New Start Promethean Intro 1 - RPLOG
From Flexible Survival
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Date
23/1/2013
Log
You all got a request to join Nicole into the taskmaster quarters of New Dawn. While such communication wasn't a secret, seems that only part of the Prometheans got invited. And by the look of it, everyone has clothes on them.. quite an unusual sight in these times. The room seems to be reserved, away from the usual chaos of the survivors busy with their daily missions.
Snowblind padds in and gives a greeting to Nicole before finding a spot to lower her tauric body down. She gives a small yawn and crosses her forepaws before adjusting the straps on her saddlebags. "Hello Nicole, good to be out here again. I don't stop by as often as I should. I think the others are right behind me, at least I saw one person I have not seen in awhile follow close by."
Rosalyn strides confidently into the room, her hooves thudding dully on the ground as she moves over to Nicole to confirm her arrival. Once the preliminaries are taken care of, she trods over to where Snowblind has settled in, smiling and greeting her.
Rsp peeks in, looking cautiously around the room before slinking in on all fours along the wall. He silently approaches Nicole and touches his nose against her ankle. "I got your message." He says softly, eyes zipping around the room warily. "It's been a long time, I don't think I've been here since I helped raise the walls up..." The thud of a hoof falling makes the scarred vulpine jump a little, cowering back and pressing against the wall to look at everyone else with large eyes.
Nai slithers into the room, quiet and without a sound, wearing a very hastily-looking put together of hir usual clothes, including the large coat, which seems to have been padded with a bit of extra protection. The spear in hir hand making a firm thud as shi taps the floor with it, leaning on the spear with one arm curled around it. Hood pulled over hir head and saying nothing, just giving a visible nod.
A little later than most, an odd metallic chimera slithers up to the building's side before settling down and resting her head near one of quarters' windows. Gosha's dressed simply with an oversized apron providing much of her front's modesty, a similarly oversized skirt covering everything from the lowerhalf ill suited for public awareness. "Sorry for being late," She thrumms through the window to those inside.
Nicole smiles as she sees everyone finally gathered here, giving a wink to the late Gosha at the window. "That's fine, sister. Don't worry. Oh, you should be Rsp.. it's nice to see old muzzles around here, I hope everything it's alright for you." she replies with a smile as Rsp gets closer to her. Giving the sign to sit down on either the chairs or the carpets on the floor, the racoon girl takes a deep breath, before starting to talk. "First of all, thank you all for being here, my brothers and sisters. And I didn’t summoned you here for giving you the usual daily.. but to seek the aid for a more important project." Nicole starts to explain, smiling as her usual, "For who doesn’t know me, I'm Nicole, the taskmaster of New Dawn. And for today, I have a big task to offer.. for all those interested in improving the current situation. As you may know, we aren't too happy of the situation in Fairhaven. Zephyr is a big resource, but the lifestyle between its halls is.. decadent and not good for our youngsters, often lured by that easygoing life. To solve this issues, we started to seek a new place to move in, with less influence from the Zephyr... with great efforts and sacrifices, but with the resolve of many of our children. For the last months, they challenged the wastelands, seeking for new nanite bubbles and cities within them. And.. I won't deny that it was difficult, leaving their families for so long. But in the end, it payed up. We found a suitable site for a new start, the city of Clairmont. Any question so far?"
Snowblind nods to all and gives a small giggle to herself as everyone arives. Raising a hand she waits a bit before asking her question anyway. "I have one. I don't want to displace someone who is already there. Did the scouts find any survivors or have they at least warned them of our comming?" Pausing she thinks a bit as her tail flicks from side to side. "Or I guess that might be this little groups job?"
Having taken a chair next to Snowblind's spot on the carpet, Rosalyn quiets down for Nicole's announcement. A look of thoughtful consideration crosses her face at the revelation, but she remains silent for now, nodding along with Snowblind's question.
"A new home? Away from Zephyr and RSX too?" Rsp asks, sitting more upright on the floor as his ears perk and his tail-tip begins to twitch excitedly. He looks over to Snowblind as she asks her question, adding additionally in a halting tone. "Yes, what d-do we know about this place, and what have you c-called us together to do?"
Nai quietly thumps the ground with the butt of hir spear. A little restless, shifting on hir coils before curling up and sitting, a little awkwardly, on the length of hir own tail. Trying not to comment on the obvious, they were here to find that out already. Tongue flickering a bit, hissing very faintly and hugging hir coat closer around hirself.
Smiling back at the winking Raccoon Girl Gosha looks inside for a few more seconds before turning her head to listen to the conversation within. After Snowblind offers her question the VTOL quickly finds herself nodding in agreement. "Whether this will be a new Promethean settlement or more an embassy would be nice to know. I have no other questions just yet, only a hope that this won't replace our charity efforts here."
Aidan goes silent for a bit, like if answering to this would be a bit more intense than expected. Then, she rises her muzzle and answers, "The place had survivors, until recent times. But as we got there, we didn't found any survivors. That place has its dangers, I suspect that the ferals in that area aren't friendly and neither stupid. We left a little, armed group to patrol the area, they should be fine for now. But beside that, we don't know what else is there, and it needs further investigation.". After a long pause Nicole resumes, "Sadly Rsp, the situation is quite dire.. too dire for us to face it alone. The place is fit for sustaining itself, but we don't have all the technology to fix the factories and make them running. This is why we decided to look at Rsx. They have a lot of technical knowledge, but our intel is reporting a critical lack of resources to keep up their place in Woodfield. This is why we offered a part of the production for their support.. which came shortly after a intense bargain. This accord had another effect as well, it lured in Zephyr. I'm quite sure they would love to stop this project, preferring to keep everything in Fairhaven. But they are greedy as well... they offered they economic help to the mission, in exchange of some freedom with the local market. While this isn't the original plan, their help is definitely useful, especially after we settled the matter by stating that the moral conduct of the place will follow our rules. Rules for not being feral beasts, like no public sex and keeping up some clothes. One of the reasons because you were contacted is because you should have these requirements, and your support in this mission would be really important. And if you hoped in a place free from Zephyr and Rsx.. that's quite impossible. But for sure, we'll a lot more freedom there than any we could have here."
Snowblind takes another glance around and gives a small wince like she was hurt at the news that the city was found empty with signs of survivors having tried to live there. "So we should all likely bring weapons... at least to start. But You got Zeypher and RSX to agree to the terms? That at least is some good news." Her sighs lingers on Rsp then Nai before she nods to herself. "I have no other questions, other then letting you all know that while out of the bubble I am still a very good medic. I might have a bit of a problem with the metal forms but if you..." She points to Nai, "And Gosha outside don't mind me giving a look over I should be alright with patching you up too."
Rosalyn begins tapping the edge of one hoof lightly against the ground. "So, a dangerous, mostly uninhabited region, rich in resources but lacking the infrastructure to harness them? That definitely sounds interesting! Do we have any information on the local nanite... preferences?" She shrugs. "Fairhaven has animalistic tendencies, Woodfield has its human variants, what about this Clairmont?"
Rsp seems upset at the prospect of Zephyr and RSX involvement, laying his ears back and supressing a growl. "How can this world move on with such sickness still festering in its' soul? I hope whomever came up with this accord has planned on earning our independence from it later... We cannot afford their disgusting ideologies to gain more traction..." The pale-furred vulpine takes a deep breath, opens his muzzle to speak again, and instead jumps as someone makes a noise outside, laying his ears back and looking around fearfully.
Nai grumbles a bit, visibly twitching. Firmly grasping hir coat at the elbows, and hissing softly. "I can understand RSX, but sssssszephyr? We'd be better off just offering to let them put us on leashes like little obedient puppies. They may just get a minor slice now, but if you're not careful they'll act as if they own the place a few monthss into anything." Nai eventually says, looking over at Snowblind mentioning checkups. "If I mussst..." Shi murmurs, hugging part of hir own tail. The odd-looking metal gecko-snake huffing after some more thought. "I think our job might be to find out what kind of preference the place hasss..."
"A pity," Gosha blurts as she hears of the survivors recent change in status. Anyone looking out the window can readily see the frown on her face. "Mercy on them all. Um, forgive me for interrupting. Continue." Her head shakes a few times as Nicole explains her theories and involvement of other parties, but this time she manages to hold her tongue and prevent from further delay.
"As long as none of the Zephyr or RSX officials tasked as representative think too highly of themselves, I don't think we'll have to worry. RSX is almost as vested as us in rebuilding, and Zephyr can be trusted so long as the credits are good and steady. Maybe it can even help wash away some of the bad blood between all our people." Twisting her head to listen again there's a rattling noise outdoors as she chuckles at Snowblind's comment. "Thank you dear, I'll keep that in mind. If you happen to need cover during the endeavor I'm more than suited. And I'd like to know what sort of Lost Ones are around too. Not a repeat of Oregon, I hope?" A mechanical hiss, what passes for a sigh for her, is the only response Rsp's comment is merited.
Nicole looks at Rsp, "It wasn't much of a choice. Zephyr and Rsx have their crimes that we won't forget, but it's not by putting aside their existence that we'll be able to make a new future... especially not a future based on hate.". The raccoon girl sighs a bit, "I can understand that you may not like the idea, but their resources are needed. To be honest, there isn't much of a independence since such thing is already there. Beside some rules, who will go to live in Clairmont will make the decisions. There won't be much place for interefences there.. A place for us to grow our children without corruption, a source of freecreds for Zephyr and munitions for Rsx, that's a good deal for everyone.". Turning to look at Snowblind and Ros, she adds, "Any competence is welcomed... we have to rebuild and run a city, any knowledge is important there. And about the ferals in the area... we haven't met them yet. That's what the scouts will have to do in that region." Nicoles takes a deep breath, "The matter is this. Right now, we are collecting resources and people that will be sent to Clairmont. Then, using the Zephyr and Rsx's vehicles, we'll move there and starts to rebuild. I won't hide that, there is a lot of work to do for everyone, the life is harsh and teamwork will be the key for success. There won't be the free meal at Zephyr's cafeteria, there won't be guarded streets and getting a job will be mandatory. But again, we'll have the freedom we are seeking and a place where we'll be able to educate our children without the decadent influence of Zephyr. Of course, this is a free choice.. and far from being a secret. If you have any question, any further doubt, this is the time for it.. and if you want to join us, we'll be sure to work together like a family."
"A new start. What Freehaven should have been after P-Day." Snow says and looks towards Nai. "If I have to insist I will. I don't want to push but I rather not harm you because I don't know that you need extra insulan do to your form or somthing. That goes for everyone actualy now that I know we are going to be the first after the scouts. Nicole, did all the scouts get a checkup before leaving with our local doctor?" Snow's question leads her to be looking back at the racoon. "Till we know what the nanites are like... It might be a mini P-day for all of us again when we go there. But the city... the city will be ours. Those of us that work on it. Our rules, not Z's not RSX's"
Rosalyn nods firmly in agreement. "Yes, the more of us that get involved from day one, the less likely any other interests will be able to manipulate the society that arises. Count me in."
"I'll go, of course. And maybe there will be someone there that will need us, just because they have not found any one, d-doesn't mean they don't exist..." He looks at Snowblind as the taur makes his proclimation, blanching a little. "You.. want to, do things to us?" He edges away, back toward a wall as he ducks his head.
Nai sighs a bit, arms crossed. "I don't really care about this kind of thing. You wanted help, I'm helping. Just don't do anything stupid with the help I'm giving.. That really goes for any of the factions." Nai murmurs, tail flicking a bit, eyes still on Snowblind. "Well, alright.."
Gosha uses her coils to pull back some before shaking her head a safe distance from the building's walls. "So long as this does not become a stepping point to bigotry or isolationism, I think I'm satisfied with what you're saying. What everyone needs these days is hope, cooperation, progress. This... Clairmont? It sounds like just what we need. But, uh, I might need to acquire some infection samples before I'm fit for riding." There's a scraping noise as she adjusts again, painfully aware of how much of the village she takes up.
