Open to all!

[dateme]

Who: Inui (dateme) & ALL OF YOU
When: Day 3, eclipse/evening
Where: Boneyard
What: IT'S TIME FOR A POW-WOW aka we built a fire

[ So it's been a rough couple of days (literally, just two). But between nearly being blown up, marching through the desert, and generally just never wanting to see desert again, there is one good thing Inui (and Lance) have discovered: those Coral plants? Can be cracked open and eaten!

So as the sun vanishes behind the rocky formations or the moon(s), fellow interlopers might notice a distinct & nutty aroma wafting through the boneyard. Tracing it to it's source isn't hard though: Inui and Lance have started up a rather sizeable camp fire from the remains of some of the bones near the vague center of the massive grave. There they've cracked open large stalks from the coral and are roasting the mealy insides over the flames.

They've stockpiled quite a bit and have yet to cook all of it, so anyone and everyone is free to stop by and either help or take up a stalk of their own! Heck, maybe there's already people gathered there!

Whatever the case, it's a good way to kill some time, right? Maybe you've got a ghost story or a survival plan you want to share with the group? No really does anyone have a plan we could really use a plan ]


[ ooc; THIS POST IS OPEN TO EVERYONE AND EVERYONE! Feel free to make your own starters/sections, threadjack like crazy, and just generally get to mingling. The cooked Coral stalks taste like almonds and shouldn't be poisonous!.

HAVE FUN ]

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[dateme]

Nope. [ He shakes his head. ]

Last thing I remember I was going to bed for the night. I was supposed to have school the next day. [ He looks amused, but there's a wry sort of tinge to it all. ] Guess that's over with now.

[adamance]

For now, [she says quickly, correcting him.] You aren't giving up on returning, are you?

[dateme]

[ Ahaaaaaa....that's the question now, isn't it? ]

Depends on how long we've been in those pods. [ Which is a thinly-veiled way of saying there's no point if too much time has passed--everyone he knows will be long dead if that's the case. ]

[adamance]

[It's an outcome she refuses to consider, even if she died before this. It's less for her sake and more for Clarke's. She can't imagine a world where Clarke isn't able to return to her people. "Time" seems like an obstacle that Clarke Griffin of all people can defeat.]

It may be impossible to track that. They were destroyed for a reason.

[dateme]

[ Inui would hope so, if he knew. He really, really would. ]

Wasn't it because that old guy was messing around with them earlier? [ he means Tony Stark, who technically was poking around inside the tech before they went kaboom. ]

[adamance]

[She thinks of Cayde, who ... actually, she doesn't know if he's an old guy. His entire appearance baffles her.]

Do you really think that's the case?

[dateme]

Who knows. I mean, it's possible right? Someone could have crossed the wrong wires and then...boom.

[ He's just glad it happened after everything went down. ]

[adamance]

That's assuming they were all connected. They didn't go off in unison. Surely you noticed ...? [Then again, Lexa had been chilling away from the explosions. Her attention had been focused on staying away until it was safe to approach the wreckage again.]

[dateme]

Not really...? I sorta almost blew up with the first one. Shrapnel hit me in head. [ Inui brushes up some of the hair on the side of his head to show her where a cut is mostly healed and scabbed, but will definitely scar. ]

[adamance]

Distance has its advantages. I hope you just happened to be there ... [Given his reluctance to "dig," she assumes this is the case. "Hope" is less of a "I'm hopeful" and more "if you're that stupid, we'll need to keep you from dying and that's a pain."]

[dateme]

[ To be fair Inui had no way of knowing those pods would explode and his proximity to them is not his fault ]

You think I'd go messing around with those things just for fun?

[adamance]

As you said, someone else did. [It's easy to make this statement, but it at least tells her that he isn't that stupid.]

Two someone elses, to be accurate. One man claimed he made weapons out of it.

[dateme]

...You serious?? [ Inui hadn't heard about that. He blinks. ] They still around, or...?

[adamance]

He said his name was Cayde-6. [A pause, a roll of her shoulders back.] He didn't protect what he gained from his scrap very well. I'm led to believe that most of it is now lost.

[dateme]

Wait wait, is that the robot guy?? [ Inui knows him. He's hilarious. And also totally finds him annoying--Inui's favourite combination. ]

[adamance]

[A pause, a moment of a girl looking like a deer in headlights, and then—]

Yes, that's him.

[dateme]

Haha--! Oh man, isn't he hilarious?? He's a futuristic robot, but...he's totally useless! [ He...he means this in the nicest way possible?? ]

[adamance]

Interestingly enough ... I told him as much. But all groups do need leaders and followers. He seems comfortable enough with being among the latter. [It might not sound like she's discrediting him. The words themselves don't amount to "he's useless" in typical vernacular.

But that is what she means.]

[dateme]

[ It's alright, Inui is perfectly aware that as useless as Cayde is in terms of being a bad ass killing machine, he himself is even worse off. He is kinda useless in every regard, except noise pollution. ]

That got for me too?

[adamance]

Clearly, though I doubt you take offense to what is apparent.

[And at least he's gathered food. That's something.]

[dateme]

Nah, not really. I know I'm not very useful to anyone in this sorta situation. I probably should have been dead on day one!

[adamance]

Under most circumstances, I would agree. [And yet—he's here. Yes, he had a starter pack, so to speak. But he's here.]

How have you lasted this long? [It isn't a matter of doubt: it's a matter of recognizing method. (And seeing if anyone covered his ass this long.)]

[dateme]

Luck? [ Inui shrugs, smile even but just a little detached from the reality of things. because he knows if he starts taking it too seriously it's going to be a long, slippery slope with nothing fun at the bottom. ]

It's kind of a miracle.

[adamance]

[With Lexa, everything is a long, slippery slope with no fun at the bottom. Which is apparent when she says:] Or perhaps you were kept alive for some other purpose. [She studies him for a moment. Oh, no, she's not foolish enough to believe he's important. He could never be. But perhaps he's meant to be utilized elsewhere.]

But purposes can be miracles depending on how you see it.

[dateme]

I think I just got lucky, honestly. I shoulda died when I nearly blew up, and then again when the bugs attacked. But both times I had someone bail me out.

[ Inui hums thoughtfully, noting that both times it was Clark who had helped him out. He should probably give him a gift or something as thanks. ]