MOD PLOT | CHAMPROVENT.

[heorte]

WHO: Teren, Ellis, Edgard, Lucien, and Vance
WHAT: Assisting with the cleansing of Champrovent and ensuring the taint doesn't spread beyond the village.
WHEN: August through Kingsway
WHERE: Champrovent
NOTES: ooc info + warnings for infection, discussion of murder, death, general unpleasantness.

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[muckspout]

Edgard is not alright. Everything here could be a danger, everything. Even one rat could spell disaster. Edgard is out his breath and his heart pumps wildly. He leans down to hide his alarm and grabs the hammer while he's down there. When he rises, he's calm again.

"Of course. It didn't touch you, did it?"

He places the hammer back in Ellis' hand.

"Be careful. I'll do the next one."

[heorte]

The concern is misplaced. Ellis doesn't quite know how to say that in a way that will completely dispel Edgard's anxiety. (I am already a dead man, so you needn't worry isn't going to cut it.) Instead, Ellis accepts the hammer, gestures Edgard towards the post.

"I have done all this before," Ellis says, as he lifts the board again. "It's my duty."

And with it comes a certain amount of risk. (More feature than bug, where Ellis is concerned.) He eyes the symbols signifying infection painted on the board critically, then lines it up on the post.

"There is no shame if you would rather step away from all of this."

[muckspout]

Edgard steps back like he’s been slapped. He barely knows him, but already Ellis has pegged him as too weak to be of use. He absorbs the verbal blow and pushes forward.

“No! ” he says louder than he intends and then continues at a lower volume. “I’m here to help.”

Edgard straightens up his face hard with no fear now and steps toward Ellis. “Isn’t it all our duty? Weren’t we all told the same thing? I will do the next one.”

This time it’s a statement, not a suggestion.