Ingakankei City - The Role Play

[CV Day 1] BREAKING NEWS

2008-08-29T04:24:24Z

[Where were you this afternoon after school? Were you hanging out with your friends in the shopping district, gossiping about so-and-so? Were you sitting in study hall, secretly texting your boyfriend about your plans this weekend?

Were you making a date? Were you doing your homework, or playing with your family's pet?

Whatever you were doing, you've stopped -- every radio frequency has been pre-empted, and the main news channel on all television airwaves has changed to the image of one fairly shaken-looking reporter. Generally she is composed, but today, there is a tremor in her voice that tells you whatever is going on is worse than it looks.

And it is.]

Early yesterday morning the Regional Center for Disease Control reported that the cause of the recent biting attacks on citizens by other seemingly aggressive individuals was caused by an unconfirmed mutated strain of rabies; this has now been proven incorrect. RCDC researcher Ishida Tatsuya and Princeton-Plainsboro Infectious Disease diagnostics specialist Gregory House of America have both come to the conclusion that the aggressive human beings in question are in fact recently deceased individuals returning to life after being infected with an unrecognizable, highly contagious virus.

Ishida and House both concur that the virus is a completely new strain with no relation to any recently detected infections and currently there is no further information as to its origin. As to how the virus is spread, the two men have not ruled out the probability of it being airborne, but are more inclined to believe that the infection occurs as a result of direct contact through the bites created from attacks of the infected, reanimated aggressors --

[Someone slides her a slip of thick paper across the desk and she takes it. For the first time, you can see that the reporter's hands are trembling so slightly.]

... I have just been instructed to inform you that the terrorist organization Ansatsubana has sent communication to the national embassy, claiming responsibility for this sudden outbreak of ... illness.

The embassy is urging those who have come into contact with the infected individuals to seek medical attention immediately. As always, during this time of national crisis the staff here will make every effort to bring you up to the minute news reports, as they become available to us. Please stay calm, and follow the advice of the authorities. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your families at this time of emergency.

Please stand by for further updates on the situation ... and stay safe.

[Well ... it's beginning. What will you do? What's going on? Who's crying? This event is a free-space event, meaning you can be anywhere. This will change from day to day during the seven-day event. More will be detailed about that on the second day.

Feel free to thread here as long as you like during the seven days.]

NOTE: PLEASE READ THIS POST IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE YOU START THIS EVENT. It's important. Kittens die when you don't listen to the mod goddess.

Think of the kittens.

[intropost]

2008-08-24T18:49:45Z

[For those of you paying attention, there's a green haired girl wandering around in the middle of the city. She's taking in her surroundings with a blank, vacant expression, and she looks rather lost.]

A friendly, modly nudge in the right direction.

2008-08-20T10:09:42Z

Hey guys, it's me. I know I haven't made very many officiated posts here, but that's probably going to change.

Anyway, I've been approached by a couple of people (whom I agree with) regarding the status of dropped threads and the people dropping them. I've also been approached about people dropping threads and leaving them unresolved.

Out of common courtesy and for the sake of saving time, when you decide to drop threads, please let the person you're threading with know, or make an addendum to a multiple-character post ("dropping all [character] threads until I can catch up"; etc.). It saves a lot of time watching the alerts/inbox and hitting refresh and being disappointed, and keeps a lot of people from becoming irritated quickly and thinking that they're just being ignored.

Nobody likes that, right?

In addition, please try to resolve your threads. I don't really have anything introspective to say about this except that you really should have been doing this from the start, and it keeps people from being angry at you. We like closure.

So, I decided to post this friendly little reminder about courtesy, that way we don't have any further problems.

If you have any questions for me, feel free to IM me or comment here; though if it doesn't pertain to this post, I would prefer you to IM me, so as to keep the posting comments relevant.

Thanks guys!

♥ withoutxherxsky

ingakankei_city @ 2008-08-19T18:33:00

2008-08-19T22:36:00Z

Hey Ingakankei City. Enjoying your day? Just finished having a nice, quiet lunch? That's good.

'Cause that's over.

A big flying SOMETHING just beat the crap out of that fountain in the middle of a park.

"....ow..."

[AFTER SCHOOL INTERACTION~]

2008-08-18T21:42:43Z

[Just as it says. It's after school, folks. Meet people anywhere around the city and INTERACT /o/]

[intropost intropost~]

2008-08-12T04:41:52Z

[As the Ingakankei Plot keeps ticking, here enters the next member of it.

In one of two locations (The Chinese Embassy/the Shop), there is a twelve year old boy with extremely long hair walking. He seems as if he is looking for something but does take the moment to watch other things.</i>]

[Yuuko/Shop Monkey Interaction Post]

2008-08-08T20:30:26Z

[INTERACTION POST. THREAD HOP. ABUSE EACH OTHER.

Meanwhile Yuuko is sitting on the porch with Mokona. Her pipe in her hand and an unopened bottle of liquor, the two have been acting oddly ever since one customer came to the shop. He was tall with black hair and glasses - and no one was even allowed to over hear their conversation. So here Yuuko sits with her eyes closed; certainly not her cheerful self.]

[Military Interaction Post]

2008-08-07T00:36:03Z

[Go. Mingle.]

The door slams loudly

2008-07-31T21:31:22Z

[Her elegant figure walks through the Chinese Embassy. Showing a piece of paper with a scarred stickyman drawn on, she starts to talk with authority. It's hard to be serious while looking the weird pic she has in mind, but well. She's Azula. Try to laugh at her if you dare.]
Okay now. I need your help to find this guy. He's supposed to be my brother-though I'm way cooler and I wish he was adopted.
I order you to find him.
[Suddenly notices that there are almost no chinese people in the Embassy. Sighs and mentally prepares to have troubles]
Oh boy.

Duo's back yays!!

2008-07-29T11:05:16Z

((Which means Beth is back, yays!! ~~Beth demands a party. >|~~ ))

* Yay Duo's back! He looks a little tired and worn out, though, Come bug him because he's only ever interacted with Lulu before and he needs to get out more.

~~And if Beth's not asleep then he doesn't get to be either.~~*

KH INVASION PART II

2008-07-28T09:00:34Z

*In the middle of the city, there's a guy with white hair wandering around. He looks kind of lost.

For those who can tell, he still smells like darkness. For those who can't, he's incredibly sexy.

Come. Bother.*

[KH INVASION PART 1 aka IntroPost]

2008-07-28T04:54:47Z

[A dark portal opens up wherever YOU are! Thaaat's right! And a boy in a black cloak steps out. He looks around and grumbles.]

Man, Sora, how did you get lost so easy?

Event Postan - Shot through the heart (not really) and you're to blame (okay, no you're not)

2008-07-26T06:07:00Z

Hey everybody, guess what. Amado is wandering through the streets of Ingakankei, tightly clutching a hand over her chest, both of which have a lot of blood on them. Her breathing is labored, and each step she takes looks...difficult, to say the least. Her other hand is holding a bloody katana, of all things.

"Shit...where's a hospital in this stupid city..."

[Plot Post] Prisoner | Order of the Black Knights

2008-07-25T23:42:34Z

[Do you have a OotBK member? Then you might want to tag! ♥ Members only for the moment, unless you want to become a member, then feel free to toss! Nunnally is welcome also.

Lelouch (dressed as Zero) is standing in the hallway that over looks the translucent anti-magic cells that they have in their base. His arms are folded as he looks down at the girl in one of the cells: short, short black hair, and apparently blind by how she keeps stumbling over things in the cell. Lian is pokeable! Toss HH a word if you want a thread with her!]

-TROMBE OVERRIDES INGAKANKEI-

2008-07-25T23:07:58Z

[SUDDENLY, IN A BLAZE OF MUSIC, A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES!]

[Okay, so in all acutality, there is a strange looking foreigner in the market. He seems to be spending a lot of time picking out very particular ingredients for a big meal]

[People who know the world politics, come bug Elzam, even though he'll deny being Elzam through his teeth. Everyone else, gawk at the new foreigner]

ingakankei_city @ 2008-07-23T15:01:00

2008-07-23T22:01:58Z

*Are you walking along the street? At home, in your room? Regardless of wherever you are, a strange door just appeared.

It is tall, far taller than it has any right to be, especially if you're inside somewhere. It doesn't actually touch anything like a ceiling, but keeps stretching up unimaginably high anyway. The door has a strange sigil on it... A strange, warped 'VIII'.

Strangely, if others are around, no one else seems to be able to see it... It's there just for you.

It also seems to somehow be calling you inside. It wants you to enter... Do you?*

intropost :|

2008-07-21T23:49:53Z

[Haha don't mind HH as she uses [] today.

Scene. A spikey blond haired man is sitting at the curb outside one of the auto part shops. He has a pair of goggles on. He is working on what is presumably his bike. Tune up by the look of it. He glances up every now and then at people walking past.]

|MILITARY EVENT| Hey you! Play nice. D:

2008-07-16T21:14:53Z

*HELLO, MULTIPURPOSE MILITARY POST IS HERE! This serves a double purpose, hence hosting on Kanna's account instead of Julien's (let the inbox rape commence!). You military people should really spend more time getting to know each other outside of work.

This post takes place during Obon -- but you don't all have to be taking part in the festivities. Just MAKE NICE WITH EACH OTHER.

AND IF YOUR NAME IS SUZAKU OR ISABEL, KANNA NEEDS TO SEE YOU. And maybe Gino. If HH wants. XD*

[Festival Post] Obon

2008-07-16T04:26:09Z

*From July 15h -> July 18th is the festival of Obon (commonly known as Bon). Place your character around Ingakankei District on this festival day!*

(IMPORTANT NOTE TO READ: Obon is different from most of the festival out of the year in Japan. It is the Buddhist holiday of the dead, similar to Mexico's el Día de los Muertos. However it still includes games, rides, and summer food at venues such as watermellon. Traditional garb is yukatas or light cotton kimonos.

Obon is a time for family to reunite and reflect on the ancestors or recently deceased in their family. A dance happens during Obon called the Bon Odori [盆踊り bon dance] the festival that reflects the happiness of the ancestors or recently deceased having a safe passage to the next world.

The most common and well known practice of Obon is Toro Nagashi [灯籠流]. It is typically done at the end of the festival of Obon, but given the recent events of Ingakankei City Role Play it would be realistic for them to do it throughout the ceremony. Toro Nagashi is the event where small paper lanterns are placed down in the water and sent out to sea. It is believed that this helps the deceased souls on their way to the other world, the spirit world. There is also a belief that the bodies come from water and thus they are returning to their original home. White lanterns are only used for those who have passed away in the recent year.)

zomg intro

2008-07-15T00:24:48Z

Hey, check it out. At school, at the dorms, on the streets, whatev. A young woman is walking around with a notebook in her hands. Every so often, she glances up at a person, writes something down, then goes back to walking and looking around.

Takes place pretty much wherever you want in the city. Go nuts.

Totally not-generic intro post.

2008-07-14T08:23:59Z

Hey everybody. There's a kid with an exceptionally bizarre sense of dress sense sitting on a bench with a bowl of ramen in his lap. He brings up a pair of chopsticks, and breaks them...leaving an almost completely immeasurable bit of one stick attached to the other. He stares for a second...before tossing the sticks and pulling out another pair.

There's about forty eight pairs on the ground around him. Ramen is stone cold by now.

Bother, etc.

Lame intro post is lame

2008-07-13T21:07:08Z

[Have a Nunnally. She's...somewhere folding origami and opened to be bugged.

As a warning her mun is a very slow tagger, and if your character happens to know Nunnally from her NPC days please leave me a note here? ^^]

ingakankei_city @ 2008-07-13T00:56:00

2008-07-13T07:57:03Z

*Attention, wherever you are. Everyone who owns a phone, it just started beeping/ringing/whatever. Every single person just got a text message. The sender field is blank.

When checked, all it says is this:

Ａｎｄ　ｆｉｎａｌｌｙ、　ｔｏ　ｙｏｕ、　ｔｈｅ　ｌｅａｄｅｒ　ａｎｄ　ｍｙ　ｌｏｒｄ、　ｔｈｅ　Ｆｉｒｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｏｕｒ　Ｏｒｄｅｒ、　Ｉ　ｓｈａｌｌ　ｎａｍｅ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｔｉｔｌｅ。Ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ｔｈｅ　「Ｌｏｒｄ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　Ｅｍｐｔｙ　Ｓｅａｔ」。　Ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｄｅｓｔｉｎｙ　ｔｏ　ａｐｐｅａｒ　ｗｈｅｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｎｅｅｄ　ａｒｉｓｅｓ　ａｎｄ　ｓａｖｅ　ｔｈｏｓｅ　ｗｈｏ　ｎｅｅｄ　ｓａｖｉｎｇ、　ａｎｄ　ｔｏ　ｒｅｓｔｏｒｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｎａｔｕｒａｌ　ｏｒｄｅｒ。　Ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ、　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｆａｔｅ　ｔｏ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｂｅ　ａｂｌｅ　ｔｏ　ｓｔａｙ　ａｎｄ　ｅｎｊｏｙ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｒｕｉｔ　ｏｆ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｌａｂｏｒ、　ｅｖｅｒ　ｍｏｖｉｎｇ　ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ　ｗｏｒｌｄｓ、　ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ　ｌｉｆｅ　ａｎｄ　ｄｅａｔｈ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｔｏ　ｊｏｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｕｎｓｅｌ　ｙｏｕ　ｒｅｉｇｎ　ｏｖｅｒ。　Ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｇｒｅａｔｅｓｔ　ｈｏｎｏｒ　ａｎｄ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｇｒｅａｔｅｓｔ　ｃｕｒｓｅ。　Ｂｅａｒ　ｉｔ　ｗｅｌｌ。

Obviously, no one quite understands. Threadhop, mingle, try to figure out what the hell this means.*

[OOC/MEME] Random facts meme

2008-07-12T04:35:19Z

Because we need one eventually. List random facts about your characters! They can be things you don't get a chance to play out or have mentioned to a few people, sides of the character they don't show, or just a fun tidbit that you've kept in your head!

Share! ~~Or else.~~

[MILITARY INTERACTION POST]

2008-07-11T21:07:37Z

*We've had them for shop monkeys. For The OotBK. Now it is time for the military!

Everyone who has a character in the military ~~which is at least everyone here~~, come! Start a thread or thread hop down into another one, it doesn't matter! We encourage this that way our characters have more people to talk to and they make new friendships!

As for Aang: He's everywhere. Air Scooter. You know that's bad.*