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

[hinoto_ri]

"Oho!"

With unexpected swiftness, the camera immediately swings around to pan over Yu and Yukiko together, framing the shot so they looked even more pressed against each other than they already were. How did this thing even work? The reporter, if he notices Yu's chilly demeanor, doesn't acknowledge it, though he does, perhaps a bit too quickly, release Yukiko. The motion smoothly transitions into a forward thrust as he pushes the microphone towards Yu.

"Folks, we've just been joined by the Fog-Fighting Fool! Yes, despite being a dueling novice, he gave an impressive showing during the exhibition matches and what's more, our polls indicate he stands out as a clear favorite among the demographics of teenaged girls 13 to 18 for his stoic calm and 'super cool' style! But it seems I'm to be the deliverer of bad news! It looks like our Fool has already found, well. Someone to fool!"

He has the sense not to finish that with 'around with'.

"For the audience at home, tell us how it felt to be a new contender on stage!"

[gigglesnortpriestess]

Yeah.

Because Yukiko can picture what he was going to say next.

As the camera make their way towards the Investigation Team leader, they seem too eager to try and talk to him. Like forget that Yukiko is standing there, causing her to fall down on her back due to their eagerness.

Rude, news team. Very rude.

[linefacingforever]

Woah, suddenly he was short a girlfriend?!

Yu turned slightly, his expression breaking into a look of surprise as he saw Yukiko fall over. He paused to shoot the reporter a highly displeased look, before ignoring the man entirely, kneeling down to help Yukiko back to her feet.

[hinoto_ri]

"Ah, it seems our Fool is too infatuated with his lady love to answer our questions tonight. But, perhaps that's all we need to see!"

Tomokazu leans towards the camera with a wink.

"The results from tonight's earlier polls are still coming on; let's see how this breaking news affects the Fog-Fighting Fool in his rankings!"

[gigglesnortpriestess]

Yu, can she make a small fire on his pants leg? Not enough to hurt him but enough to make him go away?

"T-Thank you." she says in relief, glad that there is someone sane and normal in the area.

[linefacingforever]

Now now, Yukiko; there's no need to light the good guys on fire. He's... pretty sure there's some redeeming qualities in there... somewhere...

"Of course," he murmured softly, wrapping an arm around her before shuffling themselves off somewhere safe from crazy reporters.