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FEBRUARY 2021 EVENT: PART ONE
CHAPTER TWO, PART 1: A LIGHT LUNCH
Good times, great olives, Uliveto's.
INVITES AND INSISTENCES | BISQUE AND BREADSTICKS | FONTINA AND FOCACCIA | MUNDANITY AND MISHAPS
INVITES AND INSISTENCES
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BISQUE AND BREADSTICKS
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FONTINA AND FOCACCIA
As the luncheon continues, you may be able to notice some of the HHA volunteers scurrying back and forth, taking turns manning the doors and the small table where Betty’s taking donations and issuing meal vouchers. Watch long enough and you’ll be able to see that all of them are ultimately reporting to three ladies who confer at a smaller table set back from all the mingling, talking amongst themselves and from time to time making notes in a small ledger. At about half past noon, one of the women stands, calling out, “May I have your attention, please?” She has to repeat it a couple times to be heard, but after a minute or two everybody settles down. The woman nods toward all of the guests, then turns back to the table, allowing one of the women to stand and make herself known. Tall, graceful, and neat, she takes a look around the room as she speaks — does her gaze linger a moment on you?
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MUNDANITY AND MISHAPS
After the luncheon, things in Santa Rosita continue on as normal. The weekend comes and goes, the work week begins, and the cold February wind blows… But when you wake up on February 10th, some of you are missing. |
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OOC INFO
Welcome to the first part of February’s event! You can use this entry to top-level for the event, but feel free to utilize the log and network communities as well. Sign-ups to have your character abducted are located here; please fill out the form provided along with any other pertinent details.
You may play with the townsfolk NPCs as necessary in your threads; non-Robbied neighbors will be cordial and happy to make small talk and will try to maintain the pleasant atmosphere. Robbies will, as always, be mindlessly optimistic and complimentary about everything—you may find that most of the Robbies have congregated at their own table and are bubbling with excitement over just about anything.
There will be a top-level posted for Rosemary below. If you would like to have your character interact with her, comment with your starter there. The mods will respond to tags for Rosemary until February 15th.
Any questions can go in our FAQ thread below. Try to check and see if your question has already been answered on the plotting thread first here.
Remember — part 2 of this event is coming February 15th!
You may play with the townsfolk NPCs as necessary in your threads; non-Robbied neighbors will be cordial and happy to make small talk and will try to maintain the pleasant atmosphere. Robbies will, as always, be mindlessly optimistic and complimentary about everything—you may find that most of the Robbies have congregated at their own table and are bubbling with excitement over just about anything.
There will be a top-level posted for Rosemary below. If you would like to have your character interact with her, comment with your starter there. The mods will respond to tags for Rosemary until February 15th.
Any questions can go in our FAQ thread below. Try to check and see if your question has already been answered on the plotting thread first here.
Remember — part 2 of this event is coming February 15th!
( prompt: bisque and breadsticks! )
noelle nods, feeling vicious vindication to hear her complaints being aired out by someone else. it allows her to feel agreement with someone, especially with how its aired, and gives her a chance to stretch out her acting chops.
she affects a sheepish pout and nods in agreement, looking at him from the corner of her eye like she had caught his comment by accident. ]
It's rather rude. No matter how much I ask them to stop, they keep treating me like I'm a child. [ fucking please. she sighs, looking at the menu with interest because she's already wondering how she can bring this back home in her pockets that are already filled with breadsticks and other snacks being offered. ] All I can do is hope it'll at least stop during the meal. Can you imagine if someone tried to pat you on the head while you're eating?
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[ He replies in a low voice, not even bothering to keep up the facade for the moment. He fucking hates this place and if this woman is expressing displeasure with the amount of touching the 'adults' like to do, he's going to assume she's not really one of them. ]
This is only my fifth day in town and I can't express just how much I loathe this place.
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[ noelle acts like she's trying to keep her excitement and surprise in check. she's already caught on that there are multiple individuals stuck in this weird fuckfest like her but that's noelle. blossom will always act like it's a delight and a surprise to find someone else in her miserable circumstances.
misery loves company, after all.
she holds up her menu a bit higher now. not enough to make it obvious but trying he best to cover her face so people can't read her lips or better hear what she has to say next: ]
Perhaps we can leave the occasion sooner? [ she smiles, making sure to put a bit of mischief and desperation in the smile. ] I have an idea but it requires two actors for this skit I have in mind. Are you interested in leaving as you say you are?
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Lightly he shakes his head, taking another drink of the water. ]
I would like to leave, but it's too risky. Besides they might say something of use at some point.
[ God he fucking hopes there is a point to all of this. Otherwise he is going to be seriously pissed. ]
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but something he said does get her attention. ] You think they'll make an announcement of some sort? Or attempt to speak with us, directly? Hmmm... That could happen.
I've noticed a lot of activity from the volunteers and a table they keep heading towards in the last few minutes.
[ she noticed it mostly because she was trying to give a subtle stink-eye to the volunteer who had the gall to pinch her cheek and call her cookie. trying to be subtle about it, noelle feigns a yawn and tilts her head towards the direction of the table she's talking about. ]
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Possibly. They went to a great amount of trouble to get us here. They didn't just want my 'parents' [ He makes the air quotes when he says the word 'parents'. ] to come. They insisted I come too. Why?
[ There just has to be a purpose outside of annoying the fuck out of him with random people in his personal space. His eyes subtly move in the direction that Noelle indicates with her yawn and head tilt. He inwardly frowns, but covers for it, picking up his water glass and taking another sip. Definitely something is up.]
The ringleaders maybe?
[ He suggests as he takes another sip of water. ]
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so here she is, at least sharing a moment of commiseration with someone who has more than two brain cells in their head. thank the fuck god for that. ]
Possibly. [ she puffs out her cheek and pretends to try (and fail) to get a sneaky look at the table in question. ] Whenever one of them at the table speaks, it seems the volunteers are hanging on to every word that's said. So either the heads of this event or the heads themselves.
It's strange they didn't come and greet us when we came in, don't you think? The leaders, I mean. [ noelle had one of the volunteers - a betty, she thinks - all up on her ass the moment she set a foot in the restaurant. no need to worry about betty trying to welcome her with open arms. ]
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It looks like they are making notes in a ledger. So at the least organizers of this event. [ He takes another sip of his water as he puts the glass down and looks more directly at Noelle. ]
I find it stranger that they haven't gotten up to greet anyone in particular. Usually head organizers will make time for their most generous benefactors at the least.
[ But they haven't made any sort of indication that there is anyone present that could be considered a cash cow in this town. Which is strange to him, given they are at a fundraiser. There were always types like that where he came from. ]
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noelle genuinely knows jackshit about how these functions go. not a surprise with the life she’s lived so far so— if the guy says that’s what they’ll do, she’s going to have to roll with it because what’s the point of lying about crap like that?
she frowns, tilting her head to the side. ] Hmmm... I guess them feeling shy isn’t a good excuse, huh? Why hold a luncheon in the first place? Or share it with us? There must be something else happening like you said.
[ looking away and frowning, as if ashamed by a thought that comes to mind, noelle looks back at him with wide eyes and asks, ] Do you think...
Do you think they have any involvement? With us being here? [ a stupid as shit question, noelle knows, but it’s the type blossom would ask: a painfully naive question, like she couldn’t imagine a group of friendly mostly-ladies and men being involved in their current hostage situation. noelle knows by now that you have to be suspicious of anyone, especially those belonging to a large group that has a lot of members and resources seemingly on their side.
and, judging by the constant movement of volunteers and members around them, and the endless breadsticks being placed on the table, the hha have both. ]
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I wouldn't be shocked if they were. [ He states simply, taking another sip of water. It makes perfect sense for the HHA to have something to do with their imprisonment and the lives they are being forced to play along with. They wouldn't push so hard for them to keep up appearances, if they weren't involved in some manner. It's just a matter of figuring out if the HHA are willing participants or if there is someone else pulling their strings from the shadows.]
In any case, it best to be cautious around them.