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[the_fourteenth]

If anyone has received a green beetle they would like to sell, please let me know. I'm not sure I can offer as much as you could elsewhere, but these creatures would be a big benefit to all of us. I would like to set them up in the greenhouse and gardens in Okinawa to help facilitate plant growth, and harvest the groves. They would be a huge help in growing food for us all.

Think of it this way: the more food we can grow, the less ration bars we need to eat.

Do contact me if you're interested. Thanks for your time.

[There's a pause before the post is edited, and more is added.]

I hope everyone has been recovering well. If you were someone who became corrupted in the Underworld and suspect that not all of it has been purged from your system, please come see me. I can help. My room is Everlight 012.

[OOC: feel free to use this post for beetle trading and selling in general, too.]

Comments

[shadowban]

do people know how long construction is going to take before it's done? is there any call for volunteers to help with it? you're right, self-sufficiency with food is just as important as defending the city.

[ then, for the latter half of the reply: ]

did people die?

[the_fourteenth]

Construction will be as long as it takes for us to find the time and materials to finish it. I've been sourcing a lot of the materials in junk yards and second hand shops. And volunteers are always welcome. There is always a lot to be done. We visited last year, and the existing groves and wildlife had been affected by rift energy, but have not been corrupted or poisoned by it. They're grown very large. I thought it would be a good idea to take advantage of this.

If not gardening, then there is fishing to be done, and crabs to be hunted.

[Hunted. Not caught.]

People were grievously injured and corrupted, or fell ill. But everyone made it out alive. It's a miracle.

[shadowban]

maybe an inventory could help narrow down what's urgently needed from the junkyard. it'll be easier to figure out alternatives too, or if there's someone who can forge from raw materials.

is it common, though? getting poisoned by the wildlife closer to tokyo, or the neighboring cities?

[ megumi's not sure how to push for the story about the underground, and if yuji's been impacted or hurt by what had transpired. he'll try again later when he has a better plan. ]

[the_fourteenth]

[The trip to the Underworld was truly terrible, and Raidou's still recovering, both physically and mentally. It's still too raw, and a whole lot to explain.]

We do have someone with a forge. Muramasa-san, in Kyoto. If he's not too busy making weapons, perhaps he can help.

Rifts can appear anywhere, and can cause poisoning the longer they're around, or the bigger they get. I've seen victims too close to them get mutated, in severe cases. People or things falling into the rifts and getting poisoned is probably what causes kaiju in the first place.

[shadowban]

[ muramasa in kyoto. megumi writes down the information, just in case he'll need it later. his approach to this whole thing is to take it all as a long-term mission, like the ones gojo-sensei would have sometimes. pretend you're abroad, is what megumi's telling himself for now. yuji's here, and so are other sorcerers. he can figure something out. ]

we have these hypotheses, and all of these information that could lead to a moer long-lasting solution. have they not been tested?

[ it's more rhetorical, of course. otherwise, the reasons for their presence here in neo tokyo becomes even more sinister. ]

this is a lot to think about, isn't it? did you keep your beetles?

[the_fourteenth]

LILITH is working on things all the time. But it's my understanding that it's difficult to research.

And yes, it always is.

I just have the one, but yes. When I learned of it's abilities, I immediately wanted to get them to the greenhouses.

Maybe we can try them in the base greenhouse and see how they do. then take them to Okinawa. Really, it shouldn't be too much longer til the greenhouse there is done too.

["Greenhouse", though it's really just a glorified shed. But hey, it's something. He's been working hard there.]

[shadowban]

[ even a shed can aspire to greatness— ]

we could build a small carrier that's friendly for them. if we have enough beetles to transport, they'll need to survive the trip, right? even if it's through teleporting, it's not like we'll be releasing them immediately into the wild.

ah, i wish i'd kept a beetle for myself now. but it'll probably have gotten eaten by something eventually, in my care.

[the_fourteenth]

I'll have to check with LILITH to see if transporting animals is okay that way. Otherwise we might have to go the long way for once. I can ask Kaga-san if she can help.

[Not usually hard to convince someone to take a trip to the beach for the day.]

If we manage to breed more of them, you can have one.

[shadowban]

we could fly. unless there's a barrier up in the air i don't see why we can't use unconventional methods of transport.

[ nue's gotten really big. she could carry at least two to three people and fly the whole way without stopping now. ]

—ah, i would appreciate that too. thank you.

[the_fourteenth]

Kaga-san has the ability to summon aircraft. I'm still not quite sure how she does it, it's a very unique ability.

Unless you know of another method?

[shadowban]

[ geto-san's rainbow dragon also comes to mind. hmmm. ]

a few, but i'll ask permission from the people i'm thinking of first.

but an aircraft? seriously? with the metal parts and all of it?

[the_fourteenth]

That's right. Helicopters and airplanes. I don't quite get it, but it's impressive nonetheless.

So however we want to do it, we have a way of getting there that won't stress out the insects. Teleportation can be tough on people sometimes.

[shadowban]

[ he thinks he remembers the curse user who could transform herself into a plane, and now megumi feels a bit silly for being so judgemental. ]

the compression and high-speed transfer of matter is inherently dangerous, too. the slower form of travel is probably the safer, barring any incidents on the way.

...but we have to expect that, don't we?