driftfleet | The Bunker of Nariba Relia

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.]

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Mmm . . . there's an implication that people could leave the planet if they wanted, so - what happened to those who did, if they did? Or relatives who lived on other planets?

It's sad. No one remembered them until now.

Exactly... left behind, abandoned, forgotten... it's pretty depressing.

[And hitting a lot of Keith's trigger points. It was taking a lot for him to not just tear this place apart in repressed anger.]

And more than just what happened to them... but why? Why did those people leave? Why didn't they come back or check on people? Why did this place get forgotten?

It just feels wrong.

[where she's from, being forgotten means death for beings like her. It's unsettling, even if the same doesn't happen for humans]

It does. But at the very least, we won't forget them. They deserve better than they got.

[Keith nodded.]

Yeah... they do.

[He agreed.]

Something is better than nothing. I just hope... well, I hope that the people they left behind weren't left hanging in the dark. If the planet was too dangerous for a rescue, then I hope someone outside of here knows what happened... somewhere.

I hope so as well . . . it's a shame we have no way of finding out beyond asking on other stops. Or sending a broadcast somewhere. They deserve to know if that's the case.

Yeah. But, at least we can do that.

I think someone mentioned putting up a sign or something, too... as like a memorial.

That's nice of them, it's a good idea.

When it's done, I'll say a prayer; maybe there's versions of the gods here too, and they can do something where we can't. [it's a longshot, but even if it doesn't work, their spirits deserve to put to rest, if they're still wandering here]

[Keith nodded. He wasn't much for gods and all that, but he knew others were, so he wouldn't argue. He'd seen some very strange things since leaving Earth in the Blue Lion, and he knew better than to argue with someone about their religious preferences.]

That's nice of you. I hope it works.

Mm, as do I. I can't go check, or else I would have done so already. [she says it as though it's something she's done before, and that it's the simple answer to the question of if the gods are there or not]

Check...?

[Keith was curious now.]

Check what?

If there are gods here. [y'know, normal things] Not the ones that have joined the fleet, but the ones responsible for this universe.

We have gods in the Fleet?

[Keith hadn't really talked to a lot of people about their abilities, and had sort of assumed everyone was a "normal" being... alien, human, whatever. Though, he did know that some people could do magic-like things.]

There's a couple, yes. Though I'm not entirely sure if they're gods in the traditional sense, or it's just a term given to them because of the power they have.

Oh. Yeah, I guess that makes sense. A way to label something someone might not understand fully, I guess.

[He sighed softly, looking around at all the... well... death. So long with no word... There was almost nothing left of these people... just bones.]

What would you have the gods here do if you can find them?

Mmm, it's a very broad term. There's a whole bunch of qualifications where I'm from to determine that stuff. It's mostly just a way to brag.

[she can't help but huff, just a little bit]

Their jobs, for one. Though I didn't see any spirits stuck here, so at least one is still doing what they're supposed to.

Stuck spirits is a bad thing, right?

[The whole... crossing over... moving on... whatever thing... that was important, right?]

Yes, it is. If they don't find a way to cross over, they can become malevolent, dangerous. They lose what humanity they still have and lose their chance to move on.

Then yeah... that would be bad.

But, you're not getting that here, right? Everyone's moved on.

As far as I can tell, mm. There's no trace of their spirits here . . . which is good. Hopefully they've all moved on to their next step, whatever that may be.

[Keith nodded.]

That's good then.

[He supposed. He wasn't sure he believed in all that, really, but he'd seen stranger things, he supposed.]

I'm gonna keep looking around a bit more. But... I think we've found all that we can.

I think so as well. Though if you do find anything else, please let me know.

[she stands up, finally, dusting off her skirt]

[Keith nodded.]

Yeah. I will. I'd like to know if you find anything else, too.

Take care.

[And he'd be off!]

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