ironwood: (LANTERNS / peace)
ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2015-01-11 11:33 am

[EVENT] Courtyard of Public Opinion

Characters: ALL!
Date: January 10th
Location: Central Keeliai - Courtyard of Public Opinion
Situation: A meeting has been called to determine the status of the Foreigners in the city, including the upcoming and highly anticipated Shangpar race. The major NPC players can be approached, and Foreigners have a chance to make a case for their treatment within the city.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

The Courtyard of Public Opinion has been around since before Emperor Eshai's death, a relic of a time when all kedan would have preferred talking about their problems instead of fighting. Even now that the spell suppressing their true nature has been removed, none of the kedan want more trouble than Keeliai already has, especially where the Foreigners are concerned. Violence is frowned upon - though by no means forbidden - and while discussions can get heated, a disagreement will usually be taken outside the Courtyard before it comes to blows.

The Courtyard isn't any bigger than some of the open fountain areas in the Water Sector, and it isn't set up the way some of the Foreigners might imagine a political debate area to be set up. There’s no podium, no chairs apart from the stone benches too heavy to be moved, and no grand banners or archways. This is done deliberately; everyone is meant to have an equal voice in the Courtyard, so everyone is on level ground. Apart from the greenery, the stone paths, and the low stone walls surrounding the Courtyard, one could almost imagine it’s just another Market Day in an open square.

The kedan arrive early in large groups of eight or ten at a time, and they'll exhibit a wide variety of reactions to the Foreigners' arrival - everything from open disapproval and fear to a new and very cautious optimism.



LINKS
Shangpar Races | Foreigner Status | Tu Yunxu - The Snakes | Zanru - The Metalworkers | Heojin - The Woodsmen | Milyn - Cherrywood Healer | Questions


OOC
There are six starters for various parts of the discussion, one specifically on the races, one on the Foreigners' overall status in Keeliai, and then one for each of the major NPCs. Characters are present for the entirety of the conversations listed below, and those who wish to input or engage on the first two topics should reply to them in the relevant comment, and the NPC comments are for directly speaking with that NPC or those in that group. The rest of the post is for Foreigners talking and organizing amongst themselves.
gathersnomoss: (thinking)

Re: Milyn - Cherrywood Healer

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-01-11 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Zelgadis had come to the assembly to listen in mostly, but he approached Milyn afterward. "I suppose that means I should address any questions to Raine now."
cherrywood: (03. INTEREST)

[personal profile] cherrywood 2015-01-11 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wouldn't that depend on what the questions were?" Milyn replied.
gathersnomoss: (Default)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-01-11 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mostly in resuming whatever position I had at the Hospital before we all went off to fight evil. Except for the part where we don't own that building any more. But steady work isn't to be sneezed at, and healing or construction seems safer than mercenary work."

Zelgadis had no moral qualms about being a thug for hire; but he knew that any problems he created, he wouldn't be able to outrun. Which meant he'd be best off affiliating with one family, rather than being an opportunist. Which took far more information than he had.

While someone might object to a freelance sorcerer, objections would be less strong if he made a rule not to take work that hurt people.
cherrywood: (07. THINKING)

[personal profile] cherrywood 2015-01-11 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"The Guild isn't the hospital," Milyn pointed out. "So you shouldn't assume that one will automatically carry over to the other, and I think it'd be very poor form to approach Raine on the assumption that she be obligated to take you on there."
gathersnomoss: (thinking)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-01-12 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't mean to assume that," Zelgadis said. "In any case, I probably need more training and supervision to do more than first aid."
cherrywood: (Default)

[personal profile] cherrywood 2015-01-14 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Everyone could use a little more training, dear," the Healer answered absently. "Shouldn't everyone have the ability to do first aid? That just seems practical to me, though I am biased."
gathersnomoss: (Default)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-01-25 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Should isn't the same as does," Zelgadis pointed out.