(closed) dark water draining north

[potentialman]

who: Megumi, Aventurine, and Noah.
what: Checking the condition of bridges off Manhattan Island.
when: After Aventurine's murmur message about not looking at the moon.
where: Northeastern Harlem.
warnings: Nothing yet; will edit as needed!



[ Megumi reaches the intersection ten minutes before the time agreed upon. For all his protests, it is probably best not to be doing this solo, and he recognizes that.

Aventurine just...grates his nerves. A lot.

There's not much in the way of wildlife in the area at the moment. Unexpected, but not unwelcome. Hopefully it's not all waiting to give them grief once they're en route.

He shoves his hands in his pockets and mentally reviews the route he's planned out. Straight east on 125th will get them to the Triborough Bridge. From there, it's just a matter of following the shoreline north, which will get them to another bridge relatively quickly, and then another three after that with a bit more time and distance. At least the first three should be enough to give them an idea of whether the island has been deliberately sealed off, but if there's doubt then going to all five might be necessary.

And if that still leaves them uncertain...well, hopefully they can get ahold of someone who's already farther south to begin with. The financial district will be a long hike in the city's present state. ]

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[offseers]

[ his hopes are low. but he understands the reasoning so noah just gives a curt nod. ]

Yeah. Let's be absolutely sure.

[sorte]

[ Aventurine is not someone who wants to responsible for others, but in this moment he feels particularly responsible for these two especially because of their age. No matter what they've been through, things like this that crush hope are never easy to swallow, even if you're thoroughly prepared for it or your expectations are in the ground. And as much as he swears he doesn't care about the flights of others, he really doesn't like the young people having to go through this kind of environmental hopelessness that involves so many lives needlessly lost.

So, he straightens his posture a little, rolling his shoulders once as he goes to put his sunglasses on— more to obscure the glow of his eyes than anything else so it doesn't somehow accidentally attract unwanted company. He hasn't figured out if light attracts the hosts or repels them, and until he's sure one way or the other, he's not going to take chances, especially with the other two here as well.

His voice is gentle as he turns away from the bridge. ]

All right, come on, then.

[potentialman]

[ Megumi swallows past the lump in his throat and hands the binoculars back over to Aventurine. This isn't the time or place to let this get to him. He's given himself a job (check the status of the bridges, multiple, regardless of whether he thinks the first one says it all) and he's going to get it done.

Processing that information can happen later.

He turns to head north from the bridge. It's not going to check on itself. ]

[offseers]

[ noah is still arrested by the sight. people like that should be laid to rest. not puppeteered around. not having to suffer through the pull of the moon. if he wasn't pragmatic, he'd glance at it right now. the moon. once its light had been a beacon, a boon. something to believe in.

and here they were. finally he shakes his head, catching up. ]