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Reynard North ([personal profile] shardofwinter) wrote in [community profile] nexus_crossings2019-03-12 09:13 pm
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The Silence of the Storm

Rations have been cut. Again. Everyone is on one bowl of watery soup a day. Sometimes with crackers, sometimes not. Most people are too tired and weak to do much more than sit around and talk, and nobody discourages them in the slightest. Work has to be rotated constantly as people weaken quickly, but the fires still need to burn, people still need to guard the cooks and rations, and the sick still need to be tended to. Soon the hardest job is keeping up morale while the big expedition comes back. All the gods and heavens of the multiverse help them if they don’t come back with supplies, and soon.

The boundaries have tightened to an almost suffocatingly small space. It doesn’t take much to imagine where they will be by the end of Winter, which at least makes planning a little easier. People are already relocating to deeper in the Plaza. Unfortunately it means that those who have enough energy to often end up fighting with their neighbours, as the close quarters tests everyone’s patience. There are a few spaces carved out for like minded people to shelter from the dreary situation. Mechanics and those like them have set up a nice little place close to the Crossroads Café, and a break area for those helping the sick is sheltered in a room behind the injured and ill. Zandros moves from groups to individuals, looking for help in creating some form of morale boosting display that will adhere to Isidor's instructions. People are surviving in whatever ways they can, but it's reaching breaking point.

((It's the Final Event Post, everyone! OOC Post is here! This is for those stuck at the hub while the Main Expedition is going on. There will be a second part to this post for the Return of the Expedition. In the meantime, have fun!))
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[personal profile] readvondaniken 2019-04-01 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Palmer's not injured, but he's still tired, and he's had more than a few clse calls in the fight. He has mixed feelings about what happened. While the mechanic feels braver, he's not necessarily proud of having killed people. He knows the Fallen are intelligent creatures, even if they are unrepentant killers.

He remembers cracking a joke when Garry shot the seemingly mad Norwegian in defense of Outpost 31, and winces with guilt. He wonders if Garry felt the same way when he shot a human being, and one who was comparatively blameless next to the Fallen. That dog had been dangerous. Perhaps the Norwegian had only been trying to warn them.

He finds a fire and slouches down, pulling his hood down, deep in thought. He misses his weed.
Edited 2019-04-01 21:39 (UTC)
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[personal profile] heirtothedragonsfire 2019-04-04 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
He's not first on her list, partly because he isn't obviously injured and partly because she doesn't know him. Nevertheless, Isidor eventually finds the man almost out of view. Someone's keeping a low profile...

"You were in the expedition," a statement, not a question as she walks up to him, arms folded tightly for warmth. "How are you doing?"