sirenspull | June 12th, 2012

June 12th, 2012

Yo, this is bullshit.

[Jesse's sporting a split lip, which he's gnawing at rather than trying to stop the bleeding. He looks like he's been roughed up a little, which makes this the second time in a week he's appealing to the network after getting beaten up. But this one's different than the last. He's pissed off instead of scared.]

So like I'm over by the center, right, 'cause I heard about that missing kid and I thought, Hey, why not look around? 'cause, you know, maybe there's a clue or whatever. I got nothing better to do.

So I'm looking around and these guys, like - like old guys, like I guess some kids' dads or something - they just come up and circle me. You know, like a tough guy thing, all intimidating. And they're like, "Hey, we saw you at that party. We know you were there. You know anything about this?" And I was like, "Uh, no." But they didn't like that answer, I guess, 'cause...

[He doesn't bother with the rest of the story, just pointing to his face with a roll of his eyes.]

And there's like cops standing right there, and they don't give a shit. They're all looking the other way. And then -

This is the really messed-up part.

Then I see all these cops marching up into the center. And once I shook off the Dad Patrol, I was all like, "The hell's going on?" And you know what it was? It was like a raid. Yeah. Like we got some little kid locked up in our community center. Like we're criminals. What the hell?

thepull_mods

Tuesday, June 12th 2012

Weather A few showers, mainly in the morning. Afternoon sunny periods. High 17°C and a low of 10°C (63deg;F/50°F)

Current Moon Phase: Last Quarter

Morning sirens go off at 5:11am, and evening sirens are at 9:14pm.

Tower Evictions
Vesper Lynd
John Egbert
Rachel
John Egbert

Your month of free lodging is up! A notice on your door will give you 3 days to get out or cough up monthly rent. However, there may be a second or even a third notice slid under your door in the meantime, suggesting you stay here as a greeter on the Corporate dime....

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News & Advertisements

- The citywide search continues for missing local child Violet Whelan, last seen at the Newcomer Block Party. Authorities say that several eyewitnesses sighted notorious crazed clown The Joker unmasking at the event on Sunday afternoon, and right now he is their lead suspect. This event may have proven more harmful to the newcomer community reputations than helpful, the girl’s disappearance especially suspicious with Violet’s mother an active and vocal member of M.A.N.

As of this morning, the SPPD has acquired a search warrant, signed by a local judge who is known to be unsympathetic towards newcomers, to investigate the The Tower Apartments and Newcomer Community Center for any sign of the girl. Meanwhile, only one independent news source seems to sensibly point out that the child may not have been kidnapped by newcomers at all, but the public will have none of that, preferring to blow rumors and hatred out of proportion.

[SPPD’s missing child hotline number scrolls along the bottom of all NVs and news programs are frequently interrupted to flash Violet’s school picture across the screen, asking anyone with information on Violet’s whereabouts to please be in contact with police.

Throughout the day, any known newcomers, especially those who appeared at the block party, may be questioned or even harassed by concerned natives about the girl’s whereabouts, and might also be accused of collaborating with kidnappers, if they appear ‘hostile’ or ‘suspicious’.

At approximately 10am, Tower Apartments Residents will have their apartments along with all vacated apartments in the building searched, along with the Community Center. Investigators may also come around for questioning at any known homes and businesses of newcomers who were represented at the Block Party..]

- Amid public fervor over the missing girl, smaller media attention is given to the arrests of several scientists and accountants associated with Ragusa Incorporated, including several nanotech engineers whose whereabouts are unknown, and may be going up for bounty. Arrests were also made at the Church of Jonova yesterday, with three priests taken in for collaboration in biological weapons conspiracy. Their trial date has been tentatively scheduled for early July, with prosecutors yet to be announced.

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[ News Notification Thread]

inamartiniglass

[A very angry Vesper can be seen over the video feed, the last of the officers finally leaving the community center]

A mockery, that's what it is. They literally made a mockery of this place and went through everything. That little girl is not here.

I'm sure the normal citizens of this place are perfectly capable of being monsters just as some Newcomers.

[Overall, she's offended to have a place she's been put in charge of for the day trashed like this.]

crowsicle

( Cut for text quirk )

jesus
apparently taking a morning stroll through the used section of a shitty video game store constitutes suspicious behavior in these parts
nice to know random raving jackass keep me updated
christ i know its a weekday but isnt school out by now??
also heres a psa for you
even if i am a filthy hooky playing juvenile delinquent that doesnt make me a child stealer
fuckin rude
newsflash i was the one who got kidnapped and brought here against my will three months ago
obviously
who in their right mind would ever want to be stuck in canada
maybe the kid finally found a way out of this pisshole and decided not to take her douchebag parents with her
if not i hope someone finds her soon so i can look for two dollar tony hawk knockoffs in peace
this is bullshit
anyway
this isnt what i wanted to talk about
i have a question
what do you get your dad for fathers day when youre kind of strapped for cash
and also you didnt know he was your dad
and maybe you kind of have two dads
and one of them probably doesnt know hes your dad because hes like sixteen
yeah
does hallmark make singalong cards for this situation
this is kind of a new thing for me im shaky on the etiquette here

[[OOC: As always, you can opt into Davesprite's text quirk here on his permissions post. Otherwise I just answer in black Courier.]]

vaguelysauntered

[The camera turns on to catch the bustling and lively interior of the Lion's Gate as one Anthony J. Crowley sits at the bar, swirling some very expensive-looking cocktail in one hand as he grins. Crowley already dressed with class and style to fuel a fashion company, so getting into the place was as easy as stealing candy from a baby.]

You know, the longer I stay in this place, the more I've realized that no matter where you go, people never change. I mean, even with powers and bloody monsters coming out of the Darkness to attack you, people are still just, you know, people.

[He turns the wrist with his NV watch to show the people behind him mingling in the club, starting to point out particular people standing around with a finger.] You see, that guy over there with the funny little beard wants to become the most powerful man in town- he's just hanging around here so he can get connections, but he's failing horribly at it. The woman next to him in the blue dress wants all the money in the world so she can buy all sorts of pointless luxuries for herself.

[And then he points over to a couple flirting by the bar, smirking widely.] And that woman wants nothing more than to take that man on the bar and do all sorts of nasty and unspeakable sexual things to him, I mean really, just hearing about them would make your ears curl.

[He then turns the NV toward him as he shrugs.] But what I'm trying to say is that people always want the same things in life. Power, money, sex...you could drop these people in, I don't know, a place where the sky is green and flowers eat people and they'd still have the same wants and the same needs.

So, let's play a little game. Tell me your most innate desire and try to surprise me. If you have a desire like everyone else, congratulations! You're painfully ordinary. And if not, well, maybe I'll get some amusement out of it. I could always use a little entertainment in my life.

[Crowley smiles like a snake.] Just try me.

[He turns off the video, but there's a long pause as the voice function still keeps going. And then Crowley says, curtly:]

By the way...you people should keep a better eye on your children. Especially in a place like this. Honestly, buy a leash or something, you prats. But no, people will be people...

[A slight huff, and the voice function is switched off. Make of that what you will.]

[ooc: Just a note: Crowley can actually see the innate desires of people! It's one of his many demonic powers. But he can only do that when they're there in person with him. So he'll just be having fun guessing whether people are lying or not when it comes to the responses of this video. You're all good on that front. B)]

learnyourplace

[It's an accidental broadcast; Rachel has the NV in hand, having intending only to listen to whatever might be new as she walked through the city. (In no particular hurry to go anywhere in particular, walking seemed the way to go. She may have been wrong.) The audio clicks on mid-sentence, triggered by a restless and angry grip on the device.]

--aside. Move or I will move you. [There's more than simple frustration in her voice; she's angry. The audio is muffled, but it's clear she's not alone. There's raised voices, demands for information, insults hurled. She could just leave, but mulishness is apparently a family trait.

It may be clear that she might not handle this well without a little intervention, despite what she's told others about not provoking those who would confront them.]

ella_of_frell

[ The feed is on, because once again, Ella's forgotten about it. Really she had planned on doing something, presumably checking posts on the network, but when she got up to walk away, Lucifurr opted to walk across the book, turning on the record function. The cat is visible just in the corner of the the feed, being petted by Meg, but Hattie and Ella can be heard bickering - though Ella sounds more exasperated than angry. Meg, when she notices the NV, just -grins- when she sees the device is recording. ]

"Oh for goodness sakes, when are you going to understand - it's not -like- that! He's just my tutor."

"No, Ella, it's you that doesn't understand! How many times do I have to tell you that I'm tired of your shameless flirting with a man I have my eyes on!

"Shameless fl--ergh! You said the same thing about Byakuya, trust me, they're -NOT- my type."

[ Hattie only mimics Ella's response. ]

"'They're not my type', 'they're not my type'. Then why do you keep doing it?"

"Look, if you're so interested, by all means, court him! I couldn't care less!"

"Really. Well judging by your willingness to spend kissy alone time with him at any given opportunity seems to suggest otherwise."

"There IS no ki-- Hattie, we just talk - and by talk I actually MEAN talk-!"

"Ella. Ella, all right, let me make this simple for you to understand. Now: Explain to me how you decided that having my, I repeat my date as your tutor was a brilliant idea. You have twenty seconds."

[ Before she THROWS DOWN! Ella just presses her hands against her face, fuming. Meg is clearly amused by the bickering and offers no help whatsoever in noting that the device is recording. ]

[ OOC: Collaboration post with Ella, Hattie and cameo by Meg. <3 ]

wingedcrown

I didn't even stay in those apartments for more than a few weeks and I still got dragged to the side by a bunch of investigators. They wanted to go through the few things I had because someone was convinced that they saw a few people moving boxes out of the Tower apartments and that little girl must have been in one of them.

[She rolls her eyes and folds her arms across her chest.]

And since I was one of the people moving out, I was under suspicion. I missed my dancing class today because of it.

[But as much as she's pissed off at the investigators and all of the people accusing newcomers, she doesn't look ready to push the notion completely under the rug that someone's taken her.]

Does this blame game happen often around here? First it was that virus and now this little girl going missing. Are we always blamed for everything?

[She shifts almost uncomfortably.]

And are we looking for her or are we just sit quietly while people go through our things and give us the evil eye over something we haven't done?