Glimpse of Nature

[rekindlemods]

Who: Everyone who has enough proofs! Where: District 4 When: September 20th to October 4th Summary: There is a new district reopening, and the city needs your help to get it up and running! Warnings: Inbox death may occur. System overload at own risk. SOME NPC RESPONSES WILL BE SLOW UNTIL THE ONE WHO PLAYS THEM IS PRESENT. Also, remember that you can still submit proofs at any time here between now and October 4th to have your character be allowed in the new district before it's open to the public! Additionally, you are all free to start your own logs set in District 4 outside of this one, HOWEVER if you want your characters to explore in territory that hasn't been looked at yet, we ask you to please use this log! A different side of the city. Anyone hanging around the wall that blocks off the forth district will be in for a surprise on Friday - new signs are being put up, barricades are being torn down, and NPCs are standing around, both directing all the work and talking to anyone who approaches to enter. A few doctors are on standby as well. Any of the visitors who try to walk in will be redirected to these doctors, who will scan them, take a few measurements on some portable computers they've brought out, and then tell them their results - those who reach measurements that are high enough will be allowed to enter, and those who aren't will be turned away and asked to return when the district is more stable to avoid any health risks associated with the drain effect. They will then suggest to any characters turned away to try participating in more physical contact if they want to enter sooner rather than later. Those who are allowed to enter will immediately be greeted by a place very different from the rest of the city. The area is wide and open, with a path that's only loosely based on the locations of the few buildings around. Though much of it seems to be struggling to grow, particularly as the winter months begin to inch closer, there is nature and life all around - trees, large clearings that are or once were filled with grass, and most notably areas that seem designated for recreational activities, like swing sets and basketball courts. A perfect place to relax and have fun. Welcome to the parks and recreation district.

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[rekindlemods]

[He'll probably have a difficult time seeing until he steps inside and opens the door completely, as there is no electric light within the building. However, there is obviously another light source to the right, likely a window, and he may also be able to see a narrow hallway to the left.

The front room itself is simple and wooden, like the outside. There does appear to be something on the walls - some simple paintings, perhaps? - but they'll be hard to make out until he can get a closer look.]

[hamburgerhero]

[He can't see much from the doorway, so with a deep breath and some mental reassurance that this would be like the great archaeological adventures he always craved, he stepped inside, closing the door as quietly as he could manage behind him.

As he walked in his eyes started to adjust to the light. It looks nearly as plain inside as it is on the outside but... There's something on the walls. Paintings of deities perhaps?]

[rekindlemods]

[Once his eyes adjust to the limited light - which, now that he's inside, he'll also be able to see is coming from down the hallway - he should be able to make out the paintings. They aren't of deities, but of flowers, in the same style as the shapes on the door. They're in the same colors as well; deep blue on the wall in front of him, white to his right, moss green to the left, and red-orange on the wall behind him, next to the door.

Though the room is mostly plain and empty, there are a few objects inside. There are four white candles, one in each corner of the room, and a red lantern hanging from the ceiling, too high to reach without a ladder or stepstool. The room is very dusty and has clearly been left alone for awhile, but it's not uninviting.]

[hamburgerhero]

They must really like their flowers.

[Considering the place has nothing but flower images outside and inside it. On second thought the flowers could always be a symbol for something else. Sure it looked like a Buddhist temple, but perhaps there was a religion here that didn't depict what they worshiped with statues and the sort.

After checking out the candles and the lantern, America turns his attention down the narrow hall that the light is coming from. He starts down the hall, figuring he might has well keep going.]

[rekindlemods]

[As soon as he steps into the hallway, the source of the light coming from it is obvious - there's a door-shaped opening at the end that leads straight to the outside. It's hard to see much of what it leads to without going all the way down, though as he gets closer he might be able to make out that it leads to a wooden porch of some sort, and that the slope roof hangs down enough to be seen over the entrance..

In the hallway itself there are two doors - one one about a quarter of the way down, and another halfway down. The sign outside the first reads "Library", and the second is unmarked. However, both of them are locked.]

[hamburgerhero]

[America tries to open both doors as he passes by but to his disappointment they don't budge. He notes the library sign. Perhaps he could try back again later- a library in a place like this begged for some investigation.

He heads down the hall outside onto the porch, back out into the sun, and looks around.]