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

[mintjulep]

[ He tries. ]

What the hell kinda fertilizer do they use around here? [ That was rhetorical, Stephen. ]

[totallyinaband]

Unicorn manure? Who knows, it might be magic.

[mintjulep]

Magic. Right. [ He doesn't sound very happy about that fact. ] They should try for something less bloodthirsty next time. Maybe a nice peach tree.

[totallyinaband]

That might just make blood-thirty peaches.

[mintjulep]

Remind me not to take up gardening here.

[totallyinaband]

At least not in Xanadu. Weird shit tends to go down here.

[mintjulep]

Weird shit tends to go down in this entire damn City, from what I've seen. [ Pause. ] ... What kind of weird shit?

[totallyinaband]

The harpies were memorable.

[mintjulep]

Harpies. [ wat. ] As in the bird women?

[totallyinaband]

Yeah. Razor sharp claws, nasty teeth, everything. They took over the City for about a month in March. I'd just got here. Everyone had to take shelter under ground.

[mintjulep]

Jesus. [ One hand runs through his hair. ] What happened to them?

[totallyinaband]

They closed the barrier again. They only got in because someone took it down.

[mintjulep]

The barrier keepin' us all from leaving, you mean?

[totallyinaband]

That's the one, yeah. I know some people tried to escape when it went down, but I don't know anyone who made it

[mintjulep]

Yeah, well, if there were a bunch of goddamn harpies in the way...

[ There's a slight sigh. ] So that's what's waitin' out there? Things that want to eat us?

[totallyinaband]

Apparently. There was an expedition this summer, seeing how far they could sail out. There were cyclones and storms and shit. They had to turn back.

[mintjulep]

An' flying wouldn't work either, if there are storms.

[totallyinaband]

Well if anyone shows up here with an airplane, they can totally try.

[mintjulep]

I'd rather not have to try piecin' up back together.

[totallyinaband]

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

[mintjulep]

I know a lot of people like that. [ Unfortunately. He has a feeling he'll go gray by the time he hits 40. ]

[totallyinaband]

Yeah, so do I.