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exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2012-10-23 08:54 pm
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transport log » ❝ welcome to Exsilium ❞

Date & Time: Oct. 24th
Location: The Initiative Hold
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports have all arrived and have been led to a banquet room within the Hold.
Warnings: None.

NOTE: This takes place during this plot, though the plot log will not be posted until tomorrow. The Transports already in game have returned from their mission to find the island overrun with monsters. The log is set within the safety of the Initiative Hold, however, so while characters will be aware of what is going on outside, they can otherwise go about their business as usual if they choose.

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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. She looks worse for wear, pale and gaunt, though is putting a great deal of effort into maintaining her energy and professionalism for the new Transports. "I am truly sorry that you came at such a bad time. That wasn't intentional, I assure you."

She leads the way through the Initiative Hold. The walls bear the occasional claw mark as a sign of the misfortune that has plagued the island, but it hardly seems deserted anymore due to the other Transports recently returning from their mission. After turning several corners, you arrive in a large room that has been transformed into a makeshift banquet hall. The food presented is perhaps not as luxurious or bountiful as one would hope, but it is certainly enough to go around, and isn't inedible by any means.

"We wanted to try and make this up to you," she explains. "It's meagre, but we did not have much time to prepare." There are a number of Transports already present, some looking over the long banquet table, others seated throughout the room at large, round tables meant to each seat eight people. The mood is grim, despite the Initiative's efforts to raise morale.

Before the Greeter turns to leave, she is reminding you that it will be perfectly safe to explore the Hold, the courtyard, the housing building, and even a several block radius around it. "Hopefully things will be back to normal soon."

Welcome to the banquet. Welcome to the Initiative Hold—and most importantly, welcome to Exsilium.
punk_cute: (Uh. Well... Oops?)

[personal profile] punk_cute 2012-12-21 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Food's pretty good, even if them bringin' people here ain't really something to celebrate.

[And with that he decides to concentrate on his food for a few minutes. Awkward topic.]
combats: (he banned me)

[personal profile] combats 2012-12-21 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's not sure what that's supposed to mean, but he nods all the same and... watches the kid suddenly wander off.

He looks rather out of it still which concerns Jacquese a bit, but he doesn't follow (not right away at least). He just keeps an eye on him from where he stands. ]
foolish_seal: (Sigh)

[personal profile] foolish_seal 2012-12-22 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
I'm thinking it's just their form of apology.

Even if it's not much.
acemedium: (GO GO MSG REFERENCES)

i see what your keywords did thar

[personal profile] acemedium 2012-12-23 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't know what movies---

[Sigh, stay calm, Maya, stay focused! He's getting upset, you need to calm him down] Alright, okay, um, just calm down and I'll try to explain.
futurarex: (We are not amused.)

just for you C:

[personal profile] futurarex 2012-12-27 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Calm down. Thank you.

[But he's at least retreated back to eyerolling now, nothing stronger, though there's a muscle working in his jaw that suggests he could slide back to irritation quite quickly indeed.]

What are you explaining, precisely, movies?
acemedium: she'll beat you up with her noodle arms (Yosh!)

I'm touched....

[personal profile] acemedium 2013-01-02 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maya proceeds with caution. Actually, no, she really doesn't]

Not just that. This place is in the future. Really far in the future.

You have a lot of stories about you because you get really famous for all the stuff you do. [Sort of] and television is the greatest invention the future ever gives! Including movies.
futurarex: (You fallin' in love with a wall or smthn)

touches you more!!!!

[personal profile] futurarex 2013-01-02 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He could keep eyerolling over movies and the future and time travel and television and all of these things--and he will, later, when he's had time to sort of suss it all out. But what she says about fame stops him there for now, so much so that he hardly hears the last bit of it, as his stare might indicate.]

What-- Famous for what things?

acemedium: I literally couldn't think of anything better (This coming from the frilly prosecutor?)

ooooh miss cee oooh

[personal profile] acemedium 2013-01-02 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whatever Arthur you're just not sophisticated enough to appreciate]

Um... like! Oh! Having a legendary sword called Excalibur! Leading Camelot to prosperity and defending it against invaders and bad guys! Like... Leading the knights of the round table and upholding chivalry and being a just ruler!

That sort of thing.
futurarex: (No man is a failure who has friends.)

FLEXES

[personal profile] futurarex 2013-01-02 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[The strangeness of this place, the sheer unfamiliarity of everything that surrounds him--the ever-present threat of sorcery--all of it fades, at least for a moment.

A just ruler. Was there ever anything else that he wanted to be? The best king Camelot had ever known, perhaps--a strong king, a fierce king, honored in song for deeds and battles and bravery--but as he grew older, justness seemed as important as all the rest, sometimes more than. Does this count the same as having some seer tell him of his future? And it hardly matters that he does not know or understand the rest of what she says--legendary swords, knights of round tables--a prosperous Camelot, that's what he hears. A just king with a prosperous kingdom, with strength enough to defend his people.

His stomach feels very small and tight, and his throat is difficult to work, but he swallows, hard, and gives a curt nod.]


Does-- [Morgana, he thinks of her, of course, and Gwen--his father, the knights of Camelot--Merlin-- Their fates are entwined in his. But he cannot ask of the future. He will not peer into it more than he has; he will not use this end of sorcery to know more than he ought, no matter how tempting it seems.] I will not ask further. So long as I know that Camelot is safe, that my rule is known for being a just rule.

[A pause, and he actually adds:] Thank you.
Edited 2013-01-02 21:36 (UTC)
punk_cute: (I'm worried 'bout you man.)

[personal profile] punk_cute 2013-01-03 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. I hadn't looked at it like that. Makes sense, I guess.

Still don't excuse them though.

[He frowns and pokes at his food before digging in again.]
foolish_seal: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] foolish_seal 2013-01-03 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
There's gotta be some reason they did it.
feyted: (interested;)

[personal profile] feyted 2013-01-08 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
She had to smile. Maya was herself, no matter the odd little inconsistencies that must have more to do with the situation than anything else. "I don't know if there's anything good enough to make this easier to swallow, but I'm up for suggestions."

All in good time. "There's only one way to know for sure," she replied, digging the key out of her robe pocket and holding it up around Maya's head. "Feel like helping your big sis investigate a minor mystery?"
acemedium: (unsure) (not sure if want)

SWOONS

[personal profile] acemedium 2013-01-09 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Maya watches his reaction, not sure what to make of it at first. She was really starting to think of him as a jerk, despite being King Arthur (or Prince Arthur, as the case may be), but watching his face, hearing him thank her (woah!) - at the very least, he did care very much about his kingdom. And being a good ruler.]

[(It makes her think of being Master, that ever looming responsibility of the fate of Kurain that will inevitably drop on her. Could she do that?)]

[...Regardless, Maya softens a little, though the thanks perplexes her. She isn't sure how to respond]


Um... no problem.... But um, if people who you don't know start recognizing you, that's probably why.


acemedium: I couldn't think of anything clever (:D!)

[personal profile] acemedium 2013-01-09 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Burgers, sis! Come on!" It was almost like back home, those times she'd visited her sister in L.A.

Her head bobbed up and down eagerly, eyes lighting up. "Let's do it! ... Are you going to be okay in a bathrobe, though?"
punk_cute: (I'm worried 'bout you man.)

[personal profile] punk_cute 2013-01-09 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Probably, but reasons ain't always good, you know?
futurarex: (89)

catches

[personal profile] futurarex 2013-01-09 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[he nods, distantly, still more than a little distracted by the weight of all that he's been told.]

Do truly that many people know of Camelot?
foolish_seal: (Sigh)

[personal profile] foolish_seal 2013-01-10 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
I know that all too well.
punk_cute: (I'm worried 'bout you man.)

[personal profile] punk_cute 2013-01-10 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He just sighs heavily.]

We gotta make do anyway, I guess.
foolish_seal: (Shrug)

[personal profile] foolish_seal 2013-01-11 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Gotta do what we gotta go. If that means toppling a government or two? So be it.
feyted: (gotcha;)

[personal profile] feyted 2013-01-11 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
She eyed her bathrobe and slippers, feeling somewhat out of sorts. Mia hid it with a smile. "The future could use a few new fashion trends," she said, nodding her head toward the door. "Food first, post-civilization haute couture later."
punk_cute: (I'm worried 'bout you man.)

[personal profile] punk_cute 2013-01-11 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
I guess.

[Kanji doesn't sound very enthusiastic.]

Just... Well, they want us to kill people.
notstubborn: (Six blackbirds flying north)

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[personal profile] notstubborn 2013-01-11 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
No need to thank me, you should know I'd do practically anything for my friends. [ For her family. As that is practically what they are now, more family than friends, but both at the same time. ]
foolish_seal: (Speaking)

[personal profile] foolish_seal 2013-01-12 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Minato hadn't thought of that. The mention makes him pause a bit, but he tries to brush it off.]

Hopefully not us directly. Sure there's enough other transports here to take care of that.
acemedium: It's super effective?! (Maya used CUTE FACE (in hideous uniform))

/STAYS IN YOUR ARMS....

[personal profile] acemedium 2013-01-14 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods!]

Like I said, there are a lot of stories about it. And you.
futurarex: (Boooo you whore.)

[personal profile] futurarex 2013-01-14 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[he nods, shortly--already he's regaining some of his usual manner as the shock of it all begins to fade.]

Then I thank you for that information as well. Better that I know in advance, so I can avoid less surprise. [and y'know. come across as less crazy and ready to threaten people who recognize him!]