[ORP] #8 Wayward Pines Street - Empty Lot
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:06 pm
((set on the evening of the 27th))
Duke and his entourage, having moved on from the camp before the gate, had begun to look for another spot in town to set the camp back up. Ultimately, deciding: <'Well, why not?'>, they laid out the 25F necessary to buy a plot of land on a wooded outlier street where, thus far, only a single other neighbor dwelt in a small dwelling 7 lots down.
It had been a long time, since Duke had been out in the trees.
His first home in Secfenia had been the midden heap at the crossroads, followed shortly after by his Mistresses estate; wherein he'd resided for the past seven years. Has it been so long? Duke was starting to feel 'old'; hopefully he was perhaps only tired from the day.
Sofie leads the horses onto the site with grandfather and Karina on each one and some gear in the pack saddles with which to begin making camp. Duke selects a wayward pine and proceeds to head on inside of its boughs and climb up onto a branch.
<Alright. This will do for tonight.
We'll rest here after such a long day, and we can begin setting up again come the dawn.>
The others grab a bedroll after tying the horses to the tree, head within to sleep.
----
((morning of the 28th))
As the sun rises, and the party awakens to new day Duke begins to plan the layout of the camp.
<Alright. First things first, we will need to set up a writing desk inside a small windbreak pavilion so we can begin filing paperwork...>
"Duke! That's not the first thing to do!"
Sofie exclaims loudly.
Duke blinks.
<It's not?>
"No. It's not."
she says as she heads to the horse and grabs out a small shovel, waving it in his direction for a moment.
"Go, bring us down a couple of rabbits or something, and I'll get to the writing station after the latrines, fire pit, and sleeping tents."
<Rabbits. Alrighty then. Back soon.>
Duke heads off into the pines as Sofie begins digging some holes.
Karina looks and Grandfather.
"I brought eggs" she says, with a small whine; to which he replies:
"But you gave away our frying pan."
She puts on a sour expression.
----
((Later))
Duke breathes a sigh of relief out through his nostrils as he is finally able to file a fiscal report and mail some letters.
Duke mentally 'phews'. It had been an entire week; or it would be come morning.
----
((9/29))
Duke awakens in his tree branch, the sun already up, and prepares to head off to work.
-
Duke returns from the temple after a slightly incidental morning for a bite of leftover lunch and an afternoon nap.
----
((Everything is presently up to date now.))
Duke and his entourage, having moved on from the camp before the gate, had begun to look for another spot in town to set the camp back up. Ultimately, deciding: <'Well, why not?'>, they laid out the 25F necessary to buy a plot of land on a wooded outlier street where, thus far, only a single other neighbor dwelt in a small dwelling 7 lots down.
It had been a long time, since Duke had been out in the trees.
His first home in Secfenia had been the midden heap at the crossroads, followed shortly after by his Mistresses estate; wherein he'd resided for the past seven years. Has it been so long? Duke was starting to feel 'old'; hopefully he was perhaps only tired from the day.
Sofie leads the horses onto the site with grandfather and Karina on each one and some gear in the pack saddles with which to begin making camp. Duke selects a wayward pine and proceeds to head on inside of its boughs and climb up onto a branch.
<Alright. This will do for tonight.
We'll rest here after such a long day, and we can begin setting up again come the dawn.>
The others grab a bedroll after tying the horses to the tree, head within to sleep.
----
((morning of the 28th))
As the sun rises, and the party awakens to new day Duke begins to plan the layout of the camp.
<Alright. First things first, we will need to set up a writing desk inside a small windbreak pavilion so we can begin filing paperwork...>
"Duke! That's not the first thing to do!"
Sofie exclaims loudly.
Duke blinks.
<It's not?>
"No. It's not."
she says as she heads to the horse and grabs out a small shovel, waving it in his direction for a moment.
"Go, bring us down a couple of rabbits or something, and I'll get to the writing station after the latrines, fire pit, and sleeping tents."
<Rabbits. Alrighty then. Back soon.>
Duke heads off into the pines as Sofie begins digging some holes.
Karina looks and Grandfather.
"I brought eggs" she says, with a small whine; to which he replies:
"But you gave away our frying pan."
She puts on a sour expression.
----
((Later))
Duke breathes a sigh of relief out through his nostrils as he is finally able to file a fiscal report and mail some letters.
Duke mentally 'phews'. It had been an entire week; or it would be come morning.
----
((9/29))
Duke awakens in his tree branch, the sun already up, and prepares to head off to work.
-
Duke returns from the temple after a slightly incidental morning for a bite of leftover lunch and an afternoon nap.
----
((Everything is presently up to date now.))