Video + Action in Union's commerce district!

[sparrowfeathered]

A: Video

[And it's Rose. She's grinning brightly, leaning down and looking at the monitor. Behind her, her Blaziken has his arms crossed and is watching. While Rose beams at the camera.]

I tell you, I take one business trip to Caldera and... uh... another god shows up! This got pretty intense, huh? Is everyone all right?

I'm a little worried about you guys!

B: Action

[True to promises made, the Spearowfeathers have set up a shop. There is a storefront with a brightly painted sign of a Spearow on it, and the word "SPEAROWFEATHERS" written underneath it. Rose is standing outside the storefront. They're not open yet; instead, her people are moving things into it, carrying wooden crates and everything else.]

[Rose has her arms crossed. But she looks proud.]

[They're moving up in the world! But it's also quite a sight; it's not every day that a new storefront opens up after all. (Thank Lenna for the loan.)]

Comments

[sparrowfeathered]

I think it's because they're used to it. It's just the way they are! So they don't think about it too much.

[Oh, boy. Old places. Rose has never been good with those.]

Weather, huh? Like... what'd they study about it?

[soulofmagus]

That's very true. They're a good people. I'm glad to live here with them.

[ It's certainly a very infectious attitude. ]

We're not sure. There was a lot of damage, and given how many years have passed, there wasn't much left to show things off. But.. They seemed to map the seasons, for starters, and we think one of the charts was comparing rain fall across somewhere, though I could not tell you where.

[there's a secretive touch to her smile] We also found what we think may be a map to another old city. Or, at least, a place of note from way back when. It's currently being studied by the archives and the Seekers, with Raine keeping a close eye on it too.

[sparrowfeathered]

Mm-hmm!

[She thinks about that for a second.]

That'd be good information, for planning caravans and everything. Knowing where rain can get bad would help a lot. Wonder if someone can get that thing working again...

And an old city, huh? They know where it is yet?

[soulofmagus]

It could be...And useful, for watching for any repeated weather patterns during certain times of the year.

[predicting the best times to plant crops, for example - but planning for the sort of travel Rose does?]

..The ruins were too old, the technology there too decrepit to work now. But..with the new treaty with Gigas, perhaps they may have something that could jumpstart that sort of project.

Not yet. But I'm hopeful that will change soon.

[sparrowfeathered]

Mm-hmm. Knowing when it'll rain a lot can help plan caravan routes, that's for sure!

[She tilts her head; then she nods.]

Yeah, I hope so. It'd be nice if the Gigans will share some of their tech with us. I wanna get some to sell, too!

[soulofmagus]

[ She frowns, very slightly. Uneasy for reasons she cannot place a finger on. ]

It will depend on the technology... I would not want to accept anything of theirs that might lead any of us, might lead Union, down their path.