"Every few hours she'd be comin' by to check and see if we found anythin'. At one point I thought she was gonna have fits. We found a small strong box full of blank discs. She sat down right there and went through every one of em after dumpin' em on the ground. Got a feelin' I knew what al she was huntin' for..... The one disc she wasn't gonna find in there. Didn't realize what all she was searchin' for til I saw her on the ground huntin' for it. But then I knew what all she was lookin' for. Knew who all had it.... But not exactly where."
Went to Al Raqis to talk to Reiko and Who Walks Alone. I knew I wasn't gonna see Lily. She was bein' kept hidden from folks." Put the bottles away then took the box back out to the mule, "I went to talk to em and see if I could talk to AuroraBlue. Instead, they had questions for me. A lot of em 'round Blue. But then Blue was not much secret to me. He was back.... Talked to him a few times now. He said somethin' 'bout dealin' with Xoxo first. he was right 'bout her bein' placed in a hospital.... She was losin' it"
"Need to backtrack a little here. Member I said the miners were digging'? Xoxo wanted to step up the pace after the strong box find. She screamed at folks to keep diggin' then went off and left me in charge. Didn't like that at all. I wasn't her personal foreman. Had my own work to do. Next thing I know the foreman calls with bad news. Someone noticed water startin' to rise in the lower parts of the dig site. Had the fellers move out of the lower parts of the pit. Had to go and talk to the folks at the Blue Sun space station 'bout it. Next thing I know, the miners were runnin' tryin' to get away from the flood that was comin' from the dig site. Not seen that much water well up that fast. Aiya, even the town was effected by the 'mount of water..."
"Had some folks come to help rescue the miners from the area. Valiant, Jet and his group, Hella, and a few others came to assist in the evac of the dig site and then the town. Blue Sun sent a floating dock in so folks had a safe place to stay at. Yeah, I don't much like that assistant of Xoxo's, but she came through with some help. Xoxo had a total volcanic meltdown then left the surface." Tossed the empty box on the back bench seat and grabbed a full box of beer to haul inside.
"Went to have a little talk with that woman. Miss Marrah. Told her the whole story of Xoxo's obsession at the dig site. he feller that was settin' on the couch nearby listened to us not sayin' a word. Could tell he was some big shot from the core by his look. Miss Marrah asked some weird questions, like how was Xoxo behavin' before and after the incident. I just told her the whole story. Showed her the logs of the daily work quotas and the stuff we found. She just listened and marked stuff into a little hand held device.... She told me to keep my own self available in case there was any other stuff that came up then told me I could go."
Set the next box of bottles for Signal Bar on the counter. "When the water slowed its rise, we had a chance to assess the damages..... It wasn't pretty A lot of water and mud washed into the buildings. I some cased wiped a couple of em out completely. The ground power plant was flooded out. The food storage was gone. The clinic was wiped out. So was the mine store. Had to wait for the water to settle and recede out of the valley." Started putting the bottles away. "Found out from the fellers at the station what it was that caused the flood. The miners hit the side wall of a mountain underground aquifer. When the side got too weak, the leakin' water started to erode the side then it broke like a dam givin' way. Truth was, Xoxo knew we were skatin' close to it but didn't bother to inform us."
"Had to thank folks like Hella, Roy, and the other folks who could come and give time to rescue the miners and supply the town with food and shelter. If weren't for the community helpin' each other.... We'd be a lot worse off. Another week and finally the ground stared to appear. We had a lot of ground give way. Some of it from the mines and caves below the township. Now we had a new set of problems to deal with.... Once the water settled there was more water then we expected. With it bein' fed by mountains and all, now the small swamp we had turned into one big one. Luckily some of the buildings were still holdin' up, so we used that 'til we could clear ground for the other buildin's and a landin' area for supplies to come in."
Had to wipe down some of the bottles that had mud on em, "Figures some of those buildin's were Blue Sun. Bet they knew where all the rock shelves were to set down on. Some of the miners left a few days ago. Nothin' for em here in the valley. Can't blame em much. They set out for the North East over the mountains for new area to dig. Blue Sun Let em know a few locations before they flew out. Good luck to em. At least Xoxo won't be botherin' em. She's got her own self to worry on now. With everythin' said and done, was given a chance to claim a small piece of land for a cabin. Hell, I took it. No tellin' when I'd get a chance like this again. And, yeah.... There's settin' up the place.... without Lily. Not the same with her gone. Lot of rebuildin' to get done. But not at the insane pace Xoxo set us at. This time it's better. No cuttin' corners."
OOC
Hey folks! We Made it through our 4th annual Scare Fest! This time on a bigger scale.
Yep, we're using a new event platform. It'll be easier to set up then trying to work around the buildings and free space on the ground. Our next event will be the annual Blue Sun Winter Fest and winter walk. We'll have the dates and times when its ready.. Ok, not before Thanksgiving, heheheh. But once Turkey time is over then we'll have the place open and ready for everyone to come and have fun!
