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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.
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[personal profile] cherrywood 2015-01-26 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
"My mistake, I misunderstood," Milyn replied. "And I believe that the kedan will be willing to employ the Foreigners in time. In all of your view, you have only been gone mere moments. In theirs, it has been a hard year of upset and challenges."
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[personal profile] solo_patria 2015-01-27 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
"I can imagine that it has." Enjolras had not seen a world rebuilding from a war itself, but he knew of it from an academic standpoint, anyway. It was clear that changes were not always easy. Looking to the republic brought on that mindset straightaway.

"That is why I wondered if if may be better to keep ourselves away at first. I realize we are not exactly bringing them good memories. But until the time has passed...that is what I am a bit concerned for. Still, it's good to hear that time may heal things, a little."
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[personal profile] cherrywood 2015-02-02 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Milyn gives the theory some consideration. "It would be easier," the Healer allowed after a moment. "But not, I think, better. Eva wanted to give you all the chance to go or stay... those of you who are still here, you must have wanted to be. You should want it with your whole self! Even if it doesn't always go smoothly."
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[personal profile] solo_patria 2015-02-04 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
It does seem to Enjolras that among the people he's talked to who have returned here, the issue IS a world that they, for whatever the reasons at home might be, have to be a part of, isn't it? The reasoning feels oddly specific, but he does have to admit that, for now, at least, there's certainly a lot of truth to at least what anyone can see.

"We DO have our investments here; I CAN attest to that."