RockFace

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Happy Holidays everyone!

I'd like to apologize for being irrational and spamming OOC chat. I was in a confrontational mood from stuff that happened irl, and I didn't quite realize at the time that it carried over to the forums both IC and OOC. It did, and I'm sorry.

Hope everyone has a great time with family and friends.

(rockface and faithfulmuse) The hunt

The nurse came in again. She checked Ella's vitals, and asked her some standard questions, but this time she didn't leave immediately. "Are you signed in on the visitor list? I checked and didn't see anyone here for Ella." "Uh, no. Sister Lazenby brought me here." "Okay. It's not a problem. Just before you leave sign in at the nurse's station up front. Are you her father?" Poitr was tempted to lie, but he figured it would create more problems than it solved. "No. I'm the one who found her."

From the initial face the nurse made, Poitr thought he would be asked to leave. "We're only supposed to let relatives visit for minors, and there hasn't been enough time for you to be okayed by her parents-" "She has no parents, no legal guardian." "I see. Let me get Sister Lazenby."

Poitr was surprised the nurse went for the Sister and not a head nurse. It wasn't long before the nurse and Sister returned. "Hello Poitr, have you given any more consideration to what we talked about in the hallway?" "I have to talk with Lindsey." "That's not a problem, but there is a time limit. I can't put off the foster care process for very long. Can you be back here in the morning?"

It took Poitr a moment to realize the Sister was politely asking him to leave. The nurse was holding the visitor's log out for Poitr. He took it and scribbled down his information.

He turned to Ella. "We'll have breakfast tomorrow morning, okay? Stay strong, you're doing great."l

(rockface and faithfulmuse) The hunt

They finally had some time to themselves. Poitr could tell Ella was much calmer and more comfortable. He felt the same way. Poitr decided to talk. He told Ella about his life: his wife, his upbringing, his job.

Poitr had met his wife, Lindsey, a few years before through a mutual friend. They were both at a party they didn't want to be at and had connected. Poitr told Ella that she had the same beautiful hair as Lindsey.

Poitr had grown up well-off, raised by a single dad. His dad at first dabbled in drugs and alcohol. Poitr knew he used, but never saw him high. He wasn't abusive, but he wasn't there for Poitr either. Poitr went to school for business and English. When Poitr was twenty his dad overdosed, and he inherited a failing restaurant. He dropped out of university and quickly turned around the restaurant, and soon bought another.

After years of being a small business owner, Poitr saved up enough, sold all but one of his restaurants, took out a loan, and bought a local newspaper, called "The City."

A nurse came in to check on Ella, interrupting Poitr. She asked Ella some questions, checked her vitals, and left.

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Collaborating with Yugeto now, just an fyi to anyone curious

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I am still confused on the unconscious thing. I realize that my character was supposed to think that the soldier was out of action. The mindset of my character was supposed to think the soldier was down, but without investigating how would we know? If the man had a gun, it doesn't matter if he's bleeding out and going to die in a few seconds, a lucky shot can kill someone. That was supposed to be my character being careful, and being surprised that someone who survived Sovereign wasn't being careful.

I really really really really like character depth. I realize that he was trying to help me get B to people, and I'm thankful for that. I don't plan on B just hopping in with the main group once I'm there. If it makes sense for my character, then I will. If you guys help it make sense, then that's good collaborative storytelling which is really what I'm here for :)

What I'm confused about is what actually happened to the man, not from my character's perspective? She didn't harm the body but she smashed his head? Are concussions not a big deal in this universe? Do people get knocked out all the time? Or he just instantly knocked himself out and put himself to sleep to charge his spirit? I thought that him startling would be a good reaction whether he was still awake and resting or had just fallen asleep.

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"sending the military body out of sight but barely harmed." "Meanwhile, Okani's military body rested to gather lost spirit;" That doesn't read to me as unconscious, sorry.

Yugeto, if you want to message me and we can edit our posts to make this interaction smoother, I'm down. I thought I had my character responding appropriately to the demeanor your character had.

edit: Just edited my post to remove the speculation by B and her Kage. It's still clumsy in this state, so I'll need to edit it again for sure.

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Originally my post didn't have the suspicions of them working together, but finding the man unharmed opened this really big dialogue between B and Z. I still have that earlier version , I'll revert to that and start from there.

As for the rest of the post, I communicated my character's intentions clearly in my previous post. B stated out loud that she wanted to loot the man's body. She thought to herself that she didn't immediately trust the woman. I narrated that B didn't want to start off at a social disadvantage.

I left things open with my previous interaction for a number of paths.

Ciara goes on a rant trying to belittle B and make her out to be a nervous wreck. Yes B was caught out by the military man (which I only wrote because I felt I was written into a corner but that's fine), but B, after having a gun in her face, gets straight to business. I don't write her as nervous, I write her as pissed at herself and determined to improve. That is my character.

After being talked down to and treated like a child (even though she is one), after having the only thing she said (about looting) scoffed at, what reason does B have to travel with this woman? Bowing to Ciara after being treated awfully then walked away from does not fit my character.

So now that B decided not to follow Ciara what does she do? Exactly what she said she would do. Out loud. In exactly the same way as was written in her flashback.

I'm sorry, but I thought it was completely in-character and appropriate. B was left with the woman walking away from her, heading to Kell acting like she knew exactly what B would do. B investigated the man who was down who she thought was injured/unconscious/dead. Who clearly had loot she could trade.

I'm not trying to shut down any discussion, I encourage it. I'm just trying to thoroughly lay out my thought process so you know where I'm coming from.

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Outskirts of Kell

Beatrice Magin

That was rude. B was grateful for being saved, but Ciara had been extremely condescending. The woman was walking away from B. She was a little frustrated that Ciara had been the one to get the last word in, but that didn't concern B. What did concern her was that shiny core rifle the military man had. For whatever reason the woman didn't think that was valuable. B did take some of the woman's words seriously, and decided to do some safe recon first. With a core firearm, the man was a threat if even slightly conscious.

B began to climb a tree with purpose, keeping an eye on the woman walking away from her. Was she actually telling me about manners? Now a little higher up, B also kept an eye towards the branch that had fallen, hoping to catch a glimpse of the soldier.

The tree was getting thinner as B climbed, and she finally spotted the soldier. He was on the ground and still, rifle in his lap. B plotted out the path to the military man in her head. I could take that gun from him if he was awake. Why am I hesitant now? Trust your instincts. My instincts are conflicting. Are you sure? B wanted to show the woman that she wasn't a little girl. She wanted the loot, even though it would be cumbersome and she might not be able to sell it without suspicion. What she wanted and her instincts weren't the same thing though. My instincts are telling me to clean up and find a place to rest. It'll be dark soon.

Ug. B stood up and let herself slowly tip sideways off the branch. The resigned look on her face stayed until she was about to hit the ground. How much food could I have bought with that rifle? She used her power to twist and touch her palm to the ground, rooting it and sending her bounding off away from the military man.

B headed for the lake. There, she hoped to find the Golden Mercenary who left his gear. That had also been her original plan before she was rudely robbed by the raccoon.

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Kell Outskirts

Beatrice Magin

So fucking careless. Beatrice stood still: her second mistake. The first had been blindly chasing the raccoon that stole her rations and kinetic core.

She had been about to catch the raccoon. There was a loud bang, and the raccoon's back exploded in a puff of pink. She had tried to stop from running into the bloody mist in the air and failed, covering her front in speckles of blood.

The third mistake was where she stopped: right in front of the military man with the gun. Beatrice barely processed the words he yelled at her. She was completely at his mercy.

Before she could react properly to the situation, a branch fell down on the man. She took the chance to snag the kinetic core the raccoon dropped and put it in her bag, ready to dive for cover.

A woman walked up, badly injured. She was extremely calm for the situation. She explained that she was a guardian and a telekinetic. Apparently she could sense spirit as well. After being around so much death at the battle for the wall, B had plenty of spirit. She justified absorbing the spirit from dying people the same way she justified looting and stealing: survival.

B wiped some blood off her face and ignored the woman's question. "Is he dead? If you're not going to absorb his spirit I will. It looks like you need it. Same goes for his gear. You have first dibs, but I'm looking to trade in town."

B made no mention of how the woman had saved her. B hated the idea of being in debt. Talking with confidence and letting the woman have his gear was B's way of not starting at a disadvantage.

B also didn't trust the woman. She was too calm, open, and trusting for someone who was in Sovereign for a year. For now, B wouldn't let the woman know anything about her, especially her power.

You lost. The words from her kage stung mostly because B respected her. I know, Z. I was careless. We should get over your fear of gore. It's the only reason I've known you to hesitate. B hadn't made the connection before. She was glad to have something to improve on. How do you suggest we do that? We'll figure something out.