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EVENT LOG: SOUND THE ALARMS

Who: EVERYONE still in Asgard
What: the Sound the Alarms mingle log
When: Day 499 ( Aug. 20/21 )
Where: all across the city!
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 499 ( Aug. 20/21 ): Under Freya and the Emergency Response Team's guidance, the gods will be hosting a pre-announced emergency drill today. The Travellers will receive a heads-up via a short ping on their bracelets to be prepared for it at any given moment, and that chosen moment will come just after noon with the SOS alarm sounding off throughout the city. The City Patrol should assist in guiding everyone to their respective safe houses while the Medics grab their gear and check over every citizen to take the designated "Injured" to stations that should be set up and prepared for use in the safe zones. The Engineers will be told to employ any new defences and/or lock-down mechanisms they've devised to help keep the enemy at bay.

The drill will conclude after two hours, once everything has been relatively sorted and documented. This event won't end there, though!

Intrigued by the sudden blaring of alarms, a horde of strange looking animals will slowly trickle into the city through the Gate of Fire. They're a new species that have grown from the wreckage of the flood and, being that they are still in the infancy of their evolution, they will be docile and overall friendly upon finding the residents of Asgard as the source of the alarm. This means that they'll be very easy to shoo out of buildings when they curiously walk through open doors, and they'll take to following anyone they find particularly interesting, which means they can be made very easily into pets. They're here to stay, at least for now, so make nice with your new friends!

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Sound the Alarms event! The IC poll to name the new animals is here. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time and location in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

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[Scenario 1: during the drill] Maribelle had been working on the lists she'd been compiling for questioning. Those who'd consented to questioning were being divided into groups - those who were alright with Charm, Telepathy, or both - and those who had explicitly refused were also being put into a list. She was also putting together the names of those who were joining her, so those who were investigating them knew who they were looking into.

The sound on her bracelet alerted to her drill, and so she gathered her supplies and began to head out in order to look over the "injured".

[Scenario 2: after the drill] And... now there were strangely adorable little... rabbit-things hopping about. They were quite curious, it seemed, and one had taken to Maribelle in particular, sniffing curiously at her boot and following her around.

"Oh, my," she mused, looking at the creature. "What an interesting development. Come here, now, little one."

Edited 2014-08-20 21:36 (UTC)

It's a little bit into the drill before Yuiko shows up to the where the medical stations had been set up. After her run in with Jörmungand her heart was still beating hard in her chest and her rations had been completely crushed. Her ears were folded back a little having felt like she was scolded and in trouble for doing something wrong she walked up to where Maribelle was.

"I was told to report here as injured or dead."

Despite that the only injury to her were a few small scrapes on her hands where she had fallen backwards in surprise when the other caught her.

Oh, goodness. Yuiko didn't look very well. Casting a sympathetic look at the girl, she began to lead her to the designated station for the injured. She had, of course memorized, the process - she would be no good as a medic if she weren't a competent one. "You look as though you have been badly frightened. Whatever happened, you poor dear?"

Because really, Yuiko looked as if she were about to cry - and don't think that Maribelle hadn't noticed those scrapes. "Give me your hands, Yuiko," she said, not unkindly, and held out her own so that she could have a look at them. Well, at least she had her supplies with her, and she could use the practice.

Yuiko held out her hands with the palms facing up, still looking down a little.

"I went to get today's rations when the siren went off, but before I could get back to the safe house there was a really big black snack. It came at me and hissed before telling me to report here."

But she had fallen backwards, and it was really scary, and now her rations were all crumpled up, and she failed the test. She had told Ritsuka she's try to be stronger and not cry anymore but there were still tears in the corners of her eyes.

Maribelle tutted as she got out the disinfectant, carefully cleaning Yuiko's scrapes as she listened to her talk. It would sting, true, but it would also help the wound heal that much better. "Were you, at least able to get your rations?" If not, she could always go with the poor child to get more.

"There, there," she soothed, looking at Yuiko's tearful face in consternation and fishing out a handkerchief from her pocket, offering it to the girl, "I'm sure you'll do much better next time." It was difficult enough for Maribelle to become accustomed to this, and she was... well herself, of course. How hard must it be for a child to go through this, especially one who had clearly never seen war in her life?

"Yes, I was on my way back when they went off."

Though the crumbled box on the table where Yuiko had set it had certainly seen better days, everything was probably still editable. The sting from the disinfectant took her mind off of it a little though as her pulled back just a bit instinctively.

"I really want to show that I knew what to do, and I was on my way to where I was supposed to be."

She had just gotten caught between point A and point B through no fault of her own, though it certain felt like it was her fault with the way that she had been hissed at and told to report. Accepting the handkerchief Yuiko wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Thank you. You decided to be a part of the medical team though? Is it hard?"

Maribelle frowned at the crushed box, as though it could be intimidated into rest oral by her glare alone. "Well, now!" she huffed, taking a moment from seeing to Yuiko's scrapes to fish out her own rations from her bag. She simply hadn't had time to put them away before her drill started. Without so much as another word, she switched her box for Yuiko's, putting the damaged box amongst her own things. As though she would let a child have damaged food! As Sully would have said, hell, no.

"Don't worry, darling," she said, not so much as acknowledging the traded boxes now that it was over, "I'm certain you did admirably. After all, you are here, are you not?" With that, she began dabbing ointment onto Yuiko's hands. "And yes, I have. I am a medic of sorts back home, and I thought it best to stick with something I had more than a passing familiarity with."

"Ah you don't have to do that, they're still perfectly. . . fine."

Well Maribelle had gotten them swapped and Yuiko's box put away before she could really protest much, which made her feel kind of bad for dropping it now since she was pretty sure that something had to be smushed in all that.

"I made sure to know where they were, someone said that sometimes the medics get tired and since I have energy transfer I thought I could always give them some of my energy."

She usually had more than enough energy anyways, and being as excitable as she was it wasn't like giving some of it to someone that was helping would hurt.

Too late, Yuiko, Maribelle had made up her mind. She certainly wasn't going to even so much as risk a child going hungry on her watch. There was really no use protesting, or arguing with her on the subject. Thankfully, Yuiko didn't appear to be doing that, and so Maribelle finished bandaging the girl's hands without incident.

"Do you? What a useful power." And hopefully one that would keep her well away from the field of battle. "I myself possess Charm. Well, the ability... not that I don't have plenty of charm on my own, of course."

And so modest, too.

"Ahh well it's not really helpful since I can only give a little bit, and everyone else works really hard and is able to do a lot more."

Yuiko really only knew where things were to help people get oriented, but she couldn't help with medicine at all, she had know idea how to do anything with engineering, and forget about patrolling or the military.

"Is that helpful when working with people who are hurt?"

"I haven't used it very much yet," came the response, Maribelle putting away her bandages, "but I believe it would be able to calm the injured, and thus make it easier to treat them." Injured people - especially those who had been severely hurt - were prone to panic, after all. Panicking and flailing about really only made injuries even worse. Having been a healer in her own world, Maribelle knew well how important it was to keep her patients calm.

Yuiko nods, though it was really nice just being able to talk someone too and Maribelle had done a pretty job of calming her down after she had been scared half to death by Jormungand.

"You seem really good at it, you must have had a lot of practice before."

Maribelle was easily agitated, but when it came to looking after Lissa or Chrom, or else ensuring the hapless villagers they often ran into during their travels were going to be alright, she was much stronger and calmer than she was for her own sake. It was simply something that came naturally to her. "I have," she smiled. "Are you feeling better now?"

"I do. I'm sorry that you had to had to do this instead of what you were supposed to during the drill. And for the rations. If there's anything you need help with I'd be happy to make it up to you."

She really didn't want to be dead weight or just get in the way of what everyone was having to do. Though it did seem like the drill was taking a really long time.

"What I am supposed to do, Yuiko, is precisely this," said Maribelle. "I am to see to the injured and the dead, and do everything in my power to help the former." Besides, it wasn't as though she didn't know her way around a crisis, and she had followed procedure. She looked back at Yuiko, a small smile on her face. "What you can do is study. If danger should strike, we will need everyone to be able to handle things as best they can." There was no shame in what happened to Yuiko today, but Maribelle was worried about what should happen if something went wrong.

Yuiko nodded, "I'll try be quicker next time and hurry back to the house when the sirens go off."

Really she hoped that each time would only be a drill and that nothing like the last attack would happen again. Everyone had been really scared and a lot of people had gotten hurt. She hadn't even been able to find Ritsuka until after everything had calmed down afterwards.

"What should I do now though until the drill's over? I was just told to come here."

"Please do," came the reply. "We must all be prepared." She didn't want to see Yuiko - or anyone, really - get hurt, and nothing would make that more likely than being caught off-guard.

"You can always stay with me, dear," she said comfortingly, glancing at the girl. "You're still quite shaken, aren't you?"

Well she was still pretty upset, though talking with Maribelle had really calmed her down. Still she didn't want to go back out there and run into the snake guy again, or get in more trouble for not being where she was supposed to be.

Yuiko tried to dismiss it a little though laughing nervously, "A-a little. Is there anything that I can help with then?"

She didn't particularly need any help; Maribelle was terribly organized, and she preferred to keep control over whatever situation she was in. But Yuiko looked so earnest that the older girl took a moment to think. "Could you, perhaps, check on my supplies while I see to the medical tent? I would like to be certain everything is in order." Maybe a little productivity would help Yuiko to stop feeling so upset.

"I can. Do you just want me to make sure it's straightened up or count what you have?"

Because really she wouldn't have a problem doing either, and she had enough duties in the classroom that she would be alright doing either of them. As long as it didn't require remembering to feed fish.

"Would you mind terribly doing both? I would very much appreciate it." As she made her request, Maribelle smiled reassuringly at the younger girl. She was one of the few she knew of in her own house, after all; they really ought to look after one another.

"I don't mind at all, I'll make sure it stays really neat and count how many you have."

That way if there's anything that they need for the medical stations they could ask for it from the supply group and then in an emergency no one would have to do without something. Yuiko was actually kind of glad to get to help out a little and returned the smile.

Seeing the way Yuiko brightened told Maribelle she had made the right choice. She looked carefully around the tent, making certain that nothing had fallen too out of place during the drill. Organization was key to success, and in an army, it was much more important than people tended to think. "Thank you," she replied, smiling a little in response to the girl's enthusiasm. Really, she was such a sweet girl. She deserved so much better than to suffer in a war. They all did.

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