rekindleme | Water, water everywhere...

Who: Kit and anybody

Where: The Chocobo Barn and the Guest Apartments
When: Backdated to the 19th
What: Flood event! Kit will be trying to get the Chocobos to safety on higher ground, then trying to save the books in Building 2's 1st floor library by getting them to higher floors. Help will be needed in both places.
Warnings: Flood related dangers maybe?

Chocobo Barn

The chocobos were agitated, squawking at one another and pawing the ground in their stalls. The flood hadn't yet penetrated their barn, but it soon would, and they could smell the rising water outside and sense danger.

Kit hurried to get Salali harnessed. "Easy girl," she murmured, petting her chocobo's head to soothe her. "It'll be alright. I know you don't like going out in the rain, but we have to. It's not safe to stay here. We've gotta get you and the other to higher ground."

Though even as she cinched up Salali's harness, Kit wondered how she was going to do that. Salali was used to her, so Kit could handle her easily despite her nervous state. But the other chocobos wouldn't be so easy to handle, especially for someone as small as herself. She could probably handle them, but only one at a time. And getting them to accept her hand to get them harnessed and lead them out would take time. Too much time. No way she'd be able to get even half of them to safety on her own before the flood waters closed in...

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Guest Apartments

Kit leaned against the wall tiredly. That was the fifth box of books she'd brought up, and she'd barely cleared one shelf. The flood waters would soon reach the apartments, and when they did, not only would the people be in trouble, but the books in the library on the first floor would all be ruined. She recognized that the safety of people was more important, but still, all those books, all those stories and all that knowledge lost... she couldn't allow it! Not even if she had to haul everything to the upper floors herself.

So once she'd caught her breath she headed back down for another load. She had to get as many books upstairs as she could before the elevators stopped working. If they did, this was going to get a lot harder...

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"I don't think she'll let anybody but Razma ride her," Kit said. "Though you'd really have to ask him. She and Boco belong to Razma, so even if they would let us, it wouldn't be right to try without asking him first."

Kit retrieves a harness though, bringing it over to him and trying to get him back on track. "And right now we have stuff to do anyway," Kit said. "You steady him- gently-, and I'll harness him." The 'him' in question was the nearest chocobo, the one he'd tried to lift a moment ago.

Now that he's been reminded of the task at hand, he goes back to trying to help with the chocobo. He hugs its leg tightly so it can't run off.

"Is this okay?"

OK, despite the situation, Kit can't help but giggle a little at that. "Not quite what I had in mind," she said, "but it'll do." At the very least having a boy wrapped around its legs was enough to distract the bird enough for Kit to get the harness on.

"You know," she said as she worked, "I just realized I never asked your name. Mine's Wily-Kit, but everybody just calls me Kit."

He grins proudly as he sees her harness the chocobo. "That's a nice name. My name is a Cu Chulainn."

"Nice to meet you," Kit says. "Though I wish we didn't have to meet quite like this."

She checks the harness to make sure its secure, then nods. "Well that's one more," she says. "You can let go now."

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