everything's on fire

[krasnaya_vdova]

who: Everyone!
what: The residential building is on fire
when: ~2am, August 23rd
where: The Residential building
warnings: Fire, destruction of property, injury, general warnings for crisis situations



It's a reasonably quiet night, pleasantly dry with a slight breeze. Almost nice, for those that enjoy the hours after midnight long before dawn starts to creep on the horizon. Right until it isn't, when the air changes, and there's the scent of heat that promises smoke. In most places it starts with a flash of blue light that arcs from floor to floor as energy pulses through the building, and there's a crack of sound that follows. The power dies for a moment, and if you're one of the unlucky ones, the light that follows is a literal spark in the dark, burning to life in bright orange-red, yielding heat and smoke and trouble. The energy surge doesn't just hit the lights, but sparked flames that burst to life, and they catch quickly, spreading.

The worst of it starts on the ninth floor, where the smoke and the beginning of heat starts moments before the surge. The fire spreads faster there, people starting to startle awake and realize what's happening as the flames crackle. Eventually there's an announcement on the Network, both alerting people to what's happening and trying to organize both those that are willing to help and those that need it.

Some areas are untouched, while others are ravaged badly, reduced to ashes and crumbling ceilings, so watch your step. There's chaos, but through it there's people doing what they can to help each other, and the official fire services show up to help control the blaze. After that, it's just a matter of repairing the damage that's been done, rebuilding and putting things back together, seeing what's been lost and what was saved.

Even later, people start putting the pieces together, and there's the official investigation into what might have caused a fire like that in the first place.


[ooc: As promised, the residential building is on fire! OOC plotting post is here if anyone wants to work out some last minute plans before diving in. Plotting post also includes the relevant details. Elsewise, just top level and mingle. Try not to get burned too badly. :) Good luck!]

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[evasives]

He lets it go, mostly because she starts to move and kicks his boot. He idly pushes back against her, before shaking his head. "We can't have that," he says, standing up and vanishing off to the shower.

It doesn't take all that long. Cassian is nothing if not quick and efficient in all things utilitarian, even showering, so it's about ten minutes later that he comes back into her room. He's dressed down in his pajamas, hair still damp, but smelling a lot less smoky as he takes in the sleep set up she's put together. "You are right, I would take my bathroom over yours."

[realists]

It's such a tiny bathroom!

The sleeping arrangements are Jyn's bed, obviously, and on the soft rug next to it she's laid her extra blankets and her spare pillow. That is where Cassian can sleep. While he'd shower she'd also swapped her faintly smokey clothes for new pajamas and when he moves enough to open up her view of the fresher, she tosses the clothes inside.

They can be dealt with later.

Gesturing at the makeshift bed, she offers a shrug. "I doubt it's the worst you've had to deal with."

[evasives]

The rug is overwhelmingly soft, and she's even set up extra cushions and pillows. Cassian has zero complaints. He quietly appreciates it, but he won't actually say thank you because she'll just blow it off or kick him out.

He offers her a quiet smile though, just enough to hint at gratitude. "There is a pillow. It's already several steps up from the worst."

He settles onto it, mostly because he's tired of standing, and it's definitely, totally not because of his back feeling a little sore. "And we have already established it's a very nice rug." He could sleep on it without anything extra, to be honest, but he does rearrange the blankets a little the way he likes.

[realists]

"A very nice pillow," Jyn corrects.

And the nicest rug, he is really living his best life right now.

Once he is settled enough, Jyn hits the light and clambers into bed herself, burrowing under what covers she has left and burying her face in the single pillow that remains. She's cold, pressing her feet together to coax some warmth into them while the bedclothes slowly absorb her body heat. It's taking too long, but she's oddly calmed by the sound of Cassian's quiet, even breathing.

It's like the hum of a ship, keeping her steady.

"Good night, Captain."

[evasives]

It is honestly better than a lot of places he's slept, with indeed a very nice pillow. As he settles into his makeshift bed, he listens to the sounds of her doing the same and finds a strange comfort in it.

When she says goodnight, a smile threatens to break onto his face, but he holds it back. "Good night, Jyn."

Cassian is a very light sleeper, but with Jyn in the room he manages to fall into a pretty easy slumber. He's used to closing his eyes and taking rest when he can, but there is a kind of peacefulness he gets from knowing she's right there.

[realists]

Jyn finds herself falling asleep quickly, which is strange to her with someone else in the room but. It's Cassian so. Apparently if you can die with someone, you can share a room with them.

When she wakes up in the middle of the night for the bathroom, she trips over Cassian in the middle of the night and winds up sprawled on the floor next to him, propped up on her elbows as she glowers at the state of everything.

"Get in." It's an order, pointing sharply at the bed because she is not tripping over him again if she has to get up. He'll just have to deal with sharing the tiny bed with her while she deals with her sore shoulder from taking a header on the hardwood floor.

[evasives]

There are two seconds when she trips over him, those few moments before she hits the ground, where Cassian's fight instinct threatens to take over, but the thud of her next to him has him blinking into a better consciousness.

It still feels like he's dreaming when she makes her demand though, even more so when she gets up in a huff to finish her walk to the bathroom. Cassian still spends about a minute debating whether or not to listen, but he gets the sense she'll just drag him if he's not in the bed, and he's too tired for that fight now.

He climbs out of his makeshift floorbed and takes the blankets and pillow with him. He hesitates again, because he doesn't think he can sleep against the wall, but what if the outside is Jyn's preference? He sits on the edge of the tiny bed, then lays down there too.

Jyn comes out of the bathroom and makes an immediate beeline for the bed. She's completely unconcerned about his space, settling one knee beside him while she literally just crawls over top of him, muttering something about her wall. She dives back into the blankets, humming about being warm, but it's barely any time at all before he can tell she's fallen back asleep.

Well, okay. That was painless. He settles in more comfortably, his leg brushing hers just from how small the bed is for two people, but it doesn't take long for him to drift back into sleep too. He'll think about how easy it was to fall asleep beside her another day.