(open) infodump meeting

[coolerjunpei]

WHO: jumpy coolerjunpei and OPEN
WHAT: The sequel to the prior secrets/infosharing meeting. Also, separately: Art Club.
WHERE: A conference room in an office building. Art Club is in a random apartment near City Hall.
WHEN: Sept. 14-15
WARNINGS: kromer probably. tba on the rest

INFO MEETING
[In Setsuna's absence but wanting to continue the usefulness of the info-sharing Secret Meetings, Junpei has taken it upon himself to spread the word about the newest physical meeting place. As before, nondescript handwritten flyers are posted around the most heavily trafficked areas of the city (with a scattering more in apartment buildings and less-popular areas), all reading roughly the same thing:

Infosharing time again. Under new management?

Come as you are, buzzkills only allowed if they bring snacks. 2nd floor conference room in the office building across from the bank.

junpei

It was cool when Setsuna could leave his mysterious network username but unfortunately Junpei is still living with his fool-ass choices... Regardless. It's dated for the afternoon of the 14th, and on the day of, Junpei has brought paper and writing supplies and a clipboard and a cardboard box for fun later to the conference room.

He's holding the clipboard because it makes him feel important, and occasionally flipping pages to squint at it while people wander in. Eventually:]

Uh, hey—Junpei here. If you were here last time, you know what this is about already, buuut if you weren't: we're planning, more or less. All of our information is spread around, so... this is an effort to get it all in as many heads as possible, when more of us inevitably disappear without a trace overnight.

[Ahem. Okay,] Last time we were also planning some projects, and Setsuna was going to help me make a drone to explore the parts of the city we can't physically get to, but he's gone, so... I'm taking applications for Drone Team?

[..........,]

That's all I've got. Let's mingle and do some info-magic.



(OOC PORTION: hello, please treat this as a FREE MINGLE and post TLs to your heart's content. Infosharing is the main goal but if you want to recruit ICly for a Project, feel free!! There are also SNACKS ABOUND. enjoy.)

DON'S SEMINAR (tm) | Yesod's Suggestion Box efforts | Drone Team & Kiosk database

Comments

[kampfgeist]

[ aha, a tell. heine lifts an eyebrow, regarding don. ] Daytime, then.

[ doesn't take a genius to read from that reaction that don quixote doesn't love the night. it doesn't matter to heine one way or another, either, so daytime it is if it makes her more comfortable.

he nods a little like this makes a ton of sense. ] You said something about that. The... Enkephalin?

[ oh wait. ] No, wait, that was "mostly but not all dead." I think. [ he is doing so good at keeping her stories straight. ]

[icanfixer]

[ no... don't See her... it makes her puff her cheeks a bit, glancing away bashfully before the question is asked. ]

Kehm. Yes, that is correct -- those must be still alive. The Sweepers take care of the fallen in the Backstreets, though they do not care if one is dead or not.

[ ... ]

The time does not need to change, by the way, but it would be better to see who finishes first. Thou art a wise man for thinking ahead.

[ yeah. she can do it like that. ]

[kampfgeist]

Their whole job is cleanup crew? Different than the one for the train, I guess.

[ heine feels like he's learning the lay of the land of don's weird city in fits and starts, cobbled together from the crumbs of lore she drops in the middle of other conversations. it's an interesting way to learn more about someone.

he's not about to put her on blast for being afraid of the dark, or whatever it is that motivates her not to want to dig graves at night. to give her an out, heine observes, ] Nah, daytime's better. That way we can go eat when we're done.

[ if they start in the early afternoon they'll be done by dinnertime, easy. not that heine eats on much of a schedule other than "when he feels like it." ]

cw implied cannibalism i am so sorry laura

[icanfixer]

That... is true as well! I cannot sleep on an empty stomach, so daytime it is!

[ since she does wanna eat out with him again. what a good kind young man he is, don seems to relax more because of it. ]

Oh, but the Sweepers... they are not exactly a clean up crew, but scavangers? I suppose thee could call them. They walk the Backstreets for an hour and twenty one minutes exact, at the same time each night, and consume those whom have been left outside.

[kampfgeist]

Oh. [ damn. that's... a few shades more intense than anything heine's immediately familiar with from his own city, and also more intense than anything else don's mentioned so far. at least with the bus fuel, they're foes and almost dead ones at that; having a crew of scanvengers who just straight up eats people in the backstreets feels like a lot. ] I hear human tastes like pork.

[ who asked, heine ]

I guess you'd better stay inside for that hour and twenty minutes if you don't want to end up dinner.

[icanfixer]

[ they're considered a natural phenomenon of the city. it's fine.

but also she's kicking him!!! just once ]

One should already be asleep when that time has come! No one save the villainous remain awake so late! Be sure to be in bed before the clock strikes three, Heine, for one cannot be well-rested after that!

[ and also you'll be safe from the sweepers that aren't in this city. ]

I do not think they would taste of pork, however, for there is... or there was, a Star of the City who specialized in the preparation of their meals, and it would seem, ehm, that the flavor was more alike to a sponge.

[kampfgeist]

Ow— [ it's just one kick, but it gets heine in the knee, and he shoots don quixote a sulky look as he leans down to rub it. ] I have bad news about me being a villain, then.

[ because ya boi is not a good sleeper, and is often awake at three. either still awake or already awake, depending on the day and the nightmare. (it's easier now that he and badou share the pull-out, although heine would drop dead before admitting this aloud to either don quixote or badou himself.) ]

Bummer for the Sweepers, though. Having to eat leftovers and it tastes terrible?

[icanfixer]

[ the way she's going to struggle to stay awake so she can start texting him around 3 in the morning reminding him to wind down for sleep. maybe she'll offer to tell a story every now and then. cute about the pull-out though she gets it, it was easier to sleep in sinclair's room when they had some struggles every now and then too.

keep your sulky look she has no pity for you!!! she has some pity for him, she'll reach for knock off laffy taffy and hold one out to him. they have bad jokes on the back too. ]

I do not think they understand the concept of taste.

[ they do actually. they have refined palates. they're also eloquent. she doesn't know this. ]

But let us be off this topic, yes? They are not so interesting, dear Heine -- they are just part of the City.

[ normal. part of the ecology. also definitely not the reason she's nervous after dark don't worry about it. ]

[kampfgeist]

Double bummer.

[ he's happy to leave the topic alone in favor of the laffy taffy, which is a whole new experience for heine. he takes it out of the wrapper and eyes it suspiciously, because what the hell kind of candy looks like this? it feels like dried glue.

but it also smells like green apple, which isn't bad, so after a second heine pops the taffy into his mouth and smooths out the wrapper so he can read it.

in a solemn voice: ] What bug has the best etiquette?

[icanfixer]

[ oh, joke time. she leans in. ]

Tell me.

[kampfgeist]

A ladybug.

[ do either of their cities even have ladybugs? ]

[icanfixer]

[ they have butterflies in hers i. i guess they might have ladybugs. in the nest areas anyway. has she seen one? maybe by now. can she draw it? up to debate.

the punchline makes her giggle though, grinning widely as she peers for one herself and reads it over before she opens the cherry to enjoy. if she gets a joke she's giving one!!! ]

What would thee call a fanciful creature of the sea, my friend?

[kampfgeist]

A fanciful creature of the sea... [ heine's never seen the sea and has only the most basic knowledge of what lives in it, so there's no hope for him here. ] What?

[icanfixer]

Sofishticated!

[ mmmmmmm laffy taffy tastes so good when you make a bad joke. ]