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here in these deep city lights;

Oct 21, 2011 19:09

WHO: The staff of City Lights & YOU.
WHERE: A fancy office building downtown.
WHEN: Friday evening.
WARNINGS: n/a
SUMMARY: They made a magazine and now they're going to celebrate aww yeah.
FORMAT: Whatever!

( a girl could get lost tonight; )

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open! tastesrainbows October 22 2011, 06:10:46 UTC

[ kanaya, as usual, is keeping mostly to the sidelines, admiring the decorations, and possibly taking notes for patterns she'd like to explore in the future

she's dressed somewhat minimally for the occasion, but she had to prepare terezi's outfit at the last minute, so she at least had an excuse ]

pluckyreporter October 22 2011, 07:48:33 UTC

[Huh, another one of the young ladies... Must be an internship program or somethin'.]

[Roxanne approaches and offers a smile and a hand.]

Hello! I'm Roxanne Ritchi. Are you one of the young ladies who works here as well?

tastesrainbows October 22 2011, 08:31:18 UTC

[ kanaya's glow waxes for a moment at the stranger's approach, but she manages to get it to settle as she recognizes there's no threat in it. she meets roxanne's hand with her own ]

Oh! Yes, I'm Kanaya Maryam, Junior Fashion Consultant. My primary responsibility is outfitting the models, but I'm also allowed some input in the design and implementation of the featured ensembles.

pluckyreporter October 22 2011, 19:18:54 UTC

Really?

[This just goes along with everything she's been finding out - the young people in this City really do a lot outside the norm. She shouldn't be surprised by that, though, after what she's seen.]

Are you enjoying your work here? Did you do similar things back home?

tastesrainbows October 22 2011, 20:09:32 UTC

Oh, the work here is very enjoyable, I'm pleased Miss Donna gave me the opportunity.

Fashion wasn't a generally encouraged subject on my home planet, though I practiced it nonetheless. I've been a seamtress almost since I first wiggled my way through the breeding dens, though obviously not literally as I would have been far too small at that time, and my hands wouldn't have yet been developed to the point I could hold a needle. It was a rhetorical phrase, you see.

[ sorry roxanne, i hope you like overextended metaphors with a side of xenobiology, because that's the special tonight ]

pluckyreporter October 22 2011, 23:45:55 UTC

[She dates a guy that uses heavy metal and laser light shows as a statement. She can deal with mixed metaphor that doesn't involved wicked guitar riffs.]

I see.

[...what a strange planet she comes from, seriously. Breeding dens??]

Why wasn't such a thing encouraged there, if I might ask?

tastesrainbows October 23 2011, 00:19:20 UTC

pluckyreporter October 23 2011, 01:21:15 UTC

Intended purpose? You had a -- role you were expected to play? From birth, or...?

[New culture! Fascinating, but disturbing.]

tastesrainbows October 23 2011, 01:53:29 UTC

Well, yes. It was determined by my position in the hemospectrum, in fact. Though my blood caste was somewhat less typical than others tend to be.

[ oh it only gets more so! which is why she's starting to feel a little uncomfortable, why do they have to talk about her she doesn't want that ]

Are we...going to perhaps shift this conversation to discuss the magazine instead? That is the purpose of this evening, correct?

I believe I've seen you on the Network before, you take note of newsworthy events in order to report them to the world at large, do you not?

pluckyreporter October 23 2011, 02:15:52 UTC

[Poor kid. Roxanne nods, and lets the discussion drop from the one topic to the other.]

Certainly. I just like to get to know people.

And yes, that's what I do. Right now I'm using the Network while Wayne Enterprises works on a more suitable venue, though most things will be available in a variety of places. Internet, streaming video, the Network. That sort of thing.

tastesrainbows October 23 2011, 03:33:11 UTC

Oh, well that sounds as though it should be rather widespread and informative. I'll have to anticipate its emergence.

[ yes, yes, she much prefers to shift the spotlight in some other direction, so roxanne herself will do. her glows wanes considerably as she begins to relax more. ]

pluckyreporter October 23 2011, 04:53:31 UTC

We're excited about it. There's little by the way outside the magazine itself that deals with imPort issues. Television can usually reach a broader audience then print, though.

I just did a piece on young imPorts and their family situations, actually. How CPS works -- or doens't work -- and so on. I've got a few other things that I'll be working up soon as well.

tastesrainbows October 23 2011, 05:22:43 UTC

Oh, did you? I do believe I'd like to see that one, it seems relevant to my interests.

[ she is, after all, the closest thing to a maternal figure in a group made up of eight (sometimes more) thirteen-year-olds ]

pluckyreporter October 23 2011, 05:46:16 UTC

Is it? [She takes one of her cards out of her clutch and offers it. Her Network # is on it, so she can be able to find those posts she'd made, as well the internet webpage where they're cross-posted.]

There. That'll make finding them easier.

tastesrainbows October 23 2011, 14:17:14 UTC

[ she takes the card and holds it between her hands, she'll stash it in her purse later ]

Excellent, thank you, I'll be sure to do that.

pluckyreporter October 23 2011, 18:57:44 UTC

Not at all. I hope any of the information I've found becomes helpful.

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