theearth: (PRETENTIOUS STATUE TIME)
Save the Earth Mods ([personal profile] theearth) wrote in [community profile] savetheearth2013-05-06 09:36 pm

the "p" doesn't stand for pretentious, FYI. [art gallery, may 6th—??? ]

[ Welcome to Locke's very own Taste de Louvre, everyone! Predictably, the unveiling of the new set of statues at the magnificent Hugh P. Thadson Gallery of Fine Art has turned out to be a rather fanciful affair. The upper echelon of snobby society, in their snobby society attire, has come to mingle amongst one another—and is endeavoring to ignore you, fair citizen, as much as possible—and discuss this fantastic addition to our city's fair culture.

The first statue is a touchingly metaphorical piece, the prominent carving of a snake coiled around a human heart that looks so real you can almost hear it beating within your ears. This statue appears to be the most popular; the crowds drawn around its base simply can't stop going on and on and on about how wondrous it is, along with the rest of the works on display tonight.

The second statue also depicts a snake, but has its blush-brushed scales cut dramatically open to display its own wicked black heart. The Thunder Corporation and its latest line of tacky memorabilia is the primary subject of discourse here.

The last statue is strikingly different from the other two, and features a wolf howling at the open sky,* dying in apparent agony with a sword driven through its chest. You get a distinctly unsettling impression from it that the other, ordinary folk don't seem to notice—that perhaps your adventure to meddle in recent affairs is ill-advised. Inscribed below the pained wolf's paw is a link of sorts to a peculiar forum that, when accessed, bears only the topic "Let's Negotiate" with the same message enclosed within. Strange, but since no one else is talking about it, you wonder if you can't have just imagined the whole ordeal... and yet stranger things have happened, right? Perhaps it's worth looking into, in any event.

There's plenty to do with the statues about and the gift shop buzzing, with lots of familiar faces to run into. So what's your agenda for the evening? ]

(( General mingling post for the plot as related to art gallery affairs! There will be base threads for OPEN INTERACTIONS, open to all as implied, CLOSED INTERACTIONS, for planned out one-on-one interactions between player characters, and a general purpose EVERYTHING ELSE, for characters who wish to explore the gift shop, just mull about. Just as a general reminder:

1) Touching one of the snake statues will grant you one (1) Echo, for two (2) Echoes max. However, touching a second statue will definitely arouse suspicion, so be prepared for that. One safe Echo, two potentially risky ones up for grabs here! No Echoes from touching the wolf statue, though, so slither your way towards the snakey-snakeys for those.

2) If you'd rather not touch the statues themselves, hanging around them for awhile -- about an hour or so -- will grant one (1) Echo.

3) Accessing the webforum will not grant an Echo, but posting a reply to it will. It will be possible to get a second during conversation, but as for how it happens... it's a secret to everybody!

4) Little statuettes are available for purchase in the gift shop, but do not grant an Echo themselves in any way.

You may also handwave the mingling NPCs being snobby snobs at you, just for fun. Because why not.

As before, please wait for all base threads to go up before posting. OPEN FOR BUSINESS! In your character's subthreads, please put your character's name, the day, and optionally the time you are visiting in the title so things remain nice and neat. Remember, open to all interactions in the open section and one-on-one time in the closed section. Everything else goes in Everything Else. This post will remain stickied throughout the entirety of the plot duration, for easy finding.

The plot post for this week, detailing about the art gallery and more, can be found here.

*This awesome picture drawn by our very lovely Lucas-mun! Thanks, MC!
]

wordsgate: Smiling, his eyes scrunched up in amusement. (♪ You caught me...)

[personal profile] wordsgate 2013-05-18 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet for a moment. He could either answer this seriously, or brush it off with a joke...and he's not quite sure what the best course of action is. He really wants to pry, to try to get her to tell him why she couldn't just offer. But he's worried that if he pushes her too hard she won't even want to be friends with him...]

Are you sure you're feeling all right? There's a distinct lack of snark in this conversation.
formermagicalgirl: (001)

[personal profile] formermagicalgirl 2013-05-18 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm too tired to think of any. You'll have to forgive me for that.
wordsgate: Smiling, his eyes scrunched up in amusement. (♪ Ah...)

[personal profile] wordsgate 2013-05-18 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no reason to apologize. I was just wondering.

[He stops outside the doors to the dorm and turns toward her.]

Hey, Tamara?
formermagicalgirl: (014)

[personal profile] formermagicalgirl 2013-05-18 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[And now cue Tamara feeling really awkward as she wonders what he is going to say now and her response will sound a bit hesitant because of this.]

Um... what?
wordsgate: (♪ Gentle smile)

[personal profile] wordsgate 2013-05-18 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[He pauses again, looking at her inquisitively, before allowing a small smile on his face.]

I hope you feel better soon.
formermagicalgirl: (015)

[personal profile] formermagicalgirl 2013-05-19 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[And to think, she totally thought he was going to pry a bit more. He may even hear the audible sigh of relief because she was expecting him to say something else.]

You don't need to worry so much. I'm just tired, not in any risk of dying or anything.
wordsgate: Smiling, his eyes scrunched up in amusement. (♪ A friend of women!)

[personal profile] wordsgate 2013-05-19 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.] Worrying is what I do about people I care about! Just be glad I'm not putting you on a plane to Japan yet.
formermagicalgirl: (017)

[personal profile] formermagicalgirl 2013-05-19 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
As much as I want to go, I still have things here that I cannot leave. You'd be better off trying to talk me out of taking summer classes so I don't have to leave here.
wordsgate: speaking or asking a question (♪ What?)

[personal profile] wordsgate 2013-05-19 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...you're not from around here? [And then he laughs and shakes his head.] Of course you're not, why would you be staying in the dorm? I guess I never thought about it.

If you didn't take classes in the summer, then you'd have to go back home?
formermagicalgirl: (019)

[personal profile] formermagicalgirl 2013-05-19 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It would be expected of me, but with everything that is happening now I should stay here to keep my family safe.
wordsgate: (♪ Gentle smile)

[personal profile] wordsgate 2013-05-20 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well...this is a little selfish of me, but I'm glad you're staying here for the summer. It'd be a little sad to get to know you, only to have you run off for a few months.
formermagicalgirl: (019)

[personal profile] formermagicalgirl 2013-05-20 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[She's being a bit selfish as well since it's not just all this weirdness that caused her decision, though her being a freak now sure did play a role since she's not exactly aware that her echoes would go away when she leaves the city.]

It's not like we'd be completely out of touch and my parents aren't that far away. But it is nice to know I'd be missed.

But I should be going now. I'll be sure to let you know how I'm doing tomorrow.
wordsgate: Smiling, his eyes scrunched up in amusement. (♪ I'll listen)

[personal profile] wordsgate 2013-05-20 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'll send you a message if I don't hear anything. You know, just to make sure.
formermagicalgirl: (013)

[personal profile] formermagicalgirl 2013-05-21 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'll send you something, no need to worry. But for now your princess needs some beauty sleep.

[And she'll go ahead and turn away to get the door opened. Nothing hard, just has to swipe her id to unlock, except she grabbed the fake one she has instead of her real one. That quickly gets put away hopefully before Sam catches that it's a very good fake and grabs her real one.]