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.
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.>
four_quarts: (I fear for your sanity.)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-09-17 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, making it appear as if he's considering what Orange is saying, but in reality acknowledging Tobias' thoughts on the matter. The boy has a good point: what if the leader is someone inside the Bastion?

...Troubling as the thought is, it will need to be dealt with later.]

Hm. If it's the same group I'm thinking of, I'm not sure how he arrived at that conclusion. They were offered their own homes in the Bastion, and some of them even decided to take it.

If you don't mind my asking, your leader does have others check if his information is correct before making his decisions, I hope?
four_quarts: (Nothing much to say.)

[personal profile] four_quarts 2015-09-17 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm not saying that he's necessarily lying. I've never met him, so I can't say if he is or isn't the sort to lie to get what he wants. One can easily tell others something they sincerely believe and not be telling the truth.

This, my dear, is why I ask if he has others to check his conclusions against. A leader who sincerely believes that what they do is right who is operating on incorrect assumptions can be just as damaging as one who intentionally misleads others for their own gain.

[Life lessons from one who knows the hero/villain thing from both sides.]