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ʜᴀᴢᴇʟᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴍᴇʀᴄʜᴀɴᴛ ʟɪᴇᴜᴇɴ ([personal profile] hazelwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2012-08-07 08:18 pm

Welcome Festival | Day 06 | All Sectors | OPEN

Characters: You! And you! Even you!
Location: All Sectors
Situation: It's the sixth and final day of the Welcome Festival!
Warnings/Rating: To be updated if actual warnable material occurs.

OOC Details:
>Header threads are available for the major events of the day and anyone can tag into them, replying with others as they are interested.
>Our thanks go to everyone that volunteered their character for the special event today! Favrielle and Yue are the lucky two foreigners that will be "voluntold" for a grand demonstration in front of half the city.

FINAL DAY:
Five days of festivities have come and gone, but the sixth dawns as one final celebration across all of the sectors, with the tours of each day reinstated and the markets re-opened for all! The lanterns made during each previous festival day now decorate their respective sectors and are being lit throughout the day -- though each sector has a podium with the most beautiful of the foreigner-made lanterns on display, ready to be lit at sunset.

With five sectors and twelve active gangs spread across Keeliai, the Alderwood Commander has mobilised the entire police force to patrol all areas and enforce the laws where they have been broken. An eye has been applied to the exact deployment of officers, with the greatest congestion in the Fire, Metal, and Earth Sectors according to gang presence and criminal activity over the course of the festival. Given that the entire force is beating the shell, there are equal amounts of upstanding and corrupt officers spread about and a few juulan go the extra distance in dissuading the latter when one has crossed the line.

Evandau is again a constant presence today and he moves with such frequency through the sectors that he often seems to be in two places at once. Most of the honest kedan take his presence as a reassurance, but there is the portion that eye him nervously and avoid eye contact. There are rumours of a half dozen arrests overseen by him personally since dawn, but he has proven too busy to confirm that via idle chatter with civilians.

Despite the increased police presence, criminal activity continues to fluctuate. Many of the less savoury kedan can be seen employing their skills for their own betterment, so mind your purse and person anytime that you go into a crowd or off the main thoroughfares.

Once again, should two or more characters get into an large-scale altercation, be it with NPCs or one another, please advise Alex ([plurk.com profile] reignsdown or gmail or aim) for intervention/dispersal.

PARADE:
Roadways have been cordoned off throughout all of the sectors for the sake of one parade to trace a spiral route out from the center of Keeliai to the outer walls. Preparations for this parade have been the most secretive of all events during the Welcome Festival, but it's clear by the costumes donned by dancers and acrobats meant to participate in it that no expense has been spared.

Scheduled to begin two hours after dawn, it has drawn many kedan to the sidelines to watch. They, in turn, have been encouraging foreigners to the very front and center, where many have gathered to see and follow the path of performers as they trek through the city.

Widely agreed upon as a beautiful way to mark the final day's festivities, there are few in Keeliai that realise the parade's start is about to be usurped by a demonstration far more powerful that the grand luxuries displayed over the previous five days.

Interrupted before it can begin, all ceremony is gone when the crowds are swarmed by members of the most powerful gang in the Fire Sector and two foreigners are taken hostage, dragged onto the stage bridging the street -- a planned platform for Lieuen to make a final festival speech from -- as the leader of the gang steps up to spread an entirely different, anti-foreigner sentiment while making a demonstration that no one will forget.
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-10 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, whatever you like.

[Favrielle leads Nita inside and opens the door to the pool first thing.]

I think I ought to clean up as well.

[Though she'll do it in the bath, not outside in the pool.]
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-10 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. Yell if you need anything.

[Which really isn't the best phrasing, but, well. Nita. She pats Favrielle on the arm to reassure her, and without further preamble, dives in. Blood's easiest to get out before it sets, and she just bought this dress.]
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-11 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Favrielle hesitates at the phrasing, then nods. She turns in to the bathroom and once closed inside, disrobes and goes to clean off. There's blood on her gown, on her skin, her face, and in her hair. Its under her nails, even.

She takes her time getting clean and once out, checks herself in the mirror to make sure she hasn't missed any spots. Wrapping a robe around her, she exits, leaving her gown there. Dry towel in hand, she looks to see if Nita's come inside yet or if she's still in the outdoor pool.]
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-12 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Nita's lounging in a deck chair, wet cheongsam plastered to her body. She seems to have gotten the blood out in the pool.]

Hey.
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-14 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Favrielle looks over at Nita at the sound of her voice, and then notices the wet dress.]

Would you like something to change into so your dress can properly dry?
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-15 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks like the thought hadn't occurred to her.]

Good idea. I made sure it was linen, but I didn't see any dry cleaners, and I'm not sure I want to deal with the wrinkles.
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-15 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Leave it with me. I doubt you'll find anyone better in this city to care for the garment.

[And it was a small way to show her appreciation for Nita's help earlier.

She turns inside to find another robe for her friend as a temporary fix. Thankfully they live next door to each other.]
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-16 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Nita laughs, because she'd spent a lot of the Earth Sector festival clothes shopping as well.]

How many sets of clothes have you been buying?

[She follows Favrielle inside.]
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-16 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Only one or two sets. I'm a clothier and can make things far more suited to me than anyone in this city.

[She sniffs. Even rattled as she is, her confidence in her skill is unshakeable. Favrielle pauses to look Nita up and down more carefully...]

I could make things for you as well. You have an interesting shape...
Edited 2012-08-16 03:41 (UTC)
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-16 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Nita, for her part, keeps clothiers in business.]

Seriously? You're a designer? Cool!

[From context, it's apparent that "cool" is a good thing.]

I hope we're not here long enough that I'll need more outfits, but I do like clothes...
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-18 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Favrielle shrugs slightly, a quirk of a smile on her lips.]

You may find yourself with new clothes regardless. It gets boring to dress oneself without something different to challenge oneself.

[She pauses briefly.]

Besides which, I'm indebted to you for what you did for me today. I won't forget it.
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-23 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's nothing, really.

[Nita judges danger on a superhero scale, and she waves off Favrielle's thanks, not realizing other worlds have a much more reasonable "how dangerous is it to cross the street?" curve.]
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-23 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Favrielle raises an eyebrow, but she won't push her gratitude further.]

Will you stay a while? I can make some tea or something if you'd like.
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-25 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, I'll stick around. Tea would be nice.

[Nita can do her lounging around in Favrielle's suite just as well as she can in her own.]
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[personal profile] flawedgoods 2012-08-25 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Favrielle heads into the kitchen to brew some tea, and once it's served, spends most of the rest of the evening sitting in the living room with Nita, examining the dress to see what sort of treatment it would need.

And when it gets late, Favrielle says nothing that might prompt her friend to leave, rather, stays silent in hopes that she'll stay.]
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[personal profile] littlecousin 2012-08-26 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[She can pick up a hint. A night without sleep is nothing for her, and when Favrielle retires, Nita sits awake, alert for the slightest sound or flicker of movement that might indicate something is awry. She doesn't like being alone with her thoughts, but for all her casual behavior, Nita is the product of a warrior culture, and realizes this could be war.]