(10th, morning) from the desk of town hall

[officialnotice]

TOWN HALL IS LISTENING

( early on the 10th, the 'Coming Soon!' on each laptop's TOWN HALL IS LISTENING page changes for the first time since the laptops were dispensed early in april, replaced instead with a full-screen splash page of vivid pictures and text. at the end sits an open suggestion box, with a voting section below it. )

WAYWARD PINES IS GETTING A RAD NEW PLACE TO CHILL

Our little town has so many fascinating places to spend some time, but we here at Town Hall have put our ears to the ground and discovered that what we're missing is a single unified place to connect with your friends and neighbors. Somewhere casual but not disreputable. Somewhere open and airy, but also comfortable and cozy. Somewhere that can provide both caffeine and your liquor of choice, though hopefully not in the same drink (and never to minors!), over the quiet buzz of conversation and music of all styles.




A generous donor has taken it upon himself and his team to provide us with that exact place! Formerly a diner that closed down after its previous owners moved on to bigger dreams, this site is perfect for the cozy day-bar to suit your every need, and with a little bit of reconstructive work, it should be ready to open early next month! Pictured above is the first room to see polished completion.

Also in the plans are a lounge with plush chairs, a game room with billiards and the like, a small stage for live music where citizens can help polish the new dance floor, and a balcony out back with a peaceful view of some of the very pines after which our town was named.




This new conversational hub will be located here, adjacent to the wooded park behind Town Hall itself, and a couple of blocks away from the bustle of Main Street.

The project is being sponsored by Town Hall, as the kick-off of our Town Hall Is Listening project and a preliminary effort to show that you, the citizens, can and will make a difference in our little town! This time, you might just help a little, but next time, you could very well change the face of this town altogether.

TOWN HALL WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU!

There's one big thing this day-bar is missing: A name. And we at Town Hall thought to ourselves, who better to name it than the citizens who will one day frequent it?

You've seen the picture, you know what the finished product is going to be like. So go ahead — drop suggestions for names in the box below, or maybe just vote for your favorite(s) of the names your friends and neighbors have already submitted.

Keep in mind, though, that anything vulgar or deliberately offensive will be removed from the running once the votes are being tallied. You have until the 25th to post your ideas or cast your votes. Let's see how creative Wayward Pines can be!

MOD NOTES

If your character wants to offer an idea, post a top-level comment with the suggested name in the subject line.

If your character wants to vote on an idea, reply to the suggestion's top-level with "VOTE" or "+1" in the subject line.

Conversation is allowed, much like the forums currently used as a text network. Keep in mind that only official suggestions can be top-levels, with conversation occurring in threads underneath each. Characters are allowed to vote for more than one idea, but we ask that they vote in their initial reply to that suggestion so that we, as mods, can tally at a glance.

As stated in the post itself, both name-suggesting and voting close on the 25th.

Comments

[sybaritic]

Ohhhh, got it.

[ Now he's going to leave it alone, right? Because he Gets It and has seen all those scary signs? ]

If you were going to open some kind of spider fetish bar you know that's totally cool, right? That's not even the weirdest kink I've heard of today.

[keephimtalking]

[ Eliot, you moron.

Still, Lantar takes the topic direction and runs with it because he's dead inside and sarcasm is one of his only bits of enjoyment he had left in his life. ]

well it wasn't SUPPOSED to be a fetish bar but now we apparently cater to people with serious vest kinks

[sybaritic]

[ Listen, there is a fine line between moron and troll, and Eliot is both of those lines.

...what. ]

That's funny, I don't feel very catered to.
:(

Now then, that aside! If there's going to be competition from Sexy Suburban Sadness or whatever the masses decide to call the new place, we need a niche. Right? Why NOT a fetish bar? There is a serious shortage of sin in this town, meaning it's all behind closed doors.

[keephimtalking]

cry about it >:E

and just because we're across the road from a lingerie shop doesn't mean we need to take that as our niche!

[ ... ]

as happy as Aranae would be happy to supply the lingerie

[sybaritic]

At this point I think you're just fighting destiny,

[keephimtalking]

WHY are you so determined to get me into fetish gear??

actually no don't answer that

THE POINT IS

WE'RE NOT USING THAT AS OUR NICHE

AND THAT'S FINAL

[sybaritic]

Our niche could be selling real alcohol...

Oh wait, no it can't.

[keephimtalking]

I AM

WORKING ON IT

[sybaritic]

Whatever you say, Bossman, but I could be working on it faster. JS ;)