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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Date: 2025-03-27 07:17 pm (UTC)Sounds...
"...Oh. Medication?" She blinks a few times. "Why, that is an ancient custom of Yan. It has fallen out of favor in recent years as the practice of healing Arts has been codified, but in times past, the peasantry used to believe that certain species of lizards were good for kidney function. How curious that you have such a custom."
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Date: 2025-03-27 08:58 pm (UTC)This time, he pulls out a different lizard - one with dark grey, blackish scales. Said lizard is indeed still alive and wriggling, despite being in the pack for an unknown period of time.
"For Fireproof elixirs," he says, before putting it back and grabbing another one. This one is green, with a triangular head. "For Sticky elixirs." Then a slender brown one, which is "For Hasty elixirs".
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Date: 2025-03-28 10:09 pm (UTC)"Well. ...Perhaps they also have beneficial effects on the spleen that are overshadowed by the magical ones."
This is probably a joke.
"I don't know that the lizards here have any magical properties, though."
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Date: 2025-03-28 11:19 pm (UTC)"Can't hurt to try." And try Link would. Repeatedly.
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Date: 2025-03-29 06:56 pm (UTC)Poor lizards.
“Do be careful, though. Not all… creatures are safe to ingest.”
She makes a mental note to start growing plants with antitoxin properties when spring is in full bloom again.
“It might be more useful for you to, ah… create a breeding program. For the ones you have. — Carefully though! It would not do to introduce an invasive species into this world.”
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Date: 2025-03-30 03:02 am (UTC)See, Link had already learned that. The hard way. His stomach had survived all prior dubious experimentations; it would survive again.
"Ilphyl's breeding them." And Link doesn't know much about invasive species. But presumably Ilphyl does, so...it should be okay. Probably.
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Date: 2025-04-01 02:48 am (UTC)See, now she's worried enough that she's dropping the tiller and coming over to look at the lizard.
"Do you know the proper ways to test potential food for toxins?
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Date: 2025-04-01 09:19 am (UTC)He has a magical, time-pausing void-containing leather pack for that. He could carry meat around for months. Even years.
As for knowing how to test food for toxins...
"...Zelda knows," he says. She was always fascinated by that sort of thing, and could ramble for hours about the testing process. Meanwhile, Link always just relied on his own knowledge and experience. And finding out the hard way.
sorry for the enormous delay!
Date: 2025-04-06 04:00 pm (UTC)Zelda might know, but Zelda was not here. She would probably be a little less strict about teaching Link these things, but Shu is not a benevolent princess of a magical kingdom. Shu glances at the lizard.
"Most lizards in my world are not toxic. However, always avoid brightly colored specimens or ones that secrete a fluid when handled. Those toxins will not be broken down by cooking. In regards to plants and berries, there are several steps to take before eating."
She picks off a leaf from a random weed lying about.
"First, crush it and rub it on your skin." She does so. "Wait a few hours or as long as you can. If there is no adverse reaction, do the same with your lips. After that, cook a small amount and ingest the smallest bit possible. If you do not feel ill after a day, you may proceed."
No worries, it's all good!
Date: 2025-04-07 10:41 am (UTC)Hard to say, really.
What he does do, though, is reach into his korok pack - and pull out a bright, black and yellow frog. It's a local species, not one from Link's home. And it absolutely looks poisonous.
"Like these?"
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Date: 2025-04-08 02:17 am (UTC)A chilly gust of wind blows by, despite the fact that they are in an underground cave system.
"...Yes, Link. Please do not eat that or apply it to your skin."
Shu takes a small step back.
"To be frank, I don't think you should be touching that."
It is possible the toxins have already caused irreversible damage to Link's brain, but maybe Shu can try to heal it.
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Date: 2025-04-08 10:52 am (UTC)It seems like this idea upsets Shu, though. So begrudgingly, Link nods. Fine, he won't it eat. Even if he wants to.
The frog is returned to the pack.
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Date: 2025-04-10 03:09 am (UTC)"Does everything in your world have specific mystical effects when consumed?"
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Date: 2025-04-10 08:30 am (UTC)"Need the right ingredients." Otherwise, you got dubious food. Or just something that made you feel better.
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Date: 2025-04-11 03:29 am (UTC)They can both guess what that question might be.
"Do be careful with yourself, Link. There is someone who is waiting for your safe return at all times, after all."
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Date: 2025-04-13 09:33 am (UTC)But he does reply with a soft hum of agreement. He does want to go home. He wants to see Zelda again.
He just doesn't expect to be done in by any culinary experiments. No - if Link loses his life, it'll be at the hand of an Imperial weapon.