Post-Event Blues

[lucetimods]

Who: Everybody, everybody!
What: The battle is won. Now what?
When: The eleventh, twelfth, and onward
Where: Luceti
Summary: With Zompano dead and the cultists routed, Luceti is restored. Kind of.
Rating: F for Feels

On the eleventh, things were slowly breaking down. Memories of their true lives were breaking through. The village, scarred by the battle with the cultists, began to rebuild itself. Community buildings that had vanished were returned to their rightful places. The battle dome was uncovered from the earth that had covered it. Hundreds and hundreds of fake homes slowly faded away. Paved roads gave way to trees and grass. It was an incredible sight for anyone who was willing to sit aroun and watch it happen.

Things wouldn't be easy for the villagers, though. The memories perpetuated by the last ten days would not be easily removed. The feelings and hatreds it had created would take time to conquer and remove. Perhaps, in a way, that was Zompano's nastiest trick of all. The village itself may heal from his invasion, but it would take far more than a few Shifts to fix the people left behind.

Towards the end of the day, their wings returned. Much like some of the buildings, they seemed to just reappear, as if they had never been gone. Their barcodes became visible again as a singular reminder that they were, ultimately, just the property of another entity who as a whole were not much better than Count Zompano.

By the twelfth, the village looked as though nothing had ever happened. Sure, the contents of buildings might have been messed up or destroyed during the battles, but things were otherwise as they were supposed to be. The night before, people would have had to find their old beds to go sleep in, as they no longer possessed the old ones granted to them in another life.

The village was peaceful.

Modly Note: That wraps up the event. As noted in the prose above, you have the option to play up the after effects of the event more than in other ones. While it won't have the same impact universally, the Shift was constructed in such a way that people may have difficulty shaking off the emotions they developed during the event. In effect, it was a cruel send off to Luceti so they would have to deal with the loathing and hatred that came with the less desirable parts of it. Of course, that means the feelings of familial bonds will also persist for awhile as well. It's up to you, as players, to decide how much or little to play with it!

Comments

12th

[godbent]

Well... I've been here a long time. I think I mentioned it, right?

12th

[bided]

You did, back when we first met...I'm better with the area around the shops, but not by much. Hopefully I'll pick up on it soon.

12th

[godbent]

Well I also run a lot. Every morning.

[Which... the other Haruhi did too now she thinks of it. Habit to keep in shape]

12th

[bided]

Still? It's nice to know some things don't change. ...I really should probably start.

12th

[godbent]

I'm surprised you don't. Resembool's a farming town, isn't it?

[She knew a farmgirl Trisha, who thus was just as athletic as her. ...Probably. Okay no one is ever as into things as her, but she was a scamp]

12th

[bided]

It is, but I never did anything like run for exercise, I mean. I used to mostly do housework and gardening and then with the boys...it added up to staying in shape anyway, just...not on purpose, I suppose?

12th

[godbent]

Oh. Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

12th

[bided]

In terms of that, though...well, the boys aren't here - or rather, Edward's not a little boy any longer - and it's a bit late in the year to start up a proper garden. It'll be too cold to do much, soon.

12th

[godbent]

The winter here is bad, yeah. It's not too bad that you can't do anything, but it's definitely worse than Nishinomiya's.

12th

[bided]

Nishinomiya...? Ah, that'd be where you came from?

12th

[godbent]

Yeah, Nishinomiya, in Hyogo, in Japan. Japan's the country, Nishinomiya's the city.

12th

[bided]

I see...there are so many places I've never heard of, here. Was it very busy?

12th

[godbent]

Not that busy and not that big. I mean, it's not rural, but...

12th

[bided]

Resembool on the other hand...someday I might like seeing a big city. I suppose I got to a few days ago, but that was...different.

12th

[godbent]

Was that really that big? It still only felt like a few thousand people, maybe...

12th

[bided]

That feels rather big to me, to be honest...

1/2

[godbent]

[But it's small enough that one person can still be special is that the more bitter, more disappointed part of her thinks in just that moment, and a dark look crosses her face briefly as they walk. Compared to Luceti, that town was enormous. But compared to Japan and most of it's cities...]

[godbent]

Yeah, well, to each their own.

[She said simply, drifting back out of the brief reverie]

[bided]

[ ...She's not sure she should ask. ]

So, where are these hot springs...?

[godbent]

Up in the mountains - it's almost a day's walk without the teleports we're going to now. But with it, it's just a quick hop.

[bided]

So you've walked there without them before?

[godbent]

Yeah, back in the day. Leon's actually the one who made the teleporters, and he's my underling. So to know where to put them in the first place we had to get there.

[bided]

He made them?? That's very impressive!

[ she says, not having seen said teleporters yet. ]

And so inventive, too! It must have been nice to not have to walk so far.

[godbent]

Exactly! It's not like this place is huge, but it is the size of a smell prefecture at least. No one wants to walk all the way into the mountains or over to that beach. Speaking of-

[Rec Center ho. She gets the door for the other woman reveal...ing well the Rec Center in all it's Rec Center glory]

[bided]

[ Trisha looks interested - she's never seen some of the stuff in here, namely the gaming machines. Hohenheim would probably be interested to see something different later. She makes a note of it. ]

At least there's enough room for everyone, then.