Chapter 3.1: The party begins
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EDIT: The base is sited in the year 951, in a very odd timeline that has NO h*archate. Supplies have to be brought in via rift from other timelines. Thread here.
Ashari's new base features variable layout, which has been put to use in creating an extravagant ballroom. Tables to one side boast a variety of foods, drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and the occasional euphoric drugs. Candlevines glow blue and violet, and flower arrangements interspersed with fantastic sculptures of lace-woven wire adorn the tables. The arrangements mean various sarcastic things, if you're familiar with the Andan petal language.
Music plays softly enough not to overwhelm conversation, loudly enough to set a mood complementing the low-key lighting.
Remi is one of the first arrivals from the Cantata, shepherding the mothlings. Because he's a Nirai, he has a slate and is taking notes, although he is happy enough to talk to anyone who approaches him.
The kitchen is currently adjacent to the ballroom. Ashari's voice can be heard, raised in some kind of argument with...a caterer?
Ashari's new base features variable layout, which has been put to use in creating an extravagant ballroom. Tables to one side boast a variety of foods, drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and the occasional euphoric drugs. Candlevines glow blue and violet, and flower arrangements interspersed with fantastic sculptures of lace-woven wire adorn the tables. The arrangements mean various sarcastic things, if you're familiar with the Andan petal language.
Music plays softly enough not to overwhelm conversation, loudly enough to set a mood complementing the low-key lighting.
Remi is one of the first arrivals from the Cantata, shepherding the mothlings. Because he's a Nirai, he has a slate and is taking notes, although he is happy enough to talk to anyone who approaches him.
The kitchen is currently adjacent to the ballroom. Ashari's voice can be heard, raised in some kind of argument with...a caterer?
Sulen, scrying
Date: 2020-01-10 04:35 pm (UTC)[Hello everyone! Sulen is, at least for the moment, the Cantata's XO, and will try to introduce themself to all new characters. They're a severe looking person who gives the impression of being taller than they actually are, has long hair pinned up, and their eyes frequently flicker slightly bronze from compulsively scrying people's signifiers. They're a very obvious ex-Rahal despite wearing plain black to this party instead of plain gray.
If you know your character's signifier, Sulen will be checking them out! We have a list of the signifiers that have so far come up here.]
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Date: 2020-01-10 09:19 pm (UTC)[The last time she was scryed, her signifier represented a protective personality leaning more toward the education side of the Vidona's purview than punishing heretics. Perhaps something like Stingray Hovering, or a new one like Stingray Guarding Clutch. Now, however, Hana's signifier is Stingray Washed Up.]
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Date: 2020-01-11 08:38 am (UTC)Hana's signifier is ringing alarm bells, but they're comfortingly familiar alarm bells. Sulen has dealt with a fair number of troublesome Vidona.
[I'm thinking Sulen has read a very abridged summary of Hana's resume and has gotten some wrong ideas about her career path- assumes that like themself, she joined a faction out of sincere belief, or perhaps ambition, and later became disillusioned.]
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Date: 2020-01-12 01:42 am (UTC)At the same time, she can count on one hand the number of adults she'd interacted with over the years who weren't Vidona or in the Vidona's clutches, so part of her obvious discomfort is at least mitigated over relief at being around normal adults. She smiles, feeling the euphoric fizz away under her tongue. "Thank you for the welcome. It's... good to be here."
[That totally makes sense and is not something Hana is likely to correct unless it directly comes up. She doesn't really want to talk about the Vidona.]
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Date: 2020-01-12 03:25 am (UTC)They're finding it a little offensive to their sensibilities to be interacting with so many obviously intoxicated people at what is, technically, a work function. They've enjoyed themself at plenty of Andan parties, but they were never there to work. At least not officially.
"Have you been on the station long?"
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Date: 2020-01-12 03:50 am (UTC)If it helps Sulen's sensibilities, the intoxication has not yet kicked in for Hana. (And if it helps Hana's defense, she isn't the one who provided all the intoxicants to begin with.)
"Not very long at all, no. A... week, I think. I was unconscious for the first bit of it," she says apologetically, and makes no further move to explain herself.
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Date: 2020-01-11 02:45 am (UTC)[ Good Luck Tal lol ]
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Date: 2020-01-11 05:40 pm (UTC)They bow and then pause, affecting the pretense of allowing Sulen to scry them, as if they weren’t going to do it anyway.
“You must be Sulen. I have not heard about you at all.” They tap their hearing aid to reveal the joke. “Yet one gleans quite a bit from the social miasma that hangs around Ashari.”
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Date: 2020-01-11 11:07 pm (UTC)They scry Eddox properly, since that seems to be what they expect. That should at least give them a better sense of whether Eddox is pursuing a particular agenda or just Andaning at random.
“And you are Umul Eddox. Or do you prefer Andan Eddox?”
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Date: 2020-01-11 02:53 am (UTC)She looks over the room as though thinking of doing some rearranging there as well. Actually, she's just taking a good look at her new coworkers and the patterns of their interactions. The boss had mentioned non-human creatures, and a good deal of the attention in the room is centered on several floating or flying oddities. She'll have to find out what the beasties eat and make sure the ship is stocked with those supplies as well.
[For lack of any better fit, I suppose she shows as an Andan, Kniferose Verdant in this mode. Cooking is an art, and so is running a restaurant. I'm not sure what's the best signifier for when she's in the "Mama Bear defending the cubs" mode.]
Dar's signifiers
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Date: 2020-01-13 05:36 pm (UTC)Re: Sulen, scrying
Date: 2020-01-13 09:21 pm (UTC)Well, that's gratifying. And as long as this person is consistent, Dar can deal with some formality. She executes a pretty good bow to a superior, once she's sure everything is stable. "Thank you, sir. Beginnings are so important - a good meal may help."
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Date: 2020-01-15 08:35 am (UTC)"I've been considering implementing group meals onboard," Sulen says. "The lack of cooking expertise among our group led me to believe it wouldn't be a good idea. But perhaps it's worth revisiting."
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From:Xiulan’s Signifier
Date: 2020-01-11 07:09 pm (UTC)Obscured or guarded motives. An intent observer or a hunter ready to leap, with little clarity as to which.]
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Date: 2020-01-18 06:46 am (UTC)Some More Hellos (Sulen, Xiulan)
Date: 2020-01-18 07:02 pm (UTC)Slipping her tablet out of sight again, Xiulan heads in Sulen's direction. They're giving her a look notable for not being polite welcome or neutrality, intriguing at this particular event from someone she has never met.
"Hi - Sulen? I'm Xiulan. Sasha mentioned you're her second." And, smiling an easy nice-to-meet-you smile, she waits.
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Date: 2020-01-22 08:09 am (UTC)This team does not need another fox, but that isn't their call to make.
"I noticed you've spoken with our commander. Did she raise our current concerns with you?" How many people in the room know about potential predatory monsters from another dimension lurking in this timeline, and how many can be told without starting panic? Or worse, schemes?
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