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Cao Pi ([personal profile] pure_havoc) wrote in [community profile] logsinthenight2019-09-02 06:44 pm

That One With the Meeting [OPEN]

characters: Cao Pi and OPEN!!!
location: the town hall
date/time: appx moonrise Sept. 2, for a couple of hours
content: Cao Pi proposed a meeting for everyone to talk about what ideas they have for organizing, protecting the town, and safely exploring their confines. This is that meeting. Newcomers are welcome as well! Assume characters have heard about it through the grapevine, but especially on Sept. 1 as Cao Pi makes the rounds and tells people this is happening. He will have a moment to orate but after that the floor is open, threadjacking is encouraged, and whatever comes of this is a complete free-for-all!
warnings: probably some discussion of character death. lmk if I need to edit this.

Despite the fact that Will Ingram's messages providing further information were yet to come, Cao Pi had made a public promise and he would hold himself to it, carrying out his meeting as described. At moonrise on the 2nd, he is already present in the town hall, hoping to see not just those who told him they would be there, but also some of the unfortunate newcomers freshly thrown into this situation. He had done his best to prowl around the Invincible and the bonfire, mentioning that the meeting would happen, but he still had to rely on word of mouth to do its work.

When he decides there are enough people present to begin, the Lord of Wei steps up before the assembly, clearing his throat importantly. "For better or worse," he begins, "we are a community. A town, if we are not a country. The hints and cryptic comments from the Lighthouse Keeper have suggested that we have a job to do, but we're still waiting on information as to what it is and why - why us, why the dead stolen from their worlds or their respective afterlives. But the recent mission to connect the Keeper to the network our tablets can access has shown a number of weaknesses that may hamper our ability to do any job, let alone the one which will keep us all from being permanently obliterated." Is that harsh? Too bad. He doesn't care. "We know a few things for certain. One, that we must carry out the purpose which the Keeper understands and encourages. Two, if we fail in any way, she will kill us all by ordering the spirits to destroy us. Three, the spirits deep in the forest are not just her weapon against us, but they have their own will and may attack or destroy anyone who simply wanders out too far. Our explorations have uncovered a number of things but not everything, by far. If you are new or simply haven't kept up on the recent developments, the record is here." He holds out a hand to the logbooks kept there in the town hall.

"I've asked you here to discuss the issues facing us in Beacon, and to offer up any ideas for how to solve those issues. There are quite a few of them, some that even I, perhaps, haven't considered yet. Please be orderly and take your turns, but I should like to hear from everyone. Whether you have questions, or have an idea you wish to share, please. Speak up. We will all be better for the sharing of ideas and discussion of pros and cons, rather than just waiting and hoping that someone will take charge and give us orders."

With that, he steps aside, inviting anyone and everyone to come up and speak. Or simply rise from their seat and speak. The floor is open, Beacon, use it to say things that you might not want anyone connected to the network to overhear. Sass the Keeper, gush about the Postmaster, whatever you want. Hopefully by the end of it all, someone might have some plans that can be brought about. For his part, Cao Pi is not putting himself up as any sort of authority or the one actually in charge, he literally is only there as organizer and moderator and nothing else. At least, so his cool half-smirk and perfect manners would suggest...
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[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-09-05 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
For even as tall as she makes herself, Eliot can't quite help the height he carries naturally at six feet and two inches. He kneels to better see the chart, smiling fondly to himself at her staunch excitement.

"A welcoming committee is a lovely idea. I don't think I would have been as confused if someone helped me when I got here."

He looks over the crayons. "Wow, you certainly have quite a collection! I have so many favorites to choose from here!" After some thought he plucks up a royal blue. "I'll use this one first." And he adds a mark: one more 'want' for the welcoming committee.
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[personal profile] withsadness 2019-09-05 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Could Mary possibly get any happier and prouder of herself than in this moment? Probably, but she'd be pretty hard-pressed. To be honest, she wasn't sure if anyone would listen to her if she decided to come to the meeting--at least not in any real, concrete way. But people are putting down ideas, and telling her they like what she's suggested! And they mean it! This is incredible!

Naturally, she's beaming from ear to ear as he picks a crayon and gives the welcoming committe a tally. "Hooray! Thank you!" She clasps her hands together. "Blue is a pretty color. I have a lot that I like, too, but my favorite is red. I'm going to bring this with me at every meeting, so if you think of anything new later, you can always come back to add your idea!"
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[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-09-06 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry. I'll definitely be sure to add anything I think of to your list. And to add another vote for brilliant ideas like yours."

He sets the crayon back, poking through the broad array of color choices again.

"Which kind of red? Like this?" Eliot picks up a firey red, like a brick. "Or more like this?" He finds another, this one a cool rose with an echo of pink.
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[personal profile] withsadness 2019-09-06 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
"That one!" She points at the first crayon. "I like bright, bright red! It makes me think of things that make me happy."
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[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-09-08 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Bright red, huh? It's a pretty color. Full of power. What kinds of happy things does it make you think of?"
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[personal profile] withsadness 2019-09-09 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"It makes me think of..."

All sorts of things, really. Maybe some that she shouldn't say.

"Roses, and apples, and things that are alive!"
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[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-09-12 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Thinks that are alive? But wouldn't you have to cut roses and apples to enjoy them up close?"

Sort of on the nose there, with things that are alive. But Eliot chalks it up to childlike wonder.

"It is such a beautiful color though. My favorite kind of fireworks are the red ones."
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[personal profile] withsadness 2019-09-12 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't mind cutting them."

Rough. But she says it...cutely? Innocently? Surely she doesn't know of what she says. In any case:

"Fireworks...they don't burn you, do they?"
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[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-09-13 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
'Cutting them'? For even as cutely and innocently as she says it, the exact phrasing does sound strange to Eliot. She's young though. There's a high probability of simply being inept with the usage of the word.

"Not when they're high up. They'd be too far away for that. Have you not seen fireworks before? I can make smalls ones that don't really burn either, but I'm not sure they'd show well in this place."
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[personal profile] withsadness 2019-09-14 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Mary shakes her head. "I haven't! They're for parties, aren't they? How do you make them?"

Could it be...magic? From his magical powers? Her eyes practically sparkle.