Waking the Dead 2.0 || July 5-11, 2063 || The Wait

[kawaakari]

[Beautiful as Seigi is and generous as your hosts have been, it is hard to forget why you're here again.

Zangyaku is carrying on as per usual, as if your presence doesn't mean anything. It isn't a dismissal, though: it's an acknowledgment of the work that you must do, and that they are, by merit of your presence, helping you do it.]


General OOC Notes:
+ This is a catch-all post for any interactions that take place during the in-game period I indicated. Make sure to label your subject lines accordingly!
+ You're all staying at close to the Wolf's Ward, which is the wing devoted to the Blade King and the Wolfborn.
+ You're free to move around until about 7 PM. You have free run of the base.
+ You can, regardless of whether you have a license with Zangyaku or not, join in on minor routine engagements like patrol, or helping out at any of the divisions.
+ There is a free teleport back to Falner. You can go any time, as long as you're back before call time for the vigil with Ginko Takasugi-Vice from 8 PM until 4 AM.

General behavior of significant NPCs in the area:
+ Kasumi is your host, and effectively the officer in command for this leg of the operation.
+ Hikaru is generally NOT around during the day. He only turns up around dinner time to eat with everyone, take a temperature check on his end, and then immerse himself in his own work.
+ NPCs that have been fielded out to watch over David Young and Minato Arisato are available on call.
+ Other NPCs may be available on request. Just ping me?

Comments

[bladeweaver]

Does this face look like the face of an accomplished reasoner to you?

[Again, his smile isn't so much playful as it is worried. This is his "but I can't do that and you know it" face.]

If I believed reasoning with him would work, I would have tried. I saw Kaz storming off from talking to him. He didn't look happy. Unless Josh stole Nico, in which case holy shit what, then I've got to assume Kaz tried to reason with him and failed. That's the brother approach, the same one I'd use. May be time for a different one.

[Him joking around just a little is a carefully planted pin to prick Yulia's frustration bubble. While he thinks she really does need to smack some sense into the guy, there's no sense doing so while really angry. Then it would just be about her, not him.

Well, at the very least, some of the frustration would be vented at him, anyway.]

[bostova]

[ She huffs at that. Yeah, she's seen Kaz storm off as well. Everyone probably knows that. And she has tried talking to him, too. You can probably guess how that worked out. ]

Useless to talk to him right now.

[ She might have growled when she said that. Might have. ]

[bladeweaver]

[Yikes, deflate tactic didn't work. Oh well.]

Hmm, so it is, so it is. [Stroking the stubble that passes for his mustache.] You know him best. What do you think should be done? Me, I'm all for feeding him sleeping pills in decaf, but somehow I don't think that'd go over well.

[bostova]

I would not say no to that method, but I think a brick to the face might work better to knock him out.

[ Because violence. ]

[bladeweaver]

[Oh Larue, your second is out for your blood. HUGAS KAMAY.]

Heh. Heh heh. It's your call, Ms. Blade Leader's Second. As long as it gets done, yeah?

[bostova]

[ A beat or two later, she looks at you, Taning, eyes narrowed and lips in a line. ]

And I suppose someone has to do it?

[ Here, hold her coffee. There is a beating that needs to take place. ]

fade to white, y?

[bladeweaver]

[It could have been worse; Yulia forcefully thrust the cup in his direction, but at least she was graceful enough not to spill any of the VERY HOT coffee on him.

Man, Joshua, he loves you, but uh... Yulia loves you too. For better or worse.

He calls after Yulia.]

Remember, we love him, we don't actually want to murder him!