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

July 6th, Friday ; Yulia + Saxon + Breton (+ Josh?)

[bostova]

[ The current State of the Yulia is, undoubtedly, annoyed at one Joshua LaRue.

Really.

She understands how important the engagement is to him, since it was to save one Jessiah Vice, Malice King, from the Other World, but it would be nice, really nice, if he could just sit still and not smother Ginko Takasugi-Vice with too much attention. Or stop checking the network every five fucking seconds for updates.

She was also fed up with the way he keeps deflecting. It was obvious he was worried, yes, but there was definitely something else in his mind other than just the Rhiannon engagement.

So instead of threatening (yet again) to do bodily harm on their Blade Leader, Yulia steps out from a quick lunch after training, Vice phone in hand, and sends a message to the Brands. ]

SENT 12:32 PM
What exactly do you do on a slow day in Japan?

[thebrandybunch]

[This one's from Saxon.]

SENT: 12:35 PM
Sleep! Fight somebody! Go bother a member of the Searing Wind and fight that person!

[And this one is from Breton.]

SENT: 12:35 PM
How's the operation going?

[Yeah, they both know what's going on. Why wouldn't they?]

[bostova]

[ Oh. Awesome.

To Saxon: ]

SENT 12:40 PM
Fight me.

[ And to Breton: ]

SENT 12:42 PM
Too much waiting. It's driving me crazy.

[thebrandybunch]

[From Saxon:]

SENT: 12:42 PM
Aww, are you roneri without my sweet blades making love to you, little sis? Forgive me, but you must console yourself all on your own for a little longer. :p

[And Breton:]

SENT: 12:42 PM
Is it the waiting, or the waiting with people? :)

[bostova]

[To Saxon: ]

SENT 12:43 PM
Too busy for me?

[ And Breton: ]

SENT 12:43 PM
The latter is making the former almost unbearable.

[thebrandybunch]

[And this is from the both of them.]

SENT: 12:44 PM
We're never too busy to call, especially if people are pissing you off. Sup? :)

[bostova]

[ The reply is a bit late. She found a place where she could smoke in peace, a little away from Seigi, and she let herself go through two sticks in a short amount of time. ]

SENT 12:48 PM
I need a distraction so I won't have to do something I would regret later.

[thebrandybunch]

[Exchanging glances before they're sending this.]

SENT: 12:51 PM
Brother Wolf always did say that talking helps. We can't zip over there, but you're free to call?

[bostova]

[ ...So she calls them.

Doesn't even wait for them to speak first when they pick up. ]

Are you sure you want to listen to me rant?

[thebrandybunch]

'Course we do! You're our beloved baby sister!

[Yes, you're on loudspeaker. That is how they are able to say that at the same time.

Only Elaine knows where they are right now. At least it's quiet?]

[bostova]

[ At least they don't see her eyeroll. ]

I'm not going to stop once I get started.

[thebrandybunch]

That's okay. Your voice is cute and sexy over the phone.

[Of course that came from Saxon. Hee.]

[bostova]

[ Ugh, can you not? ]

Breton-- could you please punch Saxon for me? Please? [ Because she's not there to do it herself. :T ]

[thebrandybunch]

But I agree with him!

[That's Breton, all right, from somewhere in the background.

Oops.]

[bostova]

...Why do I even bother-- [ And because she is Not In The Mood, she... hangs up, growling and probably scaring the locals (or at least the stray cats lurking around).

Also oops? ]

[thebrandybunch]

[And after they pout a bit at the screen of their communal phone:

Calling you again. Yep.]

[bostova]

[ She lets the phone ring a few times before she answers. ]

What.

[thebrandybunch]

Sorry.

[That is from the both of them, and they sound properly contrite.]

We'll listen properly!

[There's Saxon, painfully earnest!]

[bostova]

Fine. I guess it's a good thing you're not around.

[ She's still a bit pissed, but at least you're not Josh. ]

And I'm sorry [ not really ] for hanging up. Everything is just making me really angry right now.

[thebrandybunch]

It's cool! Talk it out? It's the next best thing to fighting it out, anyway.

[Now they are hunkering down to listen to you. Like, totes.]

[bostova]

[ She growls, glaring across the bench she's on. ]

My blade leader is being an insufferable fucking brat right now.

[thebrandybunch]

[...Huh.]

What's he being a brat about?

[Saxon now. Just Saxon.

Breton is in thinky-listeny mode.]