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.
rawiron: (contemplation)

[personal profile] rawiron 2015-01-20 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Many of our tools are hereditary," Heojin said, "but we have no blacksmith outside the city. On occasion, there are trades we are required to make in addition to our produce."
gathersnomoss: (Default)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-01-24 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think there's a blacksmith among the Foreigners, but there's technically minded people."
rawiron: (disbelief)

[personal profile] rawiron 2015-01-29 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. There, perhaps, was the reason the Foreigner had approached, and Heojin regarded him for a moment before asking directly, "Is that a request, or perhaps an offer?"
gathersnomoss: (Default)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-01-31 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Zelgadis considered. "I'm handy, but it would be better if I put you in touch with other Foreigners that are more so. Of course, it depends on your technical needs. Anything past a printing press is well beyond my own technology level."
rawiron: (pleasure)

[personal profile] rawiron 2015-02-03 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
The fact that the man wasn’t trying to secure work or alliance for himself, but simply for the Foreigners at large, spoke well of him. Of course, Heojin wasn’t the sort to rush blindly into such alliances.

“If you c- can’t offer us anything, what’s th- the point in saying it at all?” Lin demanded irritably.

“Lin,” said Heojin, with no outward show that he was tiring of the quiet censure. He said to Zelgadis, “I will consider the situation. It may be that the Foreigners will be more available to the Woodsmen than the Metalworkers.”
gathersnomoss: (thinking)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-02-07 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll speak to my contacts, then," Zelgadis said. "My own skills are not bad for construction and earthmoving. and a bit of minor healing."
rawiron: (disbelief)

[personal profile] rawiron 2015-02-10 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
All of which might be useful under their own merit. "I will consider," Heojin repeated. "Have you further subjects for discussion?"
gathersnomoss: (thumbs up)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2015-02-10 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not at the moment. Good day."