024 // Action // EVACUATION // mingle??

[principal_mouse]

[Theres a noise, something organic and raw. The ground shakes a bit and you will be jolted out of your sleep. Get to a window and you'll see a flicker, the fence which has stood strong and proud against the black mist... the strangelings.... it's flickering.

It's not gonna hold up long.

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[ny_nightguard]

[He has his orders, but these orders involve being separate from Elisa. These orders are ridiculous.

But this isn't the time to challenge orders. But the orders mean leaving Elisa. The orders are unacceptable. And this is still not the time to challenge them.

Where is she? Evacuation is happening NOW, but dammit he will wait and take up the rear of the procession, he must find her first.]

[newyorkbynight]

[At the moment, Elisa is doing what she does best. Despite the rising panic and the chaos of the evacuation, she has managed to remain comparatively calm. She is directing people to the bunkers, raising her voice above the noise of the siren and the occasional bursts of frantic shouting.

Doing something is better than dwelling on what is happening on the other side of the fence.]

[ny_nightguard]

[Having her in sight is the next best thing to riding this storm out with her. Goliath continues directing the students, waiting until the chaos has lifted to go to her.

When the bunkers have nearly been filled, he lets the rest go without him, lagging behind to catch Elisa by the shoulder.

There's no telling how long this round of hiding will last, no telling how long it will be before - if he listens to the Mouse and maintains his post - he sees her again. There's potentially a lot of time there for things to go very wrong, and the Mist makes it impossible not to consider them. The only thing that quiet his fears is having her in his sight, and that is the one thing he will not be able to have.

He restrains himself from putting his arms around her, though there's nothing he wants to do more - except kiss her again. Here, in front of the rest of the staff and a few, lingering students, that is most likely out of the question.]

Be safe.

[It's all he can think of to say to her at the last, the only demand he believes he can still

[newyorkbynight]

You too.

[The crowd had largely dispersed by the time Goliath reached her. There was no real reason for her to keep her distance. Just her own fears and the people who were still nearby.

It was just a matter of finding out of her fear about their imminent separation was great enough to overcome her worries.

It did. More or less. She gave him a quick hug that before, ignoring the tumult of emotions in her chest, stepping back just as quickly.]

Bronx is already waiting outside the tunnels.

[kisstheprince]

Ariel!? Ariel where are you?! [He's getting escorted towards the male area, but he can't stand it! He hast to see her first! Don't they see that?! He promised!]

[nocorsetsplease]

Prince Eric!

[Elizabeth waves him.]

I've not seen her yet, but I promise to keep a sharp eye if you stay close. We'll search for her together.

[She tries to reassure him with a smile.]

[kisstheprince]

Captain! Oh, good. Thank you. Thank you so much. [He's obviously afraid, but he's standing tall. The Prince was a fighter through-and-through.]

[nocorsetsplease]

[She puts a hand on his shoulder and squeezes it slightly. Then, reaching down, she gives Max a bit of a scratch on the head.]

I've no doubt we'll find her. And you both will be just fine. You too your scruffiness. [She smiled once more.]

I'll be out here, you know. Making sure you have nothing to worry about. I will keep you both safe.

[croissantshaped]

[What was making that horrible noise? The Mist? Hands clamped over his ears, Quasi does his best to avoid the staff members herding everyone downstairs. He's terrified, but he's not going into the bunker until he knows Arista is safe.]

[fearthefool]

[...oh nonono, that won't do. We need you down in the bunker, Quasi, so Clopin abandons his post to follow the Hunchback down the hallway]

[princess_arista]

Quasi! [she broke through her line to dash to him and give him a desperate hug] Go! I'll be safe in my bunker. I'll feel happy knowing you're safe in yours. Be brave, okay?

[She said with a reassuring smile that even though tears of fright were streaming down her cheeks.]

[croissantshaped]

[She's crying? Oh God she's crying! Quasi's immediate reaction is horror, before he gets it under control and offers his own quivering smile in return.]

R-right.

[He can't say much more than that without engaging in a very unbrave expression of emotion, so he'll just give her a crushing hug in return.]

[oftheblacksand]

... now this is exciting.

[Scared to his very core? Of course. But even while trembling he couldn't wait to see what happens next.]

[newyorkbynight]

You're the only one who'd put it like that.

Come on, you need to make your way to the bunker.

[oftheblacksand]

[He eyed her a moment.]

Of course. Women and children first, right? [His sarcastic politeness only came from the fact that all the chaos up here was intoxicating~

And helped him to stop thinking about his own niggling fears.]

[newyorkbynight]

Actually, it's students first. All students. So you need to get a move on.

[silence_in_six]

[He's confused, sleep deprived, and perhaps a bit... mentally unsound at the moment.

So for the time being, all Zexion can do to avoid being trampled- Mufasa, but he can barely walk as it is- is to squeeze against the wall, bleary and terrified and almost resigned to this sort of fate.

He knew this would happen.

All he's holding for the time being is a large glass bottle. It's hard to tell what's inside- his sleeves are kind of hiding it, and he's clutching it to his chest.]

[wolf_faerie]

[Meanwhile, poor Aisling is freaking out over here.]

Zexion! What's going on?! Why are we separating...?

[silence_in_six]

Aisling!

[Still whispering; with all the panic and commotion, it's an easy thing to lose track of. He reaches over, grabbing her hand; in his arms, a paper star hanging from the bottom of the bottle cork gives a faint flicker.]

Standard school procedure. People do strange things to each other when panicked, especially to the opposite gender. I should hardly think it matters, especially with how all humans are technically biseuxal under the right circumstances, although I of course can't speak for those nonhuman-

[His mouth snaps shut and he runs a shaking hand through his hair. When's the last time he ate? Anything? Or slept besides minutes worth of unconsciousness, only to snap awake again?]

...I'm babbling, I'm sorry.

[wolf_faerie]

It's alright... [Not like she understood half of what he was saying, anyway.]

So I'm supposed to go with the other girls? Will you be alright?