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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2015-04-14 11:30 pm

[EVENT|4TH WALL] THE NEWCOMERS’ ARRIVAL | APRIL 15-22

Characters: ALL and plus ones.
Date: April 15-22 2015 (2016 in-game)
Location: Farmlands outside the city walls, but this log can also be used for locations within the city.
Situation: Spring planting - fourth wall event, week one!
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

The days for the festival dawn sunny if a bit chilly, but the air is clear and the soggy ground has dried enough that there isn’t too much mud in the lanes between fields and homesteads. The broad dirt path to the Woodsmen’s land leads past the tram-line construction, lined with waving ribbons on sticks along the sides. The Woodsmen’s territory circles the city, separated from the city’s walls by five hundred yards of neutral land.

The festival’s central area is Liangken’s Clearing, and this is where the festival will begin and end each day. Liangken is an ancient tree, among the oldest on the turtle’s back. Though it doesn’t flower or bear much in the way of leaves anymore, the kedan have cultivated it carefully and now it’s an excellent representation for the revitalisation of old wisdom.



The lanes between the fields and homesteads will house the stalls, contests and walking areas. The Woodsmen will be keeping an eye on these to prevent anyone from walking off the marked paths. The homesteads provide ‘hotspots’ in among the lanes and fields, with Woodsmen families lending their yards to the comfort and entertainment of their guests.

In general, the Woodsmen are a taciturn, soft-spoken lot who nevertheless take great pride in their work. Their lands are all but sacred -- they accept no attitude, no trespassing, no attempts to thwart their authority. This causes some noticeable tension with the Snakes, who are accustomed to being the sole enforcers within the city; but though there may be some ill tempers and raised voices, at no point will anyone come to blows. It’s hard to argue with someone built like a brick wall and carrying sharp farm implements.

The Woodsmen are a touch anxious about having strangers on their land and this shows in them being overly officious or bossy, but at the same time their pride shows clearly and they are eager to show off the state of their lands, their greenhouses, and their farming processes -- practically without being asked. The residents of Keeliai tend to think of the Woodsmen as ‘cowards’, and the Woodsmen are taking this opportunity to prove themselves otherwise with feats of strength and tall tales.

Due to the farmers’ hours of “early to bed and early to rise”, the festival ends in the early evening at sundown, but begins again before dawn -- usually by greeting the sun with a song.




LINKS
Heojin, Ran and Lin | Liangken’s Clearing | Stalls and Lanes | OOC Information post | 4th Wall Character Check In


OOC
While Heojin and his bodyguards are open to everyone (including fourth-wall characters!), they are not available for small talk and general directionless CR. For the integrity of the mod’s inbox, please only request a thread with him if you already have an idea of what you’d like your character to ask/do. Other NPCs can be requested by sending a PM to the appropriate journals directly, with the same guidelines.

The top-level comments are for the festival, but fourth-wall characters should feel free to use the rest of the post for anything within the city of Keeliai itself! Just remember to label the top-level comment for location and date.
naughtyornice: (pic#5568270)

[personal profile] naughtyornice 2015-04-28 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
In response, North offered a sage nod and a comforting hand. The weight resting upon the other man's shoulders heavily; a weight he already knew could be borne.

"Is in ever human being's nature to do so, if given chance. With father like you, I have little doubt they will succeed."
inkulcation: (then she smiled)

[personal profile] inkulcation 2015-04-28 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"China Sorrows." She sets her hand in his, and her general bearing suggests she's graciously allowing him to take a liberty with her person. At home, she wouldn't need to explain who she was; here she often does, and that's a mixed blessing, she's found. For the moment, she'll wait, see if he has heard of her.

But she does smile back at him, recognizing that moment where he switches to charm and rewarding the fact that he has not turned into a stumbling idiot by virtue of her presence alone. "I've had more entertaining gatherings," she says, not quite seriously thoughtful, "but the stories are certainly interesting. What brings you out this far?"
whatparenting: (pic#9047060)

[personal profile] whatparenting 2015-04-28 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
It can't be. It can't be.

For a moment all she can do is stare, because none of her senses seem to be cooperating. She's looking, but what she's seeing can't be right. She's hearing, but it sounds like Tadashi's voice and it can't be this cannot be him.

She glances back over at Hiro, the look in her eyes almost pleading, please explain this in a way that makes sense, then looks back at him.

Tadashi.

But he feels real, when she hesitantly approaches and places a hand on his shoulder. It is him--she's close enough now she would be able to tell the difference. Her nephew, one of her boys. Alive. A hand goes up to the side of his face and she isn't certain whether she wants to caress his cheek or smack him. There's an undercurrent of anger. He's alive? He's alive, and he didn't come home? Where has he been? Here? How could he do this how is this possible--

Her head is reeling and she just isn't sure whether to be angry or happy or to scream or laugh. A hand goes to her mouth to stifle a sob and the emotional overload finally works itself out as she bursts into tears.
anewangle: (someone has to help)

[personal profile] anewangle 2015-04-28 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Mochi serves as only a very temporary distraction, drawing the elder Hamada's attention for only a few moments before his focus is right back on the amazing statistical anomaly before him, but...

Tadashi's eyes flick between Hiro and Cass several times, that growing excitement quickly fading as concern and confusion turning down the edges of his mouth and forming a furrow between his eyebrows. Tried to tell her what? Why was she looking at him like that? He risks a quick glance down at himself, searching for some sort of abnormality that would explain the absolute shock he's getting from his aunt. That guilty avoidance from Hiro.

"Aunt Cass? What's wrong? I-"

He cuts off when he feels the slight tremor in the hand on his cheek, one of his own larger ones automatically rising to cover hers. To support. Something's very wrong and he doesn't know what, but then suddenly Cass starts to cry and the only response he can come up with is to try and pull her into a hug.

"Hey, it's okay..."

Except maybe it's not, but they'll find a way to make it okay. They always have.
Edited 2015-04-28 03:23 (UTC)
bigdamnhiro: (Doesn't make sense)

[personal profile] bigdamnhiro 2015-04-28 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hiro opens his mouth, tries to say something, but he doesn't know what to tell her. He can't explain it, because it still doesn't make sense even to him, and he's been here for more than a month now. He's silent, waiting for anybody else to explain, only he looks between his confused brother and his sobbing Aunt and he realizes there isn't anybody else to explain. It has to be him.

"A-Aunt Cass, he doesn't know," Hiro begins, haltingly, feeling that same numb sort of detachment that hung over him all through the funeral and the weeks after descending again; where everything seems far away and not quite real. Implicit: Tadashi doesn't know, because Hiro didn't tell him. "It's this place, it's...we're in some kind of an in-between...where time outside is relative, and he fell through a crack in the timeline somewhere before...before...I thought it'd be better if he didn't..."

Somehow he starts making excuses for himself before he's even told the whole story, guilt slipping in between the cracks. He bites his lip and shoves it down, far, far down where he doesn't have to think about it for a few seconds.

For maybe half a moment, he makes eye contact with Tadashi, and then looks away again.

"There was," he starts, taking a deep breath and swallowing a lump in his throat before he can continue - oddly calm and straightforward, "a fire. After the expo. Professor Callaghan was still trapped inside, so you went in after him, only you -"

Hiro takes another breath, but this one's more shaky, and his calm and his voice both crack together. "- you never came back."
ruinsprofessor: (stare)

[personal profile] ruinsprofessor 2015-04-28 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
That really should have been impossible. "It's definitely charging itself, somehow," Raine confirmed. Turned it over once more, in hopes of anything else revealing itself, then passed it back to Skulduggery. "I've never encountered something that works quite like that. There doesn't appear to be any loss of energy along the way, only a cycle."

She folded her arms across her chest, studying both the stone and Skulduggery with very faint annoyance. "The Dreaming does have its own sort of logic, which appears as far as I've been able to determine internally consistent. It simply isn't constrained to what we think of as logic." Which was both frustrating and fascinating. "Do you plan to see if it will respond to you, or would you rather be alone for that?"
inexplicablygerman: (Hahaha ja ja)

[personal profile] inexplicablygerman 2015-04-28 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Still sitting here with his head propped on his hands.

"So then, it is something about this place. You liebchens are clearly already done cheering over my poor cold body." Not really, they'd been demanding answers- "While I am having so many memories stirred of merely hitting the floor~" Due to having hit it again very recently, thanks no thanks Rita.

"Or maybe you have finished re-sizing commandant britches too." Flapping a hand. Its not really relevant to him, the impression is.
sexdoctor: (amused)

Re: The coast

[personal profile] sexdoctor 2015-04-28 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Contemplating nature of existence, coming to terms with death and afterlife, wondering if atonement exists outside of stories, collecting seashells for science project, things of that nature. Done now. Going back to the city."
highprofilerichkid: (SO EXCITE)

[personal profile] highprofilerichkid 2015-04-28 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, Kevin, you found the only three words that could possibly distract him from power core tech talk.

"Intergalactic... car show?" Tony is momentarily rendered speechless by the beauty of this concept. "That. Sounds. Amazing."
venivicivetinari: (disarming)

utilising all resources at your disposal!

[personal profile] venivicivetinari 2015-04-28 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Kingdoms above the clouds?" Havelock repeated thoughtfully, tapping his fingers on the skull-head of his cane. "There are legends of such things where I'm from. Though--" He gave her another, charming smile. "--forgive my impudence, young lady--would your squadron happen to ride dragons?"

Only legends in his world, or so most people thought. Havelock had heard of some areas scarred by the Mage Wars whose magic was so dense they could bring the imaginary to life, in much the same way Wonse had managed to manufacture a nobilis dragon.
theideaguy: (conspiring)

[personal profile] theideaguy 2015-04-28 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait. What.

What's going on here.

"Uh," Sokka says as his eyes dart between the two people with arrows on their forehead. Suddenly, he feels like there's something here that he doesn't know. Especially given the fact that both of them seem to know each other's names. But from what Sokka knows, they don't know each other.

Not to mention that she knows him.

"Have... you... been stalking me or something?" Sokka says rather innocently and slightly nervous. "I mean, I don't know who you are........ Jinora?" His name rises an octave when he says her name. Yeah, he doesn't know that name at all.

And then he leans over to Aang and whispers, though it's clearly one Jinora would hear, into Aang's shoulder. "What's going on here?"
mathsdestruction: (yelling)

I totally missed the R in britches like five times. I was very confused.

[personal profile] mathsdestruction 2015-04-28 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's impossible!"

Now Rita...

"Seriously, how is that even possible, that somehow all of us can get swept up from one world and planted down in some other completely different world? There's nothing in all the equations I know to even support such a finding!"

And if that's not enough, then Yeager has to pipe up with his stupid little voice.

"Well it looks like you're lucky day anyway," Rita says with more than a little annoyance. "Not like we could just dispatch you right here with the Sunshine Brigade keeping the peace." With that, she yanks hard on the scarf and pulls it free from Yeager. "But so help me if I hear a peep out of you while I'm here..."
irishthor: (uknowhaturdealinwith)

[personal profile] irishthor 2015-04-28 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Shay has been wandering the stalls of the festival quite amicably, dodging between the crowds in the more populated areas, and examining everything going on with a keen eye.

He's not trying to be hidden, but he's not going out of his way to be noticed, either. Instead, he's stopping by a stall, dropping a small amount of juulan on the counter and scooping up an apple-like fruit. He's going to continue meandering the stalls until someone grabs his attention...
sadisticmoose: (gun)

[personal profile] sadisticmoose 2015-04-28 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Vincent staggers back as Deon's fist connects with a grunt, straightening. He rotates his jaw, before turning his glare back on Deon. He spits off to the side, saliva tinged red.

"Big mistake, mate."

The voice is snarled, as Vincent just draws his gun, aiming it directly at Deon.
clarkesthirdlaw: (judgin u)

[personal profile] clarkesthirdlaw 2015-04-29 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Why...does he need to tell Gene anything? It bothers Howard, somewhere, that Tony seems to be on such good terms with Gene, like a grain of sand under his shirt.

But he gives his son his privacy until the conversation's concluded. Just as well - a surprised Gene would be apt to either startle and bolt like a rabbit or lash out like a caged beast. Howard's not certain he wants to find out which.
Edited 2015-04-29 02:28 (UTC)
craftlife: (Robot inspection // chatvert)

[personal profile] craftlife 2015-04-29 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Deon, too, is standing in the lobby, waiting to see Zanru. He hasn't gotten an interview with her or Xuiyu yet, but he's hopeful that he can prove his skills.

And then he sees Thomas, and he grins. "Dr. Light!"
makesright: (i gave you hands a child's face)

[personal profile] makesright 2015-04-29 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. My children are a bit, ah, unconventional." His wallet was already out, flipped open to the photo of two young children that he always kept with him, looking very proud indeed. "I built them myself, crafted their personalities with love and care."

He held out the photo for North to see. Even in such a still image it's easy to see the life in their eyes. "It's not a matter of simply raising them. When I say I hope I've given them the tools to find that balance of curiosity and wonder, I mean it quite literally."
buffing: (smirk)

[personal profile] buffing 2015-04-29 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"That's what they all say." He smirked, but didn't push it. "So anyway, don't suppose this turtle has a burger joint around here? Might as well get something to eat if I'm gonna be stuck for a while."
airtempered: (lil smile)

[personal profile] airtempered 2015-04-29 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
He gave a small, warm smile. "You're a fine welcoming committee. I'm very pleased to meet you, Midii. How long have you been here?"
highprofilerichkid: (probably flirting. what a slut)

[personal profile] highprofilerichkid 2015-04-29 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Tony returns a few minutes later, still wearing a (now slightly strained) smile. "Okay. All set. You want to get some lunch before we head out? I was starving when I got here."

Which probably had less to do with the interdimensional transport, and more to do with the fact that his crazy metabolism had been working in extreme overdrive for many hours before he got yanked, but a little food before the grand tour can't hurt.
whatparenting: (pic#9018875)

[personal profile] whatparenting 2015-04-29 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
She doesn't often indulge in letting herself cry in front of the boys--boy, now, before all of this craziness. She is ostensibly the adult, the parent, as much as she doesn't feel like she deserves the title some days. It's her job to keep it together, to be strong for them. After that initial outburst she forces herself to get a grip, inhaling deeply, brushing the tears away before she lets Tadashi fold her into a hug.

He's warm, solid. He even smells like the Tadashi she remembers.

It's Hiro that finally breaks her out of this, forces her back to the immediate issue. Tadashi doesn't know. Or, well... didn't know. She pulls out of the hug just far enough to be able to look at both of her nephews without actually letting go of Tadashi, still resting a hand on his arm as if he might vanish otherwise.
anewangle: (shit we broke the lab)

[personal profile] anewangle 2015-04-29 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
...Alright, maybe they won't make it okay.


Once you make peace with the idea of living on the back of a giant turtle, it gets much easier to believe when other strange topics come up. Tadashi's seen shapeshifters, people who can control the elements, and animals that don't exist in the world he comes from. Even the topic of multiple universes and distortions in time isn't a new one, but somehow that suspension of disbelief that he's been cultivating since his arrival chooses this moment to fail him utterly.

Something he doesn't know? The expo and a fire and Callaghan and-

Independently, all the words Hiro's saying make sense. Strung together, Tadashi can make out the message they're meant to convey, but he doesn't understand because... that's not what he remembers. Hiro made his presentation and got his acceptance letter and they were all going to go back to the cafe to celebrate, so this? This does not compute.

It doesn't make sense and it shows pretty clearly on his face. His grip on Cass tightens a little, though he doesn't seem entirely aware of it, his focus almost entirely on Hiro for several long moments. On that tight posture and that cracking voice and that match up so eerily well with all the other strange behavior that Tadashi's observed over the last month or so.

"Hiro, but-... I'm right here." He looks down at Cass, searching for confirmation. Hiro wouldn't lie about something so serious, but maybe he isn't. Maybe he's confused somehow. Hiro's confused and Cass is just upset and worried by her and her nephews' sudden relocation, right?

"Aunt Cass?"
surgeonofdeath: (pic#9006061)

Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] surgeonofdeath 2015-04-29 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Trafalgar Law."

He looks around again. "Do you know of any place I could get a map?"

Though that's doubtful, but trying won't hurt, probably.
surgeonofdeath: (pic#9006056)

[personal profile] surgeonofdeath 2015-04-29 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Airbending?" Law has no idea what the man's talking about, but he may well be from some island he's never heard of, brought here inexplicably just as Law himself was, so no wonder. "Well, good luck with that."

Since it sounded important to the old man. And since it sounds like he's some sort of teacher of that 'airbending' technique, whatever exactly it is. Not devil fruit powers, since it can be taught. Haki? Possibly, Law's heard haki can be called different things in some remote parts of the world. Or something else entirely.

"Maybe we should both ask around."

Sometimes you can learn things more quickly when you have more people.
aquanimity: (Leap)

[personal profile] aquanimity 2015-04-29 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
The commotion has already caught Aqua's attention. The fact that she recognizes one of the two men involved as the newcomer she had helped a few days prior only adds a little urgency to her step - she'd be moving to intercept and attempt a de-escalation regardless.

Aqua breaks into a run when Deon swings at the other man. What is going on? Only a few days ago he'd been bleeding out, disoriented and confused, and now this?

"Deon, what-" and then the gun is drawn.

It's no longer a simple physical scuffle, and though she has no idea why Deon is fighting the other he's suddenly in very real danger of being shot. Again. The run becomes an all-out sprint as the Master's Defender keyblade flashes into her hand. If she can just get between them in time....

She covers the last few feet with a cartwheel, casting the Barrier spell even as she lands upright.

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