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

[riskythunder]

Talk to me.

[Saying that quietly, and right in your ear. He knows when you need to talk, and when you don't even realize that you need to talk.]

[ktotheatothez]

[Trembling a little, still clinging.]

Flashback... I just. For a second I saw mom saying no. Freaked me out.

[Give him another minute, he'll settle, you know this. It's happened a few times before.]

[riskythunder]

[Not saying anything for a bit. Just holding you.]

No word from her yet, huh?

[ktotheatothez]

No, but I wasn't expecting it anyway... I just thought it'd be nice.

[There's no bitterness there -- just sadness. You know it'd mean the world to him if his mom was less hyper-focused.]

I suppose I need to find some way to get Josh to take a break. But can we just eat, and then maybe go somewhere? I don't think I can handle my older brother's stubbornness right now.

[There's a kiss on your cheek and he leans in closer to you, the heat and anger have bled out, now he's just drained emotionally. He doesn't like having fights with the people he cares about.]

[riskythunder]

Of course. I can call it in with the others, and maybe we can ask Inquisitor Takasugi-Vice just in case.

[Just to make sure that they'll have time to really chill out.]

[ktotheatothez]

[Have a grateful smile, boyfriend. He's just gonna stick to your side for a while -- until you have patrol or something, or until one of the other Hounds comes to find him.]