[Day 225] [EVENT] A sinking feeling

[bastionmods]

Who: Anyone and everyone
Open: Open
When: Early morning on Day 225
Where: Everywhere in the Bastion
What: Remember how cores used to be a thing? Yeah, they're still important.
Format: any
Warnings: terrible modpuns

[Early in the morning on Day 225, most people are probably asleep. For the couple of stragglers who may still be awake so late, though, they may notice something strange. At 2:31 am, any lights that are on start to hum, and flicker in and out of dimness.

At 2:32 am, every light in the Bastion (excluding the emergency lights) shuts off entirely.

At 2:33 am, a horrible grinding noise can be heard throughout the Bastion, seemingly coming from everywhere at once. This sound continues on for several minutes, throughout everything else that begins to happen.

At 2:34 am, for anyone outside Nathaniel can be seen running from the Apartments towards the Monument as if his life depended on it.

At 2:35 am, ever so slowly, sections of the Bastion begin to sink.

What do you do?]

Comments

[wayofvoice]

Colin has been worried about matters such as these. A plan is indeed needed...

Our troubles lie in getting everyone to attend such a meeting, and in making sure that any newcomers to our ranks are informed of it.

[daughterofursa]

We could get most people to come, if you called for the meeting.

The problem is keeping everyone up-to-date. This is part of what I meant about us being disorganized. There are plenty of things only a handful of people know about. It shouldn't be like that.

[wayofvoice]

Such things would be easier if there was a written language we all knew..

[He pauses, nudging his head back so that a tiny dragonling doesn't go tumbling down his face.]

Perhaps we could have a thing constructed... Colin's world has such devices which record images as paper records words.

[daughterofursa]

[...Zuko kind of wants to hold one. But that is completely not the point right now.]

I was thinking about how he has things that record voices. Not everyone here can see, and the translation still works.

I just don't know if we could get people to go and listen to it all the time.

[wayofvoice]

It is something we must ask him, then, should he escape from this in good health.

[Not that there's really any doubt- it is Colin. But just in case.]

Perhaps we should have another place that is neither the Bastion or the Observatory to store emergency supplies.

[daughterofursa]

[The annoying ones are hard to kill, right?]

It wouldn't hurt. How far is the Observatory anyway?

[wayofvoice]

It is a few days walk, if one is diligent. There is still much work to be done there...

[daughterofursa]

We have the barge and the ostrich horses, so no one should have to walk who can't handle the distance. But that's a few days we'll have to protect them...

[wayofvoice]

Yes. I will do my best to frighten any beast away from our group should we have to make the journey immediately. There are words in the Thu'um which will do adequately.

[daughterofursa]

...oh. Right.

[She's gotten so comfortable with Paarthurnax that she forgets he can be really intimidating.]

[wayofvoice]

[That possibly says a lot about Paarthurnax, really.]

These are all plans we must revisit when things are more certain. For now, I shall keep watch. Are you much tired? You may find shelter under my wings, if so.

[daughterofursa]

I...

[She's about to say she's not tired, and she can stay up to keep watch, too. But she is tired, and it doesn't make sense for everyone to stay up. Then they'll all be worn out, and that's not helping anyone.

A warrior needs her rest, right?]

I'm going to check on a few people, and find Toph again. Then I'll get some rest.

[wayofvoice]

I will be here waiting for both of you.

[And hopefully the baby dragons will be less prone to setting strangers on fire by then.]