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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 0:43:26 GMT
Patience nods delicately and tucks back into her meal as Thel and Jazz make back into the rain again. "You want to detour at all? See how the group effort is going? Or chores first? Hard to tell what time it is with how thick the clouds are these days."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 0:47:09 GMT
"Don't have to be to the Lighthouse for a few hours," Thel says, "and I was hoping to get those other meals done with Jesse... but probably wait for the rest of everyone to clear out of the kitchen first. So, sure, yeah, seeing what everyone else has done so far would be neat."
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 0:58:38 GMT
The walk of the town under umbrella actually isn't terrible. Windows have been taped, wrapped or tarped, and many of the streets already have large loose rocks for drainage instead of their usual packed soil, Jasmine's work no doubt.
Towards the shore, the seawall is half finished, and the beach on the other side of it is completely finished. The umbrellas, chairs, and toys long since having been cleared or blown away. The sections of town not attended to yet aren't in a good way, washout and sagging pathways, houses with wind damage and so on. The effort continues even now.
"This is one of those moments in history that people write about.". Jasmine comments quietly, next to a particularly damaged building.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 1:34:27 GMT
"...even seeing it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe," Thel says. The power of the storm is frankly incredible. Coming into this human world, everything seemed so sturdy and... permanent. But this? It shows how fragile everything can be, and how hard people really have to work to bring it together.
"I'm glad that people have come together, though. That we've been able to do so much. ...there's just so much more left to go. So we can't stop." He stares out at the raging sea, wordless.
"Wasn't expecting to come out this way, so, sorry that I didn't bring any food for you. But there should still be plenty of stew back at the school, if you're wanting some of that."
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 2:08:01 GMT
"Ate my fill after we were done cooking, I am good to just chill with you.". Jazz seems content to be out in the rain talking, but keeps a good pace with Thel to the lighthouse when they finally decide to move on. In the base of the tower it seems fine, until damp along the top few steps indicates something wrong in the top.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 5:17:52 GMT
The rain is... something. He stares out at the roiling seas once more, before moving towards the lighthouse.
His eyes widen at the wet. Oh... oh no. Hurrying up the last little bit, he desperately hopes that Amphy and Sirius are alright...
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 18:59:41 GMT
It is a little cooler then it should be in the tower, and one of the windows has cracked spiderwebbing from the middle. Water leaks in through the bottom of the pane, on the walkway outside of the small room, a bird Pokemon lays huddled, unmoving under the pounding rain and howling winds. Amphy tilts his head and makes a small noise as Thel arrives early, just steered there by conversation and happenstance.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 19:09:44 GMT
"Oh, oh no, oh no..." he says, panicking a little bit. Day one, and things are already going wrong. Okay. Calm. He has to do something.
"Okay..." he says, exhaling. "Uh, Jazz, do you think you could try and find Jasmine? She'll probably be either at the Gym, or out here still working on something... but she said she wanted to know if anything went wrong."
"I'm going to go out there and see if I can rescue that bird," he says. "Since... I imagine that's what cracked the window. Want to make sure it doesn't get any more hurt, or break anything else..."
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 19:27:25 GMT
"Yeah I'll zip around and see if I can find her, let her know it is a window.". Jazz starts down the stairs with all due haste and out of sight, leaving Thel to wrest open the tower door against the wind, and attempt to recover the Pokemon.
It is bluish white, with a long, graceful neck, one of the wings looks to be broken, and it shields its head with the other. It honks plaintively at the boy against the background noise.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 19:31:40 GMT
"Hey there," he says, gently. He wants this over with quickly, but haste might cause even more problems. "I'm here to help. If you hold still, and are okay with it, I'll bring you inside, and patch you up as best I can. I don't want to hurt you, and just want to make sure you're safe, and warm, and dry. I'll be able to take you to someone who can fix up anyone."
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 20:05:59 GMT
Another low honk, the rain soaking Thel's hair and getting in his eyes. Amphy moves to the inside of the glass to better light the scene. The bird tries to lift itself off of the injured wing, and collapses once more. From where it is bleeding, the main impact against the windows was it's front and up along that wing. It doesn't seem resistant to the idea of help.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 20:11:06 GMT
"Don't try and move... but let me know if I'm hurting you at all, okay?" he says, slowly approaching. Everything's wet, and slick, and windy, and he really doesn't want anyone hurt. Or falling off the edge. Or anything like that. "It'll be okay... It'll be okay. I won't let anything hurt you."Charm 17, Intuition 18.
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 20:29:13 GMT
For its size, the bird is surprisingly light, but then Thel had never really lifted a bird before. That isn't to say it isn't heavy, Thel isn't particularly athletically inclined. With the good wing over his shoulder, and his arms under it, he manages to stagger back into the warmer tower, get it settled on the now empty nest, both Ampharos up and milling about, and the door closed.
Some few moments later, Jazz returns with the gym leader, and Nurse Joy.
"We don't keep spare panes... It will have to be bandaged as best we can manage...". She exchanged with Jazz.
"Ohh... A Swanna." Joy seems a mix of surprised and sad. "Thank you for getting him inside Thel.". She gently strokes the Pokemon's beak, and starts to fish things from her bag. "Poor thing must have gotten caught out in he storm trying to make it in from the islands...."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 20:56:10 GMT
Thel tries to comfort the bird until the others arrive, letting Harmony and Bliss help out the Ampharos. Things are... definitely getting a little bit cramped, it feels. But, help is here, at least.
"I couldn't just leave them out there," Thel says, shaking his head. "It's so cold and wet... and I wanted to make sure they were comfortable so they didn't hurt themselves or anything else here."
"Oh, uh, that reminds me, Jasmine... the cracked window make it much colder and wetter in here... and it was like that in the Gym too, this morning. Are there windows in there that need to be looked at?
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 22:46:49 GMT
"I was waiting on the gym till last, to take care of the homes first. The water table, basically a water level underground, is rising faster then I expected.". Jasmine admitted nervously. "We've been encouraging people to move the contents of their basements onto the ground floor, and the caves are deeper down then most basements. Things are... Not going as well as I hoped. Even with help."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 22:56:16 GMT
"Ah, I see..." Thel says. It makes sense. The soil here isn't like the more solid rocks of home. Water doesn't just run off. It soaks in, like the sand. And... it all has to go somewhere.
"Well... everyone definitely felt it this morning..." he says. "But we're not going to give up. We can't afford to. This is home to so many people. We just have to keep trying..."
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Post by Robot on Feb 19, 2021 23:14:47 GMT
"Going to have to start housing them upstairs then..." Jasmine rubbed her temples. "The gym isn't nearly as comfortable as their habitat. Also not as roomy, but water exposure is very bad for their health. Then there is a matter of patching this window without blocking the light...". Even the stoic steel ace was starting to get flustered over the continually worsening conditions.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 19, 2021 23:21:41 GMT
"I'm sorry..." Thel says. "Please, let me know if there's anything I can do to help. Especially since, for the time being, at least, that's my home, too. I... don't have any answers, but I can at least help where I can."
He's tired, too, but seeing Jasmine like this gives him some resolve. She's taking on more than anybody else, and is stressing herself to the bone. He can endure a little hardship. It's the least he can do.
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Post by Robot on Feb 20, 2021 0:26:50 GMT
"...Thel, could I have you sit in on a conference with me tomorrow? Having someone to help address the league for support might help make our case. Even... Even with our volunteers, we aren't keeping ahead of the mounting problems.". Jasmine asks in a very quiet voice, careful not to let Jazz or Joy here. "And it is of utmost importance we not alert the public to the coming danger."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 20, 2021 0:49:35 GMT
"I... can do that, yeah," he replies, quietly. "Since battle classes are cancelled. I... don't know what I could do to convince them that you couldn't, though... I... don't even know how any of this works."
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