fatealteration | (no subject)

julibahana posting in

"...and the newcomers are settling in pretty well. One of them is even a teacher, so we might be able to begin dividing classes further," Juli said. She turned the page over in her notes. She didn't need them; virtually everything she had to say was committed to memory, but she felt more secure having them anyway. She looked up from the notebook. "I think it'll be a good move. There's been some behavioral issues among some of the students and the extra challenge might settle them."

That wasn't all that Juli had to report to Giorno Giovanna, but she thought she pause for comment while they were still on a high note.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

julibahana

Giorno wasn't wrong; Juli was thinking the same thing -- at least about keeping everyone busy, that was. She hadn't even considered a council until now.

"Should I organize an election, then?"

From:

buon_giorno

'An election?' He hadn't considered one, truth be told.

"Actually, I was going to seek your input for recommendations."

From:

julibahana

"My recommendations?" Juli echoed. She almost couldn't believe what she was hearing. He wanted to hear her opinion on this?

From:

buon_giorno

“Yes,” Giorno confirmed with his usual easy confidence. “You’ve welcomed every newcomer since you’ve arrived and you interact with everyone more than I do at this point. If there’s anyone’s assessment I’d trust, it’s yours.”

From:

julibahana

Giorno had a point. "Well, there's a few people I think might work out. Chilchuck for one -- he's very good at keeping the peace. He's pretty worldly too."

From:

buon_giorno

Giorno nodded in agreement—Chilchuck was a natural first choice. He had been there for almost as long as Giorno himself.

“Who else?”

From:

julibahana

"I think Zelda would be a good choice, too."

From:

buon_giorno

Another natural choice.

“They’re quite competent…but most importantly, they’re trustworthy. At this point in the community’s growth, it’s essential that power doesn’t fall into the hands of petty opportunists.” Giorno’s eyes met hers. “For that reason, would you serve on the council as well?”

From:

julibahana

"Me?" That caught Juli off-guard. "I was going to suggest you."

From:

buon_giorno

“You’ve directly resolved a number of conflicts in the time you’ve been here. You’ve gained the community’s trust quickly.” Juli’s suggestions cemented Giorno’s decision. “I think everyone would be reassured if you held such a title.”

From:

julibahana

Juli began fooling with her bangs again. "Well, I..."

But before she could get the rest of her words out, a loud crashing sound bellowed out and the floor reverberated, strongly enough to send Juli falling to the ground.

An attack? That was the first thing that came to Juli's mind. She only heard sounds like that before when she was on board the Ryvius. She scrambled to her feet and rushed to the nearest window. In the distance, smoke billowed out from a dense forest.

From:

buon_giorno

Giorno had to brace himself hard on the table to avoid being bucked from his chair. He opened his mouth to call for Juli when she hit the ground but she was already back on her feet and alert before he could.

Giorno followed suit—quickly piecing together that whatever had happened was localized to the forest beyond the valley. He couldn’t feel a disruption in the roots that spread across the villa beyond the kinetic shock.

Giorno turned and began running towards the door. “Let’s go to the courtyard—quickly.” The people would panic.

From:

julibahana

Juli nodded as she kept pace alongside him. "I will stay and keep people calm. You should find some people to take with you."

She already knew Giorno would go even before he said anything.

From:

scholarandaprincess

~~

The task was simple and clear: keep everyone calm and contained to the villa borders. Absolutely no one was to step outside them other the reconnaissance team composed to Giorno, Chilchuck, and a few others who were setting up clear routes to and from the crash site.

And it was a crash. Zelda had seen it herself. It had eclipsed the sun ever so briefly where it hurtled to earth. While she longed to see it up close and personal to sate her burning curiosity, she had a more important task of keeping watch in the guard tower for strange phenomena. At least she had Juli with her once everyone was present and accounted for down below.

“Does this kind of thing happen terribly often where you’re from?” She asked Juli, making notes in her written log as she did between glances through the telescope.

From:

julibahana

Juli folded her arms in front of her.

"There hasn't been a spaceship crash in quite some time." That much was true. "There was one that was catastrophic on Mars before I was born and a lot of regulations were put into place to ensure that it didn't happen again."

From:

scholarandaprincess

"I see..." It certainly didn't seem like it was from wherever Juli and Criff were from, based on Juli's reaction to the way she described it. No one in the community seemed to recognize it, either--at least those who had gotten a glimpse of it.

If there was anyone on board, she prayed they were alright.

There were no emergency signals yet from the party. So far all seemed be okay.

"You know, I was quite close to insisting on going in Giorno's stead."

From:

julibahana

"Oh? Wanted to get a look at it yourself?" Despite the tense situation, Juli was trying her best to make light of it.

From:

scholarandaprincess

"Oh, well, yes! But rather...he seems quite exhausted, doesn't he?"

From:

julibahana

"Yeah, today has been a long day for him." And even longer now.

From:

scholarandaprincess

"You both have that in common. Never a moment of rest." Not that Zelda was much better, but...her tendency to exhaustive overwork had actually gotten somewhat better since she was separated from Hyrule. It was something she didn't want to dwell on for long.

From:

julibahana

"Well, it hopefully won't be for too much longer." Juli was trying to be optimistic. "Once we get a little more established, things should start to run on their own."

From:

scholarandaprincess

Zelda nodded with a hum, her lips tightening as if she weren't sure if she should say the words that she was about to.

She looked through the scope of the Sheikah Slate and toggled to the map--the dots that represented the reconnaissance team still seemed active. No signs of danger.

"Forgive me for saying so, but perhaps...it seems you have more on your mind than usual." She paused and gestured at the smoke billowing in the distance. "N-not counting this, of course."