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

[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.]

[privateeyed]

I mean, if you want the full experience, sure.

[no he's sensible too, in that at least he sees that she maybe shouldn't do it (but that won't stop him of course)]

[watermarks]

I haven't decided about that yet.

[And they start to approach the ships through the power of RP!walking?]

[privateeyed]

Want me to decide for you? It isn't fun. Especially if you've got shit tolerance. That's coming from experience, by the way.

[hello ships! He makes a face at them]

[watermarks]

[She side-eyes him. No, she'll make her own decisions, thankyouverymuch, but that does make her curious...]

Why do I think it not being fun doesn't necessarily mean you wouldn't have me do it?

[With a little smile. SHE'S ON TO YOU.]

[privateeyed]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[he is not as much of a jackass as he claims to be. . . . sometimes]

Besides, you might not be hungry but I am, and that falls into the picking up the tab part.

[watermarks]

[Heading toward the ships...] In that case, maybe I'll be hungry by the time we get up there.

[Maybe. You never know.] ...can we go to Nami's bar? I haven't been there yet.

[And honestly, if she IS going to drink, the only way that's going to happen is if someone she trusts to Handle Shit is around, and she hasn't seen you in action yet Ben, sorry.]

[privateeyed]

Could just snack on something, you don't have to eat a full meal.

[that's probably for the best, even if Ben has no intentions of getting completely drunk] I don't know who Nami is, but sure? A bar's a bar, I don't care which one we drink at.

[watermarks]

[Oh, he hasn't? Hmm.]

Oh, you'll like her. She's a pirate. [As if those two things are connected, though they're not.]

[privateeyed]

I don't like anyone. [what a stupid liarface] A pirate? Like - sail the seas, going after treasure kind of pirate?

[watermarks]

[She rolls her eyes at his first statement because she is Mature.] Mmmhmm, I think so. I mean, she's not from an Earth, so it might mean something different than what you're thinking, but that sounds about right.

[Her smile is fond as she remembers the Straw Hat crew.] She's a lot nicer than the pirates that are on my world, too.

[Man, those guys were a paaaaaaain. Steal a waterbending scroll and get chased forever? Not fair. Honestly, it was really almost like stealing it back. And she'd needed it more than anyone else!]

[privateeyed]

I don't know how much different it can be, but I'll take your word for it. [aren't nice pirates like, exclusive to kids shows? Hell if he knows, he was never into pirates as a kid]

[watermarks]

[Her captain is made of rubber and their musician was a skeleton and their cook was...

A friend. They were all friends. And she didn't know if Nami would appreciate her talking about them, so she can't say that, and Katara catches herself just in time.]

Well, the pirates on my world were -- not at all interested in polite conversation. [After she'd, you know, robbed them, but details.] That's a place to start.

[privateeyed]

Well, my world has pirates, just not - you know, sail the seas kind. They're mostly on the 'net, or - I guess they take over boats and shit, but I haven't heard of any of 'em doing that in years. [only because you can't watch the news, Ben] Real nasty folks. Nothin' like the cool ones in the movies.

[watermarks]

They make movies about pirates? [...] What about ninja?

[Entering a spaceship now, yes?]

[privateeyed]

They make movies about literally everything. [...] And then wait twenty years or so to remake them.

[yes absolutely, though notably, Ben does not get into the driver's seat oh no]

[watermarks]

[Well, then Katara will try to get into the driver's seat! She's not at all very good at this, she only has the basic requirements through her augment and zero prior experience... but someone had to get them down there, so she was able to do it once.]

That sounds... really boring. [Frowning a little as her hand went automatically to the button to seal the ship.] ...relying on the augment to drive this thing is so strange. I'm going to need to get someone to teach me how to do this.

[privateeyed]

It's exactly as boring as it sounds. [Ben leans over as she mentions the augment to squint at the panel, and he only twitches a little as the shuttle seals itself]

. . . do you want me to take the wheel? [...] I'm honestly so used to hopping in the passenger side I didn't think - or I could explain it.

[watermarks]

[...why is he used to hopping in the passenger side -- no wait, focus on right now.

She pauses in what she's doing and looks at him with a curious expression.] I never asked -- what's your augment?

[privateeyed]

Security. Which makes sense, given my particular set of skills.

[. . . he reaches over to point to a button] That starts it up.

[watermarks]

Right. [Okay, but back to the point:] Have you driven stuff like this before? Or... flown stuff like this, I guess?

[Because if not, you're working off augment knowledge too, right?]