EVENT #07: ASPHODEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

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EVENT #07: ASPHODEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PLANNING

The Corsairs have been mobilized and preparations are underway. As negotiators are dispatched to Vindess to prepare for the evacuation under Imperial noses, the crafters and suppliers set to work, preparing the new settlement and whatever airships can be spared for the evacuation. Some Corsairs have even taken it upon themselves to build or “liberate” more airships for the effort.

As always, when the goal is certain the Corsairs move as one. Together, they will see Asphodel completed. All hands are needed, the question is, where do you lend yours?

MISSIONS

Prepare Asphodel: Get the new settlement of Asphodel up and running to receive the refugees from Vindess.
Priority: Critical
Challenges: Corsairs will need to keep the settlement hidden while also making suitable housing and preparing farms and other amenities to sustain life. It will require a large amount of excavation to get in order, as well as construction of homes, furniture, and other facilities. The work will be backbreaking and the timetable is extremely aggressive.

Prepare Citizens for Evacuation: As the citizens of Vindess toil under Imperial lockdown, the Corsairs must prepare the entire population for evacuation.
Priority: Critical
Recommended Roles: Negotiators and Infiltrators
Challenges: Corsairs will need to convince the entire population to evacuate. There are a number of methods that can be employed, while many are going to be reluctant the Imperial crackdown has shaken the settlement and unease is high. There is evidence within the Imperial offices that Infiltrators can recover that show mass executions with lists of “dissidents” have been scheduled for April which the Corsairs might make use of if they choose to investigate. Other options include capturing potential dissidents and taking the entire willing population while executing or taking prisoner loyalists, or other methods the Corsairs determine for themselves to make this happen.


Acquire Airships: The Corsairs always need more airships, and moving an entire population will require heavy effort and can use as many ships as can be mustered.
Priority: Optional
Recommended Roles: All
Challenges: The Corsairs don’t have the major Ether Stones that serve as the airship engines and will need to either capture or salvage resources to increase the size of their fleet. While the Corsairs have been investigating airships that don’t require Ether stones, that research is still a distant dream, but some Corsairs may want to spend some time pushing that investigation along to see if they can make it a reality sooner rather than later.

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[heaven_rooted]

"My keeper, our guardian. They were with my predecessor before I came to be..." His voice is quiet, distracted as the one version of the forest fights against the other.

Tau stiffens beneath her touch, drawing in a slow, deliberate breath. His expression is strained as the darker woods overwhelm the greenness of the grove. It's not that the skies above are dark, but the shadows cast within the area seem darker somehow, a pervading stillness encompassing the area like a held breath.

"...this is what it looks like now," Tau says, his tone neutral, but his fingers curl into fists at his sides.

[singlemilletgrain]

Her hand remains still.

"The span of the field is a transient thing. It cycles in months, from dormancy to fruition. But you are a being of the forest, an ancient thing. In time, you will see that this is but a brief stain on a life that extends beyond known memory. Grieve not for what has passed. Look ahead to what will be. You will see it restored, I can promise you."

[heaven_rooted]

For a time he says nothing. He knows at some point he'll return to the real thing. Then maybe he can really let those wounds heal. But for now, if it keeps the Empire from advancing...

I'm sorry, he sighs. Some forest guardian he is.

"I know. But it's still hard." To see what will be. To look past what's in front of him. Tau closes his eyes, wishing it were easier to conjure to mind the images he remembered in his younger days.

[singlemilletgrain]

"Anything worth caring about always is."

Though the sentiment is trite and perhaps rather like something that might be found on a greeting card, Shu conveys a sincerity to the message that suggests genuine belief. As the darkened forest looms around them, she exhales slightly and the trees begin to recede back into the ground. As before, the blooms close to buds, the leaves fade, and the branches retreat as it all returns to the embrace of the seed.

Save for the smaller tree that Tau had previously focused on, the field has returned to normalcy.

[heaven_rooted]

Tau can sense that faint shift, his eyes opening again. There's just the vaguest pang of not being surrounded by familiar woods anymore. Cursed or not, he misses home.

"Sorry. You meant it to be a better experience than it turned out," he apologizes quietly. His head tilts as he still sees the tree there, and he steps closer to place a hand on it. Why's it still here?

[singlemilletgrain]

Shu shakes her head slightly.

“You speak as if you have wronged me in some way. I had no intention in mind. Good or bad, I believe you will take something from this experience.”

The tree seems to throb under his touch, moving alongside his breaths. It is still here simply because she thinks he might have some unfinished business with it. The hand on his shoulder releases.

“I believe I will be retiring for the night. Perhaps you should get some rest as well.”

There is the sound of slowly retreating footsteps. He can do what he wishes before this tree, too, fades.

[heaven_rooted]

Tau doesn't look as Shu departs, still regarding the tree before him. He breathes the faintest of laughs, letting his fingers close into a fist against the trunk as he rests his head against it.

This tree may fade like the woods that had sprung up around it, but he won't let that happen to his home.

"I'll come back," he promises. "I'll make things right."

[singlemilletgrain]

It lingers for about 5 minutes after Shu leaves, if Tau still needs a bit of time with it, but eventually, it, too, will retreat back into the ground. As it goes, its last branches as they retreat almost seem to brush alongside Tau's shoulders, as if embracing him, before it slumbers once more.

The field is silent, dark, and still.