EVENT LOG: GOOD GOD, Y'ALL

[asgardmods]

Who: EVERYONE
What: the Good God, Y'all mingle log.
When: Days 461-462 ( June 9-12 )
Where: the castle courtyard
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 461 ( June 9/10 )

When the Travellers wake up, they will find a message sent to every bracelet in the city:

As per the agreement between the gods and their Travellers, all persons within Asgard are humbly requested at the castle courtyard for enlistment in the Holy City's war efforts. Every individual is invited to find their resolve and seek out their purpose; this is the final stand in Ragnarok, and your help is needed now more than ever.

Enlistment is mandatory! Please see your local officials for more information.

A friendly if not a touch formal invitation to what will essentially be Asgard's job fair! A mandatory job fair. This is why we can't have nice things.

The castle courtyard and the streets leading into it will be crowded with bustling natives and several booths, not uncommon in appearance to the many festivals they've had over the last two years. This time, however, there is no music or celebration to be had. Everyone is hard at work organising their efforts for the war and doing their level best to assist in the transition.

Day 462 ( June 11/12 )

The fair will continue for two days, to give everyone time to get down there and make their decisions. Anyone that hasn't signed up by the end of this day will be visited at home by a city rep and a few guards that will politely ask them to register for a group and weaponry if they plan to carry it. Refusal will land them in jail for the day, where they will still be politely asked to please, seriously, just pick something. Anything. Uncle Odin wants you.

At the end of the fair, there will be food and drinks to thank the Travellers for their support and cooperation. Throughout the entirety of the event and for the rest of their stay, the natives will be more reverent and grateful than ever than the Travellers have chosen to stay and fight at their side. They will do anything they can to help them win this war; this evening will be one of camaraderie and appreciation for the past, present, and future sacrifices to save the World Tree.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Good God, Y'all event. Remember that all characters must be signed up for at least one group by June 12. Information on the currently established groups can be found here; sign-ups are in the comments section on the same post. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time/location in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

Comments

Both days | Open

[realmenknitplushies]

Day 461 sees Kanji drifting from booth to booth, trying to make his mind up. Where does he belong? What can he do best? Supplies and Engineering seem logical - he wanders over to both a few times but frowns. He doesn't just want to be a photocopier, as he'd so often heard.

By the end of the day, with a slightly grim look on his face, it seems he's made his decision. After all, he knows he's good at it (though he'll easily admit he needs to learn more ...formal techniques), he can get supplies out on the front lines quickly if lines get cut off, and - perhaps, if he fights, that's one less other person who has to.

He slowly signs up at the Military stand and steps back with a sigh. How's he going to manage this?

He's around a bit on Day 462, too. Just seeing if anyone he knows is still around, really, and at the very least checking out the free eats. He still can't quite believe what he's done, and there's a couple of moments where it looks like he's going to go running back to the stand and beg to change.

It's very obviously clear from one sign, though, that he's taking it as seriously as it needs to be taken. A symbolic gesture, perhaps.
His hair's gone black.

462!

[windbreak]

On the second day, Yosuke finds himself still meandering from stall to stall as the bigger crowds start to disperse. If he's honest, he has even less idea of what he's hoping for than he did yesterday. He has to do something, he's not the only one way out of his depth, picking any direction is better than no direction - he knows all that, he knows that much by now. There's no reason to make this complicated, when it's not as if the world is going to end... Well, okay, it is. Minor detail, though.

That's what he gets for thinking too hard, he supposes. And so is the distracted air that leads him, as he turns his head to frown at one of the booths he must have passed four or five times by now, to tread heavily on someone's foot.

"Oh, sorry -" Barely looking up, he hurries aside - but then he stops, and then he goggles.

"Kanji! Is that...?" Duh, of course it is, now that he gets a second look. Still, nobody could blame him for being a little shocked, right? It's not really a question of priorities, right? ...Right? "Dude, what happened to you?"

Re: 462!

[realmenknitplushies]

"Watch where you're go-"

In his own somewhat distracted state of mind, it takes him a few moments to register who the foot-stomper even was. He's just about to let Yosuke off the hook for the collision, when what he's being asked instead registers.

"What d'you mean, 'what happened'?" he asks. "Didn't ya reco-"

Wait a second, here. Is he seriously implying that - "Man, I do somethin' with my hair and then ya don't even recognise me?" It's colour and nothing else, so far, so the question gets him looking rather puzzled.

[windbreak]

"C-C'mon, I wouldn't..." Yep, no doubt about it, that's Kanji. And at least he's not suddenly seeing things. Still, it's hard for Yosuke to suppress that almost instinctive urge to take another step back and look as small as possible. "I... think it... suits you! Yeah. You just surprised me a little."

Forcing himself to straighten up, he crosses his arms. "So what's the occasion? ...Did one of these things have a dress code? I mean, I didn't see anything like that."

[realmenknitplushies]

"Nah, nothing like that." He sighs, runs his hand through his hair, somewhat thoughtful. "I'd just kinda forgotten to keep it dyed durin' the whole - memory thing and never got around to fixin' it. So with this stuff 'n all..."

He shrugs. "Thought I oughta make a clean start, ya know?" A new look for a new responsibility. One that he still wasn't sure he could manage, but ... well, he was committed now, wasn't he?

[windbreak]

"Clean start, huh?" As in, more than just washing his hair? Yosuke tilts his head. "Whoa, does that mean you've picked something already?"

462

[runtothesunlight]

[Minato steps away from the City Patrol stand, and is wanting to leave when he bumps into someone.]

Ah.

[Embarrassed, he steps back and immediately attempts to apologize.]

I'm terribly sorry...sir?

[Who's this dude? He feels like he recognizes him from somewhere, but...]

Re: 462

[realmenknitplushies]

"Sir?"

[Seriously. How come he's getting 'sir'd' by someone who's his own age?]

Dude, it's Kanji - you know, from the craft stall? Man, if I thought people weren't gonna recognise me...

[runtothesunlight]

Ah, Tatsumi. Sorry about that.

[Well you're ridiculously tall compared to him.]

That's your natural hair color?

[realmenknitplushies]

No problem. [He laughs a little awkwardly.] An' yeah, it is... figured that with everythin' happening, well. Fresh start, you know?

[runtothesunlight]

It looks cool. [Smiles.]

461

[allpurposescarf]

Kanji's not the only one drifting from booth to booth. Four doesn't really like the whole affair, but the idea of resisting doesn't appeal to him either. Not when the stakes are as high as they already are. But he doesn't quite look his usual self either. War is never comfortable and he's going to be a lot closer to the heart of this one than he usually isn't.

He does manage to offer something like a nod in Kanji's direction as he draws near, even if he doesn't immediately offer anything like conversation right away..

Re: 461

[realmenknitplushies]

...Hm, didn't he talk to this guy during the battle in the forest? He'd recognise that scarf anywhere.
He offers a nod and a smile right back, though, one with a spot of resignation to it. Big old mess, isn't it?

[allpurposescarf]

They most certainly did speak back during that battle, yes. And even if it's been a while since they've really talked that isn't going stop Four any. Besides, the sight of someone who certainly seems to be just as resigned to the whole affair as he is isn't a bad sight.

"Finding anything of interest, yet?"

[realmenknitplushies]

"Not sure. There's a coupla things," he says with a shrug. Although 'interest' might not quite have been the word - things he knows he can do, at least. Whether he can really see himself in that position, he's still trying to work out.

[allpurposescarf]

It might not be the most accurate word, but it'll do. Neither of them might like doing this sort of thing (or at least Four doesn't) but any of the other words he might have been inclined to use instead are a bit too harsh for him to want to attach them to something that's at least meant well.

"Ah, good. Even if having a couple of things isn't always easy in the long run, especially if you'd only meant to pick one."

462

[comeonthensexy]

...

[ Wait. Is that Kanji passing by him?

He lowers the glass of juice he's been sipping, and blinks. ]

Did you colour your hair?

Re: 462

[realmenknitplushies]

[Kanji looks over and gives a faint smile in response.]

Heh. Yeah. Most people've just been askin' 'do I know you?'.

[comeonthensexy]

Well, that's silly. It's quite obvious it's you, isn't it?

[realmenknitplushies]

You'd think so, huh?

[He laughs, a bit awkwardly.]

I dunno. Make one change 'n it's like I've grown another head or somethin'.

[comeonthensexy]

[ He reaches out and pulls lightly at a few of Kanji's hairs. ]

Any particular reason?

461

[saving_sound]

[Her own decision had been almost a foregone conclusion. Her place was with the medics, where she could put her powers to their greatest use. Having made her choice almost right away, she ends up wandering around for the remainder of the time, eventually spotting Kanji as he steps back from the booth.]

Ah... You've decided which one to join, too?

Re: 461

[realmenknitplushies]

Oh-!

[He takes a moment to collect his thoughts, stop his pulse racing, before he answers her.]

Yeah. It kinda took me a while, but - well, I've done it.

[saving_sound]

Which one did you decide on?

[She tilts to the side, craning her neck to try to see. Of course, when she actually catches sight of the name, her expression becomes surprised.]

...Eh--

M-military?!

[realmenknitplushies]

[At her reaction, he looks more than a little embarrassed, glancing aside-]

...Yeah.