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agatha nylund / gerda (rosevale) wrote in installment,
@ 2022-07-07 15:07:00

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character: agatha nylund, narration: network

The wisps are being very industrious this afternoon. They're really overhauling the business district. One of them gave me a macchiato! It's pretty good. No idea where it got the little barista apron, though.

DM: Islanders

I took a stroll around the island today to count the houses. There's about a hundred of them, but some are pretty big. I'd guess we've never even gotten close to filling the place up, even before everyone else left.

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teratology
2022-07-07 10:37 pm UTC (link)

they're so talented!!!

[Islanders]

love to COUNT things!! 🤝

there's 79 houses with 10 apartment units and 20 total inn rooms. so 109 total in-town, not including the business district. this also counts every home-like structure in octoberville as a house because a lot of them (like camilla's) seem like they were made to be multi-purpose for business and residency. i'm not sure how many are outside of the towns, though, but not a lot.

the day of the octoberville quake, we had 48 residents with 3 anticipated to arrive that day. goosetown's max capacity, assuming 1 person per residency, was 33 homes with 10 apartment units and 10 inn rooms. 53 total. so we WERE very close to filling the first town up before the second was made!!

which makes me wonder... was octoberville made to accommodate the island's projected growth? did the island expect (or at least hope) we'd fill it like goosetown? or was it leaving extra room to grow into?

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	rosevale 2022-07-07 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	The best part is after you're done with the drink they like to eat the cup. [Islanders] But Octoberville was around last time people were on the island, right? We found all that stuff from them in the community garden. So it's not new new, just for us. [...] I hope it doesn't go away now that there are so few of us, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stilted 2022-07-07 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	I just finished labeling those shelves, if the island takes that pantry away now I'm fighting a goose (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-07 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	I saw! It looks great. Do you need anything for the garden? (Reply to this) (Parent)

teratology
2022-07-07 11:18 pm UTC (link)

i wonder if they recycle it somehow?

[Islanders]
yes! sorry, 'made' was the wrong phrasing. i guess more like 'unearthed'. but i wonder if there were other towns it could've chosen? what else is hiding underground?

i hope not, i spent too much time planning out my garden for it to just get slorped back into the ground. if i wake up one morning and there's nothing but dirt outside my window, i'll be upset.

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	rosevale 2022-07-07 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	For the sake of getting my daily coffee fix I'm not going to think about this too hard. [Islanders] So really there could be any number of towns and houses here. Which puts us back to square one for figuring out how may of us there might be. Or how many of us needed to be here for whatever Mother Goose wanted to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

teratology
2022-07-08 12:25 am UTC (link)

all water is recycled too. 😌

[Islanders]

well... there's a lot of wisps on the island. hundreds, easily, outside of town in the lighthouse and in the treehouse and probably elsewhere too. there were a lot of people on the island before it disappeared. i don't know what's going on with mother goose, though. she's just a big question mark on my conspiracy board.

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	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-08 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Do you have little yarn trails between clues and everything? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Islanders tufts 2022-07-08 01:11 am UTC (link)
	oh no! i just found my house! it would be just my luck if it got slorped (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-08 01:48 am UTC (link)
	Congrats. You're out in Octoberville too? I think a lot of us are in that area now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders tufts 2022-07-08 01:53 am UTC (link)
	thank you!! i am! it even has a cute little stable for Gringolet! do you have a house there, too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-08 01:57 am UTC (link)
	I only have the farm but I might try to find a place to stay in town, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders tufts 2022-07-08 02:02 am UTC (link)
	that would be good! the farm is so far away, especially if you're already tired. or maybe—do you want me to help you get a horse? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-08 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Oooh, then I can really go full cowboy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders tufts 2022-07-08 02:12 am UTC (link)
	yeah!!! you'd be so good at it! and your horse and Gringolet could be friends! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-08 02:14 am UTC (link)
	We've been trying to convince that herd to come hang out with us since we got here and no luck yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders tufts 2022-07-08 02:18 am UTC (link)
	well, i convinced ten of them to go live with Tui, so maybe word has spread that it's kind of nice to be an indoor horse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-08 02:51 am UTC (link)
	I have a nice hay-lined barn here and everything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders tufts 2022-07-08 03:15 am UTC (link)
	see? we could go tell them that! maybe bring some apples and/or carrots as a bribe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-08 03:19 am UTC (link)
	If nothing else I am rich in carrots. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders tufts 2022-07-08 03:26 am UTC (link)
	you could probably get 10 horses all to yourself with all those carrots you have. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	huiskat 2022-07-08 12:32 am UTC (link)
	I got one, too! I guess they got sick of my cappuccinos being the only coffee in town. [ISLANDERS] Do you think the town will pop back into the earth if we have less people now? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rosevale 2022-07-08 01:07 am UTC (link)
	I wonder if they can do other drinks or if this is going to be a strict macchiato-cappuccino divide. Like the doritos. [ISLANDERS] Hopefully not while anyone's in it. [...] But I was kind of wondering if it might be smart for us to not be so spread out on the island? I was already pretty isolated before. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	huiskat 2022-07-08 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I hope we get more variety. Don't tell my shop wisps, but I'm kind of sick of cappuccinos. [ISLANDERS] Yeeeeah, that's probably a good idea, although I'm not sure what we can do about it, other than possibly ask The Well? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rosevale 2022-07-08 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Variety is the spice of life etc etc. [ISLANDERS] Yeah, or I could come stay at the inn at night. I already go back and forth a lot, so it'd probably be fine. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	huiskat 2022-07-08 01:56 am UTC (link)
	It's true! And I remain unwilling to go too far down the 'learning to make fancy coffee' rabbit hole, because I already know I'll wind up in too deep and be insufferable about it. [ISLANDERS] That's true, or I'm sure you could stay at any one of our houses, if you wanted to. I think most of us have got spare rooms. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rosevale 2022-07-08 01:58 am UTC (link)
	My secret shame is that I think all coffee tastes kind of bad. [ISLANDERS] Maybe I will ask the Well if we can get another one of those fireplace portals to the farm and ranch, though. That seems pretty doable? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	huiskat 2022-07-08 02:01 am UTC (link)
	Even the really sugary Starbucks-type drinks? [ISLANDERS] Oh, true! That sounds completely reasonable to me. Maybe she takes payment in vegetables? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rosevale 2022-07-08 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Gives me a headache! [ISLANDERS] Fingers crossed. Wishbone only cost a penny so I think fresh vegetables are worth a portal for sure. It's weirder asking someone to their face, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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mirroreffect
2022-07-08 02:09 am UTC (link)

I was working on sketching out an idea related to that. I was thinking maybe we could get some island and well help on making it come to life.

Where the ranch house used to be I was thinking of trying to make that into an bed and breakfast situation with a fireplace since that seems to be the portal way of things? That way people don't have to all just pile into your house for sleepovers or when people are traveling up north?

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	ISLANDERS rosevale 2022-07-08 02:13 am UTC (link)
	That'd be great! It could just be a nice little getaway too. Not that I don't enjoy having big sleepovers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ISLANDERS mirroreffect 2022-07-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	Yea, I was thinking when I started it might work as a pit stop on the way to the well or the cliffs? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ISLANDERS rosevale 2022-07-08 02:52 am UTC (link)
	That reminds me! I still want to go cliff diving. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ISLANDERS mirroreffect 2022-07-09 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Have you gone cliff diving before? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ISLANDERS rosevale 2022-07-09 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	No. Have you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ISLANDERS mirroreffect 2022-07-10 12:29 am UTC (link)
	I can't say that I have. How do you know if it's deep enough for cliff diving? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ISLANDERS rosevale 2022-07-10 12:45 am UTC (link)
	Obviously I'd like, check it out first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ISLANDERS mirroreffect 2022-07-10 02:22 am UTC (link)
	Google recommends a depth of 13 to 15 meters. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mirroreffect 2022-07-08 01:17 am UTC (link)
	I wonder if we've disappointed them by not making enough businesses for them. [Islanders] Maybe it knows that more are still on their way. I think we maybe overestimate how quickly some people are willing to upend their whole life after receiving a letter from someone we've never met. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	huiskat 2022-07-08 01:34 am UTC (link)
	I do have more business ideas... [ISLANDERS] Yeah, it wouldn't be that easy to leave if people had the 2.5 kids and white picket fence thing going on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirroreffect 2022-07-08 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Seems like a good time to mention them to the wisps? [Islanders] Exactly. And I wouldn't want to bring any kids to the island anyhow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	huiskat 2022-07-08 02:17 am UTC (link)
	Maybe! I did think about eventually turning the bike shop into a community-owned shop once everyone had bikes + repair skills of their own. We should brainstorm. [ISLANDERS] Yeah, I would never. It's too risky. Too many unknowns. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirroreffect 2022-07-09 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	That makes sense. I'd be happy to brainstorm! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	huiskat 2022-07-10 12:12 am UTC (link)
	Excellent! Let's do this. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rosevale 2022-07-08 01:51 am UTC (link)
	I think they just kind of get a kick of being helpful. They were buzzing with glee today. [Islanders] I was in Miami in 36 hours flat but I know I'm not normal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirroreffect 2022-07-08 02:11 am UTC (link)
	I'm glad that they're happy at least. [Islanders] I choose to find a renter for my house before leaving. But I don't think that necessarily makes me normal either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rosevale 2022-07-08 02:55 am UTC (link)
	They're living their best lives for sure. [Islanders] I think it makes you slightly more responsible than me, anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders mirroreffect 2022-07-09 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	But it makes you more adventurous. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Islanders rosevale 2022-07-09 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	That's one word for it! (Reply to this) (Parent)