Chapter 3.3: a belated meeting
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hexarchate_rpgAt 0800 local time, Ashari sends out a notice that everyone [= all the PCs and associated NPCs] should assemble for a planning meeting at 0830 in Conference Room A (the ballroom from last night).
At the same time, Ashari specifically messages Dar and asks her to set out a quick breakfast for the meeting, "nothing elaborate necessary, sorry about the short notice." [Dar is free to argue with this over the messaging system.]
Ashari will be in Conference Room A at 08,00 themself, pacing around and muttering and looking agitated, for anyone who shows up early. Among the early birds are Gerae, who keeps checking a nanny-cam app on his slate that keeps an eye on Fluffy and the baby Vraselian pseudo-dragons, and Istradez, who is looking around wistfully for non-sweet food.
ETA:
When most of the group has assembled, Ashari, still clearly ill at ease, says abruptly, "Some of you may be aware of the staggering emptiness of this timeline. I have decided that we need to evacuate, and soon, even though it means abandoning the base. Discuss."
[Please feel free to continue/wrap up threads from the previous move, Ch. 3.2. I will be responding to some threads there shortly.]
[Jedao's report to Sasha and Reshad will be forthcoming in a comment to this post shortly, once I remove a certain catten from my desk.]
At the same time, Ashari specifically messages Dar and asks her to set out a quick breakfast for the meeting, "nothing elaborate necessary, sorry about the short notice." [Dar is free to argue with this over the messaging system.]
Ashari will be in Conference Room A at 08,00 themself, pacing around and muttering and looking agitated, for anyone who shows up early. Among the early birds are Gerae, who keeps checking a nanny-cam app on his slate that keeps an eye on Fluffy and the baby Vraselian pseudo-dragons, and Istradez, who is looking around wistfully for non-sweet food.
ETA:
When most of the group has assembled, Ashari, still clearly ill at ease, says abruptly, "Some of you may be aware of the staggering emptiness of this timeline. I have decided that we need to evacuate, and soon, even though it means abandoning the base. Discuss."
[Please feel free to continue/wrap up threads from the previous move, Ch. 3.2. I will be responding to some threads there shortly.]
[Jedao's report to Sasha and Reshad will be forthcoming in a comment to this post shortly, once I remove a certain catten from my desk.]
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:09 am (UTC)Besides, there was more than one way to let your boss know your opinion on things.
So she gave herself a time limit: one standard hour. Plus a goal of making use of some of the party leftovers.
She lays out the breakfast spread as unobtrusively as possible. There's a variety, because she's still learning what these people eat, but the quantities are more modest than the night before: The buns make a re-appearance, some actual leftovers and filled with duck, other steamed freshly from the refrigerated leftover dough and presented with a choice of fillings for the diners to add: grilled tofu in a vegetarian sauce, nut butter, and berry jam. There's a warming pot full of rice gruel, with toppings ranging from savory to sweet available. There are two dishes of baked eggs, one with vegetables and the other with ham and aged cheese. Urns of green and scented black tea are set out, along with a carafe of coffee, plus all the various trimmings for such. Some of the leftover sweets and fruit are set out by the hot drinks, and there are also pitchers of water and fruit juice.
eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-24 02:34 am (UTC)Ashari seems sober this morning. Thank the Prophet for small favors.
Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-24 02:46 am (UTC)Remi arrives around 0825, wearing a necklace of mothlings: he has contrived a hollow torus of mesh to give them some room to wriggle around while remaining contained. He doesn't get anything for himself but efficiently snatches up a plate of warm leftovers for the mothlings' delectation.
Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-24 03:22 pm (UTC)Buns and grilled tofu sound good, and she hunts around for anything made with fish before adding a cup of tea, black and unmodified.
She'll settle in to watch people move and cluster before the meeting begins.
Edit: Reshad is wearing much less extravagant clothing than yesterday: unremarkable trousers and a loose green jacket with an asymmetrical front. Her hair is in its customary bun, decorated with a gold-toned pin.
Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-24 04:55 pm (UTC)Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-24 06:04 pm (UTC)Eating is for other people, but she did take tea and chooses to sit by Seyli (and Dr. Moth Clothing).
Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-25 05:50 am (UTC)He also nods in response to Ione's grin, although he's not smiling himself.
Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-03-03 04:51 pm (UTC)Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-26 07:48 am (UTC)Sulen doesn't eat, but pours a mug of black tea and adds an unhealthy amount of powdered stimulants. Their eyes are very faintly and rapidly flickering in color but aside from that they look calm. "Any updates since last night?" they ask Sasha quietly.
Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-26 12:55 pm (UTC)She hopes Ashari will give the order to evacuate, with reasonable haste. Thirty-five hours would be perfect. That gives time to liberate the other moths, pack, and wipe as much data as possible out of the base's grid. Less time would be a scramble; more is just more time for whatever's out there in the dark to find a signal.
Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-26 08:11 pm (UTC)Re: eating or drinking
Date: 2020-02-26 08:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-24 02:52 am (UTC)Gerae grabs some leftover sweets and also coffee, then reseats himself, anxiously hovering over his slate watching Fluffy keep a baby dragonet from escaping the nest.
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Date: 2020-02-24 03:49 pm (UTC)Quick and quiet introductions are made to Gerae and Istradez, people she hadn’t gotten a chance to speak to the night prior. She greets those she did meet and sits down to eat. The formal looking outfit of yesterday has been swapped for something more utilitarian. She wears an unadorned black jacket with a collar that rises up a bit around her neck and the dangling earrings have been replaced with something much smaller. Her hair is drawn back in a ponytail.
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Date: 2020-02-24 05:35 pm (UTC)Since, despite appearances, Sasha was not raised by wolverines, she quietly thanks Xiulan for the report before intercepting Ashari.
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Date: 2020-02-24 11:27 pm (UTC)juice, and take a seat near the door out in case anyone needs anything else. She's already downed two mugs of strong coffee, light and sweet, in the kitchen.
She's wearing dark trousers, a white chef's jacket, and kitchen clogs this morning. An extra set of serving tongs and a spoon poke out from one of the jacket pockets.