Science Rules! The Science and Knowledge Expo Kicks into Full Force!

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▼ Consider the Following......

 

Who: Anyone
Where: The entire city
When: June 8th-15th
Summary: Science and Knowledge Exop in the Leo Ward.
Warnings: That depends who is there. Remember to mark your titles clearly if any warnings need to be issued!

▼ You know what rules?

 

Science. Science and the inquiring mind has kept humanity on the path of progress for hundreds of thousands of years. What could make science rule harder?

A science showcase, of course! What better way spark the curiosity of the young and old by showing off the scientific achievements of the community. You have your things for the kids, your potato batteries and baking soda volcanoes and what-have-you, you have your higher-brow showcases of what the Department of Wands has been working on, your informative panels delving into biology, physics, chemistry and astronomy. There's even free food, including some molecular gastronomy creations for the...adventurous. There are even topics your average Visitor wouldn't think fell under the realms of science.

Such as? Why, like how Personas work (with explanations that aren't just "It's Magic") or discussions about demons, where they might come from, how they're different and similar to humans, how they use magic, and so on.

What kind of things will you and your friends discover? Perhaps you or someone you know is setting up an exhibit?

Regardless, enjoy the science fair and have fun!

[OOC: You are allowed to start a thread if you want your character to have a booth / hold a topic in a private room, or just do threads where you go around visiting. Projects and seminars are varied! Share your knowledge! Enjoy the science! Eat some really strange food! Try not to mix too much baking soda with vinegar!]

Comments

[screwattack]

Samus had no doubt in her mind that Nyarlathotep was bad news, and trusting anyone associated with him would be foolish. That being said, she didn't have much information about the godlike being, and even less about Philemon, the one who had sent her on this insane bounty after Nyarlathotep in the first place.

So when it was time for questions, the bounty hunter in her PED Suit is raising her hand and her voice.

"I'd like to know if you have any information about the collective mission several visitors were sent on a few months ago... Philemon requested a personal manhunt on Nyarlathotep, a task that, in retrospect, was impossible to complete with the current level of power we possess. Do you have any explanation for Philemon's motives for the near-suicide mission, or the source of their apparent rivalry? Is there any way to contact either of them?"

[hinoto_ri]

"Not that we know of," she said with a sigh. "I personally have more than my share of questions to ask. As for why he sent you there..."

She tapped her notebook idly as she spoke.

"Their rivalry makes sense from a historical standpoint; two extremes have always been part of mankind's mythology; good and evil, up and down, left and right, heaven and hell...one can expect them to push and shove each other in a similar fashion. Perhaps Nyarlathotep was causing a disturbance that could have caused even more damage if you hadn't shown up...or perhaps he wanted you to witness something. It is hard to understand how either move and act. I'm sorry if it's not the answer you were seeking..."

[screwattack]

Unfortunate, that the two gods who insisted on using the city and its visitors as pawns in their little game were nearly impossible to contact.

And while it may have been the case that they prevented some sort of damage from Nyarlathotep-- he had run off, after their interference-- she can't help but feel like she'd hardly made a difference at all.

She switches the topic off of the failed mission, however. Samus can't say she was familiar with mankind's mythology, having grown up far away from Earth and human beings alike, but she was familiar with the struggle between opposites. Light and Dark on Aether, Magic and Science on Bryyo... she herself had a feud with her 'darker half' that had been going on for over a year now.

"... What extremes do Philemon and Nyarlathotep represent, then?"

[hinoto_ri]

"As we understand it, Philemon is the teacher, the caretaker, the representation of growth and hope, that mankind can achieve more than it can imagine. Nyarlathotep is humanity's hatred, greed, evil....he may draw power from our darker desires. Of course this is theory on our part...we may not be quite correct."

[screwattack]

Darker desires... Well, she can't say her experience was anything like that, though he had seemed to draw strength from another aspect of those who fought him

"If this data helps, Nyarlathotep also seems to weaken those by exploiting their deepest regrets and fears... from what I've observed."

She'd still like to learn more of Philemon... but it seemed as though there was very little information on the being. Samus could recall fuzzy details of his masked person in her dreams from when she arrived here, but that had been the closest she'd gotten to actually meeting the godlike being face to face.

"... Is it considered a crime to follow Nyarlathotep?"