Video: UN - JustD

[distant_one]

[The video isn't of D, but instead a carefully drawn map of Trench and its close surrounding areas with rough lines indicating the tunnels. The video zooms back to show a rough outline of a path leading from Trenchwood further inland, denoted as '30 miles' and then a point circled and labeled as 'outpost lantern'.]

Earthquakes and underground tunnels last month, and severe storms this month. If this city sinks into the ground or is washed away, there's nowhere to go.

[D puts another sheet of paper down in front of the video, this one showing a rough outline of ruined building and some sketched in structures and a perimeter wall.]

Last month, Manabu Yuuki led an expedition, this lantern point is as far as we went before we had to return. The wilds are full of aggressive plants and animals, high levels of corruption, and even the plants that don't attack will probably kill people.

But this is a chance to make an outpost. Every time I've gone out there I've come under attack almost immediately, but if we made it that far, we can make this work too.

I'm looking for anyone who can and will fight, anyone who can aid in building fortifications to make defenses easier, and anyone with the ability or knowledge to provide magical protection and reduce corruption, or who can provide supplies and support.

I'll provide food and shelter or items for trade to anyone who works on turning this outpost into a haven.

My name is D. I'm setting up a staging point for people and supplies in the house near the Watch Tower with the red door and cloth banners. Contact me here, or look for me there between mid afternoon and sundown.

[OOC: Plotting post for this open and approved player plot here and location post and information here. An open log post will be going up sometime in the next week.]

Comments

[inkedspell]

If enough people are willing to donate we could probably get it, but that's a lot of blood pollution in a short period of time. We'd need to be careful.

Barriers are easy though. We just need lodestones for the Gate and the posts.

[distant_one]

Bloodstones and virgin blood can solve some of that.

What do you need for lodestones?

[inkedspell]

Stones that a big, heavy, and natural to the area. Maybe cut some out of the cliffs. The post lodestones will get buried in the ground, but the Gate will need two. One to put bury under it and one to hold the Gate together. The one in the Gate will be the primary link for entrance.

They'll need to be carved, then cured, and we'll be good to go. [She realizes them that he may not know what that means.] Right. I mean, we'll need to carve the runes, then soak the engravings in blood-ink for a while to let it embed itself into the stone. There, got ya lodestones.

[distant_one]

Is thirty miles away local enough for being natural to the area? That's how far away the outpost is more or less.

How long will curing take?

[inkedspell]

Yeah that's natural to the region. Thirty miles is nothing. Should have similar resonance.

Curing depends on how much blood-ink is being used and whether you plan to treat it with heat in the process. Steaming then heating makes it go faster.

[distant_one]

We can go over the sizes needed based on the location I want for the first barrier.

If fire helps, I can get a couple people to apply heat.

Do you have to be the one to carve the runes for it to work or is providing the pattern enough.

[inkedspell]

Doesn't have to be me. Runes are great like that. As long as you've got the magic conduit--that's the blood-ink--you're good. I can make up 1:1 models for people to copy so we can get it done faster.

[distant_one]

That's our bet chance of getting this done in a timely manner.

[inkedspell]

Yeah, that works. I'll get started on the models. If I make the stencils out of some metal, we can do some drill-tracing.

[distant_one]

Thank you.

[D will probably do it by hand at some speed people would find alarming. He has the strength and precision for it.]

[inkedspell]

No problem. Expansion and exploration is important. I want in.

[distant_one]

I'll be in touch. Feel free to drop off the stencils at the staging point if I'm not there.

[inkedspell]

Got it. Be seeing ya.