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

[blackmagus]

"Thank you." Fortescue takes another long sip, feeling herself coming back to life already. "So, how have you been? You weren't injured in the fires, I hope?"

[noblexcompanion]

"No injuries here. A friend was injured. And my best mate vanished. But me? Nah, I'm fine. Always alright, me." She smiles, it doesn't reach her eyes though.

"What about you? Unharmed I hope?"

[blackmagus]

Smiling back, sympathetically, she reaches out to squeeze Donna shoulder gently, before her hand retreats again. They don't know each other that well yet, true, but she can guess from previous conversations how close she and the Doctor had been. Losing someone is losing someone.

"Nothing that didn't grow back," she replies. Making it sound more like a joke than anything else, even if it's the truth. "I'm glad you were all right."

[noblexcompanion]

Donna appreciates the concern and the comforting gesture. The Doctor had screwed up but he was still her best mate and she still misses him a lot, not to mention her worrying about him constantly.

"I'm glad you're in one piece too."

[blackmagus]

Fortescue had plenty of thoughts that she wasn't going to voice any time soon, especially to Donna; thoughts about why the Doctor had vanished. Thoughts about what you did with the ringleader when there was a riot. She slips into that mindset a little too easily for even her own comfort. Then again, that was the sheer quality of her training to become what she was.

"Have you given any thought about our roster idea?"

[noblexcompanion]

"People don't seem too forthcoming with outing themselves. Mina tried to get everyone to take a medical and they were pretty rude to her about it. I suppose just being on a list isn't as bad as a medical though... Maybe we could go door to door and find out who's in each house or sommat..."

[blackmagus]

"Hm." She canted her head to the side, considering that. "That sounds like a great idea. And that way we could see what buildings are being used and what buildings aren't, if newcomers need an idea of where to go poking for housing."

Fortescue's tone turns slightly wry at newcomers. She really hopes that they won't keep piling in. Pretty soon, they'll run out of space. And then there's the idea of more people being trapped in this experiment. But regardless, more and more seem to arrive.

"We just need names, maybe a gender if we're feeling fancy. It's a little less personal than medical records." She smiles. "Or an alias that someone will respond to."

[noblexcompanion]

It'll be quite awkward when the houses fill up and people have to start doubling up on rooms. Until recently Donna hadn't even had any housemates and now her house was filling up. Not to mention the food shortage. Eventually they will run out and war will ensue.

"Sounds like a plan!"

[blackmagus]

Fortescue nodded, having another long sip of her tea. It was good to have plans, here. It made things seem less out of their control. The list, rebuilding, all of the other projects going on — it made the Cape seem a little less dour. To her, at least.

"Did people really raise that much of a fuss when a doctor asked medical records? I was hesitant to report my magic, at first, but..." She shrugged. "Seems like it would be beneficial for the resident medical experts to know what's going on there."

[noblexcompanion]

"They practically told her where to shove her medicals. It was practically pitchforks at dawn." Or well, what she can remember of it. It seems forever ago. And Donna hadn't exactly been a willing guinea pig herself.

[blackmagus]

"Hm." Fortescue smiled wryly. "From what I've been gathering so far, I suppose that's not surprising. A lot of strong-willed people, here. ...and I imagine many of them aren't a fan of vampires."

[noblexcompanion]

"Well, there is that too. But name and sex isn't exactly prying too much right? We might have better luck. You can just smile sweetly at everyone - a little good cop, bad cop or sommat."

[blackmagus]

She chuckled softly, grinning and joking, "We'll have to scrounge up some badges. It'd be a nice change, not having to be the bad cop."

[noblexcompanion]

"Ohh. We totally need badges. Everyone should have badges. It's going to be fun, right?"

[blackmagus]

"If it's not, we'll make it fun." Fortescue continued to grin. "No sense in letting what may be a bunch of grumps ruin our day."

[noblexcompanion]

"I knew there was a reason I liked you!" Look out Cape Kore. A new tag team is coming your way!