[ACTION] OPEN MEETING AT THE NEWCOMER COMMUNITY CENTER

Nov 19, 2011 17:06

Who: The head committee of the Newcomer Political Party, ALL NEWCOMERS, and some NPC security guards.
When: November 18th. 4:00 pm.
Where: The Newcomer Community Center
Summary: An OPEN MEETING is being held to discuss problems and ideas dealing with Newcomers, the city, and what their next steps should be to help out.
Warnings: Political ( Read more... )

raul creed, *open log

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CHARACTER REACTIONS rapturescreed November 19 2011, 22:11:01 UTC
quadrifoliate November 22 2011, 16:48:59 UTC
[ Clover's mostly at this meeting out of curiosity than anything else, and possibly because she doesn't particularly have anywhere else to be. Most of it goes over her head, as the politics isn't really stuff she's interested in; the speed dating event, on the other hand, has her interest piqued.

After that, though, it's back to boring things, and she leans back in her chair to smother a yawn behind her hand. Huh. Maybe she should have just gone home early after all. ]

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immortale November 22 2011, 19:34:03 UTC
Firo had come to the meeting partly out of curiosity, and partly out of a growing need to feel informed. Even after living in the city for a few months, he still felt like he didn't know the first thing about what's going on in it: sure, he'd asked questions about some things and picked up on others here and there, but it's not nearly enough. If someone he knew were to arrive tomorrow, he wouldn't know where to start explaining in the workings and politics of the city.

Of course, just attending a single meeting wouldn't necessarily be enough help with that end, but it would be a start. He took a seat near the back of the room, looking over the pamphlet that Ms. Mayer had pointed out and quietly listening to the speakers.

By the time the meeting is called to a close, he's glad he came; suggestions of costumed 'speed dating' (whatever that was supposed to be) aside, it had proved informative enough.

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topslug November 23 2011, 21:19:43 UTC
There were a few familiar faces in the crowd from meetings before, and others which Yako hadn't had the opportunity to meet in person. Firo, of course, was one of the latter. It was long enough since they last spoke (months, and even then only in passing) that she had trouble placing a name to the face.

Still, once recognition hits her, she's quick to come over, for all that she's halfway through looping a scarf over and around her neck.

"Mr. Prochainezo--?" She flashes him an uncertain smile, offering her hand. "Ah, I don't know if you remember me, but it's good to meet you in person."

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immortale November 26 2011, 19:29:09 UTC
Firo had just been thinking about leaving, but seeing Yako making her way in his direction gives him reason to pause. He'd spoken with her once or twice before-in fact, he'd recognized her voice before her face when she'd introduced herself at the meeting-but he'd never seen her in person until today. Perhaps he should stop her, and take a moment to introduce himself...

But just as he starts considering that, he realizes that Yako had been heading for him instead of just in his direction. As soon as she starts to address him, he stands.

"Miss Katsuragi," he says, with a small smile that mirror's Yako's own. He shifts his hat to his left hand so that he can shake her offered hand-briefly, but firmly. "I remember you; yes. Thanks for your help before."

He pauses, and then adds, "I hadn't realized you were a part of this committee."

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topslug November 27 2011, 01:55:41 UTC
"You're welcome." Her grasp on his hand is just as firm, though she doesn't let the contact last any longer than it should. His next observation, though, makes her smile turns a little warmer, a little mroe sheepish.

"It didn't really seem important to mention it at the time," she admits, slightly apologetic. Introducing herself as the finance and fundraising head for one of the few Newcomer organizations in the Port felt like too much of a mouthful at the best of times, and she still thinks of herself as a detective and a caseworker first before anything else.

"I'm glad to see you here. I hope you're settling in all right..."

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immortale November 28 2011, 00:06:14 UTC
When she puts it like that, Firo can understand how it might have been awkward to mention it-but if he'd known, he might have stopped by the Newcomer Community Center earlier to extend his thanks in person.

He brightens a little when Yako brings up how he's settling in-settling in was the reason he'd come today, but in that aspect he's at least doing much better than the last time they'd spoken. "I'm getting used to it somehow," he answers. "I did find a place to live after we spoke last, and I landed a job at Spark's-so there's that. It's kinda amazing here, but there's still so much I'm not familiar with."

Firo pauses, lifting his hand to idly scratch behind his ear as he ducks his head. Sheepishly, he adds, "And I don't mean just local things like politics or the Darkness... Everything is just so different from what I've always known."

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topslug November 28 2011, 04:09:02 UTC
Predictably, Yako's face splits in a grin, and she nods at him happily. "That sounds great. I'm glad you're doing all right." As far as finding a job and a place to live goes, anyway. As for the last part...

"Everyone takes time to get used to something this different. Even the people who've been to places like this before have a hard time adjusting." Some never manage to, but that is a thought she keeps to herself. "I think you're doing better than you give yourself credit for."

"Especially since... where did you live, before coming here?" After a brief pause to consider the question, Yako adds, "And when?" You could never be too sure about the secon part, sometimes, and while she has her own guesses about Firo, it's always better not to assume.

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immortale November 28 2011, 22:46:52 UTC
"New York City," Firo answers immediately. The 'where' is the easy part, though, and he pauses before saying the 'when' of it. It's not something to be embarrassed about at all-he knows that-but it's still a pretty clear indication of just how far behind the times he is. "Nineteen thirty-one. Or-thirty-two, I guess... It was New Year's Eve before I landed here."

He's not convinced that he;s selling himself short on how well (or not) he was adjusting, but at least he hasn't had quite as much to catch up on as some people might. At least he knows what cars are, and movies, and telephones, and trains...

He gives a short laugh at the thought and adds, "I suppose it could be worse, though. I'm only a few decades behind instead of a few centuries." He couldn't imagine what it would be like to come here from something like the middle ages or the 1700s.

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topslug November 29 2011, 03:11:06 UTC
That's almost eighty years ago-- even assuming they'd lived in the same world and the same country, Firo would probably never have lived to see Yako even born (of course, that's an assumption she makes assuming he's entirely human-- which, so far, he hasn't given her a reason to think he isn't). When he laughs, she finds herself smiling wryly in return.

"Or you could have come from a place where there isn't a Canada-- or any of the countries we know." She's met a few people like those, and she's always wondered how she would react had the reverse happened to her. If she'd been stuck in a world with nothing remotely resembling the technology she's used to, and where she'd suddenly have to learn magic. She could probably cope with the cooking (she's good at improvising with an understocked kitchen, anyway) but picturing the rest of it makes her internally cringe ( ... )

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immortale November 29 2011, 19:13:59 UTC
"Ah... There's that, too," he agrees. It's difficult to remember sometimes that there are people here from other worlds entirely-it all sounds too much like fiction that it tends to slip his mind until he's been given a reminder of it.

But from the sound of it, Yako isn't one of those people, and the mention of it piques his curiosity. He glances to the side as one of the other attendees passes him (mentally noting that he shouldn't keep Yako for too long), and then addresses her again, "I guess we are... Where and when did you live before this? Some place with a Canada, I presume?"

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topslug November 30 2011, 02:49:46 UTC
"That's right." Though she hadn't visited it herself, funnily enough-- she'd practically visited everywhere else instead. "I come from the year two thousand and eight, and I was born in Japan. I've been traveling a lot for the past couple of years, though, so I haven't really been home for a while... At the time I got brought here, I was supposed to be on my way to Mexico."

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immortale December 12 2011, 21:19:57 UTC
2008... That was much closer to the current year than Firo's 1931 (or '32), but he was pretty sure the United States of America and Canada were a lot more similar than Japan and Canada, no matter what year it was.

"I bet all that traveling comes in handy for getting used to somewhere new like this, even if had been unplanned," he comments with a small smile. But it also makes him wonder: Yako has already been in this city for longer than Firo has, and to have been traveling even before then... "But that's still a long time to have been away from home. Don't you miss Japan?"

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topslug December 13 2011, 17:24:28 UTC
"Of course I do." The response comes with a bright smile entirely at odds with what she's saying. "But it's not so bad in the Port. I get to meet new people all the time, and it's never boring. I don't usually get a chance to think about it." By next February, she'll have been in Siren's Port for an entire year. That's more than a little surreal: she's been in this place longer than she has been in her own home in years.

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immortale December 19 2011, 21:46:02 UTC
Yako's outlook on being here is so at odds with Firo's own that he can't help but think that she's fortunate for thinking about it like that. He feels like he's done nothing but miss everything and everyone he had back in New York since he got here; it's made him appreciate them all the more, but it doesn't make being away any easier.

"That's a really... positive way of looking at it."

Firo glances at the door again; more people have filtered out by now. "I'm not keeping you, am I?" he asks, making a gesture towards the door.

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topslug December 20 2011, 05:45:42 UTC
Something about the way Firo says that makes Yako look at him a little more closely. Most people aren't so optimistic about their stay in the city, she knows, but they deal with it in their own ways.

"I guess we should both get going. It's just about time for sirens..." She starts moving towards the door, but nods at him. "Where are you headed?"

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