stanleecameo: (Meanwhile...)
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Who: Everyone
What: 2nd Annual Carnival and Date Auction Charity Benefit
When: the week of July 4th
Where: Gotham
Interactions: OPEN
Warnings: This is an open event thread. Thread jacking, hopping, character romance, violence, and any and all things in between are possible. (But if you're going to do some private intimate things please make a separate thread about it)



The first most noticeable thing was the lights. In a perpetually dreary place like Gotham they could stay on no matter the time of day, casting a warm glow all about the streets and parks that had been connected to create the Charity Carnival. The streets were opened up during the day so that people could get to and from work, then in the evening they were blocked off so that pedestrians could meander about freely withoiut worrying about the cross walks. But whether in cars or on foot; they could always see the lights.

In the inter connected parks scattered around the Wayne Resilient tower there were myriad attractions:

Boothes where games could be played for prizes,
Rides,
Foods of all kinds (mostlly either fried or sugar coated),
and even a small section where locals had rented tables to sell arts and crafts that had been hand made.

And at the center of it all was the Wayne Resilient tower which contained a 5 star restaurant that was the staging area for the Celebrity Date Auction to be held later in the week.

Even the first two floors of the building had been repurposed into a kind of exhibit featuring current and upcoming Waynetech devices designed to improve the lives of the people who used them. Including the prototype for a brand new line of Waynetech smart cars. The event was in honor of the 4th of July but the entire week had been scheduled and included things like live music, fire breathers, gymnasts and a petting zoo.

And on the night of the 4th of course; a fantastic fireworks display arranged by Wayne Resilient with another new innovation of theirs; safe fireworks. Specially designed for sound and color and burst with no heat behind it to endanger fireworks handlers or civilians.

With everything that had been planned and all the staffing involved it was truly looking to be a week to remember.

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Date: 2012-07-26 03:30 pm (UTC)
zephyr_rose: (Rose: ^_^)
From: [personal profile] zephyr_rose
The air seemed to chill suddenly and Rose felt a little shiver in spite of the month being July. This wasn't too surprising though. Gotham could get very cold at night. Soon the fireworks and auction would begin. She wasn't sure what he meant by retiring but whatever he did the man seemed to enjoy his profession and Rose felt she had to respect that at least. She took a few steps back indicating that she was ready to leave the dart game behind and perhaps explore the other booths a bit more.

"What sort of theatre do you have in mind?" Rose gave the man a curious look as she folded her arms in front of her stomach casually.

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Date: 2012-07-30 03:46 am (UTC)
theatre_of_real: (You know I'm right)
From: [personal profile] theatre_of_real
Following her lead, he walked with her. He watched her body language and noticed her apparent chill. He would have offered his cape, but one could almost get the impression that the cape would object. "May I offer you my jacket?" He said instead, full of old-style etiquette.

"If horror shows do not tickle your fancy, maybe some culture, then? The Flying Dutchman? Carmine? The Elephant Man or Sweeny Todd?"
Edited Date: 2012-07-30 03:54 am (UTC)

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Date: 2012-07-30 04:45 am (UTC)
zephyr_rose: (Default)
From: [personal profile] zephyr_rose
"Oh, that's very kind but I can handle a little unseasonable cold." The woman smiled reassuringly as she replied. The shows he mentioned were classics, letting Rose know that this was a traditional theatre and not a cinema. She certainly hadn't been to one of those in a long time. In fact Rose couldn't remember the last time she'd seen a play or an opera.

"That does sound interesting. And I can't remember my last visit to such a place. Do you know where one is?" She was curious. Offhandedly he didn't seem like a local resident to her but in this day and age people could be experts about any place without even setting foot on the soil. How mysterious. She almost heard a chuckle come from the back of her mind. And the sound vexed Rose as she could almost feel some locked away memory trying to reassert itself.

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Date: 2012-07-30 04:59 am (UTC)
theatre_of_real: (Patient)
From: [personal profile] theatre_of_real
He offered his elbow to her, his cane picking at the ground as they strolled. "The Gotham Opera House is set to be re-furbished later this month, but if you'd like I can likely acquire some tickets to one of their shows before their curtains go down and the scaffolding goes up."