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?

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[larue]

[ It's a strange feeling, the awkward silence that falls now between you both. He doesn't mean to, but Josh's shoulder hunch at that and he waits, as if wondering if you'll add something else, the way you usually do. When it becomes clear though that the silence will only stretch on, he rocks back on his heels.

This is his internal thought process: you've been out all day, this engagement is really important, you're clearly worried. This is Jessie, he gets it. You two are tight.

He should stop bothering you and just round up the Hounds. ]

Well, [ Fishing out his phone now; checking the time.

Yeah. He should go get the others. They can set up a little early, it's the first night after all. ] I'll head off. Need to get the others ready for our shift.

[ A small smile your way now: concerned, reassuring, an offer that goes catch you later? ]

[icarusalsoflew]

[And in as much as he knows what you're trying to do, in light of everything that's happening and HAS happened between you (even if you don't even know half of it), he can't bring himself to make you feel better.

Too much, too soon. Not yet.]

See you.

[larue]

[ Yeeaah.. he's just... going to... go.

Stepping away now with a quiet nod in your direction, phone in hand as he brings up the affectionately named group chat that started the day he'd messaged the Hounds and yourself at that ridiculous Rhiannon lunch weeks ago:

<< HOUNDCHAT >>
JOSH: Let's go, guys. Our turn watching Ginko.
We can figure out the shifts when we all meet up.
Can someone bring coffee?

He can't resist glancing back at you though, and he lifts a hand in a wave before he finally turns away for real. ]