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My name is Max. ([personal profile] theroadwarrior) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2018-04-02 02:11 am

The Bunker of Nariba Relia | OPEN PLOT MINGLE POST

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.]
rebuildyourruins: (A few days isn't an "age".)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, probably not. I'm just saying.
dothelokimotion: (Truth takes us to dangerous places)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki's smile is beatific. ]

Very wise. I expected nothing less from a King.
rebuildyourruins: (:|a)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
[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: (We are unholy awful people)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki goes still briefly. ]

Funeral rites?
rebuildyourruins: (Bar talk.)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
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: (Let my words wash over you)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ 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: (12)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
[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: (This is the fear that looms)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
Unlikely. But there is plenty of unused wood that can be put to work.

It's not as though anyone will miss it.
rebuildyourruins: (Just not for long.)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
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: (Fear is a reasonable response to life)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Loki cocks an eyebrow at Thor before smiling faintly. ]

Precisely. And it is for a worthy cause.
rebuildyourruins: (So it's clear sailing from hereon right?)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't destroy any houses, all the same.

[They have to set some boundaries. Thor might not have as many compunctions about taking things from the town as Steve does, but he's not about to trash a home.]
dothelokimotion: (Education is important)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He rolls his eyes. ]

As the king commands.
dothelokimotion: (I’m only good at describing facts)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Loki merely grins. ]

As you wish, my king.
rebuildyourruins: (Let's do it. Let's jaywalk.)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Such a little pest.]

The king is going back now. Is the prince going to hang around in the dark out here?
dothelokimotion: (Light may be terrible)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Loki gives him a mocking bow. ]

Perhaps. I'm well suited to the dark, after all.
rebuildyourruins: (There's two hours to go.)

[personal profile] rebuildyourruins 2018-04-08 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, and then you'll curse it when you trip over a bunch of rocks later.

[Thor turns back to where the lights of town can be seen in the distance, and gestures over his shoulder.]

Come on.
dothelokimotion: (Hang a map of a place)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-04-08 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His expression flickers briefly. ]

All right.