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purgeooc2017-04-27 01:56 pm
foundingfathers) wrote in purgeooc2017-04-27 01:56 pm
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test drive meme #001
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. 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. |
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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Have you tried asking anyone? [ Ivor prefers the blunt approach; no one is going to give them answers if they don't try. Texting is so tedious too, and he misses the ease of his comp band. Maybe he could figure out how to make it work if he had time and the right equipment. ] It's more politics than a game. Killing is just another tool for them to use.
[ Like us. But it's only implied, not said. He still doesn't know if anyone from that warehouse had chosen this side for reasons similar to his own or simply because they enjoyed killing; it was a fine line to walk. ]
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This is the same kind of night, charged with electricity and violence is dripping from every surface. He wonders if guns are going to be produced, if night horrors are lurking in the shadows.
Probably not; this is not a dream, after all.]
A sword's never the killer. It's a tool in the killer's hand. [Words he'd been told. The same idea his new acquaintance had, in different words.] Politics are a game, man. The kind of game the populace - [He waves a finger between the two of them,] - never wins.
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[ Because it's what drives people crazy, what makes them believe things that are never true. It's why some of the colonies are so eager to turn kids over to a cause that's nothing but feeding them to the creatures of deep space, why they think it's for something they would inevitably come back from and - in reality - never would. It serves no purpose other than that, and Ivor wonders how easy it'll be to remember when they make them kill to "cleanse themselves" of whatever sins they have. ]
But I can play their game for a while. If anyone tells me something, I'll pass the information on. [ A soft sigh, and there's a brief pause where he takes one of the glasses a server passing by offers him. Something like this would be too expensive to afford back home; if he wanted it, he'd have to steal it. Here, they're just giving it away without a care. ]
What's your name?
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It's possible there are some exceptions, but he doubts he'd find any here.
He nods, not replying out loud - no point to divulge plans to possible eavesdropping. Ronan was used to being wary and distrustful, and for once, it would probably come in handy. Just like his tendency to want to use his fists more than his words.]
Ronan. Lynch. You?