LANDFALL | TAVIMBI | FEBRUARY MINGLE LOG

[ironwood]

Characters: ALL!
Date: January 27th to ???
Location: City of Hatal, Tavimbi
Situation: After anchoring Tu Vishan to the coastline of Tavimbi, the city of Hatal welcomes kedan and Foreigners alike.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.


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The southern port city of Hatal is used to getting its fair share of visitors, so after the initial surprise of having a continent-sized turtle washing ashore and parking there like it's going to be a while, the Tavimbians recover with admirable poise and begin processing the new arrivals through their customs procedure. After providing a basic summary of their informátion (age, species, duration of tenure on Tu Vishan, and list of "potentially disruptive abilities") they'll be issued a pass stamp, which they must keep on their person while in Hatal. It's made of a brassy metal, a little larger than a credit card, and inscribed with their information, their date of arrival, and whether they've had any run-ins with the laws in Tavimbi (it will be stamped accordingly by the authorities if such happens.)

Once that's all taken care of, visitors will be welcomed to Hatal!

OOC: There are starters in the comments for various areas of Hatal, or you can use the rest of the post for anything on Tavimbi which doesn't fit under those headings.

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LINKS
Hatal Exterior - The Metal Heights | The Causeway Level | The Reservoir Level
The Artery Level | The Lorn Level | The Jagaiz Rings | OOC Post

Comments

[hadthehighground]

He had been expecting that comparison actually, and he could only smile. The Sabonile and the Jedi were very different but they did have a few similarities.

"Of course. And I won't be long. Thank you for your hospitality, Charako."

With a polite bow, the Jedi Master moved away from the Muin though being sure not to go far and to stay well within sight. Stopping at a railing, he placed his heads on it and breathed in deeply. The Jedi then closed his eyes as he began his meditation. Calming his mind and focusing, he mentally reached into the Force and felt his way to the Xunutane.

[ironcoin]

Privately, Charako hoped the Foreigners stayed around Hatal for a while. Obi-Wan was a very charming ambassador for them, and she was learning so much from them.

At the Jedi's mental inquiry, the Xunutane doesn't really react. There's nothing that would indicate any kind of sentience or presence other than an energy, other than conveying that it was quite old and part of a significantly larger power-- like this crystal was only a node of it.

Should Obi-Wan attempt to trace the pathways that link the Xunutane outside of Hatal and to the other cities' crystals, however, it will cause a reaction in the power output, making the lights flicker and the conversion generators to whine with the change in source, making some of the Dexedi workers around the room give exclamations of surprise.

[hadthehighground]

So it wasn't alive, though he hadn't been expecting it to be anyhow. Not in the traditional sense. But there was that power and the fact that the Xunutane was only a part of a broader web. He did indeed follow the pathways, curiously exploring where they went and feeling the other crystals in other cities spread across the contingent.

However, the results of his probing aren't immediately apparent to him as he has to concentrate quite hard on what he's doing. The flickering of the lights and the surprised Dexedi going unnoticed. Somebody might have to shake him or something to make Obi-Wan snap out of it.

[ironcoin]

And that intervention does come a moment later when Charako, having rather quickly put two and two together, grabs Obi-Wan by the arm and thumps him a good one on the shoulder. "Hey! Stop that, whatever you're doing!"

[hadthehighground]

And just like that he stops, a bit startled at the thump to his shoulder. Opening his eyes he looked around and then to Charako.

"Forgive me. ... Did something happen?"

From the way he spoke it was clear he hadn't expected anything to and truly hadn't meant any harm.

[ironcoin]

She stared at him for a moment, as if trying to decide whether the question was serious. "Yeah something happened," she finally said. "You made the power feed... do something. My sensors went crazy for a moment. What'd you do?"

[hadthehighground]

"I was tracing the network. I could feel the crystals in other cities," Obi-Wan explained.

"Your Xunutane is quite amazing, but it seems to be only a small part of something much bigger and more powerful."

He then paused as the fact that he had unintentionally caused a panic sunk in.

"My apologies, I didn't realize it would do that. I hope it wasn't anything permanent?"

[ironcoin]

"All of them?" Charako seemed startled. "In so short a time? It took us years to properly map the entire web."

She shakes her head at his question. "No, it looks like it was a temporary glitch in the flow, it's already leveled off."

[hadthehighground]

"Yes, I believe so."

It had been quite the amazing and vast network. He didn't doubt it had taken them that long to map it.

"Oh, good. Though I wonder why it reacted that way. As much as I'd like to study further it seems best not to."

He certainly didn't want to interfere with the workings of the city after all. The Xunutane was the lifeline of their civilization.

[ironcoin]

"I wouldn't mind attempting it again, on a much smaller scale and in a more controlled setting," Charako replied. "But for now, let's avoid doing that again. If you'll excuse me, I have some people to go calm down."

[hadthehighground]

Obi-Wan bowed politely as Charako excused herself. With one more look at the Xunutane, the Jedi decided it was time that he did the same. So he showed himself out.