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[lingeringlegacy]

[This takes place morning-ish on the 14th.]

This is definitely eerie
I am not sure how serious of a concern this is, but   I am at the Bazaar. All of a sudden the streets are invariably blocked with barbed wire and sandbag barricades. A platoon of soldiers(?) just marched by. I can't identify them, not close enough.

[A moment

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[azhdarchidae]

There's a lot going on down there.

This had better not be like the zombies again.

[lingeringlegacy]

Above - your position?

Speaking of zombies, just like then it seems we are armed... in a bizarre way.

[azhdarchidae]

My knothole. It's a bit far to anything, but I was lower down earlier.

Yeah, there's something slung on my back. It's kind of useless to me.

[lingeringlegacy]

If you can, make aerial report for the Watch. Clove the grocer & I are stuck here. Explosions are still going on outside.

[spandexisyouth]

Be careful. Do you need backup?

[lingeringlegacy]

It is more urgent to assess and secure the area. The door here is blocked. Where are you, Gai?

[spandexisyouth]

I was in the Yard, but I can get anywhere I am needed.

[lingeringlegacy]

Bazaar. Alert your fellow Watchmen in case they haven't checked the journal.

Though with all those explosions, I gather the nearby patrol wouldn't need any extra alert.

[live_ringer]

War zone? Shite. But you're all right?

[Sure, she indicated as much but... can't be too sure.]

[lingeringlegacy]

Yes so far, but I don't know when I can leave the shop.

Where are you? What's the status there?

[live_ringer]

Damn. At least it sounds like you have supplies on hand if you're with the grocer but... Still, I'm going to see what I can do to get up to the higher levels and lend a hand. Maybe bring some arms heavier than these pop guns we've been outfitted with, if you think you'd need it.

I'm at the Scavengers' Yard. I haven't seen anything like what you describe just yet but--
[A small whole is jabbed into the page and it takes a moment before correspondence is resumed.]
Okay, strike that. I nearly walked into a bunker.

[lingeringlegacy]

I have no intention of opening fire unless I absolutely have to. Don't even know who the people fighting are. Can try going to Krile's shop for ammo, if needed.

Lyle! [That's one shocking hole. Waiting, waiting, don't give her a heart attack.]

It wasn't there yesterday?

[weaver_girl]

Yes, I see it! I'm at the Bar and no one's tried to come in, but the Bazaar is a sight and a half. Are you all right?

[lingeringlegacy]

I don't know to be glad or not that it's not a hallucination. We are not hurt. Can you get a clear sight of them?

[weaver_girl]

Hold on just a second...

[A minute or two passes, then frantic scribbling.]

Ayame says they're more of those dolls that we usually see in the Wilderness, all in army fatigues. I guess it's a relief they're not people, but it still looks really horrible. They were just marching, and now they're lying there all broken and scattered.

[Pentap.] And they're all wearing the same sort of rainbow uniform I woke up in.

[lingeringlegacy]

[ITT assuming Ayame is one of the bar workers~]

All of them mannequins? No other casualties?

We've had few chance of wearing our own clothes the last few weeks, but adding explosives is just overkill.

[feathered_earth]

We've got a lot of barbed wire all of a sudden so I think we're okay, but I'm still going out to see if there's anyone hurt.

[lingeringlegacy]

I believe you already know this, but I'll say it anyway: make securing the firearms supplies your priority, Krile. The last thing we need is a wildfire spreading due to a loose spark.

[feathered_earth]

Don't worry. We're locking everything up tight.

[it helps that they have a trapdoor but she's not saying that here.]

[lingeringlegacy]

That's good to know.