Day 201 [event post]

[bastionpc]

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?

Comments

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko isn't too far behind Zahi, although she comes to the scene by a different route and without any shouting so as not to give herself away. And if the Ura soldiers had all lowered their guns, then she wouldn't have involved herself at all just yet.

It's that one weapon still trained on the two escaping that prompts her to action. She's seen enough of guns to know that, if his aim is good enough, all it might take is one shot. She's not going to count on Zahi calming the man down before he takes that shot.

Motioning for Aoi to stay well back, Zuko creeps the rest of the way up on the group. She takes one of the rearmost soldiers from behind, putting her swords at his throat.]

Don't even think about firing.

[...which of course will just sound like Chinese gibberish to the Ura, but sword-to-throat is a pretty universal language.]

[bastionpc]

[Yes. Yes it is.

Also, the fact that Zuko managed to sneak up on the group makes everyone else tense up. And what with being so close, it should be obvious to Zuko that most of the men here are ill-suited for this work. A couple are far too young, or too old, or look like they've never held a gun in their life. Which may explain why their shots kept missing, actually: they're clearly what's left of the people, the few lucky ones who survived the Calamity.

The one Zuko is threatening, he is just a boy, probably even younger than Zuko herself. He should be in school, not shooting at people. He looks downright terrified to be in such a position, but he's too scared to move or try to get away.

It does get the officer in charge to lower his gun, though.]