the_last_resort | 4th Wall Event

Who: Various
What: 4th Wall Event
When: M12 D3-D5 (on Mar 7 - 15)
Where: Around Blackway and Blackstaff
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Welcome, ladies, gentlemen, intersexed, androgynes, robots, energy beings, and life forms of all kinds. I am Jeffers, your servant, host, and resort AI.

Let me extend gratitude to you all on behalf of the entire community for agreeing to come and render service in the wake of our unfortunate incident with spontaneously frictionless surfaces. Your assistance in rebuilding is greatly valued.

Visitors, I encourage you to speak with the other Imports. Imports, I ask you to help our guests enjoy their stay.

Please consult with any terminal or one of my android drone avatars if you have any questions that cannot be answered by the residents. I most sincerely hope you find your time at Blackstaff a pleasant one.

For those of you who enjoy “fun” [Jeffers says as if he’s not sure that any of this really qualifies as fun in his book], Mr. Jellicles’ Emporium requires extensive repair. There are broken windows and bottles hither and thither, and do be careful of the broken glass; we wouldn’t want any further injuries. Broken arcade games must be fixed. Furniture repaired, or, if it is beyond hope, taken away. And small, colourful plastic balls are scattered asunder and must be gathered up to be relocated into a “fun cage,” but worse and far more deadly are the skiballs and bowling balls. I must insist no one drop one of those on one’s own or another’s foot

The local restaurants require new food to be brought in. Because of the quarantine, food shortage is somewhat of a danger, therefore any food will do, but I for one would especially appreciate champagne and truffles. In addition, new dishes must be unpacked, furniture repaired, and cooking areas cleaned. I expect the cooking areas to be able to pass the most rigorous of health inspections once the cleaning is finished. Not that we have a ministry of health and safety here, but it is the principle of the thing.

With the clinic having been overwhelmed by recent events, they are currently understaffed to handle the full scope of injuries. Assistance treating the wounded and the ill would be a very great help. Do note that only persons with appropriate physician or nursing qualifications will be able to assist patients with direct care. It would not be at all appropriate to have, for example, vehicle mechanics performing surgery. Unless perhaps the patient is a sentient robot car. Then the clinic will make an exception. Many other tasks are available for other volunteers who desire clinic duties, however. In particular, wounded patients may require assistance retrieving personal items, sending messages, or returning home. Furthermore, as always, the clinic would be grateful to receive donations of medicines from your homeworld

The loss of friction created an extensive mess around town and I so dislike messes. I would like it very much if knocked over displays were righted, broken glass cleared, and disabled vehicles removed from the streets. Let’s have a nice, tidy village, shall we? Furthermore, some residents misplaced pets during the hullaballoo and would very much like them found and returned. (Not to mention the havoc stray beasts are having on the songbird population.) Shelves in various shops must be restocked with new, unbroken merchandise, and many storefronts and signs are in need of general repair.

And with Jeffers announcement to the population, the town was opened up to anyone willing to help. Some of the citizens who had tended towards suspicion towards imports for some time (an as-of-yet unidentified one took part in sabotage against the town) have changed their views and are now extremely welcoming, offering whatever they can to in return for the help they're getting from the visiting imports.

While the guests are here, they have free rein of the village, and even visiting the wilderness if they have a permit. First they must be instructed on how to defend themselves against the planet's hostile species. A guide is still recommended, but with the busy schedule one is not absolutely essential.

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"Yes, my sister and I were-" he stopped talking to watch the water move around, a brief look of bafflement crossing his face.

"Oh." He commented, distracted now, realizing she was the source and now following what she was doing with the water. Unless it was some odd water creature instead of her. That was possible, too.

"Ah?" Distracted by his cut off, the water stopped moving too, and seemed to "hover" for a moment before relaxing and forming a normal puddle. "Is something wrong?"

"Not wrong," he observed, tucking his hands in his pockets for that moment so he could walk around the water that, moments earlier, had been mobile. "Unusual, is a better way to describe it."

"Oh! You are talking about my water blade. Have you not seen magic like this?" A faint smile appeared on her face, and the water tensed again and formed a sphere.

"Magic really isn't something I've encountered at all in my travels at home." Part of it was sad, though. It made something in his head sing, and he knew it was the Queen's fault. She couldn't help it, she missed the water, the oceans, but her planet was gone now. Ruined. And she was stuck to this ape who had no appreciation for water as it should be.

He felt a little sorry for her.

"There may be a few people around here that practice other forms." The sphere rippled gently, and then went back to a puddle. "Maybe your world is one where magic has disappeared. Universal laws do not always seem to translate when traveling between them."

"There was a man here, named Braska, that I spoke to briefly but I did not have a chance to see the extent of his abilities." At least what he claimed. More was the pity.

"Thank you for the help, though. I do appreciate it." And he was sure that the town did, as well.

"I remember Braska. He seemed a nice man, though I did not get to see his magic either. And you are welcome." She pulled both hands behind her back and smiled briefly, happy that he had shared with her.

"I suppose I should ah... go throw this away." It was sort of embarrassing that a young woman could also provoke a similar sense of embarrassment and anxiety, but, thus far, she had been nothing but kind. That put him much more at ease.

"It is good to meet you. Maybe some other time you can show me some tricks, if you catch me before I go."

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