[Locked to Residents]

[malnosso]

[Appearing on the journals is a written message as follows. A voice option is provided for a computerized reading of the text.]

Attention Luceti Residents.

The following names are being called to participate in a strike against the cultist hordes:
[the names listed here appear on the journal.]

All subjects are required to arrive at the tunnels at 8AM on the 27th of March for deployment. All listed individuals are required to be present. Subjects will then be escorted to TERRACE for battle preparation and further details.

Target will be Region One, a former Malnosso stronghold, presently in cultist hands. Subjects are advised to prepare for combat in forested areas. Further information will be made available at TERRACE. Questions and answers will not be provided at this time.

[The Malnosso will not reply to this message, but everyone is free to use this post to discuss among themselves, whether using voice options on the journal or doing action threads.]

Comments

voice;

[gleamed]

[ Her name is on that list.

She supposed she should feel lucky. Two drafts had come and gone while she had been in Luceti, and she had been allowed to stay home for both of them. Now she was called to participate, and even as a worried nervousness made her feel sick, she knew what she had to do.

She had a gift. She could heal people. Maybe, maybe if she could use that to save lives out there...maybe it would be okay.

But she didn't feel like it was going to be okay. ]

A-alright. Does anything need anything before [ I ] we go?

voice;

[niceguypose]

Rapunzel-san! They cannot make you fight... [He says with a strained voice.]

Can I ask you to check the list one more time? I cannot find my own name... or perhaps we have both misread my name as your own?!

[He's afraid, so very afraid of what could happen out there. Sure, he'd been training her. But that also helps him to know how much she has to learn, while he had been prepared throughout his life for the battlefield. He needs to at least be there to protec her.]

voice;

[gleamed]

[ She checks it again, even though she already knows what she is going to find. Indeed, her name is still there, among so many others - but not Lee's. ]

Your name isn't on there. Just mine.

voice;

[niceguypose]

Ah! But...

[He deflates.]

Rapunzel-san. I am so sorry. I wish I could protect you out there.

voice;

[gleamed]

It's okay, Rockly. I can stay with the other healers. We'll be safe together.

[ She hopes. Oh, she hopes. ]

voice;

[niceguypose]

I... I sincerely hope so. If you stay away from danger and look out for each other... That may be fine.

Still! How about... Tomorrow! We have a special training session. I will do everything I can do to ensure you take care of yourself.

voice;

[gleamed]

[ Oh...that makes her spirits lift a little. If she could train with Lee, just one more time before they left, maybe that would make all the difference. ]

I'd like that very much.

voice/video;

[niceguypose]

Very well. It will be at our usual time. I will try to think of a variety of useful techniques for this situation.

And... ah, Rapunzel-san?

[He switches to video and goes into the nice guy pose - the classic thumbs up and shining smile.]

We're going to get you through this. Everything will be alright, okay?

voice; private

[fleurdesel]

Rapunzel- We'll need extra hands at whatever medical facility they provide for us. It will be safe there.

[Young, so young, too young and they haven't spoken much in the past few months but she'd worried for the girl enough during the shifts. This? After what the last one had become? Adele's more than a little anxious on her behalf.]

voice; private

[gleamed]

I-I'd like to help out there. If that's alright with you, Adele.

[ She figures that's why she brought it up, but she doesn't want to assume. Being somewhere relatively safe was a comforting idea, though. ]

voice; private

[fleurdesel]

We'll be happy to have you. There is always room for another set of helping hands.

[Quiet and safe and, luck permitting, it will remain that way.]

voice; private

[gleamed]

Then I'd be happy to help.

[ More than that, really. She would have to keep herself busy, or she'd risk being overwhelmed by what was going on around her. ]

voice; private

[fleurdesel]

Dr. Law has called an emergency meeting for three pm this evening, for any and all medically inclined individuals whether they are drafted or no. Perhaps you should join us?

voice; private

[gleamed]

Absolutely. I'll be there, three PM sharp!

[ Maybe if she threw herself into this, she could keep herself from worrying too much. ]

voice; private

[fleurdesel]

He has also offered a very comprehensive description of what there is to expect- it may be to your benefit to read that over before the meeting. It will give you a better idea of what it is you may see or what might be asked of you.

voice;

[deadalready]

You don't fight much, do you?

[To him, the inherent goodness of Rapunzel that made him like her in the first place means that she couldn't have ever taken a life before. He might not want to admit it just now but that should be...protected. And if she wants, he'll offer helping her.]

voice;

[gleamed]

Not...much. I've been training a bit, but...

[ She knew it would be different. Sparring against a friend was very different from hurting someone. She couldn't think of herself doing the latter. ]

I'm a healer. I can help there.

voice;

[deadalready]

Stick with it. Better for all of us if we have more healers.

[She could try but honestly, she could easily get dragged into being a field nurse or something and then she'd have to take that on.]

If you...need help. [Ugh, this was dumb.]

Let me know. I'll try not to be too busy.

[He'd just end the voice log now because this was embarrassing as hell but, he wanted to know she'd be okay. Even if he didn't help. She was nice to him.]

voice;

[gleamed]

[ The offer is unexpected, but she's deeply touched, and has no qualms with saying so. ]

Thank you, Cato. That really means a lot. If you need help, I'll try, too.

voice;

[deadalready]

[He's close to articulating a 'thanks' to her as well before:]

I'll keep that in mind.

voice;

[gleamed]

A-alright. I’ll see you out there.

[Written, Locked]

[complicatedliar]

Considering your skills, you had best stay with the healers.

I will be nearby as a guard, since I am otherwise not useful at the moment.

[Written, Locked]

[gleamed]

[ Her handwriting is shaky. ]

I will. I can do the most good there, and I don't want to get in anyone else's way.

[Written, Locked]

[complicatedliar]

It will be all right.

[Yep. Sure is the god of lies.]

[Written, Locked]

[gleamed]

Thank you, Loki.

[ She really hopes he's right. ]