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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.
tip_the_scales: (thinking)

Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-04-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Robin stopped to listen to the story. "And we really are on a turtle right now?"
problematical: (fairer bower was never seen)

[personal profile] problematical 2015-04-19 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Big as a world," River answered breezily, looking up at Robin from where she was sitting amongst the tale's listeners. "He went to sleep a while ago, and they can't wake him up."
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[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-04-19 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" That probably gets Robin glares. But she's thinking of the Fell Dragon and how much they'd battled to keep him sealed away. Even the Divine Dragon Naga had mostly removed herself from the world, and she was benevolent.
problematical: (leafless oaks towered high above)

[personal profile] problematical 2015-04-20 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
"It's just part of the story," River answered. "It's changing all the time. When I was here last, it was knights and dragons. But they're all dead now, so there needed to be new characters."
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[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-04-20 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"What sort of dragons?" Robin is inclined to take things literally, given her experience.
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[personal profile] problematical 2015-04-24 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Not really a dragon," River allowed after a moment's thought. "Not for lack of trying. He ate a lot of people. Even the little turtles... it was sad. Everyone was sad, and afraid. I'm glad he's gone now."
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[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-04-25 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Some dragons, don't eat people," Robin had to note. "Granted, some do. Species isn't a marker for good or evil. Whatever this was, it sounds bad, though."
problematical: (every star fall brought you to tears)

[personal profile] problematical 2015-05-05 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
"You're right," River agreed. "So it's good that the story changed. But this really is a turtle. Have you been to its head yet?"
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[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-05-05 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I jsut got here," Robin said. "Which way is the head?" It was big enough that that wasn't a stupid question./
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Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] surgeonofdeath 2015-04-20 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm still not sure if I believe that, but it wouldn't be the weirdest thing."

Law's listened to the story as well, he didn't know anything about this island (or, apparently, world??) and he needed to learn as fast as possible. After all, how else would he go back?
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Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-04-21 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
"What would be the weirdest thing, then?" Robin asked.
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Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] surgeonofdeath 2015-04-21 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
Well, there are many strange things here, not the least the fact that he's here - still without knowing how and why. So Law makes a gesture as if he was shrugging, which might look weird seeing as he only has one arm now, but maybe he's just not used to that fact yet.

"Here, or in my 'world'? If it's here, then maybe this strange huge tree. It's still quite alive, even though it doesn't look it. And I don't know what sort of ritual is connected to it, but they seem to worship it. Just a moment ago, somebody wanted me to give it offerings."

Looking at her carefully, he asks "You didn't happen to arrive here on your own?"
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Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-04-21 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I didn't," Robin said. "I don't know how I got here." She didn't even have a theory. "What about you?"
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Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] surgeonofdeath 2015-04-21 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
He sighs. Well, that's exactly what he expected, though he was trying to hold out a tiny slimmer of hope that not everybody around was as clueless as he felt right now.

It's been years since he felt as he knew nothing, and he loathed the feeling utterly.

How could he make plan his escape (escape? well, he didn't choose to be here, so wasn't that the right word?) like this?

"Same, miss...?" Might as well learn her name.
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Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-04-25 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Robin. And yourself?"
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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.
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Re: LIANGKEN’S CLEARING

[personal profile] tip_the_scales 2015-05-04 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Sorry, I jsut arrived myself."