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[ OPEN! ] reconvene at the reconvention
WHO: Open to everyone!
WHERE: Recolle Convention Centre
WHEN: Thursday, July 27, to Sunday, July 30
WHAT: ReConvention!!!!
WARNINGS: None except probably something along the lines of everything happen so much. If it changes though, please let me know and I will edit that in!
WHERE: Recolle Convention Centre
WHEN: Thursday, July 27, to Sunday, July 30
WHAT: ReConvention!!!!
WARNINGS: None except probably something along the lines of everything happen so much. If it changes though, please let me know and I will edit that in!
THE CONVENTION:
You would have at least heard of it, or have been vaguely aware of the Convention happening this weekend - it's been plastered just about, well, almost everywhere, actually, advertised aggressively. Or maybe you've had friends who have spoken excitedly about the Convention, piquing your curiosity. That said, that doesn't change the fact that by the time you enter the Recolle Convention Centre, whether out of sheer curiosity or whether you actually want to be here...
... what the heck, there are so many people.
For a four day convention, there's tons to see and do and lots of people to meet, whether expected or unexpected. Why not jump right into the thick of things, or see if there's anything in particular that you would like to do, first?
ADMISSIONS + TICKETING:
The first thing that you will notice is that even before you get inside the convention centre is that there's a line of booths and automated ticketing kiosks lined up near the entrance where people are congregating. While you can enter the convention centre for free and without joining the lines, staff members will actually be on hand to direct people to join up one of the lines, as the convention runs on a credits system, where each convention attendee will have to purchase a prepaid card with credits loaded onto it. Tickets and the like will also be stored on the card when they are purchased. Each booth at the Artists' Alley and the Food Market has a card reader - please pay for your purchases via the prepaid card! The staff members on duty will also explain to you that they strongly discourage cash for security reasons. No one wants to deal with having to keep track of missing money, right?
If you ordered your cards online for pick up at the venue, you'll find that the line is moving quite a bit faster than the usual lines, which is lucky? If you're currently stuck in the general admissions line, then uh, oops. We sincerely apologise for the delay caused and hope that nothing unpleasant is happening. Please be patient! We promise it'll be worth it.
If you've lost your card (or if it's been stolen, oops), don't worry about it! Thankfully, Caelum Security has installed some security measures on the card to prevent just anyone from using your card. You might, however, want to check the lost and found/information counter before you resign yourself to rejoining the line.
ATTRACTIONS:
There's lots to do and plenty to see, and there's no shortage of events and the like happening over the course of the four day weekend. Surely you'll find something to your tastes happening eventually.
► IDOL CONCERT: Anastasia "Anya" Vasilieva's debut stage is scheduled for the opening idol concert that is happening on 27th July at 7pm! She will be performing together with a few other acts in an approximately two hour long opening concert. Hope you managed to get tickets for that on time! If not, well. Good luck?
► ARTISTS' ALLEY: Artists' Alley is for independent artists, creators, writers or publishers to table and showcase their work and to sell merchandise. Saw a keychain you really liked? And that badge pin set is really cute? Did your favourite illustrator just release a new artbook for sale at the convention? Good luck friends! Please mourn your wallets and the amount of money you are likely to be sinking into these merchandise. Boothers and illustrators are... probably not going to be exempt from this phenomenon either, considering that the general consensus is that "well, yeah, I'm tabling so that I can sell my stuff to earn money to buy other people's stuff!!" Not that it's a bad thing.
► GAMING TOURNAMENTS: Do you like video games? Or arcade games? Or just, games in general? Come and play in mini tournaments for the canon rip-offs of DOTA2, Overwatch, Starcraft, Guilty Gear and Street Fighter. Ever wanted to say that you've defeated Guda Mask, the long reigning gaming champion of Recolle? Well, now's your chance to try, with no guarantee of success ever! Qualification rounds will run throughout the convention, with finals scheduled to take place on the last day of the convention.
► EXHIBITOR'S SHOWCASE: If you think you’ve got the creative chops and want to break into the industry, exhibitors and sponsors at the convention will be holding manuscript and portfolio reviews at the show, so bring your work along for some creative critique and potential opportunities! There's also no stopping you going around to see what the new games are likely to hit the markets after the convention and to hit a couple of demo playthroughs!
► AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS, FANSIGNS AND FANMEETS: Want a selfie and an autographed poster with your favourite actor/actress/idol etc? Now's your chance! Sure, you're going to have to fork out some money to make it happen, but hey, better grab that chance while it's still hot, or regret it forever.
► COSPLAY: Come show off all the effort you put into making those fly as hell costumes - who knows, maybe you'll collect some more new fans along the way! And maybe win some prizes too, since the local cosplay community is holding a contest on the 29th!
► FOOD MARKET: Food trucks, stands and carts will be available, providing a variety of foods, enough to eat yourself into a food coma, I guess. Come along and eat to your heart's content! Some of them may be gimmicky fandom foods, who knows.
For more information on attractions and other things that you can do at the convention, please feel free to check out our locations and information page!
SMILE, YOU'RE ON CAMERA:
Cameras are going to be flashing, or maybe someone from the press team is going to come up to you to ask you for a quote or to indulge them in a short interview about how you find the convention and what it has to offer? Or, on the other hand, there is also a giant digital photo wall where convention footage will be playing over the course of the weekend - the photos being rotated on the display include professionally taken shots by the press team, as well as awkward selfies and hashtagged Instagram photos tagged #Reconvention!
So, did you just see yourself on the screen? Or maybe you're That Friend who likes to take embarrassing photographs of other people and broadcast them onto the photo wall.
Either way, we suggest smiling for the camera! Wouldn't want to become an online meme, right?
RETROSPEC CRASHING THE PARTY:
Retrospec is incredibly hard to miss during this convention. Their booth is inside an inflatable domed tent, blue in color. Inside there will be a television streaming Jim's proposal video at the top of the hour, but otherwise it's streaming footage of the convention. Your character may see themselves on-screen! There is also footage of stuff in the city.
On a table, there is a QR scanner and a note encouraging those who played Jim's game to scan their codes that they received. Scanning the codes will cause a character's phone to vibrate and power off. Powering it back on, they will notice there is a new icon on their home screen shaped like the QR code. If your character tries to delete it, it just comes back. Sounds like a certain app we all know and love, right? There is also a countdown on display at the booth. For anyone who counts out the time they may notice that it will reach zero sometime on Sunday, but who knows when?
There is also a basket of blowpops (lollipops with bubble gum inside), Retrospec pens and pads of paper, and stickers of their symbol.
You would have at least heard of it, or have been vaguely aware of the Convention happening this weekend - it's been plastered just about, well, almost everywhere, actually, advertised aggressively. Or maybe you've had friends who have spoken excitedly about the Convention, piquing your curiosity. That said, that doesn't change the fact that by the time you enter the Recolle Convention Centre, whether out of sheer curiosity or whether you actually want to be here...
... what the heck, there are so many people.
For a four day convention, there's tons to see and do and lots of people to meet, whether expected or unexpected. Why not jump right into the thick of things, or see if there's anything in particular that you would like to do, first?
ADMISSIONS + TICKETING:
The first thing that you will notice is that even before you get inside the convention centre is that there's a line of booths and automated ticketing kiosks lined up near the entrance where people are congregating. While you can enter the convention centre for free and without joining the lines, staff members will actually be on hand to direct people to join up one of the lines, as the convention runs on a credits system, where each convention attendee will have to purchase a prepaid card with credits loaded onto it. Tickets and the like will also be stored on the card when they are purchased. Each booth at the Artists' Alley and the Food Market has a card reader - please pay for your purchases via the prepaid card! The staff members on duty will also explain to you that they strongly discourage cash for security reasons. No one wants to deal with having to keep track of missing money, right?
If you ordered your cards online for pick up at the venue, you'll find that the line is moving quite a bit faster than the usual lines, which is lucky? If you're currently stuck in the general admissions line, then uh, oops. We sincerely apologise for the delay caused and hope that nothing unpleasant is happening. Please be patient! We promise it'll be worth it.
If you've lost your card (or if it's been stolen, oops), don't worry about it! Thankfully, Caelum Security has installed some security measures on the card to prevent just anyone from using your card. You might, however, want to check the lost and found/information counter before you resign yourself to rejoining the line.
ATTRACTIONS:
There's lots to do and plenty to see, and there's no shortage of events and the like happening over the course of the four day weekend. Surely you'll find something to your tastes happening eventually.
► IDOL CONCERT: Anastasia "Anya" Vasilieva's debut stage is scheduled for the opening idol concert that is happening on 27th July at 7pm! She will be performing together with a few other acts in an approximately two hour long opening concert. Hope you managed to get tickets for that on time! If not, well. Good luck?
► ARTISTS' ALLEY: Artists' Alley is for independent artists, creators, writers or publishers to table and showcase their work and to sell merchandise. Saw a keychain you really liked? And that badge pin set is really cute? Did your favourite illustrator just release a new artbook for sale at the convention? Good luck friends! Please mourn your wallets and the amount of money you are likely to be sinking into these merchandise. Boothers and illustrators are... probably not going to be exempt from this phenomenon either, considering that the general consensus is that "well, yeah, I'm tabling so that I can sell my stuff to earn money to buy other people's stuff!!" Not that it's a bad thing.
► GAMING TOURNAMENTS: Do you like video games? Or arcade games? Or just, games in general? Come and play in mini tournaments for the canon rip-offs of DOTA2, Overwatch, Starcraft, Guilty Gear and Street Fighter. Ever wanted to say that you've defeated Guda Mask, the long reigning gaming champion of Recolle? Well, now's your chance to try, with no guarantee of success ever! Qualification rounds will run throughout the convention, with finals scheduled to take place on the last day of the convention.
► EXHIBITOR'S SHOWCASE: If you think you’ve got the creative chops and want to break into the industry, exhibitors and sponsors at the convention will be holding manuscript and portfolio reviews at the show, so bring your work along for some creative critique and potential opportunities! There's also no stopping you going around to see what the new games are likely to hit the markets after the convention and to hit a couple of demo playthroughs!
► AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS, FANSIGNS AND FANMEETS: Want a selfie and an autographed poster with your favourite actor/actress/idol etc? Now's your chance! Sure, you're going to have to fork out some money to make it happen, but hey, better grab that chance while it's still hot, or regret it forever.
► COSPLAY: Come show off all the effort you put into making those fly as hell costumes - who knows, maybe you'll collect some more new fans along the way! And maybe win some prizes too, since the local cosplay community is holding a contest on the 29th!
► FOOD MARKET: Food trucks, stands and carts will be available, providing a variety of foods, enough to eat yourself into a food coma, I guess. Come along and eat to your heart's content! Some of them may be gimmicky fandom foods, who knows.
For more information on attractions and other things that you can do at the convention, please feel free to check out our locations and information page!
SMILE, YOU'RE ON CAMERA:
Cameras are going to be flashing, or maybe someone from the press team is going to come up to you to ask you for a quote or to indulge them in a short interview about how you find the convention and what it has to offer? Or, on the other hand, there is also a giant digital photo wall where convention footage will be playing over the course of the weekend - the photos being rotated on the display include professionally taken shots by the press team, as well as awkward selfies and hashtagged Instagram photos tagged #Reconvention!
So, did you just see yourself on the screen? Or maybe you're That Friend who likes to take embarrassing photographs of other people and broadcast them onto the photo wall.
Either way, we suggest smiling for the camera! Wouldn't want to become an online meme, right?
RETROSPEC CRASHING THE PARTY:
Retrospec is incredibly hard to miss during this convention. Their booth is inside an inflatable domed tent, blue in color. Inside there will be a television streaming Jim's proposal video at the top of the hour, but otherwise it's streaming footage of the convention. Your character may see themselves on-screen! There is also footage of stuff in the city.
On a table, there is a QR scanner and a note encouraging those who played Jim's game to scan their codes that they received. Scanning the codes will cause a character's phone to vibrate and power off. Powering it back on, they will notice there is a new icon on their home screen shaped like the QR code. If your character tries to delete it, it just comes back. Sounds like a certain app we all know and love, right? There is also a countdown on display at the booth. For anyone who counts out the time they may notice that it will reach zero sometime on Sunday, but who knows when?
There is also a basket of blowpops (lollipops with bubble gum inside), Retrospec pens and pads of paper, and stickers of their symbol.
Hello and welcome to your convention log, everyone! Please feel free to top level and make your own prompts - all information above is a guideline! For your reference, here is the information post and the floor plan for the convention, and opening hours are as follows:
However, for plot related reasons, please do not post prompts dated past 12pm on 30 July (Sunday) on this log! Why? You'll find out. :)
As always, please direct all questions here or message them to me directly! Thank you all for your participation and I hope you have fun!
- Day 1, Thursday, 27 July: 4pm to 9pm (last admissions at 6pm with idol opening concert commencing at 7pm)
- Days 2 and 3, Friday and Saturday, 28 – 29 July: 11am to 9pm (last admissions at 8pm)
- Day 4, Sunday, 30 July: 11am to 4pm (last admissions at 3pm)
However, for plot related reasons, please do not post prompts dated past 12pm on 30 July (Sunday) on this log! Why? You'll find out. :)
As always, please direct all questions here or message them to me directly! Thank you all for your participation and I hope you have fun!
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Hah, no, I wasn't in band. Can't play an instrument to save my life. I didn't really do clubs in high school. By 11th grade I was teaching the kids beginners class at the dojo. Between that and my homework...
Did you do any AP classes? Chemistry, physics, calculus?
[Tatsuo lets Fai steer him around, not quite sure which way to go]
I'm going to die in the first thirty seconds. I'm terrible at video games.
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Ha! No, I never really applied myself enough to get into any advanced classes like that. I did go to All-State for band though, I guess that's sort of the same thing for music nerds! Ah, I guess we just ran in different circles then. Plus you would have been a couple years behind me, although that never really bothered me.
[Aha, an opening! Fai gently nudges Tatsuo up to the game]
Oh hush, you'll be fine! Besides it doesn't even matter for my surprise. But it's a fantasy game so just... I don't know, swing your sword around!
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[He didn't really get all that heavily into science until he was in college. They were just the classes he happened to be best at.]
Alright. I'll try my best.
[Tatsuo picks up the controller and twiddles the joystick over to 'Start'.
Two minutes of furious random button smashing later, his avatar keels over.]
Okay, so maybe not thirty seconds.
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[Look at this Fai is being silly and smiling again, he has such good friends to drag him out of his self-pity ;~;
Fai... really tries hard not to laugh or grin at Tatsuo's video game efforts, and ends up biting his lip to that end.]
You know what, don't even worry about it! Do me a favor, load up the chapter again and this time just listen, okay?
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I think I'm good with being all of that.
[even the cute nerd if it means Fai is smiling again]
Okay. So go back... here and....
[Tatsuo keys up the beginning of the chapter again. And he listens this time, to the background music he didn't pay attention to the first time around. It had registered that the game had background music, but he'd been so focused on not letting his avatar die that it had been a little hard to listen properly.]
Wow.... that is good...
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Guess who composed it!
no subject
[Tatsuo looks over at Fai, and jumps a little because he hadn't expected him to be so close. But he smiles.]
You? This is your surprise? It's amazing! How long did it take for you to do all of it?
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Ah, the actual writing didn't take too long, really! The whole process took a few months, between orchestration and getting the actual players together, recording and mixing afterward. I wrote a few different songs for the game, I'm really glad one of them made it into the demo here so I could show you!
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Wow, that is a complicated process. This is so cool, I know a composer! I'm going to have to see if any of my coworkers buy this and then be all "I know the guy who wrote the awesome score. How's them apples?"
[Can you tell Tatsuo is super impressed? Because he is.]
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[Fai might be blushing just a little.]
That was what I really wanted to do when I was younger. Be a composer. I got lucky that Seto remembered me from the music program at the university when we ran into each other again a few months ago.
[And then he suddenly remembers that they're standing right in the middle of the game demo area, blocking one of the games.]
Ah, but you don't have to play anymore! We can get out of here if you want? Was there anything else you wanted to look at?
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Oh! We should go see Goro's maid cafe!
[Because who wouldn't?]
So then, did you major in music in university the first time around?
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[He threads an arm through Tatsuo's again to cling to his side once more, looking more at ease than he has been so far during the convention but still wary of what might be out there.]
Ha, you remembered! [Fai smiles and nods] Yep, that was my first degree, music theory and composition.
no subject
Is that how the two of you started dating? He asked you to do the soundtrack for the game?
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No, that was a few months before we started dating. Ah... in a weird way, we kind of have Retrospec to thank, I guess! When the app was sending us all of those creepy pictures of ourselves I... kind of panicked. The stalker thing hit a little too close to home.
[Some of the smile has faded, but at least he knows that Tatsuo will understand.]
So I was joking around with Seto that if he was going to keep scaring me by talking about it, I was going to crash with him for the night so I wouldn't have to be alone. And I ended up staying over in his office while he worked.
That was kind of the start of it, anyway! There were some misunderstandings and drunken texts afterward too~
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So crashing at his place and drunken texts. That is one way to get to know someone better.
[he chuckles]
Well, at least something good came of those photos.
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[Since they're practically glued together at the moment with how Fai is clinging to Tatsuo's arm, he uses the opportunity to bump Tatsuo with his hip.]
But you never told me what kind of people you're interested in! How am I supposed to play matchmaker for you if I don't know what you're looking for~? Girls? Guys? Older, younger? Athletic, brainy?
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[Tatsuo blinks owlishly at Fai, because he's not really considered his dating life (or lack thereof) in that much detail. Preferences? Has he really dated enough people to be able to detect some sort of pattern?]
I don't know if I have a large enough sample size to really say one way or another. So far I've only dated women... roughly my age.... They were smart?
[He's quiet for a moment.]
There were also... independent? They were pretty focused on their careers, knew what they wanted, went out and got it. I liked that about them.
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[Does Fai actually know anyone like that? All of the women he knows are smart and strong, but most of them are younger....]
I'll have to keep an eye out so I can set you up! This would be much easier if you were into guys, but I'll see what I can do~
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And then just to narrow the pool even further, I think I'd have problems if she wasn't also on the app.
I mean, I know they don't see the app or really notice when something is going on. But... I get enough of that at work, you know?