Expendable

Empire of the Clouds

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Christina

Zeppelin #27, Gondola

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"Cazzo!" Christina swore as the deck unexpectedly lurched. Her hand managed to seize a grab bar, but she swayed unsteadily, her right foot hanging in the air, only her other foot had any purchase on the deck, causing her to gyrate in an un-ladylike fashion. For a moment, she was glad there was nobody to see this.

She didn't hear the tearing of the envelope, but she could feel the wind blowing through the deck.

Slowly the ship righted itself, and both her feet found themselves on the deck again. She sagged for a moment in relief, the strain on her arm gone, then she angrily lurched towards the speaking tube, although the only intelligible words was "marinaio ubriaco," and "what happened?"

Umbra Rose Condos

sorry, I've been dealing with a family member who just got out of hospital and now we're trying to restore services to their home. Whee.

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

I'm looking after a family member but their network isn't working right now, problems connecting.

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

Sorry, seeing a family member in hospital, not leaving me much time for anything. They're okay, just relearning how to walk is all.

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

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Bad Prince Ned

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"Goblins?" Ned snorted, glancing towards the woods from where the shouting was coming from and waved his hand in that direction. "Loin cloths? My goodman, what is going on around here? Is some puritan up there trying to clothe the goblins into decency?"

He let his hand drop.

"Forgive me, I've spent several days on the road," he sighs, scratching his stubble as he glanced around in concern. "My name is... Ned. Is there a place I may park my rig? I was hoping to start an inn, here."

With clean barrels, he could start making ale by soaking grains in water and waiting for it to ferment. But for that, he'd have to sacrifice his own water barrel, but there would be something safe to drink.

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

Once tomorrow hits, I will check the poll (probably around the 24 hour mark) and consider the outcomes then. Currently, it looks like Scotti and Selene will be running into the Ratman. Do not hold to that plan yet since it could change.

@Expendable Also, would you like to make Gator an official NPC? Would Gator know Pilka as well? I was thinking about that just now.

@The Savant

I'll do up a sheet for Gator as an official NPC. I'm certain Gator knows Pilka

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

...These explanations kind of show government and people who are comfortable/in control of power wanting to keep Dominion inside the walls of Dominion. Not wanting change because change could mean the loss of power and so on.

@The Savant

@The Savant - I'm assuming there's a group behind the people who got caught trying to get outside. But there's a mole, and it told the council that the overworld group is looking for a few people that has the means or connections to get them topside. And that's where our characters come in.

I'm also watching Paradise on Hulu, so wondering if outside the gates might be waiting the skeletons of all the people who got locked out - and something the Council might be embarrassed about.

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

@The Savant - Perhaps there's something that the Dominion needs, that may have survived out there.

Perhaps they've grown too much? What if they need to make a new city? Only the machine they used to make all the cities was abandoned up there?

Or perhaps they did that, but haven't heard back from the machine?

𝔻𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟: ℝ𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖

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There are a ton of people with implants (some shape or fashion) be that "regulars" or dwellers or possibly even burrowers. I was more joking because I don't think they will come and bother him again though they will be weary of Gator though Gator is not classified as someone to be criminalized just by category, for now, thankfully.

That is true. We could definitely have Officer Klay and Lupton follow him to see what his usual route is or what he is doing. They are a little suspicious of him (and they are honestly trying to target people that they think might be linked to the support of the groups that caused the riots and so on) and he has rumors about him not being "human" so they are really overstepping though he's probably not the only one that had a "surveyor" pop up at their door asking odd survey questions.

@The Savant

Really, I'm just wondering when we'll all meet and what causes us to go to explore the supposedly uninhabitable surface. Most of us are used to living in a cavern, so an open sky may unhinge some of us.