[OOC: And here is where I grovel, apologise and wail at f*king timezones and PhD scheduleIt's only a few hours, really, that the questors have been cutting through the dead undergrowth. The ground underneath is bare rock, with now soil left from whatever killed the plants ( Read more... )

[OOC: assume it's been a few days since the plans were made. Spent journeying towards the cliffs]The cliffs appear to represent a single freak occurence of a single volcanic intrusion. Any geologists in the partu would recognise basalt: fine grained, red cliffs striated vertically. At places they reach up to a thousand feet in height, and near the ( Read more... )

[ooc: Once again, I would ask that only those ACTUALLY LEAVING WITH THE QUEST start threads in this post. Take your time as this is SLOWTIMED, of course. If your character wishes to give blessing or say goodbye or whatever, please tag into that individual's thread or on the general one that will be posted up within a minute or so of this one.]The ( Read more... )

Throughout the apartment building, Alphonse seeks out his brother. Seek, Al, seek!

Somewhere, his dear older brother surely must be around. Find, Al, find!

Will Alphonse find Edward?

"Brother?" Al calls out, almost warily. He doesn't imagine that Ed will be too happy with this, but. It's for the best, surely!

He's got a sign ( Read more... )

Zuko watches at the window of the ground floor -- just peering through the narrow gateway that Ed has left for the returning rescuers. But while his eyesight is poor, the boy's isn't. When Ed starts yelling and waving his arms, Zuko blinks-- and realizes, they're-- there!

Harper, Melaka-- and--

...a body.

Don't let him be dead."Clear the way! ( Read more... )

Rube has been wandering around for days without the first sign of life. Luckily, one of the perks of being undead is that, while niceties like food and water are pleasant enough when you can get them, they aren't, strictly speaking, required. He saw what might have been some kind of mutated rat a couple nights ago, but didn't have the courage to ( Read more... )