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

[recklessenough]

A pleasure to meet you, Hilda, and it is my pleasure to help preserve your manicure.

Anthony Lockwood, please call me Lockwood. Can you tell me where I should report? I'm afraid I arrived only to immediately end up in the Nether, so I'm still trying to learn my way around.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥.

𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯!

[recklessenough]

I would not say no to a tour guide. I didn't have much of an opportunity to get my bearings before we all ended up in the 'Nether'. [ Something he's still trying to get his head around. ]

Trying to get my feet under me, so to speak, in hopes of not as overwhelmed the next time. I expect that knowing more about where I live is a good place to start.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.

[recklessenough]

Start with what I know. That will be a short list. When I arrived, I was assigned to the Barracks. Then we went almost immediately to the Nether. Most recently I have respectfully resigned my position with the military, moved out of the barracks and have taken up residence at the Inn.

[ No need to discuss the why he walked away from the Free Cities government, yeah? Also that really does encapsulate his movements. He hasn't done nearly the amount of exploring that one might expect. There hasn't been time.

[theidlemaiden]

[ He really doesn't have to explain why he resigned. The corpse swinging in the city is enough of an explanation. ]

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴? 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦.

[ Because what's a city tour without learning what else the city has to offer? ]

[recklessenough]

I am a bit of a walking stereotype; I adore a good tea and the sweeter the snacks, the better.

[ He's an old soul in a lot of ways, but when it comes to diet he has a teenager's ability to live on sugar. ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦? 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘴? 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴?

[recklessenough]

When tea and sweets are involved, I'm always hungry!

Museums sound as if they could be educational. I can't admit to reading as one of my favored activities, but do you happen to know if there are anything like gossip magazines published?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 - 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱. 

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

[ She will always encourage a fellow gossip. ]