So, It Begins: III

[gothwalk]

In the growing light, you can see other people - other creatures - around you. Each of them is fastened by strapping and buckles into niches in the stone walls of the passageways. You do recognise some of them as allies, but others are unknown to you. Some are moving, some look to still be unconscious. It's time, you feel, to do something, to serve your King in some way.

Do you:

[Poll #1219412]

Comments

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

While I'm looking for injured people I'm also looking to see where the exit is. If no-one needs help I'll help myself to some weapons, probably something staff-like

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. I'm still a little distracted by the entire thing but try to keep myself pulled together. Helping others is a way to *do* something.

[graylion.livejournal.com]

*sees that necessary things are being done and proceeds to strech and generally regain flexibility* *asks around whether anybody has a memory how we got here*

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Um.... snowflake.

Try to talk to the others and find out if they know any more than I do - where we are, why, whether there are guards, if there's a way out.

If they're not communicating, or can't give any useful information, get myself out, do a recce to see that the situation is, then worry about letting other people loose if it seems safe to do so. If there's no way out and it's likely that guards are going to turn up and beat/kill us for being out of our straps, it's probably not good to put other people at risk.

[aidian.livejournal.com]

In a situation like this, I'd lean towards a more martial way of dealing with it: personal body, arms, and equipment check first above all else, then figuring out what's going on and helping others into or out of wherever we need to be. Sometimes the best way to help everyone is to help yourself and get to a full personal operational capacity before helping anyone else; if you don't and you hurt yourself worse than you might already be in a rush to get to others, suddenly there are *two* incapacitated people instead of just one and the whole regiment/division/etc suffers for it. A familiar example in the civilian world:

"In the event of a loss of cabin pressure, four oxygen masks will descend from the overhead panel above your seats. Affix the mask to your mouth and nose using the elastic strap and fully extend the tubing. Though the oxygen will be flowing, the bag may not inflate. If you are travelling with someone who may need help, secure your own mask before assisting others."

[utterlymundane.livejournal.com]

Whatever took us down is probably still out there.

Or still in here.

Either way... when whatever it is strikes again. (It'll strike again. They always strike again. They never leave you alone. NEVER!) I'm going to be ready! Ready!

begs the question ...

[meehaneo.livejournal.com]

"Each of them is fastened by strapping and buckles into niches in the stone walls of the passageways"

Begs the question ...

Buckled as in - safety restraints? Or prisoner restraints?

Re: begs the question ...

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Safety, it seems. At least, people are undoing them themselves, which means they'd be not much use as prisoner restraints.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Unbuckle and arm myself. Secure the location. Always the first thing to do in these situations.


[Aside: for some reason I always seem to catch every other one and have to go back - just my luck! =) ]