catch-all open log!

[rebells]

Who: Anyone and everyone!
Where: On the beach, and various other places throughout the hub island
When: Day 80, and the next couple days after
Open/Closed: open log for hub shenanigans!

[This evening, someone has placed an old, rusted-over camp stove on the beach near the coven's row of huts--anyone examining it in detail will see that it's not operational at the moment, but that could potentially be changed, couldn't it? If someone was handy with mechanical things . . . .

Next to it is a crate (which, from the weight of it is empty) and pinned to that crate is a sheet of paper with a map on it, something like a much cruder, black-and-white version of this:



with the following key:

1 - crags. Contain snakes which may be poisonous. Watch out.
2 - ocean, going about one mile out from the coast.
3 - lagoon. Contains thick reeds (could be woven or shaped into tools) and frogs (edibility uncertain).
4 - abandoned campsite.
5 - orchard. Currently, trees are diseased and bare. Plant healer needed.
6 - abandoned house. A family used to live here, from the looks of it. Still contains some useful supplies.

And there should be a 7 north of base camp with the notation "graveyard. Graves unused." but the player forgot and is too lazy to go back and fix it right now. Observant individuals will note that the map looks like a more detailed version of one hanging on the door to a certain coven member's cabin, one that has a note on the bottom: "Have information? Ask for Jay."

Other than that, it's a quiet night on the hub island. We've been here for a couple days; maybe you're getting restless? Want to check out that ocean, or lagoon, or even those crags? Maybe just go door-to-door in the beach huts? Maybe you're sick of shrimp and looking for other things to eat . . . hopefully someone's got a fire going tonight, and thought to kill a boar . . . .

What are you doing tonight?]


((here or here for place descriptions))

Comments

[deem]

Huh...

[9S spares the snake another thoughtful glance. It should be meat, same as anything else...do humans really never eat these? Ah well, he'll put it down then, surmising it's not a threat when its fangs are currently sticking out of his leg.

Not much risk of it biting anybody else, at least. Although he's sure there are more around here. He casts a wary glance around as he straightens, before settling his attention on Jude]

Looks like my turn to say you worry too much. Something like that can't hurt me.

[He thinks. Probably. After all it's not mackerel]

[talim]

Are you sure? Positive?

[ jude looks just the slightest bit pale. ]

If something like mackerel can hurt androids, then I can't exactly know what to expect.

[ without further prompting, jude kneels down to take a look at 9s' leg. ]

[deem]

That's because of a chemical reaction.

[Maybe he shouldn't have mentioned the mackerel. Making Jude worry like this is far from ideal.

And considering he's sure anything venomous would definitely harm a human, he moves his leg back. Better that he remove those fangs than anyone who'd be hurt by them]

I wouldn't want you to get hurt because of me.

[talim]

And I wouldn't want you to get hurt at all.

[ he shakes his head and sighs. this conversation isn't going to go anywhere, so it's best to drop it. ]

You sure you don't need me to remove them? I can run back and grab a first aid kid. Tweezers.

[deem]

I wouldn't want you to be hurt either... It'd just be even worse if it was on my account.

[And this he can say from experience. He's seen someone harmed for his sake, and he doesn't even want to imagine that with Jude.

On that note...]

There're a lot of those things out here. Isn't it dangerous by yourself?

[Which in itself is his answer. If it's a risk, it's hardly worth trekking back for something he can do himself]

[talim]

I've been traveling by myself this entire time until I bumped into you.

[ jude smiles, looking almost proud. ]

... As I tend to do so often. Not that I mind!

[deem]

[On the other hand, 9S frowns, though he tries to reign it in]

What if you'd been bitten though?

[He hasn't been, and he has to remind himself of that]

...With terrain like this, it'd be better to team up with someone.

[Says the guy clearly not doing as much, but he's an android after all]

[talim]

Gee, I wonder who I should team up with...

[ jude puts a finger to his lips and smiles. ]

[deem]

2B's a combat model.

[Said with an easy smile in turn. Just stating the facts]

[talim]

Guess I'll go find her, then. See you later.

[ jude turns his back to 9s, and off he goes—

—just to turn back around, march up to him, and (gently) flick him in the forehead. ]

C'mon. We're together now.

[deem]

Not that I'm not viable, scouting's my thing, but...

[There should be a follow-up to that, but he doesn't exactly want to argue this point with Jude. He likes spending time with him.

Instead he reaches up and catches his hand]

Guess I'll just have to do, huh?

[talim]

[ jude glances at their hands. this again.

he doesn't pull away, though. of course not. ]

You'll pass.

[ jude snickers. it's almost impossible to even pretend to treat 9s with so much disdain when all he has is affection for him, but the banter is fun. ]

[deem]

I'll have to hope so

[He lets go then, taking a short step back so he can bend and pick the fangs out like the useless little thorns they are to him]

...Ugh, through my boot and everything.

[Not shy about his complaints, no sir]

[talim]

Doesn't it hurt?

[ he wonders how different pain is to an android compared to a human, or whether there's a difference at all. more questions to file away. ]

[deem]

A little, like getting stuck with thorns.

[He flicks the offending teeth over the edge, paying no mind to the great distance they fall]

You know, Alphonse asked me about that too. Pain, that is.

[talim]

Well, I think it's a pretty natural thing to be curious about. I am, too.

[deem]

Couldn't be very mindful of damage sustained if we didn't feel anything. That's what I figure, anyway.

[And yet clearly he and 2B are capable of willfully ignoring it]

[talim]

I suppose that makes sense.

[ he doesn't like it, though. couldn't it have been avoided? surely there were other methods... ]

So, have you scouted anything interesting? I've just been looking around.

[deem]

Yeah, there're a couple places around here [and the word "around" is incredibly relative when one is an android] that have some resources we should be able to use.

[And that much is an encouraging discovery]

I've been mapping out points of interest as I go...

[Which is cue for him to poke at the open air to prompt a holographic screen to spring up between them, a map-in-progress illuminated on that projected display]

[talim]

[ jude only looks startled for a second. with 9s one learns to get used to these things. ]

Wow. You did all that...

[ it's not a question, because jude knows the answer is an inevitable yes. ]

That's so cool, Nines! You should bring it to Jay once you're finished with it. As far as I know, he's been mapping out the place, too.

[deem]

[Once more Jude is the true flatterer. He nods at the suggestion, waving the map away. No need to leave it hanging there, since he's shown his current work in progress]

I plan on it. What good's gathering data if I don't share it?

[That'd certainly fall outside of his experience, at any rate]

Buuuut I've still got a ways to go.

[talim]

Well, you've got me to help you now.

[ not that 9s didn't have it under control before... but he wants to be helpful. jude always, always wants to be helpful. ]

What about down there? I didn't see it on the map.

[ he points down a rather steep cliff, littered with jagged rocks. ]

[deem]

[9S follows his indication, frowning at that steep pass]

I hadn't gotten around to that yet. [And now that Jude's with him, he's concerned about that location. Maybe he can steer him away from it...] But it'd take more time to cover than other areas.

[Truly, his friend should care more about his own personal safety]

[talim]

Well, we're in no rush, right?

[ jude smiles and casually strolls over to the edge before kneeling down to gaze at the bottom. it doesn't look like there's much down there besides a few rocky caverns that might be worth the time it'd take to explore them. ]

[deem]

I guess, but... There might be more snakes down there, or something...else.

[And he thinks someone here might be taking that risk a little too lightly, hovering close behind him. While it's an area that might bear a closer look, it'll be a lot more difficult to negotiate that terrain without his pod.

Not to mention, while he can repair himself, what happens if Jude gets hurt?]