Day 115: despair

[amnesiadragon]

Who: Ryu and Lady!Duke
Status: Closed
When: Day 115, in the 'morning'
Where: The Skyway
What: A new arrival shows up… in a very distressed state.

[Anger and blood and fear and sorrow had been what he'd fallen asleep to, and the memory of that as he wakes is enough to have Ryu sit up where he's been resting. He blinks, and looks around, eyes widening as he sees that he's sitting on a broken chunk of rock.]

[It's bare, mostly - except for the figures on the blankets near him. Ryu rushes over to touch Nina on the shoulder to wake her, to ask her what's going on - but as soon as he touches her, she crumbles to dust. He shouts, and reaches out to touch Cray's shoulder, but he's the same way.]

[… All of them are the same way. Ryu falls to his knees and lets out a loud sob, wrapping his arms around himself. He feels cold, and like his chest is empty. He can't sense Fou-Lu at all, either. Nothing makes sense. It's too painful painful.]

Comments

[amnesiadragon]

[You have successfully distracted the dragon.]

... Oh?

[notduchess]

[ Good! Teenage boys still get distracted by food. ]

There's Rin, who has dark hair and a tail, and Trisana, who has red hair all done up in braids. Both of them cook well.

[amnesiadragon]

... What kind of food is around here?

[Not that it really matters because it's food, but.]

[notduchess]

Simple good stuff.

[ Because that is clearly the best description ever. ]

There isn't a great amount of meats, because no one really wants to go pecker hunting, but I know Tris makes some nice bread.

[amnesiadragon]

[... Ew.]

I can help with hunting.

[notduchess]

Settle first, please. At the very least, get someone to go with you. There are the peckers - birds - but there are also some nasty things that spit acid.

[amnesiadragon]

... I can fight well, though.

[He should rest, but... he feels the need to do something.]

[notduchess]

... Acid. And they're about the size of a large shed.

[ Duke isn't going to mention they have a slight problem with people vanishing off the walkway. That worry will stay put. ]

[amnesiadragon]

After I figure out things.

[He feels wrong about the idea of not giving back if he's going to be staying here.]

[notduchess]

Figuring out things is a good step.

[ Duke just wants him to get over a bit of the shock - because getting over all of the shock would be too much to ask of any of them - before he goes out and does anything. They sort of will expect him to give back.... ]

[amnesiadragon]

[Yeah, right now he's still having trouble dealing with it. He's starting to come out of it a bit, though.]

So... how do I start?

[notduchess]

You can try to find Nathaniel - he is one of the people who are from this world, and he knows how the Bastion works. Rin and Bon - the girl with the dark hair, and a boy... [ The knight remembers that the odd hair coloring hadn't been around for a while. Oops- ]

Bon has short cut dark hair, but doesn't have vines on his arms. But those too have been here longer than I have.

[amnesiadragon]

Okay. I'll... try to find them. Thanks.

[This is all still a lot to take in.]