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]

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!

[fuckthemancers]

...Do we truly have "a lot" of people who know a great deal about medicine...

[He's pretty sure they're actually a bit low on doctors, last he checked]

[hellpyre]

Well... there's Rosethorn, but her's is like herbal stuff. Yukio, of course! Duke knows how to heal, and I'm pretty sure the Ryu's do, too. Ippo is pretty good with injuries since he's a boxer. Oh, I bet Ryuuji probably remembers a lot from the demon pharmaceuticals class. He could probably work with Rosethorn and maybe even Tris. Seimei-san, too!

... that's a lot, right?

[fuckthemancers]

...You realize that disease is a lot different from physical injury, don't you?

[hellpyre]

Duh. Why else would I mention people like Rosethorn?

[God Zulf she's not a complete idiot.]

[fuckthemancers]

So we have Rosethorn, possibly Colin, and Yukio.

[are you sure tho]

[are you sure]

[hellpyre]

Oi, don't doubt my brother, okay? He's awesome. He's gotten me out of a lotta tight spots before.

[Yeah she's sure.]

[fuckthemancers]

I'm not doubting him. I am, however, saying that is not a lot of people.

[hellpyre]

Yeah but geniuses can do like... genius things!

[Rin...]

[fuckthemancers]

...You're now officially relegated to "move the most decomposed bodies to a pile and set them on fire".

[hellpyre]

... you are such an ass.

[Shove.

Go back to searching the rooms already gosh.]

[fuckthemancers]

You shouldn't be allowed on your own without adult supervision.

[all this sass, yep]

[But he'll move onto the next room then]

[hellpyre]

Yukio is adult enough for the both of us.

[bastionpc]

[Wow kids don't get snippy

The next room is, thankfully, empty of bodies. But it's also a lot dustier, and looks like it wasn't used. It's full of boxes, and if hey are looked through, they are full of CDs.

Obviously the people who moved in just dumped all the CDs in here, since they had no need for them. But there are a lot of them, and Rin could probably find a few bands she likes.]

[fuckthemancers]

[You know who doesn't know what the fuck CDs are]

[This guy]

[Zulf picks one up and stares at it blankly.]

Rin, do you know what these are?

[hellpyre]

[It's okay, Zulf. You're forgiven for not knowing.

But you're not forgiven for being a jerk.

Ever. :|]

... CDs. Uhm-- they're discs. They hold information. These ones are music.

[She kneels down and starts digging through the pile, finding band names and other artists she recognizes, but something makes her frown and stop to stare at one of them for a long moment.]

[fuckthemancers]

[You're a jerk too, ok]

Really? [Considering they all live with Colin in the same general area, this shouldn't be surprising as it is. Still, Zulf can't help but be interested. He browses through a few of the others, not understanding a bit of what's said... before noticing Rin pausing.]

...What's wrong?

[hellpyre]

[She knows she is.]

... they're all in English.

[And of course she can hardly read English, so she can't translate, nor can she tell where these came from.

But there is a packing label on one of the discarded boxes, which she reaches for and tears off. Maybe it won't matter in the end, but she wants to know where this place used to belong to.]

I'm gonna take some back.

[fuckthemancers]

[It's obviously a language she knows somewhat, so Zulf just gives a nod.]

Alright. I'll carry one of the bags then so you can carry the box.