝this is why we do it.❞)

[personal profile] limitstorm 2013-08-10 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's not for everyone.

[ he gives her a good-natured smile, even if it holds a little sadness. ]

Good thing there's a lot of people to fight with here.
limitstorm: (ღ brainstorm; ❝&in the dark.❞)

[personal profile] limitstorm 2013-08-10 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
No. [ he snorts. ]

I'm just a special case.
limitstorm: (ღ sideeye; ❝is pulling at the strings.❞)

[personal profile] limitstorm 2013-08-10 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ this face. ]

You're too quick on the uptake to not be dangerous.
limitstorm: (ღ facepalm; ❝this is why we fall.❞)

[personal profile] limitstorm 2013-08-10 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
It's... well.

We've already caused some changes in the history here, but it feels like we're hitting a wall, now. There's something we can't get past--especially not when United Earth threatened our homes. I don't know if any of us have gotten over that.

[ he sure hasn't. ]

Besides--I don't think this is much of an army. A lot of people don't want to fight. I understand why, but...

[ well... more people will be needed to fight if they don't. ]
respirator: (My heart beats so slow)

[personal profile] respirator 2013-08-10 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
I disagree with you.

[But at Han's shift in expression, in Anakin's notation of the rest of his form, of the placement of his hand so close to the blaster at his belt- Well, he thinks he can escalate the threat, just a little more.

With a flick of his hand, in a move that is going to seem eerily familiar, the blaster is off of Han's belt, and like pulled by a invisible string- moves to settle neatly into Anakin's hand.

With no weapon, and really, nowhere to go-
]

I'm going to give you one more chance. [Isn't it lovely, when your own words are thrown back in your face? If his smug tug of his mouth is any indication- That's precisely the motivation behind that particular word choice]

Who are you?
soul_sister: (Yeah... so about that.)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-08-10 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
It was 1924 when we got pulled away.
soul_sister: (You don't like carrots?)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-08-10 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
You know, a tablet a chemist makes.
soul_sister: (A stretch limo?)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-08-10 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... so you're like a ghost summoner? How do you keep them from taking over?
soul_sister: (It's not like I like you or anything)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-08-10 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Do you have pictures?
overclocking: (... yes. no. maybe???)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-08-10 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[... He probably should have anticipated this. Maybe he needs to be more careful with word choice.

Placating hand gestures are go.]


You're not, I promise.

I've enjoyed talking with you.
overclocking: (whatever floats your boat man)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-08-10 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[But what if being extorted is the other half of his job description.

Either way, he bundles them into the burger place and then crawls his way out from under her coat, shaking his hair out.]


That sounds like a terrible financial burden.