[OPEN] Earthquake Event

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Characters: OPEN
Location: Death City
Rating: Varied
Time: Jan 22
Description: OOC post here.



It's early in the morning -- just after morning training -- when the ground beneath Death City shakes violently in what most of you might recognize as an earthquake. It's not a particularly huge one for the more experienced of the guests, but it sends cracks shooting through the cobblestoned ground of Death City and up the sides of some buildings. A small handful of structures, mostly those that have been abandoned in the course of this war or the very old ones, take the most damage and topple over or crumble at their foundations.

The earthquake lasts no more than half a minute, but the vibrations and aftershocks last through the day. Death City's streets become full of holes, from those the size of apples to what could be described as deep ditches. The greatest damage, however, is the commercial sector, which becomes flooded as the waterways take damage and spill water into the streets. Shibusen's alarms blare out and quick, urgent orders to fix the waterways and search for the injured or anyone trapped in rubble filter in through all networks.


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This in-game day will last a week irl.

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[shiromadoushi]

Aa-- I don't think anyone really should be, when things are shaking like that! [[says with an easy laugh as he rubs the back of his neck slightly.]]

But it's not something that can be really helped. And I'm fine, really! [[attempts to assure again as he brushes off his sweater, checking it and the rest of him for any real damage. Some fresh cuts and scratches, a spot of.. something on his sweater that he had fallen on that he hoped wouldn't stain, a new scuff mark on his jeans, but no rips there..

Not bad, all things considered... Lucky he hadn't fallen backwards again!]]

[wildest]

[All he does is sigh and take off his hat to run a hand through his hair. This kid is a bit much. Not that he thinks it's a bad thing for him to try and act this tough, it's pretty admirable honestly, but he still can't help but be worried.]

Not really no, but it sorta came out of nowhere so I guess you can't really blame either of us for being out here! --ah, that's right! Were you headed somewhere? If not you should think about hiding out somewhere safe for a while... though with how much damage there is it's kinda hard to decide where "safe" is.

[shiromadoushi]

Just back home to my apartment. [[he really did hope everything was all right there, with how shaken things were, if anything had knocked itself over on Ulthar...

His worry over his kitten was suddenly very evident on his face]] I hope everything there's all right.. I really should hurry back and check...

[wildest]

The casualty one? [Looking over his shoulder at where he'd just arrived from.] I just came from there actually. Don't think it's that far from where we are now so... how about I walk you there?

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa-- if you just came from there, I wouldn't want to make you have to head back so soon! We should have some time before the aftershocks, right? I'm sure I'll be all right until I make it back, with it being so close by.

[wildest]

[Poking him gently on the forehead with a finger, like a good adult.]

And let you go running off and get yourself even more hurt? [Aaand poking done. Setting his hands on his hips and using his Hero Papa Voice.] I don't think so. I'll even carry you there if I have to but I'm not leaving until you get back to that apartment in one piece. The whole reason I'm out here is to help out, so right now I'm helping you out.

[shiromadoushi]

[[blinks at the forehead poke, a touch befuddled. He.. hasn't had an adult presence in his life for quiet sometime because Vash does not count in the slightest no matter how old he is so he's not quite sure what to do with one, to be honest. Even when his father was around, he certainly wasn't at all like this, far too absentminded and clueless to do any real parenting.

It leaves Bakura very puzzled over all.]]

Aaa... if you're sure it wouldn't be imposing...

[wildest]

[Of course Kotetsu is completely oblivious to how odd it must be for him to be acting this way to a complete stranger. As is his eternal dad/hero mentality. Plus it just sort of helps to lighten up the mood a little.]

Well as long as you don't go making me your chaperone for the whole day without telling me... I mean, not that I mind really! I guess Bunny could wait. He's got to answer that mirror of his at some time.

[shiromadoushi]

Bunny? [[blink blink. Odd name for a guy....]]

Aaa- and I wouldn't do something like that! [[assures quickly after]] I'm fine on my own, really! If you were going to go meet a friend, really, I wouldn't want to keep you from that!

[wildest]

Yeah, my partner's name. [No Kotetsu, that's his nickname. A terrible one at that.] --oi oi, don't go trying to change my mind again, I already made my decision! I'm sticking with you until you're okay.

Bunny can handle himself on his own just fine. I mean we're both heroes afterall. This isn't gonna catch him by surprise or anything.

[shiromadoushi]

[[If he made good on that, it might be longer than a short walk! But Bakura wasn't about to let on to that...

The offer was rather nice to hear, though, and Bakura couldn't help but smile at it.

A hero, huh?]]

It's just a few scrapes, it's nothing so bad, [[protests one last time, but it's mostly just a token.]] Just to the door'll be fine.

[wildest]

[Just one short glance of "You are totally putting up a front and are doing a pretty bad job of it" is all Bakura gets on that last part before Kotetsu sighs, patting him on the head for a quick second before offering a smile.]

We might as well get started on walking then. I think we've soaked in this view enough and it's time for a change of scenery.

[shiromadoushi]

[[Pretty bad jobs at putting up a front had always worked for him before!

There's another clueless blink at the head pat before he nods, his smile a touch smile. He was kind of a sucker for casual physical affection, not having had much of it at all once his mother and sister died. Between Leo and Vash and now this... It was kind of a nice thing to have.]]

Hopefully things have settled for now... [[he'll still be watching his feet as he walks, checking for cracks or anything else that would trip him up.]]

[wildest]

[Making sure to stay right beside Bakura, Kotetsu does the same as they walk, making sure to also keep an eye out for the damage on buildings and anything that could come from above. ]

Seems kinda stable now but who knows what else can happen. We better hurry up then. [Kicking aside some debris in his path, actually managing to get a small rock into one of those apple-sized cracks. Almost like soccer. Guess who found something to occupy his time?] This is gonna be one hell of a mess to clean up afterward.

[shiromadoushi]

[[a soft sigh]] Un... hopefully with everyone helping, it won't take too long.. With everything else that goes on, it wouldn't be good to have to be cleaning up here when the next thing happens...

[wildest]

Next? Does stuff usually happen like that? Where it's just one thing after another? Jeez, talk about bad timing. I mean I'm kinda used to things like that myself but usually it's not anything big like earthquakes or... what is it, "large-scale"?

[Extending his arms to measure an invisible large distance, just to emphasize his point. Though the past two years have almost felt like that to him, one large event after another, he'd had a long break from it which makes this feel just a little surprising.]

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa-- it's not to say that it will, just that with everything that's been going on... [[Between the large black death bubbles, the two emergency calls, Ryoki losing his mind and now the Earthquake... It'd been a pretty exhausting month! That felt just a bit more since he also had started work and class... Though with everything over the holidays too...

Really, it was a lot like Domino that way. Quiet for months, then suddenly a tournament would start and everything would start to cascade...]]

[wildest]

Wonder what else I ended up missing.

[It's a little concerning when he actually thinks about it. Granted there's nothing he can do about whatever else this world has gone through so there's no point on dwelling on it too much but regardless, as a hero he just can't exactly be settled with the thought that he missed any sort of opportunity to help out. Even if he wasn't here to begin with. Even if this isn't his own world.

Talk about making things complicated. Just focus on the now Kotetsu, jeez. Time to kick a bigger rock into a bigger crack up ahead.]

[shiromadoushi]

Missing? [[blinking slightly]] Were you away for a while or just arrived?

[wildest]

Well now I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I've never really been here before. No one recognized me when I arrived so guess it rules all that out then. But yeah, new... ish? Not like I just got here yesterday but it hasn't really been that long.

[shiromadoushi]

[[he had meant gone to another part of the world, rather than being out of the world for a while. It... was actually the first time something like that had come up for him]]

It's been about a month and a half for me. Feels like much longer, though! [[Longer than he'd stayed at a few places he'd lived, that was for sure!]]

[wildest]

Aah. I think the longer you stay in a place, the longer it feels like that time actually is. [All it reminds him of is the months he spent in retirement back in his hometown. Once it reached a few months it almost felt like a year. As much as he knew he needed and wanted the break it still felt odd, to be away from his normal routine for that long. Coming back sure was nice. And then all this happened.]

It sounds kinda helpful since you start realizing it hasn't been that long but then when you think about it it's still... really long. And then it gets even longer but it's not actually that long, but it feels like it, and... where am I getting with this?

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura covered a very small laugh at that]] Time passes different depending on how things are, right? The more that's going on and the more people around, the faster it seems, yet at the same time, you get so used to it that you can't remember how things were before then, so even though it's going by fast, it still feels like forever. But in a good way, instead of the forever that goes by slow because there's no one around to fill it.

[wildest]

Oh, exactly like that! There's a lot going on around here though so that helps out a lot. I mean, it's not really the most ideal stuff to deal with but at least it's something. Think I'd go crazy if I was just stuck here waiting for things to happen.

[What is patience, Kotetsu will never know.]

[shiromadoushi]

Not the type who deals with quiet moments very well? [[guesses with a small smile, thinking of one of his friends back home]]