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ADDEND MODS ([personal profile] foundingfathers) wrote in [community profile] purgeooc2017-04-27 01:56 pm
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test drive meme #001




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→ Arrival

Waking up in the warehouse is extremely uncomfortable. It’s warm, stifling even, and as you open your eyes, you realize two things: you’re somehow standing and you’re not alone. The room is filled with people grouped at its center, and like you, they are blinking into consciousness and wearing similar expressions of confusion and distress. To the left and right there are closed doors, a man and woman at both; their clothing and demeanour are widely different. The left is clearly upper class while the right is lower class. At the top of the room is a stage adorned in red, white, and blue banners with NFFA in block letters so large that it’s visible from the very back. What is the NFFA, you ask? Within minutes, a man that gives off a ‘Republican senator’ vibe steps up to the podium and begins to speak.
Blessed be our New Founding Fathers for letting us Purge and cleanse our souls. Blessed be America, a nation reborn. Hello and welcome to the city. After fifteen successful purges, we are at a standstill. The New Founding Fathers have found a way to bring you here to promote a higher response in participation. Annually, for one night, any and all crime is legal, including murder. Everyone has the right to purge, and in doing so, you become the best you that you can be. During peace times, crime is lower than five percent and United States citizens know true harmony.

The New Founding Fathers have assessed our Annual Purge laws and adjusted them to allow for this unwanted change. In a three month cycle, all citizens will celebrate a time of peace, preparation, and purge. All previous Purge Night guidelines still apply. This will continue until the Nation is no longer in an economic collapse and rising social unrest has been quelled. Blessed Be the Founding Fathers. Blessed Be the Addend.

Each of you must choose. To the left is those who support and will participate in the purge and to the right is those who do not; pro-purge and anti-purge respectively. This warehouse is the only neutral zone in the city, except during Purge Night. Blessed be America, a nation reborn.

Once he steps down, a woman takes his place and explains further, though in a less formal fashion. Everyone must choose. Pro-purge is anyone that will be actively participating - this means murder, specifically, though all other crimes are still allowed. There will be consequences for anyone who chooses the pro side and then doesn’t purge properly. Anyone who is in full support of the purge and completes three successful purges may go home. Those who choose the anti-purge side, anyone that doesn’t want to kill or believe in the NFFA’s right to purge, are not given this same incentive. All are given time to think it out. They can speak to one another for as long as they need. Any unrest will be not be tolerated.

After everyone has chosen, the anti-purge side exit and are picked up in old buses and vans to be taken to old apartment buildings with basic necessities; there is no reception but are told exactly how it is by veteran Purge survivors. They must get a job and earn money to protect themselves during The Purge that cycles every two months. Those who choose the pro-purge side are chauffeured in limousines to fancy hotels with even nicer accommodations and are welcomed with an extravagant party as well as motivation to purge: you have to purge.

→ Advertising is a Purger’s Right

Throughout the year - and especially now that there is a two month period of peace and preparation - all citizens are allowed to advertise their needs as is sanctioned by the United States Government by any means; Craigslist, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, newspapers, the big screens in Times Square, etc. These advertisements may come in many forms, such as a person looking to pay another (with very specific appearance and background) to allow them to purge them. Payments are legal and binding. The purger might request that they kill, torture, and other various acts—all is legal on Purge Night. Advertisements may be as simple as looking for a partner to purge with or someone to help fortify a house or vehicle. There is no limit to what advertisements may be made. It is the right of every citizen. Blessed be America, a nation reborn.

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[personal profile] fiachdubh 2017-04-28 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
[There's an old, already bloodied Kleenex in the depths of one of Ronan's pockets. He pulls it out and hands it to the guy, now standing next to him. It's not an offer of friendship, or even an opening for a discussion; it's just what it is.

The snarl with which he says his next words, though, that's a little more open.]


Fuck Washington, huh? [The words sound like weapons, in between his teeth. Hissed like a snake would, coiled tight together and barely audible over the hustle and bustle of the crowd around them. He gives the guy, and his bloody nose, a look.]

Don't make the wrong decision.
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[personal profile] whatsrequired 2017-04-29 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Frank accepts the Kleenex with a full understanding of its intent. He doesn't need to shower the kid with gratitude or linger. He also pays no mind to the blood or condition of the tissue. Frank has used far worse.

He simply nods at the kid's first statement, holding the tissue to his face. It's the second that elicits a response.]


You already making choices for other people too?
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[personal profile] fiachdubh 2017-04-29 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah. [He barely cares enough to make the right choice for himself. That's something Ronan has been carefully cultivating about himself - he lacks any kind of fucks to give, about most things. And this is no different, not really; he's just not stupid enough to not recognize that one side means a chance to go home, while the other doesn't.]

You don't strike me as the kind of guy who would take it, anyway.

[Just like he wouldn't be, himself.]
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[personal profile] whatsrequired 2017-04-30 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd be right about that.

[Frank repositions the tissue, moving it from nose to cheekbone.]

Yeah, I'll make a choice. [When it comes down to it. Frank plans on stretching the time as long as possible just to make the people dictating these new "rules" wait.] Doesn't mean I'm gonna give 'em what they want. [Fuck Washington and all that.]
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[personal profile] fiachdubh 2017-05-01 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ronan's jaw clenches in answer. He's not planning on giving them what they want, either - it's not even to be contrary, at this point. It's a way of life. Rules are always meant to be broken, and it seems like this guy understands that.]

Looks like telling them that is a bad idea, though. [He motions to the guy's bloody nose. Subtlety is a difficult art, but one Ronan might have to learn to survive this place.]