Bastion NPC ([personal profile] bastionpc) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2015-08-22 06:53 pm
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Event: Day 343 [open]

Who: everyone, and some NPCs
Open: Open
When: Day 343
Where: The bastion, the lagoon, and the ura camp
What: the pieces are starting to fall together
Format: action
Warnings: none

See individual threads within the post for scene starters.
notachickenhawk: (morph)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-08-26 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Tobias, fortunately, can read English, and he reads out the instructions to everyone in their party that's not a captive. Thankfully, he can do so at a distance, and he then flutters off to morph into his Anklegator form.]

[It'll take a few minutes, so the others are free to do what they want until he's done. He's practiced this morph, but it's still strange... and he still doesn't like water.]
amphibian: (we have been nothing but dignified)

[personal profile] amphibian 2015-08-26 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
...So...we should...get going...

[It like a question when she says it, though, because she's got maybe half a clue what she's doing at best here.]
four_quarts: (Default)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-08-27 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Well then, off we go. Time to meet your friends, Grey.

[Because of course Grey was brought along. Why head into a negotiation without a bargaining chip?]
notachickenhawk: (bird: what?)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-08-27 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
<Be careful, you guys. This smells like it's an ambush. ... Not literally smells, but you know what I mean.>

[As he finishes morphing, he sinks into the water. Sounds are muffled like this, but if he stays still he shouldn't look too suspicious. Anklegators aren't that out of place here, after all.]
four_quarts: (Nothing much to say.)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-08-30 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ghaleon might not be able to pinpoint everyone, but his hearing is good enough that he has a rough idea of where they are. Not that he's going to let them know that.

No, he's going to slip into his best reasonable (and relatively harmless) healer persona and answer the speaker.]

It was decided that, in light of our last encounter and current tensions, it would be best to hold onto Red until we are able to negotiate peacefully. We have all felt the pain of loss, and I'm sure we all want nothing more than to avoid attending any more funerals.

[He takes a breath for effect, allowing the words to be processed.]

I am Ghaleon, last of the Magic Race and current healer residing in the Bastion. To whom are we speaking?
amphibian: (so hang onto your head)

[personal profile] amphibian 2015-08-30 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
R-right! [Thank goodness for Ghaleon, diplomat and Responsible Adult extraordinaire. Aoi takes a tentative step forward, hands held up in front of her. Her voice wavers, just so; she can't tell where anyone is at all and her eyes keep darting about in search of the voice's source or anyone, anything, despite her attempts to keep composed.]

And I'm—I'm Aoi Asahina. [Introductions are good, right? She'll just follow Ghaleon's lead.] Um, Super High School Level Swimmer, and...resident of the Bastion.
notachickenhawk: (bird: hawk)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-08-31 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He allows the Anklegator's instincts to take over a little bit, enough to be able to smell and feel the movement of people carried through the ripples in the swamp water, should any of them step in it. His sight isn't the best through the water, and his own discomfort with the water isn't helping, but hopefully smell and hearing will make up for it.]

[He's near enough that he could rush up and defend the others quickly, but he's still a small distance away. If his idea is right, at least his presence should deter any other predators in the area.]
four_quarts: (I fear for your sanity.)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-09-01 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Although Ghaleon's tone remains even, there's an edge of steel in it now.]

We have every intention of returning both unharmed, whatever conclusions you might have reached about us. All we ask in return is an explanation of why you believe that the only thing we will listen to is force, and why it is that your people apparently believe that condemning an entire settlement to burn for the sake of retrieving two people is a just course of action.

I mean, clearly you must believe yourselves the heroes, or you wouldn't consider it right to execute even one person in one of the most painful manners possible, much less a sizable portion of the remaining people left alive. After all, if you get your little project running, you can just revive them, can't you, Orange?

[...Yeah, he might be a little angry.]
notachickenhawk: ([birdboy])

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-09-01 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[He listens, and tries not to wince at Ghaleon's tone. They're on the same side and it still sounds threatening to him. Aoi isn't even really a fighter... he reaches out to the two of them in thought speech, making sure it's just going to them.]

<We can get through this. They probably came prepared for dragon, so if they attack they won't be expecting something like me. Just stand your ground and don't let them intimidate you.>

[More privately, he just addresses Aoi with his next bit.]

<This kind of thing can be scary, but we'll keep you safe, okay? So don't worry.>
amphibian: (in practice well that's another story)

[personal profile] amphibian 2015-09-02 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Please! We just don't want anyone hurt anymore!

[She notices the anger and feels tensions escalating, and barely even has time to think about Tobias's reassurance before Orange steps forward. She's so young and small and Aoi walks another few steps ahead, palms out.]

We want her to come back home to you, and she will. But—but we want everyone to be okay. No one at the camp's done anything to deserve this and we—all of us, we just want to be okay. Staying alive out here is hard enough without everybody who's left fighting, too! We'll all be better off if we can just work together! Or—or at least just talk things over!
four_quarts: (Are you effing serious.)

gagtag

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-09-03 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, so please do not set everyone on fire. Watching my dear pseudo-sister Latona burn to nothing in front of me was quite traumatic for all parties involved, and I would not recommend re-enacting it on a large scale.
four_quarts: (Nothing much to say.)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-09-03 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Some of the anger bleeds out of Ghaleon at the sight of the girl, and a bit more at Aoi's passionate speech. ...So that was why she wanted so badly to get back Red.]

...I swear upon the graves of everyone I have ever cared for that she will be returned to you. My desire is to talk, not to rob a girl of her mother.

[He gives Grey a gentle nudge towards Orange, directing his next words to him.]

Go. I'm sure she would rather hear how Red is doing from a familiar face. I certainly would have in her position.
notachickenhawk: (bird: what?)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-09-03 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shifts a little bit. It doesn't sound like they're going to be attacked, not yet, but whoever's hiding could use a reminder that there's living things in this swamp. He doesn't move much, but just enough to disturb the water slightly. Giving away what he is right now would be a terrible idea... but if they're off-guard because an anklegator's around... that's not such a bad idea.]
four_quarts: (I suppose so.)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-09-10 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[By Ghaleon's reckoning, no, an extension is not a compromise.]

Of course. Now, if you would just tell us why exactly your people believe us so deplorable that you seem to believe the deaths of two of our own at your hands were deserved, we can be on our way.

Oh, and for that matter, my dears, would you mind telling us what worlds your groups came from? It's not as imperative as the first question, but it would be nice to know if others of our worlds survived.

[His tone is back to almost pleasant, even conversational. Any trace of the previous anger has been carefully stowed away for the moment to be dealt with later.]
notachickenhawk: (bird: free)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-09-12 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
<It's not like we wouldn't have shared if we knew there were people who needed it. It sounds like whoever's in charge has some kind of agenda against us.>

[He doesn't share it with everyone else, just with Aoi and Ghaleon, but it's... enough.]

<But keep a close eye on them... if you can get Orange to talk more without other people shutting her up, we might get more information.>
amphibian: (however fast i dance)

[personal profile] amphibian 2015-09-12 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
We didn't know! If we did—if we knew... [Her voice breaks a little and she pauses, swallows.] We've invited everyone we've found out there back to the Bastion. And everyone who's just ended up there, they've been asked to stay, too! And we wanted to invite everyone at the camp... All of us are tired of all the dying. Whoever told you otherwise was wrong! It's not too late for us to help!
four_quarts: (Children please.)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-09-13 03:55 am (UTC)(link)


[Ghaleon looks openly troubled by this information. He's not sure if Tobias can hear him like this, but the boy is getting mentally thanked anyway.]

Aoi is correct. As far as I've observed, the Bastion is extraordinarily accepting of all manner of people. I can't account for anyone from before the time I arrived, but to actively refuse people at least some assistance seems... terribly out of character, even accounting for those that have either died or are MIA and most likely dead. Perhaps it's just an unfortunate misunderstanding?

[He's not calling this so-called leader a liar, oh no. Not even going to imply it to everyone's faces right now. He might suspect it, but he certainly won't say it.]

Did your leader say when it was we seemed to reject any calls for help?
notachickenhawk: (boy: glare)

[personal profile] notachickenhawk 2015-09-16 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[It's hard to keep himself still, to not yell out that they're wrong, but he's had enough experience controlling himself.]

<That's wrong. We all know it is. We did offer to take them in, and some of them took us up on it... I have to wonder who this leader is... or if it's someone inside our own camp.>

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