Event Log: A Hope for the Future

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the A Hope for the Future event
Where: All over the city!
When: April 15th-April 19th
Warnings: Stealth Rock

It's finally time to reap the rewards you've earned from all that hard work collecting and returning the Hope orbs! Be careful walking the streets during the small earthquakes, but feel free to admire the scenery as your beautiful city reassembles its way back into its former glory.

There are new houses where the destroyed buildings once were, and they're perfect for a single person or pair of lovebirds. In addition, you'll find that the electricity to these new houses, and all other homes and shops in the city is restored. The food is better, the monsters are gone- hey, this city might be livable again!

To cap it all off, we've got a feast waiting for you on the 19th! Come one, come all, and enjoy all of your favorite foods, drinks, and party games. It's been awhile since we've all gotten together to celebrate something good, so get your party on and toss all your troubles away!

► This log covers April 14th-April 19th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you get hit by levitating rubble or eat a food that wasn't meant for you, please let us know here.

Comments

[fadeling]

"I will. Thank you."

[swiftlet]

It's more than I had before. Thank you.

[puzzlingly]

「Ah, yep she'd ask, of course.」

Yeah... but, he's-- He's back home.

「It's worse and a bit more complicated than that, actually. But he just covers that with a little shrug.」

Hmm, you're right, it does taste better when you share it with a friend. It's weird, I've never thought about that.

[thelastjoy]

Not a fan of officers? [She's never meet anyone who was, but this place has proven that there's a first time for anything.]

Beta bug. You know, it's a person you're close to. In to. It's-it don't matter. [She's already found how hard it can be to explain her world's unique slang and this conversation is more interesting than a linguistics lesson.] Aggression's all a lotta folks know. Doesn't mean anyone's doin' it to be mean. It's just how it gets when people are gettin' their one-nights on after a life-and-death firefight.

[sciencelizard]

[She offers up a smile, and produces one from her pocket. It's wrapped up in a paper binding that reads Grillby's with a little fire symbol, and for all intents and purposes, looks like a normal hamburger. The only difference is that it's magic- once you chew and swallow, it's intangible from energy. But it's greasy and well grilled and possibly Alphys' favorite thing.]

Here, uhm-- a g-genuine Grillby's burger. I think there were fries here too... it's, uh, not really so much, but I, uhm, I missed them a lot.

[thelastjoy]

[She bites her lip, getting to her feet. There's anticipation in her eyes when she turns to him.]

Just a lil' can't hurt, right? If other people are eatin' it, then it's probably worth the risk. [She nods, clearly talking herself into it.] It's not like we get the chance to have it everyday.

[She gestures vaguely and starts over toward the table.]

[pocketspa]

[He snorts in laughter, grinning wide and a bit wicked.]

Catchin' onto the wording there too, my dude. Far as I'm concerned, this seems like you're anglin' for something.

[Gifts to him are dubious, expectant. People give because they want something, and Taako wonders what he wants. It's not always tangible.

He looks at Edgar over the rose, batting his eyelashes once.]

Unless you're lookin' for something else to eat.

[Oh Taako, if only you knew who the fuck you were talking to with that phrase.]

[abbatis]

[Edgar laughs, too, and shakes his head in amusement. But his voice is much softer and almost coy compared to Taako's.

Oh. If he only knew. The bowl of cold blood has never seemed less appealing to him as it does.]

I'm not looking for anything. [His bright blue eyes raise up to meet his again, giving him almost fawning look. Shy and daring at the same time like there's a secret want glimmering in them.] But I don't oppose to 'something else' either.

[deathstouch]

I suppose that's as good a reason as any.

[ Aric's not one to do much judging after all. Someone who has been best known by 'Death' for centuries doesn't have room for it. ]

[restinglichface]

[She can practically hear it!!!]

I could totally kick your ass right now. Just... Gimme like two mins for the world to stop spinning.

[puzzlingly]

「He laughs.」

What did I do now? You just wanna touch my ass... Imma tell Barry!

「I don't...even. But he tries to pull her with him and look for Barry. Not that's gonna happen!」

end here?

[bythewaves]

"You are most welcome, youngling."

[bythewaves]

Small enough! But small things sometimes add up into large ones.

[unheeled]

[ ohmygod. ]

You're adorable.

[ Is she being sarcastic? Patronising? We just don't know. ]

I hope it is hot enough, but if not? You can find me on the phones.

[ Her goal achieved, she gives him a saucy wink and heads off. Gotta leave when you've still got the upper hand here. Or when you've been enough of a trash can, wtf. ]

[claritatis]

[The difference in height between them would make those small, surprise kisses difficult if Ignis didn't so willingly lean down to her whenever she wanted one. There's not been a time yet that he's refused her a kiss, and he allows the smile as she gives this one.]

Are you staying, or do you have somewhere to be?

[atravellerwithabow]

Oh, I would, had I a mind to. [Couldn't be further from the truth, but Nil is definitely more suited to firing arrows into peoples' throats over talking to them.]

You can learn a great deal about people by watching them. Have you never tried it?

[redwinekindofgirl]

No postal system? Phone calls? That kind of blows.

[Speaking from experience, that really blows. The last time she used an actual phone, aside from managing to call her father from the suburbs near the stadium what feels like forever ago, was probably around age ten.

Gently, she squeezes Luna's arm against her side as they walk.]

He's... not an ordinary dog, is he.

[am_i_a_monster]

Oh. I'm sorry. Maybe he'll be brought here.

[She gives him a small smile.]

Hannibal used to throw huge dinner parties. Everyone would come and share in the meal.

[Almost everyone. She heard the parties from her hiding spot.]

[claritatis]

[Ignis just smiles and gently toasts to her with his cup, not showing the smallest hint of a grimace as he swallows some more of it.]

Though I consider it to be an unfortunate disrespect of a fine drink, I shan't begrudge another person their tastes.

[He casts a glance over the provided food and drink, then looks back to her.]

What of this do you recognise?

[laststartofall]

By who. [The correction is gentle, but there's a certain force behind it. Being hunted by a 'what' might have been preferable.]

The city, it's under the control of a corporation. Better Living Industries. They're the ones keeping everyone and everything in line. They don't like that we got away, and that we're resisting them.

[claritatis]

[Ignis gives a short, tense sigh, lips pressed together.]

Talking to you is like speaking to a concrete wall. [He tells the elf, though there's no particular menace in the words. Not being able to say that he would not have done the same thing should Noctis have been hurt makes it impossible for him to continue telling Maglor that he shouldn't have done it.]

At least, should you plan to do something like that again, could you not announce it on the network for all to see?

[Including your target?]

A little thought towards subtlety would no go amiss, to save you looking like a savage.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Oh, that's the one that sounds fun to you.

[Okay, chess boy. Julie purses her lips and looks around. She knows there are games here, but checkers doesn't really fall under the umbrella of party games.

Still, Hadriel's supplied weirder things...]

You want to play? If I can find it.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Ugh, don't really want to start owing those guys anything. [Not 'gods'. She'll never call them that, though she still hasn't settled on a word to actually call them. 'Parasites', while apt, doesn't sit right with her when she's spoken to one of them by this point and found him to be pleasant enough.

Still doesn't mean she's going to go to them for help, though.]

And I dunno if elemental magic is the same thing as summoning paint. Guess it's worth an ask...

[claritatis]

It is.

[No matter how much of this stuff he manages to hoard away (and even with Noctis pushing the limits of the Armiger with it) there will still come a time when there simply isn't any left, and he's going to have to go back to the poor replacements that he's been surviving on while he's been here so far.]

Though, if the headache I had for the first few weeks after I arrived here is anything to go by, I may have been drinking too much to begin with.

[knifecollecting]

It's more power for the god taking care of us. [Whether or not it happens.]