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

[privateeyed]

Oh, of course. [you shouldn't have twitched, Katara. Don't show weakness] Lot of people don't see the point in doing something they can't do. I get it.

1/2

[watermarks]

[YOU DARE]

2/2

[watermarks]

I don't know if I can do it or not; that's the point. I haven't tried it. And if I was going to try it, it probably wouldn't be on a desert planet, with the known effect alcohol has on hydration, on top of being in a completely alien and uncertain situation.

[SO. We've gotten to the Give Reasons Stage. This can only go well.]

[privateeyed]

[this is going so, so well]

That sounds like a shitload of excuses to me. Got any more? I'll let you keep going if you want.

[watermarks]

[Grrr.]

Nope, that's it. [Because they are not excuses, they are REASONS, and they are PERFECTLY SOUND ONES thank you very much.]

[privateeyed]

Oh, good. 'Cause - I wasn't gonna suggest drinking down here - that'd just be stupid - and I was gonna say we'd be better off on the Iskaulit so your first drink isn't some shitty nonsense down here. [...] Got nothing on the alien situation, though.

[watermarks]

[Katara just gives him a long look.]

I just don't see what good it will do.

[privateeyed]

[he is completely unphased by the look. His own tone is matter of fact]

Took your mind off shit and got you annoyed at me, so I'd say it's doing good already.

[he arches a brow] Figure it out.

[watermarks]

[...

...

She chuckles.] Alright, alright. You've got me.

[But is this an agreement to go and get a drink?]

[privateeyed]

[even if it isn't he's succeeded]

'Course I did. It's a gift.

[watermarks]

Mmmhmm. [...

So, yeah, she might not be interested in trying it, except now she kind of is, and she knows Nami runs a bar and that Nami wouldn't let anything TOO bad happen, besides, she just kind of wants to see his face if she says:] So you're paying, right?

[privateeyed]

As far as I'm aware, rules go that the offering party's gotta buy.

[he is still totally straight-faced] I'll even pay if you chicken out on me. Bars serve more than just alcohol.

[watermarks]

There are rules about this? [Yes. That is what she picks on first.

And then she sighs.] And why are you trying to make it sound like it's something brave instead of something dumb?

[Which it is. She knows. She'll never forget the friendly giant mushroom.]

[privateeyed]

There's rules about everything. But fuck if I know if that's a real rule or not.

[he can't help but grin, just a little bit] 'Cause you're so against it.

[watermarks]

[...huff.

She crosses her arms and a corner of her mouth ticks up in a smile, despite herself.] I guess that's one way of trying to get me to do something. If I was going to fall for it.

[WHICH. SHE. TOTALLY IS, DESPITE HERSELF. /sob.]

[privateeyed]

Oh, yeah, sure. If you were gonna fall for it.

[he knows. Oh how he knows]

[watermarks]

[a NOD.

She's glad you understand.

If she falls for this, she is doing it on purpose.]

Right. That'd just be silly, especially since I know what you're doing.

[Considering they were just talking about it and all.]

[privateeyed]

Only because I pointed it out.

[like he's going to give in that easily]

[watermarks]

Yes. [Dryly. So dryly.] I never would have figured it out without you. Thank you for that.

[FAH.

Okay. It had been working, but she'd still known he was provoking her, does that count???]

[privateeyed]

[deadpanned] Sure, yeah. You're welcome.

[a snort] Okay, before this gets out of hand - game plan. Grab ice cream, head back up, and then whatever?

[watermarks]

[She shakes her head.] Let's just head up. [She doesn't really want to be on the planet anymore.] I'm not really hungry right now, and I'm sure the bars probably have ice cream or... something?

[In case she just orders cocoa again or... something.]

[privateeyed]

Bars usually . . . don't have ice cream but who knows, maybe the ones here are different.

[he makes a gesture] I don't know, we'll find out.

[watermarks]

[She shrugs a little.] I'm not really that hungry, anyway.

[Truer words were never spoken.

She decides to try to tease a little:] Aren't you supposed to drink on an empty stomach, anyway?

[privateeyed]

Only if you hate yourself. Or if you want to get drunk real fast and hate yourself.

[watermarks]

Ah. So -- that makes this experiment even more of a great idea then, huh?

[She's still not 100 percent sure she's not gonna do it, honestly, but it might be better to... not.

It was probably better to not.

Darnit, sensible nature. On the plus side, yeah, she still wasn't thinking about where they had just been.]