Event: Day 336 [open]

[bastionpc]

Who: NPCs! and you guys
Open: Open
When: Day 336
Where: in the Bastion
What: A plan is made, a letter is mailed, an enemy is cracked, a thief is caught
Format: action
Warnings: none




[Lots of things are happening today. See the individual threads in the post to find out what is going on.]

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A plan is made [open]

[bastionpc]

[SO. After a long time of hermitting and working, Nathaniel finally comes out of his home to discuss something with everyone.]

I think I might have a solution to our problem. You know, the one about what to do once we find those last two cores.

[dontyoujustwish]

I thought the problem was that no one agreed on that point.

[He's going to make them all agree? Must be some magical coercion going on there.]

[darkshooter]

[Not saying anything yet, but nonetheless making it a point to be here for this discussion. It's quite relevant to her concerns.]

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin's shown up too, but he's only here for information. The odds of him speaking up are very low unless something monumentally bad is brought up.]

a letter is mailed [open]

[bastionpc]

[The first person who comments can go out to the fields just outside the Bastion and find an envelope stuck to a tree with a knife, which can then be subsequently brought back to the Bastion for discussion.

HMM I WONDER WHAT THIS COULD BE]

[amnesiadragon]

[Ryu is a very early morning person. He doesn't like the night, so at the first crack of 'dawn' he's up and moving, heading out towards the Skyway.]

[... But he doesn't get far this morning before he spots the envelope and knife. He heads over to it and pulls the knife out, frowning. Who would do that to a tree? But this looks important.]

[... He glances at the envelope, trying to see if there's anything legible on it.]

[bastionpc]

[Nope, nothing on the outside of it! But the envelope seems to be sealed shut via knife, there's no wax seal or glue or anything holding it shut.'

[amnesiadragon]

[He'll just open up the letter to check it. There might be something dangerous on it and he's pretty good at resisting stuff.]

an enemy is cracked [open]

[bastionpc]

[A second attempt for talking to the captured NPCs, Red and Grey. You can talk to them individually or together, just specify what you want in your comment header. Also, unless stated otherwise, for this thread it is assumed each conversation happens separate of each other.]

uhhh both together?? also anyone else welcome to join her

[countingthunder]

[Who let this girl in here? From her body language, it's like River accidentally wandered in, and she barely glances at either of the two prisoners.

No, the first thing she does is walk over to one wall and place her hand on it. She draws it back sharply to inspect her finger as though she pricked it on something, but there's no sign that she's hurt at all.]

[bastionpc]

[Red gives no fucks and doesn't even bother paying attention to River. She's busy with her own thoughts, though she is present.

Grey, however, is watching her curiously.]

Hey, did you hurt yourself?

[countingthunder]

[River pauses and turns back to look at Grey, just staring at him for a solid minute.]

That's why you're here.

Just Red

[twinked_witch]

[Megaera has put this off for too long because of mun difficulties, but now... If she's not going to succeed as a Wizard, she'll damn well try to succeed as a Succubus. And right now, that means getting as much information from them as possible. Having them separated before the arrives, she walks in towards Red's cell. As soon as she is in sight of her, she's quietly using her Charm Monster spell-like; if Red fails to resist (I'd say she's got anywhere from a 10-30% chance of resisting, depending on her willpower), she'll perceive Megaera as a trusted friend against her usual judgment.]

Good morning. You all right?

[bastionpc]

[Red is watching Megaera carefully, not yet betraying any emotion other than caution. Meg cannot yet tell if her charm worked or not.]

...as well as I can be. Why are you here?

[twinked_witch]

There are simply things we should discuss, if we are to keep a large situation from getting much worse.

You have told us some things, but they've been a spot confusing. I'm hoping some friendly conversation might provide some clarity.

[Megaera hangs off on trying a second spell for the moment, testing Red's reactions.]

just grey - and this willl be zuko & azula team fire nation

[fireburn]

[it wasn't that azula didn't trust other people to get answers (okay maybe that was also true), but mostly she wanted to interrogate them for herself. at least that was the initial plan, but plans change and zuko tagged along with her for some true sisterly bonding via interrogation.]

Hello there. Are you comfortable?

[actually her tone is anything but caring but you know, appearances.]

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko is here partly to see for herself what Grey has to say, and partly to make sure that inflicting her sister on the prisoners doesn't turn out to be a really bad idea. Azula's never really needed violence to get information out of people. It should be fine, right?

She's going to hang back and let Azula lead for the moment. Zuko doesn't exactly cut a more intimidating figure here, so much as a more frowny one.]

[bastionpc]

[Grey is a little nervous about being by himself with these too, but Zuko kept Red alive, so he will be a bit more respectful towards her.]

As well as can be, I guess. I mean, I wish I could go explore this place a bit, but I understand why I can't.

a thief is caught [initially closed to Colin, but will be open later]

[bastionpc]

[Hey Colin.

Hey.

Hey.

After all of the above stuff happens (if Colin participates in any of it), he will be able to get a video of someone in a cloak sneaking in to the storehouse. The cloak obscures their face and makes it difficult to see who it is, but this person is quite short.

And they are stealing compasses. Lots of them.]

[Metal Gear Alert Noise!]

[freedom_engineer]

[Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you...]

[And just because you installed one camera... doesn't mean that you didn't install others. As a matter of fact, there's three cameras inside. One visible camera in the corner... One concealed camera above the door ... And one camera on a shelf. In a teddy bear's eye. You just got Nanny-cam'd.]

Snake? Snake? SNAAAAAAKE!

[bastionpc]

[Wow rude, in the teddy bear and all.

the one above the door unfortunately doesn't catch anything, because this person is short and they have the cloak hood drawn well over their face.

The teddy bear nanny cam, however, does catch a face. The cloaked person who is grabbing compasses is Blue Anna.]

[freedom_engineer]

... Not who I would have expected.

[Colin frowns, and he races out of his workshop. He's right near the forge, so he runs over there.]

STEWART! Storehouse with me! NOW! Thief in action! ... Don't bring a weapon, you won't need it!

[And with that, he's racing across the compound looking for one person. Dammit, Zuko, where are you?]

ZUKO! THIEF IN MOTION! HATE ME LATER!

Responding to the letter [Closed to those invited]

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[Following the events of this thread, Rob and Ryu fan out to find the people who Colin suggested would be most helpful in planning a response, those people being Paarthurnax, Zulf, Otoha, Ghaleon, and Zuko, with Colin already there and Rob and Ryu just hanging around for now and maybe having Opinions.

Once everyone has gathered at the Monument, Rob glances around and realizes that he's probably the best one to start this meeting off, even if he's really only there for moral support. It should perhaps be noted that he's still shirtless, with the ugly scars clearly visible on his left cheek and shoulder, but those details are at best going to be no more than distractions from the issue at hand. Desperately trying not to think about the fact that he's doing the dreaded Public Speaking, he looks down at his datapad and does his best to speak up.]

So, uh, now that the Avengers are all assembled, um, Ryu found a letter outside the Bastion, held to a tree with a knife. It's in English, and says "Bring the two you have captured to the lagoon in seven days. If you comply, we will not harm you. If you do not, we will burn the camp to the ground." Nothing else.

[He looks up, trying not to actually look at the group he's addressing.]

So, um, you guys are here to try and work out what we're gonna do about this.

[Floor is now open talk amongst yourselves please no one look at him anymore.]

[daughterofursa]

[Finding herself in another situation with Colin is (at least momentarily) overshadowed by the threat.]

We need to organize a team to help protect the Ura camp, without pulling too many fighters from the Bastion. Whether we give them back their people or not, there's no guarantee they won't attack anyway. They could just be trying to set up another trap.

[amnesiadragon]

I'm going.

[Ryu's still hanging near the back, but the answer is automatic. His expression is unusually serious, and he has a hand on his blade's hilt.]