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. ;)

[itookashot]

Shhhh, you're ruining my fake indignity that you all totally believed.

Oh I hope they'll be bulging muscles all around.

[philancer]

Totally. You're very convincing. I was highly alarmed, don't hold it against me.

I'm sure that can be arranged. Well, unless you're Hilda, apparently that's not very delicate flower of her. But she at least admires them just as much.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦.

[philancer]

That is absolutely not the rumor I was spreading, don't worry.

[ ...maybe worry a little. ]

[itookashot]

It's okay, Hilda and I will shamelessly admire everyone's bulging muscles.

[philancer]

I wish I could say this statement surprised me, but...

[itookashot]

Don't act like you won't be looking.

[philancer]

Will I have time for that in between you needing to ogle me?

[itookashot]

We can ogle Claude together. As a group.

[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.

[itookashot]

I'll take those drinks if you'll let me shamelessly flirt with you the whole time.

[godshattering]

You know I'd never turn you down on that. Besides, that's the sort of thing which means more drinks, right?

[itookashot]

Definitely try to get me drunk, it sounds fun.

[godshattering]

Count me in! We'll see whether Mag gets tired of us first or not, but that's also half the fun of being in the tavern.

[itookashot]

She'll tolerate us a lot longer than anywhere else would. But we did just build her an updated inn.

[godshattering]

True, that also wins us some points, doesn't it? Which also means more time for us to continue on, so that's a win all around.

[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.

[itookashot]

I'm fine, I have an endless well of energy don't worry.

Although we can take a lemonade break to talk about our new designs.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨!

𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 - 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬! 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

[itookashot]

You are allowed to occasionally force me to take breaks so we can share designs.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵! 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘱.

[itookashot]

Oh that's a great idea! You know how I love to make a scene.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵? 𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱.

...𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢ï𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰.