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Entry tags:
- %4th wall,
- %event,
- thread: aya,
- thread: china sorrows,
- thread: deon wilson,
- thread: gene khan,
- thread: michaelangelo,
- thread: midii une,
- thread: raine sage,
- thread: skulduggery pleasant,
- thread: tony stark (imaa),
- thread: valdis,
- thread: yami no bakura,
- thread: zatanna zatara,
- † aang,
- † alistair krei,
- † aqua,
- † hiro hamada,
- † iroh,
- † jack frost,
- † stork,
- † tadashi hamada,
- † thread: yuri lowell,
- † xion,
- † zelgadis greywords
[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.
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.
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"Yup." And he ducks behind Kevin, out of sight. "Now stay right there. I needed something like a brick wall to hide behind, but you'll do."
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When the kid tries to hide behind him, Kevin's half-tempted to step aside just to be contrary, but he just shrugs. He's not in the mood to make any enemies today, particularly not some scrawny brat.
"Sure, whatever. Knock yourself out."
Skinny as the kid was, though, and huge as Kevin was, it was still pretty easy to see him. Soon enough, the kid's fanclub of little girls filed into the alley after him. Kevin crossed his arms, glaring down at them in hopes to scare them off. "What are you guys lookin' at?"
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Regardless, Kevin somehow manages to send the whole group of little girls running screaming (some of them laughing; Hiro thinks this must be part of a game, or something) before he can panic and bolt, which leaves Hiro in the awkward position of being just a little indebted to somebody he didn't make nice with a second ago.
Great.
"...Thanks," mumbled, a little reluctantly, and then. "Well. Sorry for comparing you to a bunch of bricks, I guess."
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He leans over, resting his palm against some sort of stone detailed object one of the stalls had on display back here. Normally, Kevin didn't like showing off his powers to strangers, but there's a punchline to be made here -- and besides, who would believe this kid?
"And anyway..." he starts, digging his fingers into the stone as he begins to absorb it. It isn't brick, but something paler, but the point could still be made. The color and texture of the rock sweeps up his arm and across his body until it coves his whole form, all in a matter of seconds.
"You wouldn't exactly be wrong."
Kevin's sure the kid is either gonna run screaming or say it was cool, and he'd be fine with either one.
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Mostly.
"Nice trick," he mutters between clenched teeth, jaw tightening. Yeah, okay, pretty cool, but he's seen a lot of weird stuff around. And then he does the stupid thing. "Your mom a chameleon or something?"
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Kevin's eyes narrow at the phrase your mom and he clenches a fist, accompanied by the sound of grinding rock. "One more word about my mom and you're gettin' a first-hand demonstration on the effect of stone fists on your face, understand?"
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"Yeah, okay, whatever. That how you solve all your problems? With your fists?"
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No, actually, it usually was his fists. But Kevin's got enough ego issues that proving himself to some dumb kid is somehow on his list of priorities.
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"I don't think they have anything more advanced than a horse and plow out here. You could try looking inside the city, where all the tech is, but honestly? It's not much better. Steam power and pistons. Super backwards."
Hiro's not happy about it either, dude, but you're just gonna have to get used to it like everybody else.
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Kevin thros up his arms in exasperation. "Great. Just great." And he thought Earth was the sticks. Steam? Really? You'd think they'd hurry up and figure out how to use fuel a little more efficiently than that.
His gaze follows Hiro's gestured and he gave a heavy, dramatic sigh. "Fine, whatever. I'll deal." He's about ready to wash his hands of this kid and make some actual progress, but as he turns to start toward the city in the distance, he can't help but try to get in a last word.
"Surprised you even know what a piston is, shrimp."
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"Well golly gee, mister, guess that makes two of us. Can't judge a book by its cover, can you?"
...Okay now he's gonna get the hell outta dodge and disappear.