bastionpc: (Zahi)
Bastion NPC ([personal profile] bastionpc) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2014-06-22 11:27 pm

Day 201 [event post]

Who: Zahi and everyone who wants to go hunt down the cure
Open: Open
When: 201- onwards
Where: the monument, and then out on the Skyway
What: People in the Bastion are falling sick, and Zahi knows where a cure can be found. Unfortunately, it won't be easy to get to.
Format: action
Warnings: none

[On Day 201, after several people have fallen ill, another meeting is called. This time, however, it is not Nathaniel who has called for everyone. It's Zahi.]

Okay, I know everyone's been worried about the people in the hospital, and it looks like our fears weren't unfounded: some of the people who went on that last trip, they caught something.

I've been watching the symptoms, and I think I know what this is. A long time ago, back before Zayna was born, there was a terrible illness that claimed the lives of many Ura. Everyone who fell sick here, they had the same symptoms as those who caught the disease before.

On the plus side, this means that it can be cured. I know of a clinic, way out in the Terminals, where there should be some medicine stocked. Not only can we cure the sick, but we can give another kind of medicine to those who aren't sick yet, so they won't catch it at all.

The downside is that it's gonna take a while to get there. It'll be at least two days there, and possibly more to track down exactly where the clinic is, and then the same amount of time back. We're looking at a four-day minimum, which means we won't be much help to those who are sick right now. They'll either be dead or getting better by the time we get back.

Then there's the fact that it's really dangerous out there. Zayna and I were out on the Terminals before we came here, and let's just say that there's a reason we went looking for somewhere safer to stay.

If you'd rather stay here, I can understand that. The Bastion is an amazing place, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone here managed to save everyone. But I'm not a fan of putting all my eggs in one basket, so I figured it's worth a shot to go and try to get some of the medicine.

What do you guys think?
individuating: (Kicked puppy impression)

[personal profile] individuating 2014-06-25 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hikaru is so scared and helpless he could actually cry, but that's getting a bit ahead of himself, isn't it? Like he said, it's just going to be like the flu. The others, they're looking for the cure now, and surely they'll find it.

He tightens his grip around Kaoru's waist, urging him to relax onto him more. Hikaru doesn't feel sick at all, and rather than that comforting him at all it just scares him even further. Of all things, why would they be different in this? It was always so rare that one of them would get sick without the other, and why would it happen now?]


It's okay. [Another step, again and again. They'll get there as quickly as they can, without straining Kaoru too badly.] I can carry you, you can get on my back and then only one of us has to walk.
individuates: (...don't you want me baby?)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-25 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[That would make two of them close to crying, then. He shakes his head at the offer and gives a small sniff. Even his eyes hurt, what the heck his this virus…?]

Mmm. Shouldn't overdo it.

[coming from the sick boy, this might not be so convincing. He swallows thickly but doesn't lean into Hikaru any more than he already is. He is still wary, still scared. If they don't know what's causing this then nothing is safe right? Not even this.]
individuating: (Kicked puppy impression)

[personal profile] individuating 2014-06-30 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[To hell with safety. Hikaru presses on Kaoru's waist again, more insistently. If he won't let Hikaru carry him, then he should at least rest against him a bit more!]

Kaoru. [It's not often that Hikaru pleads, but please--please just let him help.] I'll be fine, okay? It's not going to make a difference now anyway. We're already screwed.

[Let your big brother take care of you dammit.]
individuates: (:()

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-30 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[a nod against his shoulder, albeit a reluctant one, as he leans closer]

...I'm still sorry.

[and then the coughing fit starts and, sorry, they need to stop for a second so he can get this out of the way and catch a few wheezy breaths afterwards]

[with just a hint of his usual humor, though not nearly at regular volume-]

...this sucks.
individuating: (AOI NO)

1/2

[personal profile] individuating 2014-06-30 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD TO THE PANIC STATIONS OH GOD]
individuating: (/gives up)

[personal profile] individuating 2014-06-30 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Hikaru stops immediately, and god he's glad he had that hand on Kaoru's chest because a large part of him is terrified that his brother may have toppled over without it there to brace him.

It takes a lot of effort to force down his panicked responses, but hell he knows he's doing a terrible job of hiding his wide eyes and he's sure his heartbeat can be heard for miles. It's only when Kaoru speaks again that he's able to relax a bit, and he snorts in response to the pretty obvious statement.]


C'mon, get on my back.

[YOU ARE IN NO STATE TO BE WALKING.]
individuates: (...don't you want me baby?)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-30 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
But the clothes...

[...is that random hodgepodge in your arms really what you're worried about right now, Kaoru? He's not going to be able to keep hold of them and Hikaru at the same time...

...so he obediently lets them drop and allows Hikaru to hoist him onto his back, resting his head between his brother's shoulders.]