Save Our Parks! (OPEN)

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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

[ribbonbon]

An acrobat? What like, with the circus or something? That's...actually really cool...!

[She lets out a sheepish kind of chuckle.]

Like, I'm totally not athletic at all, so I like, can't help but find stuff like that kind of impressive.

[staystraught]

Got it in one. Big, famous traveling circus, went all across the country and the world.

[but her self-deprecation makes him tilt his head.]

You know all that stuff can be learned, right?

[ribbonbon]

Y-yeah! I know people can learn that stuff! I just, um...

[She tries to think of a way to say "I don't I can learn it" that doesn't make her sound stupid.]

I...just never, um, held much of an interest in doing it myself. ...That's all. [Yeah, that sounded totally mature!] B-But you performed all over the world, huh? That's like, a totally different level than most people, isn't it?

[usedacrobatics]

That's a shame. [He says it breezily.] You know, teaching is a good way for me to stay in practice.

[But, no pressure.]

The whole "training almost from birth" thing helps in that regard.

[ribbonbon]

[She doesn't want to say "no" (mostly because she's bad at it and it's hard) but she doesn't want to say "yes" either (because she's doesn't think she can do it.) She thinks for just a moment...] W-Well, I bet there are lots of people here who would totally be interested in learning! Especially from like, a total pro! [That's not "yes" or "no" right?]

But you really started that young? Gosh, when I was a kid I think I was still watching cartoons and playing with dolls...

[Ignoring that she's still a kid now.]

[staystraught]

It's okay to be really honest. It's not everyone's cup of tea.

[He twines a string of lights around his hand. Just to help himself think.]

It scares a lot of people. The reason I'm not scared is because I started too young to understand that. And still, the first thing I learned was how to fall.

[ribbonbon]

[She smiles, a little sheepishly. It would seem she's not very good at covering for herself.]

Well, no matter how young you started, it's still like, kind of impressive. But...how to fall, huh? That sounds like kind of a rough thing to learn...

[usedacrobatics]

It's the most important thing. There's nothing you do more in my line of work than fall.

[ribbonbon]

I guess that does make sense, what with being an acrobat and all...

But I guess if you learn how to fall, you learn how to keep from falling, too, huh? [Somehow, she can't resist taking a quick glance down, even if it's not really a very long way up. After a moment, she exhales quietly and goes back to fiddling with the lights, trying to arrange the ones she has just so.]

[usedacrobatics]

You do, of course. The best way is to have a good catcher.

[Not smirking. Nope.]

But you also accept the fact that falling is inevitable, sometimes, and you roll with it.

[But he'll take the hint and start untangling lights for her.]

[ribbonbon]

Y-Yeah...I guess that kind of thing does happen whether you want it to or not. It's not like anyone can tell you when, either.

[She'll probably have to work on the roll with it part, though. And she hasn't met anyone she can call a "catcher", but...well, maybe that doesn't quite translate to non-acrobat things anyway.]

Oh, um...my name is Pilouette, by the way.

[usedacrobatics]

I'm Dick.

[Yes, it's an old-fashioned name. Insert your own joke here.]

Gotta go through life with your eyes open, yeah. Be ready for everything.

[That part, at least, is!]

[ribbonbon]

[At least it's a normal name.]

Ready for anything, huh? [She mulls over it for a moment and smiles. She's genuinely kind of impressed. Dick seems to be way more level-headed than she is. It's really pretty cool.]

Geez, you've like, totally got it together, huh? I should probably work on keeping it together, too...

[She takes a second to look at the lights she's been arranging. Putting lights in a tree like this isn't fine art, but it never hurts to get another opinion. She gestures to them.]

What do you think?

[staystraught]

Well, if you say that it must be working.

[He smiles. All it is is practice. Lots and lots of practice. The job kind of demands it.

but he pretends to look very intense. He taps his chin as he looks at the lights.]

I think only one thing is missing. Without that thing it's never going to look right.

[ribbonbon]

[She looks from him, to the lights and back, a puzzled look on her face. Whatever it is that's missing, it sounds important, but she's got no idea what it could be.]

Huh? What is it...?

[staystraught]

[He smirks. That was the reaction he wanted, sob.]

Gotta turn 'em on, of course.

[ribbonbon]

[Her eyes widen in surprise for a second, before she breaks into a smile and laughs just a little sheepishly.]

R-Right, right! After all, like, what are lights if they're not...well, lit?

[She looks around toward the ground to see if there's a switch of some kind. Were they even plugged in...? She had been so focused on just putting them up she hadn't thought to look before.]

[staystraught]

Sorry. The set-up was too good.

[That apology doesn't sound very sincere... But he follows her lead, tugging on the cords experimentally.]

Way too much give, here.

[Does that answer your question?]

[ribbonbon]

[Se pouts for a second at his apology but focuses back on the task at hand at his last remark.] Huh? So they're not even plugged in...I guess that makes sense. It would totally suck to get electrocuted while you're putting up lights like this.

[She wonders for a brief moment if one can be electrocuted when one is basically a power source, but she figures that's irrelevant right now. She frowns thoughtfully and looks down again.]

There's gotta be something somewhere, right?

[Master detective, this one.]