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- trigun maximum: vash the stampede
The Seeds of Unrest, Phase Two 🌱
UPROOTED
Time has not been kind thus far, and the future will be no kinder.
The slow passage of days to weeks has seen both cities increasingly ravaged by the untamed growth of the enlarging roots. Their size is enough to uproot buildings by their foundations, if not bisect them entirely where they push through unfettered. In the worst-hit areas, entire blocks are left abandoned - if even standing at all, displacing families and leaving businesses in ruins.
Cetina and Kathova have been in near constant contact with Bearers via Communion, feeding them information about which areas to focus their lifesaving efforts. Yima’s Manor and the Seat of the Tribune - despite their closeness to the Trees - have been fortified by your leaders and act as a base of operations for each respective faction. You will be able to return to either to find sanctuary from the chaos beyond, but the innumerable civilians are not so lucky.
Bearers are tasked with rescue and recovery efforts and requested to assist hands on the ground with taking refugees to temporary shelters. Survivors must be dug out of the debris. Those who are capable of healing will be enlisted to assist at hospitals and triage centers. Supplies must be gathered and harvested from areas that are collapsed and too dangerous for civilians to navigate. If you are feeling generous, you can go on search and rescue missions, as many people are considered missing in both Highstorm and Springstar. Some areas are completely cut off to regular foot traffic by the massive, winding roots bearing countless Blight-blooms. Citizens are succumbing to the Blight flower’s effects persistent from phase one with more and more frequency.
While both cities slowly succumb to a deepening catastrophe, the situation worsens.
The slow passage of days to weeks has seen both cities increasingly ravaged by the untamed growth of the enlarging roots. Their size is enough to uproot buildings by their foundations, if not bisect them entirely where they push through unfettered. In the worst-hit areas, entire blocks are left abandoned - if even standing at all, displacing families and leaving businesses in ruins.
Cetina and Kathova have been in near constant contact with Bearers via Communion, feeding them information about which areas to focus their lifesaving efforts. Yima’s Manor and the Seat of the Tribune - despite their closeness to the Trees - have been fortified by your leaders and act as a base of operations for each respective faction. You will be able to return to either to find sanctuary from the chaos beyond, but the innumerable civilians are not so lucky.
Bearers are tasked with rescue and recovery efforts and requested to assist hands on the ground with taking refugees to temporary shelters. Survivors must be dug out of the debris. Those who are capable of healing will be enlisted to assist at hospitals and triage centers. Supplies must be gathered and harvested from areas that are collapsed and too dangerous for civilians to navigate. If you are feeling generous, you can go on search and rescue missions, as many people are considered missing in both Highstorm and Springstar. Some areas are completely cut off to regular foot traffic by the massive, winding roots bearing countless Blight-blooms. Citizens are succumbing to the Blight flower’s effects persistent from phase one with more and more frequency.
While both cities slowly succumb to a deepening catastrophe, the situation worsens.
STIRRING STORMS
As the days pass, inexplicable and unnatural weather occurrences will randomly plague both cities. They can last as long as a full day or as little as an hour before dissolving entirely.- Flurries: this snow is tainted by the Blight, making the snowfall look like ash. Any organic matter it touches will be affected by reopening wounds, re-infection of illnesses, or re-experiencing injuries that may have healed over years ago.
- Thunderstorms: these storms carry a frigid rainfall and heavy cloud cover, making already difficult-to-navigate disaster zones harder to clear. As each thunder bellow crashes overhead, you might swear you hear a familiar voice reaching out to you in the fading rumble… one that sends a message - either from the future or past.
- Fog: dense clouds of thick, freezing fog will roll in randomly, making visibility even more precarious. In your search for survivors - or your companions, you may find yourself coming face to face with someone else, instead: a version of yourself (or a companion) from another timeline. You may also hear your own voice calling out to you from within the fog, attempting to beckon you further into the mist.
- General Note: Exposure to any of the above weather patterns will increase your Blight infection.
THE BLIGHT COMES FOR ALL
As if it were not enough to see the cities that have become your salvation at the end of the Timestream falling to collapse and ruin, the Bearers will slowly begin to realize their previous immunity to the Blight is eroding. They will begin to show symptoms of infection that increase into May’s event. ( For more information on the effects of the Blight and purification methods, please see the OOC Summary. )
Now that their last bastion - the Bearers - are just as much in harm’s way as everyone else, the populous’s efforts to formulate a temporary stop-gap solution are being rushed to completion. Time is not on anyone’s side. They will continue to work with those who have been kind enough to volunteer their resources and brilliant minds - collecting materials and attempting to figure out a way to avert their otherwise inevitable destiny.
🌙 YIMA will stress for all Zenite Bearers to prioritize their well-being and to avoid unnecessary exposure, to manage their symptoms as much as possible. They must fight for their own survival to bring in the birth of a new universe - and their lives are too precious to risk. Beyond that, she asks them to save what they can of their people and their most critical structures with the understanding that hard choices may be necessary.
🌞 CYRUS will implore all Meridian Bearers to prioritize the general population's lives and turn their efforts to save as much of Springstar as they can. He will note that Bearers have ways to help keep one another from suffering too much contagion and to coordinate their usages appropriately, to keep one another safe, and watch their backs.
Now that their last bastion - the Bearers - are just as much in harm’s way as everyone else, the populous’s efforts to formulate a temporary stop-gap solution are being rushed to completion. Time is not on anyone’s side. They will continue to work with those who have been kind enough to volunteer their resources and brilliant minds - collecting materials and attempting to figure out a way to avert their otherwise inevitable destiny.
ORDERS
Orders from your leaders will come as soon as infections among the Bearers have been confirmed.🌙 YIMA will stress for all Zenite Bearers to prioritize their well-being and to avoid unnecessary exposure, to manage their symptoms as much as possible. They must fight for their own survival to bring in the birth of a new universe - and their lives are too precious to risk. Beyond that, she asks them to save what they can of their people and their most critical structures with the understanding that hard choices may be necessary.
🌞 CYRUS will implore all Meridian Bearers to prioritize the general population's lives and turn their efforts to save as much of Springstar as they can. He will note that Bearers have ways to help keep one another from suffering too much contagion and to coordinate their usages appropriately, to keep one another safe, and watch their backs.
ANOTHER EN-TREE-TY
The Tree of Life continues to sicken, yet - thankfully - the progression of the Blight is slow. Still, Bearers will find themselves occasionally compelled to take a moment to sit beneath its boughs and vibrant leaves, even as some begin to show signs of discoloration and rot. Any characters who sit with the Tree with the purple leaf they found on their person after phase one will find it warming to the touch, its veins laced with gold. This effect will be even more effective if taken into the cavernous roots beneath the Tree! While this may fill you with a temporary sense of calm, it doesn't seem to have any other effects... yet still, you are compelled, if not curious.
The Tree has offered you this gift for a reason. Perhaps you will find its use before long.
...As long as you - and Kenos - survive long enough to discover it.
The Tree has offered you this gift for a reason. Perhaps you will find its use before long.
...As long as you - and Kenos - survive long enough to discover it.
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You're not a king here, Dimitri. You're just another person.
[If Dimitri was so inclined, he could find a cabin in the woods and live as a hermit for the rest of his days, and in Byleth's eyes, that was perfectly fine. Dimitri didn't have to do anything, he didn't have to destroy himself trying to protect everyone with a power born from a Crest stolen by his ancestors. There was no unwritten rule that a human must achieve 'x' amount of selflessness to deserve to live in happiness - just by virtue of being alive did Dimitri deserve that.]
You have no responsibility to anyone here. And- [he added before Dimitri could speak.] -if you disagree with that, then your responsibility is to those who are left behind in Fódlan. They'll want to see you again, hale and whole.
[...]
Your Byleth will want to see you again. The one you truly care for.
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...I know. [ This hurts. ]
To risk myself for people who aren't my loved ones or the people I swore to rule and protect...
[ He closes his eye. ]
But... I cannot turn away and close myself off to these people. They are still people, Byleth. And whether or not you are "my" Byleth are not, you are still Byleth. I care for you. Do not doubt that.... please.
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As you say. I can see I can't change your mind... just, be mindful of your own health as well, Dimitri. Don't do anything needlessly reckless.
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[ Dimitri manages a little smile. ]
I'll ask you to do the same. If this is the first chance you've had to rest... should I try to find something for you to eat or drink?
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[And he had delved into his stockpile of food that he had saved up in case of a disaster (hah! It wasn't paranoia if it really happened!!!) this morning. Eating wouldn't really make him recharge any faster either, not unless Dimitri was hiding a feast underneath his cape somewhere.]
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[ Now he's worried. Time to act like a grandmother and just bring food every time he sees Byleth. ]
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[Byleth literally went two solid weeks without food once during one of the harsher winters in Fódlan (as did Jeralt), and the only thing that happened was that he felt kind of nauseous by the end of it (whereas Jeralt had been slightly worse off). He had his provisions. If he spaced it out, he could last for probably an entire month without needing to take any food circulating the city's provisions.]
You and Claude will require at least two meals a day to maintain your strength at optimal levels. I can manage the same with only one meal every three days. Therefore, it's logical for me to fast to allow others requiring more food to maintain their strength for longer.
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[ Dimitri seems reluctant to think of Byleth as being quite that resilient, if only because he's probably worried that Byleth is over-stating it. ]
If you can... that makes sense. But I do worry about you.
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[Since Claude was aware of his... everything, he was assuming that Dimitri - with his claimed close ties to his Byleth - knew the same information............]
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I... see. That certainly explains some of that.
[ Look, his route didn't involve them dealing with any of that. ]
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You...weren't aware?
[Byleth briefly looked surprised - then wary, realising that he had assumed Claude and Dimitri's level of knowledge regarding his origins were equal. He didn't understand. Both of them said they'd been close friends with their Byleth, so he'd assumed...]
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[ Like his mysterious powers and everything. ]
The specifics weren't made known to me.
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[It was strange, how the relationships were equally close yet of differing openness. Was Dimitri's Byleth simply more private? Or did he even know about his origins...? Byleth would've been ignorant if Jeralt had never finally confessed about what had happened when he'd been born, after all (as Sothis herself was rather perplexed why she woke up in Byleth's body).]
...well then, in which case I should clarify. I'm partly human, and partly... what you'd call a Child of the Goddess. The benefits of this allows me to be far more robust than a normal human in terms of requiring sleep and sustenance. So, there's no need to be concerned about me in times of scarcity.
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[ Which he regrets now. ]
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[So, simply lack of information on Dimitri's Byleth's part.]
It's not important, anyways. I'm human enough.
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