Ruling 15 (action)

[nothing_is_grey]

[Eiki wasn't sure when she had fallen asleep, it was rare of her to need sleep and she hadn't done anything that would require rest. Yet she woke up from a sleep and felt tired, sore, and achy. The moment it took her to open her eyes and feel around was the moment she realized what was wrong. She had been stripped, the same as when she had first

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[Atchun]

[ofroyalred]

[Youko, on the other hand, had awoken coughing. The lingering dust, dirt, and smoke in the air agitated her lungs, and it took her a moment into her coughing fit to realize that something was... cooler than normal. Breezy. The air seemed more... open...

And when her eyes opened to the sight of the house's walls completely annihilated, and a cloud looming menacingly on the horizon, she stopped, stunned.

A nuclear bomb? Her mind raced, immediately; she'd seen the pictures of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. Someone had dropped a nuclear bomb on the town...!?

But no... if that were so, then she would not have survived the house being in the blast radius. So she stood, immediately looking around. Her clothing was... as it always had been, but the familiar feeling of her rosary around her neck was gone... again.

Why had that happened...?

She needed to see if anyone else had survived, though, and, standing, making her way over the piles of debris carefully to get to a pair of shoes or something of the sort... and then to investigate the house again...

She never thought she'd be more relieved in her life to see that odd green hair. She walked to Eiki's side... but then just stood, watching.]

If this is the town's idea of a joke, being Japanese I must say it is in very poor taste.

[nothing_is_grey]

This town has never had a good sense of humor, but I think this may be something else.

[Just what exactly was this town about?]

We need to leave here, find somewhere safer. I can only imagine it getting worse.

[ofroyalred]

I... yes, I am sure it will get worse. [It always did, and, after all, Eiki knew this place far better than she did. She clutched a hand against her chest, more than ever missing the presence of her rosary. Still, what had Dizzy said? Yes, that God even existed in this place, because of people like herself.

... Even though, at the moment, she couldn't believe the sight before her eyes. She knew the power of the atomic bombs was remarkable... but never before had she seen the destruction first-hand. What sort of God would allow men to wield such dire power against each other...?]

[nothing_is_grey]

[She placed her hand lightly on Youko's shoulder, she was trying to be reassuring.]

But we will not let it get the better of us. Whatever is going on, it's not exactly what we are seeing. If that were true we should not be as fit as we are.

[ofroyalred]

[She looks to the hand, up to Eiki, and then back to the cloud]

You're right. We just have to have faith this will be over soon.

[nothing_is_grey]

Everything has it's eventual end, and this place is no exception.

[She paused for a moment to think. They had to go, this was no place to stay, yet she wasn't sure where to go....]

But while we wait for it to end, we need to go somewhere that can be secured.

[ofroyalred]

Right. Either the high ground or something well-fortified, yes?

[She takes another look around... and sighs.]

... Not much by means of intact buildings left about...

[nothing_is_grey]

Very little, but perhaps there is a cellar under somewhere that could be worked with.

[ofroyalred]

Yes. Hopefully of people who are already there and fortifying it, themselves. [She nods, then takes another look around the house]

... Is there anything left worth taking?

[nothing_is_grey]

There may be food, but I'm not sure.

[She hadn't been keeping track of the food very much, as she didn't really eat it.]

If there isn't much here we should look at the other houses.

[ofroyalred]

... We can look. Hopefully, the food isn't irradiated.

[She looks around again]

I mean, also, for weapons of some sort. When things come down to this... people can get to be...

... Greedy, I think. Or so I have read.

[nothing_is_grey]

[Even if it were they would have no choice, but she wouldn't mention that.]

Disaster can bring both the best and worst out of people. You are right, we should prepare ourselves best we can. Maybe we can find some knives in what's left of the kitchen.

[ofroyalred]

[Youko understands that. And would like to avoid that if possible. A lot. God doesn't like it when people do shit like that.]

Yes. Something to stay safe, and somewhere to stay safe. If there are yet others from the town about, perhaps we can get with them. I'm sure there are people better equipped as fighters than... well, at least than I am.

[nothing_is_grey]

There should be, and we should go to them. [Since there was nothing she could do for either of them as she was now.] One of the good things about this place is that many of the people here are more than willing to help each other out when need calls.

[ofroyalred]

Of course. Then... we shall. [She starts poking through the ruins]

And that is fortunate. Everyone is surrounded by others in the same predicament as they are... I suppose it would make neighbors a bit more charitable.

Well, the ones that can be, at least.