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The Rally!

Oct 29, 2009 21:33

Characters: Enjolras and everyone who wanted to go!
Location: somewhere in New York City
Time: Saturday morning
Content: Politics and stoof.
Warnings: None as of yet, BUT WHO KNOWS what will happen. This is party style people, so go with whatever you feel like doing - running around, running away, shouting at policemen, getting lost, getting ( Read more... )

keepsie branson, gilbert chris von muir, olivier enjolras, edward elric, alphonse elric, kurt wagner, ulquiorra cifer, tseng shen

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Arrival! // laying down some ground rules (open to all) righteousapollo October 29 2009, 21:38:25 UTC

To the untrained eye Enjolras seemed to be his usual calm and collected self - but to anyone who really knew him it was evident that he was terribly excited. For one, Enjolras wasn’t his characteristically sever self, but smiling instead. It wasn’t a grin, per se, but it was a definite twitching of the mouth that gave away the fact that he was happy beyond belief.

Sure, teaching was interesting and it was good to be able to reach out to the younger generations - although some of the kids could do with a wake-up call - but this, this, was what he was really cut out for ( ... )

saintedsinner October 30 2009, 18:41:21 UTC

Illness or no, Ed was going to watch this shing-ding. The main reason coming here was so that he could be entertained and enjoy a nice rest on the bus. After all, nothing seemed so relaxing as being lulled by the motor and the wheels of some transport vehicle. When Ed woke from his doze, he stretched and yawned, still feeling fuzzy from all the medication he was on. Of course, the loud tones of the teacher woke him more and he blinked over to Enolras in a manner that looked like Ed was irritated that his rest was disturbed. Which, he was.

All that Ed really got out of that was stay in pairs, keep behind the police lines and there would be food. Food? Ed was up for some food. He made his way out of the bus, probably being one of the last students to go, and stared at all of the tall buildings like any good country boy.

"Yeah," he muttered to himself. "Tossing a bunch of mutants out here to stage a protest is an excellent idea."

thefuzzydude October 30 2009, 19:23:30 UTC

Kurt waited until Enjolras was finished and hopped off the bus. He hung back though, not wanting to wander too far from the vehicle yet for one because he hadn't grabbed a buddy yet but also because he was beginning to sort of second guess his decision to come on this trip. He'd come because it had seemed like the right thing to do. But he wasn't really very comfortable; even with his image inducer he was nervous about being exposed to so many people as being a mutant.

"Well, they must think it'll work, right?" He replied to Ed's comment, even though he knew he wasn't being addressed, "I mean, otherwise they wouldn't go to all this trouble."

hollow_metal October 30 2009, 19:41:13 UTC

Being from one of the less tolerant parts of the country, Alphonse was a bit nervous about the whole 'protest' and 'rally' idea himself. He and Ed were supposed to be keeping a low profile, learning what was going on at the school and hopefully not get brainwashed in the process.

Being there to witness the goings on he was willing to do, but he was hesitant to take part in it. Besides, he didn't have his armor with him if something went wrong. So he was praying that everything was going to stay as civil as possible for what it was worth.

"I think it's more of a hope that it's going to work. That's all any of us has right now. People don't change their minds that easily."

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xi_npc November 2 2009, 21:15:30 UTC

As crowded as the square was, it was largely filled with participants, police officers, and the occasional onlooker who stopped to watch the motley assortment of civilians waving picket signs and chatting intermittently. Despite the gravity of their cause, it wasn't an entirely serious scene. There was no one really there to hear their cries but the police, and the police were either indifferent or in vast disagreement. There were a series of speeches being made on the stage in the middle of the rally, but even the protesters weren't paying complete attention.

That was all about to change.

It was likely that not everyone paid much attention when the sleek black limousine rolled up to the curb just beyond the square, but it probably caught their attention when three tall men in identical black suits and sunglasses emerged neatly from the limo. And when a brunette man in a crisp blue suit emerged from the back of the limousine, carrying a distinct air of significance, more heads certainly turned ( ... )

saintedsinner November 2 2009, 21:50:29 UTC

Edward saw the limo come up to the protest, and he took on a greater interest when the senator exited the vehicle and frowned when the man came up close to where he and Al were.

"Al. Stay by me." He nudged his brother with his elbow and jerked his head in Senator Baelheit's direction. So far, he was just planning to watch and not do anything else unless others actions dictated otherwise.

righteousapollo November 2 2009, 22:50:30 UTC

So far the rally had gone without a hitch: it was a little pedestrian for Enjolras’ liking and there weren’t nearly enough protesters but seeing as it was the first rally his friends had organised since the fateful Lamarque riots, Enjolras was just thankful that nobody had been arrested yet.

He had been watching the stage when Baelheit quietly arrived at the protest. With his arms folded across his chest he had intermittently nodded and cheered encouragement to the current speaker, a young mutant girl who was stammering through a speech on the registration rumours.

“Olivier, look,” a friend’s voice said quietly in his ear, tugging on a shirt sleeve until Enjolras had spotted the latest newcomers.

Enjolras’ face lifted. He delved into a pocket and passed his mobile phone to his friend, saying in French: “Aimery, there’s a bunch of numbers labelled ‘protest’ on there. Send a group text to them saying something along the lines of, oh I don’t know, ‘don’t do anything stupid and gather at the left hand of the stage’.”Resignedly, the ( ... )

xi_npc November 6 2009, 00:27:10 UTC

Before Baelheit even had a chance to speak -- as soon as he opened his mouth -- his voice was drowned in cries and boos from the crowd, and general chatter as well. His bodyguards drew closer at the crowd's excited and agitated reaction. Things were tense, and yet Baelheit seemed to be completely and utterly calm -- the tranquility in the center of a swirling storm of people ( ... )

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