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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-02-29 07:36:00

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DAY 365 — Anniversary Festival Mingle

Happy Day 365, Marina Nova!

Hear ye, hear ye! Inmates, prisoners, fellow underwater dwellers! Lend me your ears and hands and actually just bring all of you because we're having a ye olde Renaissance Faire to celebrate a full year in this bubble under the sea!

The dome has of course been decked out appropriately. Flickering torches light the pathways, interspersed with larger bonfires that you can cosy up to with that special someone - or perhaps just a glass of honey mead. Pennant banners hang across the gates and along the buildings, sporting the proud coat of arms of the prison (a lot of purple and octopi, for some reason) and many of the clothing stores offer time-appropriate options for those of you who still knows how to have fun. The kiosk has even been re-imagined into a castle.

Many areas within the dome has activities to partake in and, if you're skilled or lucky or both, prizes to win!

Sector 5 Gamegrounds: What better way to show your bravery than by participating in a series of tests of strength and cunning? Sector 5 provides the inmates with a chance to try such varied sports as varpa, caber tossing, ring toss or the very dignified sport of rövkrok, a type of wrestling that requires skill as well as no sense of shame. Not tough enough for you? There are also friendly foam weapons and armor available for those who want to engage in a chivalrous bout of hand to hand combat, test your archery skills — or maybe convince another prisoner to give you a piggyback ride and go jousting!

Competitors that do well enough and show outstanding bravery may be rewarded with a handful of rehab points, or a personalized pennant — or maybe a kiss from the lord or lady of your choosing!

Less violent activities: Not into skewering your neighbors on spears? Maybe you'd rather relax with a game of knucklebones, pick up sticks or Nine Men's Morris. Boards and instructions are readily available in several areas. If you're more creatively inclined there's also activity tables on offer where you can create your own coat of arms, bind yourself a flower crown or learn the art of illumination.

Food: The food carts in sector 0 are now carrying food fit for the occasion. Whole roasted pigs and poultry, wild rabbit in plum sauce, thick beef stews smelling of rich saffron, roasted vegetables (no potatoes here, no sir!) and cream-stewed cabbage for the vegetarians among us. If you're still hungry there's saffron pancake, ginger and clove cookies or bread pudding with raisins for dessert. There's plenty of mulled wine, honey mead, foaming beer, honeyd applewater and lingonberry juice to wash it down with. Enjoy!

Dance: As is custom, there will be a dance at the beach at the end of the day. Great fires will roar and a band of robots will strike up music suitable for dancing! Dress up in your finest satin and velvet, brush the extrement off your shoes and grab a partner!

Enjoy!

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	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	[ Speaking of getting under skin... Han places his piece, opting for a neutral strategy of spreading out so he can't be blocked easily. ] Thirty-two, if you don't count the year I got to spend as a wall ornament. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vague game descriptions are go thisiscalm 2016-03-07 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	[ You can tell a lot from the way a person plays. Aggressor, defendant, neutral... this is pretty much what he expected at this stage of the game, and he'll adjust accordingly, trying to force Han into more aggressive play. ] So you're only a year older than me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	If you say so. [ Han can't exactly argue the point, doesn't even want to, but he can move to block Reid. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-07 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	I know so. [ A weird point to argue, but he's in the mood for an argument. Frowning a bit at being blocked, he makes a counter move. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	[ Another move, back to neutral space filling. ] You worried I'm gonna call you 'kid' again, or that I'll beat you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-07 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	You won't beat me. [ Said so matter-of-factly that you can practically smell the arrogance. Who knows, maybe he really will lose. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	So you're worried I'm gonna call you 'kid' again. [ If it's not one it has to be the other, obviously. Reid doesn't have to answer, Han is very sure that he's right. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-07 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	No no, that's fine. I'm underestimated by old men on a near daily basis, back home. Kind of works in my favor. [ He is right, tho. Very right. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-08 03:41 am UTC (link)
	[ Yep, totally right. He leans back from the board after another move. ] You've seen vids about my life and all you can come up with is that I'm old? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-08 08:48 am UTC (link)
	Hey, if you really want me to bring up carbonite and the generational split of whether you shot Greedo first or not, I can. Kind of thought you wouldn't like that, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bloodstriped
2016-03-08 03:52 pm UTC (link)

[ Greedo? Han can't even remember which of them fired first, and he doesn't particularly care. It's kind of surprising that that's all Reid is coming at him with, though. ]

Don't hold back because of my feelings. I'm an old man, remember? I can take it. [ Okay, maybe he's also trying to goad Reid into telling him more about the movies, or at least Han's role in them. ]

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	thisiscalm 2016-03-08 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	It's not you I'm concerned about. [ Yeah, that's good and cryptic. Way to go, profiler. Truth be told he's keeping this to himself partly because what good could come from talking about it and partly because he wants the experiences separated. Meeting your childhood hero and realizing he doesn't measure up? Yeah, he'll pass on that if he can. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-08 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	[ He considers that cryptic response for a second longer than he probably needs to. Mostly to debate internally on whether it's about Leia or-- ] I already said I wasn't gonna hit you. [ It's his best guess, and he sounds a little disappointed that the goading didn't work as well as he wanted it to. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-08 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	Again, not what I'm concerned about. [ He's been hit before. Hell, he's been shot before. He's died, if only for a moment. Physical pain doesn't scare him as much as it may seem. ] Do you know what I do for a living back home? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-08 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	[ That's actually not something Han had asked about. He got a name, a brief summary of what had happened here, and he hadn't wanted to know beyond that. ] No. You gonna tell me? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thisiscalm
2016-03-08 06:17 pm UTC (link)

I'm a criminal profiler. [ And since he's already had to explain that job title to nearly everyone he's met: ]

That means I spend my days working out how criminals think. Not just criminals — the worst serial killers the world has seen. I spend time inside their heads, thinking how they think, finding the motivation for why they cut up prostitutes or kidnap children or glue their victims eyes wide open. I interview them, I walk through their crime scenes and I look at pictures of what they've done so I can find whatever miniscule piece of evidence they left behind. All so we can find them and stop them.

The things I've learned from the movies? It's just events. It doesn't really tell me anything about you as a person. Certainly not as much as this game tells me right now.

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	bloodstriped 2016-03-08 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	[ That's some job. As much as Han might not like the vague and not even really there implication of him being a criminal, he can't hold it against a guy that apparently stops criminals worse than he ever was. Still, he's suddenly uncomfortable under the weight of feeling scrutinized. ] And what does the game say, other than that I'm winning? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thisiscalm
2016-03-08 06:48 pm UTC (link)

[ That's more like it. He doesn't necessarily like using his profiler skills like this but it's the best weapon he has to his disposal and he's tired of coming off as a pushover. There's a point to all this, too. Maybe he'll even get to it before the game is over. ]

You try to keep a cool head and play it safe, as long as you're not threatened. Nonchalant even though you actually care a whole lot when it comes down to it. It shows when you feel like you're cornered — you play more aggressively. Still strategic, not an all-out attack, but you're quick to set your foot down if you feel like you're about to lose control of the situation. You shoot first.

You're afraid of showing real emotion because that makes you vulnerable, so you keep your opponent at arm's length, hiding behind bravado.

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bloodstriped
2016-03-09 07:03 am UTC (link)

[ It's probably just as telling that Han doesn't immediately move to dismiss the assessment Reid is laying out. Doesn't try to refute, doesn't explain that shooting first is a necessity when hesitation will get you killed or that every good smuggler keeps a healthy amount of bravado on hand.

All in all, he's heard worse about himself. He'd been expecting something with more teeth. (Your friend is quite the mercenary.) ]

No wonder you're losing. [ He's not paying attention to his own moves. ]

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thisiscalm
2016-03-09 07:52 pm UTC (link)

[ He could do worse but he actually wants some kind of civility here. It's not his fault that the pissing match is more tempting and it's not even over Leia, just a hostile reaction to being dismissed and underestimated. It stings, even more so coming from someone he idolizes. ]

Who says I'm not letting you win? [ He isn't. Han is right. He hasn't been paying attention. ]

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bloodstriped
2016-03-09 10:14 pm UTC (link)

You wouldn't've come in like you did if you let people win.

[ Han may not be a profiler, but he's not completely stupid, either. And while it may not be about Leia for Reid, it's definitely about her for Han. Less the territorial jealousy and more that Reid is a reminder that he was gone. Again. When she'd needed him.

As if not getting kidnapped earlier is a personal failing on his part. ]

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	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 08:32 am UTC (link)
	[ He pauses for a moment, jaw set as he tries to take this from another angle but - to his great annoyance - there isn't one. Sonnova bitch. ] Okay - fine. You got me. My head isn't in the game. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-10 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	How about the best two out of three? [ There's no good in winning against him now if he's not actually playing. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-03-10 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Alright... you're on. And if you ever want a real challenge, chess is more my speed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-11 02:55 am UTC (link)
	So you've got that where you're from? [ As he works on clearing the board of the first game that does not count. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)