Event | Satellite | Salvage & Repairs

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all!
Date: May 22 - 26, 2013
Location: Keeliai, turtleside, ARSHEPHELIOS cluster remains
Situation: The fires are put out and repairs around the city have begun. With life preserved, eyes turn now to what exactly crashed down into the ocean.
Warnings/Rating: Please put CW in your subject lines

Satellite Crash Event

Crash Landing | Salvage Party | Shocking Spectres

Questions | Keeliai | Repairs | Salvage | Other | Oceanside | Shellside | ARSHEPHELIOS-side | Coralside


The majority of fires are reported as under control and repair crews start forming up to bring Keeliai back to her pre-scorched splendour. This is all well and good, but there remains a cluster of debris that crashed into the ocean drawing the attention of salvagers and Foreigners alike. Boats and teams form up and head up to scour the ocean, where the cluster rests upon an expansive and ancient coral formation and can be reached within ten metres of the surface.

Comments

[urbanmagic]

From the sounds of it, I am! [Baseline human, huh.] Well, we're mostly humans, just that there's been an increase of people who have been getting a whole new set of skills through the years. Not so different here, I figure.

[urbanmagic]

[Girl, you need to look at your skills and tell her that's not amazing.]

You just moved rocks without an incantation, just some really simple moves. How is that not interesting? [In fact, she even tries to copy said moves (rather badly, since it's not like she's trained for this)--- but ultimately, and predictably, nothing happens.] See. I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing with that.

[alphatar]

[That smile gets a questionable eyebrow.] Why, what are y- [A sharp intake of breath and Korra’s stomach does a small flip at the unexpected change in elevation.]

You can fly??! [Breathing underwater and super strength was pretty much the scope Korra had of Nita’s powers. Flight though? That didn’t even seem to be in the cards.] With those? [They seemed decorative and let’s face it, little wings are cute.]

Yeah, I can see how this beats a little boost.

[alphatar]

[Now where had she heard that word before…] Incantation?

[Korra folds her arms and observes Traci mimic the motions.] I’ve been training in all the elements since I was four, so don’t beat yourself up over it. You have to be an earthbender first, and it takes focus.

[However, she is cheered up a bit.] What’s your world like? Is it the Earth with a lot of superheroes or is it like the one with demi-gods?

[littlecousin]

[It's okay to be amazed, Korra. Nita knows she's awesome.]

Yeah, it seems weird. I don't know how it works--it just does.

[She starts back toward the turtle, going fairly sedately, since she's not sure how much Korra can really take without dropping her salvage.]

[alphatar]

This is so cool, why aren’t you doing this all the time? [If she could just master that airbending…]

I was thinking, where would you put that space station on Tu Vishan? [In Keeliai seemed out of place.] Because if it could pollute the water it might make the decay worse, right? [Making Asti’s illness even a little worse wasn’t something Korra wanted to think about.]

[depicted]

Seriously? Like . . . [He sort of waves his hands, as if this somehow clarifies his point.] A natural evolution sort of thing? Huh.

[littlecousin]

I fly basically everywhere I don't swim.

[If she ever loses the power of flight, she's actually going to have trouble navigating Keeliai.]

There are huge barren chunks of the shell where even the dirt's been scraped off. As long as we kept an eye on rain runoff, it'd be fine there.

[She's cruising effortlessly on a straight line towards the city, but something occurs to her and she slows down before they get far.]

Do you have a bike or anything we should pick up?

[alphatar]

I can’t blame you, I would too.

[Bare shell wouldn’t have been the spot she would have picked, but there was little she could argue with. After all, she it wasn’t her plan to begin with.]

Oh! Yeah, I’ve got my cart down there. [Scanning quickly for the spot where she dived off at the edge of the shell, Korra pointed towards the general location where her stone makeshift wagon was.] It’s got everything I’ve found so far. Sorry, I wasn’t expecting to be flying in the air today. [In fact there have zero days that she had.]

[littlecousin]

Ha, no problem.

[Nita loops around, circling once before she spots the cart, and comes in for a soundless landing next to it.]

[alphatar]

[Flying is something Korra could really get used to. Swimming in the air without nearly as much resistance is a pretty awesome things. When their feet are back on the shell Korra takes an extra second to readjust.]

Okay, now I see why everyone is all about superheroes now. [All smiles after that fun jaunt, Korra turns her forearm up and pushes her arm outward so the top of the seamless cart open. Inside there is a stone divider between two piles of random satellite tech and she empties her armful into one of them.] Thanks Nita, I was kind of thinking today was going to be boring when I got up. [Especially after how hard she slept for all of three hours.]

You know any way to contact this Tony guy or is the network going to be good enough? [If he could appraise them for what they do she could sell them for a lot more. However, the fact that he owned an industry meant either his fees would be ridiculous or just an outright refusal.]

[mopirates_moproblems]

"You can tell, even at this distance?"

Still, he falls into step beside Randolph, walking with him. He's more curious than doubtful.

[cravats]

"It's a matter of scent. I have the sharpest nose in London, and the living smell quite different from the dead." He taps the pointy nose in question. "It's come in handy more than once."

[littlecousin]

My pleasure.

[Nita's paying more attention to the cart than Korra, looking at it with an evaluating eye as she figures out how she's going to carry it back to the city, because come on Korra that's like a six-hour walk.]

You can just ask for him on the network when we get back, or track down Pepper Potts. She's where he keeps his common sense. They have a business office in Metal.

[I think. Nita would get the Sector right.]

[alphatar]

[Travel methods of the Avatar are ridiculous beyond any reason. Ask her neighbor Arthur.]

He puts pepper in pots? [The questions was flying out of her mouth before she heard the rest and Korra can only give a little:] oh.

[Dwelling on the odd name wasn’t something Korra had time for when she heard the next tidbit of information.] I live in the Metal Sector! I don’t know where everything is yet, but I’m getting the hang of it. [Of course not, Korra would have seen the office.]

So wait, you’re a college student. Does that mean you do school and have a job? [After all, Korra was told she’d need to work when she got here.]

[beganwithamask]

Yeah? Try Water, then, they don't seem to really care about the stuff all that much. I was over there earlier lookin' for scrap metal, less competition. [His coin stash is already looking healthier, happily enough.

He finally manages to wrench the capsule open, and is treated to another little handful of toys and starscape photos.] Yeah, like these. Don't look like any star systems I've ever seen though, y'know? I've just been taking whatever I can get for 'em.

[mrsarcastic003]

[A bright grin.] Enough to get myself into trouble. Why?

[oathwalk]

[That name seems weird. He thinks it's a name? It could also just be a description. But Richard has far too much training in manners to ask for a clarification on that point, so he'll just smile and introduce himself in return.] Richard. [He offers his hand.] I hope that isn't too a common occurrence. [It isn't where he is from.]

[littlecousin]

[Nita laughs.]

I think "Pepper" is a nickname.

[The only reason she's not sure is 'cause surface-dwellers are weird.]

Oh, maybe I wasn't clear. I'm a college student back home. Here I mostly do heavy lifting.

[She flexes a bicep. While Nita does have a muscular build, it can't possibly account for how strong she really is.]

They don't have a lot of construction equipment, so having someone who can place girders by hand is useful. I used to babysit and help out my friend with her clothing shop, but Favrielle disappeared, and the kedan aren't willing to trust foreigners anymore, so...

[Nita trails off. She's pretty much perpetually cheerful, but those are not happy topics.]

[philosophe]

Certainly! I would love to see how it works. And then try and put it back together.

[alphatar]

Wow, well if they’re okay with that nickname… [Not what Korra would have picked, but everyone has their preferences.] I’ll make sure to contact her first then. [After all, she does want to ask someone who sounds like they got their stuff together, and judging from the common sense remark Tony doesn’t sound too with it.]

Nice! So you must work out a lot. [If there is one thing Korra really does respect, it’s strength.] Yeah, I tried looking for work with the kedan first, but that didn’t pan out so well. [People disappearing wasn’t a Korra favorite either. Especially since finding out she had been on Tu Vishan once before. No, not happy topics at all.]

So how much do you charge for a flight to the Metal and is it extra for my luggage? [Have a mischievous grin.]

[una_persson]

I've been wondering if the privacy settings that come with the consoles can be improved upon. And whether there's some method of distributing those settings to anyone who wants them. [A sort of hand-wavey gesture.] I'm no expert, myself. Computers and the like don't faze me, but I couldn't begin to get into the details of how they work.

gah sorry for late responses work is sucking out my soul

[holyflame]

Yeah, well this place keeps you on your toes...if this [indicating the wreckage all around her. She's a girl of action after all.] is any indication. So much for the R-n'-R.

You were pretty busy huh? [Shayla still hasn't gotten beyond the Fire Sector] I managed to explore the Fire Sector pretty thoroughly...it was almost like the fires didn't wanna go out in this place. Even for me it was kind of a handful.

[She'd get one fire under control and then another would pop up somewhere else.]

Once this is all over I plan on making some hot springs, I understand that there aren't any natural ones so it'll probably be an undertaking [she's needs somewhere to perform her cleansing ceremony] a nice salt bath'll fix those aching muscles and I could definitely waste a few days on that.

Work does that. But money, so it’s all right.

[alphatar]

Yeah, I’m really hoping that wasn’t some kind of seasonal weather thing. [Because seriously, yesterday can just go die in a fire somewhere else.]

Not the way I’d want to check out the Fire Sector either. [All the aches in her back yearned for a hot springs, especially a natural one.] That would be the best thing in the world right now. I haven’t visited any of the spas here in the Fire, they’re probably expensive and crowded. [And seriously, forget that. Odds are the kedan running it would probably make sure their experience was as miserable as possible to prevent foreigner return business.]

Speaking of which, don't sweat it if the reconstruction crews are jerks. Everyone kind of is right now. I don't know if they told you about the rationing, but the locals are kind of blaming the foreigners for that. [For stupid reasons beyond Korra’s patience.]

[mopirates_moproblems]

"I imagine it would."

It's growing gradually easier to accept statements like that made as fact. James joins him at the rubble, starting to dig.