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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2015-01-21 12:35 pm

[EVENT] THE SHANGPAR RACE

Characters: ALL!
Date: January 20th to January 24th
Location: Various.
Situation: It’s time for the Shangpar Race!
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

The day is here, the day is here, the day is here! Though not every shop is closed and not every kedan is on the streets, it’s a near thing. The race is slated to begin early in the morning, and the city rises for the occasion. Shops open late and workplaces allow for a late start to the day to give everyone an opportunity to watch the starting festivities.

It begins with something almost like a parade. The riders -- there are fifty-five of them, thanks to negotiations during the forum -- are escorted from the shangpari holding pens to the starting line just outside the city, using the most circuitous route available in order to take the riders through every sector.

The starting-line is located just outside a set of the city’s gates, while the finishing-line is at the set on the opposite end. It leads off away from the city, traversing through several of the shell’s terrains, from burgeoning woodland, across a ‘river’, to an area of wasteland leading into mountains, and then down to the shores of the shell’s edge.

While the usual daily processes continue during the race, there are runners at supply checkpoints who, thanks to the efforts of Stark Industries and a handful of Foreigners, are able to report the race statistics via audio directly to the consoles. Groups of children hired as criers run from place to place without access to consoles to carry those reports to the rest of the city. In this time the kedan already begin preparations for the feast which follows it, regardless of who the actual winner might be.

The winners begin trickling in on day four to a crowd already prepared. Thanks to the runners, the residents of Keeliai already know who’s in the lead and when, roughly, they will arrive.




LINKS
Parade | Betting booths | Starting line | Finish line | Feast


OOC
In the related forum thread the family leaders were open to the idea of Foreigners participating in the race as long as they possessed no abilities that would provide an unfair advantage and were able to front the cost of 500 juulan. If your character has no such abilities and would have wanted to participate, and you feel you have reasoning for their being able to finance their entry, please PM the mod journal so we can work out the details.

No Foreigner who enters will be able to OOCly apply to win the race -- this event is about the cultural experience, not the winning or losing! More details regarding the race are available on the itinerary here.

Please also do remember that IC actions will have IC consequences. This is a huge, huge cultural event for the kedan; disrupting it in any way will cause a negative reaction. That's not to say don't do it -- but do be prepared for the consequences.
wintershepherd: (stride)

[personal profile] wintershepherd 2015-02-07 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
So you're saying that I need a keeper, is that it? Talk about leaving me out in the cold.
backwordscompatible: (I can't tell if you kidnap me)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2015-02-08 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
But I thought that was your natural habitat.
wintershepherd: (whimsy)

[personal profile] wintershepherd 2015-02-10 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe, but I usually prefer it by choice! What's that make your natural habitat, anyway?
backwordscompatible: (Considering)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2015-02-10 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Everywhere.]

I'm not sure, actually. I'm tempted to say the stage, but even that gets a bit old after a while...

Can I get back to you on that one?
wintershepherd: (kind)

[personal profile] wintershepherd 2015-02-12 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Of course you can, I'm not going anywhere.

[ Double meaning intended. ]
backwordscompatible: (smoulder)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2015-02-17 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
What a coincidence. Neither am I.

[Double meaning understood.]

In the meantime, I'm curious as to what you think about today's festivities.
wintershepherd: (overlook)

[personal profile] wintershepherd 2015-02-19 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
The race? It's pretty cool, I guess. Definitely seems like a big deal for the kedan, and to be honest, it's kind of nice to see them all agreeing on something for a change.
backwordscompatible: (job well done)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2015-02-19 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Still not willing to risk bringing the entire kebob back to where he could snatch it away, she reached with her free hand and picked off the top...mushroom...vegetable...thing. Whatever it was, it was good and cool enough for her to take a bite.]

No kidding.

If I'd known all it took to calm them down was a giant party, I would've been happy to oblige long ago.
wintershepherd: (cute)

[personal profile] wintershepherd 2015-02-22 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ That got a long laugh from the spirit. Seeing that he wasn't getting any snacks, he leaned back again. ]

I know, right? This really could have solved a lot of problems three years ago.
backwordscompatible: (serene)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2015-02-22 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Three years.]

[Not for the first time, a single, passing comment rang in her mind. Once again reminding her of how long it'd been, and how much of her life had been devoted to this other world.]


At least now we know for next time, right?
wintershepherd: (stop)

[personal profile] wintershepherd 2015-02-23 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Next time? If anyone asks me about a do-over, I'm telling them no way. Bumps in the road aside, I'm perfectly happy where we've ended up.
backwordscompatible: (Can I help you?)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2015-02-23 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
So who said anything about a do-over?

[Despite how much some of the road had sucked along the way...she was pretty happy with the destination herself.]

There's some old expression about history repeating itself, right? I figured you'd've been around long enough to hear it a few times.
wintershepherd: art credit needed (recline)

[personal profile] wintershepherd 2015-02-25 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Just making sure.

[ He really didn't think that road had sucked that much. Some definite low points, but Jack felt that he'd grown a lot more as a person in the last few years than in the last few decades, and that was pretty big for him. ]

Oh, I don't know, my memory's not what it used to be...
backwordscompatible: (brb getting kidnapped)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2015-02-25 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[She winkled her nose playfully.]

I hope you at least remember who I am.