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apocalypsehowcomm2022-05-16 08:09 am
- !event,
- !finale,
- !npc,
- bucky barnes (mcu),
- cornelius hickey (the terror),
- cortana (halo),
- edalyn clawthorne (owl house),
- hunter (owl house),
- kate cordello (original),
- katrina (siren),
- manji (blade of the immortal),
- zz_addison montgomery (grey's anatomy),
- zz_ade bennett (the wess'har wars),
- zz_ainsley whitly (prodigal son),
- zz_andrew jaeger (original),
- zz_beauregard lionett (critical role),
- zz_bruno madrigal (encanto),
- zz_callisto (xena: warrior princess),
- zz_donna noble (doctor who),
- zz_garner cinderbrooke (original),
- zz_george milton (of mice and men),
- zz_jeff calhoun (original),
- zz_john carter (er),
- zz_jonathan sims (tma),
- zz_luka kovač (er),
- zz_malcolm bright (prodigal son),
- zz_misty quigley (yellowjackets),
- zz_neal caffrey (white collar),
- zz_nick valentine (fallout),
- zz_orpheus (hadestown),
- zz_rye kalibash (original),
- zz_tim drake (dc comics)
Event - Appalachia: Into the Pines
Footage plays on the television as a new story comes on, showing a series of sweeping vistas, intercut with clips of wolves that have clearly been filmed at some local wildlife sanctuary. "As far as anyone knows it, the last wolf to ever freely roam the Allegheny Mountains was slain in West Virginia in 1897. Daniel Stoffer Hamrick saw to the beast's passing, and the woods in our part of the world have gone quieter ever since. Appalachia does not forget its history, though. It buries it beneath coal and flyash, debts and white powder and pills. And the blood of people taken before their time, by the mines, by the mountain, by things we don't have names for, just hurt. But Appalachia does not forget.
"This is Cindy Parsons with Channel 5, Wolf News." Footage cuts to a newscaster standing outside a gated apartment complex with FYRE's logo emblazoned on it. "As we know, our beloved Wolf Pen is home to one of the biggest FYRE worker housing complexes in Wyoming County. It is a monument to the history of our town, and this week, we'll be on the lookout for visitors from all over the country, coming to see the grand re-opening of the historic Bluestone Mine as a museum."
Footage cuts to a nondescript businessman, identified by the news footage as Carl Watts, CEO of FYRE. He's smiling blandly as he stands at a podium and gestures to the entrance of the mining tunnel behind him. "The Wolf Pen community has been a partner to us for decades now, and we knew it was finally time to give something back to all y’all. We'll have our soft opening on Monday with a full Rumble Down Under party in the old mines scheduled for June 15th. We'll have a live bluegrass concert and anticipate a huge influx of tourists to the area to help out our neighbors itching for a few more pocketbooks to tend to." A wink.
The footage returns to Cindy. "FYRE has stated that this new museum will provide an educational tool and tourist attraction for those wanting to learn about West Virginia, Wolf Pen, and the hard-working men and women who have made this beautiful part of our nation their home. Time will tell. Time is always telling when it comes to the promises of people who have used our land and our bodies to line their pocketbooks. They fill our blood and our lungs with black tar and-"
Cindy cuts out and is replaced by in-studio anchors. "Thank you, Cindy!" a blonde woman says, smile just a little strained. "I think we're all looking forward to seeing the big opening by FYRE on Sunday and that rocking good party next month. It should be a gneiss one! Now to Tim with the weather. Tim?"
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Oh, sure, sir. When I got the money for a car or traveling, that'll be the first thing I do. Or the time off work. It'd be nice to be able to do any of that. A right privilege.
[But they soften marginally when he mentions FYRE and what they're doing... or not doing.]
Lotta folks high up at FYRE aren't part of this community. A museum ain't doing much for us when there's other things they should be tending to... Some people say.
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[He stammers, realizing how he's just put his foot in his mouth.]
Sorry, I just meant it would be nice. If you could. And I hope that you can, someday.
The tourist revenue isn't going to go to services for the community. [He trails off, he's seen it time and time again. If this FYRE can make a profit and keep it, he's positive they will.] They need to solve the problems they caused. But maybe the museum will bring more people, more media attention, and then those problems could be brought to light?
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[There's a pause as he tries to think of what to say.]
Through my work. Yeah, that's how I heard about it. And yes, I'm from out of state.
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[They're clearly suspicious and persistent, if nothing else.]
Wouldn't think that'd be the sort of thing fancy folk would be hearing about unless they were in the industry.
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[He doesn't seem too annoyed by it, at least. He's had a lot of practice dealing with patients who are suspicious and persistent. There's a shrug.]
Like I said, I like to travel, and being the first to a new, unique location always makes for a good story. Do you not want tourists to go to the museum? Won't it help this town?
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[The cameraman speaks up with a sigh in his voice.] Cindy...
[They wave him off.] Me and my compatriot are looking a little more into that, and where the money that's meant to be coming back to the community has been going. For as much as FYRE says they've done for Wolf Pen, you might be surprised how little we see of it.
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[Yeah, he doesn't care if he's on record at the moment, that's serious.]
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Yeah, I think that's...mighty...interesting, too.
Have you seen anything else? Flashy cars? Someone with a house that's too nice for what they make?
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[It's still something, though, and he's not going to just write it off as coincidence.]
Does the mayor go on a lot of vacations? Or travel a lot?
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[They sigh in frustration.]
Reckon that's a problem for those of us got voting rights in town to deal with. Problem is, ain't no one willing to run against Greg Campbell. And when there's only one name on the ballot? Hard race to lose.