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

[evacuate]

That's a terrible answer and you know it. [She sighs, unable to quite muster up the energy to sound frustrated.] I can't just...just sit around and wait, and hope things look up, and—and hope you get better. Give me something.

[fuckthemancers]

[What can he say? Words are his only decent skill, but he keeps losing a hold of them lately until they're all lost. He needs to say something to make this situation better. But what?]

...I won't leave you.

Whether from the Bastion, from life, or just... here, as I am.

This isn't the first time I've hit a point and fallen hard. I'll get up again, I promise. I'm a survivor, after all. [Even against his will.] I might not get up immediately, but... I'll try and make it soon. So please be patient a little longer.

[He tries to smile. It's a bit broken, held together with red string and prayer, but he's trying.]

If I let myself get too preoccupied with things that have already been done with, I might forget to teach you proper Ura, after all. And we both know that without the two of us, Raile is a helplessly lost cause, right?

So... I'll try and make it soon. Until then..

[Zulf reaches up and into something hidden under his shirt. It's a leather string, pulled up eventually to reveal the gear charm attached to it- Micia's symbol. He pulls the necklace up over his head and steps forward to try and put it around Zia's neck instead.]

Hold onto this for me. Unless someone decides to blow up the hospital- which is somewhat of a legitimate concern considering Colin is amongst our ranks- then I'll be perfectly fine here. You're the one going outside and... there's a chance that whoever was rooting around in Nathaniel's apartment from before is out there.

The Lorn Mother's protection would certainly do you more good than I. But... I'll ask for it back. When all of this is done with.

[Done one way or another.]

I'll get better, and I'll ask for it. Acobi's oath.