[video] un: linneus.

[inaurare]

Hello every… ah, anyone who might see this. My name is Linneus. I... am not sure if this is working.

[leaving comments on other people’s posts is one thing, but putting his own out is quite another, and there’s a certain degree of nervousness that hasn’t been present in his everyday interactions, accentuated by the fact that he is clearly chilled and just about holding off a shiver]

I was hoping perhaps someone might be able to help. Someone in Olympia, that is. You see I returned from Wyver just now and-- well, look.

[the shift in camera angle is clumsy, but eventually he steadies the device on his surroundings. A broken-in window, the snow blown inside in small drifts. As he pans it’s clear that what little home he had started to make for himself has been quite overturned, covers tossed back and pulled off beds, cupboards and shelves standing empty, but he doesn’t linger too long on those. His main focus is on the window, one hand reaching into frame to gesture as he draws closer]

I can manage much of the housework and the cleaning, but it’s this is the trouble - it’s sort of a sash window, but it draws to the side instead of up. [a careful tug - broken glass notwithstanding, it’s clearly stuck open] I’m not sure I can manage to take it off its track by itself - I think the glass will break further if I try. But I hoped someone might try and help me with finding a replacement and perhaps fitting it?

[turning the camera back on himself, a slightly shy smile.]

I should forewarn that I may not be capable of instant repayment, but I would consider myself in your debt and endeavour to do what I can. I… await any reply, even if you’ve only advice to offer, but I shan’t be instantaneous in my replies, you understand. I have no small amount of cleaning up of my own to do…

Comments

[ofseraphim]

Probably, but we owe it to everyone who lost everything in the attack on Olympia [ should he call it that?? ] to band together and help restore the city.

I know not everyone's going to feel the same way, of course. [ A small shrug. ] But personally, I can't wait to get back to Olympia.

[ To normalcy, he means; or what used to be normal to him, at least. ]

[inaurare]

I think many were hoping to avoid more upheaval, perhaps...

[he understands that, though. The events were not in the Orbiters' control, but there had been a reassurance of somewhere to live, somewhere to settle - at least, certainly, on Linneus' part. But it felt like Wyver was a better fit for some than for others.]

Please be sure to bring some warmer clothes with you when you do. It is chillier here than it is in the south.

[ofseraphim]

Good point. Though I have to wonder what kind of reception everyone got after arriving in Wyver...

[ It couldn't have been all that warm, given the tensions. ]

Oh! Right. [ Scratching his cheek again, a bit bashfully now. ] I'll have to see what I can come up with.

[ If worse comes to worst, his cloak Shepherd's Cloak has always proved plenty warm! ]

[inaurare]

[a light shake of his head]

I think it was after a mutual agreement that we were evacuated. But the people, I'm not sure...

[he was too busy - seeking out the patients, seeing to them. They were flown ahead, but Linneus worry hadn't abated even a little between that and his arrival to Wyver]

I shall have to go to the market, I think. For food and something warmer...

[between his food stores and his room being picked apart, he shall need a few bits and pieces]

[ofseraphim]

I'm pretty sure that decision was out of their hands, if everyone was as sick as I've heard...

[ A beat, and Sorey considers. ]

Is there a market still, in Olympia? [ Or, should he say 'again'? ]

[inaurare]

It was rebuilt. The attack knocked a lot of things sideways, but they have rebuilt, since, and the area was cleaned.

I don't expect that it will be as lively as it once was, but perhaps in time...

[ofseraphim]

[ Sorey is definitely on Team Restore Olympia. And he has faith! ]

I'm sure we'll get it back to the way it was. Just wait and see.

[inaurare]

I'm sure.

[a little smile]

But there will be difficulties first. Food is still rationed here, I hear...

[ofseraphim]

That's a shame, but... I can see why they would do that.

[ He scratches his cheek once more, thoughtfully. ]

Depending on how everything came about, the land might not yet have recovered enough for crops to grow like they used to.

In fact, I bet the landscape changed pretty dramatically overall...

[inaurare]

I don't know if any of the crops were saved, with nobody to tend them.

[with the evacuation, much of the harvest would have been left to sit and rot in the fields. Such a waste...]

Then Olympia may need to rely on outside help for a while.

[he isn't sure how that will go, if Olympia is as proud a monarchy as it seems]

[ofseraphim]

Probably not.

[ A sigh at that. ]

But we can get things back to the way they should be. It just takes a little work.

[ But he's so far away from the point! ]

Sorry, I should have asked -- when are you wanting help? Now, or later?

[inaurare]

Whenever you can spare the time?

[he can cope for the time being, so it's not the direst of emergencies in Linneus' mind just... the sooner he can get that window blocked and some heat in this place, the better.]

There's no rush...