[ open ] Valparaíso, Jewel of the Pacific

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Location: The city of Valparaíso, Chile.
Date/Time: The first weekend of March (1st & 2nd).
Summary: The first group of Cadets are finally released on the city of Valparaíso. With a curious city wanting to meet them, both Cadets and Staff of the Shatterdome itself will find plenty of people willing and curious to hear what it is they're up to - not to mention complain about the unapologetic ugliness of the Shatterdome.
Additional Notes: Cadets are expected to be in uniform and represent the PPDC at it's best. For more information and any questions, please refer to this post in the OOC community.

Valparaíso is a city with an old reputation, struck hard by the Panama Canal back at its completion, and struggling and rising to a place of cultural prominence since. Nowadays it remains an important sea port along the Chilean coast, though not as busy as San Antonio, and has helped foster artistic communities and a wealth of Chilean culture well worth recognition and appreciation on its own.

For such a beautiful city, the Shatterdome is both an honor and an eyesore. The Cadets from the new program are a subject of gossip and fascination, novelty selling them in the short term in ways that weren't sustainable over time.

For those who hadn't been able to spend time outside looking over the city, Valparaíso provided all kinds of sights and hidden gems, from murals on stairs to a hundred plus year old tram that runs the hillsides, museums paying homage to the 16th Century roots of the city, to statues and architectural structures and beaches galore. Free from the industrial efficiency of the Shatterdome for a short time, where will the Cadets and Staff find themselves today? The possibilities might not be endless in actuality, but they were a far cry more varied than the last two weeks had been!

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[keyes]

Freedom is always a good thing, and frankly Jacob is a little eager to get out and about in the city to what it's all like. Because it's Jacob however it also means he's a little over dressed for the weather, and he has his leather jacket on, more out of habit than actually needing it with nice, well pressed pants, and a pair of sunglasses on. It's habit, and Jacob screams military even without the patches on his jacket, but he tries not to act like one of them.

Mostly by going out of his way to buy some sampling of local food at quite a few different places around the city, and that's probably what you'll find him doing, ordering or eating local food, with the occasional stop into a shop to see what's in it.

[secondtry]

The sight of someone wearing that much clothes was enough to have Mike blinking. The only thing his desert-trained mind was telling him was 'potential heat stroke hazard' followed by a decision: intervene or not.

After all, the guy seemed well enough off. He wasn't falling over yet, wasn't overly pale (or so he thought; his definition of pale was a little skewed), but it was still a reason to keep an eye out. It wouldn't do to have a PPDC officer falling over outside the Shatterdome.

[inurhead]

Yancy, on the other hand, does his best to blend in with the crowd. Being a blond man from Anchorage in Chile his success is questionable, and all the less for also being somewhat famous in general.

Still, he's not throwing out military vibes at anyone. Reaching the rank of Ranger is useful for finally being able to relax when not on any strict duties. So he lets kids talk him into buying them ice pops and signs soccer balls that are offered to him with ink pens and poses for pictures with people's grandmothers. When he gets the chance, though, he ducks inside a quiet cafe for a coffee. No beer today, the orders have been passed down for Rangers to keep their wits about them.

He nods a greeting at Jacob, who he doesn't instantly recognize but knows must belong to the base. The guy is pretty obviously military. "How's it going?"