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!
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► 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

[whip_poor_will]

"Oh, I was. I believe I was hardly ten by the time we were taken from our homes following the seige. I wasn't alone, but I never saw my family as I remembered them again."

There's no point in wallowing in such things these days. Her brother scarcely knows that she even exists, and her mother and father are long dead. She can do nothing for them now.

[puzzlingly]

Atem's mind goes back to those memories he has of her little self, how adamant she was to not take things that weren't 'hers', not even if it meant her own survival. He knows he shouldn't feel pity for her, not at this point, when it is useless and wasted energy, but being the way he is, he cannot help a pang of guilt over something he would have never even have knowledge of.

He stops eating for a moment, just looking at his friend.

"There are things that anger you," he's seen it, not exactly anger, but she's seen her voice her opinion when something is not okay, "But what about the things that you enjoy now? What are they?" Surely she took delight in something even now. He wants to know, he may not be share his junk food with her, but surely there was something that would make her happy.

[whip_poor_will]

Indeed, even someone such as Ravine has the capacity for anger. It's rare, though, such as Delight's supposed preference towards an eternity of slavery over death, and making such an abhorrent decision for her species. Such is one of the few things that ever made Ravine feel as though she had blood to fire up, knowing what her people had been subjected to. What she had continued to be subjected to, even throughout the last few thousands of years.

Just as there are few things that she despises, there are just as many things that she can say truly make her happy. That isn't to say that they don't exist, or that she struggles to find even a single example...

"This." She waves a gloved hand at the air between her and Atem with a soft smile forming. "I like people, and there are so many interesting ones here. I enjoy the companionship such as yours, even if I am unable to fully participate in festivities such as this. People coming together, being happy -- that brings me happiness, too."

[puzzlingly]

There are little things that would make Atem's cheeks become a little red, and this seems to be one of them. He gives her a sheepish smile and lowers his head just a bit, as if he ware unable to hold her stare, but he does. He truly loves people too, despite of their many faults, there is something good about them, he has to believe so, and when they come together like this, they show the best they have. Ravine's words still make him feel a little self aware, as much as he has always aimed for the happiness of others, he still hasn't come to terms that he can be important to others too, no matter who is even supposed to be and how much his people seemed to love him.

"That makes me happy too." It probably goes without saying but, sometimes hearing the words is better. It might sound a little juvenile, but often the most sincere feelings don't have to be so complicated.

[whip_poor_will]

Many things don't need saying, but then you don't get to make your friend's blush and embarrassed. Ravine smiles with amusement; it is refreshing how genuine Atem is in his ways. Sometimes idealistic or extreme, always dramatic, but there's something she appreciates on that. Makes things interesting. When you've met so many people who come and go through the cycle of life, you learn to easily spot the ones that stick with you more.

"I know." Ravine draws her attention to the collection of various foods at the tables. "So, have you had anything here particularly good?"