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Save the Earth Mods ([personal profile] theearth) wrote in [community profile] savetheearth2014-08-23 12:47 am

[plot] Water in the desert I

Who: Cultists, an alien, and YOU, the (un-)invited numbered!
What: Gossipping. Weird lobster worship. Speeches. Fingerfood and other snacks. Dealing with cultists in general. The beginning of the geographical changes in Las Vegas and appropriate PANIC.
When: 22nd
Where: Thomas & Mack Center; The University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Warnings: People from the ranks of the cultists have committed murder and other crimes in the past; those deeds will, if mentioned, be treated in a glorifying manner or at least be condoned.



The cultist gathering takes place on the evening of the 22nd at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The cult has rented the large multipurpose Thomas & Mack Center. The entrances are controlled, the guards cult members who will check the membership of everyone who enters. Numbered with invitations will simply have to either show their invitation or prove that they are the numbered in question; numbered that are not invited but not on the anti-invited list will be let in if they announce interest in their purpose or in learning more about themselves.

There is a large lobster statue in the middle of the hall, a high stage behind it. A pool of water surrounds both, filling the whole center.

A. Arrival and first stage
Snacks and drinks are handed out everywhere and the cultists chat happily with everyone who is around - they will happily talk to numbered as well, calling them "special ones", "superheroes" or "children". Some are rather excited about them being there, others less, but there is clearly nobody that doesn't think positively about it.

B. Ceremony/Worship and Announcements
As the lights go out, people will stop talking and put down whatever they are holding. What follows is a ceremony of roughly an hour that mostly includes singing, meditation and some short speeches on cleansing oneself and being true to oneself, and one on how those that don't do it will fall and burn. Cultists will be happy to give numbered pointers re: what happens next and what they should do.
Afterwards, what seems like all head cultists - those with the sign that causes echoes step on the stage and one after another address the gathered public, some longer, some shorter. Some are of more technical nature - number of members, funds, expansion plans -, others very philosophical, and yet others religious. There is talk of the city being lost and impossible to clean, but that the those who trust in Refined Shell will be saved. That all members may take it into their own hands to clean themselves and help the world be cleaner, but that soon, Refined Shell will be with them, and her children with her. Her children will guard her and be guided by her, as they all should be; and though it is harder for them to see their true core than it is for normal humans, and many will be lead astray, those that succeed will lead the world to a better future, and those that follow Refined Shell now will be the first when that time comes.

At this point, they'll call out to all numbered in the audience, and cultists sitting nearby numbered people will encourage them to get down to the stage, wade through the water and get up there to introduce themselves and say hi. The whole audience will cheer for those that dare to go down, and they'll be offered a seat on the stage.

C. Aftermingle and Panic
After the official part is done, there is general mingling and people are slowly starting to leave... just as the first earthquake hits the room. And then another one, and then steam rises from the water in the middle of the hall, and after a bit it starts to boil. The handful of cultists that is packing up on stage screams in terror at their only way off it suddenly being made up of boiling water, and most of the cultists leave the building in similar panic. FUN ALL AROUND.


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[personal profile] bridgeburning 2014-08-26 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do look just fine! No extra fat deposits on either of us. You must be skilled in the art of Earth photographs."

He jams the red sharpie into his mouth for safekeeping and signs the photo with thwe black one. Apparently he's mastered writing in English just fine, even if his handwriting leaves something to be desired - his signature is little more than a squiggle with two Bs smushed into it.
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[personal profile] onecream_fivesugar 2014-08-28 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like to think I'm pretty okay at it, at least when it comes to pictures like this. Glad you like it." She'll smile brightly when as he signs the picture, though when she actually see's his signature her eyes will widen slightly in surprise.

"Oh you don't write anything like Geoff did. His was all blocky, like computer font." She shrugged a little. She had half expected that all the aliens would just write the exact same, apparently she was wrong.
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[personal profile] bridgeburning 2014-09-04 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"My handwriting is like a team of intoxicated arachnids took an ink bath and traversed across a page! Or so I hear."

He hands the signed photo back, beaming. It seems that he's quite pleased by the comparison.

"So how are you liking the meeting?" He retrieves his bag of chips, munching on them for a moment before realising it would be polite to offer the bag to Robyn too.
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[personal profile] onecream_fivesugar 2014-09-04 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"That... -That is an interesting way to put it, I can kind of see the resemblance."

She'll take the photo and put it back in her bag, but she'll also retrieve something else out from her bag and hand it to Badri. It's the same photo but with her name written on it in very bubbly writing and a couple quick stars drawn on either side of it.

"I-uh-got this for you too! y'know. If you want it."

Robyn will take a look around at everyone at the meeting, then she'll glance back to Badri and take a handful of chips to munch on.

"It doesn't seem so bad. The cultists aren't really what I expected them to be. You know after hearing about the murders... I guess I expected them to be more crazy. They don't really seem that way, more a cooky crazy if anything."
Edited 2014-09-04 14:37 (UTC)