Day 121 : [Partially closed and open]

[bastionmods]

Who: New arrivals + Old survivors
Open: (Part 1) Closed / (Part 2) Open
When: Day 121
Where: The Scrap Yard
What: Something new has appeared on the Skyway, and a lot of somethings have crash landed there. A handful of transports that were taking the experiments from Vatheon to the mainland have suddenly been spat out in to the Scrap Yard and no longer work. Confused and an eventual mad dash for the safety of the Bastion ensue.
Format: Any
Warnings: Probably violence and maybe injury

[There was a place, another world where people from many, many, many other worlds had been pulled to against their will. Unwilling experiments for a group of scientists and forced to live years in a bubble beneath the sea, they were told not that long ago that their time as experiments was coming to an end. Naturally those experiments fought back, and at the end of it all they won their freedom. Some choose to stay on the Vatheon mainland and live out the rest of their lives with people they had come to meet and love. Others decided to return to their homes to resume the lives they had lost. Either choice, they had to return to the mainland first, before anything else could be done.

But something went wrong with some of the ones being taken there. All at once their transports would simply... stop. And and bright flash of white light preceded... something like a very violent shudder of the entire world that would knock those unfortunate souls unconscious.

When they woke, they would find they were no longer in the sea that surrounded the land and the once-occupied bubble. They were still in their transports, if not a little tossed around and banged up considering the machines had been tossed rather haphazardly on top of a pile of... well... scrap. Metal, parts, some alien some not, some old some not so much. Just. Scrap.

Scrap and several large devices holding confused, possibly injured people on top of it.

The doors will open if pushed, but the front consoles that ran the things won't turn on at all.

This is your new world, transplants.

Good luck.]

Comments

[croceamors]

[Bastion, an amulet, monsters- Saix has a feeling he is going to be asking a lot of questions soon. Regardless, for now, he just follows Ryu's lead with New Moon at his side and the Berserker behind him still carrying Axel.]

[coolerthansora]

Pathway...?

[Definitely a lot of questions, but that one will get at least an initial answer as the party gets moving. Roxas motions for his Samurai to bring up the rear. He'd do it himself, but the chocobo chicks are determined to stick close to their parent who's still conscious, and he doesn't want them trotting along at the back.]

[amnesiadragon]

[The path in front of them appears, pieces of the ground forming just in front of the party. Ryu draws his sword, and deflects a Pecker that heads their way.]

Let's go!

[He starts off at a jog, looking back a little to make sure the new arrivals are following along at a decent speed.]

[croceamors]

[Saix is wordless and focused as he goes after Ryu. He doesn't need to look behind him to know the Berserker is following his orders, staying in the midst of the group with its large hands defensively covering Axel. With Lunatic's long reach, Saix is prepared to bat away anything that comes too near to them- something another Pecker learns soon enough.]

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas isn't interested in letting anything come that close to his babies the chocobos, or Axel. The next monster that approaches them gets a keyblade thrown at it, the weapon swiftly returning to Roxas's hand.]

[amnesiadragon]

Thanks.

[The Skyway falls into the endless blackness behind them, and Ryu increases the pace slightly.]

At least you guys can defend yourselves - not everyone here is a fighter. Not that there's a problem with that...

[But it's more of a problem out on the Skyway.]

[croceamors]

They better learn quick, or have other skills.

[Saix doesn't exactly have a favorable view of people who can't pull their own weight. He glances back at the void that's left behind them with a suspicious glare before keeping stride with Ryu. It's clear they need to stick close.]

[coolerthansora]

[Well, that's a little unsettling. Roxas wonders if that darkness leads anywhere. He glances down at the chocobos near his feet, making sure they're keeping up with the quicker pace. Luckily they're old enough to have started coming into some of their speed.]

There's plenty besides fighting.

[And it's healthy to know these things, Saix.]

[amnesiadragon]

That's true! I help out by fishing. It's calming, too.

[Where the fish come from, he has no clue. Probably better not to question it.]

[croceamors]

I did mention other skills.

[He says with a particularly violent pommel bash to the face of a Windbag that's gotten a little too close.]

[coolerthansora]

Like an afterthought.

[He tries to look ahead, but it's difficult to say where a path that forms and falls apart as they go is leading.]

How much farther?

[amnesiadragon]

It should start coming into view soon.

[croceamors]

[Rude, Roxas, at least he said it at all.]

Good. Axel needs treatment as soon as possible.

[coolerthansora]

[It's weird for Saix to seem concerned about that. It makes Roxas worry about how serious that head wound is. Now that his own mind is clearing up a bit, "better" isn't as reassuring anymore.

With most of his attention focused ahead, trying to will the Bastion into being there, he doesn't spot a few more windbags approaching until they're near enough for him to attack without throwing his keyblade.]

[amnesiadragon]

[Ryu slices through one, doing his best to just kick it off of the Skyway. They don't need a big battle right now - they just need to get to the hospital.]

[croceamors]

[One last slash, and that takes care of their unwelcome visitors. Saix keeps an eye out for anymore, but something else catches his attention instead. Something far off, but now in sight... Buildings, he's certain of that.]

Is that it?

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas sees it, too. At their pace, even that distant thing won't take them much longer to reach, he hopes.]

It's gotta be, right?

[amnesiadragon]

That's it, yeah. Not too much longer.

[Especially if they keep running... he can only heal in hybrid form and even then he's not the healer that Nina is. ... Was.]

[croceamors]

We can get there now.

[With the uncertain terrain and unexpected situation, Saix has been reluctant to use Darkness Corridors. This place feels very unlike Vatheon which means they might not have its ever useful revival capabilities at their disposal. They have to take things carefully. But now that they can see their destination, he's willing to take a risk. Taking a deep breath and hoping his fragile state of heart can take it, he raises his free hand. A twisting portal of darkness opens up on the small bits of solid land that have amassed for them and Saix thinks he can see a matching dot of black far off.]

[Only one way to find out if it's worked for sure.]

[coolerthansora]

Saix--

[Roxas isn't sure this is such a good idea. The realm of darkness is far from a pinnacle of safety, even when you know the rules of the world from which you're tapping into it. Moreover, Axel is injured, Roxas has never brought the chocobos through one of those portals, and their guide isn't a Nobody.]

It's not that far.

[amnesiadragon]

[Ryu takes a step back, suddenly unnerved.]

Wh - what is that?

[croceamors]

Considering the terrain and our situation, it would be better to get there sooner, wouldn't it?

[There's a lot that could be said, but then Ryu speaks up. That's right, they have someone unfamiliar with them. Saix shakes his head.]

It's simply a portal connecting us to where we need to go.

[Made of Darkness, sure, but Saix doesn't view it as too much of a danger. Just one trip through it won't hurt anyone without a black coat, of that he's certain. As for Axel? Ha. He's used them while in worse states, Saix is certain of that, too.]

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas's voice grows more firm.]

We barely know anything about this place or the situation. I don't wanna risk it. We're walking.

[amnesiadragon]

... It's not that much further anyway. Come on.

[He won't start moving until the others do, though... he doesn't want them to fall off.]

[croceamors]

[There's a slightly tense moment where Saix just keeps narrowed eyes focused on Roxas and the Berserker shifts slightly as if to go straight to its master's side. After a moment, however, Saix just scoffs and shuts the Corridor with a wave of his hand.]

Stubborn.