XANADU OPERA TIME | ALL INVITED

[shall_yield_us]

WHEN: Jan. 15 | the Xanadu gardens.
CHARACTERS: Everyone.
SUMMARY: we interrupt your regular Xanadu viewing for the following special reminder: ...the visit ain't over til the bloody plant sings.

That's right: our green belle been giving rather obnoxious titillating performances in Xanadu, to what can only be the... enjoyment... of certain Citizens. Adding injury to insult, it's quite possible that a couple of residents have also captured the plant's tune on film, and now the video's been turned into a network viral phenomenon!

But as Citizens surely know, every grand artist needs a doting live audience: come get dibs on more plant footage? Save someone from its evil clutches? Help a poor soul that's got lost in the gardens' great expanse? Get the plant to sign with your talent agency? Embark on a mystical quest to get it to shut up?

Just put your chlorophyll-tinted glasses on, and anything is possible.


[ ooc: Find whatever excuse to throw your character in Xanadu, tag someone new, and all around: GET IN HERE. Just as a note: hearing the plant is definitely optional, so please don't think it's an overwhelming sound that'd keep your character up at night or some such. It's just a log prompt. XD ]

Comments

[synanthrope]

Yes, but I won't stay long.

[brobeforehos]

Came to make sure it's real?

[synanthrope]

I came out for a walk. I just happened to hear this before I headed back.

[brobeforehos]

It has a way of...shoving itself in your eardrums and making them jiggle.

[a_parting_word]

[ Meanwhile, Gil will be peeling layers and layers of - goo off his sleeves, staring rather in awe. ]

...I'm afraid I don't think it cares.

[boutant]

Four isn't that many.

[ She's said this several times over the past few weeks. ]

[synanthrope]

[Saya thinks about that one]

Do you mean it gets stuck in your head?

[punchedhitler]

It sounds like an awful lot to me.

[But then he's used to rationing]

[brobeforehos]

Yes, and not in the best of ways.

[She's going to be humming it for a while now, she can tell.]

Maybe just half entertaining.

[shall_yield_us]

[ And suddenly a potential reason for that irritating feeling of having someone read over your shoulder - yes, Rosiel will be leaning behind poor Eleanor rather shamelessly. ]

Up and up and up and won't you lift the book? I can't well see the next paragraph from this vantage point, you know. Very rude. Terribly rude.

[nohometown]

[His senses are heightened (which perhaps makes the ticking worse for him), and he's soon aware of the other man's presence. After a few moments, he turns toward him.

He inclines his head in polite greeting, acknowledging him across the distance between them.]

[totallyinaband]

Some people figure it's worth the risk, I guess.

[synanthrope]

I think you like it.

[brobeforehos]

[Rolls her eyes, and smiles - sheepish.]

Guilty secret, alright?

[synanthrope]

I won't tell. I love secrets.

[iwasherefirst]

[That gets him a surprised look.]

The plants eat the animals?

[brobeforehos]

It's a funny song - and it's a funny situation. A man-eating plant.

You know, if you don't take into account that it's creepy. But there has to be a reason I've been here all day.

[synanthrope]

You're enjoying the weather.

[Even though it's cold and snowing]

[likeboudica]

[ Tessa'll follow him willingly where he's navigating them. ] What is it like?

[brobeforehos]

Yes! Yes, good - let's go with that. I have been enjoying this weather.

[Even if she had to do it by wearing a coat and a scarf and mittens after a while, and her arse has frozen over.]

[synanthrope]

It's amazing the plant is even alive in this snow, really.

[shall_yield_us]

[ You might say there's something quite strange about the plant's long, strong vines -

...until you notice some of them are being... braided by thin metal tentacles.

Meanwhile, Rosiel will be sulking over his handiwork. ]

No tie, no ribbon, no lace, no nothing to bind this with. Oh, for... it'll come undone, it's what it'll do, terrible, terrible, wicked and terrible.

[brobeforehos]

It must have huge roots. And it doesn't seem like the normal plant...

[a_parting_word]

[ -- watch out, watch out, watch out, watch ooooooouuuuuuuu -

No, apologies, Seth, this will be Gil tripping over a plant vine in your general direction. ]

Ah, so - sorry -

[whitetwoguns]

[Howdy do to him too. Mr. White gives him an up nod. In no hurry he keeps a steady pace wanting to see what all the fuss is about himself in this garden, one could possibly sync it up to a throwback 70s hit. He also reaches for a cigarette.]