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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: (what would i pay to spend a day)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-09 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
It takes a minute for that to sink in, and then she looks towards him, bewildered.

"But you said we had only gone to the past, right? Not to a new world? So - that doesn't make any sense!"
uberboned: (I am scared of our new friends.)

[personal profile] uberboned 2013-01-09 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Not if the Darkness didn't always exist." He looks down at her and shrugs. "Think about it- d'you think this island was just one big hell factory from the get-go? Everything starts somewhere."

He maneuvers around some of the vegetables to see if he can get out of the cold, muddy field. "I think someone's trying to tell us something."
motioned: (so this is the miracle that i've been)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-09 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Her brow furrows as she loses herself in thought for a moment, before all of a sudden, a grin breaks out on her face and she brings her hands to her mouth with a gasp.

"So - we're free? I mean, no more having to run from monsters or worry about getting killed if we stay out a few minutes too late?"
uberboned: (I still haven't gotten my peanuts.)

[personal profile] uberboned 2013-01-10 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Free and stuck in the land that iPhones forgot." Gabriel knew better than to assume that's the full story. There's still the Pull, for one thing. The Core exists too, even if it seems farther away now. "But there's no monsters." He pats her on the shoulder. "Happy New Year, kiddo."
motioned: (don't know what for!)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-10 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't care about iPhones, I - do you think the sky will be the way it should be? I mean, the moon and the stars and everything else that's in the sky? Like, the Milky Way and everything else they talk about in science class when I should be paying more attention to the teacher but I don't?"

She doesn't even realize she's babbling; it's clear from the way her eyes are scanning the skies in search of possibilities, her mouth open in a breathless, wondering grin.
uberboned: (Not even you French speaking Lopez)

[personal profile] uberboned 2013-01-10 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess we'll know tonight," he muses, looking down at her with a bit of a smirk. It's nice to see her excited about this and if it's not some permanent fuck-up, it might be a really good vacation.

But he knows this city well. Something terrible is going to happen. He can feel it down to his very being. For the moment, however, it's okay.

...Except for those armed guards coming into the field.
motioned: (out of the sea...)

[personal profile] motioned 2013-01-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
She doesn't take notice of them for another few seconds, excited as she is, but as soon as she catches a glimpse out of the corner of her eye she's reaching for his arm, nervous.

"Gabriel..."
uberboned: (Go hide behind another rock.)

[personal profile] uberboned 2013-01-13 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Looks like the calvary's here," he says through gritted teeth. "Act natural. Don't make any sudden moves. I dunno. Be as adorable as possible."

That always works. He could fly off, but he needs Jinx and he's not about to deal with the arguments about how he should have gotten everyone out. At best, they're not really a threat to him and he won't be a threat to them unless they get nasty.