From One City to Another [Open post event info and start]

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Who: Everyone (guests and non-guests alike)
Where: Geartopia
Summary: Event in City start!
Warnings: Cowboys and Gears
EVENT INFO: Read about it here if you're a new comer!

The Mayoress keeps her word, and the Visitors are whisked away and changed into more suitable clothing for this world, free of charge. As they step down from the portal -- a stark contrast to the last time it was used, a giant man standing easily over eight feet tall and resembling a mammoth takes out a piece of string and measures everyone for their complimentary hat, vest, goggles and boots, as a small team works nearby to adjust the sizes of the materials they already have. It's rather interesting to see them at work, cutting with iron scissors - a spiderlady using her own silken string along with a robot aide to patch things up. Before long, you are given an outfit that's been tailor-fit for you.

Hopefully you aren't too arachnophobic, she's a nice old lady.

Once that's all done, the Mayoress speaks up.

"Come with us, please!"

Robotic horses and chariots draw them into the middle of the town, as a small map is given to everyone, but it's overly simple at best.

As they arrive in the town square, a look around reveals that the people here seem to be a mixture of humans, humanoid animals that have evolved, and robots. The feeling is very Old West, but with it all kept at a simple level despite the advance technology present. Compared to Hinoto-Ri and its lights, bright city and atmosphere, Geartopia feels like it falls on the opposite end of the spectrum. There's barely anything that would make you think of a modern city.

Which is why those that don't look like they belong stand out even more than you do.

Confused people from various worlds, not meant to have landed here... but currently with no way to go home, are stuck in Geartopia, violently torn from whatever they had been doing.

"We ain't sure what happened," she tells the Visitors, shaking her head. "But the past three days have been nothin' more than a giant mess! And they keep pilin' up. We need you to help us figure out what's happenin’!"

As they continue towards the town's center, she gives a bit more explanation: Once, long ago, Geartopia was built by aliens visiting the planet that granted intelligence to some native species. That includes her kind! The giant black obsidian monoliths humming precariously outside of town are an example of that. Normally the rocks only work when they need to contact other worlds. Three days ago, they started to glow, and that's when others began to appear here. People that had not been planned for. And they were still coming in, too...

The technology the elder aliens left them allows them to contact other planets during times of distress, but otherwise, there is nothing futuristic going on - the aliens wanted it this way and for the most part, the population respects this. Most of the area is dry and arid, with very tiny grass and shrubs growing over the hill, and, strangely enough, an area from town that is densely populated by forest.

They'll need your strange and powerful manpower in the upcoming days… just like twenty years ago, when the previous mayoress had called upon great heroes for aid.

[OOC Info about Geartopia:

- Saloon and bars of all sizes. Most are comically named with an object and a color. You can find all sorts of them across town. The shadier ones can be found at the far end of the west.

- There are hotels with gear-driven pianos playing wistful tunes as you drink hard liquor made from cactus juice, honey and barley. The honey wine is especially prized and costly.

- There is also a small carnival with a steampunk and old west fair, sugar and cactus fruit pies, whole animals roasted over open pits, musicians, and a single wooden coaster. It's not much, but the food is excellent.

- Be careful, however. The cactus fruit does cause stomach aches for most people not native to this world.

- There are farms around here, if you feel like having real food and doing honest work.

- The general store has steampunk items for sale, but most of them are much too expensive for the visitors at this point. You can try to barter.

- Oh, and news travels fast. Cause problems, and the rumors will travel to the mayoress fast enough.

- Start posts with Open or Closed depending on what you want to do!

RP VISITORS NOT FROM STRINGS: Here’s your own situation: Your character showed up here anytime from the 4th to the 16th and they have no idea why. They just popped out from their own place and popped in here. HAVE FUN!]

Comments

Lucas | Mother 3 | Open!

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas adjusts his hat slightly as he steps out into the town square after being given open rein of the area. ...The outfit, at least, was familiar - It reminded him vaguely of his father.]

Um.

D-Does... Does anyone know what we're actually supposed to be helping with here...?

[As it was slightly doubtful that anyone will give him a positive response, the boy will eventually wander off into the town. He can be found afterwards wandering in stores or being chased out from a saloon.]

[doubleringuns]

Not me.

[Rin's casually leaning against one of the saloon's structural support posts because the mun knows no other name for them, just within the awning. Arms crossed, she watches the town's goings-on with idle curiosity. No western-style attire for this one, and neither does she particularly bothered about being stuck here.]

[a_gentle_boy]

[A slight smile at the response.]

All we heard on our end was that strange things were happening. ...Besides all the different kinds of people here, it doesn't feel like there's much to worry about...

[doubleringuns]

Yeah, sounds really vague...

[But she agrees with him on the latter point.]

[a_gentle_boy]

...I guess it can't hurt to just wander around, then.

[A slight smile.]

Where are you from?

[doubleringuns]

Me? I'm from the Dressing Room. It's in another dimension.

[Totally normal.]

[a_gentle_boy]

...Oh.

[It kind of is by now.]

I think most of us are from other dimensions, actually. I thought a dressing room was, um. ...Smaller, though.

[doubleringuns]

That's just what they call it. [And really, it was kind of an unintuitive name when you got down to it.]

Sometimes it's called 'VDR City,' and that makes more sense, I guess.

[a_gentle_boy]

...I guess names are only as important as you make them. I come from a place called Tazmily.

[doubleringuns]

Never heard of it. Is it nice?

oh hi!

[doudemoe]

[And here he comes across another familiar person.]

No idea. But it should come up soon.

[Experience had taught him that if something happened, there was usually a reason, no matter how trivial.]

heya! =D

[a_gentle_boy]

[A slight blink.]

So... We should just try and get used to this place for now?

[doudemoe]

Adapting is key to survival. We shoul--

["We should know," he's about to say, but he stops himself. After his last encounter with Minako, he's a little more cautious.]

[a_gentle_boy]

Hm?

[Lucas, on his part, shows no sign of recognizing the person in front of him.]

I don't think we're in that sort of danger here, are we? The people here are... strange, but they seem to be kind.

[doudemoe]

[It seems Lucas doesn't recognize him. He was afraid of that, le sigh.

For the second thing he says, well the locals are odd, and yet strangely normal. Mostly because, unlike the drone citizens of Mayfield, these people feel alive, as opposed to repeating stock phrases ad nauseam.

Still, he's not ready to drop his defenses yet. Between being pulled here suddenly and no friends he recognizes being here, he's more than a little cautious.]

You never know.

[a_gentle_boy]

...I guess that's true. I've been attacked by all kinds of things in the past.

[Trees really shouldn't explode. There was just something wrong about sitting underneath a tree and it deciding to explode on top of you.]

But... it can't hurt to try and be friendly, right? I don't think it's fair to be afraid just because they might be dangerous.

[pkrincess]

[Though Kumatora is hunched over with her forehead on a store wall and an arm wrapped around her stomach, that shock of pink hair is kind of hard to miss. It's a shame, because maybe she could have ran into Lucas earlier, but she chose to check out the carnival first and try some of those cactus fruit pies.

What's more of a shame is that she had like five of them. It's a nice lesson in moderation, though, with the small cost of mild agony. Really, she hasn't regretted eating something this much since those mushrooms on Tanetane Island. Why do stomachaches have to be the worst?]

din is my favorite

[a_gentle_boy]

[The bell rings as Lucas enters the store himself, essentially having nothing better to do than examine every building in the city. He sticks his head in cautiously first to see if he'd wandered into another saloon - then sidles inside when it's clear he hasn't.

Everything is so unfamiliar that it takes a moment or two for him to properly assess the people inside this place.

...]

...Kumatora?!

no you

[pkrincess]

[Kumatora perks up a bit when she hears her name. That voice sounds familiar, too; she lifts her head back to get a look, then spots Lucas near the door. Her eyes widen for a second, then she puts on a pained smile.]

Hey, Lucas.

I hope that's really you. If I'm just seein' things, then that's gonna be a big letdown.

[a_gentle_boy]

Kumatora!

[And Kuma's illness will probably be made worse as Lucas darts forward for a hug.]

I haven't seen you in so long...!

so slow, sorry

[pkrincess]

[Nah. This chance encounter is going to male the pain a lot easier to ignore. Kumatora returns the hug, then gives Lucas a couple light cuffs.]

Real good to see you, too. Looks like you're holdin' up OK.

No worries, I've been gone, too!

[a_gentle_boy]

[Kumatora cannot give Lucas a cuff because he clings like a barnacle and refuses to let go for some time. ...OK, well, she can cuff him anyway. Eventually...]

How's home? Is everything OK? Time hasn't passed while I've been gone, right?

...Wait, you haven't been here the whole time, have you?

[none of this is liable to make much sense.]

[pkrincess]

[Lucas used wrap. It's super effective! And the attack continues! Also was he clinging like a barnacle or maybe like a… Binacle? OK no I'm sorry.]

Eh? No, I kinda just… showed up. It was only a little while ago. [She winces. A little while, but she still had plenty of time to gorge.]

I don't really know what happened back home. Last thing I remember is you pullin' the last needle.

[a_gentle_boy]

[excuse you lucas is way cooler than a binacle ok you just don't understand]

...Really?

[He looks slightly disappointed as he takes a few steps back.]

I guess that's probably... what I should have expected.

[if time really did stop.]

Um. ...I've been away for months now, though. In a place a little like this.

[pkrincess]

[He is. Kind of by default. Kumatora, meanwhile, scrunches her lips as she contemplates this whole time stopping thing.]

Huh. That's weird, 'cause I was just with ya before I left. And for a long time before that, besides.

[Then she shrugs.] It's real hard to believe, but I know you're not lyin'. We just gotta find a way to get back.