Emillion Mods (emillionmods) wrote in emillion, @ 2013-07-23 12:05:00 |
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Entry tags: | !group thread, !plot: devil and the deep sea, audrey leradine, cian wilde, ofelia zhou, quenten delacreaux, rené beau |
Who: Everyone in the area (open group thread!)
What: A riot ensues.
Where: Bazaar District.
When: Afternoon.
Rating: PG; note if higher!
The afternoon air was thick and humid and full of tension. The shift in daily commerce was noticeable to anyone who frequented the market from day to day. Local merchants had great cause to be on edge--very few appreciated the lingering situation in which they now found themselves. While some claimed to be unaffected by the problems of delayed or disappeared shipments, many others were put in an unenviable situation of having too little inventory and were scarcely able to meet the usual demand. Prices shot up. And so it was that citizens found their wants and necessities greatly more expensive, and for those with lesser means, even unaffordable. Incomes were being tested and so were the patrons' patience for it. Today's public spectacle, as example, grew louder and more heated by the moment. Attention from the crowd was drawn slowly to the tent in question, the merchant behind his table of wares had his arms raised defensively. The patron was leaning forward aggressively, arguing the absurdity of the new prices; hardly an atypical sight of late, but when the customer grabbed the merchant's shirt and started to shout even louder, many stopped to wonder whether this disagreement would turn uglier. Someone ran to find the nearest guard. But the fight was quick start and quicker to spread. It began with a single, sloppy punch, and what happened in space of a single Bazaar stall moved through the onlookers and beyond, over to the other tents as tables were shoved and wares broken, tents ripped and poles uprooted. The spectacle lasted for nearly an hour as the EKP scrambled to contain the violence, and the mages or bards in their company jumped in to aid them before the chaos could spread itself even further. By day's end, everything had been made worse. Items were missing, broken, property was damaged and merchants and patrons alike were left with sore jaws and an ailing coinpurse. |