thebastion | Day 151

Who: Zia, Zulf + the NPCs Nathaniel, Zanya, Zahi + YOU
Open: Open
When: Day 151
Where: Throughout the Bastion
What: Tension has fallen over the Bastion, and it's time to sort out truth and anger.
Format: Any
Warnings: Drama

A few days ago, some residents of the Bastion might have become aware of a confrontation happening at a certain Ura's humble abode. There was some yelling- although not clear- and the result was a very harried looking Rin Okumura forcibly dragging away resident Mancer Nathaniel. The next couple of days have been quiet, but today... Well, if anyone wants to ask about and see what the deal was, it seems like today is the day.

It seems like Nathaniel has finally quit his own self imposed isolation, if only so that he doesn't starve to death. Apparently anger can only sustain a man for so long. He can be seen storming through the Bastion, a thundercloud practically gathered about him, or at the eating area looking very much like he wants to be left alone.

Zulf has been less of a hermit. Anyone who has seen him since the argument has probably noticed his black eye and sore nose. He seems angry as well, although it's quieter and colder underneath all his civility. More noticeably, he's been hard at work building a few fences near the edges of the Bastion- mostly near his tent but also in other areas as well. They're not the best fences, but they're good enough, hopefully. You can approach him at the shrine, his tent, or anywhere, really... He's as available as he's always been. He might even approach you, just to warn about falling off the edge of the Bastion.

Seriously, this place has needed safety railings for ages now. Who's bright idea was it not to include safety railings? ~~RUCKS...~~

Anyone wandering by the Kitchens today will notice... Damn, that's a lot of yelling. And slamming of things. Should knives be used to chop that hard...? That's right, Rin is in a bad mood and anyone who comes near will immediately know it. The excess swearing is probably a good clue. Unlike the other two, she's unleashing her temper with wild abandon in the sanctity of her kitchen where no one will bug her. Well. Unless YOU bug her...

Of course, these three aren't the only ones noticeable about the Bastion today! It looks like the Ura residents are just coming out of the woodwork.

Anyone who's talked to either of the latest Ura additions knows that Zulf came in with Zia. While not involved with the row from a few days ago, she seems just as worried as Zulf seems angry. It's possible to see her wandering about with her pet Pecker chick. Might see her coming away after a discussion with Zulf, too... Maybe she knows what's going on?

There's also Zanya and her father Zahi who have been apparently a bit more sociable these last few days. There's apparently a subject they're both interested in which they'll approach people about, although they'll do so differently. Zahi will strike up friendly conversation, but Zanya will simply get right to the point: do you have any idea what happened?

Feel free to strike up conversation with any of them, or even try and talk to everyone if you wish.

[ooc: This is your characters chance to investigate just what the drama is all about! In such a small place as the Bastion, it's a bit hard to miss... Feel free to have your characters speculate or gossip with the Ura NPCs about what may have happened or if they caught onto a sliver of what happened (like Zulf and Nathaniel falling off the edge of the Bastion), or for them to go the more direct route by talking to either Nathaniel, Zulf, Rin, or Zia.]

[Long story short is that Rin went to get Venn's journal from Nathaniel. Upon realizing who exactly wanted it, Nathaniel went to confront Zulf. There was an argument on just who and what caused the Calamity... and then Nat punched Zulf in the face, they rolled off the edge of the Bastion, and Rin separated them after they got blown back up.]

[As a reminder! Mod Mandy plays NPC!Nathaniel and NPC!Zahi. Mod Jeni plays NPC!Zanya and Rin. Birdmod James plays Zulf. Helpful player Courtney plays Zia. We'll all get to you on our own individual time, and as soon as possible! Just make sure it's clear in your post who your character is approaching.]

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Yeah, falling can be kind of scary.

Yeah...

Anyway...

Anyway..

What were they fighting about?

... a journal, actually.

A journal? Did someone read it when they shouldn't have?

[That's a pretty legit reason to be pissed, Roxas thinks.]

Not exactly. It had a lotta information in it. About the Calamity.

Oh.

That- could be something to get really upset about, huh.

Yeah... a lotta secrets have been kept. Especially from the people that aren't originally from Caelondia or the Terminals.

...why? I didn't even think anybody here was involved in it.

The Caels were.

What, you mean- the ones who're here?

Well not them, but. Just Caels in general. The Mancers, apparently.

Well then- aren't we all still in it together?

[Rin sighs at that, leaning against the door frame.]

I guess so. I'm still not happy that things were bein' kept from us, though.

Yeah...

[Roxas scratches his head.]

What- exactly did you find out anyway?

Just that it was a weapon, built by the Mancers, and probably in response to the constant fightin' between the Caels and the Ura.

Why do people have to be so stupid? Messing with stuff that can screw up so many worlds...

I... I don't think they knew it was gonna go that far. Not that it makes what they did any fuckin' better.

That's just it. They didn't know how bad it was gonna be, but they knew it was dangerous. They wanted it on purpose to be dangerous. It's stupid.

... it is. I guess I never thought that hard on it. People in my world were doin' that sorta shit all the time, so... y'just kinda... grew up with it. If the leaders of the world weren't gonna nuke us all eventually, Satan might just take over from Gehenna and fuck us all anyway.

...how do you grow up like that?

[There was never any threat like that in Sora's childhood. Even in the Organization, Roxas had only the vague feeling that he wasn't welcome in other worlds. But to live knowing one of a number of people might just wipe you out all of a sudden? It sounds oppressive, and scary.]

Y'just... do. I mean, I didn't know about all the demon shit until I was older, so there was that. But the rest of the world... it was like that when my dad was a kid, too. Worse, even.

It's not like any one person has the power to stop all that, so you just sorta keep goin' and enjoy every day as much as possible.

Not really any different here, when you think about it.

But it already happened here...

Yeah. And we survived it.

We won't- let it happen again either.

[Roxas is of the opinion that they might be able to reverse it, but maybe that's a little naive. He's only mentioned it to Axel.]

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