shardofwinter: (Ice)
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!))
alittlehinky: (distress)

[personal profile] alittlehinky 2019-04-07 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, maybe 'win' is a strong word. "M-maybe they'll all come back okay? It's the Nexus. Weird things happen, right?"

He doesn't want to hear about anyone getting hurt or killed, of course, but the mention of Josh going missing threatens to break his little heart, more than the others. He continues to hold onto her, but a little more gently, recognizing that wince.
sweetcandygirl: (drink away your worries)

[personal profile] sweetcandygirl 2019-04-07 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Harley just leans on him, and sinks into the gentle hug. Trying not to think about the possibility of people getting hurt or killed on this mission.

But it is hard. They always lost someone on Suicide Squad missions.

"I am just glad to be by your side right now."
alittlehinky: (anxiety)

[personal profile] alittlehinky 2019-04-09 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
You know what? She's right. Focusing on what may have been lost is only going to make them feel like everything has been lost. It hasn't. He's here, and Harley is here, and at least some of their friends are safe.

And there will be enough food to last, hopefully, until the weather breaks for good.

"Stay for a little while, then," he murmurs to her. "I know you're strong enough to keep runnin' through the rest of the damn winter, but I ain't. And I think we might both need a break. And some company."
sweetcandygirl: (pray a little prayer for me)

[personal profile] sweetcandygirl 2019-04-09 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
"I will stay with you. For a while." Harley trusts him enough to relax in his presence. And she rests her head on her shoulder. She will continue her search for the others later... right now Cricket needs her. And that is enough for her.