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[piercetheheart]

Hey guys, 's Gladio. Got some new gear that'll make construction easier. And a rain barrel so we can haul a much larger quantity of river water over from Enso. Planning to set up another shower and water filter on the little islands, votes on which one?

And while I've got your attention I wanted to see who'd be up for helping me fix up the temple some. Tory -erm I mean The Storyteller's- been busting their butt looking after us, only feels right we should do something for them. Maybe... trying to make friends with them too, guys. They kinda think we all hate them.

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[scourgingstars]

I can't imagine why. It's hardly as if they keep pushing us into terrible situations with no indication of what we may encounter, or as though they're maddeningly vague about their origins, intent, and just about everything regarding this world and the things in it.

...Oh, goodness. Why, I'm mistaken. That's exactly what's happening.

[want_to_belong]

You should build it wherever the most girls are staying! Girls should get to have showers!

[Oh man, the Storyteller... Prompto had his suspicions, but he knew it wasn't good to voice them too much. Who knew who would be listening? And it was best not to randomly anger gods.]

[not.....here]

[thegoofball]

[He can't actually reply, but if anyone doesn't vote for the third islet you're dead to him.]

[piercetheheart]

Prom, you know damn well anyone's welcome to use the one we've got I just want the other to be more accessible...

Maybe on the other mana pool islet? I mean everyone has to come or go by pool eventually so it'd be on the way, y'know?

[piercetheheart]

[The wonderful thing about snarking over crystals is that he can take a moment to quell his rage before responding.]

And it's not like you've got supremely unrealistic expectations or anything.

Why don't you know everything about this world already?

[scourgingstars]

Expectations or not, I fail to see where I'm being proven wrong. And as to your question itself, I haven't spent two thousand years on this one. Even so, I should think I know enough. More than you, no doubt.

[piercetheheart]

You decided they should know everything about everything and you're pissed that they don't.

So I decided you should know everything about everything. And you should. Because I say so. What your actual abilities are don't matter. You just should.

[Do you see how childish that logic is, Ardyn? ]

[scourgingstars]

I rather didn't think I had to spell this out. I am not some deity native to this world. I think it far from unreasonable to expect them to know more than they've told us, which is essentially nothing.

[want_to_belong]

Whatever is most convenient for them! Girls shouldn't have to walk really far from home to take a shower...

[He's doing his best to be chivalrous here, Gladio.]

I guess the mana pool might make sense... Maybe we need to make a whole bath house area at some point. You know, so people have a place to change and everything!

[piercetheheart]

And they've been asleep for how long? Shit changes.

[So about that whole checking his temper thing.]

[scourgingstars]

As were most of the Astrals. Does it, really?

[piercetheheart]

That is.....

Actually a really good idea, Prom. Holy shit. C'mere so we can plan. Gonna need your help, Bro.

[want_to_belong]

R-Really?

[Color him shocked, he didn't expect to hear that.]

...Oh, yeah, sure, we can plan stuff! I mean, I never really went to a place like that, but I can kinda imagine? I read comics that showed them!

[piercetheheart]

Comic books?

[Gladio laughs softly but he mostly just sounds amused.]

Okay then between your comics and my theory we should be able to come up with something.

[thermalwind]

Count me in on both projects.

...

Not sure which islet would be best for a shower. I guess where ever makes the most sense with how we're spread out.

[piercetheheart]

Prom had the genius idea of building a bathhouse so we might hold off on the shower... but thanks. I appreciate the help.

You're one of Lance's friends, yeah? [You sound familiar from some of the Umui broadcasts.]

[thermalwind]

Yeah. I'm Keith, his team leader. [His voice is shades deeper from the old broadcasts before.]

A bathhouse sounds like a good idea. You've got my help, either way. Just let me know when and where to be. I've been scouting out the mining site we found on Umui.

[piercetheheart]

Can't trust that Umui's going to be around for long. Gotta stick with Enso. Me an Prom can scout out some places and get back with you, Keith.

Hell gotta finish the roof at the workshop before we start another project. Working on the temple will be a slow thing I think... just bits of changes here and there. Been like that for ages so I don't wanna do too much and weird them out or anything.

[piercetheheart]

Don't compare Tory to them. At least they talk to us and aren't cryptic bastards.

[thermalwind]

Right. And yeah Umui might not be around much longer. I wanted to get more of the ore before it goes away. Supposedly it’s self sustaining. We found a report on it before I got sent back home and came back.

Anyway, maybe ask them what they want fixed? Get them involved with it.

[piercetheheart]

The Northern lighthouse, on Enso's East coast? I've been converting it into a workshop. There's tons of supplies there, Legion's been busy. It's a good space to store materials so you don't have to put everything in your house, if you wanna use it.

I did ask them and they said the resources could be better used elsewhere... So we bickered for a bit and I pretty much told them to bugger off, I'm going to fix things up a bit for them and they can just deal with it.

[crosslaced]

I remember there being five islets all connected in a ring. If we want to be efficient, go in a random direction- skip the adjacent islets to yours and pick somewhere a good enough distance off.

[he means either islets #4 or #5 on the Housing page. sorry Lance.

no word at all regarding our dear Tory.]

[crosslaced]

[rip]

[proficienciesouttheass]

Yeah, hi? You said something about stuff for construction?

[ He isn't even super sure how he feels about the Storyteller, so he won't say much about that. But construction is something he can do, and he definitely needs something to keep his hands and his mind busy after last week.]

[scourgingstars]

Really, now? Because I'd call him quite cryptic.

Why, did you know there is a whole system of caverns marked with warding runes? And surprise of surprises, it's caverns the Storyteller wouldn't go into. I wonder why that could be. Not only that, but it would seem the population fell to some dreadful disease that turned them all into crystal monsters.

[do you see where he's driving at gladio because he's just gonna keep talking.]

In fact, I've noticed a startling trend. Everywhere we've gone except for here seems to have some terrible disease or curse plaguing it. Meanwhile, the aboveground terrain under the Storyteller's jurisdiction has no sign of former inhabitants at all apart from a scant few ruins scattered among the islets.

Ask yourself--have they ever once told you why that might be so?