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thepull_mods ([personal profile] thepull_mods) wrote in [community profile] sirenspull_logs2013-01-01 01:12 am

[Anniversary Event Starting Log] I Awaken To Another Day...

Who: Open Log! This means everybody!
When: September 1st, 1918. Dawn.
Where: Farmer Whitty's Squash Patch, City of Missionworth (Ye Olde... Baseball Diamond?)
Summary: Midnight on New Years Eve finds the entire Newcomer Community thrust backwards in time...oh, 95 years or so?
Warnings: A lot of potentially drunk people are about to land facefirst in a field. Once word is out that a small horde of strangers have mysteriously arrived on the island, Military Forces will be rounding them up for questioning. You be the judge of how badly this goes.



Whether right in the middle of a rowdy parties as toasts are raised with complementary champagne, or having a quiet evening at home on the couch, watching GloTV's annual Auld Lang Syne Countdown Extravaganza, a sickeningly familiar tug of a feeling suddenly wrenches in the gut of every Newcomer on the island who has been brought here by Pull in the past three years.

As fireworks sound over AGI tower and the clock finishes striking twelve, the world spins. For a dazzling colorful moment, flashing scenes from their stay in Port roll backwards like rewound film before their eyes. It becomes a blur, the Pull drawing tighter and tighter, ears might pop and there's a very good chance the contents of their stomachs might be turned out.

And then there is coolness, a brisk breeze, morning dew and damp earth beneath them all.

The newcomers are scattered across a planted field of winding vines and colorful gourds, which won't be ready for harvesting for another month or so. Several startled crows are circling overhead, screaming. There are no tall towers on the skyline, and there are more surrounding trees, particularly toward the western horizon- golds and oranges of early autumn.

To the east, a picturesque early 20th century settlement stretches to the island shoreline, already bustling with traffic and construction in the early dawn's light. There is no putrid, sick-sweet rotting smell which normally lingers for awhile in the morning fog, after the lifting of darkness.

Two young boys stand agape at the edge of the field for several moment, leaning over a fencepost, then turn and tear off towards a homestead not far away, shouting for their papa.

Welcome to the City of Missionworth. Look's like The Core's decided to give you all a history lesson for the New Year.
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[personal profile] treehopping 2013-01-01 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Rue had been falling asleep when it happened. Seeing in the new year was a custom she'd tried hard to do but ultimately she'd started to drift off on the couch in front of the tv (the New Year didn't have the allure of presents that kept her up for Christmas), curled up in her fleecy winter pyjamas.

Now the sudden snap of dizzying, familiar feeling snapped her to wakefulness, accompanied by a feeling of dread that maybe she was being flung back to the arena, back to --

It was cold that greeted her and damp earth beneath her fingers. Rue sat up, hands going to her head as she blinked owlishly about her. She isn't alone, she can see that, other Newcomers are here too, some she recognises and many she doesn't.

"Katniss?! Peeta!" Stumbling to her feet Rue looks around nervously.
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[personal profile] tea_lover64 2013-01-01 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Iroh awoke with a start when he found himself transported into the field. He had been sleeping himself, having no real significance to the date himself, and preferring a quiet night to one filled with partying. He had shared a pleasant evening, closed up shop earlier, and enjoyed an early bedtime. Sleep was very important, especially for a man his age.

His eyes take a moment to adjust, and then he rights himself up, alert and wary. It seemed as though there were a great many Newcomers around in this one field. Surely they couldn't have all been kidnapped by one of the companies? The only other possibility was the Core. It felt somehow different here, it was warmer then what he was accustomed to. He spies a familiar young face, and rushes over to her.

"Rue! Are you alright?" he inquired.
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[personal profile] treehopping 2013-01-02 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Mister Iroh!" Rue turns to him, her NV, seemingly useless now was clutched in her hands. "I... I don't..." she looked around, brown eyes huge in her face. "I don't know what happened, why are we all here?"
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[personal profile] tea_lover64 2013-01-02 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure. It seems a bit unorganized to be a proper kidnapping, more likely a Core effect." he responded truthfully.

He takes a deep breath in, closing his eyes for a moment. His body relaxes as he does so. The breath was the most important, control yourself and you could be ready for anything. When he reopens his eyes, he seems a more calm, but focused. He gives her a reassuring smile.

"I will do all that is in my power to keep you safe though."
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[personal profile] treehopping 2013-01-03 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
"It felt like it did before, I thought maybe I was..." she looks around fingers toying in the soft fabric of her pyjama bottoms. "It looks familiar here."

Rue lifts her head and looks at him. She nods, inching closer. "Thank you, Mister Iroh."
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[personal profile] tea_lover64 2013-01-03 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Iroh nods. From what he recalled she had experienced a difficult childhood, and was from a harsh place.

"It is best to keep a calm head, and seek solutions in situations like these. Do you know any powerful beings here?"
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[personal profile] treehopping 2013-01-05 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Powerful... she tries to think who she knows as powerful. Powerful in a way that can keep people safe. "Aslan... and Mister Raphael." And the Teen Titans, but she's supposed to keep that a secret. "You're powerful too, aren't you?"
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[personal profile] tea_lover64 2013-01-07 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Iroh strokes his beard thoughtfully a moment. He knew Aslan, not well, but they had spoken before. There was certainly power and goodness there.

"Good. They will certainly help. As for myself, I am but a man. Let us keep an eye out for them. They may have a better idea of the situation and..."

He pauses for a moment looking around.

"My goodness. The Darkness... its gone!"
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[personal profile] treehopping 2013-01-08 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"But you can make fire, that's powerful!" Rue chimes, her slender fingers woven together to try and hide her anxiety.

She jumps a little at his exclamation and looks round as well. In her confusion at being displaced Rue had not noticed this fact. Dawns light creeps further up the horizon and there are no shadows fleeing it, no unsavoury creatures. "Gosh! You're right, Mister Iroh! I don't see any."
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[personal profile] tea_lover64 2013-01-09 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
"A mercy, certainly. I am not saying I am untalented, or not capable of holding my own, but there are many beings with knowledge and strength superior to me."

Iroh was not one to really show off or claim greatness. He was well aware of his own mortality, and of the power of spirits. It was beautiful in its own right, to see the night again without the taint of Darkness.

"It has been some time since I have seen the night without those foul creatures about."

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[personal profile] servingmichael 2013-01-03 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Rue." Raphael's voice was quiet, sure. He'd stretched his wings to fly once already and wasn't a stranger to time travel. He almost extruded calm, steps easy over the field. "Looking for your family?"
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[personal profile] treehopping 2013-01-03 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
She turns round to see him, recognises Raphael and nods, feeling a little safer. "Yes, I can't see them. Do you know what's happened?"
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[personal profile] servingmichael 2013-01-07 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
He walks closer to Rue, stance protective. "We have slid backwards in time. We're still on Siren's Port, but it's nearly a hundred years ago." Calmly and matter of factly - it's not that odd for him.
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[personal profile] treehopping 2013-01-08 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
She looks wide-eyed, time travel. She's seen that sort of thing on the television shows here! If they can cross worlds, it probably isn't that impossible. "I thought it looked familiar." her brown eyes flicker about through the crowd. "This is where the baseball diamond is."
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[personal profile] servingmichael 2013-01-08 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, it is. You're very observant." He scanned the area, looking for others. "Who would you like to go to? I can take you to anyone, or you can stay with me." She would be safes with him, as far as he was concerned.