thebastion | Entries tagged with dropped: saix

Who: Several NPCs and you
Open: Open
When: Day 265
Where: The Bastion in general
What: Everyone adjusting to the new land, plus some bad news from Nathaniel.
Format: action
Warnings: Lnone

[First, the good news: everyone came back more or less alive and well, and they had a core! After some deliberation, eventually it was decided upon that adding more land to the Bastion (as well as improving the efficiency of power use in the Bastion, so that the extra land is not a strain on the already limited power) is the best use of this Core.

Once the core has been integrated into the Bastion, the land expanse is almost immediate. Several chunks of the nearby Skyway (monster-free, thankfully) attach themselves to the Bastion, nearly doubling the available land. In addition to the flat plains, lake, river, and hills, there is much more flat land, and a few sharp peaks (nowhere near tall enough to be actual mountains, but they are made of rock and have the same jagged edges and steep inclines that a mountain would have) have attached themselves to the north-eastern side of the Bastion.

In addition, several empty buildings have sprung up in the south and western parts of the Bastion, along with a large empty area clearly left open for tents or more structures. With all of the new land and buildings, the Bastion should be able to hold several hundred residents comfortably. Provided the people could be found to fill those spaces, the Bastion could be a small town now!

But today is not entirely a day of good news. Around midday, Nathaniel calls a meeting by the monument to discuss some things, and he doesn't look happy at all.]

Okay guys, I'm just going to be honest here. We've got some trouble brewing.

For starters, I haven't been able to pick up the energy signal from that other core. Either it's been buried, or it fell off the Skyway, or something else got to it. It may come up later, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Along with that, we've got another mess on our hands now. Remember that group of Ura that you guys have been talking to? Well, they left this letter in the place where we leave written communication with them. Zahi translated it for me, and long story short, their crops failed and they're asking us for help.

We can give them supplies, but the farm doesn't grow enough to feed both us and them. If we found another core we could expand the farms to make it feasible, but there's no telling when we'll find another core. Our other option is to start growing our own farms on top of what the automated farm grows for us, but that won't actually help for several weeks, even months. They could possibly starve by the time that pays off. There's also the problem of how to get the sheer volume of food they need out to where they are. Their numbers are about equal to ours, and it's not a trip we could make every day, and most foods would spoil by the time we got it to where they are, so that's something to keep in mind too.

As near as I can tell, we can either help them out until they can grow more food, or we can ignore the request and let them fend for themselves. If any of you guys have another idea of what to do, we can discuss it.

I'll leave the decision up to you guys, but whatever you choose, make the decision quick, so that whatever you decide to do can be put into motion as soon as possible.

canismetallusfamiliaris

Who: Erek King and anyone!
Open: Wide open!
When: Day 247
Where: anywhere in the Bastion
What: An android arrives and skulks about hidden behind holograms before saying hello.
Format: prose preferred, but I'll match either!
Warnings: none

Erek's holographic emitter isn't projecting when he becomes aware he isn't home. That is already worrying, even before he takes in his surroundings while raising the illusion of a human boy around himself. An expression of relief flickers across the holographic face, thousands of years making shifts in expression a well-founded habit. His emitters aren't down, at least.

This isn't Earth, though, and it's the most bizarre planet Erek has ever visited. As he takes a step, the ground shifts around him, creating a path on which to walk. ...Interesting, if concerning. He doesn't think it's based on magnetism. The planet itself probably isn't sentient either. It's a matter for later investigation, though. There are more pressing concerns.

He sees a light in the distance that looks promising and replaces his human hologram with one of invisibility, blending into his surroundings. Erek will wait until he sees what species inhabit the planet and do his best to blend in. He sets off toward the Bastion.

When he arrives, Erek stays out of sight until anyone comes into view. He plans on taking up an appropriate hologram as soon as he's gauged the people well enough. Of course, should anyone human-shaped be present, it's easy enough to duck behind the edge of a building and emerge as Erek King, a fairly unremarkable teenage boy. He assumes that no one will see through his camouflage in the meantime. It hasn't happened so far, his emitters sufficiently advanced that it would take a very specialized sort of eyesight to see anything through the illusion.

croceamors

Who: Saix and you
Open: Open
When: 242, throughout the day
Where: By the entrance to the Skyway
What: You. Yeah you. C'mere.
Format: I'll mirror
Warnings:

For those heading out to the Skyway on their own, they'll promptly find the Bastion's resident claymore-wielder approaching them.

"Heading out?"

four_quarts

Who: Ghaleon, fairies, and you. Yes, you.
Open: Open
When: Day 241
Where: the garden
What: Fairies, that's what.
Format: starting in action brackets, can switch to whatever
Warnings: probably just Ghaleon

[Fairies.

Creatures of myth to some, a fact of life to others. To those who know of them, they may represent benevolent spirits, kindly and willing to help those in need, or perhaps capricious creatures, as likely to be harmful as not.

To the people of Lunar, fairies were very real, and very shy nature spirits. They were always terribly rare, and with the destruction of the world they too were lost. Only... what are those things flying about the garden today if there are no fairies anymore?

And why is it that the elf-like man tending the plants seems rather cheerful about their presence? Perhaps asking would help clear up these questions.]

windgod

Who: Ippo and you!
Open: Open
When: Day 240
Where: The Bastion - The New Kamogawa Boxing Gym!
What: [Muffled Boxing in the background]
Format: Will match
Warnings: None that I can think of

( Much Gym, very training, such boxing. Wow. )

bastionpc

Who: Georges, you, and so much alcohol
Open: Open
When: Day 230, from noon til night
Where: Inside and outside the Distillery
What: In which planning is attempted, an obnoxious amount of booze is shoved at everyone, and Georges needs help with some things
Format: Pick your poison
Warnings: Drunk shenanigans at some point, likely

So, in the morning, Georges makes sure to stop anyone before they can go out onto the Skyway or get a bite to eat, or basically attempt to carry on with their lives like normal. With the most recent near death experience, he seems to be aiming to be more insistently friendly, apparently.

"Hey there! I got everyone together for some drinks, well, last time since we all needed one after that and I figured why not do it again? Come over to the Distillery later today, and I'll have some things whipped up! Oh- and by the way. That Ura fella, Zulf, he wanted folks to meet up and try and figure a few things out, get a bit more organization 'round here I suppose. If you could pass this around, that'd be great!"

And, sure enough, at around noon-ish Georges has once again set up some things. There are tables just outside the distillery, the largest he could manage (which is just a couple pressed up against one another) done up specifically for anyone who wants to sit around and be responsible.

For those who don't care about or don't trust themselves with responsibility, there's a couple smaller tables scattered about both inside and outside. As usual, Georges is behind the bar with a row of bottles on display. Ask him about them, chat with one another, or just focus on getting utterly and completely smashed, do as you like.

Maybe if you're chatty enough, you might even get roped into something.

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?]

croceamors

Who: Saix, some Dusks, and you whether you like it or not
Open: Open
When: 224
Where: Your room! Yep. ALT: around the Bastion
What: As it turns out, Dusks are assholes.
Format: I'll follow
Warnings:

Normally mornings in the Bastion are... routine and occasionally dull. That's just how it is.

Yet this morning, a few people might feel something... wet and cool on their face. Moving? The moment they open their eyes, they'll- Okay what the fuck is that. That might be all the thought they get to have before the Dusk Nobody suddenly vanishes in a swirl of Darkness and... Was it holding a sharpie in its hands?

...You might want to go take a look at your face in a mirror. Or give chase. One or the other.

Alternatively...

Whether you've been a victim to bored sharpie scribblings with your face on the canvas or just going about your day as normal, you'll suddenly find a golden retriever and another (or maybe even the same) Dusk Nobody nearly barreling into your kneecaps. The dog moreso than the Nobody, really. The dog looks up with a happy tail wag and what looks like a stick in its mouth before a sharp whistle has both creatures returning to Saix's side.

"Sorry about that." It sounds more obligatory than sincere.

magisperica

Who: Skyla and you!
Open: Open
When: Day 223
Where: All over the Bastion
What: MEAT SURVEY aka "why stop at donut trees when you could have BACON CROPS"
Format: Started with prose, will match with whatever you want to use
Warnings: Skyla's pottymouth, will edit if anything comes up.

( As shocking as it is that she's actually making an effort to interact with everyone, even more puzzling is the little notepad she has with her, that appears to be occupied by some kind of meat-centric tally chart. )

four_quarts

Who: Ghaleon and any passerby.
Open: Yes.
When: Day 222, night
Where: Edge of the Bastion.
What: A certain mage thinks about the past.
Format: Whatever you go with.
Warnings: Likely discussion of dead friends and family. Also Ghaleon himself.

[For all that this place is still new and strange in so many small ways, it's the moon that Ghaleon finds he cannot get used to. The others all seem to treat it as if its presence in the night sky is normal enough. From a purely technical standpoint he agrees; for there to be a moon and a planet drifting through the aether together is only natural, however broken one might be. No, the part that is strange to Ghaleon's eyes is that it's the planet their little community happens to be stationed on.

Seated on the edge of the Bastion and staring up at the pale sphere, he can't help but think that it looks more barren and lifeless than even the Frontier or the Blue Star had. He vaguely wonders if the view of Lunar had once been the same as this from the Blue Star all those ages ago.

Depending on how a passerby's timing is, they might overhear him humming a tune he clearly knows by heart, or perhaps small comments to people long gone.]

amourtician

Who: Jay and you!
Open: Open
When: Day 222
Where: around the apartments Jay's staying in, out towards the cottages, etc.
What: Jay's looking for instruments.
Format: log and action! Your choice!
Warnings: Swearing, likely. Will edit as needed.

[Jay's been bored, but he's found a way to alleviate that: he has decided he'll take up music again. This means he's been going around to people's houses and knocking politely.]

[Upon the door being opened, he'd put on his best smile and speak up.]

Darling! You wouldn't happen to have any musical instruments just, ah ... lying around unused, would you?

[Or something to that effect.]

freedom_engineer

WHO: Colin, any recovering folks, any visitors.
OPEN: Open like a door
WHEN: Day 203 (BACKDATED)
WHAT: The cure has been found and administered. Check up on the sick, why don't you?
WHERE: The hospital
FORMAT: However you want, go nuts
WARNINGS: Recovering people, probable sass, and of course, Colin.

( Can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good. )

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?

metainstability

Who: the Meta, anyone!
Open: Open
When: Day 194, early evening
Where: The Skyway, Open Plains area
What: Waking up lost in a new world doesn't count as being AWOL, does it?
Format: Opening post is prose, but I can switch around!
Warnings: Slight mentions of past mental trauma

( 'cause my soul has lost its way )

magisperica

Who: Saix and Skyla
Open: Closed like a closed thing
When: Day 196
Where: The Skyway -- the Rippling Wall
What: Skyla decides to work out if she hates herself or the Bastion more and Saix drags her ass back where it needs to be.
Format: Any
Warnings: Blood, language, possible references to passive suicide (Skyla)

( She's covered heard to toe in bruises and scratches and her nose is bleeding freely, leaving a garish stream of crimson that's dripping all over her clothes. )

croceamors

Who: Saix and anyone awake
Open: Open
When: Day 195, at night
Where: Near the Monument
What: The Lunar Diviner lives up to a portion of his title.
Format: Any
Warnings: Nothing planned

Ever since the last Core brought a proper moon to the Bastion, Saix felt himself become actually relieved. Being without a moon's presence had left a constant itch in the back of his mind, something that drove him mad some nights and unable to get a proper rest. It'd almost become constant at this point, aggravating white noise.

With the moon back, it's like all the tension leaking from his very bones. It might be a little bit painful- new moons take some adjusting to begin with and he's been without one for so long. That makes him think, however... If that's the reaction he gets just being in its presence again, what will it be like when he taps into its power proper?

So the last week or so's worth of nights have been spent locked in his apartment and then tearing it apart as he's learned to control his powers all over again. Something his neighbors have probably become well aware of, and received little actual information from the Nobody besides "No one's getting hurt so it's fine."

But tonight... tonight Saix is certain of himself. So, tonight, if anyone isn't sleeping and is instead wandering about the Bastion, they might come apart the small group. There's the Berserker and a golden retriever sitting a good distance away, just in case, and there's Saix sitting crosslegged by the monument with the moon shining overhead and his face turned up towards it. Anyone paying attention might notice a subtle blue aura going along the man's body.

> Bother?

attheclocktower

Who: Xion and whoever runs into her
Open: Open like an open thing
When: Day 190-191
Where: Pick a random edge of the Bastion, plus Training Building, plus Kitchens
What: Xion mopes about Axel, Xion practices fighting, Xion can't cook
Format: Whatever you prefer, starting in brackets
Warnings: Shouldn't be anything major? Will change this if there is

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( Optimism can only do so much )

hellpyre

Who: Rin Okumura and open
Open: Open
When: Day 169
Where: Various
What: Time to get back to life as usual...
Format: Any
Warnings: Rin is a warning

( before you falter )

bastionpc

Who: Everyone and anyone
Open: Day 158
Where: The Monument + some other locations
What: The group returns from the Observatory with one core, one rescued person, and a lot of salvage.
Format: whatever you like
Warnings: science

[On day 158, two days after they left, the salvage crew returns from the second trip to the Mancer Observatory. This time, instead of answers, they have loot. Lots and lots of loot. Also, they've brought a new person with them!

There is a lot of discussions to have, so have them in here.]

((Also, be sure to check out the post here!))