to: the free cities

[godshattering]

𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘨’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩? 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵-𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘚𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.-- 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

I’m not sure they have a name for the aftermath of a dragon having a bbq, Hilda. But that’s probably close enough. I know the Inn renovations have been keeping a lot of us busy, but the devastation from the aftermath of the monster attacks left a lot of places either completely destroyed or close to it.

The Red Path was important for a lot of reasons to the natives here and if they want to get some vegetation and seedlings replanted there so it’s not a wasteland come spring. That means we’re a little limited on time to get things transferred and planted before winter officially hits. At least what the desert calls winter, anyway...

Anyway indeed and before we get too far into Sylvain’s thoughts on the weather - we’ve come up with an idea on what to do. It involved a little fundraising and some talking here and there, but we’ve found those willing to donate funds to purchase some supplies to make this happen or the supplies themselves from merchants around Cadens. Some of the soil we brought back from the Nether will also be going to good use here in hopes of making sure everything planted does as well as it can, and hopefully it’ll be good as new soon. Or, well, as close to it as we can get, considering.

While we’ll be out there working on this regardless, we wanted to extend the invitation to anyone else who might be willing to join in. It shouldn’t take up too much of your time, and any help would be greatly appreciated to help the Red Path recover a little quicker. Promise there’s also a round of drinks back at the Sarstina for anyone who stops by.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦!

( ooc: Similar to the repair efforts of Libertas, feel free to use the above as a backdrop for whatever your characters might get up to the rest of the month! )

Comments

[itookashot]

How dare you take away from our mission! I'm telling Mag!

Just kidding, I'll be there to help out!

[philancer]

Good luck with that, pretty sure Mags is still more than ready to lecture over all the fuss at the inn in the first place.

But don't worry. I'm pretty sure we've got enough muscle around here for both. ;)

[godshattering]

I might've said a round of drinks initially, but there's no reason that can't turn into a plural of any drink anyone might like to celebrate all the hard work going on there too! Plus I think I owe you multiple at this point anyway, so let's just make that official.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰!

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴? 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

[recklessenough]

[ He doesn't know any of these people, or what exactly this Red Path entails, but Lockwood is using just about any excuse he can find to avoid sitting and dwelling over the execution. ]

Relatively new I'm afraid, so I cannot contribute any monetary funds, but I have two good hands and an able body ready to lift and carry if nothing else.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵.

𝘐'𝘮 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

[philancer]

To be honest, I'm pretty sure we need the hands and bodies more than the funds at this point, so we'll be happy for any help we can get.

I'm Sylvain, new guy. I'd say welcome to Cadens, but this.... is probably a terrible welcome party. Sorry?

[godshattering]

Don't worry about the funds part, we've got that covered. Any help you can offer with the planting will be more than appreciated and make the job go a little faster, or so I'm hoping. I'm Claude, by the way. How long since you got here?

[monomachy]

I would be happy to help. I can talk to some of the merchants I know, and lend as much of my time as you need.

[philancer]

We'd really appreciate any help we can get. There... was a lot of damage. Dragons tend to leave a mark. A really big one.

[godshattering]

I was hoping we might hear from you, Diana. Don't think I've forgotten our teamwork out in the fields from a while back - this should be even easier!

[ Relatively speaking, anyway. He can still probably only carry one bag of soil at a time. ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢! 𝘐𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

[thedreamer]

𝙳𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍.

𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜!

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘞𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳-𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?

[godshattering]

I know this isn't quite what we'd had in mind for exploring the desert, but it still counts as a bit of an adventure all the same, yes? Now that there's less danger on it we'll have to see if the Path gives us any good spots for stars.

[philancer]

That a lot of time to offer, especially to Hilda. Careful she doesn't take you up on it.

And well, we sorta had a hand in how it happened in the first place, since the dragon was trying to eat us at the time. It only seemed right to do what we could to try and repair the damage now.

[techmaturgy]

Is it worth repurposing some of the rooftop irrigation for this project?

I'd also like to see the soil from the Nether, if you have any to spare.

[philancer]

I think the rooftop irrigation would be a big help, actually! At least to get everything started. How hard would it be to repurpose that outside the city though?

[ He... doesn't actually know much about the rooftop irrigation system other than the fact that it exists and he thinks he's heard Claude talk about it. But now he's curious. ]

[godshattering]

You were one of the first people I thought of with the soil given it's so closely related to the irrigation. I'll make sure to set some aside before we take it out there and drop it by the workshop.

And now that you mention it, that'd probably help everything out beyond us hoping the soil will do the work after everything's planted. Some of the plants I've been experimenting with have really flourished with the system in place. Maybe time for another experiment in moving them back out to the desert?

[assembles]

Well, if I get a button for my trouble, then I'm going to have to swing by and help.

[ He's pretty sure all three of them know him well enough to realize that this is a Joke. ]

This is a great idea, you three. Thanks for doing all the hard work with figuring out the logistics.

[godshattering]

It's the least we can do after everything. Hopefully it'll help make the Path be in a little better shape even if it takes some more time for everything planted to flourish, but I think with your help to move everything out there we'll be in great shape.

[ Teamwork!! ]

[tobeclosetohim]

I'm totally in for helping out.

[godshattering]

That's great news! We appreciate the help and it sounds like we'll have a good crowd. If you're able to come out for multiple days feel free as the three of us will at least be out there for much of it!

[thepath]

How can I resist a button?

I'm not much of a farmer, but I can help if someone tells me what to do out there.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘊𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘵!" 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.

...𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵.

[aquilus]

You're impressively civic-minded.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦?

[demoexpert]

(Wylan can’t read this so one or all of you will have to tell him in person. Or drag him into it without telling him. He would go without knowing why.)

[theidlemaiden]

[ All three of them will appear magically at his door to drag him along. ]

[falcony]

I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE GOT THE INVITE OUT
BUT WE'RE LOOKING GOOD RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?
AS FAR AS DONATIONS AND HANDS WHO WANNA COME BY

I'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE I CAN TOUCH BASE WITH IF NEED BE
SO WANTED TO CHECK BEFORE WE HEADED OUT

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 - 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺!