056. Going To California

[samson]

[Filtered away from the First Gens or anyone who would be complicit in an attack on the castle.]
Alright, so, unless you've been completely ignoring the journal, there's another expedition. Great timing, guys. Not like half the city's still in ruins or anything.

Anyway...

If you can help it, try to keep anything you have to say about it under a filter. Those guys out in the woods who hate us went and spanked our asses a few years back when most of us were out playing Michigan Smith. So the less they know about us being vulnerable right now, the better.

Those of you who are staying behind, keep your eyes open and speak up if you see or hear anything.

In the meantime...
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City's still in rough shape. Anybody who's good with their hands or has "super powers" or whatever, giving the townspeople a hand would probably be a good thing.

Uh, anybody who's good with masonry, my cabin got destroyed, too. I've been meaning to update the walls to brick anyway, so... yeah. Let me know if you're interested.

Comments

[First Filter]

[whistles_the_blues]

Those guys in the woods?

forever!

[samson]

Yeah, they call them the 'First Gens.' I guess they were residents of the castle before us, so 'first generation' or something...

Anyway, they got a real beef with us for some reason.

[mal_addict]

I'm working in the town now, helping rebuild. I suppose I could drop by the cabin to push up a wall or two for you.

[Filter]

And tell me about it. You know what they're like, how can they deal with things close to home when there's adventure out there?

[samson]

Oh, sure, just push up a wall. No big deal. [VAMPIRES.]

[Filter]
It's a big damn asteroid or something. I don't think it's going anywhere. Really, it could've waited.

[gottaknockhard]

[...He forgot about the cabin. Allow him a second to scream in silence before he addresses his concerns for his friend.]

The whole thing?

[samson]

Just the three walls that aren't brick... and the roof. So... mostly the whole thing.

[mal_addict]

If you're put off by the fact I'm stronger than you, I'll just leave you do it by yourself.

[Filter]

Exactly. The town is far more important.

[samson]

No, that would be stupid. [He's just jealous okay...]

[Filter]
Well... unless there are aliens on the asteroid or something. That could potentially be bad.

[gottaknockhard]

[Don't be an asshole and ask about the car first. Ask about anything else. Think of something else...]

That's too bad. I was looking forward to smoked ham. [--or you could have asked if he was okay. Whatever.]

[samson]

You can still have that. Greenhouse and smokehouse are still okay. Garage, too.

[See, you don't even need to ask, Spike...]

[whistles_the_blues]

Good to know. Anything in particular I should be on the look out for?

[samson]

Nah, not really. They sent in a couple spies once, but with so many people coming and going all the time, it's kinda hard to notice that kind of thing.

[gottaknockhard]

[RELIEF. That he can now skillfully push back to address what he should have brought up a lot sooner than today.]

I guess you made it out alright then.

[samson]

[It's not like Brock asked after Spike, either. They're both kind of jerks in this situation...]

Yeah. Wasn't too bad climbing out of it.

[whistles_the_blues]

That would make things difficult. Regardless I'll keep an eye out.

[gottaknockhard]

[Spike wasn't the one who had a roof apparently fall on him. And Brock's still helping...]

For once, being in the castle paid off.

[samson]

[As long as it's not a truck or a bullet, Brock's pretty good at shrugging off most things...]

Never thought I'd hear those words. Usually it's the castle that makes everything weird.

[samson]

Yeah, sure thing.

So I guess the whole, uh, robot thing makes it hard to go out into the Dead Zone with everybody, huh?

[whistles_the_blues]

A touch, but there's work to be done here. I'll get over it.

There's a place like it where I'm from too, don't need to go there to know what'll happen.

[heloise]

Maybe they go to fetch us a new city, what do you think?

filter >:V

[samson]

[AGGRESSIVELY ADDS A FILTER]

The last time they did that, I'm pretty sure that's what brought that stupid plague thing.

[samson]

Huh, really? Well, at least you know ahead of time. I don't really think you're missing much, anyway -- then again, exploration's not really my thing.

foreveeer

[heloise]

[ She lets other people worry about things like that! ]

Do you suppose the keys to a new city would make it a worthy endeavor? Or two?

[whistles_the_blues]

At least in the sense that it's a place where no technology functions.

I spent years traveling, though that's not really an option here.

[dorkwonder]

I've organized some groups to help with rebuilding the city. I'm not a masonry expert by any means, but I have some supplies I could lend you.