Mountain Expedition
Sep. 4th, 2014 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Who: Open to those coming on the excursion to the mountains
Where: Beyond the city walls, directly west from Peridexion
When: Thursday through Saturday
What: Exploration and potential danger
Warnings: None yet
Setting up camp in a meadow just past the foothills took most of Thursday, once everyone made it to the assigned plot of land to survey. The tents were large enough to stand in and furnished with three cots and three small wardrobes each, and three camp lanterns with magical and oil switches. Camp food was surprisingly tasty, and rather fancier than one might expect for what was in essence a government operation.
Friday was when the real work began: topical surveys, geological surveys, sounding for water and minerals with both magic and technological equipment, cataloging local animal and plant life, and scouting for edible resources. Every survey team consisted of two or three people, usually military paired with a civilian or scientist. A few people were set to sentry positions and dragons were largely set to flyovers and fly-arounds, looking for trouble. There was a break for lunch, only an hour, but not much more than that until sundown. Saturday was more of the same, except at a harder pace, trying to get everything done before camp was to be torn down Sunday.
The only local signs of potential trouble came Saturday, and they were just that: signs. A thin plume of smoke in the distance; a single small, wild dragon spotted lurking around the edge of the survey area who flew away immediately upon being spotted; a few simple traps found around the edges of camp in the morning. Otherwise, things at camp were calm.
((any exploration threads posted can get mod-posted stuff to respond to if wished :3 just say somewhere, in the comment or header or plurk or whatever, if you'd like it!))
Where: Beyond the city walls, directly west from Peridexion
When: Thursday through Saturday
What: Exploration and potential danger
Warnings: None yet
Setting up camp in a meadow just past the foothills took most of Thursday, once everyone made it to the assigned plot of land to survey. The tents were large enough to stand in and furnished with three cots and three small wardrobes each, and three camp lanterns with magical and oil switches. Camp food was surprisingly tasty, and rather fancier than one might expect for what was in essence a government operation.
Friday was when the real work began: topical surveys, geological surveys, sounding for water and minerals with both magic and technological equipment, cataloging local animal and plant life, and scouting for edible resources. Every survey team consisted of two or three people, usually military paired with a civilian or scientist. A few people were set to sentry positions and dragons were largely set to flyovers and fly-arounds, looking for trouble. There was a break for lunch, only an hour, but not much more than that until sundown. Saturday was more of the same, except at a harder pace, trying to get everything done before camp was to be torn down Sunday.
The only local signs of potential trouble came Saturday, and they were just that: signs. A thin plume of smoke in the distance; a single small, wild dragon spotted lurking around the edge of the survey area who flew away immediately upon being spotted; a few simple traps found around the edges of camp in the morning. Otherwise, things at camp were calm.
((any exploration threads posted can get mod-posted stuff to respond to if wished :3 just say somewhere, in the comment or header or plurk or whatever, if you'd like it!))