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- dropped: duke pantarei,
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- dropped: kohaku hearts,
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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?
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?
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[It wasn't Seimei's fault. It wasn't anyone's fault. The plague might still have found its way to the Bastion even without their stumbling across it. They had done what they could to contain it - it hadn't worked. It was what it was]
There are people out there. Looking for a cure. They'll be home soon.
[Hikaru had been so sure about it on their way here; and that certainty had passed on to Kaoru. The group would come back with the cure. Or someone in the hospital would manage to figure it out. They just had to hold out a little bit longer]
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Part of him felt better for it - he would inevitably die before they could achieve anything. The illness had come with brutal suddenness and completely crippled him - the most powerful onmyoji in history - in less than three full days. He would not last another, and perhaps that was the intention?
Kaoru would survive until the cure was found, eh would not. He wouldn't exist there to cause further trouble. he would not get between the twins, he would not endanger anyone else. He had managed to provide a place for them to live that would satisfy their needs for opulence and it would be a good thing he could leave behind.
Perhaps that was enough? Perhaps his punishment need only be the fright of a near loss and the conclusion of his own life? He could accept that, he decided, eyes closing completely as the remaining tension slowly seeped out, threatening to evaporate entirely.
He could just stop clinging to those weak breaths, stop fighting for consciousness against the unbearable heat and pain.
He could give up, should give up, because he was failing - failing to protect, failing to stay away, failing to be completely honest. All his talk of love and its importance with Rin, but here was the truth of it: some people weren't meant to. He had betrayed his divine purpose, failed to protect Hiromasa and Kyoto and then tried to be happy somewhere else.
If he continued down that path, it would be worse for everyone else...so perhaps it was better to let go? ]
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[his voice shakes, but he manages it with classic Hitachiin conviction, even as he stretches his aching body out on the bed. God it feels so good to lie down, although the chills make him want to settle as close to Seimei as physically possible he manages to refrain - neither of them needs their temperature raising any further. His arms are still there, though, one hand sliding into Seimei's. He's not moving to a separate bed until he gets forced into one - he has to keep an eye on him.]
…and I want you to live, too.
[he knows it's a big request, he knows it's unfair of him to make it. He knows. But all the same…]
I know it's hard. I know it hurts. But I need you to hold on. Just a little longer. Keep fighting. Keep breathing.
Show me the way through this, Seimei.
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Yet when had he ever denied the boy? Why would now be any better time to start than all the other opportunities? There was never a good reason to hurt the ones you loved and if it meant helping Kaoru hold on long enough for his cure, couldn't the onmyoji live a little longer? It was already the worst suffering he'd ever endured, so what would it matter it he took it a little longer?
He can't speak, he can barely open his eyes and his bones feel like dry twigs strained to the point of snapping, but he twitches pale fingers against Kaoru's. He may be too weak to grasp firmly, but he tries with what he has left to promise.
He'll hold on.
For now. ]
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[lifts himself up shakily a moment to press a kiss to Seimei's forehead, his thumb stroking Seimei's hand gently]
Save your strength now, my love. I'm here. You're not alone anymore.