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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] retraced 2013-01-12 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"They said they'd stay close to the field unless something happened - "

And as though cursing himself with those very words, right at that moment something does happen. A loud whistle calls out across the field, and a group of armed men appear at the edges of the squash patch, yelling something about no one move, and come with us peacefully.

Gil's hand, of course, goes right to the weapon in his pocket.

"What's with this?!"
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[personal profile] his_own_will 2013-01-17 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Awww... and they were having such a lovely conversation just a minute ago. It's not that often one has a date in a squash patch and then the police have to go and interrupt it all.

sigh...

But Oz doesn't dwell on the injustice and simply rests his hand on Gil's without hesitation. "Don't. We don't know who they are or where we are. They may be just as confused as we are."

And Gil really wouldn't want to kill someone in front of his precious daughter, would he? Oz may be used to it, but Ahiru could be something else entirely.
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-01-19 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oz is right, of course, but Gilbert still looks annoyed. They might be just as confused, but the last thing that any of the newcomers need is to be escorted into another situation more ridiculous than Siren's Port. And this one seems to have more angry officials.

"...Fine. But we're not going with them," he answers, reaching over to take Oz's hand and drag him back through the field towards the trees.
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[personal profile] his_own_will 2013-01-27 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
His hand immediately turns back to the gesture, clasping Gil's with heartfelt intent. He has no plans or reason to allow himself to be captured either. It would hardly do so soon in the game.

"But they could be perfectly nice."

He doesn't suspect it in the least but... they could be. In a hundred years.
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-01-29 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Or they could be planning on killing us."

If we're going to extremes here, then that's what he's going with. But they have to hide somewhere, and what better place than up. If they climb into this tree they'll at least be able to see what's going on and stay out of sight. Gil crouches against the trunk of a tall enough tree and offers Oz a hand up.