thebastion | Entries tagged with dropped: kaoru hitachiin

Who: everyone, get in here
Open: Open
When: late in the day on Day 117
Where: all around the Bastion
What: There is a new building in the Bastion, and all the buildings now have power
Format: action
Warnings: some of the PCs are a bit broken

[Once again, it was a difficult hunt for the core. Though there was less physical damage this time, the mental damage is very apparent: four residents of the Bastion come back in far worse shape than they left in, and many others are possibly affected as well.

But not all is bad. With the return of a core, new life springs into the Bastion. All around, lights flicker into existence. Light fixtures and electrical sockets spring out of walls and ceilings. Stoves change to become more modern, and refrigerators suddenly appear in all of the apartments.

There is now free, unlimited electricity in the Bastion.

In addition, a new building springs up on the southern side of the Bastion. This apartment building is eight stories tall, and contains both a laundry room and several three-bedroom apartments. While the first apartment building is by no means full, this gives everyone more places to choose to live.]

bastionpc

Who: Everyone who wants to participate
Open: Open
When: Day 117
Where: Prosper Bluff --> Jawson's Bog
What: The PCs go hunting for a core, and get caught up in a dangerous situation
Format: log, action, etc.
Warnings: Some threads will contain triggering material. Those threads will be labeled as such in the headers.

[Some time has passed, and more people have arrived. It seems as though things have been turning around since the last hunt for a core. So when Nathaniel comes to tell everyone that another core has been located, and that they'll need to go get it, his somber attitude might seem a bit strange.]

Alright everyone, I'm getting an energy spike in the general area of Prosper Bluff, so I'm pretty sure a core is there. Unfortunately, I can't get an exact location on it, just a general area, so you're going to have to go down there and root it out yourself. It should be somewhere on the bluff, which will make for an easy recovery, since most monsters stay away from that area.

However, there is a chance that the core might be a bit further East, in Jawson's Bog. If it is, just leave it there. It is not worth risking your lives to go in there to get it.

[Everyone is free to talk to Nathaniel before leaving, if they want, or they can just be on their way. Either way, the NPCs will be waiting for them to return.]

Threadtracking:

Preparation thread
Prosper Bluff
Jawson's Bog
Jawson't Bog part 2
special group goes here

freedom_engineer

Who: Colin Starfury, Anyone looking for supplies
Open: Open
When: Day 114, "afternoon"
Where: First the Bastion, then the Wharf
What: Colin needs some supplies, time to start scavenging.
Format: Action
Warnings: Colin is himself, that's probably worth a warning.

[Colin's already settled into life at the Bastion quite readily. His morning was spent tending to the farm, and after lunch, he familiarized himself with the forge, arming himself with a trusty rapier. He'd be spending a LOT more time there, but for now, he had needs that had to be tended to.

Colin was not a victim of many vices, but the one he most readily fell victim to was a doozy. Caffeine was a hell of a drug, a miracle compound with no downsides... unless you went into withdrawal. It had been almost 48 hours since Colin had one of his energy drinks. And he was already feeling it. One way or the other, he needed to get some caffeine. He already had his plan in place to get some plants imported to the Bastion, but even finding some tea leaves would be a decent stopgap.

Plus, if what he'd heard was right, the Wharf would be the best place he could go to find supplies for projects. The Bastion needed a hell of a lot more than just the shards and cores to get her well and truly working, and Colin was just the guy for the job.

So, here he was, near the monument, about to set out. But maybe, just maybe, someone might want to go along. He wouldn't mind having another body with him, it would go a long way towards keeping out of trouble. So now, he's just going to cup his hands around his mouth and call out at the top of his lungs.]

Hey! Anyone feel like joining me on a trip to the wharf? I've got some scavenging to do, and a few more bodies will make it all the safer! There's supplies out there, ripe for the picking!

bastionpc

Who: Mireille and anyone
Open: Open
When: Day 110
Where: Inside the Distillery
What: After getting the different items requested last time, Mireille has a treat for everyone.
Format: action
Warnings: none

[A delicious smell begins to waft out of the Distillery in the early afternoon. Anyone who investigates will find that Mireille has baked a rather large cake, topped with bright yellow frosting and blue flowers.

Also, whoever enters the Distillery will be asked a question.]

What do you think: should it be served now, or after dinner?

bastionpc

Who: NPC Mireille, OPEN
Open: Open
When: Day 107
Where: The Distillery -> various location
What: QUEST TIME! Mireille needs some things, and there are rewards for people who fetch the items.
Format: action
Warnings: none

[If anyone goes near the Distillery today, they will find Mireille composing a short list, which she eventually nails to the front door. The list is as follows:

- Two Pecker eggs
- One pound of wheat, ground
- A rare fruit (two cups worth)
- Food coloring (red, blue, and yellow)

Mireille is also within the Distillery, and can answer any questions about the list.]

bastionpc

Who: NPC Ahime, OPEN
Open: Open
When: 106, afternoon
Where: Bastion, outdoors
What: The new swordswoman is finally recovered, and it's time to test out her arm
Format: action
Warnings: None!

[The introduction of the hospital to the Bastion had been good for those injured in the most recent retrieval of a Core, but it also helped some one else who had been injured weeks before then - the swordswoman Ahime. She had broken her arm attempting to protect Kelly upon their arrival, but the fast healing at the hospital cut down her recovery time significantly.

However she had sustained a decent amount of damage, and while she didn't have to wear a sling anymore, scars remained on her skin and there was a tenseness in her muscles from lack of use.

She was outside anyway, though, dressed down in a simple tunic and slacks, going through slow, deliberate motions with her sword. Focused, but not so much that she couldn't be interrupted.]

bastionpc

Who: anyone and everyone
Open: Open
When: Day 100
Where: in the Bastion
What: This is a mingle post for after everyone gets back to the Bastion.
Format: action
Warnings: none

[So. They Bastion has a hospital now.

Seeing as how several people got pretty hurt, it might be a good idea to use it.

Or you can mingle and talk to people, if you want. Now is a time for resting and relaxing after a difficult day.]

((The OOC info post about the end of the event can be found here))

bastionpc

Who: Everyone
Open: Open
When: Day 100
Where: Skyway: The Wharf District
What: Another Core has been located on the Skyway. The PCs must go and retrieve it.
Format: action
Warnings: none

[One hundred days have passed since the Calamity occurred. In those one hundred days, nearly forty survivors have made their way to the Bastion, hoping for a chance at survival.

Of those forty, only twenty-eight remain. Morale drops with each disappearance. The reality of the situation, that this is what humanity has to look forward to, is finally setting in. With a mostly-broken Bastion as their only form of protection, everything is beginning to look bleak.

However, the Cores offer a small bit of hope. With each Core, life springs anew within the Bastion. With each Core, humanity is brought one step back to the way it was before the Calamity. With each Core, the residents of the Bastion can scout out further into new locations, looking for more Cores and survivors. Cores represent life in the world after the Calamity, which is why they are so precious.

And that is also why the survivors within the Bastion aren't the only ones searching for them.

On day one hundred, Nathaniel tells everyone about another Core out on the Skyway. This time it is within the Wharf District, which consists of hundreds of docks and long-abandoned boats. However, unlike previous Core retrievals, there are no monsters around. All that the Wharf District has to offer is shadows and silence.

The PCs should probably make quick work of their searching, because as quiet as the Wharf District is now, it won't remain that way for long. Monsters are drawn to the core, so it is only a matter of time before they show up.]

((For now, characters will be free to search the area. Just specify where your characters are searching if you want them to find anything. Shit will be going down after everyone has a chance to get started/search some boats.))

Links:

Stuff happens in a warehouse

escape back to the Bastion

individuates

Who: Kaoru () and Tama-chan
Open: Open...?
When: Day 93 ~~I have waited so long for this day :/~~
Where: Kaoru's apartment
What: The baby is here!
Format: Action
Warnings: None. ~~Though I am aware the last two comm posts are mine XD~~

( The waiting is over...? )

individuates

Who: Kaoru Hitachiin (

individuates ), Abe no Seimei (

yinyangfox )
Open: Closed
When: Day 91
Where: Seimei's pad
What: Bribing Seimei with cake.
Format: Log
Warnings: None! Just two guys eating cake.

( Let's get fat together! )

bastionpc

Who: Everyone!
Status: Open
When: Day 88
Where: The Bastion
What: NPC and PC mingling
Format: Action
Warnings: None

[The excitement of the day before moves in to the quiet of the day after in the Bastion. It's fairly calm after all that, and the two new arrivals have been mostly healed. Current residents will find the once-armored woman bandaged still but in surprisingly good spirits, and the male with the guitar skittish and likely to jump at the smallest thing.

This would be a good point to talk to them, other NPCs or even your fellow NPCs.]

yinyangfox

Who: Seimei, Rin, whoever else chooses to overhear and interject ( including Kaoru :P ).
Status: Open
When: Day 86 - mid-day
Where: Here and there, Seimei doesn't feel like sitting still
What: Foxes aren't always clever, sometimes they need advice
Format: Action
Warnings: May have mature subject matter?

( Distressed? Me? Ha! Never... )

hellpyre

Who: Rin and OPEN
When: Day 85, starting early in the morning and going through the day
Where: near the Monument
What: At the end of a very busy, very long day, Rin has a sudden idea and wants to gather people with shards at the monument. This... might be harder than she anticipated.
Format: action
Warnings: Rin's really horrible writing and bad grammar?

[It's been a long day. A very long day. A lot had happened, between Bon's near mishap with his hair, a new arrival, and dealing with the usual dinner duties, and Rin is more than exhausted. Even her joints are starting to ache, which was a rare occurrence for her...]

( cut for image )

((ooc: So basically Rin is asking people to pool shards for an onsen in the Bastion. It would count as a Large Building and she would need about 800 total to make it happen. She currently has 300 herself and any contribution will help.

Also, regarding the sign. It's only in Japanese. Her English is horrible and the rest of her language skills aren't that great either. She basically wrote in... really bad hiragana. The phrase is supposed to read "I will be at the monument" but it reads closer to "I be at monument", and the one at the top is what is used for children to recognize what an onsen is (as opposed to the actual kanji for it) and reads "yu" which more or less means "hot water".

So come bother her, or crowd around the sign and try to figure out what the hell the dumb demon girl is getting up to now.

EDIT: Kaoru kindly fixed her poster so it's slightly more understandable. She'll still be at the monument all day though.))

kyotoprincess

Who: Bon and OPEN
Open: Open
When: Day 84, throughout the day
Where: in the Bastion
What: Bon's day is suffering. Also hair problems.
Format: action
Warnings: none

[In the morning, Bon can be found meditating by the river, as usual. But today during his meditations, he has trouble staying focused because his hair keeps falling in his face. Without any hair gel to keep his hair back, and with the growth of over a month in the Bastion, it's juuuuust barely long enough to tickle his nose.

So yeah, he keeps stopping to blow his hair out of his face.]

[By midday, Bon has decided to do something about his hair problem. Of course, by the time he finds a pair of scissors (which he raided from the kitchens, by the way), he realizes that there's no mirrors to be found, and even if he could find one he wouldn't be able to cut his own hair competently.

He lets out a curse at his own oversight and misfortune.]

[By mid-afternoon, Bon has given up on his hair cutting problems, and has turned to something he can actually do on his own: bleaching the stripe down the middle. But since there is no store-bought hair dye in the Bastion, he's gathered some bleach (or the Caelondian equivalent of it, at least) and is trying to figure out a mixture of it that won't burn his scalp.]

hellpyre

Who: Rin + open mingling
Open: Open
When: Day 81, late evening after Bon and Rin get back with Tris and Briar
Where: The Bastion, near the Distillery
What: After returning with two new arrivals, Rin decides to break out some food and a table to mingle around so people can get to know each other. Meanwhile she's acting a little... spacier than usual.
Format: action
Warnings: None

[With two more new arrivals to the Bastion, Rin has gone to the trouble of setting up a small table just outside the Distillery kitchen, covered with a cloth and laid out with several different kinds of food.

There's not a lot of variety, since they're still running on finite resources, but there's enough there for everyone to have a good amount of food, especially since their two new survivors are probably hungry.

There's some grilled fish, steamed rice, corn and a few other vegetables and fruits, as well as some various drinks (no Spirits, though) take from the distillery itself.

Hopefully this will prompt a few people to mingle about and get to know their new neighbors.]

bastionpc

Who: Esther(NPC) and Kaoru
Open: Closed
When: Day 80
Where: in the Bastion
What: Kaoru becomes slightly more useful.
Format: action
Warnings: none

( New skills being learned awwww yeah! )

hellpyre

Who: One very broken half-demon and whoever might actually go looking for her.
Open: Open
When: Day 80
Where: The Bastion, Rin's apartment
What: Rin hasn't been seen since she and Night returned from looking for their lost loved ones. Some one is bound to notice her absence sooner or later
Format: Action
Warnings: None

[Rin had been an almost constant presence in the distillery kitchen in the month and some odd days she had been in the Bastion. If she wasn't out on the Skyway or sleeping she was helping Mireille, and even on her worst days being able to cook was enough to put a small smile on her face.

But for the past two days - ever since leaving with Night to the Skyway and returning - she was nowhere to be found. She wasn't in the distillery or anywhere else.

Well that wasn't entirely true. She was in her apartment. But that was the only place she had been in nearly two days.

And she would wind up staying there, so long as no one came looking for her...]

individuates

Who: Kaoru Hitachiin and Seimei
Status: Closed ._.
When: Day 77
Where: Seimei's pad.
What: Worried Kaoru is worried, and ~~stalks~~ follows Seimei back home.
Style: Action
Warnings: Nope?

( Trailing behind as usual... )

bastionpc

Who: everyone and anyone
Open: Open
When: Day 77, late in the afternoon, after both groups have returned to the Bastion
Where: by the monument
What: With another core retrieved, it's time to choose what will be added to the Bastion. Also, other threads with NPCs will happen here.
Format: action
Warnings: none

( Success, but at a deep cost. )

individuates

Who: Kaoru Hitachiin, Bon (

kyotoprincess ), Rin (

hellpyre ), Kuro (

silvervine ).
Open: Open
When: Day 74
Where: Somewhere nice and grassy near the Monument.
What: Kaoru is sketching. Come and say hello. Perhaps he can design you something?
Format: Action
Warnings: None.

( I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. )