am I the caller of your keep

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Who: Guardsmen & you!
What: A open catch-all for the Guard HQ for the month.
Where: Guard HQ
When: March 10th – April 9th
Warnings: TBA


A month after construction finished, the Guard HQ is in great shape. While it retains an air of newness, it's also starting to look settled into.

A sofa by the entrance, in clear sight of the office off to the right, provides a place for visitors to wait if they wish to speak with a guardsman. The office itself is made up of a variety of scavenged tables and chairs, inconsistent in style but providing every guardsman a space to do paperwork and occupy while manning headquarters. Beyond the office is a small meeting room, as well as a separate lounge for guardsmen to socialise and eat in, filled with a handful of comfortable chairs and a low table. Off to the left side of the building is a large, open training area, for guardsmen to train, spar and offer lessons within, safe from the overbearing heat outside. Beyond that is a storage room. A set of stairs at the back lead up to the roof, which serves as the northern watchtower. Like the standalone watchtowers that cover the other cardinal directions, it provides shelter from the elements as well as windows that allow a clear view, wide enough to be shot or fired from with ranged weapons.

The front door is always unlocked.

Comments

[odinbolt]

Me? No. ( She supported them, sure, even down to the cat earrings she still wears. But then, at least, she wasn't a member of NORA. After the fall of Cocoon... well. ) I was still in school.

[claritatis]

[He's where he gives her another look - subtle, but telling if she spots it. That she's fairly young is obvious, but he can take a lot from what she's telling him.

Interesting.]

I see. You would have wanted to be, though?

[odinbolt]

( That's a harder question to answer than Ignis might think. It all depends on whether she thinks of where she is now - after the years on Pulse, learning to use weapons and wield magic, and travelling through time with Noel and Mog - or how she was then... )

Back then? ( She hums and shakes her head briefly. ) No. I didn't know how to protect myself. I wouldn't have done much.

( And she knows how well that would have went over with Lightning... ) But it's different now. I want to help others like people have helped me.

[claritatis]

Admirable.

[Ignis feels that's the main reason a lot of people join the Guard. It's a difficult position to be in, when so many people in Hadriel view them as an organisation that they would rather not have, but here they are, and here they will stay.]

It sounds like you'd be a fine addition here.

[odinbolt]

( The smile she offers is just a little bit bashful. Admirable? Well, it's just the right thing to do. She doesn't think much more of it. If she has the skills, and the time, she should help.

And she does. Or at least, she thinks she does. She's fought the monsters around this city before and come out fine. )

I hope so.

( And with that, she inclines her head just a little. ) Thanks, Ignis. This was really helpful.