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Post by Tona on Jul 27, 2008 3:06:46 GMT -5
((So sorry this took so long... had a little more development then I expected, but yeah! Everyone's invited to rock out at this holiday celebration!))
Corrington street may easily stretch to over a mile, but only a tight eight blocks of it is roped off for the festival! Upon opening at ten, people from all over the county have been coming to the city to see all the great attractions this annual fair has to offer. While many will spend all day protecting their spots for the parade, there's still far more attractions lining the sidewalks and side-alleys in the form of vendor booths and great community attractions.
The parade starts at 3:30 pm in front of town hall. It will continue for an hour and a half, until it ends at the loop in front of the Corrington bank. All of Corrington ends in a large round circle with a large plaza in the middle. Right now, this will be where all the hired and schedules performers will entertain the masses. Atop a large stage several bands and singers have been hired to go up at different times and show their stuff. This year promises to see some famous people up there. At about 9 the stage will collapse to reveal from behind it, the annual Christmas tree! At that time there will be the lighting ceremony, which marks an end to the festival.
But while the party rages on the streets below, Mr. Corrington himself has insured a special lane of traffic so that his bank will still be easily accessed. As far as he's concerned, it's business as usual. But that can be said for the man who runs the safest bank in the world? His ingenious idea at designing a bank put the actual office and safe for his services five stories above the ground. Only one elevators leads up to the bank, so should anything go wrong at either the first or fifth floor, it will shut down immediately. The lack of a good vantage point for a quick get away has marked this bank as one of the Nation's safest. No criminal has ever tried to steal from it seeing as they'd have no way out!
Have fun every one!!!
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Post by Deeplight on Jul 28, 2008 12:29:24 GMT -5
I this during winter break? I mean where are we on the time line for this?
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Post by Tona on Jul 29, 2008 2:15:47 GMT -5
(Yes, this is just the Friday off of when students got back from school)
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Post by Tona on Jul 29, 2008 2:21:45 GMT -5
Terry smiled to Ms. Carter as he signed the bi-hourly check in sheet. As it was around 2 pm he was returning to make sure the teachers knew no one had kidnapped him yet. The festival was a lot of fun. He'd only been down a couple of black so far, but in that time he'd eaten and probably played a dozen games. He didn't have much money on him, but he had made sure to save at least a little for what ever cool stuff there would be here to buy. He had heard from some passing by people that there were some pretty cool Catholic history at the far end of the festival. He'd been too distracted to go all the way down there as of yet, but he was getting ready to. Still, in order to sign in on time he'd left his group behind. Now he needed new people to go with, unless he wanted to check it out on his own. There were a couple booths by the volunteer area, so he started looking around at them, waiting for any students to get back. A lot of the booths near by included ones that presented local services, like the country fire district and even the national park ranger booth. He was looking at that one, trying to figure out if his friend had come up or not. As of now, there was no one manning the booth. He figured though, that since it was just an information booth, that not a lot of people were needed. Many an information booth were left unmanned from time to time.
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Post by majinmonkey on Jul 29, 2008 12:47:06 GMT -5
Robert Lockwood walked among the people, the rabble. They were the ones who could save America. They were the ones who could doom America. Why the fate of such a mighty nation rests in the hands of the fools he could not imagine. He had to make them see. Most were still unaware of Neo-Humans, but that needed to change. They needed to see them as people, as brothers, daughters, parents, children. Not as dangerous freaks. A bigot with a shotgun is a dangerous freak, an angry mob with torches, they are dangerous freaks. A 16 year old kid with telepathy, no, he is just as dangerous as any other kid armed with hate and a knife, but he has so mush more to deal with. Is he ashamed of his curse? Proud of his gift? Do others know? or is it a secret? The best action in this day and age is to keep it a secret, for your own safety. Because for every understanding, caring, and accepting person, there is an army of those who would push the kind aside to destroy you. Maybe they would be able to justify it to themselves later, maybe they would live with the guilt, but regardless, they had just killed someone. Not something, not even someone dangerous, someone alive, someone who knew what it feels like to be hated. Someone with the conviction to wake up every day, knowing it may be their last. Why? Why did they get up knowing how difficult their life was? Because they had something inside them, something that has nothing to do with your genes or your mind. They have courage, and were here to keep that alive in them. They need to keep it up. Things will change. I will make them change. I will get the ball rolling, and it won't stop for anyone, neither will I.
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Post by Deeplight on Jul 29, 2008 14:11:29 GMT -5
"Yeah I'll meet you down there in a sec, I gotta turn this in," Evaline said to her friends Amanda and Alex before before walking over to where Ms. Carter was conducting the Volunteer club.
"Ok, so we need some people to operate at least a few of the Info booths," the teacher was annoucing, "Hmm, how about you, you, and you. Alright thanks. I'll send others to relieve you in an hour."
Evy waited until the volunteers dispersed and Ms. Carter was all alone before coming up to the taller woman. "Hi Ms. Carter! Do you know where I can find Mr. H?"
"Oh hello Evaline," Ms. Carter said with slight exasperation as the stress of the day wore on her, "No now that I think about it, I haven't seen him all day. He was suppose to be here...and I could really use his help. I'm sorry."
"No that's ok," Evy said slightly crestfallen, "I'll find him. Thanks anyways Ms. Carter." But the teacher didn't hear as she turned to talk to a pair of students coming with their two hour check up. Evaline turned and walked quickly to catch up with her friends who were waiting for her.
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Post by majinmonkey on Jul 29, 2008 15:39:20 GMT -5
Marcus was bored. He was always bored. He noticed some guy walking, he had some weird looking threads of fate attached to him. he decided to investigate, and saw the man was gonna be a hostage in a bank robbery today. He decided he wanted to watch, but it was a few hours off still, so he ventured off to find someone to join him. He didn't feel very social at the moment, but his parents had requested that he make some friends at this school, so he thought such a traumatic bonding experience would be wasted alone. He passed the Park Ranger booth and saw that Terry guy looking around for a familiar face. He walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.
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Post by Tona on Jul 30, 2008 3:33:52 GMT -5
Terry was surprised at the tap to the shoulder; he almost jumped from shock and turned around quickly. Standing before him was a stalking kind of dweeby looking kid. The guy was familiar though, and Terry just quickly assumed they went to the same school. He stood there for a second just looking at the kid before he said anything. He wasn't really sure what to say, but finally he just broke out. "Oh umm... hey. I didn't see ya there... Umm, can I help you?" Hearting Ms. Carter's voice a second earlier made him pull his head out of the conversation. New students were coming to man the information booths, so he stepped aside and motioned for the kid to to the same. "Oh uh, yeah, so what's up?"
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Post by majinmonkey on Jul 30, 2008 14:44:41 GMT -5
Marcus stood there for second. His genius mind computing complex social interactions that he had never before really needed to know. "Not, much..." A pause. He realized he needed to continue. "what is happening with you?"
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Post by maialibre on Jul 30, 2008 16:05:50 GMT -5
[OOC: Is this Santa or Jesus Christmas? xD]
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Post by Deeplight on Jul 30, 2008 16:10:09 GMT -5
[OOC:School function so I'm gunna say its a commercial santa version]
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Post by Tona on Jul 30, 2008 16:19:46 GMT -5
((Yeah, I'm thinking it's gunna be Santa's parade. But there'll probably be a bunch of churches operating booths and what not.))
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Post by maialibre on Jul 30, 2008 20:13:43 GMT -5
Seth had spent the past 4 hours trying to coerce his parents to let him go to the Christmas Festival, for social contact and a chance at meeting some of the juniors and seniors, if nothing else. Finally, they gave in, on the condition Galine could accompany him as his babysitter ("She's never left the woods, dear son, give her some knowledge of the world around," his parents whispered into his ear). After another hour of arguing, they headed out.
When they arrived, Seth looked his sister up and down disgustedly and hurriedly whispered, "Don't make a scene or anything, alright? You know how I feel about...that...and that I don't want anything to do with you. You do your thing, I'll do mine - you and I both know I don't need anybody to watch over for me, so go off and do your own thing and I'll meet you back here when it's over, ok?"
With that, he walked, no, strutted off in the direction of some older looking girls and left his sister standing awkwardly and alone.
Galine sighed and walked around aimlessly and awkwardly, examining the new sights of buildings and concrete, with a bemused and shell-shocked expression on her face. Afraid of the change of scene, she avoided people and tried to hide herself as much as possible. Why are we here, I don't know anybody and certainly don't want to be here...What if somebody stares at my legs or even worse, tries to talk to me?? Why did Mum let him go to public school? Why did he want to come to this, we don't even celebrate Christmas...Wait, where'd he go?!
Biting her lip, Galine automatically retracted to the buildings and street corners, trying to stay out of sight while craning her neck to spot Seth. After a few minutes, she gave up and continued wandering, looking over her shoulder periodically. She spied a teacher standing near a booth - probably an informational booth or something of the fashion - and two awkward looking boys who seemed like they had just as much social skills as she. Hanging back, she watched the curiously and felt her face drain as she saw Seth approaching them. Regardless, she remained out of sight.
"I don't see what the big deal is, 3 years isn't really that much of an age gap. Trust me, I may be young, but I know more than I let on, and I'm better than any of the jocks you try to attract." Seth concluded his spiel to the 3 girls he eyed and stood, silently and proudly, waiting for a response. Before he could say anything else, the girls giggled, blushed, spotted somebody past Seth, and headed off in that direction. Grumbling under his breath, he changed his tactics to trying to find anybody he recognized from school. Not much going on...there's Ms Carter...the weird, quiet kid talking to that other weird, scrawny kid...if I get bored, I could probably pick a winning fight with either of them...Oh, hey, there's the information booth. Meh, got nothing better to do...
With that, he headed towards the boys and the info booth.
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Post by Deeplight on Jul 31, 2008 11:03:16 GMT -5
[OOC:Brown = Mr. H >.<!! Seth is pink! Haha sorry couldn't help it. Mr. H is a very important character and I really need the brown color...well I guess if you really want brown I can change mine ^.^ You know if you use a color pallette on a system like Photoshop where you can see the color codes you can make a ton of different colors! Or you can try random color names that aren't on the list, etc Shiloh=Olive, Evaline=165319 ^l^]
"No, you think he would be here huh?"
"Yeah...Oh alright thanks anyways Mr. Schaffer," Evaline was dissapointed. She had counted on Mr. H being at the Festival. She slowly nodded then turned away and without looking almost ran over a younger girl.... no just a smaller one "Oh! I'm sorry," she apologized as she stumbled over the hiding figure. Evaline wobbled backwards to avoid completely falling over the other girl and after some work regained her balance, "Ah, sorry are you alright?"
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Post by maialibre on Jul 31, 2008 12:56:50 GMT -5
[OOC: sorry! I didn't know each colour was designated! >_<]
Galine squeaked with shock and confusion as a girl nearly knocked her down while rushing past. Catching her balance and taking careful steps to hide her legs as best she could, she stared at the girl like a deer in headlights. After a few moment's silence and staring, Galine stammered out, "Uhh..y..y...yeah...I..I'm fine..uhhmm...ar...aare you?"
Shifting her weight uncomfortably, she hid within herself awaiting the girl's response, completely forgetting about her duty to watch over Seth.
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Post by Deeplight on Jul 31, 2008 17:39:57 GMT -5
[OOC:Lol ^.^ It's alright!]
The first thing that stood out to Evaline was the girls extremely introverted persona but then there was something else that that tugged on the edges of her mind as she looked at the extremely shy girl. "Yeah," She put on a glowing smile hoping to instill some courage in the girl, "I'm fine. Well I'm Evy, sorry about bumping into ya like that."
Funny..I've never seen her in school and she looks about my age... She couldn't help but ask, "Hmm, what's your name? Do you go to Brenton high?" What is it about this girl...it's something and I know it...
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Post by Tona on Aug 1, 2008 1:55:44 GMT -5
Terry didn't reply to the kid for a second. He was getting really weirded out all of a sudden as he racked his mind for a reason that this kid would have just randomly came up to him. 'Do I know him from somewhere?' he wondered to himself. After at least a couple of seconds he realized not talking was making him seem at least as awkward and maybe weird as this guy. He shrugged and let the conversation slowly drag out. "Umm... Well I just finished checking in with Ms. Carter, I'm uhh, part of the Volunteer club. Um, and yeah, I guess I was just standing around." In his own head he'd even forgotten what he'd been doing for the past couple of minutes. The severity of the awkwardness had truly gotten to him. Finally he remembered about hearing about the book stands a couple blocks down and how he wanted company. "Ya know, I was actually looking for some people to chill with. There are uh... some book sellers way at the other side of the festival that I wanted to check out. But I figured it could be a long walk by myself. Did ya wanna come along?"
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Post by majinmonkey on Aug 2, 2008 20:18:13 GMT -5
"They don't have anything good." He replied without thinking. This was his chance to get to know the subject before putting him on trial at the bank robber. He supposed he should have told Mark, but he needed allies of his own. His foresight could not make him fast, or strong. "well, thats what i heard at least, but yeah, i guess i wanna go see for myself." Marcus replied, gaining confidence in this newfound ability to interact. This wasn't too different from Role Playing, he just needed to know what to say at strategic points.
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Post by maialibre on Aug 2, 2008 20:34:06 GMT -5
Galine awkwardly smiled and rubbed her fingers together, a nervous tic she'd not quite mastered, "I'm..uh..Galine, but...sometimes I'm called...Leah. I, er, well...I uh.. don't go to school. My brother does, though..." She trailed off, reminded of the situation her brother was approaching. After a few moment's thought, she returned to Evy and the conversation at hand, "Nice to...meet you...? Evy...Don't, uh..don't worry about it. I'm...I'm pretty clumsy."
At this, she tried to hide further into the shadows, trying to hide her excuse for clumsiness.
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Post by Tona on Aug 4, 2008 1:11:47 GMT -5
Terry was again put off by the kid's quick reaction and readiness to imply that there was nothing great down that way. He had himself read through the vendor listings and was most excited about some of the booths that he expected to see down that way. He stayed patient though, allowing the boy to continue before he judged. When the kid was done, he shrugged and said. "Umm, well I was checking out the listings and I saw a bunch of vendors stationed down there that I thought would be cool..." He defended his position meekly even though the boy has already agreed to come along. Then he simply shrugged and said. "Yeah, yeah, come and check them out with me..." With that he started down the busy street quietly. As he walked, he constantly looked back towards to boy and digested the strange feeling that he knew him from some where like school or something. In wondering, he forgot to fill the awkward silence that ensued.
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Post by maialibre on Aug 12, 2008 14:10:40 GMT -5
Seth fazed in and out of eavesdropping on the boys' conversation, recognizing their lack of social skills. As he saw them gesture towards the vendors, he realized they were probably going to get moving. As he faded out again, thinking of where to find any girls that would seem interested in them, the boys started walking. Their movement caught Seth's eye and he started following after them without even thinking.
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Post by Deeplight on Aug 18, 2008 2:10:20 GMT -5
Evy could not help but put on a small smile on as she watched Galine begin what was obviously a nervous habit due to her shy nature. "Nah, I was the clumsy one," Evy put on a smile in hope that the other girl would be incouraged, "Hey I'm about to head down this way to meet a couple friends. You should come with. They're really nice!"
Evaline's mind took a double take as she realized what she was doing. She wasn't normally the one to begin conversations let alone invite random people to hang out with, but there was something about this girl that she couldn't let go off...
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Post by maialibre on Aug 18, 2008 17:07:45 GMT -5
Galine recognized the sincerity in Evy's voice and smile, and nervously, but genuinely, returned the smile. As the words of invitation left Evy's mouth, Galine felt the blood drain out of her face as her heart began palpitating. She tried to hide her anxiety and legs once more, searching for an excuse to not encounter anybody else, "Uhmm...well, y'see...I'm only here to watch my little brother...he, uh...well...he's disappeared...and..." She trailed off, hoping to not sound rude or stupid, but get the message across. I want to go and meet people, I've never met anybody outside my family before, but...I just don't think that would be a smart choice, given my...handicap...
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Post by majicman on Aug 19, 2008 19:58:28 GMT -5
Diego Rivera ducked out from one of the many hotdog stands that was bunched in among hundreds of other booths littering the festival. He yawned, quite bored actually, and then bit into his hotdog ravenously.
Boy, does this suck. Here I am, in a breeding ground for chaos, and nothing's happenin'. If I was God right now, I would've set off atleast a little mass hysteria and panic by now. He took another bite of his hotdog and took another look around the crowded street. I guess that's why I'm not God. There'd be too many explosions. Diego sighed as he stretched luxuriously, then checked his watch pensively. Yeah, this is awesome. Another few hours of complete boredom. Y'know, I think now would be a great time to meet a hot American girl. I'm sure the master won't mind...much. I just hope they go to my school, cause I just enrolled and everything and don't know anyone. Any girls.
Diego studied the sea of faces with a keen and practiced eye.Nada, nope, zilch, zero, ugh, gross, nah...ooh, we have a winner! Two of them, in fact. Diego calmly strolled near a pair of cuties who were unsuspectingly turned the other way. One had long silky black hair and stunning green eyes, the other was shorter and had brown hair. Sweet. Now for a distraction.
Diego slowly circled around. As far as he could see, everyone else was conveniently preoccupied. He waited a few moments, selected his target, and fired.
The hotdog perfectly pegged a lone man in the back of the head standing a little ways away from the girls and Diego. The crowd gasped with excitement as everyone rushed in to inspect the damage. During the confusion, Diego picked a guy a few feet from the girls and slugged him in the face.
"Hey!" Diego yelled furiously at the hapless man as he grabbed him by the collar, "I saw what you were trying to do during the chaos over there. What a perv trying to cop a feel on those distracted girls. You make me sick!" Diego gave him a few more slugs to make sure the guy was unconcious before dropping him on the ground disgustedly. A few folks started to clap as Diego dusted himself off, then coolly reached out a hand to the girls. "The name's Rivera. Diego Rivera."
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Post by maialibre on Aug 20, 2008 2:00:14 GMT -5
Galine jumped as she heard the first blow land, stumbling and falling to the ground. Immediately, she scrambled to all fours and rushed to get up, her heart pounding a million miles an hour. Looking around, blushing, she hoped nobody saw her legs. She saw this boy accuse a man of perverse actions, then hold out his hand. She blinked a few times, looked up at him, then back at his hand, "Uhm..hi...?" she said meekly, "I'm.." she coughed a few times, looking the boy up and down, "I'm Leah...I didn't notice that, uh," she glanced down at the unconscious man sympathetically, "that poor man was doing any wrong to us. Why did you hit him?"
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Post by hawire on Aug 23, 2008 18:13:39 GMT -5
Kazu walked through the city streets, his eyes wide in awe. This was the first time he had been in the city during a festival and the decorations, vendors, and stores were almost overwhelming. As Kazu made his way through the crowd there was a sudden change in the crowds movement as someone was beat unconscious and through the exitement Kazu was pushed into a boy that had extended his arm to a girl, knocking him into her and both to the ground.
"Sorry!" Kazu appologized when he regained his balance and reached out a hand to help the boy and girl he had knocked over up. The metalic dog beside Kazu wagged it's tail slightly as it started sniffing the girl that had fallen.
OOC: Is it OK for Kazu to be here if he's not attending class and can I have a colour!?
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Post by majicman on Aug 23, 2008 19:24:26 GMT -5
Diego waved away the hand that was outstretched towards him and pushed himself up. He looked over at the guy who had knocked him over and frowned. Dude, is this guy for real? He totally messed up my game. Diego reached down for the girl who had been knocked down with him, saying over his shoulder,"Hey, man, watch yourself. And what's with that dog?
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Post by maialibre on Aug 24, 2008 23:09:14 GMT -5
OOC: Yeah, of course! Galine doesn't attend school and she's there --- Galine cried out as she was knocked over, yet again, and landed square on her butt. She sat, thinking about her clumsiness and the sheer irony of the situation, losing her train of thought again. She heard the boy speak, and looked up at his outstretched hand. She grabbed it, and stood back up. Glancing down, she noticed a small, metallic dog and couldn't help but grin and bend down to pet it, causing a quiet metallic squeak from one of her hinges. She looked up at the newcomer with bright eyes and a huge grin, "Is this your dog? What's its name?"
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Post by hawire on Aug 25, 2008 9:32:24 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry... I usually ask when I enter a thread... its sort of a habbit... _________________________________________________________
"Sorry! Someone pushed me," Kazu appologized again to the boy and girl he had knocked over. He rubbed the back of his head nervously, he had wanted to meet new people but this wasn't really the way he had planned. Kazu brightened when the girl he had knocked over asked about his metalic friend.
"Yeah, I sort of built him. His name's Beamer, and I'm Kazu," he replied smiling a bit nervously. Beamer eagerly wagged his tail, enjoying the attention he was recieving from this friendly new face. Kazu didn't even notice he had begun to ignore the boy he had also knocked down. _________________________________________________________
OOC: I'm really sorry... I guess I sort of joined this thread at the wrong time... I'm sort of going camping and won't be back till friday... If I'm holding this thread back you can just ignore my two posts... Sorry!
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Post by maialibre on Aug 25, 2008 10:35:17 GMT -5
OOC: No worries! Don't be so apologetic, it's not that big of a deal See you Friday! --- Galine chuckled quietly and continued petting, if that's what you could call it, the dog, "Yeah, that happened to me earlier tonight...You built him? How long did it take you, and how could somebody your age get a hold on a soldering gun or spot welder?" Galine didn't even look up at who she was talking to, just continued paying attention to the happy dog and let her train of thought verbalize, "Or did you not use those at all?" I know I don't know anything about the city...but it seems odd somebody my age could get a hold of the tools necessary, unless they knew somebody in the business, stole them, or borrowed them...
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