[audio] @silver; Backdated to the fifth [open]

[shadowsran]

[Someone had been around the docks when...all of that happened, broken an arm, and spent the following days snugly shut up tight in her house. Not a weakness she wants on display, of course, but she's angry, and having been in no useful condition for supply-regathering isn't much of a boon to her pride. But a handful of days shut up are little better.]

Couple things, just, quick.

Couldn't stick around the ferry and people's chief concern seems to have been food, which is fine, but I'm wondering if anyone got gardening supplies, and if those made it? I've mentioned it in passing to a handful, but especially given the exact worry I had was just proven right, no excuse to not be proactive anymore. We have good gardening types here, and it's better for the town as a whole if we can set a couple plots up...immediately? Fast as possible. A couple of small greenhouses are kind of a must at this point too. I'm not really up to building and clearing condition right now, so anybody brave enough to turn soil and move rocks and handle basic construction, drop me a line. People I talked to before, uh, the same I guess? We can divvy up who goes where, five people per square foot's a bad spread of resources.

Second thing - I'm getting the impression nobody's liking those flowers very much. [She's...largely unperturbed. Distressingly accustomed, at this point. Were the month not getting off on such a broken foot she'd be amused.] If it's crippling and you're desperate for something, stop by and I can give you a little cone to breathe through. Plague doctor-style, but tiny. Cute. [Deadpan:] You'll look like little birds, and it'll smell like pine.

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@fuckboy69

[sauntered_downward]

I can only supervise the building of the greenhouses right now, but I still can help with the designs like we talked about.

[shadowsran]

Dented up, huh?

That suits fine, long as you can factor material we're short on. Dunno how much glass we could lift without ruining whatever's inside, but plastic can do about the same. And I'm hearing wood's tricky.

@riku; voice

[equinoctials]

I'll help with construction. Shaping lumber is gonna be slow going, though. We got far enough to make two rowboats, so it's possible.

What about the rest of the materials?

[ Like... plastic sheeting or something, right? ]

Knew someone who used to garden. I think she said something about eggshells and fish bones being good for the soil. Is that true?

[shadowsran]

We shouldn't need anything too complicated, at least. No challenging architecture. Frames for greenhouses, planks for raised beds, things like that.

Evidently glass is covered? I wouldn't mind stockpiling a little plastic or something that might cover a broken pane, though. I want back-ups.

Yep. Most biodegradables, I wouldn't be opposed to composting, even. Someplace farther out than town.

@jupitersgrace; voice

[notthatjason]

I can't say I know a lot about gardening, but I can certainly help with any heavy lifting you might need. I'm not too bad with a hammer either -- if you need help with constructing buildings anyway.

Just let me know where I need to be.

[shadowsran]

Frames and anchors for greenhouses should keep hammering-hands busy enough, I'd hope. Nothing difficult, but it's got to be sturdy. Maybe a couple of raised beds, which would just be...a trough, basically. Sounding in your wheelhouse?

@daylit.

[sunborne]

I can help with gardening!

[ daylight practically hollers that out because !!! other garden buddies!!

but, okay, alright, cool- daylight tries to dial back his enthusiasm as he continues, ] I can garden. I, um, kind of specialise in flowers and herbs but I can help out with vegetation. And I actually asked Rastus for some gardening supplies and everything! I managed to get them out of the waters, more or less safe.

[ ... though some seed packets ended up drowning. rip, flowers... ]

[shadowsran]

[Let her vicariously have enthusiasm through you, strange robot man, yes, good.]

I won't ask you to give up any tools you asked for, but I'd like to get seeds pooled and divided soon - and if you wouldn't want anybody borrowing your stuff, could probably stick a little plot by....

Well, are you one of the ones holed up in the Invincible?

@eleven, voice

[savingthrows]

Plague doctor?

[The voice is young, and the way she speaks slightly stilted, as if her mouth forms words she doesn't quite know. She stumbles over plague, to be precise, less so over doctor. One of those she clearly doesn't understand, and there's puzzlement in her voice.]

Are those... birds, from here?

[shadowsran]

[Youthfulness registers easily, and it prompts warmth enough into Misty's tone in return:]

Nah. They were back in medieval times, plagues are lots of people getting sick. They didn't know as much about medicine as we do - figured smelling bad things meant you were breathing sickness in, had to keep it away with stuff like flowers. Masks with big cones over the noses, so they look birdlike. This is just about smell, though, and these only go over the nose. Bothering you any, the smell?

[People don't seem to have good pasts here, and it doesn't take a genius to presume it might present an issue for some denizens.]

--You're new, I figure? I'm Misty.

audio; @bacura

[mellowyellow]

Pine? Really?

[So not able to hold back those blissful giggles.]

So they're pine cones?

[shadowsran]

[Ba-dum-tissssssss.]

If that's what you're aiming for, then yep. Could mix and match, but cinnamon or pine are strongest. This an order?

[She made like ten just to keep her hand busy someone step up and bite inhale this bullet.]

TEXT, @HK

[catholicisms]

There's some manner of gardening supplies in the store, if you haven't checked it out yet. I don't know anything about gardening, though I'm happy to learn if you need help with any of the plots.

The mask is a good idea. ( too bad he won't ask for one OR brave the outdoors and losing his lunch to try and make one himself. )

[shadowsran]

I've poked around enough to feel good tool-wise, but I'm worried about things like seeds, and anything that'll keep things safe through winter.

Do you want one? I'm having a very, very boring afternoon and now I can offer pine or cookie scent. [Her mood is bad and she's going to walk over and deliver fake-beak immediately, just you watch.]

Action cuz that's how he rolls

[worthallthis]

[Every day (24-hour period) since the ferry, the Soldier has come to Handler Misty's door twice a day, every 12 hours, like clockwork. Every 12 hours, it would knock on the door twice and wait for 5 very long minutes for her to answer it. Then it would make a circuit around her house twice to make sure all her windows are secure and no holes had appeared in her wall, and tidy up anything she left outside. Then it would stare sadly at the front window for another 2 minutes, and finally slouch off.

This is its punishment for the ferry. It understands this. Even if it is a terrible, awful, worse-than-electrocution punishment. (Okay, maybe not worse. But close to as bad.) It deserves this. Misty is the only one even bothering to punish it, so it's almost comforting, even if it's not electrocution.

Today, still a little shaky from the previous day's memory malfunctions and the remaining awful smell that it's half-sure at any given moment will cause another malfucntion, it is starting the routine again. It doesn't have much hope that Handler Misty will let up on its punishment, but it's still going to try, because its handler needs to know it will still support her in anything she wishes to do, even if it is being punished.]

[shadowsran]

[Livid and hurt as she still is - will be, until such a time as any of the involved parties take on the herculean task of convincing her it wasn't an attempt to selfishly leave everyone for dead - time goes on. Always more to worry about. Preparation to be done. Chill in the air. And self-imposed lockdown puts her ill at ease, so the options are relent or go stir crazy.

The door opens, slowly. Partially reluctance, partially because she dreads her useless arm being acknowledged. Her gaze is even.]

Hey.

@mollymauk

[mollymocked]

You know I don't even mind the smell and I'd like one of those. I just like the way they sound.

[shadowsran]

There's the spirit I want more of.

I've got pine or cinnamon, preference? Both? And I can drop them off wherever - I'm due a walk.

[She resonates with this unbothered-and-up for things energy, and appreciates it.]

@grizz

[quotability]

I'd like to help. I don't know much about construction, but I can do some heavy lifting and I have some experience farming.

[shadowsran]

I don't think this place has animals that would be worth fencing out, but if you're feeling up to some digging I'd appreciate it. Exactly what is sounds like - just turning it, making sure there's no rocks?

Building'll be a minute; figuring out where supplies are gonna come from, but I'll keep a pin in it for you.

Misty, pleased to meet you.

@hierophant, voice

[trivialpursuit]

I wasn't down by the docks, so I'm well enough to help. I can't say I know very much about gardening, but I could handle soil and rocks.

[This is... a sympathy offer, after the Ferry Business got so many people. He'll do weird Stand digging!]

[shadowsran]

I'd say that's the most important part, starting off. [Plants will do a lot of the hard work themselves, but the preparation is all on them. She knew she picked out the right sour highschooler.] I don't think we should have too much trouble tending what crops up, I'm mostly worried about getting things in the ground quick as possible.

I wouldn't mind shoving one into our weird shared yard before anyone who'd complain moves in, whenever you're up to it. A greenhouse will go behind mine, but that's mostly covered.

audio

[lunchbreaks]

I managed to salvage some seeds from the wreck but they're not in terribly good shape, though I do have plenty that I've been saving!

[shadowsran]

[There is a notable lag in answering this. Mulling. Processing. Thinking Things.]

Now's the time for everyone to pool them, I think. Start counting and divvying up what'll go where. Bad-shape seeds are just as good, I'd like a chance to see them.

@regina; private, voice

[itselbitch]

[ it's a bit of a late response too, even in his usual sense of promptness, but he manages to reply a day or so later. ]

Hey, sorry. I've been. Mm. Under bed arrest? Disgruntled roommate. Anyway, still here to help. I have a nice seed library built up now, so that should help. I can talk to our carpenter volunteer again, see if greenhouses would be less daunting for him with more help. Materials shouldn't be an issue. Insulated glass wouldn't be too difficult for me.

I've managed to scout a few plots that look good for outdoor placements. Not sure about where would be best for the greenhouses though since I don't know shit about what counts as good foundation or not.

[shadowsran]

Normal disgruntled, or 'polite understatement' disgruntled? [Wondering idly, as opposed to any sort of demand.]

Glass is the biggest worry for me, that's...great to hear. Didn't want to take it from any empty houses.

I'm thinking greenhouses should stay near other buildings, harder to get snowed away from, less chance of...whatever weirdness the place might throw at us messing with them for long unchecked.