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

[grandiflora]

A little of both. Their main objective is my protection, but I'm capable of giving other commands as needed.

[She had a feeling that was the case here. He is a very curious individual after all.]

[freedom_engineer]

Are you expecting trouble? Or are you just keeping your skills sharp?

[He looks at her with curiosity, and he smiles.]

[grandiflora]

Again, a little of both. It's rare to go without trouble for long.

[Even after the war, there were all those corrupted gem fragments that had to be taken care of.

The ones she could never heal, no matter how hard she tried.]

[freedom_engineer]

Have you been keeping abreast of the goings on here recently?

We're almost certainly going to need a strong hand, and another smart soul to deal with what's coming. I doubt that our antagonist on the other side is going to let his people be swayed by sweet assurances.

[grandiflora]

Somewhat. I... haven't been as social as I could be.

[Still somewhat unused to the idea of mingling with humans. Until Greg that had been something the Gems didn't want to do.]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if trouble was going to head our way sooner or later, though.

[freedom_engineer]

Not everyone's a social sort. No harm in that.

And if you're ready for trouble, well, no harm in that either. Quite good, actually. When trouble comes, we'll be ready for it.

[He gestures to the moss constructs.]

How are they in a scrap?

[grandiflora]

[At least someone understands. She offers him a smile for that, and steps back a bit, sword ready at her side.]

You're welcome to test them yourself, if you'd like to see.

[freedom_engineer]

[He raises his hands in a gesture that says "Whoa, whoa, no thanks."]

Not much of a fighter, myself. If I have to throw down, I can, but I'm more geared towards the work bench than the battlefield. Grenades and explosives are how I do battle. Preferably at a great distance.

[He gives her an impish grin.]

Not that I don't appreciate the offer. I'm just thinking that if they can fight, they'll probably be a great help if they bring the fight to us. If you're willing to get involved. Again, not everyone is.

[grandiflora]

[Sorry, Colin. That reaction amused her far too much to not laugh.]

It wouldn't be the first time I've been to war. I didn't expect it to quite be like this, but that seems to be the fate we've all been dealt here.

[freedom_engineer]

To some extent, anyway. We're probably going to have another fight on our hands, but it's no reason to let day to day life fall by the wayside.

[He gives her a grin, not the least bit put off by her laughter.]

I'm probably going to pick the frequency of my movie nights for the foreseeable future. People need to have some entertainment in trying times.

Have you caught any of them? I'm usually too busy tending to the machinery to notice who's in the audience.

[grandiflora]

No, actually. I wasn't aware that was a thing.

[Movies were relatively new to her, but Greg had done well in introducing them to her shortly after they met.]

Was that an offer to take me to one?

[freedom_engineer]

I've been doing it every couple of nights for the past few months. Had to come up with something to keep morale up, after all.

And I am absolutely offering to take you to one. Rin's gotten pretty good at making popcorn.

[grandiflora]

If it works, I don't see any reason not to.

I have no need to eat, but I appreciate the offer. I would love to come.

[freedom_engineer]

No need to, but are you capable of it? It's a pretty good treat.

[There's a twinkle in his eye at that.]

Great, I'll have to pick something good for the newbie. You got any preferences?

[grandiflora]

I might give it a try.

[Amethyst seems to enjoy eating.]


Whatever you think is good. I'm sure I'll be impressed regardless of what you choose.