10-29-2017, 01:32 PM
One of the guards lead the group passed the foyer and into one the many meeting rooms down the hall. In the center was a round business table surrounded by large wooden chairs cushioned with red velvet. A laptop was in front of each seat, just waiting to be used by their occupants. In the center of the table was a statue of a golden pokute, doing a heroic pose while pointing a sword into the air. The walls were decorated with curious paintings: some were normal portraits of notable Ambrosian citizens, some displayed landscapes and notable buildings in town, some were abstract paintings that mimic the town’s overall zaniness.
One by one, the group took a seat. Nook sat at the far end with Digby taking the seat next to him. Isabelle took the one after him, and Rosie took the opposite far end. Rosie was the first to open her laptop and started playing Town of Salem to pass the time. After a few seconds, Nook pried open the computer in front of him and plugged in a usb drive. He started pulling up maps and blueprints.
“My apologies, I thought I’d review one last time before going over the plan with Sylvia.”
“I was wondering, why aren’t we meeting with the head of the city?” Asked Digby. “Princess Guu was her name, right?”
“She’s out of town on business a lot.” Tom stated as he rummage through a few more of his plans. “Last I heard, she was maintaining diplomatic relations with some religious figure, and before that she was doing a mission for the elves, and before that she was doing something for the Ninjas.”
“Busy gal!” Commented Isabelle.
“Yeah, so it’s mostly Sylvia that runs the city. Been doing it for years, she’s quite capable at it. At least from my experience.”
“Stupid town. He’s so obviously Mafia!” Yelled out Rosie, just before tapping out a long angered response to her game.
Silence befell the room for a bit, outside Rosie’s grunts and moans over her game. Isabelle found herself thinking about Ambrosia.
She got to read up a bit on the walk across the Nexus. Apparently the city was originally called Lengweilig, and was run by very isolationist humans, but they were attacked by a prime named Gilgamesh. Despite the fact Guu, who was doing time in the city’s prison for not being human enough, was able to fight him off, the original citizenry evacuated to the Camelot verse. All that stayed behind were a group of teenagers who were quick to name Guu as their leader. Under her leadership, the city attracted the attention of the odd and unusual. Guu even gave the city its name, it’s still unknown what inspired her to call it that specifically though.
Still, the city had such a colorful history. Isabelle couldn’t help but be impressed by it all. She could guess Tom probably had a hand in the city’s expansion, building new houses and maintaining business.
“Hey Nook,” began izzy, “what brought you to Ambrosia in the first place?”
“Well...” began Tom, scratching the chin of his muzzle.
Suddenly, Sylvia entered the room, causing Rosie to hastily close her laptop. She had four milkshakes in some sort of carrying tray.
“Sorry, I’m late!” She said.
“It’s okay, Sylvia.” Tom said politely.
She placed the milkshakes in front of each participant. Before taking a seat herself across the four.
“So you two must be Isabelle and Digby.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you!” Isabelle said with a little seated bow. Digby shared the bow.
“I was under the impression there was only three of you. Who’s your friend here?” Sylvia asked, gesturing to the blue cat.
“Hi! I’m Rosie!” She spoke up, raising a paw to wave as she gave the second in command a big smile.
“Wait, Rosie?” Sylvia said as she remembered. “Weren’t you at the beach not too long ago? Won a ribbon at a campfire story competition?”
“Yes! That was me!” Rosie said excitedly. She pointed at the ribbon that was still in her hair.
“Ah yes! Molly has told me all about you.”
“You know Molly?” Isabelle responded in surprise.
“Yes, she lives here in the palace. She’s one of Guu’s adopted daughters.”
A moment of silent shock for what is either fate or cosmic coincidence. Eventually, Sylvia broke the silence.
“So anyways, let’s get down to business.” She said, as she reached for a button under the table.
In an instant, the wooden surface of the table revealed itself to be a screen of sorts. The screens of each computer float out in the open. Rosie’s game of Town of Salem adorned the Game Over screen for everyone to see. The cat quickly shuffled to get her laptop open to close the window.
“Town of Salem huh?” Said Sylvia with a smile. “I play that with Molly all the time.”
Rosie, still blushing from embarrassment, smiled at the brief moment of connectivity with the human.
Sylvia dragged an image from her screen and dragged it off its border. The image expanded to fit the entire table as she dropped it, displaying an overhead sky view of an area of forest just northeast of Ambrosia. It features a mountain range to the northeast, a lake to the northwest, and a forest labeled “haunted forest” in the southeast.
“This location is currently called Ambrosia Crossing,” began Sylvia as she pulled out a metal extendable rod of sorts and started pointing out a dotted line that cut through the mountains. “Outside the main road, this is the only other beaten path from the Nexus. Because of the discrete nature of it, it’s the popular option for refugees, but it’s also treacherous because of its mountain routes.”
She waved the rod at the lake.
“This body of water is a problem for Ambrosia. We found the city’s near endless underground water supply has been pooling off outside of town. The lake is a result. In the last year, it has doubled in size. If left unattended, it could cause flooding.”
“Why does Ambrosia have so much water?” Asked Digby.
“That’s still a mystery.” Responded Sylvia. “I have people looking into it, but for now, our main concern is pumping the lake.”
She waved the wand at the valley sandwiched between the four entities.
“We want to establish a colony right here. It’ll give our water workers a place to live, and the population can use up the water. A perfect set-up for a pump station.”
She looked up to Tom who got the signal. He dragged and dropped some of his blueprints into the table.
“The village I will call ‘New Leaf,’” he began, his spokesperson voice activated, “it’ll be a small time community. It’s main export will be the tourism trade.”
He tossed down a mock up drawing a rustic picturesque drawing of a rural village with a mountain backdrop.
“We can provide the citizens of Ambrosia a chance to escape the big city life to be closer to nature. You can swim in the lake, hike in the mountains, join in the town’s humble festivities! It’s a quaint experience for the whole family!”
“Ever the businessman.” Whispered Digby to Isabelle, which got a quiet chuckle out of her.
Tom showed off some of his designs. The architecture was ripped straight from their home universe. Isabelle had not seen a house much like what she got at home a single time this entire journey through the Omniverse. She missed it way more than she thought. She couldn’t help but feel a bit nostalgic by it.
But the feeling was slightly hampered when Nook showed the design of the resort he planned to put in.
“The tagline will be: ‘There’s always time to start a New Leaf!’”
Sylvia, who has been listening quietly this whole time finally spoke up.
“Well, I’ll have to say, this is your second most ambitious project yet!” She exclaimed excitedly. “When can you start on it?”
“We can head out there right now!” Digby chimed in. “In fact, Isabelle already had the Town Hall set up.”
“Wait, really?” Asked Tom.
Isabelle, picking up on her que, reached into her pocket and pulled out the small bubble. She reached over and showed it to Nook and Sylvia, the tiny town hall floating daintily in the middle.
“It’s shrunken down,” explained Izzy, “we just need to find a place to plant it and we’ll have a city government all ready to go!”
“I’m impressed!” Stated Sylvia, overjoyed at the level of preparation in all this. “I personally approve of the project. However, you should run it through Guu as well. I doubt she would object, but-”
“Wait, we can meet with Guu?” Asked Tom.
“Coincidentally, she’s already on site. It’s near where she’s meeting that religious figure.”
Everyone gave each other looks. Cosmic coincidence again? Nook however, was quick to respond.
“We will head out immediately.” He said.
“Very well! I look forward to your future endeavors!” responded Sylvia, satisfied.
Immediately after the meeting, the group left for the site of their new village, Nook summoned a compass to guide them the way. Everyone was in high spirits, confident that they were about to establish a new home for themselves!
One by one, the group took a seat. Nook sat at the far end with Digby taking the seat next to him. Isabelle took the one after him, and Rosie took the opposite far end. Rosie was the first to open her laptop and started playing Town of Salem to pass the time. After a few seconds, Nook pried open the computer in front of him and plugged in a usb drive. He started pulling up maps and blueprints.
“My apologies, I thought I’d review one last time before going over the plan with Sylvia.”
“I was wondering, why aren’t we meeting with the head of the city?” Asked Digby. “Princess Guu was her name, right?”
“She’s out of town on business a lot.” Tom stated as he rummage through a few more of his plans. “Last I heard, she was maintaining diplomatic relations with some religious figure, and before that she was doing a mission for the elves, and before that she was doing something for the Ninjas.”
“Busy gal!” Commented Isabelle.
“Yeah, so it’s mostly Sylvia that runs the city. Been doing it for years, she’s quite capable at it. At least from my experience.”
“Stupid town. He’s so obviously Mafia!” Yelled out Rosie, just before tapping out a long angered response to her game.
Silence befell the room for a bit, outside Rosie’s grunts and moans over her game. Isabelle found herself thinking about Ambrosia.
She got to read up a bit on the walk across the Nexus. Apparently the city was originally called Lengweilig, and was run by very isolationist humans, but they were attacked by a prime named Gilgamesh. Despite the fact Guu, who was doing time in the city’s prison for not being human enough, was able to fight him off, the original citizenry evacuated to the Camelot verse. All that stayed behind were a group of teenagers who were quick to name Guu as their leader. Under her leadership, the city attracted the attention of the odd and unusual. Guu even gave the city its name, it’s still unknown what inspired her to call it that specifically though.
Still, the city had such a colorful history. Isabelle couldn’t help but be impressed by it all. She could guess Tom probably had a hand in the city’s expansion, building new houses and maintaining business.
“Hey Nook,” began izzy, “what brought you to Ambrosia in the first place?”
“Well...” began Tom, scratching the chin of his muzzle.
Suddenly, Sylvia entered the room, causing Rosie to hastily close her laptop. She had four milkshakes in some sort of carrying tray.
“Sorry, I’m late!” She said.
“It’s okay, Sylvia.” Tom said politely.
She placed the milkshakes in front of each participant. Before taking a seat herself across the four.
“So you two must be Isabelle and Digby.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you!” Isabelle said with a little seated bow. Digby shared the bow.
“I was under the impression there was only three of you. Who’s your friend here?” Sylvia asked, gesturing to the blue cat.
“Hi! I’m Rosie!” She spoke up, raising a paw to wave as she gave the second in command a big smile.
“Wait, Rosie?” Sylvia said as she remembered. “Weren’t you at the beach not too long ago? Won a ribbon at a campfire story competition?”
“Yes! That was me!” Rosie said excitedly. She pointed at the ribbon that was still in her hair.
“Ah yes! Molly has told me all about you.”
“You know Molly?” Isabelle responded in surprise.
“Yes, she lives here in the palace. She’s one of Guu’s adopted daughters.”
A moment of silent shock for what is either fate or cosmic coincidence. Eventually, Sylvia broke the silence.
“So anyways, let’s get down to business.” She said, as she reached for a button under the table.
In an instant, the wooden surface of the table revealed itself to be a screen of sorts. The screens of each computer float out in the open. Rosie’s game of Town of Salem adorned the Game Over screen for everyone to see. The cat quickly shuffled to get her laptop open to close the window.
“Town of Salem huh?” Said Sylvia with a smile. “I play that with Molly all the time.”
Rosie, still blushing from embarrassment, smiled at the brief moment of connectivity with the human.
Sylvia dragged an image from her screen and dragged it off its border. The image expanded to fit the entire table as she dropped it, displaying an overhead sky view of an area of forest just northeast of Ambrosia. It features a mountain range to the northeast, a lake to the northwest, and a forest labeled “haunted forest” in the southeast.
“This location is currently called Ambrosia Crossing,” began Sylvia as she pulled out a metal extendable rod of sorts and started pointing out a dotted line that cut through the mountains. “Outside the main road, this is the only other beaten path from the Nexus. Because of the discrete nature of it, it’s the popular option for refugees, but it’s also treacherous because of its mountain routes.”
She waved the rod at the lake.
“This body of water is a problem for Ambrosia. We found the city’s near endless underground water supply has been pooling off outside of town. The lake is a result. In the last year, it has doubled in size. If left unattended, it could cause flooding.”
“Why does Ambrosia have so much water?” Asked Digby.
“That’s still a mystery.” Responded Sylvia. “I have people looking into it, but for now, our main concern is pumping the lake.”
She waved the wand at the valley sandwiched between the four entities.
“We want to establish a colony right here. It’ll give our water workers a place to live, and the population can use up the water. A perfect set-up for a pump station.”
She looked up to Tom who got the signal. He dragged and dropped some of his blueprints into the table.
“The village I will call ‘New Leaf,’” he began, his spokesperson voice activated, “it’ll be a small time community. It’s main export will be the tourism trade.”
He tossed down a mock up drawing a rustic picturesque drawing of a rural village with a mountain backdrop.
“We can provide the citizens of Ambrosia a chance to escape the big city life to be closer to nature. You can swim in the lake, hike in the mountains, join in the town’s humble festivities! It’s a quaint experience for the whole family!”
“Ever the businessman.” Whispered Digby to Isabelle, which got a quiet chuckle out of her.
Tom showed off some of his designs. The architecture was ripped straight from their home universe. Isabelle had not seen a house much like what she got at home a single time this entire journey through the Omniverse. She missed it way more than she thought. She couldn’t help but feel a bit nostalgic by it.
But the feeling was slightly hampered when Nook showed the design of the resort he planned to put in.
“The tagline will be: ‘There’s always time to start a New Leaf!’”
Sylvia, who has been listening quietly this whole time finally spoke up.
“Well, I’ll have to say, this is your second most ambitious project yet!” She exclaimed excitedly. “When can you start on it?”
“We can head out there right now!” Digby chimed in. “In fact, Isabelle already had the Town Hall set up.”
“Wait, really?” Asked Tom.
Isabelle, picking up on her que, reached into her pocket and pulled out the small bubble. She reached over and showed it to Nook and Sylvia, the tiny town hall floating daintily in the middle.
“It’s shrunken down,” explained Izzy, “we just need to find a place to plant it and we’ll have a city government all ready to go!”
“I’m impressed!” Stated Sylvia, overjoyed at the level of preparation in all this. “I personally approve of the project. However, you should run it through Guu as well. I doubt she would object, but-”
“Wait, we can meet with Guu?” Asked Tom.
“Coincidentally, she’s already on site. It’s near where she’s meeting that religious figure.”
Everyone gave each other looks. Cosmic coincidence again? Nook however, was quick to respond.
“We will head out immediately.” He said.
“Very well! I look forward to your future endeavors!” responded Sylvia, satisfied.
Immediately after the meeting, the group left for the site of their new village, Nook summoned a compass to guide them the way. Everyone was in high spirits, confident that they were about to establish a new home for themselves!
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