Final: Blue

[voidtreckermods]

The siege continues. Crabs, giant squids, shark head beasts, all continue out of the sea. The islanders are in good spirits though and everyone pulls their weight. Traps are set, settlements defended. Some of the older islanders have taken it upon themselves to make sure everyone is fed and rested and so in quiet moments those who cannot fight are sent with packs of foods to give to those patrolling and guarding.

Those voidtreckers who don't know how to rest may find themselves practically kidnapped by a well meaning islander and forced to eat and sleep.

All the time the sky is getting darker, the seas rougher.

Day Ten

Just after dawn on day ten the storm breaks. Crashing thunder, lightning and roiling seas. The water swirls and seems to rise, it is rising, up and up a wave so high that you may fear that when it breaks it could swallow the island whole.

But it doesn't break, instead twists, taking form. A huge towering beast made of water and sand. A hand swipes down over a patch of beach, a wall of water to knock any fighters off their feet.

Around the same time, those not busy being attacked by the water monster will notice their SCA's light up and a screen appear. They might hear some familiar voices.

It seems there is more than fighting a monster to be done!

Beacon Building

Assuming the information is given those of the island will suggest the best place for a beacon to be built- the cliffs are the highest point on the island.

It will be hard work lugging wood up there in a storm, not to mention actually building and lighting a fire as cloud is low, rain is heavy and the wind is high.

Comments

[longforgottenpromise]

There's the briefest of moments where Taiki wants to pull away. Not because he fears her, she is good and kind and though he fears her disappointment he knows she would never hurt him. But because he fears for her.

But he doesn't, because it's fine. She won't be harmed, even as her grip tightened. He blinked at her, he can see the wisdom in her words. There was more ways to be brave. Bravery came in many ways. Fighting wasn't always the right thing to do, indeed it was the wrong thing to do, even if sadly necessary.

There was bravery in sacrifice, to enduring hardship. But he is not brave. Not for being alive. Still it isn't something he can put in words.

It's especially not something he can put in words in a way that someone from outside his world could understand. So he just nods, because he really does agree with her words. They just don't apply in his situation.

"You're very brave." He speaks before wondering if she will find that insulting. After all it is not as if such a thing would ever be in any doubt.

[radishlobbyist]

She gives a shaky little laugh as Taiki turns her own words back on her, figuring that this is a reference to her own sacrifice, to the burning, to... She actually isn't quite certain how much she may have mentioned in passing without even realizing it, how much he has figured out for himself. He did witness her nightmare, after all, he had seen her burn.

"If I'm brave at all, then I'm no braver than many others who endured the same or worse than I did," she says, shaking her head a little. "My brother was... is brave." Is, for Wei Wuxian did promise her that A-Ning lives. "A-Yuan is brave. I only kept going when there was nothing else to do."

She gives him a small smile and finally releases his arm. "I guess that's a lesson for here, too. We just have to keep going. There is no other choice." There is something pointed to her voice, though. He may dismiss her attempts at reassuring him but maybe he will take more comfort from harsh pragmatism.

[longforgottenpromise]

He had put bits and pieces together, witnessed her nightmare. He knows he barely knows anything about her but the little he does know confirms his instinct that she is indeed a very brave person.

He listens as she spoke, her words cementing the idea more. She was brave, keeping on when there was nothing else to do. He nodded, he could agree with that.

"We do." He nodded, looking at her sadly. Keeping going was the only thing they could do.

"Do... Do you want more food?"

[radishlobbyist]

She shakes her head, though she accompanies that with a reassuring small smile.

"No, I'm good. You've given me plenty." She sighs, smile fading away. "I should take the rest and return to the fighters. I don't like being away from battle for too long, just in case I'm needed there." Before he can get himself worked up about keeping her away from battle, though, she adds, "I was glad for getting to talk to you. It has been a relief to get away from it for a while."

[longforgottenpromise]

He did feel guilty that he had kept her away from where she was needed, though he was also relieved it had given her a break from the fighting. He didn't like to think of anyone fighting at all. Never mind his friends.

"I hope you stay safe." He handed over the parcels for the others. "I will see you soon."