[WORLD ONE | AIMINTAS REBUILDING]

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Who: Coven members and the Palai
Where: Rebuilding the Aimintas marketplace.
When: Day 59
Open/Closed: Open to All
OOC Note: For Prompt A -- the egg claiming is closed to those who selected eggs from this thread! Anyone can use the prompt creatively, but please don't give your character an egg if they aren't listed in the above thread.

The initial setting information found here should be utilized for threads here.

There's no official OOC account for the Palai people. You're free to roleplay their actions and reactions on your own, as in depth as you want -- asking questions, hand-waved interactions, becoming best friends. The new world is your oyster!

Many efforts have been made to help rebuild Aimintas, which has become a little bit water-logged and bloodied after the confrontation a few days previously. The Palai are fully capable of rebuilding their own city on their own, but with coven members around and willing to help, hopefully the repairs that need to be done can be completed much more quickly. The marketplace is quite expansive, which is both good and bad when it comes to coven involvement. While the areas that need to be repaired are expansive, this creates the opportunity for most coven members to help rebuild in some way or another. With everyone taking responsibility for a task, the work can get done much more quickly. Aside from the repairs, many Palai are still in mourning. Because this incident happened during their mating season, many Palai are essentially shut out of reproduction or are going to potentially lay eggs a month from now without one of their previously supposed parents. The demeanor around the marketplace is glum for this reason, though the steadfast species is certainly not giving up. A ▢ Because some Palai families were killed in their entirety, the hatchery is being cleaned out. There is a big discussion in the marketplace with those responsible for taking care of eggs making sure they have the future Palai youth properly sorted. Those eggs that are orphaned have mostly been handed out to Palai family units, though there are some left over. Because the Palai trust the coven members as stronger and more capable to protect their eggs than they are right now, these eggs are being handed out to them instead of doubling up already child-bearing families. Are you willing to take an egg? B ▢ Half of the battle when it comes to rebuilding the marketplace will be the large quantities of standing water in certain stalls and enclosed spaces. Some of the Uvi's ocean masses burst or were used as a sort of liquid smoke grenade for defensive measures -- some water was absorbed into the dirt in outdoor eating areas, but a lot of it is stuck in businesses, suites and other rooms. The Palai have buckets, but they sure could use a hand getting this stuff out of here. C ▢ From slamming large sharks into the front of stone store fronts to stabbing down doors without barriers, the Uvi certainly did a number on Aimintas. Stone fixtures are certainly more difficult to repair, though the Palai have concocted a cement paste that they're using to help fill in seams. The biggest issue to deal with here is that water-logged and damaged wood needs to be hauled away or destroyed (safely!). At the same time, new wood needs to be installed to doors and stalls, and tables need to be rebuilt in order to return the majority of shops to well-working order. D ▢ Working hard isn't the only task at hand, either. There are Palai in restaurants and eateries that ARE mostly functional, hard at work preparing canteens and food sacks that need to be passed out to workers expending so much energy for their city. This also means the return of their energy drink (see TDM #2, Prompt E). This can cause hallucinations, power malfunctions and extreme giddiness and euphoria, for those who didn't experience this drink the last time it made the rounds. E ▢ Another "low-level" task focuses on keeping the younger Palai entertained and out from under the feet of those who are working hard to repair the city. The hatchery is being emptied for repairs, so one of the more untouched open-air areas of the marketplace is now a makeshift daycare. There are obviously Palai helping to attend to the children, but there are a lot of them -- some are more docile and easy to entertain, others scuttle out of the enclosure and try to help the coven with their chores. This may or may not go well...have you made a new little friend? F ▢ More detail-oriented coven members can help with the management side of things. These tasks can include restocking and carting a round food stuffs (produce, shrimp, other food goods), getting rid of damaged goods (some of these are only slightly damaged, so maybe you can get some discounted, barely working merchandise), and redecorating storefronts. This work is great for those who aren't as good at physical labor and still want to help. G ▢ Most of the Palai who were put up against the Uvi found themselves fatally wounded, though there were some lucky lizards out there. One of the other open-air areas of the marketplace is essentially a medic tent, which serves as both a makeshift hospital for coven members and Palai alike who are still nursing Uvi wounds, as well as a first aid station for any rebuilding-related injuries. Healers would definitely be appreciated! H ▢ Wildcard!

Comments

[deem]

I'm trying to help out at least. Technology here's pretty primitive compared to what I'm used to.

[Which is probably no surprise for Waver, in light of what 9S has stated himself to be. If anything what he sees around here is ancient, stuff he'd normally see in a state of decay in some old ruins.

Sans the lizard-people, of course]

I figured maybe some of what I know would help things along.

[teratias]

They might try and catch up with you too. The Palai are far ahead of my time too.

[He could see it, at least. The Palai were nothing if not clever in unexpected ways.]

[deem]

So far as I can tell, the concept of an android didn't exist to them before we got here...

[So they might try, but he doubts that they'd quite manage to cover thousands of years with of advancements. Maybe he's wrong, but the Palai seem to build off of things they're given and can take apart.

He and 2B are definitely off the table]

If they did come up with something, it'd probably be different, what with magic being a factor.

[teratias]

Mmm. Magic and technology could be interesting, that's for sure. [Actually, that sounds like a fun thought exercise and---]

You were in the middle of something, I don't want to waste your time with speculation.

[deem]

I was just about done explaining anyhow.

[Although he does turn to look for the Palai, only to find they've hurried off to doodle diagrams among themselves]

...That's...actually not the first time that's happened.

[teratias]

[Waver blinks, watching the Palai start to well...draft? Maybe? He's not sure, and Waver's not sure about trying to ever understand the Palai.]

Somehow, I'm not surprised and-- [There's no sirens to warn about an approaching big load, but there's the Palai who've been carrying around the debris.] Hang on? I need to let them know they're clear.

[deem]

No problem. Coordinating's important work.

[Important enough that among YoRHa, operators were a separate unit type altogether, relaying orders and information between the Bunker and those deployed in the field.

He's sure there's a lot of work involved, and Waver's looking after a lot more than just one individual's activities]

[teratias]

[Waver darts off, and spends a few minutes guiding the movers to their final destination. When he comes back, he's off duty for a little while.]

The salvage pile's getting pretty big. I think there's going to be more than enough material to work with.

[deem]

That's good to hear. They don't seem to have a lot of natural resources to work with.

[Aside stone, at any rate. Repairing that isn't going to be easy, but they appear to be on the right track at least]

[teratias]

Well, they are kind of under water. That's not too much of a surprise, unless things change soon.

[deem]

Do you think they will?

[Having a sky-ocean already seems pretty impossible, but with all the upheaval...how stable is it all?]

[teratias]

I....maybe? 50-50 chance? [Waver sighs, his eyes moving upward.] The sky could fall tomorrow for all we know.

[deem]

[He tips his head back to cast a wary look toward that strange, strange sky]

...I sure hope not. I can't swim.

[teratias]

Neither can I, actually. I guess grab something that floats and hang on?

[Or pray someone has the right magic to help, probably.]

[deem]

Guess I'd have to trouble Mikleo again...I'm pretty heavy.

[Poor guy probably had a sore back after last time.

Well, assuming the state of his dragon form translates to his usual one]

[teratias]

Hah. He said I weigh nothing. We'd probably even out?

[deem]

Let's just hope he's not too busy if the sky crashes down on us then.

[Balance indeed...]

[teratias]

We've got the telepathic network. We should be fine.

[deem]

[For a hot second, he wonders what drowning sounds like over a telepathic network...

But he thinks he'd rather not dwell on that one]

Hopefully we won't have to find out.

[teratias]

Mmm. [He nods in vigorous agreement, before realizing something else.]

You think we'll be here much longer?

[deem]

[He folds his arms as he considers that one]

Well... We've never been given a set objective, have we?

[teratias]

We haven't, which struck me as odd. All we've been doing is rolling with the punches on the assumption that the Palai need our help.

[deem]

I've been wondering what's expected of us, exactly...

[It seems that nobody knows, in the end]

Although for a while I was hoping I'd just missed out on hearing what the objective was.

[teratias]

[Waver shakes his head no immediately.]

Qri doesn't really communicate. There was no objective, just a little bit of time to pack before getting dumped here.

[deem]

Geez, that doesn't really prime us up for anything, does it?

[How can they complete a mission when they don't know what it is?]