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ɴᴀᴛʜᴀ orbiters ❰ mod collective ❱ ([personal profile] natha) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2018-04-21 07:32 pm

(mini-event) THE COALITION OF REFUGEES

THE COALITION    
On the day of the council, there are markers tied with ribbons in the colors of both Olympia and Wyver that line the paths from the cities to the South Outpost, meant to guide anyone with an invitation to the first meeting of the Coalition of Refugees.


While during the previous festivities of the gala the Great Hall was sharply divided between Olympians and Wyverns, the differences between the factions are not so apparent now. Inside, the hall is decorated with a more subdued mix of the white and gold of Olympia and the red and black of Wyver. Banners, pennants, and bunting drape from the ceiling and wind around wooden pillars. To one side of the hall, there are tables set up with drinks and finger foods — refreshments for the guests, for after the opening speech. A raised platform has been set up at one end of the room, flanked by contingents of both the Royal Guards and the Knightryders standing at attention side by side, differentiated only by the make of their armor and the colors they wear.

Ashti, Shenya, and Heryn stand waiting for the arrival of their monarchs, pointedly ignoring each other; notably, Raysc, Shanrian's son and the leader of Mythi's Fangs, is conspicuously absent.
Staff members cluster to the side of the stage, waiting for the speech to begin. A whisper drifts over from a woman in one of the Olympian groups: Do you really think the Empress will try to negotiate for Nithor's skull?

The man she's speaking to shakes his head and scoffs, answering: Ha! Not a chance. She thinks it's too soon, who knows if this peace will last. Besides, there's no way she's willing to give up Ysevrai's heart.
A horn sounds, and the staff members subside, glancing around to see if anyone's overheard. A moment later, and Simwe and Shanrian make their appearance, walking together to the stage for their speech.

Aha… we have quite the gathering here, do we not? All of our heroes in one place… This may be an unprecedented meeting, but it seems as though it will be a productive one. Let us begin by thanking all of you for your contributions to our cities in recent times.

Since your arrival, you have weathered the plague that swept through our cities and aided us in finding its cure; you have withstood the scorn of those who were meant to shelter you turning against you, and helped us quell riots in the very hearts of our homes; you have been taken right off the streets and endured hardships too terrible to tell, and have proven heroes in bringing our people safely home. You have done much for us, and shown yourselves loyal beyond many who were born within our walls. We will allow your voices to go unheard no longer! Today—


Today, we will hear you. You have demonstrated both strength and valor in equal measures — it follows that you will be wise as well, and it is that wisdom that we wish to hear brought in council to our cities. You are gathered here to look beyond our history of violence and hostility, to see beyond the prejudices we hold. We hope that with your clearer sight, you'll keep in your hearts the betterment of both of our fair cities, rather than allow pettiness to hold sway and lift one over the other.

Those gathered here are deemed worthy by action and by the trust of your brethren: a council. Amongst yourselves, decide what matters most to you about your lives within the cities. Discuss what changes you wish to see, and how those changes should come about. Reach an agreement, put your motions to us, and should they be feasible, we will see what sort of effect your ideas will have. The two proposals with the most support among your fellows will be those we implement, so argue your reasoning most convincingly!

And remember, this is your chance to impress us. If your advice is sound, we will look to you again.

At this, both rulers fall silent, and withdraw to a balcony to oversee the proceedings. This is not their meeting, after all — this is something that only the refugees can determine the outcome of.
FINAL OOC NOTES    
Welcome to your first chance to have a voice in the NPC governments, Players! Your task is, as a group, to decide the two most important IC issues you would like to see Olympia and Wyver address, and then put forward a plan of action for how to improve whatever those problems are, which will then be implemented in May.

Since these are strictly Olympian and Wyvern issues, topics should still adhere to the Natha's policies of not revealing anything about the Storm or the Natha's existence, but beyond that, you're free to propose any topics you think should be addressed about your characters' way of life in the cities — after all, haven't the Orbiters sent you here to make a difference and improve life on El Nysa in their stead?
impavid: (❖ I'll admit I'm a fool for you)

[personal profile] impavid 2018-05-14 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ I mean. Yes, but -- ]

You could really make a career out of how efficiently you kill all my jokes.
ukase: (Aim)

[personal profile] ukase 2018-05-14 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[For better or worse, her lack of internet education was probably to keep her focused on what it was she was supposed to be doing, which was training and being quiet like a mouse. He had always figured that HYDRA had been waiting to see if developing into a teenager and then an adult would spur on her powers, which it seemed to have if what she had told him was true. There were a lot of mistakes made with her, but that was simply his opinion. The bureaucracy regarding why she was kept in the conditions that she was happened to be above his pay grade, and he was fine with that.

He simply never liked walking into that place and find out that she had been wiped, that when he stepped into her room, she wouldn't know him. He still tried because from the day at the airport, he had taken a shine to her, and he was too stubborn to let something like that die.]
SHIELD Academy doesn't let you wipe your nose on your sleeve without calling you on it. Discovering boys would take some real skill there.

[He shrugged his shoulders.] For some men, yeah. It's not like we can actually form normal relationships easily. [Hey, he was educating her on toxic masculinity, so appreciate it! Her smile was refreshing though, especially after some of the heavy material that they had covered when they had met up again.]

You need more excuses, huh? If you keep going on like that, I'm going to think that you're starting to flirt with me.

[Dancing was like sparring in his mind, always had been. The ability to read the next move, the next rise in the music and match it. To come close together and move away with a unison that left no one hurt and had some kind of weird artistic quality. She was good, clearly had plenty of experience, and much of his own was from necessity over the years. They still made a smart match all the same.]
beatupgrass: (✘DAMMIT. i messed up my one-liner)

[personal profile] beatupgrass 2018-05-14 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rocket is thinking THE SAME DAMN THING.]

Yeah, I'm startin' to think this little idea of theirs is way more than they can handle, and we gotta deal with the rest of it.
braidedwonder: (ready to take a life again)

[personal profile] braidedwonder 2018-05-14 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)

I mean, maybe for you... [ Duo laughs lightly, rustling through a little bit to see what looks the best to him. He finds some kind of chip, he thinks, and stands to come back in to the outside air, popping the bag open and, of course, offering some to Mika since they're his, after all... ]

D'you think we stand a chance of something popping off tonight, or no?

[ Might as well start taking bets, right? ]
ghettobatman: (WHAT I'M WIIITHOUUUT)

[personal profile] ghettobatman 2018-05-14 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that's his secret: he's always weird. ]

For one --- yourself, Mr. Wright, as well as Mr. Edgeworth.

[ awww, looks like the feeling's mutual. ] You both have quite the passion for upholding the law and ensuring the wellbeing of the refugees.
assholic: (Talking - 1)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-14 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, those were the jokes?

[She barely, barely managed to keep from saying that she thought his face was the joke. Barely. The poor guy seemed crushed.

And here she was, trying not to laugh.]

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-05-14 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I... [She trails off, and he can probably hear the questions just cycle more furiously. She's clearly second-guessing herself.] --I'm sorry, it's just that I'm not entirely sure how to have a conversation with someone who can hear even the things I don't say. [She usually keeps her speech very careful and polite, and this is throwing everything out of balance.

And there's more than a little frustration in her internal "voice" right now because of it.]
How can you hear what I'm thinking? Is it magic?
willrevile: ( commission / dnt ) (0520)

[personal profile] willrevile 2018-05-14 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm. [ Agreement. Jim's seen 'all powerful' beings before, and they weren't ever hampered by transporters. Even if Darma says she doesn't want to be involved anymore-- anything resembling non-interference on this planet has long been blown. ]

It might be a good thing for the future of the planet, eventually. Growing without so much meddling.
assholic: (Amused - Sarcasm 2)

Oh, shit. I didn't realize I had a tag waiting. >|

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
So it's pretty much just like every political 'get together' back home? The big wigs chit chat about nothing and they're not the ones that have to suffer. 'Oh look, we got to dress up and look pretty for charity. We did so much'.

Sure they did.

[personal profile] krasnaya_vdova 2018-05-15 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a touch of a laugh there, because he's right about the SHIELD Academy. It's why she'd resigned herself to communicating with Sana more or less in code, no actual words, just harmless songs, where the context was the experiences they'd lived together. Nothing else really got through their filter untouched. Thankfully Ava had discovered boys before that, but the odd position they put her in in the academy made it a bad place to have pursued it, even if someone had caught her eye.

This feels safer, in a way. No SHIELD hanging over her head, and the conflict that underlies this place is something that she understands, even if Natasha would have been better at handling it. This is something she can work with, especially since Wyver and Olympia seem to be attempting to broker some kind of peace, even if she doubts it will last, it's at least a break in the hostilities. Gives her the room to be willing to ask someone to dance, at least. To flirt a little with the one person that's gotten past her walls, that she could actually say that she's possibly attracted to.

So she makes a quiet note of his lesson on toxic masculinity, but when he calls her on flirting with him she just shrugs her slim shoulders, smirks at him a little with a shine in her eyes. When she replies, her tone is playful, teasing but not in a way that makes the words less genuine.]
Maybe I am. You do cut a fine figure.

[After, she quiets a little, softens, because she's not quite so sharp and polished, hasn't really flirted with anyone since Alexei, and Alexei was always... strange. Something she couldn't put her finger on, didn't have the grasp on to articulate, but she was aware of it, even if she buried it or ignored it more times than not. But she doesn't falter as they dance, though. Her movements are still a match to his as they keep up that back and forth, steps at arm's length, and then moving in close, and then back again. But she does add after a moment-]

That's not a bad thing, is it?

[Even if she's trying, reaching out, Ava's still a young woman that's more accustomed to being pushed away than not. It speaks to what she thinks of Rumlow that it's not quite a fear, not that feeling that curls in her stomach like it is with Natasha, or most other people. With him, well- he's different. In a good way, by her measure.]
impavid: (❖ Grew up quick)

[personal profile] impavid 2018-05-15 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wow. Wooooow. Someone's feeling sassy. ]

You're not exactly a world class stand-up routine yourself, here.
ukase: (Dangerous mind)

[personal profile] ukase 2018-05-15 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
That's pretty much how I expect this to go, yeah. Hence why one has to dress up pretty to make a real push for them to get off their asses.

[He nudged her with an elbow all the same.]

At least there is free food and drinks, yeah? Oh, and you're a hero. How does that make you feel?
ukase: (Making friends)

[personal profile] ukase 2018-05-15 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rumlow admittedly didn't exactly attend SHIELD Academy except for his certifications, but he had been in the U.S. Army for many years and in the HYDRA training machine for just as long. However, he knew how organizations worked, especially the spy ones. There was no privacy, and there never would be. Even matters done in private there were still matters that a handful of people would know about and decide how to deal with.

A sneeze. Could be allergies? A cough. Monitor for flu. Too much spring in the step. Likely was developing personal relations, so investigate further.

Well, he wouldn't deny that he cut a fine figure, and he had been proud of that fact for a very long time as well. He worked hard to keep fit, and when they had asked him to fill out with more muscle because of the work that he would be doing, he immediately put the effort into doing so. Here was no different, though food was harder to come by only because he didn't exactly have a job and the gold star training centre with SHIELD was no longer available. He was back to basics but that didn't mean he still didn't cut a fine and envious figure.]


I'm sure I could be on the front of a magazine if they even had them here. Well, I would have, but most people don't like burn scars, so I guess my career as a model has been cut short. Thankfully, we still have Rogers to fill in.

[And who didn't know Steve Rogers? They hadn't discussed it before, but while they twirled and swayed around the dance floor, he saw no problem dropping the name. The guy would always be a royal pain in his ass in some way, but that wouldn't detract him away from showing Ava a good time on the dance floor, even if she was flirting with him.

He chuckled when she had to ask if he was alright with her flirting, and his hands dropped to her waist to lift her up so he could twirl and swing her to show off her elegance and his strength.]
Come on, do you have to ask? It's a major ego boost to be hit on, and you don't even do it in a creepy way. It's cute.
assholic: (Amused - 1)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[She woke up at half-sass every day. Her sass factor increased the more shit she had to deal with. This coalition had upped it to a nine.]

I'm not the one trying to be funny.
assholic: (Doubt - 3)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[She rolled her eyes at that and finished her beer, reaching for another almost instantly.]

No, I'm a surviving victim. They just slapped 'hero' on top to try to make people forget they'd been tortured. You're not a hero for surviving shit.

[Trust her on this, Brock. She knew what was up.]
impavid: (❖ Is it too much to ask)

[personal profile] impavid 2018-05-15 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, sorry, is this Mean Girls? He might need to adjust his settings to do Mean Girls. ]

Well I was trying to be friendly but I guess that's not allowed. Am I making you look bad by standing so close? I know I'm not in a suit, so.

[ Exaggerated shrug. ]
assholic: (Default)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mean Girls can't handle Jessica Jones.]

You were flirting. Badly. You could be in an Armani or your birthday suit, doesn't matter to me.

[Another grin as she sipped her drink. He had a long tail to pull, apparently. She was just going to keep tugging it.]
impavid: (❖ Love's a small word)

[personal profile] impavid 2018-05-15 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yikes. John gives a momentary incredulous side-eye before picking up his glass again. ]

Well I got the shut down message the first time loud and clear.
assholic: (Thoughtful - 2)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[In her semi-drunk stage, she could be generous.]

Don't take it personally. I have way too much dick in my life right now.
impavid: (❖ Said they'd never fight again)

[personal profile] impavid 2018-05-15 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Typical. Still: ]

I'm already enough of a dick, not much room for more in my life either.
assholic: (Smile - Soft 1)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell you what, if I need a fresh dick, I know where to go.
impavid: (❖ I know it's been done)

[personal profile] impavid 2018-05-15 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Should he be flattered or insulted, John really has no idea at this point.

Still, he goes for his best faux-affronted face.
]

Jessica, I want you to understand there's more to me than just an extremely satisfying dick.

[ He downs his drink with a wince, then winced again as he feels the smoke bubble up. ]

I also make a pretty good punch bag by all accounts.
assholic: (Default)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The capabilities of your dick being satisfying by any measure has yet to be determined, but I can pretty much already figure out that I wouldn't be able to use you as a punching bag. Sorry, buddy, but I'd break you.

[She held up the bottle, almost in apology as she refilled his glass.]
impavid: (❖ You could have it all)

[personal profile] impavid 2018-05-15 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Huh. He squints sideways at her, blowing smoke up towards the cieling as he thinks. ]

I'm both flattered and offended.

[ And curious. ]
assholic: (Leaning over - Look 1)

[personal profile] assholic 2018-05-15 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I have that effect on people.

[She smirked at the blow of smoke, sipping at her own drink and feeling it bubble up inside.]

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