Day 241 [OPEN] - Wakeup call

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Who: Ibuki Mioda and whoever!
Open: Open forever
When: Day 241, very early in the morning
Where: Around the Monument.
What: Ibuki Mioda arrives at the Bastion... loudly.
Format: Log, but willing to switch to other formats!
Warnings: Scary ghost! 2 spooky!

It was just only becoming daylight at the Bastion when a new arrival would show: A young lady with wild hair. There was nothing particularly extraodinary about her, unless one was to notice the "horns" on her head; but that was only her hair styled to resemble such a feature.

She looked a bit confused and travel-worn; but a one hour walk was really nothing to her. Ibuki was far from exhausted.

And now that she arrived at what appeared to be civilization, where should she go? The apparent center of the village seemed like a good start.

"Yoohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?!" she shouted once she reached the Monument, apparently having no regard for people who may still be sleeping, "Hellooooooooooooooooooooo?! Is anybody here?!"

If nobody came out to answer, she'd have to start invading buildings...

[Edit: Now that she's been given the lowdown on the situation, ... you can still feel free to come across her being loud. Ibuki wants to meet new people!]

[Edit of nostalgic regret: This was before I had Ibuki use -chan and made up weird nicknames instead...]

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Like band practice!

And having fun in general!

[windgod]

[Annnnd perfect! Ippo nodded and began to pour the tea with a smile. It was a tired smile; worn from months of hardship, of loss and pain, but the joy was there. It seemed no amount of hardship would dull the warmth from him as he sat down, passing a cup over to Ibuki.]

I think we could all do with more fun, honestly.

[Fun was...subjective here, almost limited to individuals, but that had begun to change with effort on everyone's part. It was a change for the better, if you asked him.]

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All work and no play makes...-thank you, Ippo!

[She accepts the cup, trying to decide how to finish the line she started]

Anyway, Ibuki's not one for just sitting around being bored, however that saying finishes!

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Well, there's never really a lack of things to do.

[There was always someone that needed help, items to be gathered, things to be cleaned, shards to be rounded up, cores to be found. An honest living, really.]

Especially now...we're starting to run lower on power every day and if we don't act fast...well...let's just say we'll be roughing it out on the skyway until we figure out something else we can do.

[The worry was there in his voice, crisp and evident as if there were a neon sign lit above his head. He was hopeful they'd find something but...there was always that chance looming overhead.]

Not that I think that'll happen though, not at all! We've got too many people here to give up.

[He added quickly in addendum. He didn't want to worry Ibuki, but he definitely felt comfortable in talking to her...she struck him as a good listener and she'd already proven to be a good friend. He just hoped that didn't stress her out more than she probably was.}

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...

[She takes a sip of her tea as she takes in what Ippo tells her... low power, that meant-]

Ibuki should probably wait before she plugs in her new guitar, huh?

[She glanced back at where she'd put it down... at the very least, it had actually been very recent since she'd put on a show, so she wasn't that desperate to get playing if she had to wait]

[Still, if things ended up so bad that she didn't get to play her music ever again...]

[windgod]

Well...no, not in that sense. The electricity is fine here. It's more like...when people make big things, like buildings and other such things, it puts a strain on the monument to keep power running to all these different places. So the more we expand, the more power we need to keep things going.

[If they played things smart, and so far they had been, then keeping things in check wouldn't be too difficult. Hopefully no one would go intentionally trying to make the Bastion fall out of the sky, but they definitely had to stay vigilant.]

We got some huge shards on our last outing which have things running stably, but until we get another core, it's just putting more coins in a meter, so to speak.

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Are you sure the electricity doesn't affect it? Ibuki doesn't want to make things worse just because she wanted to play a song!

[Tea sip]

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Absolutely. If it did, we'd have fallen out of the sky already.

[Considering how Colin tended to be in his workshop at all hours doing whatever it was he did in there, it was a fair statement.]

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If we do end up falling out of the sky within the next few seconds, then Ibuki will blame you!

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[And with that, Ibuki quickly plugs in her guitar to her amplifier, plugs the amplifier into a wall socket, cranks up the volume on the amp...]

[And then proceeds to assault ears with a ten second death metal guitar riff]

[windgod]

[Was Ippo ready for that? No, not even a little bit. The sound might have been too good because it practically blew him back off his chair; or at least that's how it looked. In reality he had just jumped back so hard that he'd fallen over backwards and cracked his head on the counter before hitting the floor. Good job Ippo. He was just gonna lie there on the floor. Not really moving. Or doing much of anything.]

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Hm hm! Did Ibuki's performance blow you away?

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...

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[... wait, Ippo's not moving... she'll turn off her guitar, put it down, and lean over him]

... Ippopo?

[windgod]

[Eyup...that was one Ippopo that absolutely was not moving at all. Just kinda...lying there. He was breathing, but he was definitely not awake at the moment; one heck of a performance you just give there Ibuki.]

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[She'll start shaking him]

Ippo!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't GO INTO THE LIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!

[A little overdramatic, but hey, that's Ibuki...]

[windgod]

[The shaking was enough to get Ippo up and out of his stupor, his eyes wild as he looked around, his hands tensing for just a second before he realized where he was and who he was with.]

Oh...Ibuki? What happened...

[He seemed dazed, but no worse for the wear.]

And why does the back of my head feel so sticky...

[Okay, scratch that.]

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You were defeated by my music.

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... [And she'll check his head]

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... You're bleeding!

Ibuki didn't mean to defeat you that horribly!

[If Mikan was here, she could get a better idea of just how bad the injury is but... it was just blood and matted hair as far as the musician was concerned, she couldn't tell!]

[windgod]

[Well...if she were to push some of that messy hair out of the way, and she probably did, there was a nice gash on the back of his head...could probably fit a pinkie in there up to the nail. Not that Ippo looked concerned as he got to his feet, even if his stance was shaky.]

Guess I wasn't ready for that blow.

[He said with a laugh, reaching back to touch the wound and his smile turning to a small grimace.]

I guess this is as good a time as any to show you the hospital, huh?

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Just tell Ibuki which way to go!

BUT WHATEVER YOU DO-

DON'T LOOK INTO THE ABYSS!!!!!!

[And with that... she picks up Ippo in the princess carry position again and runs out of the building]

[windgod]

[He doesn't want the abyss to stare back at him, but he's more worried about the fact that he'd just been picked up off his feet and was now being dashed across the Bastion as if he were as light as a feather. Wow Ibuki, wow.]

Woah! I...Ibuki! I mean...it's over there, not too far away.

[He said, pointing towards the large building to the left, not that he was worried about that.]

I...can walk though, I'm not dying I promise.

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IBUKI IS NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES!!!!!

[And into the hospital they go]

[windgod]

[The hospital itself was...as you might expect, outfitted exactly like a hospital. The air smelled sterile, everything looked sanitary, and it was abandoned at the moment, giving a certain stillness to the building. By the time Ibuki managed to get Ippo into a room and set up on a table, she'd get to notice one of the hospitals more unique aspects. The wound on his head was already two inches smaller than before, as if it hadn't been quite so bad...and it was getting even smaller each second that passed.]

See? The hospital...it's special somehow, it makes the healing process go by a lot faster than normal...give me another 10 minutes and I should be right as rain!

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... Huh.

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I still would've ran you over here, even knowing that!

[Because what if he fell on the way or something!]