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tushanshu_logs2015-02-21 01:16 am
ironwood) wrote in tushanshu_logs2015-02-21 01:16 am
Entry tags:
- %event,
- post: npc,
- thread: anton shudder,
- thread: aya,
- thread: china sorrows,
- thread: gene khan,
- thread: jackie ma,
- thread: michaelangelo,
- thread: midii une,
- thread: npc,
- thread: raine sage,
- thread: skulduggery pleasant,
- thread: solomon wreath,
- thread: yami no bakura,
- thread: zatanna zatara,
- † aang,
- † akito wanijima,
- † aqua,
- † genis sage,
- † jack frost,
- † katara,
- † sonja,
- † stork,
- † tazendra,
- † thread: enjolras,
- † toph bei fong,
- † wan,
- † xion,
- † zuko
[EVENT] Bonfire Night
Characters: ALL!
Date: February 21st
Location: Various.
Situation: It’s cold. Time to cuddle up and make bonfires for the warmth.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.
As night falls the city’s lights take something of a unique turn. Instead of being lit by millions of paper lanterns, Keeliai is tonight lit by the flames and warmth of dozens if not hundreds of fires. Some of them are small, not much more than warming hearths in a barrel on a street, but others encompass squares and boulevards.
The fire lighting procession winds through the city’s streets, beginning at the first bonfire in Fire Sector. By the time full night has arrived, that procession is a snake illuminated by dozens of torches, parting from the main parade to light smaller fires in smaller streets. It ends, finally, in Central, in the Courtyard of Public Opinion, whose bonfire is second only to the initiating one in Fire Sector.
In some areas an exchange of goods arises, mostly in terms of woollens and other warm clothes and blankets. Though food is considered a public resource on this occasion, bartering small knickknacks, songs, stories and even other woollen items is not uncommon an exchange.
Meals are shared among kedan and Foreigners, commoners and emissaries--primarily stews, soups and other foods easily baked in the coals of the fires. Everyone brings food, and what isn’t contributed to the pot is nevertheless shared around after preparation. Although some bonfires are markedly wealthier than others, food and shelter is spread around to make sure everyone is safe and warm. No one goes cold and alone on this night.
LINKS
Fire Sector (main bonfire) | Water Sector | Metal Sector | Earth Sector | Wood Sector | Central Keeliai
OOC Notes
The five Bresilykian emissary NPC can be found moving from Sector to Sector and partaking in the various traditions of each, and so can be engaged anywhere, while the Keeliai NPCs generally are staying in their respective areas as detailed below. Please put the name of the NPC you're requesting in the subject line of your tag if you want to interact with them. Thank you!
Date: February 21st
Location: Various.
Situation: It’s cold. Time to cuddle up and make bonfires for the warmth.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.
As night falls the city’s lights take something of a unique turn. Instead of being lit by millions of paper lanterns, Keeliai is tonight lit by the flames and warmth of dozens if not hundreds of fires. Some of them are small, not much more than warming hearths in a barrel on a street, but others encompass squares and boulevards.
The fire lighting procession winds through the city’s streets, beginning at the first bonfire in Fire Sector. By the time full night has arrived, that procession is a snake illuminated by dozens of torches, parting from the main parade to light smaller fires in smaller streets. It ends, finally, in Central, in the Courtyard of Public Opinion, whose bonfire is second only to the initiating one in Fire Sector.
In some areas an exchange of goods arises, mostly in terms of woollens and other warm clothes and blankets. Though food is considered a public resource on this occasion, bartering small knickknacks, songs, stories and even other woollen items is not uncommon an exchange.
Meals are shared among kedan and Foreigners, commoners and emissaries--primarily stews, soups and other foods easily baked in the coals of the fires. Everyone brings food, and what isn’t contributed to the pot is nevertheless shared around after preparation. Although some bonfires are markedly wealthier than others, food and shelter is spread around to make sure everyone is safe and warm. No one goes cold and alone on this night.
LINKS
Fire Sector (main bonfire) | Water Sector | Metal Sector | Earth Sector | Wood Sector | Central Keeliai
OOC Notes
The five Bresilykian emissary NPC can be found moving from Sector to Sector and partaking in the various traditions of each, and so can be engaged anywhere, while the Keeliai NPCs generally are staying in their respective areas as detailed below. Please put the name of the NPC you're requesting in the subject line of your tag if you want to interact with them. Thank you!
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He glanced behind himself nervously, his gaze sweeping the darkness past the circle of fire until he found Heojin a distance from where he'd been. "I shouldn't be t- talking. I've gotta get back."
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"Th- this is--" Lin hesitated. "I d- dunno who th- this is. Foreigner who wants work."
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"S- suuure, givin' away tr- trade secrets," Lin mumbled, but it seemed more about of a propensity to grumble than any real ire, and Heojin ignored it accordingly.
"Precisely what skills do you intend to offer?" he asked instead.
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They were the sorts of skills one only heard in legends, as with most Foreigners, but at least they made sense. "Are there other Foreigners with skills such as yours?" Heojin asked.
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"Yes, there's another who can move all four, one who can move water, and two who can move fire" he explained easily. He had yet to meet Toph so he wasn't aware of her presence yet to count her.
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"Have you an opinion, Ran?" Heojin asked his other guard without glancing away from Wan.
A grunt was the answer. "If they want to work, put them to work with an overseer to make sure they know what we're doing. If they mess up, kick 'em back to the city. Either way, there's not much they can do that would make things worse right now."
"You can be at th- the t- top of th- the overseer list," Lin grumbled, while Heojin considered, and then finally nodded.
"The Woodsmen are grateful to accept your aid," he said to Wan. "If those others of like skills would be willing to help for a similar wage, once established, please direct them to us also."
"Anyone listening t- to Lin, here?"
"Lin needs to shove a sock in his mouth," said Ran.
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He bowed politely to Heojin, left hand over his right fist, and then shifted his attention to Lin, where he bowed his head, "I won't use my power of the elements on the fields without direction. I promise. I won't just toss them around."
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"I would not have it said the Woodsmen are lacking as hosts," said Heojin. "If not juulan, then let us at least feed and house you during your time in our fields."
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"I ... see," said Heojin at last. "We have of course been brokering a deal for the land, but I did not realise some had already, ah, laid claim."
"You've been squatting in the palace," Ran said flatly.
"What d- do we care about the palace?" Lin pointed out.
"It's the palace. It's also a graveyard. Would you want people tramping and living all over the place where your family-members suffered and died as if it meant nothing?" Ran shook his head. "And I thought you were exaggerating about Foreigners going around doing their own thing without considering anyone around them. Tch."
"D- didn't say it wasn't s- st- stupid," said Lin, "just like th- the--" He waved a hand toward the fire. "But we d- don't care about the palace. Th- that's why it's being demolished."
"That's not the point," Ran growled. "It's being demolished with consideration and with appropriate ceremony. He's been living there before the deal was finalised without even asking."
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"Actually," he started slowly, trying to keep his tone even and polite, "You're right. I have been squatting there. But I was told by those speaking with you and the others that it was understood the gardens were wanting to be claimed by one of us and that it was considered... uh, 'acceptable terms'. The gardens were my request. As was the sealing off of the places that are still spiritually dangerous to your people until they can be cleansed."
Wan put a hand on his hip and met Heojin's eyes, "I thought it would be acceptable because other kedan had already stripped it down and abandoned it long before any of us returned from our time in the Dreaming. There was no care put into preserving anything.
"I apologize for my presumption. If you, or anyone else, care to look into it, you'll find that I haven't interfered with any other part of the palace while staying there. I've left it alone. All I do is sleep in the gardens at the end of the day."
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"But it is true they are being preserved," Heojin cut in without seeming like he was cutting Ran off any more than simply adding clarification. "I do not recall any stipulation that they are owned by any one person, but they are being preserved, and have always been one of those things that would be." At least as far as the Woodsmen were concerned, though the other families might not care nearly so much about it.
He met Wan's gaze. "We are not speaking of other kedan," he said. "We are speaking of us. The Woodsmen have not had access to the palace since before the invasion. We were not able to object to what the Metalworkers did with it. They may like to claim the darkness in our past does not exist, but not all of us are like-minded. To assume so is, on your part, further evidence of Lin's concern that you seek your own gratification without regard for what kedan may believe or contribute. I will not rescind my previous offer; I will not have it said the Woodsmen are whimsical in their dealings. But your assurances now mean very little. If you wish to prove you can be considerate of kedanese beliefs and activities, you will have to prove so in action."
Someone would go and look into it, and their judgement might change perception of Wan either way. But until that judgement was had, there wasn't ground to say anything about the assertion in any direction.
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He offered another bow, "My only desire for the gardens is that they are preserved as they are. I felt that claiming them would be the easiest way to ensure that. As long as they are not destroyed and left as they are, I do not care who claims ownership. I will report to whomever will be my overseer in the fields in the morning. Thank you for this opportunity."
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But Heojin held Wan's gaze and inclined his head in acknowledgement. "May your fields remain fertile, Wan of the Foreigners."
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