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Shalimar ([personal profile] abreedapart) wrote in [community profile] aterat2021-04-11 03:30 am

Audio + Log Option

Who; Shalimar + OTA
What; Audio post and tavern option
Where; Network + Tavern in the Market
When; 4-11
Warnings; None at the moment

A. Audio Network
Dunno if anyone's looking into this fog shit, but I've followed a few people who have been taken. They take them to the water and drag them under. I tried to follow further but the fog's too thick and I'm not stupid enough to challenge that many of them in their own territory. [ She pauses and when she speaks again there's a hint of tired amusement in her voice. ] I am stupid enough to follow them on land though. There were footprints that lead off into one of the thickest areas of the fog. Followed those for a bit. Fog gets worse the further north you go but there's something new there.

There's undead everywhere and... one of them looked exactly like someone that got caught a few days ago. [ That'd caught her off guard to see someone that looked like the person she'd tried to help. It also really hammered in the idea that they probably needed to do something about whatever this shit was. ] I made it pretty far without them noticing, seems like they're stereotypical undead, just more bloated and wet. Further you get, more there are and then there's the crab men. [ She'd run into more problems with those, but she's not going to actually admit that. ] There's a lighthouse and something there. Those crab things are protecting it and there's, I don't know. There was a sound? It almost sounded like something singing up on the cliffs. Maybe from the lighthouse. Couldn't really go any further alone. If anyone has anything else to ask, I can tell you what I know. Or you can find me at the Tavern.

[ And that's all she's got to say really. She's not good at ending things like this so she just ends. ]

B. Log Tavern
Bad decisions and Shalimar went together like peanut butter and jelly. It wasn't like she tried to make the worst choice possible, it was just that she didn't think things through. Instincts lead most of the decisions she made and not the potential consequences of those decisions. That'd been the case with her choices over the last week. It'd all started with her stumbling onto one of those crab things taking someone towards the sea. She hadn't been stupid enough to go after it directly, but she couldn't help trying to help. A mistake that resulted in nothing but frustration and obsession.

That's what it'd become. An obsession. The whispering kept her from getting too close but that didn't stop her from trying to track where they were going. Eventually she'd been able to figure a few things out. Unfortunately, she'd run into a few problems when she'd found the undead and the Lighthouse. Somehow she'd managed to keep quiet and avoid being spotted for a while. All good things come to an end though and she'd made a misstep that caught the attention of a few of them. She'd gotten out, but not without a few regrets and more than a few scrapes and bruises to show for it.

And that's how she'd ended up in the Tavern on her second drink. She'd cleaned up some by the time she'd made her Network post but it was still obvious she'd been in some sort of fight. She'd counted herself lucky that there weren't many people in the tavern. Couldn't blame them there with how many people were going missing.

She ran a hand through her hair and then waved someone over to order a third drink. "One more when you get the chance," she said with a tone that betrayed her exhaustion. Maybe she shouldn't have mentioned she'd be here.
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a; network

[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2021-04-11 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[He hasn't gathered much information, for no other reason than he doesn't want to die. He's not stupid, he can't fight, he's not going to walk into that place without an escort.

So in that respect, it's nice to know someone had. He had plenty of questions. May of them revolved round that lighthouse, but she couldn't answer those, at least not all of them.
]

You followed footprints along the beach? I didn't know we had a lighthouse...it makes since, given the harbor, but...undead? More undead...you do mean zombies, don't you?
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2021-04-12 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Careful, that could be vampires. [At least that's what popular fiction would have you believe.] Though I don't know many vampires who'd be tromping about in the water in the middle of the night, either.

[The implication that something other than the ship came in with the fog made his skin crawl. The last time something had come it had been relatively benign, but this?]

And I take it this lighthouse looks as though it's always been there, yeah?
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2021-04-14 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely picture, there. [He shook his head.] The same way the circus and the park, I wager. As in...who the hell knows? You're the one who found something out there in the forest, yeah?
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2021-04-17 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Were you able to make anything of it?

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b; tavern

[personal profile] prodigalvampire 2021-04-11 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thomas had listened to the transmission with a degree of concern that had only grown the longer she'd talked. She'd bee careless, letting her curiosity get the better of her again. He wondered sometimes if he could blame that on her feline DNA. Probably. Either way, he made his way to the tavern to check on how she actually was as much as out of any sort of concern he had for her, which was more than he wanted to admit. People who got close to him got hurt, but with Shalimar, she did a lot of the hurting herself.

He did his best to keep downwind, which wasn't too hard given the design of the tavern, and he heard the exhaustion in her voice as he approached the bar. He slid a few coins across the counter as he took the seat next to her. "I'll have what she's having."

He looked over to her. "So, we didn't learn anything, did we?"
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[personal profile] prodigalvampire 2021-04-13 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"I can promise you they're better than some people I know." Harry's tastes ranged from acceptable to down right appalling, but he was his little brother and Thomas had learned to accept it. Thinking about that was a welcome distraction, too, instead of thinking about how much it bothered him that Shalimar threw herself into danger.

Underneath her tough exterior was a fragile person, though. He knew that about her, and he had the sneaking suspicion it was that fragility that left her so vulnerable to really bad decisions. That or he was reading too much into it and she had the same self-destructive tendencies he did.

"We could have gotten further if you'd come to me."
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[personal profile] prodigalvampire 2021-04-14 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've dealt with worse, and if you haven't noticed, I can be pretty damned quiet when I want to be." He complained a lot, sure, but not in the thick of things. Complaints were for once everyone was home safe and you were trying to wash ectoplasm out of your hair.

"Sounds like we need a sword or two before we try it again."
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[personal profile] prodigalvampire 2021-04-17 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
"My shoes appreciate it, but they can deal with it." He nodded. "Yeah, 'we'. You're going to rest for a few days, and then we're going to figure this out."

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a. text

[personal profile] tessellatedflood 2021-04-19 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'm missing a lot of necessary context for this situation, but.... I don't need to breathe, so I can get along fine under water. Would that be helpful?
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[personal profile] tessellatedflood 2021-04-19 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a robot! My body is waterproof and doesn't require any oxygen. I can handle a bit of danger, but I'm also a pacifist, so if I get attacked, I'll defend myself but not fight back. Is that still viable?
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[personal profile] tessellatedflood 2021-05-04 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
I think I'll be able to stay safe, one way or another. I'll let you know if I find anything!
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kree_soldieress: Lauri-Ell from Captain Marvel (Oh What Was That?)

B

[personal profile] kree_soldieress 2021-04-19 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Lauri-Ell was no stranger to the tavern. In fact, she often liked to come here. Not only was there food, but it had turned into a wonderful diversion to be there in the evenings so that the soldier turned blacksmith could continue to uphold her arm wrestling queen title. Tonight she sat down and collected a drink she had won from the tender and looked as Shalimar.

"You are the one who spoke of the fog on the Tellphones. On the things you saw and found. Is that correct?"
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[personal profile] kree_soldieress 2021-04-19 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Face to face was better. Lauri-Ell sipped her drink before looking to the woman.

"You said you saw a lighthouse. That bad things were happening there. I could attempt to escort you further."

IT was an offer, because really she didn't think she could manage it on her own, and felt that it was likely not her business to try and take charge in the conflict here. But helping others, that she can do.
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[personal profile] kree_soldieress 2021-04-21 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
A melody. Interesting. She thinks she might be even more useful then.

"It may not be dangerous when one of those people can generate a force field, yes?"

It is an offer, and that's all she can do. Offer and hope it works.

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