[10:27pm] <14Molly> 13[1:56am] <04Molly> V: I might live here
[10:27pm] <14Molly> [1:57am] <08@Morgan> I see
[10:27pm] <14Molly> 13[1:58am] <04Molly> V: I like it here
[10:27pm] <14Molly> [1:58am] <08@Morgan> I'm glad
[10:27pm] <14Molly> 13[2:00am] * Molly rests her head back slightly too. Her hair smells warm and familiar, rose water and the scent of her skin. They approach the village itself
[10:27pm] <14Molly> 13[2:06am] <04Molly> **they pass through it without incident, and Xantha doesn't seem to notice any inappropriateness. Varick quietens down, content to watch the scenery
[10:32pm] <14Molly> **the woods are calm and quiet as they head down the path towards the settlement. The guests going with them seem to be talking amongst themselve
13[10:32pm] * @Morgan glances around at the treeline now and then
[10:33pm] <14Molly> **he sees nothing alarming. A few minutes later, they arrive in the settlement. Work is still progressing, overseen by Grunhelm. Surprisingly, David is there also.
13[10:35pm] * @Morgan draws xantha to a stop
[10:35pm] <14Molly> **he does
13[10:37pm] * @Morgan climbs down, holding the horse steady
[10:38pm] <14Molly> *varick jumps down to him*
13[10:41pm] * @Morgan helps him down, waiting for Molly
13[10:42pm] * Molly jumps down, not needing help
[10:44pm] <14Molly> **the fischlers and pfennigs and other guests all dismount, standing in a small group as one of the villagers sees to tying up the horses
13[10:45pm] * @Morgan wanders towards David and Grunhelm
08[10:45pm] [10:45pm] Molly (~ident@host109-156-225-68.range109-156.btcentralplus.com) is now known as Forrester
13[10:45pm] * Forrester stands with his hands on his hips
[10:46pm] <14Forrester> I understand your point, but if we don't do it now, and the predictions are correct, this building could be destroyed
00[10:46pm] <04@Morgan> problem, gentlemen?
[10:47pm] <14Forrester> *Grunhelm looks annoyed, david looks exasperated*
[10:48pm] <14Forrester> I was told that there might be a big storm and downpour tonight. We need to find a way to protect this structure *he waves his hand towards the shell of a house that has no roof* or risk losing it
13[10:48pm] * @Morgan looks to Grunhelm
00[10:48pm] <04@Morgan> and your issue...
[10:49pm] <14Forrester> G: That is might be a false prediction, and that doing anything to protect it will mean losing valuable time for building. We might possibly have time to roof it, if we abandon the protection idea
00[10:50pm] <04@Morgan> who predicted it?
[10:52pm] <14Forrester> one of the new villagers
13[10:53pm] * @Morgan frowns slightly, looking at the house
00[10:56pm] <04@Morgan> They'd been living on the road for some time, I suspect they're rather good at guaging the weather
[10:57pm] <14Forrester> G: *he bows his head slightly* As you wish, my Lord
00[10:57pm] <04@Morgan> tell me why roofing it is less time consuming than covering it?
[10:58pm] <14Forrester> G: It isn't... it'll take til dusk to roof it.
00[10:59pm] <04@Morgan> then why the argument?
[10:59pm] <14Forrester> Because I want it protected before then, just incase
00[11:03pm] <04@Morgan> when does he predict the rain?
[11:03pm] <14Forrester> every morning
13[11:03pm] * Forrester laughs
[11:04pm] <14Forrester> Language barriers... He expects it a few hours before dusk
13[11:04pm] * @Morgan looks at the sky
00[11:04pm] <04@Morgan> roof it
00[11:05pm] <04@Morgan> take two extra men to do it, a days delay will be suffered
13[11:06pm] * Forrester nods
[11:06pm] <14Forrester> Right
13[11:08pm] * @Morgan looks at Grunhelm
00[11:08pm] <04@Morgan> your opinions will be reported, Grunhelm... I'll ensure my father knows it was my decision, should it be that we dont have enough time
[11:09pm] <14Forrester> G: *he nods*
00[11:11pm] <04@Morgan> any other issues?
13[11:12pm] * Forrester shakes his head, waving over two more villagers. He passes on the instruction briefly.
13[11:12pm] * @Morgan nods, heading back to the guests
[11:18pm] <14Forrester> **they all stand there watching him*
13[11:19pm] * @Morgan hooks a thumb towards David and Grunhelm
00[11:19pm] <04@Morgan> creative differences
08[11:19pm] [11:19pm] Forrester (~ident@host109-156-225-68.range109-156.btcentralplus.com) is now known as Fischler
[11:20pm] <14Fischler> The shorter gentleman is your future father-in-law, is he not?
13[11:20pm] * @Morgan nods
00[11:20pm] <04@Morgan> yes, your grace
[11:22pm] <14Fischler> And he is also...?
00[11:22pm] <04@Morgan> the estates manager
13[11:23pm] * Fischler nods
[11:24pm] <14Fischler> They will remain in Eisen?
00[11:24pm] <04@Morgan> yes sir
13[11:24pm] * Fischler smiles
[11:25pm] <14Fischler> Was he an overseer in Avalon?
00[11:25pm] <04@Morgan> after a fashion, yes
13[11:25pm] * Fischler nods
[11:26pm] <14Fischler> Is he giving us a tour?
13[11:27pm] * @Morgan glances over his shoulder at David
[11:27pm] <14Fischler> *he's busy up a ladder*
00[11:28pm] <04@Morgan> I suspect the workload is a little too intense for that, your grace... I can, possibly, answer any questions you have, and show you around though
[11:30pm] <14Fischler> Yes, show us around and tell us all about it
00[11:30pm] <04@Morgan> if you'd care to follow me...
13[11:31pm] * @Morgan wanders along the building works boundaries before leading through the middle
13[11:31pm] * Fischler and the others do so. The children tag along at the rear, followed by varick and molly
00[11:31pm] <04@Morgan> I'm not really qualified to tell you much about the building works... save to say that stone was chosen over wood for the construction material
[11:32pm] <14Fischler> Why?
00[11:33pm] <04@Morgan> to help settle the newer villagers... woods temporary... stone isn't
13[11:33pm] * Fischler nods
[11:34pm] <14Fischler> Where did they come from?
13[11:34pm] * @Morgan thinks for a moment
00[11:34pm] <04@Morgan> quarries, I would have thought
13[11:35pm] * Fischler laughs
[11:35pm] <14Fischler> The people... and a non-biological explanation would be preferable
13[11:35pm] * @Morgan chuckles
00[11:37pm] <04@Morgan> its actually very sad... we're all painfully aware of the personal losses because of the war... but their entire community ran from it, staying together... scavenging what they could, always in hiding, running when it became too dangerous...
13[11:37pm] * Fischler looks surprised
[11:38pm] <14Fischler> They have been very lucky not to be caught
00[11:38pm] <04@Morgan> they were... by us
00[11:38pm] <04@Morgan> they didn't know the war had ended
[11:39pm] <14Fischler> **there are some murmurs from the guests
[11:39pm] <14Fischler> How did you catch them?
00[11:40pm] <04@Morgan> unorthodox tactics, your grace... they were hidden, but we knew where they were... instead of marching in main force, a group was dispatched a day earlier, split into twos and threes, to circle behind them, and hide until the main force arrived
13[11:40pm] * Fischler looks impressed
[11:41pm] <14Fischler> who was your tactitian?
13[11:41pm] * @Morgan coughs, looking embarrassed
13[11:49pm] * Fischler smiles
[11:49pm] <14Fischler> That was very well thought out
00[11:50pm] <04@Morgan> sadly not all went to plan... a man was captured
[11:51pm] <14Fischler> How did that happen?
00[11:51pm] <04@Morgan> I'm not entirely sure... the bandits, as we thought them, sent out a message that they wanted to speak with a commanding officer, or the man dies
[11:52pm] <14Fischler> **they all look fascinated*
[11:53pm] <14Fischler> and then?
00[11:53pm] <04@Morgan> they got their audience with a commanding officer and released the man as promised
[11:54pm] <14Fischler> How did all this *he waves his hand* come about?
00[11:54pm] <04@Morgan> It was explained to them that the war was over, we're, more or less, at peace now... they wanted a home, and we could give them one
[11:55pm] <14Fischler> That is very generous#
00[11:56pm] <04@Morgan> I wish I could agree... but I'm a pragmatist... thre hundred extra villagers, the output and prosperity of the town also increases, and we gain new skills. We both gain, realistically
13[11:56pm] * Fischler nods
[11:56pm] <14Fischler> I can see that would be a useful change
13[11:57pm] * @Morgan nods
00[11:57pm] <04@Morgan> after that it was logistics and planning mostly
Session Time: Sat Apr 30 00:00:00 2011
[12:03am] <14Fischler> It looks like alot of work
00[12:03am] <04@Morgan> it is
[12:10am] <14Fischler> When do you anticipate completion?
[12:10am] <14Fischler> **the others slowly start to talk amongst themselves.
00[12:11am] <04@Morgan> We'd aimed before my honeymoon, but I dont think thats feasable anymore
13[12:12am] * Fischler smiles
[12:12am] <14Fischler> No, the big day is very nearly upon us
13[12:12am] * @Morgan nods
00[12:13am] <04@Morgan> even when we were all working on it, it was still going to be too tight a time
[12:13am] <14Fischler> _All_ working on it?
00[12:13am] <04@Morgan> yes sir
[12:14am] <14Fischler> A Graf and Veisgraf doing manual labour?
13[12:14am] * @Morgan tilts his head to one side
00[12:14am] <04@Morgan> yes sir
13[12:15am] * Fischler frowns slightly, though his eyes give him a way
[12:15am] <14Fischler> Well now, surely that's beneath you
00[12:16am] <04@Morgan> surely thats an outdated idea?
00[12:17am] <04@Morgan> Eisen cannot be healed as if by magic... we must _all_ do our part, labour as we must... but we cannot all labour on all of Eisen, so we labour in the parts we can
13[12:18am] * Fischler claps him on the back and turns jovially to the others
[12:19am] <14Fischler> Fellow Eisen men, listen to this man, for he speaks the truth. Morgan, you're a man after my own heart
00[12:20am] <04@Morgan> no, I'm not sir, but a little bit of your treasury, thats a different story
13[12:22am] * Fischler laughs again
[12:22am] <14Fischler> Show me some of the things you're currently building
[12:22am] <14Fischler> ((ideal if you wanna make someone do siome work))
13[12:23am] * @Morgan heads over towards a dug out area lined with stone
13[12:25am] * Fischler and the others follow. Molly is left with all three children, though looks at ease
13[12:25am] * @Morgan stands at one end of the pit
00[12:26am] <04@Morgan> we'd planned to have the basis of the supporting walls finished today, but the men have had to move to roofing that structure *he indicates with a nod of his head*
[12:27am] <14Fischler> That is a pity
13[12:28am] * @Morgan nods solemnly
00[12:28am] <04@Morgan> though...
[12:31am] <14Fischler> Though?
00[12:32am] <04@Morgan> well... could it not be considered a _symbol_? A symbol of Eisen, brought to ground and needing to be built back up...
13[12:32am] * Fischler starts to smile
[12:32am] <14Fischler> Yes...
00[12:34am] <04@Morgan> then would these not be the very people to lay those symbolic foundations?
13[12:34am] * Fischler nods
[12:34am] <14Fischler> Oh yes, I think so
00[12:36am] <04@Morgan> I dont think they'd do it simply because I asked, though
13[12:36am] * Fischler gesture as if inviting him to go ahead
[12:36am] <14Fischler> You _are_ the veisgraf here, are you not?
00[12:37am] <04@Morgan> true... but you're the Eisenfurst wherever you go, your grace
13[12:37am] * Fischler folds his arms
00[12:37am] <04@Morgan> just pointing out a technicality, your grace
[12:37am] <14Fischler> Regardless...
13[12:38am] * @Morgan nods, looking at the guests
[12:46am] <14Fischler> **they all watch him nervously
00[12:46am] <04@Morgan> my lords... my lady... you are the great and good of Eisen, the very life of our land... you are elevated above other men by the destiny of ruling in its various forms, and you are not by any count common men or women. Noone in their right mind would even think about asking you to help on a building site, scuffing your knuckles on the stone and mortar, for you are men with bigger, weightier issues on your shoulders, and you are proud of this, this fact that, despite the burden, you carry it with heads held high, proud to be born of this land...
[12:48am] <14Fischler> **they all look highly relieved
00[12:50am] <04@Morgan> and rightly so... this land offers history beyond all others, a richness to our past that cannot be rivalled. And now I bring you here, to this barely founded building, in need of its supports and walling and say this... there is no more history... this land that we are proud of, our heritage our past, will come to naught in the eyes of the other nations of Theah
[12:51am] <14Fischler> **they smile
00[12:52am] <04@Morgan> in years to come, what will be said of us? Eisen? Very powerful, very strong, very driven... until it tore itself apart and never recovered, because noone could work together, noone would set aside what they are to take that first step to rebuilding the country
[12:53am] <14Fischler> **they start to look from him to each other, then back again
13[12:53am] * @Morgan looks over his shoulder in the direction of his old house
00[12:55am] <04@Morgan> I lived over that way... I had my own little house, with a fence and chickens.... until disharmony came and it was destroyed, setting it to a state that to make it habiitable again, it had to be rebuilt completely...
[12:55am] <14Fischler> **they all studeously look away, as if not sure how to deal with his previous history
00[12:56am] <04@Morgan> and so we rebuild it *he motions to the foundations*
00[12:58am] <04@Morgan> but we are not enough to battle time and the elements and succeed on time, if at all... and so it is with Eisen *he looks back to them* this plot is not just another house for a villager whose home was lost... not just a grafdom making room for newcomers... this _is_ Eisen, broken to rubble, but strength still obvious, still so near, if only we could work together... and I believe we can, if, for only an hour, putting aside our titles, our baronetcy's, our grafdoms, veisgrafdom, earl, duke... and just being _Eisen_
[1:00am] <14Fischler> ** most of them look persuaded, if not overly-enthusiastic, though Isiah Fischler looks horrified
00[1:04am] <04@Morgan> To rebuild our home, save it so there is history for our children other than "then the war came", we must fix our land, by working together, rather than pitting ourselves against eachother to prove who is better...I'm proud of being Eisen, proud of being a Sudlache boy, proud of being Veisgraf... but more than that, I'm proud that I can look my betrothed and my cousins in the eye and say I did _something_, I took a step that made others lives better, and just maybe pushed Eisen a step closer to being whole again, and I urge each of you to look into your heart and think what would you be willing to do to see our land united, back to its former glory
[1:07am] <14Fischler> *they all nod enthusiastically, except Isiah
00[1:09am] <04@Morgan> I'm going to go and lay some bricks in this foundation, to show my intent and my dedication to rebuilding my homeland... I leave it to your conscience as to whether or not you will do common work as a sign of your commitment to do the same.
13[1:09am] * @Morgan turns to the Eisenfurst and bows his head before heading into the foundation and picking up some bricks and mortar
[1:13am] <14Fischler> **the others follow him, even the aging Freiarr Hapsburg, Freiarrin Pfennig and the children, supervised by Molly. Isiah watches Fischler a moment, expecting an excusal, but getting only a stern look. Eventually they both join Morgan also
00[1:14am] <04@Morgan> As speeches go, it wasn't one of my best

13[1:15am] * Molly smiles, guiding Varick to spread the mortar nicely
[1:15am] <14Molly> I rather liked it
00[1:17am] <04@Morgan> good
[1:19am] <14Molly> Makes me wish I was- no, Varick, it needs to be flat, no sandcastles please... - properly Eisen
13[1:19am] * @Morgan shrugs
00[1:19am] <04@Morgan> my father is going to have kittens
[1:20am] <14Molly> Why?
00[1:21am] <04@Morgan> I made most of the nobility of this part of Eisen do manual labour
13[1:21am] * Molly shakes her head
[1:22am] <14Molly> Their honour and their love for Eisen did that... you gave them the choice
00[1:24am] <04@Morgan> shame that argument wont hold with my father, I thnk
13[1:24am] * Molly smiles
[1:24am] <14Molly> I think he'll find it amusing
00[1:25am] <04@Morgan> I think he'll be horrified
[1:25am] <14Molly> Are you regretful?
00[1:25am] <04@Morgan> no
13[1:26am] * Molly nods
[1:26am] <14Molly> Good