( open ) our ag wing's back and you're gonna be in trouble (hey now! hey now! our ag wing's back)

[initiates]

Date & Time: October 31st, 3313, 11:59PM - November 3rd, 3313, ????
Location: Agriculture Wing, Moon Base to start. Cafeteria, warehouse, docking bay, VR rooms, Transport Pad, or Observatory later on.
Characters: Any & all!
Summary: Space Zombies are allowed out of the Agriculture Wing, slowly revving up their systems to try and infect and absorb as many of the Transports (or 12 Initiative Members) as possible.
Warnings: Log will be locked for potentially graphic violence. Please warn in threads should the violence or gore become graphic.
Notes: Specify a date and location in your top comment. You may specify multiple dates/locations. Specify a time if you wish as well.

Everything is a success at first, from the cool rush of air out of the Agriculture Wing once the doors are fully unlocked, to the heady sense of accomplishment for finally moving forward on something good for the long-term usability of the Moon Base. It's intended to remain a resource, after all, but not be a permanent home. Fraying tempers and the sense of cabin fever descending on Transports continues to showcase how important it is to get back down on Earth to regain some breathing room.

There's little enough dust between all the unmoving, unlit structures, many even supporting the barest dried husks of what once grew there. Upon the lightest touch, they disintegrate, turning into a dust that falls to the ground. The silent rows will be reclaimed and turned into functioning units, based on Transport efforts, and Transport time invested in the project.

There's just one problem. Something stirs in the reclaimed wing, among tangles of hosing and wiring. Skitterings and movements that make no sense for a long abandoned Moon Base. The further in Transports go, relying on magic or technology to generate light past the bare minimum maintained by the base, the more disturbing sights they may run into.

Of course, the most disturbing of all might be lying just around the far corner -- but don't worry, it's only a flesh wound. Try not to get surprised in the machinery, caught suffering from not looking up or caught making out with anything unsavory this holiday season, Transports. We need all of you to stay alive!

We can't bring you back right now!

Comments

[ladyofrivendell]

I do insist.

[Don't let her find out you kept trying to fight, Kili, instead of coming straight to her.

Quietly, she clears out an area with enough for Kili to sit and for her to check his arm.]

[kilimanjaro]

[He sighs and sits down. The bite is a little too high to push his sleeve up, so instead it's off with his tunic. He has little regard for his modesty, tugging the tunic off without delay. Kili has had his fair share of injuries before, after all. He knows how this goes.

The wound has gotten worse in the past few hours, swollen and red, but there's no trace of infection of the actual disease that the things seemed to be carrying.]

[ladyofrivendell]

[It's a good thing that she doesn't mind the sight either. She quietly grabs some disinfectant from the supplies, bandages and stitches before gently examining the wound.]

How long ago were you bitten, Kili?

[kilimanjaro]

Um...

[Good question. He frowns slightly, trying to recall.]

This morning? Maybe last night? [He hasn't been going to bed. After all, there's zombies to fight.]

[ladyofrivendell]

[Kili. Kili no. You did not just tell her that. She's half annoyed and half resigned in the way she looks at him then, gently cleaning the wound. Or as gently as is possible with how long he's left it go.]

You should have come to find my mother or myself sooner.

[Scolding done.]

[kilimanjaro]

I know. [He takes the scolding, giving her a small smile even if the cleaning hurts a little.]

Forgive me. I was busy and I didn't think it was that bad.

[ladyofrivendell]

[She returns a small smile, carefully cleaning away what's left on his arm and checking the wound again.]

It will heal faster if I stitch it but you will have to be more careful while it heals.

[kilimanjaro]

[He really has a knack for injuring himself, doesn't he. Kili lets out a sigh but nods, before a thought suddenly comes to him.]

Wait. Will I still be able to help fight off what's left of those things?

[ladyofrivendell]

[He does and he's lucky that she's as nice as she is or she'd be a bit less gentle while tending the wound.]

You can but only if you use one arm. I wouldn't recommend it.

[But he's probably gonna do it anyway.]

[kilimanjaro]

[His expression clears and he nods.]

As long as I can still fight. Thank you, Bri.

[ladyofrivendell]

Kili...

[She just sighs and works carefully at stitching his wound, bandaging it after.]

You cannot honestly intend to continue fighting?

[kilimanjaro]

[He looks away as she stitches it up, wincing slightly. The pain isn't too bad; he's had worse before, he just doesn't like to see it happening. It makes it feel like it hurts more.]

I can hardly stand by while others are fighting.

[Kili stifles a yawn.] Besides, I'm just fine aside from that little cut.

[ladyofrivendell]

[If she had something with her to help dull the pain, she'd give it to him. She's good at what she does though so it doesn't take too terribly long for her to finish stitching the wound and she wraps a bandage around it.]

Your resting for a short while will hardly hinder the effort.

['Fine' okay. Sure. She'll believe that... When pigs fly.]

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili lets out a breath once she's finished and gives her a small smile.]

I know you're looking out for me, Bri, but I'll be alright. I'm not fighting alone, if that makes you feel better.

[ladyofrivendell]

[Unfortunately, that knowledge hardly helps at all but she smiles faintly.]

Please be careful.

[Or she'll find Fili and send him after Kili. Or her mother. Don't make her find Galadriel.]

[kilimanjaro]

[He smiles at her, touched by her concern, and his uninjured arm wraps loosely around her in a light embrace.]

I will. You have my word.

[ladyofrivendell]

[Returning the embrace, Bri quickly presses a kiss to the top of his head.]

And come back immediately if the stitches tear.

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili smiles and leans against her a bit longer, letting out a brief little yawn.]

I will, I swear.

[ladyofrivendell]

[She can hear that.]

Hm...

[Does that 'hm' sound like she's about to say something Kili won't like? Because it should.]

Or perhaps you ought rest now while there's a lull. Rest and eat something.

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili looks over at her, raising an eyebrow.]

Bri, I told you. I'm okay.

[ladyofrivendell]

I heard you yawning.

[These pointy ears aren't just for looks, Kili.]

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili sighs.] I need to meet up with Fili.

[ladyofrivendell]

If Fili sees you are tired, he will agree with me.

[kilimanjaro]

[He sighs and ends up just clinging to Celebrian.]

Why won't anyone believe I'm okay?

[ladyofrivendell]

It may be entirely because you've been fighting, you were injured and that can exhaust a person.

I am a Healer though and I cannot keep you here to rest if you do not wish to.