Paradisus Perditaque

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Paradisus Perditaque

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What: Closing Arena Ceremonies
Where: Aries Arena & Televised
Summary: 1/24/10AC
Warnings: This could get serious...but who knows.

The last week and a half had been, at best, an insane blur of lights, colors, Persona and celebrations.

And while your own victories have been appreciated by the population, you are, after all, Visitors. No playing in the main competition. Not even proper brackets, you were just lucky to be allowed to be IN the tournament as a main show at all! It was a great honor, and you should accept it as such.

That's show business for you.

The main news that had been on everyone's lips was that the longtime champion, Blue Sky Dragoon, had been beaten by his long-time rival, Royal Red Lion for top honors this year. Red Lion (real name Bunrakuken Karube, although they couldn't say that in public due to the new rule this year) had created the biggest upset since the event's creation ten years ago. For him, it was a monumental victory, as it meant he would be, more or less, the hero for the city for the next year. For Blue Sky Dragoon, it meant his reign of five years had finally come to an end.

Needless to say, the second place contestant looked rather bitter as he was ushered into the podium for the main division.

In the end, there had been no interruptions. The entire Games had gone off without a hitch. Your efforts had been appreciated during the course, however, and you were all invited for the final closing ceremonies. Kiyoshi Suou was still on alert, unwilling to relax even a little.

For the most part, closing ceremonies were trivial, and, dare we say, boring. The energy from the tournament had been slowly declining, and by the third national song and a kabuki reenactment of the final battle between Dragoon and Lion, most were trying not to doze off.

And yet...you...as Visitors. There's a strange feeling around you. It's not the lack of energy from the civilians, no.

Something isn't right.

Unfortunately you can't prove that and you can't stop what's going on but...you can try looking around. But you should probably be as discreet as possible, all things considered. While you can't just search the arena during the ceremony, there is still the underbelly of the stadium, athletes you could talk to, policemen on the job...

...it's like trying to finding a needle in a haystack.

[OOC - Alright timeline of events: Tonight is going to be just mingling, assessing the crowd and seeing what you can find. Create closed or open posts, or just watch the show and comment between yourselves. We have some NPCs that can talk with you (anyone who has an NPC, or was given NPC info for this log are free to have them be around), or you can talk amongst yourselves; this is, after all a celebration, although an apparently boring one.

Once this post is done, there will also be a mod post going up with a few additions about what is going to go down tomorrow, and some announcements! Our tentative hour for the main event will be the 24th at 6-7PM EASTERN tomorrow. Be there!]

Comments

So open

[selematpagi]

So Yukko sorta notices the strange feeling in the air... The problem is that she thinks it's just her. She honestly has no idea what the Grand Prix was supposed to be, and it makes her feel really weird! Some kind of fight? A race? Apparently this guy Blue Dragon beat a Red Taiga in a race or... something. And there was this other White Taiga?

Hey hey, it's not like Yukko's just being dumb either! Whenever she asked one of the locals what the Grand Prix was, they would just laugh and ignore her! How rude! That was no way to treat someone!

So Yukko relegates herself to a chair nearby with her arms crossed, her eyes closed and her lips bunched into a 'S' shape. Eventually she just can't take it, and she stretches out in the chair.

"Hnnnghhh! I'm so bored!" She thrusts her arms out, swinging her head back. "This place is lame! When is something cool going to happen?"

Boredom is no joke. It's a very serious matter.

[hinoto_ri]

"You can say that again!"

It looks like her boredom caught someone's attention. What's more, he seems to have been one of the competitors, though not one that made it to the finals. What's he doing out around here?

"Last year they did an interpretive dance for the winning match. Can you believe this?"

[selematpagi]

"... interpretive dance?"

She blinked, looking a bit skeptical. She's trying to 'interpret' what an interpretive dance would look like here, but she's drawing a serious blank. She looks away from him, getting more weirded out by the second.

Also she doesn't seem to recognize this guy.

"... Hinoto-Ri can be seriously weird some times. This whole event feels really weird."

[photonicfighter]

There's a purple lady a few seats down, just returning from a run to get herself a drink and some candy. Yukko's outburst gets her attention, though. So she moves down one or two more seats to close the gap, not yet sitting.

"I'm not sure. I didn't think to pick up a program. But it seems like all the fighting is done, if you were here for that..."

Boredom is quite serious. The purple lady is taking this matter fairly seriously. See the serious look on her face?

[selematpagi]

Yukko turns to look at the purple lady, smiling. She's a bit embarrassed that someone had noticed her little outburst.

"Uhh - there was fighting? Man, I really missed out!"

She laughs softly, scratching her cheek.

"Sorry, my friend brought me here. I haven't really been paying attention to the Grand Prix.... there's supposed to be Kabuki later, I think!"

That's all she can remember about the program. The fighting would have been cool to see.

[photonicfighter]

"There was fighting! But I only saw it on television. By the time I could get a ticket in here, the best of it was done!"

The girl's laugh makes her laugh in kind. She settles herself down in a seat.

"I'm still not really sure about all the fuss, or the champions, or... anything. But I do like tournaments, so I thought I'd come." Then she tears open her package of candy, but hesitates before tipping any into her hand. "Kabuki? What's that?" She had only skimmed the program, really, and wasn't at all what 'kabuki' was.