Day 346- Day 352: OPEN

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone in the Bastion
Open: Open
When: 346-352
Where: The Bastion in general
What: This is the calm before the storm. Any last conversations with NPCs? Any last things to take care of? Do them here.
Format: action
Warnings: none so far


When you make a thread in this post, please put the names of the NPCs you want to respond in the header of the first comment.

As a note, this is also your last chance to make any changes that will affect how endgame begins. All things that help or hurt the Bastion residents will be tallied up on September 18th, and the final post will go up shortly after that. So if you want to catch the thief, form any alliances with other NPC groups, or anything else, now is the time to do it.

Comments

[twinked_witch]

More, I wonder if we're going to have a stable enough environment where you'll be able to continue to do it soon, with all that's happened.

... I'm not going to lie, I've been trying to prepare for the worst...

[daughterofursa]

We're prepared to defend this place. That's what we'll do, if we have to.

[twinked_witch]

True, but... If that fails... I want to be in a position to save as many people as possible, should the worst happen.

[daughterofursa]

Are you thinking of something?

[If Megaera has some plan of her own, Zuko wants to know about it.]

[twinked_witch]

Yeah. I am.

Having the Monument make some of the best survival aid magic items I can come up with, so that if we're forced to flee, more of us can survive out on the Skyway.

I don't need to worry about myself or Mitellux, but... So many of the others here would be borderline helpless if things started to go belly-up.

[daughterofursa]

That's why the rest of us will protect them.

As long as we stick together, we'll be all right. It's worked for the Ura.

[twinked_witch]

Yeah. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. If things go wrong...

[daughterofursa]

If things go wrong, we keep going. I think a lot of us have been in worse situations than this.

[twinked_witch]

You're probably right. Just... Where that keep going ends up, that's in question now.

[daughterofursa]

...I feel strange saying this, but I think you're being too pessimistic.

[twinked_witch]

You... Might be right, but to not have some preparations seems like it would be folly.

[daughterofursa]

We've been doing what we can, haven't we?

[twinked_witch]

To defend the place if it comes under attack, sure.

But if it falls entirely...

[daughterofursa]

We got everyone out before. Without being prepared for it or having anywhere else to go.

[twinked_witch]

Fair enough. Just... Having extra preparations to make it easier the second time, if need be, seems wise to me.

[daughterofursa]

Of course.

You think I'm not doing enough?

[Maybe she shouldn't be wasting her time here...]

[twinked_witch]

... If this is helping you relax and relieve stress, it's worth it.

I... I'm just trying to play all the angles.

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko shakes her head.]

This isn't that important if there's work to be done.

[twinked_witch]

[Aaaand instantaneously, Megaera's voice goes to a certain kind of flat tone that says "take me seriously, please". Or possibly "I am THIS close to pushing my moral code against using my magic on people for their own good".]

Keep at it. We need your mind at your best, and being constantly active is not good for that.

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko doesn't understand the tone change.]

I'm not exactly resting here.

[twinked_witch]

If you're doing it for spirituality or enjoyment, that's resting the mind, which is what I mean.

[daughterofursa]

I don't... really know if I'm doing that. It was just something to try.

[She doesn't dislike it? What does it feel like when you're enjoying something?]

[twinked_witch]

[Right. Zuko and really knowing what makes her happy aren't concepts that go together usually. Besides her girlfriend.]

Well, that's not a bad thing. Just... I don't know. I'm probably too much of a worrywart.

[daughterofursa]

Maybe you need to do something to relax.

[twinked_witch]

... Then, when you have a minute, perhaps handing you a share of my shard investment would help.

[Megaera pulls out a bundle of cloth.]

I couldn't get many of what I was going for, but whether it's for "things go seriously belly-up" or "things don't go belly-up but we need the ability to expedition further out into the Skyway", I acquired a few of the most fabulously useful things from my world I could cheaply acquire, and I'm going to pass them to a few of the people I'm either most concerned about, or who I think can put them to the best use helping the most people.