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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.
motioned: (walking around on those...)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-04 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
She slows a bit again, sighing and looking after the boy's back as he runs again.

"Dad, I think we're scaring him, maybe we should try and find someone else."
retraced: (this is the last time)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-01-04 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Then let's at least follow him and see where he goes. There has to be someone here who can help us."

Though he's still looking across the field for another familiar face as he starts forward again.
motioned: (pomp and circumstance.)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-05 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
She nods and gives his hand a squeeze, looking up towards him with concern.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, Dad."
retraced: (don't you feel like severing everything)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-01-06 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It's better that they're all together rather than apart, that's true, but if they'd been brought to this world, and it ended up being a worse situation than the last, then they might not be able to count themselves lucky for very long.

But he doesn't share this pessimistic thought with her; he only nods, tries to smile, and then says, "Do your feet hurt? I can carry you if you need."
motioned: (pic#1373340)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-07 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
She looks down, a bit self conscious all of a sudden.

"They don't, but - I'm not slowing you down, am I?"
retraced: (the fuck you say?)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-01-07 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I - just don't want your feet to hurt."

They're not chasing the kid anymore; they can take it at a slower pace now, but the ground might still hurt.
motioned: (oh - feet!)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-08 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, don't worry about that. I mean, I'm fine."

She smiles, but she's too nervous for it to be very reassuring.
retraced: (psychologically overcast)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-01-09 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
He'll...allow it. For now. But he still keeps a close eye on her as he clasps her hand a little tighter and continues leading the two of them out of the field.
motioned: (oh - feet!)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-09 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
She grips his hand tighter in return, peering at their surroundings curiously.

"I can't see him anymore. That boy, I mean, so... Which way do you want to go?"
retraced: (the fuck you say?)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-01-12 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"This way. He must have run past those trees over there."

Strange, that road ahead that twists and points down that hill looks familiar. Gil isn't sure why, but he's suddenly craving coffee...of course, though he doesn't realize it, this is where his favorite coffee shop would usually be.