Event | Landfall | Bresilyk | Markutte

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all!
Date: December 3 - 11, 2013
Location: Markutte, Bresilyk (landfall)
Situation: Tu Vishan makes landfall at the winterbound republic of Bresilyk!
Warnings/Rating: Please include warnings in comment subject lines

OOC Post | Approved Items | Special Gifts
Aihsohlow | Phorezton | Markutte | Countryside

The commerce town of the tried. Temperatures within the dome are kept at a lofty 18C (62F) year round and the population of Markutte dresses less in furs and more in linens obtained through trade. Their long hair is frequently shorn short in the current fashion and they are, on the whole, less hardy than their kin in Phorezton and Aihsohlow, but even more friendly as they are currently in the throes of the Harvest Haul, a festival that concludes their rare growing seasons and agricultural bounties.

Trade. That's the foundation of Markutte and there are three town squares that are home to transient stalls and merchandise from the country and all surviving areas of Konryu. Many kedan have made their way here and occupy the occasional stall space, selling their wares and exchanging gifts with the citizens as they grasp the nature of the festival underway. Once again, visitors that make the trek here are expected to donate a gift that will be regifted at random, earning access and a stamp of their tin visa that resembles the oblong crystal coin used as currency in this realm.

Police are on the lookout for financial crimes here and will demand visas of any they suspect to be committed fraud, short-selling merchants, or thieving in any way, shape, or form. There are three vistas, one in each market square, upon which heralds stand and announce the crimes and punishments noted of the previous day. Minor theft is common and the punishment is a brand upon the criminal's neck; major theft results in a loss of a finger for each item stolen; fraud here is punishable by death, but only twice will there be an announcement of an execution during the landfall.

The auctions here are quite lively and characters can expect a minor bidding war to obtain their items, but each item is in pristine condition and provided to them wrapped within a thin set of furs as a thanks for their purchase.

Customs | Settlement | Auctions | Harvest Haul | Other

Comments

[superoverachiever]

"Wow." Imagining an old Peter is just... weird. "So. Then. What about Iron Fist, Power Man, and White Tiger?" If she's heard of the rest of them, that'll be something, anyway.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

An old Peter Parker's just her dad. What's really weird and someone she sees on a regular basis? A teenaged Peter Parker. "Those guys? I'm pretty sure they're all retired."

[superoverachiever]

"Nuh uh!" Ava's getting accustomed to being immature in this conversation, apparently. "I wouldn't do that."

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Uh... Okay, they're definitely not operating on the same page. "No offense, I'm sure you wouldn't. But you don't exactly look like a guy."

She steps back into the side street she was in, as she unslings her backpack from her shoulders. "How about we start over from the beginning, now that we both know the other knows who Spider-Man is?"

[superoverachiever]

"Sure. But that's us. Our SHIELD team, I mean." Okay, yeah, maybe backing up would be good. "Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Power Man, Nova and White Tiger."

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Okay, even May can pick out the options that aren't really options here, which means... "You're either Iron Fist or White Tiger, I'm guessing?"

[superoverachiever]

"White Tiger. The third one, actually."

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Okay, that clears a lot more up.

She unzips her pack and reaches into it, pulling out her mask.

"As for me, I'm the first Spider-Girl, though I did inherit my webs from my dad."

Now to see how the other girl takes this...

[superoverachiever]

"Hold on a minute." Two things: one, she's pretty sure the webs are something Peter manufactures. And two... "Your dad?"

[daughteroftheoriginal]

She can practically see the gears turning.

"Yeah, my dad."

Any moment now...

[superoverachiever]

"So the thing about him being your cousin..."

[daughteroftheoriginal]

"Like I said, complicated. The one here's from a different universe and younger than me. Way too weird, even if I'm already used to the sort of thing that comes with wearing a costume."

[superoverachiever]

"Yeah, I've been a superhero for a while now and I gotta say, that's pretty weirder than things really get in my experience." She tries to put a general air of knowledge and reliability into her nod.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

"Yeaaah, it really is." She shoves her mask back into her backpack, away and out of sight.

"I think it'd be less weird if he weren't. You know. Younger than me. I've been doing the webslinging thing longer than he has."

[superoverachiever]

"Yeah, I guess that'd be pretty weird. It's annoying enough that he doesn't know me, but to have to deal with that..."

[daughteroftheoriginal]

"Reaaally isn't all that great. I just keep reminding myself it's an alternate reality thing." It helps. Kinda.

"Have you had a chance to look around here much?"

[superoverachiever]

"Some. I took some notes, picked up some presents, all that." Right, normal conversations that aren't about alternate realities and futures. She remembers how to have those.