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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awashlogs2018-03-24 03:23 pm

Event Two.





Dust if you must, but bear this in mind,
Old age will come and it's not kind.
And when you go, as go you must,
You yourself will make more dust!




t hasn’t been long since you’ve arrived. The dust has settled, so to speak. And there is… a lot of dust. The town is in disrepair. Some efforts have gone into making it a bit better, but it’s going to be a lot of work, there’s no denying that. There are only a few livable buildings right now, and even those are prone to letting the rain in, or missing stairs to the clearly present second floor, floors crumbling or creaking.

So it is that after a week or so to get used to their new living quarters.... There’s finally activity on the forum. Activity that doesn’t come from any of the people living here.

There’s a stickied forum post, and in it, a single post, from a user FFFFFF:

All-endearing cleanliness,
Virtue next to godliness,
Easiest, cheapest, needfull’st duty,
To the body health and beauty;
Who that’s human would refuse it,
When a little water does it?

Requirements: Everyone

They only have a bit of time to try to figure out what, exactly, it wants from them -- and then things begin to happen.




Welcome to Awash's first event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post.

You are welcome to start your own posts or logs for this event as well. If there are any questions, please ask them here. Thank you!

messianic: (Death doth draw nigh)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-04-01 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Admittedly, he supposes he'd be a little put out if people found out some of the things he's keeping under wraps--but that's the way of things too.

He's not sure he expects them to stay a secret forever.

Hm...

Oh well. All he offers up to that is a thoughtful noise, and an equally bland:]


I've always wanted to be deep and mysterious.

[He finishes placing the bones. He's honestly not sure what relationship these two had--family? Lovers? Close friends? It's impossible to say--so he just leaves them side-by-side...with their left and right hand close enough to almost be holding hands, but not quite.

It's really all that can be done at this point, and he knows it doesn't matter to the bones, but... it matters to him.

And then he hauls himself out of the shallow hole, nodding to Guren. All set.]
swordfucker: (161)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-04-01 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah. That's what it seems like.

[But with Minato out of the hole, he begins to fill in the dirt. Though he's not showing it outwardly as much, he's thinking similar things about these two skeletons. Who were they? What were they doing before? Are they resting well? Even without anything like an afterlife, he hopes they can.]

We should find something to use as a grave marker. Is there a stone somewhere close?
messianic: (with rustling shade)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-04-02 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Minato just shoves his hands back into his pockets, watching Guren at work.

A grave marker, though...?]


...Yeah, hold on. I'll find one.

[They deserve one--two, even if he can find them.

So he heads off into the woods a little bit, searching carefully.]
swordfucker: (154)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-04-02 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Don't go too far.

[Guren looks after him for a short moment before he turns his attention back to the dirt. He'll probably be fine, as long as he doesn't go in too deep. But Guren should be able to tell from the time taken and any sounds if he has to get up and look for him.

For now, he's lost in thought, covering these dead with dirt.]
messianic: (A dying animal;)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-04-02 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Aye aye, worrywart Ichinose-san.

Minato really isn't gone long, at least; he returns a couple of minutes later, two rocks in his hand. They're not the same size (he wishes he could've found matching ones, but that's a pipe dream and he knows it), but they're both flat and relatively decent grave markers.

And he'll just come to stand by the grave again while Guren finishes filling it in.]
swordfucker: (85)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-04-02 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Those are perfect.

[Just finishing with filling the dirt in and patting it down, he stands up and lets Minato set the rocks down. He keeps a hold on the bucket, since it could be useful later, and watches, quiet for a long moment.]

Hopefully they're able to rest in peace. [He can say that much, at least, glancing back towards Minato.] Thanks for the help.
messianic: (who doth now me brave)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-04-02 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[And, reverently, Minato lays down the makeshift headstones, and nods, stepping back solemnly.

A slow breath in, and:]


Thank you too, Ichinose-san. I'm glad...we could let them rest like this.
swordfucker: (20)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-04-02 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[A pause, a long, silent look at the makeshift grave, and then he sighs. He's tired, still.] I should probably head back to the house to make sure it's not burnt to the ground.
messianic: (are a-one in death:)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-04-02 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Yeah. That's pretty fair. Besides, Minato's pretty sure he's taken up enough of Guren's time, when he's sure there are other people Guren's worried about (that he won't admit to, probably).

So Minato tucks his hands into his pockets, lifts his chin and nods.]


Try to get some rest when you can, Ichinose-san. Talk to you later.

[For his part, Minato will go check on the people he's worried about too--in a moment. It's quieter here, and he's got things to think about, after all, one of the greatest of which being Guren himself, after all of that.]