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Entry tags:
- %event,
- post: npc,
- thread: anton shudder,
- thread: aya,
- thread: china sorrows,
- thread: deon wilson,
- thread: erskine ravel,
- thread: gene khan,
- thread: jackie ma,
- thread: midii une,
- thread: pepper potts (imaa),
- thread: raine sage,
- thread: shay cormac,
- thread: skulduggery pleasant,
- thread: solomon wreath,
- thread: tony stark (imaa),
- thread: yami no bakura,
- thread: zatanna zatara,
- † aqua,
- † aunt cass,
- † hiro hamada,
- † jack frost,
- † tadashi hamada,
- † thread: arno dorian,
- † thread: dove,
- † thread: duke pantarei,
- † thread: enjolras,
- † thread: yuri lowell,
- † toph bei fong
[EVENT] YARD SALE
Characters: Come one, come all!
Date: June 3rd - June 8th
Location: The City of Keeliai
Situation: To welcome the warm weather, the kedan are hosting a city-wide yard sale! Buy, sell, trade, haggle to your heart's content.
Warnings/Rating: Shouldn't need any, but please indicate content warnings in subject headers as applicable.
---
A few tenured Foreigners might remember the last instance of a city-wide yard sale from three years prior, but to most, this will be new. In an effort to raise spirits, capitalize on the near-perfect weather, and just make a few spare juulan, the kedan are turning the city into a maze of hastily erected stalls and tables, where everything from kitschy handcrafts to illicit illustrations, to nebulous inventions that may or may not actually do anything, are being sold. In a way, it's a little bit of clearing the air between kedanese neighbours.
Despite the currently cool view on the Foreigners by the kedan, they'll be able to get fair prices and full selection all across the city for the Yard Sale, and they'll be just as encouraged to set up a spot and sell something of their own, even if it's simple.
It's the spirit of the thing, after all.
FIRE SECTOR
The extravagance of the Sector remains evident even in something as low-key as a street sale, and because of that, many an enterprising kedan are flocking to the district to see if they can score some really high-end items for very little cash - items such as jewelry, merchandise from the spas that dot the Sector, and many other luxury items. Some of these are bought up with the likely intention to be resold at higher rates later, but no one seems bothered by that probability.
Some of the numerous brothels have placed scantily-clad "saleskedan" outside their doorsteps, who are surprisingly glib about advertising their services. It's widely understood that it's a look-not-touch demonstration though, and anyone who makes an unwelcome move is likely to get a headslap from the nearest person. Liquor houses, on the other hand, are offering finger shots of their prized blends, with bottles available for purchase as well.
Haggling over prices is expected here and approached with the excitement of a gambling challenge! In fact, some sellers may just bet the purchase on whether you can guess the correct outcome of a coin flip, a high-or-low card draw, or even something that looks like roulette, except with a rainbow of colours instead of numbers.
EARTH SECTOR
Clothing and textiles are the key items being sold in this district, with a special emphasis on detailed beadwork, leather tooling, and precisely coloured weaving. A few of the clothing merchants are holding a competition of "who can copy a Foreigner's outfit most exactly" and the wise would encourage this, if only to get a copy or two of hard to replace items. The results will be sold at a discount to interested parties, but tipping for acknowledgment of their skill is generally expected and widely appreciated.
Other types of items being sold are pottery, of both the functional and decorative types, and stoneware like statuary. If you're looking for a replica of a carved idol back home, this is the place to commission it.
The kedan here are less receptive to haggling, simply because their stubborn natures clash with the objective. They'll budge a little, but underbidding them by too much will turn them sour and grumpy.
METAL SECTOR
Here is where the majority of quirky inventions are showing up, some useless and some genuinely helpful. The Metalworkers have already cleared everything being sold here as non-proprietary, so there won't be anything groundbreaking as far as technology goes, but a lot of the items are more geared toward personal conveniences than anything really high-tech.
For some bizarre reason, the most prominent thing for sale in the Metal Sector are clocks. Every kind of clock one could think of has found its way to the streets and stalls. Clocks for every occasion: a clock that will chime only once every fourth Tuesday but otherwise keeps perfect time. A clock that will chime in the morning if it's going to rain, or at night if you should drink an extra glass of water before bed. Clocks that are counting down to the next time you're going to have a streak of bad luck. And newly popular, clocks that are counting down to the turtle's sinking.
Kedan in this Sector are fairly ambivalent to haggling; they will, but they don't usually initiate it. They are pretty defensive of their inventions however, so calling their wares useless or similar will probably end up raising the price, just so they can try and make it go to someone who'll appreciate their genius!
WATER SECTOR
It’s almost possible to have a full meal in this Sector without spending a single julaan, such are the free samples on every corner. The delicious smells encompass hundreds of different types of food, simple or complex, prepared or fresh, all sold from market stalls lining the streets and canals. If a particular specialty takes your fancy, you can always buy a large amount at a low price to take home - or you can eat it right there. It’s not uncommon to see families of kedan holding impromptu picnics in parks, or even occasionally in the middle of the streets.
Foreigners will be welcomed here, as chefs and bakers leap on the opportunity to test their delicacies on Foreign tongues and palates. Some chefs might even offer Foreigners the chance to work for them for the day as glorified food-tasters, making sure whatever they cook is suitable for selling to other Foreigners.
With so many free samples available (and almost forced on to unsuspecting passersby), haggling is seen as bad form in the Water Sector. It’s certainly possible, but don’t expect to make any friends while doing it. Oh, and watch out for the sea prunes. They may smell divine and cost a single julaan for a full bag, but they taste disgusting and will result in minor cases of food poisoning for the Foreigners.
WOOD SECTOR
Like in the Water Sector, a lot of the market stalls lining these streets sell food. Unlike the Water Sector, this food is rarely prepared. Most of it is produce either bought from, or being sold by, the Woodsmen - fruits and vegetables grown outside the city. Some of the Foreigners might recognise it as a kind of outdoor grocery store or a large farmer’s market.
Also being sold in Wood Sector is furniture, usually carved from - you guessed it - wood. Some of it is crudely carved, made to look natural and to add a touch of the outdoors to any kedan’s home, whereas others are very delicately and intricately carved to mimic interesting patterns or perhaps even particular animals and places in the city. Chairs, boxes, chests, figurines, tables, shelves, even small beds - these have all been made with long hours and large amounts of skill, making the practice of haggling a delicate one, and not undertaken lightly.
There are also a disproportionate amount of stationary stores selling things like black charcoal, blank journals and books, and thick parchment. They’re willing to sell entire batches for ridiculously low prices.
SKY SECTOR
The newly built Sky Sector has been quickly establishing itself as the art hub of Keeliai, angrily dismissed by those kedan who consider the worth of craftsmanship to be in the usefulness of the finished product, and happily embraced by those kedan with self-described ‘old souls’ and the ability to see life in a slightly different way. The new art studios in Sky Sector are using the yard sale to advertise; they’ve set up a large and grandiose outdoor gallery to show off the various types of art, ranging from small abstract paintings and jewelry to large statues and dedications. The smaller objects are frequently given away to anyone admiring them; many might leave the gallery with a small pair of free earrings or a frame carefully wrapped in paper.
These kedan will quite happily haggle over any of the larger pieces, and they seem to have a particular interest in doing so with Foreigners. They almost make a game out of it; talking as fast as if the gallery was an auction, deliberately trying to confuse and obfuscate. They’ll be delighted by any Foreigner capable of keeping up, and may even gift them the piece in question with no further haggling required.
CENTRAL KEELIAI
The center of Keeliai is, in many ways, a mish-mash of everything all the other Sectors are selling, with one notable exception: coupons. Businesses across the city make sure to have a table or a stall in Central, where their advertisements can reach a greater number of people - and one of the easiest ways to advertise is to hand out free coupons! These coupons vary as widely as the businesses handing them out do, but they all give the bearer discounts on the stated goods/services, and all coupons remain good for weeks after the yard sale ends. A single twenty-minute walk through Central can net you enough coupons to fill a decent-sized book.
In the spirit of neighbourly forgiveness, a small group of kedan are walking through Central and offering coupons good for an entire Sector, or for a particular chain of restaurants across the city, rather than just one business. They’re loathe to offer these to Foreigners, but will reluctantly do so if pressed. Unfortunately, if Foreigners try to use these coupons after the yard sale ends, they’ll quickly discover not all of the ‘participating’ businesses were informed of their participation - though most store and restaurant proprietors will honour the coupon anyway, just so they don’t develop a reputation of going back on their promises.
---
OOC: The descriptions of the various sectors are only a guideline, and many other items can be found for sale all over the place. The only thing that's definitively banned everywhere are the sales of weapons and drugs.
If you haven't posted to and been approved on this thread regarding your character finding a possession of theirs, please do so before having them (or someone else, whichever way you want to do it) discover the object(s)!
Date: June 3rd - June 8th
Location: The City of Keeliai
Situation: To welcome the warm weather, the kedan are hosting a city-wide yard sale! Buy, sell, trade, haggle to your heart's content.
Warnings/Rating: Shouldn't need any, but please indicate content warnings in subject headers as applicable.
---
A few tenured Foreigners might remember the last instance of a city-wide yard sale from three years prior, but to most, this will be new. In an effort to raise spirits, capitalize on the near-perfect weather, and just make a few spare juulan, the kedan are turning the city into a maze of hastily erected stalls and tables, where everything from kitschy handcrafts to illicit illustrations, to nebulous inventions that may or may not actually do anything, are being sold. In a way, it's a little bit of clearing the air between kedanese neighbours.
Despite the currently cool view on the Foreigners by the kedan, they'll be able to get fair prices and full selection all across the city for the Yard Sale, and they'll be just as encouraged to set up a spot and sell something of their own, even if it's simple.
It's the spirit of the thing, after all.
FIRE SECTOR
The extravagance of the Sector remains evident even in something as low-key as a street sale, and because of that, many an enterprising kedan are flocking to the district to see if they can score some really high-end items for very little cash - items such as jewelry, merchandise from the spas that dot the Sector, and many other luxury items. Some of these are bought up with the likely intention to be resold at higher rates later, but no one seems bothered by that probability.
Some of the numerous brothels have placed scantily-clad "saleskedan" outside their doorsteps, who are surprisingly glib about advertising their services. It's widely understood that it's a look-not-touch demonstration though, and anyone who makes an unwelcome move is likely to get a headslap from the nearest person. Liquor houses, on the other hand, are offering finger shots of their prized blends, with bottles available for purchase as well.
Haggling over prices is expected here and approached with the excitement of a gambling challenge! In fact, some sellers may just bet the purchase on whether you can guess the correct outcome of a coin flip, a high-or-low card draw, or even something that looks like roulette, except with a rainbow of colours instead of numbers.
EARTH SECTOR
Clothing and textiles are the key items being sold in this district, with a special emphasis on detailed beadwork, leather tooling, and precisely coloured weaving. A few of the clothing merchants are holding a competition of "who can copy a Foreigner's outfit most exactly" and the wise would encourage this, if only to get a copy or two of hard to replace items. The results will be sold at a discount to interested parties, but tipping for acknowledgment of their skill is generally expected and widely appreciated.
Other types of items being sold are pottery, of both the functional and decorative types, and stoneware like statuary. If you're looking for a replica of a carved idol back home, this is the place to commission it.
The kedan here are less receptive to haggling, simply because their stubborn natures clash with the objective. They'll budge a little, but underbidding them by too much will turn them sour and grumpy.
METAL SECTOR
Here is where the majority of quirky inventions are showing up, some useless and some genuinely helpful. The Metalworkers have already cleared everything being sold here as non-proprietary, so there won't be anything groundbreaking as far as technology goes, but a lot of the items are more geared toward personal conveniences than anything really high-tech.
For some bizarre reason, the most prominent thing for sale in the Metal Sector are clocks. Every kind of clock one could think of has found its way to the streets and stalls. Clocks for every occasion: a clock that will chime only once every fourth Tuesday but otherwise keeps perfect time. A clock that will chime in the morning if it's going to rain, or at night if you should drink an extra glass of water before bed. Clocks that are counting down to the next time you're going to have a streak of bad luck. And newly popular, clocks that are counting down to the turtle's sinking.
Kedan in this Sector are fairly ambivalent to haggling; they will, but they don't usually initiate it. They are pretty defensive of their inventions however, so calling their wares useless or similar will probably end up raising the price, just so they can try and make it go to someone who'll appreciate their genius!
WATER SECTOR
It’s almost possible to have a full meal in this Sector without spending a single julaan, such are the free samples on every corner. The delicious smells encompass hundreds of different types of food, simple or complex, prepared or fresh, all sold from market stalls lining the streets and canals. If a particular specialty takes your fancy, you can always buy a large amount at a low price to take home - or you can eat it right there. It’s not uncommon to see families of kedan holding impromptu picnics in parks, or even occasionally in the middle of the streets.
Foreigners will be welcomed here, as chefs and bakers leap on the opportunity to test their delicacies on Foreign tongues and palates. Some chefs might even offer Foreigners the chance to work for them for the day as glorified food-tasters, making sure whatever they cook is suitable for selling to other Foreigners.
With so many free samples available (and almost forced on to unsuspecting passersby), haggling is seen as bad form in the Water Sector. It’s certainly possible, but don’t expect to make any friends while doing it. Oh, and watch out for the sea prunes. They may smell divine and cost a single julaan for a full bag, but they taste disgusting and will result in minor cases of food poisoning for the Foreigners.
WOOD SECTOR
Like in the Water Sector, a lot of the market stalls lining these streets sell food. Unlike the Water Sector, this food is rarely prepared. Most of it is produce either bought from, or being sold by, the Woodsmen - fruits and vegetables grown outside the city. Some of the Foreigners might recognise it as a kind of outdoor grocery store or a large farmer’s market.
Also being sold in Wood Sector is furniture, usually carved from - you guessed it - wood. Some of it is crudely carved, made to look natural and to add a touch of the outdoors to any kedan’s home, whereas others are very delicately and intricately carved to mimic interesting patterns or perhaps even particular animals and places in the city. Chairs, boxes, chests, figurines, tables, shelves, even small beds - these have all been made with long hours and large amounts of skill, making the practice of haggling a delicate one, and not undertaken lightly.
There are also a disproportionate amount of stationary stores selling things like black charcoal, blank journals and books, and thick parchment. They’re willing to sell entire batches for ridiculously low prices.
SKY SECTOR
The newly built Sky Sector has been quickly establishing itself as the art hub of Keeliai, angrily dismissed by those kedan who consider the worth of craftsmanship to be in the usefulness of the finished product, and happily embraced by those kedan with self-described ‘old souls’ and the ability to see life in a slightly different way. The new art studios in Sky Sector are using the yard sale to advertise; they’ve set up a large and grandiose outdoor gallery to show off the various types of art, ranging from small abstract paintings and jewelry to large statues and dedications. The smaller objects are frequently given away to anyone admiring them; many might leave the gallery with a small pair of free earrings or a frame carefully wrapped in paper.
These kedan will quite happily haggle over any of the larger pieces, and they seem to have a particular interest in doing so with Foreigners. They almost make a game out of it; talking as fast as if the gallery was an auction, deliberately trying to confuse and obfuscate. They’ll be delighted by any Foreigner capable of keeping up, and may even gift them the piece in question with no further haggling required.
CENTRAL KEELIAI
The center of Keeliai is, in many ways, a mish-mash of everything all the other Sectors are selling, with one notable exception: coupons. Businesses across the city make sure to have a table or a stall in Central, where their advertisements can reach a greater number of people - and one of the easiest ways to advertise is to hand out free coupons! These coupons vary as widely as the businesses handing them out do, but they all give the bearer discounts on the stated goods/services, and all coupons remain good for weeks after the yard sale ends. A single twenty-minute walk through Central can net you enough coupons to fill a decent-sized book.
In the spirit of neighbourly forgiveness, a small group of kedan are walking through Central and offering coupons good for an entire Sector, or for a particular chain of restaurants across the city, rather than just one business. They’re loathe to offer these to Foreigners, but will reluctantly do so if pressed. Unfortunately, if Foreigners try to use these coupons after the yard sale ends, they’ll quickly discover not all of the ‘participating’ businesses were informed of their participation - though most store and restaurant proprietors will honour the coupon anyway, just so they don’t develop a reputation of going back on their promises.
---
OOC: The descriptions of the various sectors are only a guideline, and many other items can be found for sale all over the place. The only thing that's definitively banned everywhere are the sales of weapons and drugs.
If you haven't posted to and been approved on this thread regarding your character finding a possession of theirs, please do so before having them (or someone else, whichever way you want to do it) discover the object(s)!
:D
"So, you're like an idea-maker. Where do you get the mass, though? I mean, you can't just start from nothing right, so you have to have material to work with or you're breaking a ton of laws and if you're not using magic I might have to arrest you on behalf of Einstein," she finishes jokingly. "Or...is it like you're literally turning energy back into mass? E equals mc squared, that kind of thing? Geez, I've been spending way too much time with Tony." She gasps suddenly. "Ooh, can you make other things?"
Read: can you make [insert fashion item here]?
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Except then Pepper kept going. More questions. More subjects. A reference to someone by the name of Einstein--an Earth scientist, perhaps, though she did not immediately recognize the name--and something about letters and quadrilateral shapes.
"I can, yes. Why do you ask?"
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"Aside from it being, like, the coolest power ever, you could be the only person in the world who has enough shoes."
Not fix the energy crisis, not end world hunger, not address a myriad of potential problems humanity is facing. Shoes.
"I mean, that's not the only reason," she adds after a moment, "but that's the first thing I'd do. Or maybe make whatever Tony needs to turn my armor into a backpack. Seriously, though, can you show me. Pleeeeease?"
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"It was my understanding that I possess no more or fewer lower limbs than other Foreigners residing in the city. Why would a single pair of shoes not be sufficient?"
That said, however...
"If you desire to witness a construct, I have no problem with that. What would you like me to create?"
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"Because," she starts emphatically, "You can't make one pair of shoes match every outfit and every occasion - you have to have a nice selection to choose from and to show off and plus they are just super cute. Okay, I guess you don't need need more than one pair, but where's the fun in that?" She grins. "Ooh! We should get you a pair to match your hat!"
Well, now she just has to see this.
"Ooooooor you could make a pair of shoes to match your hat! Do you need a model?" Without waiting for an answer, Pepper dashes to a nearby stand stocked with shoes and other accessories. "Ooh, those ones over there are so pretty!" she calls, waving Aya over.
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(She only needed the one outfit.)
"Are you requesting I made a construct duplicate? Very well." With a nod, Aya lifted her hand. The palm began to glow, and a bright, green light shot out from it. It twisted and contorted in a matter of seconds to form a near identical pair of shoes to the ones Pepper were indicating.
There was just one catch: they remained the same shade of Green as Aya's skin.
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"Uh, do they come in any color but green?" she asks. "It's a good green, mind you, definitely matches your, um, outfit."
Her shoulders slump slightly.
"This is one of those things where it can't be the perfect solution just because it can't be, isn't it?"
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"Green is the only color energy I am currently capable of producing. Though I do not understand why color should be significant in this case."
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She compares Aya's replicas to the inspiration pair for a few more moments - it's perfect in every detail but the color.
When Pepper looks past the selection of shoes, she spots something familiar. There's a bench next to the stall with a small picture frame on it. Without a word she moves past Aya and picks it up, and her expression shifts to a mix of sadness and surprise.
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But the reason why...something that had caught the other girl's eye. A frame. One which seemed to make her...sad?
"Is something wrong?"
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"What?" Pepper had almost forgotten where she was, and that Aya was with her. "Oh, no, not really. It's... I don't know why this is even here." She turns the frame so Aya can see it. There are tremors in her voice. "That's- that's my dad."
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And yet...
There was something very sentimental about having a physical image to hold. To share with others.
"I assume you must miss him greatly."
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"My mom... she's not around, so it was always just us." She cares about her dad more than anyone else in the world. "This is from our house."
Pepper hugs the picture to her chest, smiling a little. "This place is really weird," she says shakily.
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"You are fortunate." The words came out gentle, even by Aya's standards. "I have no recollection of those who are directly responsible for my birth."
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Can an AI even have parents? Pepper guesses that Aya might mean her original programmers. It seems strange that they wouldn't have introduced themselves - she was definitely something to be proud of, even if only from a cold, technical perspective.
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"No. I do not remembering being born, though I have been told is is a common state for most living beings." (Of course, not knowing the circumstances meant she remained blissfully unaware that the reason she did not remember was because the memory had been wiped.) "My first memory involves hearing Hal Jordan's voice when he walked into the ship."
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"I guess that explains why he left such an impression on you. Were you, um, made as part of the ship, then?"
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(Unless you're Razer, and even then, what took her seconds would take him hours with no guarantee of safety.)
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Pepper has also seen one too many episodes of Star Trek and she's doing her best to not giggle whenever Aya says 'warp coils' or 'hyper-drive'.
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Which was her original intentions when she was first given the inspiration to create her body. Even now, her memory database continued to replay that moment of Kilowog gently chastising her. Insisting that she could not be a proper GL without a body. Then again, Mogo had been able to achieve what even she could not. He had been chosen by a ring, and was a sentient planet. She wondered if Kilowog's original parameters had been false....
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Although she's got the armor now, it's something she's still jealous of Tony for. He's been to space more than once - granted he almost died a few times too, but that was par for the course. Rhodey had been out in space, too. She hopes she'll get the chance if - no, when they go home.
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(Always so literal, Aya.)
"...I have always found that travel amongst the starts offers a sense of...freedom."
Freedom to do what she wanted, even within the boundaries of her higher commanding officer. A rank that Hal Jordan held over her because she chose to recognize it. Just as she chose to be a Green Lantern. Space had always been about choice for her, and it was in Space that she had been given the opportunity to grow and learn.
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"Of course, if we go home I won't remember that I need to do that." She looks down at the picture again. There's a tag with a feather on it she hadn't noticed before. "Hey, do you know what this is?"
She holds it up to show Aya.
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"It appears to be...a feather?"
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