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ourearth) wrote in saveourearth2019-05-26 10:25 pm
Curiouser and curiouser [Mingle]
Date: May 26th-June 2nd
Characters:OPEN
Note: Like all welcome mingles, this is a SoL free-for-all mingle meant to get new characters involved by centering around something relevant to them. Without further ado, please welcome Rune Vollan!
The weather is beautiful, approaching twenty and mostly sunny, and it's just perfect for the literature festival that takes part in Mossgate every year. A full week - or rather, 8 days - fully packed of all kinds of literary activities and events awaits.
It starts on Sunday with festivities on the Greens that involve all kinds of local groups putting things on the stage set up near the bandstand - choirs, orchestras, theatre groups, dance groups, and more, both professional and high quality amateur productions. Food stalls are littered around the area, and various booths sell, inform about, or simply exhibit various literature related things. There's also a storytelling tent set up near the ruins catering to children during the day and to adults in the evening and half through the night.
Then all throughout the week there are all kinds of things offerend around Mossgate council. Local artists of all walks, ranging from paper artists to dollmakers, from painters to theatre groups and from singers to circus troupes have been offered all kinds of unusual places to bring literature to new backgrounds. There might be a Shakespearean play on the ruins, or an art exhibition on the pleasure pier, a concert in the zoo or a storytime in the Mayor's office (for all the little ones).
There are also Drag Queen Story Hours at the library, bars and pubs and bookstore offer readings of established as well as young up-and-coming authors, and Tarwich town hall has been turned into an interactive exhibition on Shakespeare.
The Manor House, of course, offers something very specifically themed on the Saturday of the festival. As it was the setting of the world famous book "Ann in the Curious Garden" and the sequel "Between the Mirrors", it always has an Ann-themed day during the literature festival. Every artist, no matter what their art be, who wishes to contribute is welcome and put up art or put on a performace in the Manor gardens or the open-to-the-public parts of the house itself. So there is a children's ballet performing in stork costumes, a magician performing themed tricks, there's many artworks ranging from small children's drawings to artful adult paintings hung up in the manor corridors, and much more. And, as every year, the hunt for the dodo is on: Somewhere in the grounds and public areas of the house, a stuffed dodo has been hidden. Whoever finds it will get a free years pass to the zoo.
[note: Ann in the Curious Garden is an expy of Alice in Wonderland. Think along the lines of storks instead of flamingos, and such. Just so different enough.]
Characters:OPEN
Note: Like all welcome mingles, this is a SoL free-for-all mingle meant to get new characters involved by centering around something relevant to them. Without further ado, please welcome Rune Vollan!
The weather is beautiful, approaching twenty and mostly sunny, and it's just perfect for the literature festival that takes part in Mossgate every year. A full week - or rather, 8 days - fully packed of all kinds of literary activities and events awaits.
It starts on Sunday with festivities on the Greens that involve all kinds of local groups putting things on the stage set up near the bandstand - choirs, orchestras, theatre groups, dance groups, and more, both professional and high quality amateur productions. Food stalls are littered around the area, and various booths sell, inform about, or simply exhibit various literature related things. There's also a storytelling tent set up near the ruins catering to children during the day and to adults in the evening and half through the night.
Then all throughout the week there are all kinds of things offerend around Mossgate council. Local artists of all walks, ranging from paper artists to dollmakers, from painters to theatre groups and from singers to circus troupes have been offered all kinds of unusual places to bring literature to new backgrounds. There might be a Shakespearean play on the ruins, or an art exhibition on the pleasure pier, a concert in the zoo or a storytime in the Mayor's office (for all the little ones).
There are also Drag Queen Story Hours at the library, bars and pubs and bookstore offer readings of established as well as young up-and-coming authors, and Tarwich town hall has been turned into an interactive exhibition on Shakespeare.
The Manor House, of course, offers something very specifically themed on the Saturday of the festival. As it was the setting of the world famous book "Ann in the Curious Garden" and the sequel "Between the Mirrors", it always has an Ann-themed day during the literature festival. Every artist, no matter what their art be, who wishes to contribute is welcome and put up art or put on a performace in the Manor gardens or the open-to-the-public parts of the house itself. So there is a children's ballet performing in stork costumes, a magician performing themed tricks, there's many artworks ranging from small children's drawings to artful adult paintings hung up in the manor corridors, and much more. And, as every year, the hunt for the dodo is on: Somewhere in the grounds and public areas of the house, a stuffed dodo has been hidden. Whoever finds it will get a free years pass to the zoo.
[note: Ann in the Curious Garden is an expy of Alice in Wonderland. Think along the lines of storks instead of flamingos, and such. Just so different enough.]
OTA Throughout!
Most of it being actual physical busywork, setting up tents and moving book stock and so forth. There's something soothing about it, and being able to get it done quickly earns him appreciation rather than suspicion.
He won't tell anyone where the dodo is, though, let alone if he knows where it is to begin with!
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And from what he hear you don't even get something interesting when you find it.
(This is totally not about him not being allowed into the Manor House because he's a dog, nope.)
So instead he'll bum around the outside and when he finds Walter helping with some delayed 'shit we need a tent here in case it rains why did nobody think about that' work, he'll get up and about under everyone's feet to inspect the commotion.
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This is Walter's life right now: careful underreactions to sentient dogs. Why.
He'll only gently (but firmly) lift Chad away from anything if the dog starts trying to bite the equipment. Those tents are not meant to have tears, dammit!
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...He might try to open the helpers bags while nobody is looking with quite more craftiness than a dog should have, though, if they smell like they have food in them. No zipper can stop him.
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"Jaws off the zippers. There are people here who can feed you, you don't have to steal anyone's things."
And the people who had food fit for dogs would not be in this area, according to what Walter was aware of.
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Sure, he's sitting very close to this backpack and the area around the zipper might be a bit wet, but. Look how innocent. Innocence??????
Yes, look at this innocent dog, Walter.
Just sitting here and looking at you.
/Fishes a name out of a hat.
Count to two million, Walter. Keep your breathing even...
"Not yours," he emphasizes.
"And also not mine, for that matter. Carl?" he calls, this time in another direction.
"You'll need something better than a zipper - or something better than the ground to put your bag on."
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So Chad won. Not that it gets him anything, because the prospective food is very rudely removed from him.
In conclusion: He gives Walter a most disdainful look and stalks away as gracefully as a tiny fluffy white dog can.
Which, let's face it, is not very graceful.
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"I know his owners. I can get in touch with them if needed."
It's not a threat, just a reminder.
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He's not going to forget this.
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"Walter!" he exclaims happily. "Fahnsee seein' yuu here! Wha're yuu doin?"
(Fancy seeing you here! What are you doing?) He might be curious, but he's honestly more curious to see if he can spirit Walter away for a bit of fun. Probably at the bar.
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"Getting this stock of fantasy books where it needs to be."
Which, granted, wasn't going to be at his house, but it wasn't as if he had a say in it either way.
"How's business looking for you this week?"
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(Ah, it's going great! Having a gay time!) A beat, and then Rune grins.
"Ey, yuu wah ah ti'keht? Ir enii hilp wi those fir tha ma'er?"
(Hey, you want a ticket? Or any help with those for that matter?") Rune motions to the books that Walter's carrying around.
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"Though I'll be glad to watch your crew at work after - they shouldn't need me in this area for much longer."
Mostly due to his prompt nature.
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(I'm glad the work's easy on you.) Rune smiles and procures a ticket from his pocket for his friend, reaching out to set it on the pile of books Walter has.
"Weer doin' en of mah fev'rits, yuu know. The Seks Swans! Ahm pleyin th'yuungist brohthur, mehsehlf."
(We're doing one of my favourites, you know. The Six Swans! I'm playing the youngest brother myself.)
Keep this thread short, or timeskip to after the performance?
Shifting to hold the box (and thus the ticket) more securely, Walter nods just once before heading off.
"I'll be sure not to stand near anyone throwing popcorn!"
Timeskip it is.
"Ey! Therrs mah guud luck charm! Did yuu ehnjoy th'show?"
(Hey! There's my good luck charm! Did you enjoy the show?) Rune looks positively thrilled at getting to hear his friend's feedback.
Thanks! <3
"'Good luck charm' is debatable, but your show was wonderful," he replies cheekily.
"You really brought out the character dynamics, in this edition. Not everyone seeks to give the long-lasting characters depth."
Sorry it took me forever to get back to this. If you want to handwave, just let me know!
"Ah, yer ah fla'erer! But ahm greytful ahl theh sehm. Ii iis mah fevrit pleh, so ii gets ah bit ahf extreh attenshin frum meh. Ahll uupdeht ii frum time ti time."
(Ah, you're a flatterer! But I'm grateful all the same. It is my favourite play, so it gets a bit of extra attention from me. I'll update it from time to time.) Rune winks.
"Well, ahr yuu gon'na show ah guy aroond? Ah've nefer seen this fehst'val befir."
(Well, are you going to show a guy around? I've never seen this festival before.) Rune holds out his hand - he's not sure if Walter will or won't take it, but he definitely would like to be shown around by someone who knows the ropes here.