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.]

Comments

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.

[bastionpc]

...what?

[Grey gives River a confused look.]

I'm here because I asked if your hurt yourself?

[countingthunder]

Everyone's hurting.

We brought this on ourselves.

[Or so some people like to think. She glances at Red.]

[bastionpc]

[She definitely thinks that, yes.

She is thinking other things too. Like how she is sure her group is falling over themselves trying to stay fed and healthy without her there to lead them, or how her daughter is doing without her there. But she still doesn't speak to River, beyond thinking 'You DID bring this on yourselves' in River's general direction. Not because she thinks River can actually hear her, but rather because she is angry and bitter and thinking things at people makes her feel better.

Grey speaks up again.]

Look, Red's not going to do anything, but we can work something out, can't we? It might just be all one big misunderstanding, maybe if we all talk calmly we can find a solution?

[countingthunder]

Might be too late. Even if you hurry back, it takes a titan to hold up the heavens.

[bastionpc]

But we have to go back, we're needed to keep everyone safe, and we need to find those cores too.

[countingthunder]

Just banging rocks together.

RIGHT JOURNAL THIS TIME

[bastionpc]

[Grey looks thoroughly confused, and Red just sighs and speaks.]

Don't bother her, Grey. She's either messing with you, or she's messed up.

[countingthunder]

[River looks at Red again.]

You can't keep her safe. Not from here, not standing right next to her. Could sacrifice her to the beast without ever knowing.

[bastionpc]

[Red's face darkens, because she had been thinking about her daughter. Her response is very short.]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[Already she is thinking of all the bad things that could happen. Her daughter is 14, and she is much more hopeful than most of their group. Even with the promise of everyone returning to life soon, she still values everyone's lives and would rather nobody die. She is naive, and Red fears for her safety.]

[countingthunder]

Maybe she'll even volunteer.

Know the type.

[bastionpc]

[That was not a good thing to say. Red is snapping at River now.]

Shut up!

[countingthunder]

[River shuts up.

Sort of.

She doesn't say anything, at least, she just starts laughing. What a creeper.]

[bastionpc]

[Creeper child :|

When her group invades and gives everyone the choice of 'join us, or die', River won't get that option. Red will see to that.]

[countingthunder]

I'll tell them all about you, when I get to the other side.

[bastionpc]

You go ahead and do that.

[Everyonewill be coming back to life soon anyway, so she's not worried about her own death yet.]

[countingthunder]

Shouldn't make threats you can't keep.