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bastionmods ([personal profile] bastionmods) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2013-04-10 07:06 pm

Pre-Day 61: pre-game threading

You are free to use this post to thread out any interactions prior to day 61, provided your characters appeared in the Bastion early. This post will remain open until April 27th.

Please post the day number in the first comment of each thread.
goodlifechoices: (dismayed; oh nooooo)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-18 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thank goodness for that. I'd rather be lost with a group than by myself.

[ The tail is kind of cute, actually, but it is miraculously something that she doesn't comment on. It seemed a bit in poor taste, given the context of the situation.

Marie slumps in relief rather dramatically, and it's fairly easy to tell the source of the blood. She'd taken a hit to the head and it neatly split the skin along her hair line.

(Rin might be better off just using that to explain why Marie was being, well, Marie.)
]

I was so turned around out there. I'd say I was going in circles, but I don't even know if there had been circles to go in.
hellpyre: (pic#6025872)

[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-18 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
I get it. I've been here almost a month and the skyway is still confusin' as hell.

[Owch. Rin can imagine what monsters on the skyway she had gotten in to a tussle with to get that kind of wound.]

You're bleedin' pretty bad. Think you can stand? We can get you cleaned up and get that wound looked at.
goodlifechoices: (relieved; thank god someone has an idea)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-18 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ And Marie had actually held her own pretty well at first! The one that walloped her in the head was not about to do that to anyone else. ]

Thanks, I appreciate the help.

[ She gets up, coltishly awkward for a moment there as her aching legs debate whether or not it's worth it to work right then, and she then steadies herself. Now that she's gotten a chance to catch up with herself after being startled, she's already smiling despite the situation. ]

There we go. Don't worry, I'm a lot more durable than I look right now.
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[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-18 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Good to know. Rin still had trouble with the bigger ones, mainly because they didn't hesitate around her flames like the smaller ones do, and she can't scare them off with demonic telepathy.

Point being this place kind of sucks when your normal defenses don't work for shit.]


... pretty damn chipper for a newbie. But hey, that might be good around here. We're not exactly the most optimistic bunch.

[Marie's smile is contagious, and Rin winds up smiling right back before turning to guide her to the apartments.]

C'mon. I'll show you to the apartments.
goodlifechoices: (happy; pleasant conversation)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-19 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Someone has to be the adult here!

She was injured and confused, but she had to put up a strong front when dealing with a teenager. Maybe she'd melt down hilariously later, but for right now she was only letting on that she was equal parts exhausted and completely grateful for the change of pace.
]

Well, this is a real improvement. I can't help but be happy.
hellpyre: (pic#6025872)

[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-19 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Marie pls. They've been doing just fine on their own.

Well not entirely on their own. There are other adults there, ones that have been there longer and seem to have slightly more idea of what's going on.]


It's a little rough 'round the edges right now, but we're makin' it home, bit by bit.
goodlifechoices: (unsure; side-eye that)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-19 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ This isn't going to stop Marie from quite promptly adopting the brood of teenagers as her own. She had a very strong latent mama bear sense that could not be tamed. ]

Home, huh?

[ Poor kid. This was serious, and here this girl was just doing her best to hang in there. As for hanging in there, Marie was only doing that by sheer stubbornness. Walking, it turned out, was hard when your knees wanted to lock and your feet didn't always seem to want to bring you forward in a relatively straight line. ]

I'm sure you're doing great. Ah, I didn't catch your name. Mine is Marie.
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hellpyre: (pic#6025877)

[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-19 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Ohboy. Hope you're ready to deal with a girl who grew up without a mother, and only had a twin sister as any sort of female family influence.]

Not much else we can do...

[Some people saw it, when they first arrived. Those broken remnants of something familiar from their home, statues of people that may have looked like some one they once knew. Others missed it, too busy running from Squirts and other Windbags. Some just ignored it, and tried to pretend like they hadn't seen anything at all.

Rin wasn't about to say anything unless Marie said it first, though. She wasn't going to be responsible for laying down the heavy facts right off the bat and having the woman utterly break down.]


Rin Okumura. Nice t'meetcha, Marie. ... well. Nice as it can be, all things considered.

Anyway. We're almost there.
goodlifechoices: (tired; so dramatic about it too)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-19 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Marie fell into the denial camp.

She isn't even sure what's real, honestly. It was possible that none of it was. Marie was one of those people that had a particular resistance to insanity, but it was the simplest answer.
]

Mm, nice to meet you, too.

[ She falls quiet briefly and then she just makes small talk. ]

That's a Japanese name, isn't it? It's pretty.
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[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-19 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Denial is ok. Rin is still in denial, somewhat. There's a reason her and Bon keep hitting the skyway to look for survivors.

But unless they're all having some sort of mass hallucination, Marie is still very much sane and this is very much real.]


Mm? Oh, yeah...

[She might be blushing a bit at that. She doesn't get compliments often.]

I'm from True Cross City, Japan. Me and another guy here are.
goodlifechoices: (unsure; what's that?)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-20 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Or they're all a part of her own personal hallucination.

She was just trying to not think about that. If she kept going forward, then she could address everything else later. Much, much later.
]

Ahh, so far away. I was in the US before... this.
hellpyre: (pic#6025877)

[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-20 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[That's a terrifying thought regardless.]

Oh? Where in the US? There's someone here from there, though... I guess the chances of you knowin' one person out of a whole country is pretty slim.
goodlifechoices: (dismayed; oh nooooo)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-20 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Death City, in Nevada.

[ She wavers briefly, but then keeps trudging on. ]

Maybe people have towns in common, if nothing else.

[ She isn't getting her hopes up here. ]
hellpyre: (pic#6025875)

[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-20 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[But Rin stops at that, turning around to face Maire, looking a little more than startled.]

Do you know some one named Maka? Or Crona?
goodlifechoices: (upset; all these tears)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-20 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh no, and she'd been doing such a good job of trying to keep herself together, too. She stops dead in her tracks when Rin does, her visible eye widening and filling with tears. The first sound she makes is more like a whimper before she chokes it down.

It turns out that relief is the one thing that almost makes her break down completely.
]

They're my students! Where are they? Oh no, Crona-!

[ Crona wouldn't know how to handle this, even if Maka was there as support. ]
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[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-20 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[WELL. That's a yes. But Rin isn't about to let her run off just yet. She has to confirm something first though.]

W-wait before you go I gotta as you a weird question but I really need an answer. Is Maka a boy or a girl?
goodlifechoices: (unsure; just what was that??)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-20 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, that sure made no sense. ]

Wh-what?
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[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-21 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Just... answer. Please.

[She already feels bad for inadvertently causing Crona to freak out. It's probably not going to be any easier on Marie but she can try to head some of it off before they meet again.]
goodlifechoices: (unsure; side-eye that)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-21 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Marie's second thought is if Rin had mixed up Maka and Crona's names, maybe. Either way, she'll answer. ]

She's a girl?

[ She didn't mean for that to come out like a question, but she's just so confused. ]
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[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-21 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Damn it.]

... uhm. Okay. ... Maka here is a guy. We don't know why but some people are comin' from like... I-I'unno a different version of the same world? Like, my friend Bon... he says I'm a guy where he's from.

I just... didn't want you to be freaked out when you saw him.
goodlifechoices: (broken; find your place)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-21 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ This had to be insanity.

That must be it. Something slipped loose and that was that.

But what else was she going to do?

So she just makes herself smile.
]

Well, thank you for the warning. Could you... show me where Crona might be? Before anything else, I need to see Crona.
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[personal profile] hellpyre 2013-04-21 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Alright... uhm, Crona is in room five on the first floor of the apartments.

[She points, rather than guide Marie there herself. Corna was flighty at the best of times and still wasn't completely comfortable with Rin, so she figured it best Marie just go on her own.

Luckily chances of her getting lost are slim - the building is right there.]
goodlifechoices: (upset; feeling lost)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-21 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
First floor, number five. [ She nods. ] I appreciate all of your help, Rin. I'm sure I'll see you around.

[ Miracle of miracles, she does not get lost.

Yes, it was a possibility. These things happen.

She also does her best to wipe off the blood on her face when she steps away, but that's relatively unsuccessful. Should she have asked for a place to clean up first? Yes? Well, she's not exactly on the top of her game so that's a no go.

When she gets to that numbered room, she knocks because having some manners meant something even right then. Or she thought they did. She's not sure. Hopefully they were in there like the girl said.

Her voice is more than a little ragged when she calls out:
]

Crona! Are you there?
blackblooded: (that one shocked icon)

[personal profile] blackblooded 2013-04-21 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Crona is in the corner, knees tucked up and head bowed, lost in thoughts that barely track properly.

Then a knock, and Crona jumps, head banging against the wall.
]

... Miss Marie? [That sounded like Miss Marie. It's enough to get Crona standing up and walking to the door, pulling it open just slightly to peek out.]
goodlifechoices: (worried; unsure what to do)

[personal profile] goodlifechoices 2013-04-21 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ She didn't actually intend to do it, but she can't stop herself when the door opens and Crona is actually there just peeking out. It's a rush of movement on her part, awkwardly pushing the door all the way open (regardless of the fact that it might knock them off balance), and then she's got her arms around Crona.

At least nothing and no one was broken in the process, but that spoke more of her exhaustion than anything else.
]

You're really alive!

[ She was very eloquent right then, too. ]

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