sirenspull | November 1st, 2012

November 1st, 2012

[James is at the library today. He's taken over a whole table and it's littered with stacks of of books and candy wrappers. Most are open but one closed one title is Resume writing for dummies. He's sporting a bit of stubble courtesy of the Core decideding to promote Movember and All saints day at the same time. He got the double prize this morning.]

Anyone have some job hunting tips? I've been starting at this book on resume writing and well why the hell are all they examples formatted differently? I don't suppose anyone knows of any one looking for security?

thepull_mods

Thursday, November 1st 2012

Weather Thick early morning fog, and a mix of cloud and sun. Chance of showers.. High 12°C and a low of 8°C (54°F 46°F)

Current Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

Morning sirens go off at 8:06 am, and evening sirens are at 5:46pm.

News & Advertisements

November: Facial Hair and Novels Getting Longer By the Day

November is typically a harsh month in Siren's Port. There's little daylight between sirens, and during the day there's often constant downpours, sometimes even snow. But two distinctly separate groups of activists are doing what they can to lighten the gloomy mood of this month: by participating in Movember and National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo.

Movember is a tradition started in Melbourne, Australia, where men start out clean-shaven and grow mustaches to increase awareness about men's health. Typically, Movember participants raise money for various cancer research organizations on the mainland, but getting that money to its proper source can be difficult and cause a mess of red-tape and taxes. Thus, several SERO-run charities have stepped in to run Siren's Port Movember, with their benefits going to similar causes: prostate cancer research and general awareness campaigns about men's health. Many SERO-run clubs are running 'clean shaven' mixers the first weekend of Movember, with intention for continuing parties for men to compare and contrast, cumulating in several mustache contests at the end of the month.

NaNoWriMo was started in the San Francisco bay area with the simple goal of getting aspiring writers off their butts... and onto their butts in front of computers, laptops, typewriters and spiral-bound notebooks. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50k novel in 30 days: to set a goal and actually finish something without too much worry or thought about the overall quality of the work (that's for NaNoEdMo). As NaNoWriMo took off and became a sensation all over the world, its formers saw a potential to do great good, and formed a charity organization that builds libraries in third world countries.

Faced with similar problems as the Movember activists, NaNoWriMo participants teamed with AGI, who will be sponsoring many all-night write-ins at the Underground Mall. AGI promises for every novel finished that a thousand dollars will be donated to the Siren's Port library system, to help pay for new books and do repairs on many of their crumbling buildings. Perhaps more exciting than that, they will offer free meetings with editors to review the final product, which could result in a book deal!*

Self-help guru Neveah Knorr has announced her intention to being and complete her third self-help book during NaNoWriMo.

*NaNoWriMo authors who choose to have their work reviewed will have to sign a waiver that they will not bring any legal action to AGI for any reason, say, if suddenly some other book with a lot of similarities turns up on the shelves sometime later...

- BIG CANDY BLOWOUT! All Halloween candy & decor must go! Grab this steal of a deal while it lasts! 80% Sales at every Seronex Pharmacy with your affiliation card.

- ¡Bienvenidos a Los Pollos Hermanos! Grand Opening TODAY! The Underground Mall's latest dining option, Los Pollos Hermanos, will be launching today with a special grand opening sale! Half-off all meal specials and free drink refills! Specializing in fried and rotisserie chicken with a spicy Latin flair, Los Pollos Hermanos is open 24/7 in the Underground Mall's food court. Come experience the #1 independent chicken franchise in the Southwest United States at our brand new 15th location!

[[All Souls Day Mini-Event: On November 1st, the barrier between realms of the living and dead is lifted. Spirit Mediums throughout the city may find this a busy day of message-ferrying, as both living and dead are more eager and aware of communicating with each other.

But the Core is giving its newcomers an additional haunting phenomenon today: From sun up until evening siren, in all reflective surfaces (mirrors, puddles, shiny panes of glass) ghostly apparitions of passed loved ones eager for a bittersweet reunion or lifelong bitter enemies sworn to continue loathing you from the grave will be visible, their opaque eyes fixed directly on you. Staring back at these spectres will cause their images to sharpen and color in your vision, but looking for too long may cause dizzy lightheadedness and eventually fainting and blackouts.

If you have died, however, either back wherever you’re from, or here in Port: Your image will appear as a rotten corpse or skeleton scraped bone dry in every reflective surface, visible to everyone.]]
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[ News Notification Thread]

mediumdrip

[Blaine looks extremely pale when he makes this video. His hair isn't even gelled because he couldn't stand to look in the mirror long enough to do it.]

This... this is just the Core right? People are seeing things today aren't they? Because it's a holiday. The Core always has a weird sense of humor on holidays.

Right?

businessman

[Gus's smile is looking a little... tight, today. He's broadcasting from behind the Los Pollos Hermanos counter, but a very careful observer might notice that he's standing well away from anything that could be reflective. His posture, always very straight, might be called rigid right now. His Chilean accent, too, is very slightly thicker.]

Hello, everyone. I'm sure by now you've all seen our ads in the paper, but just in case, I wanted to personally welcome all of you to Los Pollos Hermanos, now open in the Underground Mall. This restaurant is my life's work; I brought the recipes over from my home country over 20 years ago, and I'm very glad to be able to share them with you today.

For those in need of a job, we are still hiring, as well. Please feel free to come by at any time today for an application.

( Private message to Vesper Lynd, Xellos, Phibrizzo, and Mr. Gold; BCC to Jesse Pinkman )

Current Mood: irate

recitings

[When the feed starts, the shot seems to be looking up at a dressing counter. There's someone seated there, dressed in a fine suit. He seems to be concentrating on the mirror, his fingers gripping the edge of the table-- tense.

He is silent for a moment, before he speaks-- a harsh stage whisper. Those who know him can tell this is Genesis Rhapsodos.]

Why are you both here? Why are you looking at me that way? Didn't... shouldn't you be angry?

[He takes a deep breath, letting go of the table. His arms go limp at his sides in defeat. His voice loses its tension and returns to a normal tone.]

... why...?

[It sounds as if he's holding back tears, trying his hardest not to cry.]

I don't deserve the way you look at me. What I did was horrible. Unforgivable. Mother... father...

Please.

[At this, the man puts his arms on the top of the table and presses his face against them, as if hiding from the mirror. He doesn't seem to want to run away from it, but it's obvious that he can't stand what he had seen.]

((ooc: Mun will be out of town for three days. So expect sloooooowness :C ))

moveslikestrider

( Cut because of corpse description. )

Ok. Anyone know when this is going to end? It would be really sweet if it goes away in the next hour or so. Yeah I'll pay for that window later.

Let's not talk about exactly what we saw. Put that out of your head and we'll be cool.