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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.
hostage: (unconscious ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2013-01-02 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lisbeth's talking to him. For a second, that confirms he must be at home and half-asleep. Then his surroundings begin to register. The sound of others falling, mumbling as they climb to their feet and wonder where they are. He looks sharply at Lisbeth, alarmed.]

What's going on?
hejhej: (Default)

[personal profile] hejhej 2013-01-02 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks up and around.]

I don't know. There are people from Siren's Port, but...

[Lisbeth shakes her head as she continues looking out over the field. She turns back to Jesse.]

Did you hurt anything?
hostage: (afraid ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2013-01-02 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He props himself up on his elbows to get a look around, too, but it doesn't tell him a whole lot. At the question, he looks back to Lisbeth and shakes his head.]

Nah, I'm okay. What about you?
hejhej: (off to the side [irene])

[personal profile] hejhej 2013-01-02 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Other than the fact that I probably smell like horse shit, no.

[She watches him carefully, but now wasn't the time to ask him what he'd been doing before they both appeared in the field. Lisbeth gets up from the ground and holds out her hand to Jesse.]

Let's go.
hostage: (mischievous ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2013-01-02 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[He takes her hand as he clambers to his feet, back to scanning the area for familiar faces or a landmark. He recognizes the people around them, for sure, but where the hell are they?]

Did we get sent home? Are we home?

[He's always assumed he and Lisbeth came from the same world, entertained the possibility of running off to Sweden to be with her. He also assumed that if they got sent home, he'd be sent back to Mexico. It's lucky they're together instead. It's easier.

He squeezes her hand, like he's afraid something will pull him away.]
hejhej: (those eyes)

[personal profile] hejhej 2013-01-03 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
No, we're not home. We wouldn't be--

[She stops herself. They wouldn't be standing next to each other if they'd been sent to their respective homes, but it wasn't something she'd want to think about or say.]

Standing here isn't doing us any good.

[Still holding his hand, she slips both of their hands into the pocket of her jacket and starts walking, stepping over vines and whatever was growing in this field.]
hostage: (overseeing ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2013-01-03 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He keeps close to Lisbeth, not loosening his grip at all because he can't shake the feeling that they'll be separated any minute now. At the same time, he's trying to get a sense of place, but it's hard to keep track of when they're moving. And nothing looks at all like Siren's Port. Even the weather is totally different.]

Are you sure we shouldn't - I mean, like what if this is somewhere dangerous?
hejhej: (profile)

[personal profile] hejhej 2013-01-04 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[She stops when he asks his questions.]

If this is somewhere dangerous, then we're just as unsafe standing here than if we--

[But she was cut off when there was a rolling, thunderous sound in the distance. Lisbeth turns her head as the sound gets closer. In the distance, she can see dust picking up from the road.]
hostage: (apprehensive ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2013-01-04 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jesse turns his head to look toward the sound. Is that a car? It seems... different, though. Whatever it is, it leaves him even more uneasy. He squeezes Lisbeth's hand again and the next words are rushed:]

I'm giving you something. You'll be able to turn into pure energy. Like, invulnerable. If anything happens, just use it and go. You'll be able to move at the speed of light. Don't stick around for me. Just go.
hejhej: (running)

[personal profile] hejhej 2013-01-05 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks down at her hand before looking back at Jesse.]

Don't talk like that.

[But before she could say anything else, there was a rise of voices and more vehicles. American, demanding. Lisbeth clenches her jaw and begins to back up slowly.]

Start running.
hostage: (distant ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2013-01-05 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Wait!

[Americans. To him, that's a good thing. It means they're definitely not in Mexico. They might even be close to home. He doesn't want to run if there's a chance of that. With the power transferred, he lets go of Lisbeth.]

Maybe they can help us.
hejhej: (crazy eyes)

[personal profile] hejhej 2013-01-05 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Lisbeth stops, but she's uncomfortable with the entire situation. She keeps her face forward, her body on edge, ready to run at a moment's notice. Lisbeth was naturally uneasy about everyone, but she didn't take too kindly to the tone of the voices that continued through the field, silencing the group.]