Event Ten.

[awashmods]

Little Willie, mean as hell, Pushed his sister in a well. Mother said, while drawing water, "My, it's hard to raise a daughter."

t's pretty dark and miserable down in the well. The cavernous area feels much larger than a well should be, bodies milling about in the darkness and knee deep, frigid water. So you're here -- and you're not alone, and the only way out appears to be the thin circle of sunlight from above, the opening of the well. (And elsewhere, in the Town, everyone's waking up to gifts of various usefulness, but hopefully they remember to check the well today even so!) What now? Welcome to Awash's tenth event log, and the intro log for this month, everyone! All new characters have found themselves waking in the well in the middle of the Town. Hopefully they can get a hand out! For more information, please go here! Meanwhile, the current characters have some new gifts. If there are any questions, please ask them here, and have fun! Thank you!

Comments

[tosa]

That's only 'cause ya don't know what you're looking at!

( Coming over, he makes a point to point out some of the houses nearby and any little thing with color, )

Yeah, it looks real depressing with out all of the color but check it out. Ya see the splashes of color here and there? Everyone's been working real hard to bring it back. It might not look like much but a lot of effort went into what ya see.

[noholdsbard]

Your urgency implies something more terrible.

[ Granted, maybe clothes are just really important to her or something? With how rushed she’d been, he’d thought that she might have befallen some more dreadful calamity. ]

Pray forgive me if that is not the case. I hate to see a woman in such distress.

[regrede]

[ sluuuuurp

sierra is pretty good at getting what she needs quickly, when nash was also especially, unpleasantly squirmy whenever she tried to feed from him, so she pulls back soon enough—apparently completely unbothered by the fact that she’s being pushed.

she sighs, refreshed, and while wiping her mouth with one hand, pushes back with the other. ]

Much better.

[tosa]

( Please try to keep up because Mutsunokami has a personality that runs people over if they let him get past them. )

Of course. Ya know, letter writing's come a long way since back in the day.

Where ya used to have to send things by messengers, ya got the telegraph and then telephones and now ya got the internet! Each time, it's gotten faster and faster! Instead of waiting weeks and months for messages, now ya just gotta wait a few seconds.

Isn't that amazing?!

( The key probably just

beeps obnoxiously. Boop. )

[messianic]

Yeah... sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

He was looking for you pretty much the whole time he was here, too... you two must be close.

[It's kind of endearing?]

[messianic]

Yeah, same.

[Minato says as if he hasn't fallen down the well again at least three times.]

Welcome, though... it's not very welcoming, but I promise the town isn't that bad when you get used to it.

[regrede]

[ she doesn’t blame him for his suspicion or his coldness, even if it annoys her. there are some things that can’t be helped, about her nature. ]

…there are others like that in my world as well. [ a pause. ] I can take the need to feed away, but I can’t change their desire. Those who want to cause chaos will. It’s simply my duty to stop them, however I must.

[noholdsbard]

[ Damn. Can’t be sad for long when a pretty girl walks right up to you. Though he does stop playing for a bit so he can turn his full attention to her. ]

Yes, indeed, fair one. I would be at a loss without it.

[tosa]

( The smallest meow... Color Mutsunokami surprised and he reaches out to try to... pet her? The head should be around here, maybe? Or is it a stomach? Hmm. )

Whether you're a sage or a medium.. you're some spirit-y kind of guy.

( And he takes a break from trying to figure out ghost cat things to look up at Ryan. Is his spirit sense strong? Can he tell what he is, then? )

You're new.

[allweather]

[Reim just holds down the key, perhaps to symbolically emphasize how much he does not understand about computers and the internet. Let it boop.]

I see... That is remarkable, indeed. How does it work?

[Go ahead, teach him about wifi. The key is still beeping.]

[noholdsbard]

[ He responds to that smile with one himself, albeit it still skews on the side of gloomy. ]

Alas, I do not know that much can come of my worship. But pray tell me—do you know to whom this church is devoted to?

[tosa]

( Losing blood is really only just made worse by how worked up he's making himself over all of this. )

Better?

( He could fight her right now! Some lady she is, he'd smack her right-- Oh. He feels lightheaded and dizzy and he staggers in place. Pressing his hand against his arm, he tries to stop the bleeding. If he's like this, he can't be near Ryouma until it's healed! is this what she meant by repaying what he'd done? )

I didn't tell you... you could do that.

( He isn't human so he can handle the blood loss a little better than most. But this body is still basically human so he can't help but feel some of the effects. )

[withwisdom]

I'm afraid I don't know.

[ she's been wondering that herself, but there's no discerning symbols, statues, scriptures. ]

If I had to guess, it was for whichever higher being the people of this town held their faith in. There's no way to ask them about it though.

[noholdsbard]

[ Wow Mogget, you really are a little shit…! ]

It appears not. [ He doesn’t seem offended by that snide way Mogget’s referring to him.

Because, well…he’s not wrong. ]

Perhaps we will have better luck somewhere with a greater magical or spiritual significance.

[usedlick]

I'm not concerned about danger. [Worst comes to worst, they can just upload his memory into another Connor - and Connor tells himself that's fine.] I'll go up and scout it out, then.

[If he can find some ropes, or a ladder, that would be useful too.]

[tosa]

( Holding out his towel for him to take, )

Don't limit yourself. ( Huffs, ) If ya got questions to ask, ask 'em.

[ninjanature]

[Yuu doesn't know yet, but Sasuke's had been much the same in different ways. He spent a long time hating Itachi. He still spends many nights dreaming about the bodies in the street, dreaming about the scene of his parents Itachi force him to watch, to memorize. Sitting alone in the middle of the floor, knowing he was one of the last.]

I'm sure my words don't mean much to you right now. You're young. I was young once, too. You're strongest when you're with them, working together. You don't have to go that far. It was a very long time before I understood that.

It took a no-good, yellow-haired loser [this sounds strangely affectionate] to show me. I tried everything I could to get him to hate me, but he never gave up on me.

He told me he wouldn't ever let me become someone like that. A monster.

[tosa]

( it might be unusual to refer to someone as their master but it isn't for Mutsu who has had his share of masters in the past (and even now!). He really doesn't blink twice at it but there is something that begs to be asked then )

Ya think he could've gone in there? Is he the type to run off into trouble without ya?

[noholdsbard]

[ He doesn’t flinch when that shirt makes contact, though he does find it mildly interesting, because he’s sure of all the funny things that’s been thrown at him over the years, a shirt’s a first.

But also while Jotaro’s irritation at useless adults like him is perfectly understandable, Tristan seems unperturbed by it as he pulls that shirt free and looks at it. Will you look at that—it’s just the right size for his little housemate! ]

Of course, that is only reasonable. But surely you’ve better things to do than to glower at what you cannot change.

[ wHY NOT LAMENT THE FUTILITY OF YOUR FATE INSTEAD— ]

[noholdsbard]

[ To his credit, he does think twice before answering that. ]

Of course, if you mean that place designated in your letter… [ Look, he’d love to take her home home, if he only knew how. ]

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[apocalypticist]

[ ...Is... is that person using his expensive as hell coat to dry his air off? Ryo walks up to Yuu from behind, clearing his throat to get his attention. ]

What are you doing.

[ It's said in a flat, cold voice, his eyes narrowed. ]

[noholdsbard]

[ His fingers slip at that sudden inquiry, sending a pathetic shiver of notes in the air.

Not quite how he’d wanted to end that particular melody, but really he’s too curious to even be offended. ]

For what purpose do you intend, might I inquire? If you wish to soothe their savage impulses—

[ He…probably can’t help you there. But Giogio’s in the mafia he can spot a good killer if he tries hard enough. ]

[noholdsbard]

Oh, indeed! [ Phos, is this really a can of worms you want to open— ]

Music can be used for a variety of things—to uphold morale and to darken the mood… All that limits the player is his skill. [ A pause. ] And perhaps the listener’s hearing.

[ninjanature]

I don't doubt he's strong. [Sasuke levels Guren with a single, dark eye, though the expression behind it is surprisingly patient.] I was strong, too, when I was his age. Almost unstoppable. There's nothing wrong in wanting to live.

But a good friend of mine taught me I meant more to them than they meant to themselves.

[regrede]

Maybe you didn’t, but now we’re even.

[ this is the worst way to get even, but no matter how mad he might be, she doesn’t feel bad about her obvious wrongdoing. she doesn’t feel bad that he’s woozy, either, but she actually doesn’t want him to fall over. ]

Sit down. You’ll feel better after you rest.