Day 196 : Start of the "Sickness Inside" plot

[bastionpc]

Who: Nathaniel (NPC) and everyone else who wants to be involved
Open: Open
When: Day 196
Where: Near the monument --> Out on the Skyway
What: Nathaniel needs a radio tower. He's enlisting the help of others to get said radio tower
Format: any
Warnings: Dead body discovery in the radio tower threads. Mentions of throw-up when Zulf joins the Okumura group.

This is the post for everything related to Day 196 of this particular event. The starter is in the comments, and important threads will be linked here as they are made.

Important threads:

START: by the monument

At the radio tower and the surrounding area

Regrouping

Meanwhile, at the Bastion...

Comments

[hellpyre]

[She's going to at this rate. She even tries to stop at one point, choking out a "sorry" amongst all the awful noises, but it only gets her starting again to the point where by the end of it she's more dry heaving than actually expelling anything.]

I-I can't--... that smell--!

[fuckthemancers]

And you actually wanted to stay in here with all of it.

[But he stays by her, not caring about the smell of vomit or anything else. His hand keeps rubbing at her back.]

Do you think putting the handkerchief over your nose will help?

[hellpyre]

G-guess I hit my limit after all...

[She nods, fumbling around until she can find it again, shaking hands trying to tie the knot underneath her pigtails again.]

[fuckthemancers]

You're sure you'll be alright?

[After a moment of watching her fumble, he moves in to do it himself. The smell is still there for him, he knows it, there's no escaping it, but it feels... not there at the same time. Maybe that's why he's so calm right now.]

It might only get worse from here on out.

[hellpyre]

[Considering yourself lucky then, Zulf. If her senses weren't so damn acute this wouldn't be such a problem, but the first room then this one has just become suffocating to her.

She shakes her head, though. If nothing else there really is very little left in her stomach to get rid of.]

No... but--... d-don't split up, right... ?

[fuckthemancers]

...Right.

[There's a painful ping in his chest before he takes another breath.]

Stay close, alright?

[hellpyre]

[If you won't leave her alone, she won't leave you alone. In this together, okay?]

I will.

[fuckthemancers]

Do you feel better now or do you need another moment?

[hellpyre]

N... no. I'm good. Let's go.

[The sooner they get through these rooms the better.

Besides, Nathaniel should be bursting in at any moment to yell at them once Yuki has successful ratted them out for being foolish.]

[fuckthemancers]

If you're certain.

[With that, he heads back into the room, glancing back at her just to make sure she's doing alright.]

It looks like this was converted to a sleeping area...

[hellpyre]

[She's pallid and shaken and not at all like some one who claimed to be "alright", but she soldiers on regardless.]

They found shelter and used what they could I guess... I wonder if any of 'em ever even got that tower workin'.

[fuckthemancers]

[It's exactly because of that state that Zulf doesn't drift from her side. He really wants to know more and go through everything, but he wants to make sure Rin stays safe more than that.]

We'd have to ask Colin or Nathaniel on the state the tower is in... I didn't read anything in the letters that made mention of it. They were mostly farewell letters, like I said.

Do you think it would have done them any good if it did?

[hellpyre]

Colin... might'a been able to pick up on... on somethin'.

[But that's a thin, useless hope for a group of people who have already perished.]

I'unno...

[fuckthemancers]

[Sometimes you can't save everyone. But Zulf doesn't say that.]

Just let me know if you start to feel sick again, okay?

[hellpyre]

[She's learning that.

Slowly. And not without a little bit of reluctance to believe it.]

I will...

[fuckthemancers]

Alright.

[Aaaand time for another search check!]

[hellpyre]

... are you doin' okay?

[She has to ask.]

[fuckthemancers]

I believe I answered that.

But- as long as it doesn't spread, I think I'll manage.

[hellpyre]

I mean-- ... never mind.

[Damn it, Zulf.]

[fuckthemancers]

...What?

[hellpyre]

This is the same, isn't it? You said so...

[The same as what happened to his parents, to his people.]

[fuckthemancers]

...It caught me off guard when I first came inside. I wasn't expecting it.

However, you must understand something- things like this weren't an uncommon sight in the Terminals during the plague. Perhaps not always in such number like this... But I can't count the number of times I'd make my way into an abandoned den hoping for a bit of food or a blanket only to find an entire family dead.

That was "normal" and you got used to it after a while until it became strange when the temple finally got it under control and were able to start clearing out the bodies of the dead.

I suppose it's easier to slip into old habits than I thought.

[The entire time he talks, his shoulders are a bit slumped and he keeps his face away from Rin. There's a kind of dullness to his tone.]

[hellpyre]

[Rin listened intently, stomach still churning, calmer than before. When he finished, she reached a hand to his shoulder gently.]

That ain't gonna happen again.

[fuckthemancers]

How can you be so certain of that?

[hellpyre]

We've got two pain in the ass genius' here, and a lotta people who know a fuck ton about medicine! I've got faith that if somethin' happens they'll have a way to fix it!