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

[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?

[thedreamer]

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍, 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚘 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎.

[ How best to explain that in a very broad sense, environmental restoration is quite literally what he does? Saving planets naturally saves the environment within. ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯?

[ Having spent enough time around her, he can probably assume that she's asking that question with laughter.

...And that that question also applies to what he had said about being wherever he needed to be at any given moment. At least in this case, it's mostly directed at Time Lord physiology. ]

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘋𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?

[thedreamer]

𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍.

[ — and, okay, perhaps a few other things! But he likes being optimistic. ]

𝙰𝚗𝚍 w𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘈𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯 - 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯?

[thedreamer]

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚡 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎. 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥?

[ Soz, Doc. ]

[thedreamer]

𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢?

[ Roll with him for a moment — ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘏𝘮𝘮, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘕𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺...

[thedreamer]

𝙾𝚏 𝚞𝚝𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝. 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚙 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎? 𝙵𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚙, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎!

[ There was a point in here somewhere, once. ]

[theidlemaiden]

[ At least someone supports this lazy girl lifestyle she's trying to live. ]

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘱 - 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦.

𝘚𝘢𝘺, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥?

[ Annnd they've lost the plot. Were they talking about plants? ]

[thedreamer]

[ Look, if you're gonna do a thing, be extraordinary at it! #lifeadvice from the Doctor. ]

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝚂𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒-𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙾𝚑! 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚜. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙.

[ This probably isn't true... ]

𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔.

[ Just to be clear — ]

𝙺𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚓𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱.

[ And it's been proven. Hilda had become infamous for dozing off minutes into a sermon much to Marianne's distress. ]

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.

[ What if the bottle popped open while you were asleep? ]

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴.

[thedreamer]

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎! 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚊, 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢. 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎.

[ Most lectures are boring, but most lecturers aren't him. Logic! ]

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝-𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙸'𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑. 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞? 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐? 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙!

[ Oh, sure, he's a jewelry-maker too suddenly. This can only end well. ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱.

[ But she'll try stay awake for him because just like the Goddess, Hilda loves a trier. ]

𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵!

𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳?

[thedreamer]

[ Challenge accepted, Hilda the Magnificent. ]

𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚞𝚗𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎? 𝙹𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗. 𝙱𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚜? 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏!

[ Help him... ]

[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.

[thedreamer]

𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚎! 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙸𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝! 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝚆𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝.

[godshattering]

Hey, I'll take all the extra points I can get! I'm thinking we should have a good variety of plants that we'll be bringing out both of what we've grown and what's been donated, so if no stars happen this time around we'll still have something else to research. And something to follow up on another trip out in to the desert, of course.

[thedreamer]

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗, 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍. 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗.

[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.

[thedreamer]

𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝! 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚎.

[ He's still so grateful for the bowties she made him. ]

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙶𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙.

[philancer]

[ Clearly the Doctor hasn't been left at Hilda's whims yet. Poor guy. It's a learning experience. Oh, well. He warned him? ]

Well. He DID munch on Hilda a little. She wasn't impressed. Although she probably is the tastiest - or at least the sweetest - of the three of us. At least the dragon had good taste.

[ He doesn't think Hilda will appreciate that sentiment either. ]

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[ He's not scared! Though, maybe he should be...? She did knee him in the face with brute force recently. Accidentally. Probably. ]

𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙸'𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚠.

[ "Okay" by a certain definition. She had sort of dodged her supposedly flippant response about having nightmares and he hasn't stopped thinking about that. ]