Day 323 (Open)

[freedom_engineer]

Who: Colin, anyone interested in what he's doing.
Open: Like a convenience store.
When: Day 323, all morning. (BACKDATED)
Where: Several key locations around the Bastion.
What: Setting up surveillance systems
Format: Action to start, but anything's good.
Warnings: A short-tempered Colin.

[Just the other day he had been speaking with Nathan about the thefts that had been taking place. They'd agreed that some sort of surveillance system would be necessary in order to better defend against the thief.]

[Then the party came back, minus two souls, and Colin's mind went straight into defense mode. Cameras were purchased, sites were chosen, and plans were put in motion.]

[This morning Colin is moving from place to place, setting up cameras and wires as appropriate. Some of the cameras are huge, blatant affairs that can't help but be noticed. Others are tiny, designed to be hidden.]

[He's stopping by most of the buildings in the Bastion to set up at least one camera. If anyone has an opinion on big brother, now's your time to express yourself.]

Comments

[hellpyre]

We're bein' attacked just for goin' outside our own territory, though... [She lets her own sigh out, shaking her head slightly.] I don't like the idea of it any more than the others do, but I also know what it's like to have to take up weapons just to survive.

[freedom_engineer]

That's up to the rest of you to decide what you want. I'm not about to go imposing my values on the rest of you. I'll help how you all decide you want to be helped, and otherwise, I'll just develop my own little corner of the Bastion to my preferences.

[He shakes his head.]

The rules are all so different now. I don't think some people here realize that, even after all that's happened...

[hellpyre]

No one wants things to change. Even the people that are okay with change.

[Just like how she didn't want to leave the church, but she had to.

She didn't want to go to school, but she had to.

She didn't want to wake up at the end of the world, alone and scared. But she did.

And now the game was changing yet again.]

I know I gave you a lotta shit before but... I'm startin' to feel like you really are the only one who knows what the fuck we should even be doin'.

[freedom_engineer]

I wish that praise could have come from a less depressing realization.

[Just gonna keep right on hugging her.]

I may not like everyone here, but I'm doing what I can to keep everyone alive. I can't, and won't, control anyone... But as long as they're in an area I can behold, I'll do everything I can to keep everyone alive and well.

[hellpyre]

At least it came at all... ?

[She really wasn't one to so easily admit defeat, after all.

At least not when things are normal and calm and not going to utter shit.]

I know you're tryin'. Even from the start you were tryin'... it just wasn't always that obvious to the rest of us.

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin smiles, and gives her arm a reassuring squeeze.]

Quite true, thank you Rin.

Everyone's trying in their own ways. We just... don't understand each other a lot of the time. Major culture shock on top of everything else.

[hellpyre]

No... we don't. I think the only thing we all understand is survivin' all this. [Though she had begun to question if even that was possible after all that had happened.]