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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] onecream_fivesugar 2014-09-06 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Robyn gave an awkward pause as she considered that for a second. She wasn't really trying to ask anything specific, she was just trying to build conversation. They didn't get to hang out as much as they used to since she gave up the whole superhero bit after the mob attack. She hadn't even really planned on actually running into him here, that was more of an accident if anything.

"Uhm-Well. Both?"
gogoghostpowers: ([P] of what you can't see...)

[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2014-09-07 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Well...pretty okay, I guess. Uh, for both." Danny would rub the back of his neck right now, if both of his hands weren't preoccupied with holding food.

"The trip over here was pretty weird, I guess." And here he lowers his speech to a mumble, because he's not sure what the cultists know about Project Jump, if anything. "I've never teleported before."
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[personal profile] onecream_fivesugar 2014-09-09 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just a little, eh?" She said nodding to agree with him, but when he started to mumble she flashed a bright smile and leaned in a little closer to him to whisper.

"Have to admit it was pretty cool and kind of fun. Well fun for being like the fastest ride ever, it really beats flying over here. I've done that a couple times before, it takes forever."
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[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2014-09-10 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
"You've flown here before?" He asks, his voice pitching up an octave in the shock. She made it sound like she's been to Vegas before all this network superpower stuff, but how could she have flown then?

That's when Danny remembers normal people have airplanes.

"I mean, uh, yeah. That--that makes sense." He looks down into his cup awkwardly, trying not to blush from the stupidity of his surprise. "So uh...why were you in Vegas before?"
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[personal profile] onecream_fivesugar 2014-09-11 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
She just stares at him blankly when he asks that question. of course that she wouldn't get why he was all shocked about that.

"Wait? What makes sense?" She tilts her head in confusion, but decides to move along. Why is Danny being so weird all of a sudden?

"Well, I wasn't really in Vegas but I used to live in California before I moved in with my dad in Locke. Then I lived in Locke before I moved to California." She pauses and glances around a little nervously.

"...It's kind of a long story."
Edited 2014-09-11 17:55 (UTC)
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[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2014-09-13 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Danny decides to drop the issue of his confusion and switches topics to focus on Robyn's words.

"Wait, so you...moved around a lot?" This actually comes as news to him. He thought she'd just moved the one time to Locke, not multiple times throughout her life. It seems...weird to him.
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[personal profile] onecream_fivesugar 2014-09-13 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well yeah." She kind looked from side to side nervously, she didn't normally talk too much about this so it made sense that Danny didn't really know.

"Two big moves, one when I was like eight or nine and the other a few months ago. A couple small ones around California while I was there."
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[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2014-09-14 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Wow." Danny can't keep the shock and awe out of his voice. Moving around really isn't much compared to being able to fly and fight giant stone snakes, when you think about it, but that's become Danny's new normal where moving across the country is most decidedly not.

"I-I mean. That just sounds like a lot to me. Technically I moved once, from Illinois to Locke, but I was way too young to remember it." He shrugs a little with a small grin. "I'm pretty much a Locke native."
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[personal profile] onecream_fivesugar 2014-09-14 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
If anything, Robyn just looks confused that he's so surprised about it. It's something she had done enough that it certainly wasn't fun and it had kept her from making any lasting friendships for the last few years. Not that she'd ever admit something like that.

"Uhm-I guess it does seem like a lot. I hadn't really thought about it, probably moved around more than I would have liked but well..." She didn't really have a say in decisions like that.

"I was kind of the same way until I was eight. Then my mom and dad split and well... Me and my mom started moving all over the place." She gave a little half hearted shrug.