april catch-all!

[feintofhart]

Who: Claude & Various
Where: Around Aldrip!
What: Claude and his encounters around town.
Warnings: None anticipated! If you'd like to hop in on a log, however, please feel free to PM/DM me or hit me up on plurk (here!), and I'd be happy to whip up a starter for you, or you can just wildcard me in here! Claude will be going about his business exploring the new Aldrip, fumbling around with new technology, running the apothecary, training, riding his wyvern, etc., etc., so if any of those appeal, feel free to jump on in. :)

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[melnik]

[ There was, of course, always the possibility that he'd fire back with something about how he actually wanted to stay in this place... It's happened more than he cares to say. However, yes, he was referring to exactly that. Despite the rather gloomy nature to his reply, for Miller, it's actually refreshing to hear from someone who was personally involved in many of the situations that he's only gotten to hear about from other less interested parties.

Not to say that he can't relate to the sense that all of his efforts were for nothing. It is an incredibly familiar feeling.

He turns back to Claude, his hand making a spirited fist to punctuate his words. ]

I would hardly call that a failing. Who among us could have anticipated that everything around us could change in a single night?

[ True, there were those people who were theorizing about how this place was a simulation before the big memory shifting took place, but Miller himself, at least, was really struggling to believe that before the Aldrip transformation... ]

I have not been here long. A couple of months. But I think that is quite respectable of you. I don't know if I could remain so calm in your position... I heard about the explosion in Ketsora. And then there was the attack on City Hall. It seems that even those who should be our allies continue to hinder us every step of the way.

[ In other words... he really does not think it is Claude that should feel he's made a misstep. ]

Do you intend to rebuild the stores?

[feintofhart]

Hah. I appreciate the kind words. Don't get me wrong, I'm no stranger to failure, but it's disheartening to have it happen so swiftly, so unpredictably. My ability to plan ahead is the finest that I've got. It's strange to be in a place where it can be cast aside without rhyme or reason.

[ That's the sticking point, really. He's never been one for drastic action, always seeking out incremental change, to shift people's mindsets, to carefully apply his plans and put in the foundations for what may lay ahead. This place, unpredictable as it is, doesn't reward that whatsoever; instead, it seems to reward drastic, brash action, reaction instead of inaction, the ability to be flexible and change things up on the fly.

He always thought he was pretty decent at that before, but in his time here, he's had a long time to meditate on his failing as a leader, and as a commander. He's too cautious by far, and now it's biting him in the ass. Still, he works up a smile. ]

I haven't actually gone looking for the stores again. Those old buildings are gone now, but it could be that they were all displaced into other buildings. I've yet to really get a good feel for the city as it is now -- maybe you can come hunting with me for them sometime, if you're interested in preparing for the worst as well. That sort of thing is more my style than blowing up City Hall. [ He raises a brow at Miller, wry. ] I'm not sure what that was supposed to accomplish.