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[prettypurpleparlor]

[The handwriting on the rock is Muffet's usual delicately intricate purple script, for once posing a question of her own instead of replying to someone else:]

When you first arrived here, what do you wish people had told you? What were the questions that would have been the most helpful to have answered?

Alternately, for those only recently arrived, what questions would you most like to ask those of us who have been here longer?

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Are you starting something?

[prettypurpleparlor]

I'm considering putting together a guide for the new arrivals, since we seem to get them on a regular basis.

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Off the top of my head:

-How to use the mana pool.
-Where to find shelter and food. A ration supply for newcomers would be ideal, but unlikely with our current circumstances.
-Fire starting, navigation.
-Names of people who know what they're doing, and are willing to help if someone finds themselves in trouble. A newcomer doesn't have the skills to feed themselves, for example, who do they go to?

A record of islands and events that have happened would also be useful, in my experience. But it needs storage space where it won't be damaged by the salt in the air.

[prettypurpleparlor]

All useful points, thank you.

A list of those available for help would have to change as people come and go from the island, but I've been maintaining a list of departures as well, so it wouldn't be much of a stretch to combine the two- or to begin keeping a history, as well.

As for maintaining all this information... I have a handful of ideas, but I'll need to ask the Storyteller about some of them, to see if they would work.

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Safe journeys. Let me know if you need assistance.

[prettypurpleparlor]

My thanks. And please feel free to ask, should you want my help with something in return.