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initiates NPCs ([personal profile] initiatesnpc) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2012-08-20 07:26 am

OPEN: get in the car we're going shopping

Date & Time: 8/21-8/23 daytime
Location: Outside a civilian residential apt building
Characters: BIG SPENDERS or anyone really just tag your butts in and go to town
Summary: Yard saaaale. In the street. Because what is a yard in the future.
Warnings: Blood spilled over ShamWow??


What had begun as the idea of two became the realization of at least seven — all landlord approved and with nods of approval from neighboring apartment buildings. It didn't even take up a full block, but it was full enough to attract attention of passers-by on the morning hustle to work, saddling them up with something worth spreading to others along the grapevine throughout the day.

Mostly clothes and household items easily given up, but here and there a few gems. A would-be Initiative member had no need for old board games or a guitar or two, and there would be no time to take care of a pet, even one so curious and darling as Blinky. Now and then, its soon-to-be-ex-owner cast a sorrowful glance its way, only to get a slow, out-of-synch blink in response.

Oh, Blinky.

Parting woes aside, business wasn't bad! With the shabby state of affairs in Exsilium, the chance for something new, even a hand-me-down, always sparked interest. And with so many strange, new recruits, there was bound to be someone curious enough to drop down the cash for the most absorbent fabric ever made (those Germans made good stuff)...

And so, after the work buses left the area, the tables went up and the wares were put out until the workday would come to a close and force the tables out of the street. Someone was bound to score something worthwhile in that time over those three days...!


REFERENCE: Stuff for sale
deadelfwalking: the living, a froth on layered depths. (Ashes to ashes.)

[personal profile] deadelfwalking 2012-08-24 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[he feels a flash of annoyance that the Initiative keeps bringing in children to fight their battles. and with no parents or guardians to look after them, either.]

I wish you luck in finding your people. May I ask your name?

[personal profile] ex_symbioses706 2012-08-24 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
My name is Ranka Lee.

[ She smiles again, even if in some way this offers a final confirmation that he can't be from her world, not with the way her fame's been skyrocketing lately. ]

It's nice to meet you, Mister...?
deadelfwalking: the living, a froth on layered depths. (Suffer well.)

[personal profile] deadelfwalking 2012-08-24 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[such a sweet-faced child! What is the Initiative thinking?]

Koltira Deathweaver, of Azeroth. [he bows, lowering his head.]

[personal profile] ex_symbioses706 2012-08-24 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She giggles a little at the bow. ]

You know, even if you can seem a little scary, you're actually really nice!

[ Ranka don't just say things that pop into your head like that to complete strangers. ]

Then, it's nice to meet you, Mister Koltira.
deadelfwalking: the living, a froth on layered depths. (I will listen ... for now.)

[personal profile] deadelfwalking 2012-08-24 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, at least she's honest. He smiles, just a little, and slightly pained, but it's there.]

And you, Ranka. Have you been here long?

[personal profile] ex_symbioses706 2012-08-24 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She makes a dissenting noise, shaking her head. ]

I just got here today. It kind of feels like it's been a while already... [ then she catches herself, looking up at him for affirmation ] ...but compared to everyone else, that must be nothing, right? So it'd be bad to complain already.
deadelfwalking: (I need a drink.)

[personal profile] deadelfwalking 2012-08-24 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
No. You are not wrong. A few moments can seem like ages, depending on the circumstance. I have been here but a month, but I assure you that each day has felt longer than a year.

[his body doesn't tire, but his spirit sure does, and a look of that sort of soul exhaustion passes over his face.]> Complain all you like--there is much to speak of on that score.

[personal profile] ex_symbioses706 2012-08-25 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ The corners of her lips pull downwards at that. ]

The lady who welcomed me here - she talked about weapons and training, fighting - that kind of thing is going on even here?
deadelfwalking: the living, a froth on layered depths. (FUCK YOUR FLIMSY MODERN CLOTHING)

[personal profile] deadelfwalking 2012-08-25 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes ... we are meant to fight for them against their enemies. To change the past, somehow. [his brow furrows.] And they seem to have few qualms about who they conscript for this purpose.

[personal profile] ex_symbioses706 2012-08-26 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her own eyebrows pull together, and her arms tighten around the netbook. ]

Even here...but they can't really make anyone, can they?
deadelfwalking: the living, a froth on layered depths. (Ashes to ashes.)

[personal profile] deadelfwalking 2012-08-26 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid that they can. Their technology is unfathomable ... and they have already demonstrated a willingness to coerce.

[personal profile] ex_symbioses706 2012-08-26 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I see...

[ CRY not literally but she's definitely visibly shaken at that. After SMS's recent experiment, she can think of at least one reason why she would've been pulled into another war. ]

That's awful. Even if they need help, that's really awful!