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listenforbirdsong ([personal profile] listenforbirdsong) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-01-30 09:43 pm

[Winter Open] So if "Rizz" is Charisma

Who: Mairi Miann and YOU!
What: Mairi getting settled in her new community
When: Late winter/early spring
Where: Oh, you know, around
Warning(s): None for now!




That implies the existence of:

"Tren"

Once she's signed up to become a farmer, moving her meager belongings out to the farmhouse formerly owned by the aptly named Milo Fields is no difficult task. Neither is clearing the snow in order to get started planting some late winter crops, thanks to Shape Water.

No, the hard part is plowing the icy fields. Had someone been here, they might have prepared the land a little better for such early-year planting, getting seeds for snap peas and spinach and beets and artichokes into the ground for a mid-spring harvest. But Mairi unfortunately has withered fall veggies and the thaw to contend with.

Outside in her fields, she can be seen smacking away violently at the ground with her till, grunting and yelling with the effort. Maybe some help would be good.


"Izz"

As promised to Jean, Mairi posts on the bulletin board in town that she's looking for people interested in learning her magic to form a druid circle. She advertises that she can train others to heal, grow plants, or form psychic bonds with animals. Any takers can find her on her farm or in the Oak & Iron! Her phone number is also on it. Mairi is extremely excited about phones. Please call her.


"Terr"

There isn't a ton in the way of groceries to get right now, what with the food situation, but Mairi can still afford the basic staples and some extra rations to get herself set up in her new home. It's a long way from the market to Northwest Hollow, though, and Mairi's hair is constantly dripping and creating ice underfoot. So it's no surprise that eventually she slips on a rural road and eats shit.

Hello, bystander. Perhaps you might be able to catch a falling water genasi to prevent her from spilling all her damn rations everywhere? Do you help her pick them up? Or do you just laugh at this pathetic wet lady whose brand new bag of flour split open, blasting her in the face with white powder that is now getting wet and clumpy?


"Telly"

How does one catch a siren? How does one avoid getting caught oneself? These are very important questions for Mairi's very important side quest.

In the late afternoon, it is easy to find her in the library, reading up on sirens and their hunting methods, or in the general store pondering trap supplies. A little help with this project certainly wouldn't hurt, and the product of these labors will mean the world to her.


And "Toosh"

People gotta eat. Hunger makes everything harder, be it working, fighting, or thinking. And it's important that the meals folks do get are balanced--- that means protein, vitamins, hearty veggies, and clean, potion-free water. Time to put that druidcraft cantrip to work.

Not far from Cecil's cooking pot, Mairi has taken it upon herself to plant row covers around the community garden, using old bed sheets and particularly pliable sticks. Inside the little veggie tents, she has used as much magic as she can muster to get some kale and broccoli and squash to the blooming stage. The rest is up to time.

But she only has one set of sheets to spare, and her noodle arms can only find so many sticks. Donations and volunteers are appreciated! And if you're going hungry, you'll be the first to get a cut of her harvest, alongside the community stew of course.
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[personal profile] lastofthefirst 2024-01-31 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Tch. Wasn't what I was asking, but I can break the frost if you like." By way of demonstration Vika stomps; frozen earth meets metal and sheer mass, and it loses, crumbling into icy chunks. "...There was another mammal here. One of the first I met. When I thought the deer and the birds were hostile entities he talked me down, and I wasn't in a place to receive his kindness."

"He went back to death before I really had the words to tell him what he'd done. Now you've come to his land to continue his work. And now I'm here."
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[personal profile] lastofthefirst 2024-02-01 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
"...No, I didn't know him. I met him once, and he was kind to me. And now you, who have been kind, are here. So maybe the land is blessed. I wouldn't know. Curses are closer to my heart." Vika comes in closer; she wasn't asked not to break the ground, so she's about to be stomping on Mairi's field to help with the hoeing. "...We talked a bit, about spare parts. Arms, mainly. He had..."

Vika waves her arm, the newest part of her. "...I don't know what I'm on about. It felt important when I started."
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[personal profile] lastofthefirst 2024-02-03 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Pretty sure this is where I'm supposed to say I'll do all I can to help, but I work in the mine. I don't have time. Nobody in that forsaken pit has time." With gentleness that surprises herself, Vika brushes Mairi's hand away. "...Though it's not like I do anything with my time off..."
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[personal profile] lastofthefirst 2024-02-04 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't have to do anything. But I can only stare at a wall from nineteen inches away for so many hours a day before I start to lose my mind. Don't even have glands and I can still be understimulated...thanks Dad." She rolls her good eye. "...Besides. Bart needs food to live."