Save Our Parks! (OPEN)

[rekindlemods]

Who: Everyone Where: Mostly Districts 2 and 3 When: 20th September Summary: In light of the new district reopening, there's still a lot to do! This log is open to everyone if they want to see what else is going on in the city, or help with some important tasks. Warnings: Inbox death may occur. System overload at own risk. SOME NPC RESPONSES WILL BE SLOW UNTIL THE ONE WHO PLAYS THEM IS PRESENT. I'm only happy when it rains... Some of the natives have been busy. There's a little stand set up in the plaza that wasn't there before. They have minions, too: people with clipboards are assaulting recent arrivals on the street with requests. It seems that most of the employees are helping with the district reopening, and that means everyone else is incredibly understaffed. But wait! Don't walk away! If your character helps with some of the chores around the city, they'll get a little money added to their stipend, as well as a coupon to the new store opening today in District 3. District 2 Residents will be asked to help hang up tiny twinkling lights in the trees lining the streets, nothing so fancy as during the summer festival but something with lasting power throughout the oncoming rainfall. There are water fountains that need to be insulated, gigantic mountains of leaves that should be disposed of, and plants requiring trimming. District 3 In addition to the winterization chores going on in the second district, the shopping district has their own problems to take care of. Large potted plants need to be moved inside-- that's a job for physically fit characters-- and little tents need to be taken down. Oh, and they need lights in the trees here, too. New Store There is a lot of excitable chattering surrounding the new store on the main shopping street. The sign is currently covered in plastic and unreadable. Boxes Near the water, groups of trees, or small parks, characters might stumble upon a group of canvas-covered boxes and someone desperately looking for help with them. There are a lot, after all. YOU MAY NOW REPLY. Thank you for your patience! NPCs will pop into the last two sections. Otherwise, comment and threadjack at will.

Comments

Re: DISTRICT 2

[wallcrawler]

[Pete's been making good time with the lights, even if he does seem a little lost in thought. Really he's just hoping keeping himself busy will help keep his mind off the whole "surprise! You've been kidnapped!" thing. Which isn't working quite as well as he'd hoped, and if anything he's just getting more and more homesick.

Still, he's been doing a good job, largely thanks to plenty of experience hanging the lights on the Christmas tree back home, even if he did usually have Aunt May pitching in. Uncle Ben, too. Which, naturally, brings on one more pang of homesickness every time he thinks about it. For most people, working this high on a ladder would be enough to deter letting the mind wander, but a few feet off the ground really isn't enough to even faze him anymore.]

[alwaysloyal]

[Exploring the district was neither odd nor new sight as Soushi has been doing so many times before. What is new, however, are the decorations and the way there are many volunteers offering a helping hand to the citizens of the city. Whatever was being planned, Soushi decided to join in on the festivities by offering his own pair of hands as well. Anything to keep his mind away from his own concerns.

That's why, when Soushi is trying to search for someone to help, he notices the boy on the ladder working alone on decorating the tree, it isn't difficult to miss the pensive expression as the boy's face as he have seen it many times before on himself.]

Excuse me, do you need assistance in decorating a tree? [A polite smile.] ...it would seem you have much on your mind.

[wallcrawler]

Hmm?

[It's enough to snap him out of it, though the daze lingers long enough that he has to look around a bit before he finds who it was that was speaking.]

Oh. Uh, sure, I guess. It'd help get it done faster, right? And there's still a lot of trees left...

[He didn't really think he needed the help, but Pete also couldn't really bring himself to refuse it once offered. If someone wanted to be helpful, he was too accommodating to not let them.]

[alwaysloyal]

[Soushi will continue to smile as he hears the answer of the other young man. He could not help be reminded of his master, in a way except as her more kinder self though.]

Where and what do you wish for me to do? I have taken notice that everyone is offering their own unique touches in decorating. Do you have an idea of your own?

[Might as well ask before he ruins whatever the other boy has in mind, but he didn't seem as though he had a plan by the dazed expression he offered. It did make him wonder if he should ask him over that expression.]

If you do, then you have my undivided attention over the matter.

[wallcrawler]

No, not really.

[Spider webs. But that would be a little too conspicuous.]

I've just been trying to decorate them like a Christmas tree back home. Nothing fancy, just enough to make it look nice.

It'd probably be a lot faster if you just worked on the opposite side of whatever tree I'm on, though. That way I could just hand the lights over to you, instead of having to keep moving the ladder.

[alwaysloyal]

Very well. The other side of the tree I will be. Please instruct me as best as you can if there is anything you need my assistance in.

[Although, he will look around for the decorations and try his best to remember the Christmas tree the group from his manor worked together on decorating this year. He did not participate as much as the others did because the activities were quite foreign to him. Even so, he is certain he will take notice of the style the other individual is trying to do, so it should not be too difficult to follow.]

I will do my utmost to assist you in every possible way I can even if I am not entirely familiar with the concept of Christmas tree decorating.