Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

• The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
  
• Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
  
• Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[seleniahymn]

Jade— [Not 'colonel,' not even his surname. There is a trace of what almost sounds like relief attached to her address when she sees him, having just turned away from helping another person try to keep their head on their shoulders. The formalities would return again later, when the experience of such a violating death have been locked beneath the cold determination of a soldier.]

I'm all right. [Faring better than most of the others by the looks of it, even if she needed a moment to breathe before continuing.] Whatever that was just now... You seem to be handling this yourself.

[yourfononsarewhack]

[He takes note of the way she addresses him and her condition. She does seem to be about as stable as he expected.

He takes a moment to push at his glasses, remembering when they were shattered in the mud and now they're wholly unstained.]

I've seen my fair share of the unnatural in my lfetime. True, this was to a wholly new degree, but... We're soldiers, and we're running on limited time. We can't dwell on what just happened for too long.

If anything has to be expressed about that incident, it should happen soon.

[seleniahymn]

You're right, discussion can wait until later when this is all finished. [When they were back in the village, safe and the deployment of whatever the weapon had been was no longer a threat to them. They could wait that long, especially when this was something she wanted to discuss with him as they had done so with other matters before.

More than that, she was more concerned about Jade's recovery than she felt she would otherwise be. Lingering memories perhaps, but there's no time to dwell further when the message interrupts her thoughts, leaving her silent for a few moments afterward.]

... And now we know how much there is to lose.

[yourfononsarewhack]

More accurately... what we did lose, if just for a moment. [It was even worse than the time he had almost died in Luceti Valley, which no one knew about. And this time, it was as his own self that he died. And this time, he had seen that abomination.

He looks down for a moment before addressing Tear again.]

Regardless, we have to press on and focus our efforts on stopping them from using that weapon. [He looks towards her seriously.] Tear, can I count on you to keep yourself level-headed and to help in organizing our forces?

[seleniahymn]

Of course. [Her voice is firm and clear, conveying her resolution to rise to the expectations placed on her. Her mind had to be clear of all emotions, ready to serve and protect as the soldier she is should.

Those emotions would still be there to be dealt with when this was done and over, and she would wait until then.] Wherever and however I am needed, you won't have to worry about me.

[yourfononsarewhack]

[It's the way that Jade had gotten used to living naturally. But for him it was easier due to it being rare for him to feel genuine emotion. That didn't mean that they didn't exist, however. Even now.]

Thank you. We're going to have to do our best out there. The others may have fought alongside us many times in the past, but they're still not accustomed to true warfare. In short, they're not soldiers. [He adjusts his glasses.] We'll have to carry as many burdens as we can for their sake. And then we may just have a chance of saving ourselves from that fate.