Day 88:: Can you hear me, I know I'm just a whisper...

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone!
Status: Open
When: Day 88
Where: The Bastion
What: NPC and PC mingling
Format: Action
Warnings: None

[The excitement of the day before moves in to the quiet of the day after in the Bastion. It's fairly calm after all that, and the two new arrivals have been mostly healed. Current residents will find the once-armored woman bandaged still but in surprisingly good spirits, and the male with the guitar skittish and likely to jump at the smallest thing.

This would be a good point to talk to them, other NPCs or even your fellow NPCs.]

Comments

NPCs

[bastionpc]

[You know the drill. Request an NPC or get a random one, your choice!]

Re: NPCs

[yinyangfox]

[ Seimei was back to avoiding everyone, keeping to his house and working on the finishing touches. After the previous day he had very little interest in mingling. He had gone out to be alone, and while he was grateful he hadn't been in the end, and happy to have rescued two survivors, he was still quite miserable and fairly certain he hadn't done that much at all good for anyone.
His shikigami did not feel the same. He wanted to go out. He wanted to chat and carouse. Unfortunately without leave from the onmyoji he could do nothing of the sort. So he pitched a fit and was eventually dismissed by Seimei, but it goaded the man into leaving the house at last.

Pacing up to the center court and out again, he goes in search of Ahime. Taisan wanted to chat with them both, Seimei only cared to see that Ahime had received enough care to survive. Once satisfied he told himself he would go home and likely remain there. ]

[bastionpc]

[Ahime would be found near the monument, chewing on a piece of bread and staring at the structure with interest. Her thick blonde hair was pulled back in to a ponytail, injured but mostly healed arm in a sling. Armor gone for now, she was in little more than a loose tunic and slacks.

Seimei's approach didn't go unnoticed, and she looked up with a polite smile to the man and his companion.]

Ahime!

[windgod]

[Ippo had managed to make it back to Bastion in one piece and after feverishly demanding to know if the two survivors were okay and hearing they were, the young man promptly fell to the ground unconscious; the pain from his injuries taking hold as his fighting spirit finally wore off.

Between some healing and medical work, he had been more or less patched up and his shoulder reset painfully, but effectively. Now he looked only half as bad a mess as he had before, but he still had bandages covering the gashes he had received and his body was riddled with nasty looking bruises.

Now that he had a full day's rest in him, coupled with a few good meals; Ippo felt strong enough to wander around the Bastion, hoping he might catch a glimpse of the survivors just to confirm they were okay. His movements were slow and his right arm was still pretty banged up with the shoulder still healing; so getting around would be a slow, leisurely thing today]

[bastionpc]

[He wasn't the only one taking it slow. While Ahime had far less in the way of bruising and her arm had been healed somewhat, she was still in a sling, bandaged to her shoulder. She wasn't limping though her movements showed a bit of ache in her joints - a lifetime, albeit a somewhat short one, of training and battles wearing on her already after such a grievous injury.

But she seemed in good spirits, standing a the Monument and looking at it curiously with a bread roll in her hand.]

[blackblooded]

[There's a river, a bright splashing thing, with little fish darting around. Crona crouches on the edge of the water, chin resting on knees, one hand trailing down into the water. Quiet, still, silent, and a little curious fish darts up and nibbles at the meister's fingers. Crona smiles.]

[bastionpc]

[Crona wasn't alone there, at least not after very long. Eventually footsteps would fall gently behind them, a tall woman with blonde hair and her arm in a sling approached, watching quietly for the time being.]

[fastest_thingalive]

[Sonic had come looking for Ahime; naturally, since they'd saved her, it was natural to want to see if she was alright, right?

He only wished he'd been able to bring something. The girl had probably undergone a lot, so something to calm her nerves would probably be helpful. But being a new arrival himself, all Sonic really had to offer was a friendly disposition]

[bastionpc]

[Amazingly, he would find her rather calmly standing near the monument, staring at it quietly while chewing on some bread. Her arm was in a sling, but for all her injuries she looked more or less alright.]

Onsen

[hellpyre]

[Rin had been suspiciously absent during that little excursion, and there was a good, female related reason for that.

Cramps are seriously awful when you're half demon.

But she's feeling a little better by today, enough that she's capable of making her way to the Onsen to go soak in the hot water until she's pruney.

If anyone bothers to check the Onsen, either for her or just because, they'll find her up to her nose in the water, just... staring. With an annoyed expression.]

behind the apartment building

[nightchan]

[Since early this morning Night has been working hard all day on the beginning of what would be a small garden. She had gone out and spent a small share of her shards on seeds and flowers to plant, along with a small hand shovel.

It wasn't the best work she's seen - after all, she only knows what she's doing by having watched Monaka when they were younger. Her hands and knees covered in dirt, some of it staining the edges of her skirt, she sits back and wipes her forehead with the back of her hand. For once she had her mane of hair pulled back into a ponytail with a few strands falling out.]

Whew! You made this look so easy, Monaka... [She smiles at the medium-sized rock that sat in the middle of what would soon be a garden.]

[bastionpc]

[Kelly was, unfortunately, an absolute wreck. Unlike the woman he had been found with, he just wasn't handling things well at all. The idea that the world, that several worlds could just suddenly end was the thing of conspiracy theorists and nut jobs! And yet here he was, with a handful of people on a floating piece of land, being told that it was "survival or nothing" now.

He was going to give himself a bloody ulcer at this rate.

Wandering about, he edged near one of the sheer drops, staring down with a nervous gulp before he finally decided that was stupid and he wasn't going to do that anymore. He inched back, finally taking note that he wasn't alone in this particular section of land behind the apartments.

Oh. Cute girl--

... wait scratch that, cute girl with a tail.

What kind of hell had he landed himself in in... ?

Seeing the tail made him utterly freeze, and he was left standing there like a slack-jawed idiot.]

[vinesinskin]

[She's kinda pretty, but that isn't a good reason to talk to anyone, even though the people here are (as far as he's seen) not bad people.

After watching her for a little while in the shadows, he figured it wouldn't hurt to talk to her. Besides, she was gardening. People who garden are almost always okay in his books.]

Would you mind some help, or tips, with your garden?

[He's made sure to keep his hands in his pockets this time, though he wants to kneel and inspect the leaves of her plants. It's her garden; maybe she'd think that was rude. He can't tell.]

[unflattering]

Ahh--

[So much dirt! And what's with that rock?]

Night? what are you doing?

[your_minutes]

≪What sort of plants are you attempting to grow?≫

[And there's a voice in Night's head.]

[individuates]

[Kaoru had seen the group leave for the Skyway, but missed their return. They'd brought more new arrivals? How very exciting! He and Tama-chan carefully approach the jumpy, guitar-wielding man, since he seems a little less scary than the one in armour. Carefully, now, so as not to startle him...]

[bastionpc]

[Oh you were hoping to not frighten him?]

Ah--...

[why is there a teen with an egg staring at him]

'ello... ?

[yinyangfox]

[ Humming Mission Impossible and scooting across the wall of one building, then another, a familiar - to some - figure darts between shadows and walls until he makes it to the center of the Bastion and well out of view of his master.

Dressed in a rich purple yukata and plain geta, the fiery-haired figure looks particularly comfortable in his own skin, and oddly smug. Only Sonic, Ippo, Alucard, Kelly, Bon and possibly Ahime had ever seen him, for those brief moments. Now he was determined to make an official debut.
Running fingers through his thick mane of odd red/orange/yellow hair and tugging the neatly trimmed red whiskers of his chin, smoothing his eyebrows with licked fingers, he decides he's about as sharp-looking as he can get.
That done, he sli~des up next to Ahime and folds his arms over his chest, leaning to one side slowly and talking to her out of the side of his mouth as he arches and wiggles one eyebrow. ]

Hell~o, O Damsel Formerly In Distress. Feeling better now, I see? [ He asks, turning his head and bearing teeth in a wolfish grin. Thrusting his hand out, he grabs up her uninjured palm and pressing lips to knuckles before she can protest. ]

I am so relieved! This floating cesspool has a significant lack of female talent. Or any talent, really.

[bastionpc]

O-oh... hello!

[That was certainly startling, to say the least. Ahime was getting approached from all kinds today, but that was the first that had actively tried to leave an impression.

Though she... wasn't sure what kind of impression it was supposed to be...

Smiling awkwardly, she took the extended hand with a firm, strong grip.]

I hate to disappoint you but I'm hardly a damsel.

[yinyangfox]

[ After making a polite departure from Ahime, complete with a precise bow and exiting kiss of her hand, Taisan wanders in search of "Kelly". Despite Seimei's concerns, the shikigami wants to know how the two newcomers are and plans, at least, to offer an apology.While not certain of his own sincerity, he supposes the desire to apologize is as good as anything.
Eventually he spots the blonde wrapping up a chat with Seimei's little catamite. Pursing his lips in an impatient pout, he preoccupies himself with studying a hair plucked from his head until the ginger wanders off with that creepy egg.
Grinning brightly and dusting himself off, the shikigami marches over to Kelly, puffed up like rooster, hair blazing in the perpetual sun of the Bastion. ]

Well hell~o! Finally got you alone, hm? So, how is the little field mouse? [ He drawls, voice lacking any discernible accent, unlike half the survivors. He reaches over without a word, yanking Kelly's shirt up and leaning in to scrutinize the skin underneath, dropping the shirt just as quickly to yank his head up eye-to-eye with the blonde, teeth a wolfish grin. ]

Looks like I didn't do any permanent damage. Sorry about that, chickadee, but I didn't have time for arguments or struggles. No hard feelings?

[bastionpc]

GYAAAH!

[Hope you were expecting a scream, Taisan, because that's what you get. Kelly damm near jumps out of his skin, jerking away and flailing frantically. That does nothing to deter the lifting of his shirt, and the motion only earns more incoherent sputtering.]

Gerroff paper man!

[Well that was squeaky]

[windgod]

[At this point, Ippo was just slowly and aimlessly walking around the Bastion if for no other reason than to quell the restlessness he was feeling. His body as a whole ached, the bruises that littered his visible body looked bright and nasty in the light, and the four gashes he had sustained still hadn't properly closed; though they were bound tight enough that it wasn't a problem for him to be moving, at least at the moment.

Feel free to bother this walking mess, he doesn't have much else he can do right now at any rate]

[dissectionislove]

[Stein did adore how his nasty nicotine addiction managed to facilitate stumbling across some rather…interesting characters. While this young man wasn’t as exotic as some varieties he’d seen in the Bastion, he did appear to be wounded. He was bandaged, though anyone with even a slightly medically-trained eye could tell how haphazard the work was. More than likely done on the fly, in a non-sterile environment. Various shades of red and brown staining the material also indicated those bandages had reached the end of their usefulness. Leaving them on longer only increased the probability of infection, among other unpleasant things.

Stein exhaled a long, smoky breath from his cigarette, sutured shoes crunching over the ground as he approached the stranger. He wasn’t about to announce himself as a doctor; the lab coat should cover that part.]

Those bandages need to be changed. [Stated with all the matter-of-fact flatness expected of someone with the good doctor’s total lack of bedside manner.] Has someone looked at your wounds?

[Stupid question, Stein. Last time he checked, he was the only one readily accessible within the Bastion with any sort of medical education outside of combat or field training.]

[yinyangfox]

[ Departing from his tumultuous exchange with Kelly, Seimei's shikigami heads back towards the house. He was supposed to be working on the roofing, but since he'd finished early he snuck off. He could still help with other tasks, and by now ol' foxface knew he was gone. It was nice of the guy to let him run around for a while at least. Careless, but decent.
That didn't mean Taisan was prone to returning the favor, but he wanted a nice home, too. Still, there was opportunity for amusement on the way home - and there it was, bobbing along with all that "sunset" colored hair.
Ugh. Poetry. Gag him with a spoon.
Time to shake things up a bit.

Sliding around and catching up without hurrying and drawing attention, the shikigami sidles up behind Kaoru and swings a hand in for a hard clap across the kid's backside. ]

Hell~o boyo! Gettin' in all your social activity before you have to batten down the hatches and go all steady with Boss Foxface?

[individuates]

[What kind of greeting was that?! What civilised person slaps asses in this day and age?! He'd certainly done nothing to deserve it, had been going his own merry way without a care in the world until that very moment. Thank goodness Tama-chan was safely in her sling - if Kaoru had been holding her he most likely would have dropped her in shock. He clutches onto her though as he whirls around.]

What the heck was that? [really, Taisan. That's private property.] A simple Hello would have sufficed, you know. You don't just... run around slapping things in places.