01[14:47] <@Kaingaskhan> Chapter 18 - Occupation Hazards
01[14:50] <@Kaingaskhan> You guys got settled into the cozy, if sparse ruins of an ancient Sindarin city. While there isn't much here, yet... the place is a source of a powerful relic known as the Forge of Creation, as well as possibly other secrets buried away behind sealed doors. The ruins themselves also seem to have some capacity to expand... Surely, what this place lacks in fortifications now, it will gain in the future.
01[14:51] <@Kaingaskhan> Plus, the extra help doesn't hurt, either. You have eight golurks (operational) and three Regis (still out of commission)  on site and willing to follow the every whim of the base's Forgemaster, the robotic shuckle Gizmo.
01[14:52] <@Kaingaskhan> Plus, you guys gave it a name. Little Haven. Probably an ill-fitting name in the long run, but that can always change.
01[14:53] <@Kaingaskhan> You've discussed among yourselves a few plans for what to do with your new land, and for the moment, Cornell has suggested temporarily returning to Crystal Grove to find workers willing to help.
01[14:55] <@Kaingaskhan> Any business you wish to handle here in Little Haven before doing so?
[14:57] <Somalakshmi> (Is everyone good with my proposal for the money?)
[15:01] <Iltani> (Yup)
06[15:01] * Somalakshmi won't have any major business for now then.
06[15:03] * Iltani mostly wonders who's coming along to Crystal Grove. Because she wouldn't be left alone otherwise, she's holding onto a waggling King Shortstop, who she probably hasn't held in ages.
[15:03] <Katsuo_Nightarrow> Checking in on Amelia and Akemi if she's back.
[15:04] <Iltani> This mostly means Elydia, naturally.
01[15:05] <@Kaingaskhan> For now, no one stays at Little Haven. Aston has a nice room he's set up temporarily in the Forge area, but he thinks hanging with you guys is more fun than watching the Golurks clean up. Elydia isn't one to be left behind either. While you've got King Shortstop in your arms, he wiggles happily, licking your hands and affectionately bumping you with his tusks. Elydia on the other hand, is holding Mistral in her arms, who seems to be enjoying behind held from the front.
[15:06] <Iltani> "It's best to keep in mind that we can do more than just maintenance and R&D at the labs here. Whenever we have a spare moment, we probably should work on some simple things to sell in order to add to our coffers. There's really no reason why the workshop cannot act as a storefront as well."
01[15:06] <@Kaingaskhan> You guys get back to Crystal Grove before long - Akemi is indeed back, and in the same room as Amelia. Your sister regards you sharply as you enter, and pulls a scroll from somewhere on your person. "A message to you from Lady Claire, Katsuo. Read it at your earliest convenience."
01[15:07] <@Kaingaskhan> Elydia: "That's true... Did you have anything in mind?"
01[15:08] <@Kaingaskhan> *her person
[15:08] <Iltani> "Simple toys tended to sell well back home."
01[15:08] <@Kaingaskhan> *SOMEWHERE ON HER PERSON
01[15:08] <@Kaingaskhan> Akemi is a ninja but she isn't a magician
01[15:08] <@Kaingaskhan> Amelia grunts. She's still shackled.
[15:09] <Iltani> "As well as the usual clocks and such."
[15:09] <Iltani> "Taking side jobs wouldn't be a terrible idea either."
01[15:09] <@Kaingaskhan> Elydia: "Oh, like the ones with the little wooden wind-up keys, that hop around a little."
01[15:09] <@Kaingaskhan> Elydia: "Or bang little instruments."
[15:09] <Iltani> "Did Dad ever teach you how to make a music box?"
01[15:09] <@Kaingaskhan> She shakes her head.
[15:10] <Iltani> "Mmmm. As good of a time to learn as any, once we return."
03[15:10] * Kaingaskhan is now known as SuikoGM
01[15:10] <@SuikoGM> Elydia: "Sure!"
06[15:10] * Iltani returns to the possibilities. "Methods of pest control and self-defense may also work as wares...."
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