[IC] Rebuilding the world

[Vortex]

Gustavus looked around and everyone seems to be concentrating on their food "I shall get on to that"

[HylianRose]

Emily jumped down from her perch on the cardboard box and grabbed a bowl of the delicious smelling stew. Well, anything would be delicious if you were hungry. Anyway, she said a small thanks before climbing back up to her perch, sitting cross legged as she ate and watched. Apparently Liz was going to bed and needed someone to to stay and wait for newcomers. "I'd be happy to do that for you, Liz. I mean, unless someone else really wants to. I'm going to be up most of the night anyway. I have pretty terrible insomnia. I can get some sleep later. No worries." She explained, speaking from her perch.

[CandiKane]

"I'll help, even though I'm sort of new myself" she piped up

[KatherinWinter]

Liz nodded her acceptance. She made her way out of the warehouse. Luckly her tiny apartment was on the ground floor. Right were the office use to be.

[Vortex]

(Uhh... Hylian did you read my post?)

Gustavus looked at candi "Sure, if you want to"

[HylianRose]

(I posted it, not seeing yours, but figured it worked all the same. Would you like me to change it? .-.)

[Vortex]

(No it's fine Emily can tag along as well)

[HylianRose]

(She's just going to stay up, basically.)

Emily pulled out her bottle of water and took a few sips, glad to have something in her system again. She pursed her lips, trying to think of something she could do while waiting. Not that talking to the others wasn't something she wanted to do, she just didn't really want to annoy them all night long with her babble. It'd be better if she had something in her hands to keep her company. Maybe she'd go get one of her books.

She finished off the soup and jumped down from her perch and made way for room, saying to the others, "I'll be right back." She went to her room, grabbed a book from her tent and then walked back to the warehouse. She jumped back up to her perch, sitting with legs crossed and began to read her romance novel called, "First Love's Thorn." Some cheesy vampire Romance novel. But she loved it. Maybe one day she'd have a love like Cassandra's.

[Vortex]

"Ok..." Gustavus said as Emily ran off, he then turned to Candi and said "So how did you end up here?"

[CandiKane]

"I just found the flyer," she said simply. She rested her chin on her palms, "It was really good I did, too. I was running low on food," she said

[Vortex]

"Hmm.. Fair enough, what was life like for you before society fell apart?" He said not necessarily intrigued about her life story but wanted to asses her before he could come to a decision about her.

[CandiKane]

"Well, life was pretty good. I lived with my parents and my sister in a house right in front of the woods," her eyes got distant as she remembered, "We had a garden in the backyard with tons of flowers, bursting with color. I had a cat named Yuki, she was white and followed me around everywhere." Her eyes came back to focus and she sighed, "I really miss them, but there's nothing I can do, y'know? So, what about you?"

[Vortex]

Gustavus thought back to his time in a monastery and how he hated his parents for sending him off to be a monk, with a bitter taste in his mouth he said "My parents sent me to a monastery when I was young, when civilisation fell I just... Left, everything the life I had spent there for the past several years just.. Gone"

[CandiKane]

"I'm sorry," Candi said and looked down. She sat, quiet for a moment then looked up at Gustavus, "Do you want me to paint your room? I did mine and Caoro's already. It's really nice." she offered

[Vortex]

Gustavus was surprised by this. He did not expect that anyone would have the talent of painting especially not a a 14 year old "No it fine... Never liked the place much anyway but did you say you paint?" Gustavus hoped he heard right for he admired painting and the skill required, he admired what it takes to master the strokes of the brush, the battlefield like scene that takes place on the canvas, he always thought painting to be like combat or even politics, for in the battle field a false move will kill you and a lot worse could happen in a senate, and the artist must have precision and patience if they wish to create a master piece.

[CandiKane]

Candi nodded, and her eyes brightened, "Yes, I love painting. It was one of the things that helped me cope with society falling apart. It's kind of like my escape," she leaned back on her palms and looked at the sky, "Even though the world fell apart, there's still beauty. For instance, the sky," she said and gestured upwards. "Painting is sort of like leaping into another world for me." she said and closed her eyes, "I don't really know how to explain it otherwise."

[Vortex]

Gustavus looked up at the sky trying to see what she saw but to him he only saw grey, in the sky, in the clouds and all around him "I see" he said even though he had know idea what she was talking about and if she continued he would most likely start to think her a odd and slightly delusional.

[CandiKane]

She laughed, "I know you don't, know one ever does." she took her eyes away from the sky and looked back to Gustavus, "so, do you have any talents?"

[Vortex]

Talent? Talent!? He was the only only one who seemed to realise what kind of situation they were in at the moment and was the only one who could drag them out of it wether they wanted his help or no, but as always nobody ever trusted him, they always though him a fool or a child where in truth he would always know more than they. The monks at the monastery held him in disdain for his superiors, yes that's it, they hated him for his knowledge of the world where they could find none. He slowly turned to Candi "what am I?" For a moment he looked back up a at the sky and pondered that himself but eventually settled on a group of things "I am a academic, a writer, a theorist, a philosopher, a Politician, a historian, a linguist and a etymologist" he turned back to candi to see if she understood what any of those were.

[CandiKane]

She had a thoughtful look on her face, "So, you think and hypothesize and make discoveries about life. But did you say politician?" She found that Gustavus seemed like a leader of some sort, but she couldn't quite tell whether she trusted him or not yet.