Day 75 :: action [OPEN]

[bastionpc]

Who: Nathaniel (NPC) + Bastion residents
Open: Open
When: Day 75
Where: near the monument
What: Addressing the disappearance of Marie + planning for the event on Day 77
Format: action
Warnings: none


[Around midday, Nathaniel makes a call for everyone to show up at the monument for a meeting. When everyone arrives, they will find Nathaniel standing there, and he does not look happy at all.]

Okay guys, we may have a problem.

Has anyone seen Marie? I haven't seen her around for at least a few days now, and when I talked with Mireille and Esther neither of them had seen her either.

Comments

[yinyangfox]

[ Seimei arrives on the heels of the call, having dropped what he was doing immediately. He shows up looking a little worse for wear, his hat missing and his long sleeves tied up together with a long cord, keeping them from dragging while he labored. His brow is speckled with sweat, thin rivulets slithering down to pool at the dip in his throat above his collarbones. The usually tight collar of his robes is pulled open enough to allow a modicum of airflow.

He paces up to the monument, rubbing his hands clean with a bit of cloth stained yellow by the various planets he'd crushed to use as a lacquer. Patting his face dry on one of his sleeves, the onmyoji shakes his head, dislodging more of his hair from the tight topknot he wore, leaving it framing his face in night black waves. ]

I have not. She was the young woman with the sunny hair and patch over one eye, yes? I am very sorry but I have been working so much I didn't ever realize anyone was missing. I she perhaps simply searching for supplies in the Skyway? Admittedly, I haven't seen anyone on my own outings, but it isn't exactly a small place.

[hellpyre]

[Rin sat quietly next to Seimei, in much the same state (minus the more regal clothing) as she had been helping him when the call went out. Her hair was tired back in a bun high on her head, but several of her shorter strands had escaped and were framing her slightly flushed face.

She didn't say anything. She hadn't seen Marie either. Her heart wanted to ignore what her mind knew was probably the truth - she was gone. Whatever had happened, she hadn't come back from the Skyway, and that always spelled the worst.]

[bastionpc]

[Nathaniel nods to the newcomers before responding to Seimei.]

That's what I thought too, at first. Since there's no day and night, it's hard to keep track of the time. But even without watching the hours, I know I've slept at least three times since the last time I saw her.

[blackblooded]

Ah... M-Miss Marie... She gets lost.

She gets lost a lot, you know?

We might want to look for her, if she hasn't been here in three days.

[yinyangfox]

I am entirely for searching out the young woman. The trouble is, the Skyway is not exactly a small place, and we are not exactly a large force. Not to mention, we can't risk losing a great deal of people in order to find one lost individual. If we're going to seek her out, there needs to be a structured search effort, and some people absolutely must stay behind.
Unfortunately the needs of the many often outweighs the needs of the few.