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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-07-21 10:49 pm

Event | Yard Sale!

Characters: Come one, come all!
Date: July 21st - July 27th
Location: The City of Keeliai
Situation: The rationing is officially lifted and the kedan are celebrating by conducting one citywide yard sale! Think big! Think small! Think tribbles! Think all!
Warnings/Rating: Tribbles. Lots of tribbles. Please indicate content warnings in subject headers as applicable.

The morning of the 21st kicks off with heralds roving about the city of Keeliai to declare that the rationing edict has been lifted and that citizens no longer have to contribute one-fifth of their productions (juulan or physical goods) to the communal stores maintained by the police force. These announcements trigger a state of celebration across the city as kedan drag months worth of hoarded items to the street to sell, steal, or trade in a wave of mercantile goodness that stretches for nearly a week. Not even the rising tide of tribbles seems to dampen their spirit, with kedan citywide finding new and inventive uses for the fuzzy paperweights.

Characters are free to do as they will during this event, with police oversight relaxed in the aftermath of the long rationing and strained relations. Impromptu sales out of suites will rarely be inspected and purchase made elsewhere are no longer monitored. Everyone is taking a breath of fresh air, so to speak, and most do not want their first fun in months to be ruined.

OOC: See the OOC announcement for details and this post for subheaders in which you may wreak havoc celebrate the lifting of the rationing. Feel free to start your own thread header if you like! <3

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escarabajo: (Beetle/Jaime: Scarabspeak)

[personal profile] escarabajo 2013-07-22 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow, you could see that bag from space.

[correction, JAIME REYES: human optical capabilities insufficient; object could not be seen outside of the range of EARTH's atmosphere]

...Man, Scarab, you really need to work on learning your figures of speech.

Idle thoughts about the fashion choices of passersby aside, Jaime's poking around the shops looking for books. Now that the kedan are far more welcoming to the foreigners, he's hoping to score something a bit more substantial than the cheesy book of poetry he'd bought his first day here. And, er, maybe someone kind enough to help him actually read it, but that's another story. Jaime casts another glance at that ridiculous bag over his shoulder before turning back to the shelf of books he's perusing. It's rude to stare, after all, and he's got more important stuff to do than people watch.
]
excessivehubris: (Yes well)

[personal profile] excessivehubris 2013-07-27 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[As a rule Charles would not have picked up such specific thoughts but today he had his shields significantly drawn back as he listened to the chatter and mood of the kedan around him. And perhaps a bit more than just the kedan!

It was, perhaps, arrogance that made him assume the bag comment was for himself. After all, the thought may have been for an entirely different bag, though to be fair the one over his shoulder was pretty damn glaring. Though it is worth noting that in the sixties it would have been seen as fashionable.

....

Well maybe if used by Raven.

Lifting his head, Charles turned towards the direction the thoughts came from. He expected to see two people, brows drawing together thoughtfully as he spied only the young man. Frowning slightly, Charles weighed his option (how to comment without admitting he'd been eavesdropping on someone's thoughts ... urk) and after a moment thought he turned and walked over towards Jamie.]


Are you looking for a book in particular?

[He asked politely, eyes still casting about to see if his words drew the attention of the other 'thinker' and the man would identify himself.]
escarabajo: (Jaime: get a haircut jaime)

[personal profile] escarabajo 2013-07-27 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? Oh, uh...

[The Scarab, now back in action after some weeks of idleness against its own will, was even more eager to detect any potential threats.

[irregular neural activity detected; utilize caution, JAIME REYES]

But without any indication of what was going on, Jaime didn't pay the Scarab much heed, instead turning back to the person who'd addressed him.]

Not a particular book. More like a kind of book. All I've been finding around here is poetry.
Edited (let me know if the Scarab text gets annoying!!) 2013-07-27 19:15 (UTC)
excessivehubris: (Profile skyline)

[personal profile] excessivehubris 2013-07-28 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Scarab you are about as subtle as a brick through a china shop. Irregular neural activity detected indeed!

Left eyebrow quirking upwards, Charles reached up and rubbed at the side of his temple with a fingertip, the age old gesture a habit that he really did need to break but it helped him focus. The young man was speaking to him normally enough but that second voice was worrisome and Charles pushed a little, attempting to determine the exact origin of what he was hearing.]


There is a great deal of poetry and some histories I've discovered, have you an interest in them?

[He smiled, mind still investigating Jamie's consciousness, even as he held his hand out.]

My name is Charles by the way, Charles Xavier.

[It was a polite offer but also had the intention of hopefully gaining the young man's name.]