AGI Festivities: Day 1

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Who: open; all newcomers welcome, just tag yourselves in
When: all day, Friday, April 16, 2010
Where: various locations (see comment subheadings)
Summary: AGI hosts a series of events to help newcomers integrate with the people of Siren's Port
Warnings: none yet; let a mod know if one needs to be added

Comments

9:00 am; buffet breakfast at Felton Convention Center

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Newcomers who attend this breakfast will enter the Felton Convention Center room booked by AGI and show their newcomer passes for the event

[meteor_heart]

Tifa was determined to make the best of AGI's attempts to soothe the newcomers. It wasn't that she was blind to what they did...just that it was nice to see a little welcome extended instead of hostility.

She drifted from table to table, humming to herself and sipping orange juice while piling her plate with anything that caught her fancy. After some of that she retired to one of the beanbag chairs near the fire.

[tots_prodigy]

Despite his small size, Nagi gets a large plate of food once he's there. It takes more energy than people realize to use his power and last night had involved more fighting monsters than usual. This meant that he needed a large breakfast to make up for it and coffee to keep him alert, since he hadn't actually slept since his typical pre-work nap before the Darkness.

He uses a little bit of his telekinesis to make sure nothing falls off the plate while he gets coffee, adds sugar to it, and makes his way to a table to sit by himself.

[togotosleep]

Seiju had figured out quite a bit since he arrived in this Siren's Port place, he'd worked out that the people he'd spoken to upon arriving weren't lying - there was no way to get out, he'd travelled to the beaches and not had to leave the island to tell that it would be impossible to get to the mainland.

While he wasn't intending to settle down in a place like this, he did see the AGI festivities as a good way to get to know some of the others. He'd seen them on the NVs, but hadn't spoken up much.

Humming to himself, he picked up a cup of coffee with some hazelnut cream, fruit, a croissant, and eggs. It was a good breakfast. Still humming slightly to himself, he crossed the room to one of the tables where a boy was sitting, and smiled at him brightly.

"Mind if I sit here?" he asked, his voice cheerful.

11:00 am; parade in sector four

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Multiple streets have been blocked off for this event, and there are many floats prepared for the event. Some of the floats may have contributions from newcomers - one seems to have a Cait Sith theme to represent Gaia. Several other floats are generalized to either represent AGI, the City, or other things that NPCs have noticed about the newcomers that they might have in common. One is very Japanese, another has a police theme, and one has a medical theme, there are several that seem to be themed after magic of various varieties. One even takes the form of the Dark Mark that's been put up in the sky twice.

The floats are preceeded by displays by the City's fire department and police officers, there are several bands that perform, and cartoon figures that throw candy for children. All in all, it's a fun time to be had by anyone who might want to attend this parade.

Various stalls are set up to sell hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, cotton candy, and other similar treats.

[potionsmaster]

Severus stood, watching the floats pass by with idle disinterestedness. Many of the themes were not all that interesting. Sharing, Multiculturalism, Overcoming Adversity, so on and so forth. Just like every Muggle parade there was, with a few 'exotic' themes thrown in.

He had turned to leave when something caught the corner of his eye. Was it... No. Not even these Muggles could be that stupid!

They were. They had constructed a float celebrating the Dark Mark. And on it was some moron throwing out candy at children. Severus put his hand to his forehead, brushing back his long hair as he rubbed at his temple. No, he'd had quite neough of this. He moved through the throngs of people, pushing his way away from the tissue-paper and wire construct of the Dark Lord's mark.

Hunter's hunted part deux

[steel_goddess]

The parade had been a perfect opportunity for Samus to relocate to a nearby building top with a set of binoculars. She scanned the crowd, floats and nearby buildings.

He was here somewhere. She was going to find him.

[meteor_heart]

This was by far the best part of the day for Tifa. She'd worked hard to make the Cait Sith float and now she ran about it's base, tossing candy out to the children in the crowd.

She'd improvised a costume to look like Cloud as best she could, her long hair tucked away under a spikey blonde wig. The megawatt smile was firmly in place, the wind in her face. A good day.

6:00 pm; late lunch/dinner at Felton Convention Center

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Set in the same room as the buffet breakfast, this is a late lunch or dinner. The same tables and comfortable chairs are set up, with the fireplace set to high.

The menu this time consists of a sandwich bar where you can select from a wide array of meats, cheeses, vegetables, sauces, and other sandwich toppings for a customized sandwich. There are also lots of chips, baked goods, cheese and crackers, a full soup bar with cream of broccoli, chicken noodle, and a tomato vegan option for those who wish to avoid animal products. The drink menu has the same as breakfast, but now includes cans of lemon-lime soda, cola, and root beer.

Hunter's Hunted yada yada

[steel_goddess]

A new outfit and she was "mingling" again. Laying low, senses perked, trying to find her prey.

8:00 pm; dance party at Felton Convention Center

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Newcomers who attend this dance party will enter the Felton Convention Center room booked by AGI and show their newcomer passes for the event

[snakeinpants]

Orochimaru maneuvered between the party goers with inhuman grace to stand in the shadows near the wall. He held a drink to keep up appearances as he observed the people in the room. This sort of thing wasn't to his taste, but it did present an interesting opportunity. People would be letting their guard down at this event, and Orochimaru would be there to see what, if anything, they had to offer. The newcomers were the interesting group, the group with all the powers. Coming here had been a practical choice for him.

[yourporcinepal]

Tesla leaned against a wall, his head thumping with the bass line of the song, holding some kind of alcoholic concotion in his hands. Nnoitra-sama was off frightening flirting with various women and getting drunker and drunker.

It was not Tesla's kind of party. Not at all. He looked down into the murky depths of his drink, then back up again as an extremely pale man passed by him. He frowned, trying to recall where he'd seen that face before.

Oh! He was that man from-- It was--!

Tesla straightened up, glaring at the man as he moved through the crowds, his hand crushing the silly plastic cup he held. If the man moved any closer to Nnoitra-sama... he'd simply have to kill him, even if those threads on the network had just been idle threads.

[snakeinpants]

Orochimaru surveyed the room, his gaze straying toward the one person who was looking his way. If looks could kill... Orochimaru smiled. He had no idea who the youth was, but it was clear he knew him. The crushed cup the youth was holding gave away his anger and rendered the glare unnecessary. Perhaps something interesting would come of this.

Orochimaru's smile widened and he stared right back at the other man, waiting for him to make a move.