[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

[guerrilla]

The last thing I want to do is go with a name theme. The poor kid would be made fun of wherever it went.

[This is what Nursery Rhyme would want him to do, though. He knows that, in his heart of hearts.]

[yancat]

[ok, but if you think about it it's pretty cute

Unfortunately Jumin is opposed to all puns. There is a time and place for the highest form of humor.]

Already thinking like a father, I see. I'm envious.

[guerrilla]

Wh - no I'm not! It's common sense not to give someone a crappy name!

[LET HIM LIVE]

[yancat]

[never]

Well, Mr. Hood, what else did you have in mind? Not Elizabeth, I hope.

[guerrilla]

Why are you so hung up on this? It doesn't matter to you either way what I name the damn kid.

[The more he insists on it, the more he's tempted to do it. And after all that insistence that he wouldn't do it to the actual Elizabeth...]

[yancat]

Because I don't want to have anything in common with you.

[Bad hair, jobless, smells like wet dog...]

[guerrilla]

...You look a little young to have a daughter.

[Terrible personality, vaguely shifty in everything they do......]

[yancat]

I don't have one.

[Said maybe too emphatically... He crosses his arms and huffs.]

She is a cat. We go to Paris on Sundays.

[guerrilla]

You...take your cat to Paris on Sundays.

[And her name is Elizabeth. Elizabeth the cat.]

[yancat]

Yes, but sometimes we go to Kyoto. It's nearer, and Elizabeth III quite likes her sushi.

[guerrilla]

...You look a little young to have gone through 3 cats, too.

[Unless he has 3 cats all named Elizabeth at once.]

Wait, you put your cat on a plane to take it to Paris every Sunday?!

[If Kyoto is closer...that poor cat. Also, think of all the poor people who could have all that money instead.]

[yancat]

No, I put her on my private jet.

[The pronoun is apparently more important than everything else that has been said.]

She is my first cat. [HIS ONLY CAT.] I got her from my friend. [HIS ONLY FRIEND.] Would you like to see a picture?

[guerrilla]

Uh, no? I don't really care about other people's pets.

[Truly, they will never be friends.]

[yancat]

Ah. Once again, you prove to be utterly despicable.

Even so, I wish you well. They say parenthood builds character.

[guerrilla]

[Out of all the legitimately despicable things he's done, this is what gets him insulted...Robin has given up.]

Is that so? Maybe the lizards should've given you one, too.

[yancat]

No, my character is perfectly fine. Though I would like a child of my own in the future.

[It's kind of required of him.]

Didn't you ever feel the same way, Mr. Hood?

[guerrilla]

Nah. I kinda had my hands full with the whole, you know, Robin Hood thing.

[Also he was a social pariah anyway but Jumin doesn't need to know that.]

[yancat]

Ah, yes. I suppose we all have legacies to protect and ideals to uphold, no matter the method.

[If given another chance, Jumin doesn't think he'd live his own life any differently, either.

No, he doesn't think so.]

What was she like?

[???]

[guerrilla]

[Robin makes a sour face at Jumin's comment about ideals, but ultimately he wouldn't have done anything differently, either, so he lets it slide.]

...What was who like?

[Poor Maid Marian.]

[yancat]

Poor girl.

[Jumin was hoping for another perspective, but Robin is apparently a bigger asshole than he thought.]

I'm talking about Maid Marian.

[guerrilla]

......

[Well, this is awkward. The story everyone knows, of course, doesn't have any relation to this particular Robin Hood at all. And this particular Robin Hood wasn't in the habit of making any connections with people...]

...Isn't it rude to ask someone about his dead girlfriend?

[Nailed it...???]

1/2

[yancat]

[Jumin's eyes widen. For someone who's cluelessly, habitually insensitive to others, those words seem to strike a chord in him.]

... You're right.

[And he hates that it does. After all, Rika was never his.]

[yancat]

Well, that's one point for you.

[guerrilla]

Uh...

[What just happened? He didn't think that would work as well as it did.

Well, Robin's not going to complain.]

I didn't know we were keeping score.

[yancat]

We're not. The points are just there for fun. I don't see their use when the winner is obvious.