The Bunker of Nariba Relia | OPEN PLOT MINGLE POST

[theroadwarrior]

Who: Everyone!!
Broadcast: N/A
Action: The bunker in the surrounding desert.
When: Sometime recently, see this post for full information. Below is the excerpt of information listed there. Feel free to make a top comment and thread out the sad truth and whatnot.

[Records buried in the library, the research facility, and cues from the power plant will eventually reveal the bunker in the surrounding desert. The passageway leads several yards underground, and it doesn’t appear to have been used in a long time. Those brave enough to venture inside will find that it is not much more than a tomb. Eerily enough, the emergency lights are still on, casting a soft red glow over sheets and the once-bodies beneath them.

It has been long enough that paper journals, books, and personal belongings (like bags and such) have deteriorated to the point of being extremely fragile. Handled with care, however, they are eager to tell a story.

“The engineers should have been more careful. I’m not sure I’ll be able to recoup my losses from this… At least I have enough money to buy a ride off this planet!”

“No one could have known this would happen. Hopefully it stabilizes so we can go home soon. In the meantime, I’ve been teaching my daughter how to count. She doesn’t understand what’s going on, and I don’t know what to tell her.”

“It’s not getting better. So many people have died that we’re running out of room in the morgue. We had to move all of the food to another room so that the smell doesn’t leach out, but we all know what’s back there.”

“The replicator was supposed to repair us, too.”

“I don’t know if we can go back yet, but it doesn’t matter. Even if the city was back to the way it was, there’s no cure for us. The dead are dead, and we lay down next to them as we wait for our turn.”

There is nothing that can be done for these people except to give them the eternal rest they deserve. Ultimately, the fate of Nariba Relia is a sad one and not altogether preventable.]

Comments

[dothelokimotion]

Hmm. Sounds fake.

[rebuildyourruins]

Oh, try it. [Thor smacks Loki on the shoulder, grinning.] You might even enjoy it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ There's a faint glow before Loki throttles it. ]

Perhaps. Things have been hectic of late.

[rebuildyourruins]

Yeah, I know.

[Some of his good humour fades.]

Between coming here and this planet, you would have been busy. [Not to mention everything that came before. A shake of his head as he watches the steadily darkening sky.] But I think it will be quieter from now on.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He glances at Thor. ]

What do you think I would be busy with?

[rebuildyourruins]

Well, getting your bearings with the ships and the planet.

[Thor had assumed Loki would go off and do that himself, as he usually did. Thor's information wasn't the sum-total of knowledge in the Fleet.]

Or trying to find new weapons, since they do take those off us when we get here.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki waves his hand at that. ]

Child's play. Though my ship received an interesting addition. A witch of some caliber.

[rebuildyourruins]

Another one? I met a witch when I first got here, though I don't think she's around anymore. What's this one like?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Hmm. ]

Dangerous. I would keep my distance if I were you.

[rebuildyourruins]

[Telling Thor someone's dangerous is not necessarily going to keep him away from them. Still, he's not going to discount Loki's warning.]

Did they make threats?

[dothelokimotion]

No. But there is a strange power within her. I can't pinpoint it clearly.

[rebuildyourruins]

[He shouldn't be surprised by that. They're so far beyond their own universe that of course they would encounter powers and magics their own worlds have never experienced. It sits a bit uneasily though that Loki isn't able to discern what it is. Thor crosses his arms over his chest, nodding once.]

With any luck we'll have no cause to find out what it is.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki snorts lightly because they've never been lucky. ]

We shall see.

[rebuildyourruins]

It would be fairly stupid to start fights on ships these small anyway.

[dothelokimotion]

I doubt that has stopped anyone at all, brother.

[rebuildyourruins]

I mean, probably not. I'm just saying.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki's smile is beatific. ]

Very wise. I expected nothing less from a King.

[rebuildyourruins]

[He snorts at that, then grows more thoughtful. A king needs to lead and he knows that. Deeply, sometimes darkly. Thor's done precious little of it while here in the Fleet, certainly not in the presence of others. All of the drafts he's written and the plans he's made have been kept to himself. Even his attempts to pay his respects...

When he speaks again it's abrupt, as though the act of saying it isn't something he was expecting to do.]

We can't do anything for these people. But-- we can still do something for Asgard. In memory of them.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki goes still briefly. ]

Funeral rites?

[rebuildyourruins]

Yes. When I was here by myself, I thought about it, but... [He had found he didn't have the heart for it. Sitting in the icy wilds of Selvin-9 and thinking the words through was the most he could do.] ...I haven't yet. And we should.

[Looking at Loki once more, he tips his head slightly to the side.]

We could be here for a while.

[It's something that should be done by all of them, the survivors. The more time goes by in this place though, the more cut-off Thor feels, and coming across this solemn tomb has reminded him that there's truly no 'good' time for it. The last rites he had done had been in a Sakaarian prison, after all.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ We. Does Loki want to do this? A part of him is petty enough to deny it. Asgard never afforded him any funeral rites. But it is an old bitterness that subsides as quickly as it emerged, slipping away. Perhaps Loki just isn't angry anymore. Or he never truly was. ]

I can make the arrangements.

[rebuildyourruins]

[A smile flickers on Thor's face as Loki agrees. Even bringing it up was an uncertainty, given the nature of the rites and what's happened between them. The fact of the matter was, Thor would much rather do it with Loki than by himself.]

We'll need to get supplies too. I don't think they sold boats in this town.

[dothelokimotion]

Unlikely. But there is plenty of unused wood that can be put to work.

It's not as though anyone will miss it.

[rebuildyourruins]

Oh, that's...

[Kind of terrible, but also true. Thor can't really argue the point either, given how many windows and doors he smashed up in the interests of figuring things out earlier.]

It'll come back.

[Right? Right.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki cocks an eyebrow at Thor before smiling faintly. ]

Precisely. And it is for a worthy cause.