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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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but that barely controlled anger is familiar.
(that fear, too.)
and perhaps the scariest part of clarke griffin, beyond her current, war torn appearance, is just how much she cares. for her family, for her friends; for the rather broken young people that tend to swarm around her knees and clamor to be protected. it's not so hard to blink a few times, and see him as one of them. and misgivings aside, she will always hold a candle of sympathy for anyone sent anywhere just to kill or die. that tight pinch in her face relaxes a little, like she's seeing and relating to him for the first time as something real, a person. even if he's no longer staring her in the face, he can hear her voice soften, no longer choked on the desperation swarming all her senses. )
It's still a little early to start making alliances before we know what's fully expected of us.
( but even murphy had surprised her. he'd cut down her mother's noose. and tentative introductions did not a blood pact make, so there really wasn't any harm. )
But my name's Clarke.
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But Clarke felt like someone useful. He wasn't about to start telling her his secrets and how his help could be invaluable to her if she wanted it, but he could be perfectly fucking civil.]
Ronan. [He doesn't say it's nice to meet you, because he's not a liar.]
I think we know enough. You expect many more tricks?
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in her imperfect but right world, they never would have met at all. )
Who knows. Maybe we have to kill each other first.
( she doesn't gesture, but means the occupants of their limo, and the one or two trailing behind it. all of them, every one who choose the same door; maybe the next step was to be dropped off in some sort of gladiator arena and be forced to fight to the death to prove they were worthy of participating in this game. she hadn't taken a single word of that chancellors speech to heart, found all of the explanation wanting. and fully expected another curveball to be thrown at them — and soon.
nothing in life had been as simple and straight forward as this. not in a long, long time. )