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Jan. 20th, 2014


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[info]deal_with_it
[info]marinanova

Sector 3 | Afternoon | the Hot Springs


[info]deal_with_it
[info]marinanova
[Korra doesn't often visit the hot springs, but after everything she's put her body through these past few days -- the raptor attack and the I-need-to-vent-my-feelings-through-bending training sessions -- her muscles could definitely use a good long soak, and her mind could definitely use some peace & quiet. So she takes off the stupid headset thing along with the rest of her clothes and sets them aside. The world can live without her for two hours, right? Of course it can.

Unfortunately, while she's busy soaking away her cares, some overly-industrious bots decide that her clothes need to be washed and take them away, along with her communicator. And of course they don't bother leaving a note. When Korra comes into the changing room, overheated and in a towel that isn't really big enough, she stares at the empty bench where her clothes used to be.]


No.



[ooc: Open for mistletoe bot shenanigans! Please note that since her communicator is gone too, Korra won't be able to understand you unless you're Asami!]

[info]marinanova_npc
[info]marinanova

[info]marinanova_npc
[info]marinanova

Day 255 — Mistletoe Mingle


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[info]marinanova
[You won't hear them coming. You won't see their snare. The mistletoe bots are out and they're hunting you, two by two. You can run and you can hide, but eventually you will be caught, and then there's nothing left to do but kiss your way out!]

(OOC: Mingle until your lips are chapped! Information on mistletoe bots event.)

Dec. 31st, 2013


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[info]marinanova

[info]satomobility
[info]marinanova

Day 251, Open Action, Private Video


[info]satomobility
[info]marinanova
[Asami's kind of settling into her new position at the Plush Rump now that the immediate danger of impending death is gone. She spends a lot of her time when she's not with customers working on the one improvised weapon she actually got to work during yesterday's catastrophe. But part of her day is still going through and taking inventory. She's more comfortable looking at and thinking about the products she's peddling than she was a few days ago. So that's progress. Now she just has to get more comfortable talking about it. Which she has a plan for.

Whatever she's working with, she makes sure to keep one eye on the door in case of customers. She is a shopkeeper, after all.]


Private Video to Korra

Hey, I need a favor. A kinda weird one.

Dec. 27th, 2013


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[info]marinanova

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[info]marinanova

251 // open video


[info]pushedback
[info]marinanova
[ Charlotte is looking slightly worse for wear this fine day, part of her head covered in a bandage and eyes lacking the luster of a good nights sleep. She's contemplative, idly picking at the remnants of a pie on her plate (pear and gruyere, what else?). ]

You know, I was thinking... this is the first time I live on my own. I went from living with my dad to living with my aunts and then Ned. I've never really been on my own like this before... and that was fine, until yesterday. Not that yesterday was as bad as it could've been of course, but it still brings you pause.

How many of us live alone here? It seems like it'd be nice to have a roommate, someone who'll notice if you get eaten by a dinosaur or disappear or... you know. Lots of stuff could happen.

Dec. 26th, 2013


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[info]marinanova

[info]shadow_step
[info]marinanova

Day 251 Video/Potential action


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[Shadow is shown on the screen, dragging a raptor in his jaws. LOOK! He caught one! He just doesn't quite know what to do with it. He sets it down, and gives quite the satisfied look as he gazes into the eyepiece. ]

I caught this straggler this morning. Anyone want to have a giant turkey for dinner?

Not sure if we have an oven big enough to cook it though.

[Is he wrong? Or should he just eat it raw? It just seems like such a good idea to cook it though! Fire and spit?]

Dec. 17th, 2013


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[info]marinanova

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[info]marinanova

250 - Fear Itself Mingle


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[info]marinanova
[ Today is a day where most would be at risk of oversleeping.The dome lies dark like in the dead of night. The sun hasn’t risen today, streetlights casting a dull yellow glow and occasionally flickering out into nothing, only to spark back to life a moment later. There is no electric flicker from the kiosk. The Wardens are still. The wardens are silent.

The dome isn’t silent. There is a rustling of leaves, a snapping of twigs. Claws, scraping against concrete. The inhuman screech of an animal in peril, an animal hunting, an animal hunted. A screech that promises sharp claws and sharper teeth and blood.

The dome isn’t still either. There is something moving, thick as a shadow, tangible as a chill down your spine. Something that doesn’t belong here, something that snuck in when no one was looking. A boogeyman under the bed. A ghost in the closet. A will o’ the wisp, blinking in and out of existence under the flickering streetlights. Whatever it is it’s moving, leaving a trail of cold, dead fear wherever it passes. Something dark. A shadow so pitch black that it blots out the very lights in your heart, dragging your fears out screaming and kicking, reducing even the strongest, toughest man to a blubbering baby.

Perhaps best to stay in bed today, Marina. ]

((OOC: Event information HERE. We ask the winners of the raffle to fill out a simple survey and then tag into the Vapor thread HERE! Happy mingling, Marinanites! ))

Oct. 21st, 2013


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[info]marinanova

[info]kitty_has_claws
[info]marinanova

Day 242 [Video | Action] [Open and Private]


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[info]marinanova
[Open | Video]
The name's Kitty Pryde for those who don't know me. I'm the current leader of the Defense Force. It's a group that works on ensuring the public safety whether that's from each other or our robot overlords. [Not to mention putting an end to this whole prison thing. She figures it's no secret from the wardens, but it still feels a little too brazen to be that specific in the public announcement.]

We're accepting new members in combat, investigations, and dispatch. There's an interview process if you're interested. I'll make up answers if you make up questions.

[Private | Defense Force | Video]
Seems like we've lost some people recently. We may have more joining our ranks soon. Until then, Data, I want you to lead Sector 5. Hopefully, we'll have more for you to lead soon. My team will back you up until then.

I want to talk to members of Sector 0 and 4's teams to see who to appoint as leader or temporary leader. [Spoiler alert: she is not picking you, Sougo.]

If anyone else has anything to report I'm listening.

[Open | Action]
[Find Kitty at the Defense Force headquarters today or maybe even heading into a certain bar she once burned down, The Devil's Compass.]

(OOC: DF Roster)

Oct. 16th, 2013

[info]vikingly
[info]marinanova
[info]vikingly
[info]marinanova

Evening 241 } Action } Open Mingle

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[info]marinanova
[ As mentioned by the wardens yesterday, Eric is hosting a costume party. The Blood Shack is lit by candles for the evening (he remembers the last party he had being interrupted by a power outage) and a small buffet of sorts has been erected. It furnishes mostly hors d'oeuvre and finer foods, things that Caroline picked out as Eric hasn't a clue about human food.

There is blood on tap (naturally) as well as a full bar. Eric has made certain to include water, sodas, tea and various non-alcoholic drinks.

The jukebox is playing a variety of music, but patrons are always invited to pick out their own music. The dance floor has a disco ball and there's the ever present 'dancing' pole on stage if someone gets brave. Tables are scattered about as are sofas and chairs so that people have a choice where they sit.

Enjoy yourself, mix, mingle and admire everyone's costume and everyone is required to have a costume in order to be here. ]

[ooc: I've turned off replies so if you want Eric's attention please tag his thread. Mingle here, have fun and be merry? Everyone is invited, including and especially newbies. ]

Oct. 14th, 2013


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[info]marinanova

[info]ai_veridical
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DAY 241 — Morning Greeting


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[info]marinanova
Welcome to Day 241. Old inmates, we have some new playmates for you. New inmates, good luck with that.

Now, what am I to do with myself? No mail to send out or punishments to announce. Not even a fulfilled request. Maybe I should take up racquetball or curling.

Sep. 18th, 2013


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[Day 237] Fear of Abandonment Therapy mingle


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[info]marinanova
 [The call to those placed in abandonment therapy simply says to head to the Sector 5 prayer facility, and that's all-- not even that this has to do with those insecure feelings of yours. Posted arrows point the way down to the meditation room that has been filled up with several tables, two completely lined with coffees, teas, and bite sized refreshments ranging from cookies and pastries to sliced fruit and veggies. Plates and napkins are stacked up, and if you want a fork, they're there too.

The third table is larger and round, for that feeling of closeness, with chairs set up and for each seat a set of papers is waiting neatly on the table surface along with a pen. Topmost is a questionnaire with instructions to put detailed responses, be honest, and discuss with another attendee, with questions such as:


  • Do you get anxious if you cannot see or speak to someone close to you at any given moment?
  • Are you constantly haunted by the idea that someone may eventually leave you?
  • Do you put up with negative or even abusive behavior from someone just to keep from being alone?
  • Did someone important to you exit your life when you were young? How did you feel?
  • What exactly are you afraid of, beyond the indistinct label of "being abandoned"?

The second is a page with the heading "Make a list of all the people in your life, and determine how devastated you would be if those people left and why. Try to cut the unhealthy relationships, and distance a bit from even the good to build your independence!" and a few extra blank sheets of paper in case the one isn't enough.

Small cards are also scattered in the center of the table, printed with positive tips to help the process of healing.

"Often when people are abandoned (whether because someone leaves or even dies), they feel utterly hopeless and helpless. But you are never helpless.

Nothing lasts forever, so enjoy where you're at and whom you're with.

Abandonment issues aren't always easy to recognize, but can be worked through in a loving relationship.

Try to challenge yourself to be alone for extended periods of time without giving into the urge to reach out immediately and connect to someone."



[[ooc: mingle! you know how it goes by now, use these examples or come up with better ones if you want!]]

Sep. 16th, 2013


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[info]marinanova

[info]kitty_has_claws
[info]marinanova

[Day 237] Culture Shock Therapy Group Mingle


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[Welcome to the culture shock group, not that there are any posters or robots telling you why you were all put together. Instructions for this gathering lead to Sector 2's Två Park, where robots will lead their therapy subjects through the hedge maze back to the butterfly pavilion. The space is both open and secluded. Benches have been set up and there is a table with a variety of tempting treats and beverages toward the back which is nice because no one is leaving until there is significant interaction. That much is clear.

There is another table has two signs and a stack of cards. The first sign reads, "Find something in common with each person with whom you speak."

The second, placed next to the cards, says, "Draw cards, read the scenario to a partner. Take turns answering the questions. Discuss the differences or similarities of your answers."

On the end of the table there is booklet with other prompt ideas as well.

Possible scenarios )

Sep. 9th, 2013


[info]bendthekey
[info]marinanova

[info]bendthekey
[info]marinanova

[DAY 236] [Video|Action|Open]


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[info]marinanova
[The voice cuts on to someone whose voice is fading in and out in volume, as if they are moving the microphone closer and further from them. The girl hasn’t seen something this advanced before, but it doesn’t take much to realize that it is transmitting her to somewhere.]

Oh how interesting. Is this like one of those radios I’ve heard speak of? I had never imagined they were this…small. Certainly something capable of wave communication would need to be much bigger to catch the right waves? How do you fit all of the wires into such a small package?

And what does “video” mean? [Obviously she is looking at the side of the communicator only to flick the button. Suddenly the screen is full of golden brown eyes and pale blonde hair. She pulls it back a bit more.] I’m not quite sure how I came to be here, but this place is full of curious things. It’s nothing like any prison I have heard of. Your country must be very wealthy to afford it. How does the shield around the prison stay intact? I haven’t seen a Mage since I woke—

--Oh, I’m sorry, that’s very rude of me! Good morning, my name is Toul. I hope I’m not bothering anyone, but I do have some questions that it would be very helpful to me if I could have them answered. Has anyone seen a pale girl with brown hair and eyes and a dark tattoo over her left eye?

[Toul has been wandering for hours, trying to figure out whether or not this is a truly creative dream, an illusion, or if she is truly stuck in a prison. It's nothing like one she's ever heard of herself. She manages to come by the clothings shops in Sector 4 and is searching for things close to what she's used to. The jumpsuit just isn't comfortable. Too restrictive. It would be easy enough to run into her as she walks and expect that she'll definitely greet and introduce herself to anyone she sees.]