Welcome Center Log | July 2014

[ironwood]

The city isn't exactly in a lull at the moment, but there is a tense sort of equilibrium that has settled over Keeliai. The Palace of the Landed Sky is still blackened and possessed, the barrier keeping people out -- for the most part. The handful of possessed kedan that still remain inside seem to have given up entirely at trying to chase off those who come too near the barrier, perhaps sensing that their dwindled numbers are insufficient to protect against another full-fledged assault.

Life cautiously, tentatively resumes in the rest of the city as much as it can. For all the threat of Malicant hanging (literally) over their heads, people still need to eat, to sell their wares, to grow their food. The fields -- smaller ones inside Keeliai and larger ones outside the city's walls -- are being tilled late this year but with determination enough to make up for the delay.

For new arrivals to the city, there is a delicate balance between welcoming them and making them feel safe, and making sure that they understand exactly the severity of the place they've come to.

As always, the Welcome Center does its best to provide new Foreigners with whatever they need to help get them settled in Keeliai. From providing them with information on how to use the consoles to making sure they have starter funds, to guiding them through the districts to finding their new housing, to making sure they know not to say the M-name and don't play with the glowing lanterns.

Volunteers from the existing Foreigners to assist with these orientations are always needed and welcome, just speak to someone in charge.

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OOC: New characters wishing to thread out their arrival can comment here, as well as any threads taking place in the Welcome Center during this month for existing staff or people who want to volunteer!

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[lostundercover]

Characters: Billy Costigan (lostundercover) & Yami no Bakura (denyamenti)
Date: Yesterday, after this
Location: The shared apartment
Situation: Bakura says he knows who killed him
Warnings/Rating: idk language and stuff, mentions of death

Costigan hadn't admit to his requesting of Evandau to be housed with Bakura. It was a way to keep a closer eye on the guy without seeming like he was trying to be too close to him. For all intents and purposes, it was pure chance that put them together - or the Emperor's vendetta, not his. It could be annoying at times, truth be told, but there was a certain advantage in being able to see the other man quickly and easily. This time was no exception.

Shortly after the message arrived in his inbox, the undercover sat back and ran a hand through his hair. Shit. If Bakura knew who killed him, he wondered if that meant someone else on the turtle was dead too. And if they weren't, was Costigan willing to stand aside and let them be? Hell, would he help? The Bostonian tried not to think too much about it.

"What, you can't knock?" He teased as he arrived at Bakura's door, down the hall from his own. The man's choosing to use his inbox instead of popping down the hall might be telling, or convenience. It was hard to say. Either way, the former undercover was happy to give him shit for it.