hadriel_logs | Event Log: A Blustery Day

Who: All characters participating in the event!
What: The event log for the Blustery Day event
Where: All over the city!
When: June 15th-17th
Warnings: Harsh weather conditions

Good morning and welcome to your Hadriel Weather Forecast! On the doppler today is a high chance of rainfall, coupled with dark, angry clouds, and even some hail an rumbling of wayward thunder! If you're wondering "we're in a cave, how can we have weather in a cave", then congratulations, you're doing exactly what Confusion wants you to do! Which is- you know, be confused.

For the next few days, the weather will be aggressively stormy, with severity ranging from 'mild annoyance' to full-on 'batten down the hatches and hold on'. While no tornadoes will touch down, you might want to prepare yourselves for a few dashes of lightning, winds that could knock you over, and golfball-sized hail ready to cause a couple of bruises and broken windows!

Speaking of which, are any of these houses weatherproofed? You... uh, might want to look into that, if you've got the time. Surely a few friends could help you out- just make sure you stay warm and dry! The shops aren't stocked with any new coats or anything, so you'll have to make do with what you've got. Maybe some of you still have your ugly christmas sweaters!

► This log covers June 15th-June 17th.
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[Lance definitely notices the hesitation there as well, and the conclusion he's rapidly coming to is that Rome may not be used to people caring about his needs or wants very often. That immediately makes Lance even more sympathetic than he already usually is.]

Are you sure?

[He decides to ask after a moment, giving Rome another chance to maybe think about it a bit more the second time, and in the meantime answers the question.]

Dr. Lance Sweets. I'm a psychologist, not a medical doctor.

[Because that's almost always the followup question.]

[He tilts his head at the question, primed to answer that yes, of course he's sure- why should a name matter?- but the repetition allows him a moment to actually think about it, really just consider something as simple as what he'd like to be called, and then finally, he responds in a quiet voice-]

Rome is fine. If it suits you.

[That seems to be as far as he'll really go into asserting himself, but he nods at the introduction anyway, reaching out to shake his hand, re-centering himself after that brief little crisis.]

It's nice to meet you. You often work here in the clinic?

[He smiles a little when Rome makes a decision, and nods in agreement.]

Rome, then.

[He accepts and returns the handshake.]

I'm usually not here unless I have an appointment to meet with someone, but sometimes.

[There's not nearly enough for him to do in the Clinic if he doesn't have an appointment, and he's able to handle minor injuries but nothing more so he just doesn't consider himself super useful to be around much of the time. Still, he'll watch the place when others are busy, which is why he's here now.]

Have you been in Hadriel long?

[He shakes his head at the question, letting the towel hang around his neck so his hair doesn't continue dripping all over the floor. After the handshake, Rome pulls back a little, straightening up and keeping his gaze straightforward, almost unnerving in his focus.]

Several months. I haven't visited the clinic often- not outside of my patrol, anyway.

[It's an interesting place though, and he can tell that it's usually rather lively- there's at least a dozen different scents in here.]

I haven't had any injuries worth reporting.

[Lance doesn't mind the intensity, actually; it means he doesn't have to tone down his own, which he's been doing here a lot, and he stares back at Rome just as intently.]

That's good to hear. We prefer if people don't get seriously injured.

[So no complaints on him not visiting more often.]

What do you do as a part of the Guard? You mentioned patrolling?

[He knows that's a thing, of course, but not much about what it actually entails.]

Yes. I go to the Colosseum when the Door activates and rescue the newcomers from the monsters. In addition I monitor threats, make daily rotations around the city, and try to be accessible if anyone needs anything.

[Which isn't too often, unfortunately- Rome doesn't mind the work. It keeps him centered and moving. Without it, he's not quite sure what he'd do.

Well. He'd tarp up the roof of the clinic, apparently.]

[He nods, making mental note of all that; it's all reasonable, and some of it he already knows such as going into the arena on new arrival day. The daily rotations around the city is the part he's least clear on, and he wonders if there's enough activity in this place to warrant it, but it's not like it hurts anything.]

Do you know many of the other Guard members well?

Only commander Maketh. I work under her, so I interact with her more than any of the others.

[He says, frowning a little. He doesn't get out much and definitely doesn't have the social skills for mingling on the job.]

The others have all proven themselves, though. I'm honored to work alongside them.

[Lance will just... Carefully not mention that he and Maketh don't get along.]

I've met a few others; Glacius, Curufin, Nick, and Gilbert. Henry, also.

[It seems a little odd he knows more Guard members than Rome does.]

I know of them.

[He's met Henry and Glacius at least, and he has a duty to protect Nick, should the city come under fire.]

Do you work well with the Guard? It's important to create an alliance between the emergency service members in this place.

[Well there's a question he doesn't want to answer, although he still manages a response that's technically true while avoiding the issue.]

There have been staff changes at the Clinic, so we're still working out details on coordinating with the Guard.

[And that's totally going fine. F i n e.]

I'd be happy to assist with anything in that regard.

[He offers, genuinely.]

We are at your disposal.

Thank you; I'll keep that in mind.

[He means it, and he does appreciate the offer. He also realizes he probably shouldn't be distracting Rome if he's still on duty.]

I should let you get back to what you're doing, although you're welcome to stay here as long as you like.

[In case he doesn't have anything immediately pressing, or just wants to be dry for a bit.]

Of course.

[He nods once, respectfully.]

Thank you for the towels. I'm going to go finish waterproofing the important structures around town.

[And he folds the towels carefully, though they're still a bit damp, before setting them back on the table and turning to leave.]

Event Log: A Blustery Day

they can just get him some lifts for his shoes

or stilts!

omg I'm imagining him on stilts and it's so cute

c:

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