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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] motioned 2013-01-04 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know."

She looks around at the panicked people, some of them starting to get angry, a good amount of them not completely sober given that last night was New Year's Eve. She shakes her head and looks back up towards him again.

"I don't know, but we should get out of here."
rewritter: (don't know what I see in you)

[personal profile] rewritter 2013-01-05 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
He nods, takes her arm even as his eyes flicker down to the bruise on her knee. "You can walk, right? Let me know if I need to carry you."

... In any other situation, he'd be embarrassed, but there was no time for that. Wherever this was, it was even less hospitable than Siren's Port. And he had no love for that place, so that was saying something.
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[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-06 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
"No - don't worry about it, it doesn't hurt very much."

She grips his hand a degree tighter, starting to maneuver out of the crowd, looking back every so often to make sure he's still with her.
rewritter: (when the light comes through)

[personal profile] rewritter 2013-01-07 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
... Very much wasn't good enough, but he'd tend to that later. He lead the way through the mob until they could reach a clearing, when they could finally slow down a little and ask the important questions.

"Where is this place? What just happened?"
motioned: (oh - feet!)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-07 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know. Once we know everything is safe, maybe we can go somewhere and ask somebody what's going on."

But who knows when that would be? She looks back the way they came, where the crowd is sure to still be. But it's not worth it, going back, so she shakes her head.

"For now we should rest for a little."
rewritter: (missed the door and hit the mirror)

[personal profile] rewritter 2013-01-10 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Resting sounds good. He eyed the wound on her knee, though, already half slipping out of his jacket in case he could rip a sleeve to make bandages. Or just because his clothes needed ripping, apparently he's never happy unless that happens.

"You're absolutely sure you're okay?"
motioned: (walking around on those...)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-10 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
She notices him looking and nods with a sigh.

"It's just a bruise, honestly, it's not even that bad. I can barely feel it."
rewritter: (still some old fidelity)

[personal profile] rewritter 2013-01-10 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm just making sure. Just... let me know if there's anything I could do."

Right now, he just rubbed his temples and tried to think of a plan.
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[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-10 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry about it, I'm fine."

She sits, leaning her head against him and looking up into his eyes.

"Where do you want to go?"
rewritter: (it's ending soon)

[personal profile] rewritter 2013-01-10 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Back."

... Yeah, he'd even take Siren's Pull over wherever this was. But he just sighed.

"Or, failing that, somewhere safe. Just to make sure."