Event Nine.

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Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea, Heareth the marinere Voices sweet, from far and near, Ever singing in his ear, “Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began. On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death. On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought. Welcome to Awash's ninth 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. Please be sure to very clearly mark where your characters are in your prompts, so people know which they can tag depending on which group they are in. Thank you!

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[swordfucker]

[Real talk I read that as boning and I wondered for a moment what could possibly happen to cause this.]

Shut up, I don't care about that. [Yes he does... but that's his secret!! His very top secret.]

Either they're in trouble and need our help, or we're the ones in trouble, with this illness. Whatever it is, we're going to fix it. That's that.

[osuni]

[IMC RYING ASH????????

What a prompt answer though... Admirable!!]

That would sound more impressive if you didn't look so terrible.

[Okuni's not feeling her usual Great self either, but she'd like to think she's in a much better shape than town dad. Maybe she just has a better immune system than him? Maybe age is a factor???]

How sick did you feel when you woke up the day everyone went missing? Did you get worse or is it pretty much the same?

[swordfucker]

[Yeah Guren is Holt honestly. I'll accept this.]

...It's been getting worse. Haven't you noticed it, too?

[Maybe it's because she's newer, or just, you know, the way that she is. Guren gives her a studying look and then turns back to the others working around them. Everyone looks some level of sick.]

The longer everyone's been gone, the worse it gets. I'm not the only one who's sick here. [Even if he is town dad levels, shh] Everyone's pushing through this right now.

[osuni]

[It's because Okuni is just the way she is, tbh. That and she's fortunate enough only to know a few of the ones missing?? Watch as she faints out of exhaustion as soon as they get home.]

-- The longer everyone's gone?

[wait, like

what]

So all of us are sick because the people we know were taken from the town?

[swordfucker]

That's what it's looking like.

[He doesn't seem to notice her internal crisis at this, just focusing on the other groups working on supplies and such.]

Everyone's a varying level of sickness, so it must have to do with the bonds we've made. Not just the length, but the closeness between who we're missing... It's a guess, but it lines up with what I've seen, and how this town works.

[osuni]

[This is all news to Okuni!!!! She'd shriek about it if she wasn't reminded that Guren is actually Sick right now, so she decides to display some rare-ass tact and complain only in the mildest of tones.]

That's stupid. Making friends is already a pain without adding an extra punishment!

[She's annoyed?? SHE'S ANNOYED!!! She's taciturn and allergic to friendship, but she likes watching other people be friends with each other and bond!! this is awful.]

If that's how it really works, then it's no wonder you're so sick.

[swordfucker]

Shut up about that already. I'm fine.

[He says that, but even when he sighs and scrunches his face in annoyance, it's clear to see he's getting worse by the minute. There are dark circles under his eyes, he's pale, he's stiff and tense to stop himself from wobbling or dealing with vertigo, and he keeps bringing his hand to his head in attempts at subtle gestures that hide his pain from his headache.

When can they all rest.]

Just worry about getting ready. We're leaving soon, so I have to check on the others.

[osuni]

[When can Guren rest, there I fixed it.

Okuni's no stranger to people who like to push themselves above and beyond. She and Baren are both those sorts of people too. But the difference here is that there's always been the two of them to share their burdens with, and the implicit understanding that where one falters the other will most definitely pick up the slack. There's never been a need for one to tell the other to stop.

She pushes her lip out in thought, chagrined despite her best efforts. Guren is annoying and won't fight her!! He delegates except when it comes to his own responsibilities! He has a journal filled with stuff about plant drugs in his basement!!

But he's not. . . .

A bad................. person..................

Anyway, Okuni wrestles with her inner voice that's telling her to leave him at it, then finally -- somewhat peevishly.]

Do what you want. There's nothing else for me to do here, so I'm going to go around and see if everyone else is prepared.

[She's sure Guren is going drag his dead-ass sick body around, so Okuni's going to be smart and start on the other end!!!]

[swordfucker]

Sure, whatever.

[He waves his hand like he doesn't care, like he doesn't notice that she's more irritated. But he's sure he knows why. She's a good person just like anyone else. He's still burdening her, too, huh.

He'll watch her go off in that direction, but it'll be while telling himself that he needs to pull it together and seem a little stronger than he is. He's causing people to worry.

But yeah, he's off to drag his sick ass body around, rip.]