Operation Reignition

[rekindlemods]

Who: Anyone who wants to participate in the event!
Where: Assorted places in and around District 3!
When: Sunday afternoon (the 30th)
Summary: POWER IT UP AND GO SHOPPING.
Warnings: None.

By late morning, it's obvious that there's something going on down by the bridges to District 3. Even if you missed the announcement on the network, it's pretty obvious that something is going to happen; townspeople mill about with interest as people set up tables. Irene and Mai are roaming the area, Mai mostly sticking to the medical teams standing by while Irene organizes the rest of the group. Keener eyes might spy one of the brothers responsible for the network, slipping off into the Third District through gates that stand open, but still guarded against any visitors who might attempt to approach before things are ready to go.

Off to one side, there's a shaded area, tents and a few chairs where visitors can wait to be allowed entry. There's a table full of water bottles and light snacks tucked up against the wall, to fortify you against the heat of the afternoon - and it is warm, and only going to get warmer. The natives seem to have accepted the baking sun as the normal way of things, but be careful that you don't get heatstroke.

At about half an hour past noon, someone brings out a little podium and sets it in front of the gate. Irene climbs up on it, holding a microphone in front of her mouth - her voice echoes from a number of speakers set up through the area.

"Alright, could I have my first group of volunteers over here, please? We've got your instructions ready for you to enter the district."

Looks like it's showtime. Are you ready?

((ooh; Event start! OOC information can be found here and here.))

Comments

[cruxified]

Ghosts are said to be souls with a lingering attachment to the world. Anger and bitterness are not the only emotions that can accomplish such a thing; I believe that love or sadness can be just as effective.

[Not that he has any personal experience or... anything.]

At any rate, you should consider learning how to defend yourself should the situation repeat itself.

[hamburgerhero]

Love and sadness? I never considered that possibility.

_{[That does make sense now that he thinks about it.]}

I know how to defend myself from regular people but how do you defend yourself from a ghost?

[cruxified]

Holy symbols and other sanctified objects are said to ward off evil spirits.

[He says it so matter-of-factly. RPG characters.]

[hamburgerhero]

I usually don't carry around sanctified objects. Not always something commonplace where I come from. -I mean some people do but there are a lot of different churches in my world.

But uh say I did get my hands on something like that. How do you use it? Just wave it at the ghost?

[cruxified]

[Multiple churches, huh?]

It would be wise to approach that kind of situation calmly with the object in your hand. Waving it around may agitate it further.

[Like waving a torch at a really pissed off monster.]

[hamburgerhero]

Holding it is really enough protection? In... the movies ghosts seem to really like charging at people or sneaking up on them by turning off the lights or something.

_{[Okay movies weren't real but still, what if ghosts really did those sort of things?]}

Have you ever seen a ghost?

[cruxified]

... What is a 'movie'?

[I dunno, what if RPG characters were real and giving America a weird look right now--]

I have not, though I've fought monsters bearing supernatural traits.

[hamburgerhero]

You don't know what a movie is?!

[At first he's shocked, then he remembers "other world. Oh yeah..."]

It's something in my world that people watch for entertainment. It's a moving picture with sound that you sit and enjoy, and there are all kinds of cool stories told in them. The best movies are made in Hollywood, a city in my country! Some of them are horror movies and they have ghosts in them."