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END OF ARC 1: DAY 169-170 DOWNTIME

[The first battle is over, but the second will begin any time. For two days, the enemy forces will remain on the other side of the battlefield, working on strategy and tending to their wounded. Both sides have taken heavy losses, and the Arena is full of the hurt and dying.

The battlefield itself has turned to a bloody, muddy mess. The elves will be asking the Army Engineers group and anyone else willing to help them lay timber and gravel out to make the ground easier to walk on for the next battle.

What will you do in your breathing space? Keep working, mourn your losses, or retreat from the horrors of war?]

[ooc note: This log takes place IC on Days 169-170/Nov 4-7. Please be sure you've read the plot post and the battle log's starting info thoroughly. Make absolutely sure that you include the day/rough time in the subject line of top-level comments, as well as if your thread is open or closed.

In addition to the battle log, there is a full-event log for those hiding out in Folkvang here. If you have any questions, please direct them to the mod post so everyone else can see them!]

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[Samantha fidgeted. She was drinking from a thermos of something that obviously tasted foul enough that one might wonder why she even bothered. Her attention wasn't on the healers back in the arena, nor on the signs of repair or engineers. Right now, the only thing she could stare at was the rising moon. The light of it was only a thin sliver and the cambion was biting her lips.]

Whatever it is you guys have planned, god I hope you had a plan B.

(OOC: Open to those who specifically planned to lock Sam up. For sanity's sake, let's keep this to two or three people. She's not going to put up much of a fight if she knows what's going on anyway. Samantha is otherwise completely unavailable on d170 and the latter portion of 169.)

[In the middle of the quiet rest between battles, Souji can be found standing around on a sidewalk in Sigyn, gazing up into a nearby tree with a hint of wonder. Though he'd also been fighting, at least as best he could without a Persona to back him up now, he'd mainly been focused on healing the injured. But right now, in the eerie silence before battle began anew, he was just standing around idly as if war hadn't fallen just the other day. It was a strangely normal scene after such an intense fight, and if one approached they might notice what he's even looking at so intently.]

Meow...

[There's a small cat stuck up in the tree...]

[ Alisa was on patrol--and strangely, this was also a duty she had given herself. And soon, she would find a reason for it to be all worth it. ]

What is wrong, Souji?

Meow.

[ Ah. A cat. ]

Wow, what a cute kitten...!

Oh, Alisa. [His attention is taken away for a moment as he turns to her, smiling a little. He was about to ask if she was all right, but she seems cheerful as ever as she exclaims about the kitten. Well, she probably had more resistance to attacks than he did because. Yeah. He nods and looks up again.]

That cat is stuck up in the tree. I tried to climb up there to rescue it, but I can't reach it. [It was up pretty high...]

[ Yeah, she definitely looks unscathed by the battle. Don't worry about her. Let's worry about this cat! Alisa taps her chin in thought. ]

That is unfortunate. I would fly up to fetch it, but that is impossible. [ Then she hits her palm with her fist. She's got it! ] Oh, I know what we can do! According to my calculations, you can reach the kitten if we apply the right amount of force to your body so that you may travel vertically and successfully retrieve him!

[ so, in other words... ]

[ Day 169 - Hospital and Sigyn area ]

[ In the four months she has been in here, Hanako thought that the plague was the most horrifying situation she ever got herself in. She hadn't considered large scale wars before, but now she does- and it's not pretty at all. Before Asgard, though, she would have cowered in fear and taken refuge in the shelter. Whether it was in a good or bad way, Asgard changed her. You won't find her at the refuge, instead, she'll be out and around helping as much as she can with carrying the injuried and taking care of them for the whole day.

If you're injuried, you might have this girl enter your room. Because all healers are busy, she may come around to bandage people up as best as she can before it's their turn. Dr.Watson's teachings came in handy, at the very least.

Alternatively, she'll be in one of the free rooms, growing several plants that will be used for herbal purposes. ]

[ Day 170, morning - Gefion Park ]

[ She'll be generally here to check on the plants and everything that might have been damaged. Nashi is taking her company, so much unaware of what's going on...

You can find them all over the place: by the lake, in the forest area, sitting at a bench. They're going to stay there for most of the morning, until Hanako decides to return to help out in the hospitals. ]

[ Day 170, afternoon to evening, Hospital and Arena ]

[ Instead of just working around... Hanako had an idea. She's building some sort of tall barrier made of vines and bamboo around the two places, in case the enemy forces are going to break through. It's not much, hell, this might be useless, but she'll be damned if she can't use her powers for something other than providing herbs. She's done thinking of just running away. Anyone willing to help is more than welcome! ]

[ Sophie has been roaming around without getting much sleep last night. She has a few injuries left on her from the first battle. Some of them have been healed up already and others she still needed to be treated. Instead of blood, the gashes were glowing white with little particles floating out of the wounds. She didn't want to stop searching for Asbel to get them completely treated.

When she sees Hanako, Sophie decides to stop her search for now. But as much as she wants to look for Asbel, she was afraid to leave a friend on their own when the second battle might start any moment. ]

...Hanako? Will you be okay out here?

[This was the first time that Bianca experienced war and to be honest, she has no idea now to handle it. The war she had back home was nothing compared to this. At least everyone back home barely got hurt and it wasn't a large scale as this.

Which is why Bianca is taking some time to step outside of the hospital to sit down and relax. It was only for a moment but Bianca would gladly accept it. She didn't want to see anymore injured people right now.

It was then that she spotted a familiar looking face]

Hanako? What are you doing?

Oh? Hello, Sophie-san. I'm going to be fine.

[ Hanako glances at the other girl briefly, her attention focused on one of the damages trees. Nashi instead barked and approached her, sniffing the air to recognize her scent. ]

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[ Hanako was in the middle of wrapping more vines to form what seems to appear as a tall fence, when she pauses to turn at the voice. ]

Bianca-san? I'm, uh... [ How to explain this. ] I'm trying to reinforce the defenses with my power.

[All Day 169 - Arena]

[As the day before, Naminé spends the hours working feverishly in the Arena with the other medics, helping anyone she can. Due to the temprorary break in fighting, there aren't as many new injuries coming in, but still there is so, so much work to do, and she takes few breaks.]

[Those breaks are spent quietly, off to the side somewhere with her hands in her lap and her eyes on the ground, and it appears she's thinking - or worrying, perhaps, and periodically she checks her bracelet and the network for any word of anything that she need concern herself with.]

[Arena - Midday Day 169]

[One of her breaks, however, includes climbing to the highest point of the Arena that can be permissibly reached in the hopes of taking a look at what she can see of the city, and anything beyond it she can catch sight of. She stands with her hand against the wall, staring intently out at what view can be afforded to her with a grim expression.]

[All Day 170 - Arena]

[This day is much like the last two, though more like the one before it than the one before that. There is still much to be done, and Naminé is looking quite exhausted, but still also quite determined.]

[From Time to Time Day 170 - Arena]

[Her breaks today are spent in the place she found yesterday, overlooking as much of the city and surrounding area as she can manage to. This time, however, she stays seated, her body in not quite as stiff a posture as it usually is.]

[ And Hanako just happens to spot her, as she takes a break from building that forest/barrier. ]

... Namine-san? What are you doing up there? [ She tries to call out loudly enough for the other girl to hear. ]

--!

[The girls startles, moving to look around where the voice seemed to come from, though perhaps not with as much energy as she otherwise might. Upon spotting the other girl,]

Hanako?

[-- Oh, that's probably not loud enough.]

Hello, Hanako!

[That's better. A bit tired, but with adequate volume, she hopes.]

I'm on a break! [... Wait, no, that doesn't explain what she's doing actually in that place.] I wanted to check on the city. [Inasmuch as she could manage, of course, and it's not like there's much she could do, but it helped give her a little comfort, at least.]

What are you doing down there? [Turnabout's fair play--?]

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*Aoto has been pretty busy providing weapons and armor and the like for anyone who needed them, along with just running around fixing whatever needed fixing as things were going down. So now that there was a day of rest he was pretty easy to spot. Looking more than a little run ragged at this sudden influx of chaos.*

Phew... Times like these are when a guy needs a motivational pick-me-up from a cute girl.

... that or a cold drink and a filling meal. Both sound equally helpful right about now.

Eh? Why are you doing it by yourself?

[With that, Bianca walks up to the fence]

Maybe I can help out?

[She's just been flitting from healer to healer, extending the life of their healing power as much as she can, and her latest teammate is Namine. Neither of them are the sort to suggest a break, but at least the steady stream has broken for awhile, and Nakama has spent the whole day telling herself that she'll be useless and in the way if she overworks herself to unconsciousness. So when her vision starts to blur and she feels dizziness start to overwhelm her, she turns to Namine with a face she might remember from the early dragon attack - steely, hard, covering everything up with sheer determination.]

Do you want to take a few minutes and rest?

[It's twilight, and the stream of injured pouring into the arena has trickled down to a crawl. Nakama's been tag-teamed out by one of her fellow Energy Lenders who caught her yawning and swaying on her feet, so she's curled up in a quiet corner, lying on the bare floor without a blanket (just because she's not working doesn't mean she can take necessary supplies from the wounded) and sleeping fitfully.]

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[The help is very welcome indeed, especially from a familiar face. Naminé is somewhere between relieved at the assistance and the company and wishing Nakama didn't have to see all of this, but of course it's no surprise that the other girl would want to help. It's in keeping with her ways, just as it's in keeping with both of their ways to work hard at this. Finishing up the latest patient's wounds, the girl pauses to check things over. She looks over when she sees Nakama start to turn her way. Her own expression is equally serious, though Naminé's way is quieter, that hardness more subtle but nevertheless very much present.]

[She'd yet push herself further, perhaps, had she not learned her limits before, and she's not about to discourage Nakama from resting, too, with refusal to do so herself. She's suffered greater exhaustion than this, although her own eyes aren't serving her well at this point, either. And so she nods, tired but firm.]

That seems like a good idea.

We have a plan B.

[The hospital outside the city walls might no longer be an option, but there was one place in the city were there would be no people. At least -- no living people. The caretaker who kept the graveyard has acquiesced in their plan and a small mausoleum prepared as shelter for Sam. Signs declaring the graveyard off limits had been put up around the border of the cemetary and Conan had tested with his own power to make sure that the neighbouring houses were out of the range of their Body Control.

He said none of this to Sam, however, instead holding up a blindfold.]

You don't mind, Samantha-san?

[Nakama leads them away from the rows of beds, into a quiet, unused training room where they can sit for awhile without being disturbed. Nakama sits cross-legged on the floor, staring down at her hands for a moment before looking over at Namine.]

How are you...? [Holding up, handling this, there's any number of ways she could finish that. But in the end, it just hangs there as a simpler question.]

( between the clinic and the arena )

[ Riding Rusty the Steelix AKA the giant metal snake thing, Jasmine has a bunch of supplies slung over her arm in a bag. She decided she would not let her Pokemon participate in the battle - it would be far too cruel. But anyone is free to run into her, mistake her for an enemy, or wonder what the hell she's doing. (She had to check on certain locations, you know. Make sure they weren't blown up.) ]

( the arena )

[ Jasmine is tending to patients here today. Her face and clothes are dirty, because she doesn't want to get any spares. That would simply distract her. Besides, the gods gave her a power increase and it must be for this sole reason. Magnemite, the sentient magnet, floats by her side, until it starts to get bored and wanders away.

Jasmine doesn't even notice. Usually she would, but she is deeply tired. Of everything, really.

Once she's dealt with an injured woman - a volunteer native, thankful that her wounds have been fully healed (it brings a smile to Jasmine's face) - she can't help but give in somehow. Kneeling on the ground next to a pillar, she...starts to nod off. ]

( the battlefield )

[ Where is Magnemite?

And now she is searching for her friend. It is after dusk, and while she doesn't appreciate the limited vision when she's looking for her dear Pokemon, it at least obscures the blood and mud and whatever else is under her feet. She says thank you to the helpers covering the ground, but it seems so hopeless, so vicious.

Where is he?

She grows increasingly more desperate. Why is it now, after seeing so much blood, that she cries? For some steel...wonderful, immovable steel. ]

[Naminé follows after her, more relieved than she realized she'd be for the quiet. A little bit after Nakama, Naminé takes a seat, herself, tucking her legs to the side. She's content to let the silence go on a moment, but also content to look Nakama's way at her words. The question needn't be completed for the blonde to get the idea.]

... I'm fine. [Tired, very tired, and more than a little stressed from not only the suffering surrounding them constantly and the strain of trying to ease it, but also from the possibility that others for whom she is concerned might also be suffering - and even so fine enough to say so.] Just-- tired. And worried. [She says it matter of factly, though, to fend off any sympathetic discomfort.] What about you? Are you doing okay?

( day 169, around freya )

[ Regina is patrolling the district as she promised she would. She caught glimpses of the battle when she got close to the borders, but never stopped for long. It was still extremely frightening, even with a lion beside her.

Sinbad, the lion in question, will be trailing after her as she walks the deserted roads, twirling her staff like a police baton. So far, she hasn't gotten into any danger... ]

Oh hey, Sinbad! Come back, you bad kitty! [ Until Sinbad runs off, that is. You can find her going after him, or perhaps the lion can charge at...someone else? ]

( day 170 )

[ Oh yeah, and she forgot about food. WOW.

Sinbad is fine, of course. There's all manner of rodents and fleeing wild beasts to be caught in the streets. But Regina can't eat those things! She sits on the pavement, sniffling and hungry.

And she can't contact her friend Ririchiyo either. Where is she? Gone? She remembers the experiences of the Darkness and the mysterious illness. She can't rely on anyone anymore...because they might go away too. She has to do this herself.

So she stands up, punches the air and declares: ]

Time for food!!

[ Sinbad looks up. No, he can't eat her. ]

Fine. [The answer is short and clipped, but it only takes a short pause before she elaborates:]

I wish I was out there. Healing on the front lines. But I know I couldn't handle it.

[It's not hard to guess how she feels about that, but her face and voice are giving away nothing.]

[Her automatic concern seems to be proven justified just by that tone. Naminé's already got some inkling of what's coming next - not the specifics of it, but that there's something bothering Nakama - even before the actual words come out. She lets out a very quiet sigh afterward (it's not a difficult guess at all, no,) then,]

I'm sorry. But it would be very dangerous-- for anyone. [Except of course Nakama knows that.] If anything, you're able to help more people here - there aren't any distractions. And-- you've already got the chance to do so much good right where you are. [But she'd be lying to say that she didn't think about things like that, too, about the people out there on the front lines who haven't or won't make it back to the Arena in the first place. There are enough of those who are in mortal peril who did make it to the Arena, and it makes Naminé's stomach turn to think how many there must be who didn't.]

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