we'll open up a restaurant in santa fe

[venatical]

Who: Reconstruction Club and whoever wants to come by to visit.
When: um... let's say a backdated Day 79 through Day 81? This could be flexible, too.
Where: The semi ruined diner.
What: Cleaning the diner site! Rebuilding the diner! Eating lunch/taking breaks!

The first day, Day 79 Dean's learned from the people who've been here the longest, is mostly spent doing the menial stuff -- making the site workable and cleaning it up a bit, and then training some of the people less familiar with what's going on, figuring out who should handle what and what's safe.

After that it's a matter of slowly getting everything together. Checking the foundation, fixing up the floor, rebuilding the walls, patching the roof. There's some electrical work to figure out and be careful with because some of the equipment is salvageable, so the wiring has to be checked, that kind of thing.

Dean, Erik, and Tony dole out the orders, keep an eye on everyone. Their supplies are what they've managed to gather or whatever people might've brought in.

Comments

[bluesrat]

He chuckles softly. "Well I wasn't injured, but I'd still gladly accept a welcome basket like that. Maybe we could stick a pack of smokes in there, too? I'm low."

[blackmagus]

"I think we'd have to figure out how to produce those, first." She rubs her hands together idly. "Eventually we'll run out of paper. Even if we start using all of the books."

[bluesrat]

He cringes a little. "Okay, I'd rather have books than cigarettes." He gives a few rattling coughs, although this is a fading condition brought on by his experience in the midst of the forest fire, rather than a symptom of his habit. "It probably wouldn't hurt me to quit, anyway."

[blackmagus]

Fortescue smiles at him, maybe a little concerned by the coughing, and pats his shoulder gently. "It's just one more terrible point of being here. Quitting when the supply's low should be slightly easier than normal."

[bluesrat]

He leans into the touch a little, but shrugs. "Sometimes I do run out and can't afford more for a while, but... this strikes me as a more permanent shortage. It's harder to bum a spare off somebody here, too."

He glances at her with a wry smile. "Although I guess if that's my only complaint about this place, I'm doing just fine."

[blackmagus]

"I hope that's not your only complaint," she chuckles. "Unless you like a bit of the spotlight. I won't judge."

Even here, on break, there's still a camera fairly close by.