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]

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... ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘈 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯.

𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦? 𝘋𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺? 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳?

[thedreamer]

𝚂𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝.

[ First thing! What does this have to do with jewelry, or more specifically, buttons??? Who knows. Good luck figuring out his brain. ]

𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜! 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 - 𝚘𝚑 𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘.

[ He's lost the plot again, hasn't he... ]

𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚓𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛. [ He's definitely not distractible enough to completely overlook if she is the jewelry-wearing sort. ]

𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜. 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜. 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚜. 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜. 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜! 𝙾𝚑, 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙸'𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙾𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡. 𝙰 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚜.

[ Definitely nailed this, right? ]

[theidlemaiden]

[ Somewhere on the other side of the Doctor's scrawled magical handwriting, Hilda is definitely rolling her eyes at the short description before once again...kind of getting lost in his trail of thoughts. But because they seem to have similar energy, she does actually manage to piece it together. There's several seconds where she doesn't write back as she's busy scrawling it all down herself into a little notebook. ]

𝘚𝘰...𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵? 𝘖𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴?

𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 - 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦? 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

[ Or if she doesn't she can ask Wanda or Claire who probably know her. ]

[thedreamer]

𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔! 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙴𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛! 𝙸𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛? 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙽𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎? 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍?

[ She'd been so kind — well, all along, she has been, but especially in Featherhive. She hadn't pushed him to talk, but she'd...been there. Steady. ]

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎'𝚜 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚊. 𝚂𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝! 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘩, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬?

[thedreamer]

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗. 𝙾𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜! 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜? 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙?

[ — admittedly, he will probably just get in the way. He's made loads of things, sophisticated tech of all sorts, but a necklace or bracelet? Perhaps he's best not left with such things. ]

𝙾𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚗?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.

[thedreamer]

𝙰𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝! 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚊.