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staysilent2021-09-06 08:13 pm
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September 2021 - Power
Power
It happens early one September morning. As the sun shines onto the recently repaired solar panels, power abruptly flickers to life within the Town Hall. Given that power is only supplied for a couple hours every night normally, constant power to the building is a big change.
Mauri looks impressed by the change. "Well. I didn't expect all of you to become electricians so quickly." He says it with a touch of amusement to his voice though. Even if he's not saying direct praise, he is definitely proud of everyone for working so hard.
The addition of power full-time also means that the cold storage section of the food storage building is up and running too. And with the nip in the air at night and how the crops in the farm are close to ripe, it's not a moment too soon. Preparations for fall and winter will need to start before too long, if everyone is going to want enough food around to comfortably survive the winter.
Mauri looks impressed by the change. "Well. I didn't expect all of you to become electricians so quickly." He says it with a touch of amusement to his voice though. Even if he's not saying direct praise, he is definitely proud of everyone for working so hard.
The addition of power full-time also means that the cold storage section of the food storage building is up and running too. And with the nip in the air at night and how the crops in the farm are close to ripe, it's not a moment too soon. Preparations for fall and winter will need to start before too long, if everyone is going to want enough food around to comfortably survive the winter.
Gravekeeping
Improvements to the island have been made, but there's still a lot to do before winter arrives. Defenses need to be sured up, firewood needs to be cut, food needs to be dried and stored, and much, much more. Winters are harsh in Finland, and going into them unprepared is a surefire way to spend the winter cold and hungry. At best.
But even with everything else left to do, Mauri is going to approach the Otherworlders in early September with another task. He's been tending to the graveyard over the summer, but there is still a lot of cleaning left to do. While it's not vital to survival- he will reassure everyone that the souls of the dead have long since passed on, and that this is more to honor them than as a form of protection- cleaning up the graveyard before winter would be a good way for the Otherworlders to show that they respect those who lived here before them. He only asks once too, and won't badger the Otherworlders to do it after that one request is made.
Will you help? Or will you focus your efforts on preparing for winter?
But even with everything else left to do, Mauri is going to approach the Otherworlders in early September with another task. He's been tending to the graveyard over the summer, but there is still a lot of cleaning left to do. While it's not vital to survival- he will reassure everyone that the souls of the dead have long since passed on, and that this is more to honor them than as a form of protection- cleaning up the graveyard before winter would be a good way for the Otherworlders to show that they respect those who lived here before them. He only asks once too, and won't badger the Otherworlders to do it after that one request is made.
Will you help? Or will you focus your efforts on preparing for winter?