Public Service - On the Edge, Monday, Period 2

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"Okay Rookies," Reno said, hands in his pockets as he stood on the Causeway, where he'd handwavily told his students to meet. "I hope you all brought your armor with you, because today's that 'moment of truth' day, yo. We're gonna be headin' to Edge today, to check out the situation, pick a good place in the town itself for these water filtration units we're gonna be settin' up, that sort of thing. You'll all be happy to know that the radiation levels are nice an' low today, and there haven't been any monsters spotted in the area. But if I find out any of you took your armor off anyway, I'll kick your asses straight back to detention and you'll be writin' essays for me for the rest of the year that I probably ain't gonna read anyway."

This was Reno's way of telling his students that he cared.

"This is a class of ten, so I'd prefer if we decide to split up that you guys break it up half-and-half, but I don't wanna see you in groups of less than three if it really comes down to it, yo. Maybe I'll re-think that as the semester goes on and you guys prove you can handle yourselves out here, but for the time being, anyone who strays out of sight alone is joining the jackasses who took off their armor in detention."

Again, he was saying he loved you, guys.

"Now, c'mon, let's get going, or I'm going to just kill the whole class period lecturin' you on this side of the portal, yo."

And with that, he led his students through.

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Lecture: Pre-Portal

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Last chance to get that nervousness out of your systems, make sure your armor and any weapons you ran by Reno are in order, double-check what blueprints you might have made up, that sort of thing.

Lecture: Post-Portal

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"I've got two places in mind for these water filter units you were talkin' about," Reno said, leading his students from the portal into the Meteor Square, which featured the crushed, slightly reconstructed remains of a huge memorial in the middle that, perhaps unsurprisingly, depicted a giant rock from space coming down to crush Midgar - those ruins that they were on the edge of. "Here's the first, yo. This is Meteor Square, one of the city's main meeting areas, yo. Here's where most trade comes into the city when people from Kalm make the trip in with supplies. The Square's mostly abandoned these days - that'll happen when a dragon lands in the middle of it and starts killing everybody - but it's still a central point in the city, and one that most of Edge's roads have been made to lead to."

A beat.

"We don't get dragons here often, either, yo."

If that helped put anybody's minds to rest at all.

"The second place is actually deeper into the city, closer to the ruins," he said. "Doesn't particularly matter where by the ruins, it's just that, and I'm gonna be frank, that's where most of the city's homeless, especially orphans and the sick, live, and they're the ones that need this water the most. If you wanna avoid seeing a lot of that sort of thing, here by the memorial is the place to be. If you don't mind half-starved little kids beggin' at you, you might wanna consider joinin' me closer to the ruins. I'll be headin' there next week, yo. Today, I'd like you to take a look around here, get a feel for the place, maybe pick a spot here for us to set up. If you have any better ideas where where to put these water filters, let me know, yo. Don't mind the locals too much- around here, they're not likely to bother you so much if you don't bother them. Next week, we'll start haulin' in supplies, so make the best of gettin' your head around the place today, okay?"

And with that, he leaned himself back against the half-rebuilt husk of a memorial, and waved his hands at the class to wander around if they so desired.

"Welcome to Edge. As you can see, it's real happy to have you."

Explore, Brainstorm, Take A Minute, Whatever

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You'll be met with such wonderful joys as the sight of buildings that look as though they've been half-built and then ripped apart again a couple of times by very large things, the occasional person asking for gil (the local currency) on the outskirts of the Square, an overwhelming smell of rust and decay hanging in the air,

Feel free to mod your locals - slow-moving, tired people who are more prone to looking at you suspiciously than they are to actually coming over to talk - or just poke around the Square looking for a good place to set up a water filter. Telling Reno what kind of equipment you'll need to start setting these things up might be a good idea, too, since next week you'll be moving things in.

Talk to the TAs

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Discuss logistics, maybe approach the bouncy one for a hug if you need it. They're here to help, once they tag in. Put 'em to work.

Talk to Reno

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He's lounging back against the monument with his arms crossed over his chest, ignoring the dirty way the locals look at him. And they're looking at him dirty, far more than the typical 'don't trust you outsiders' look that they're giving the rest of the class.

It's a Turk thing.

OOC

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If you want an NPC encounter (and don't mind work SP or that they'll look a lot like one of my characters because ahahaha icons) feel free to poke me down here. Or mod the hell out of everything, because you won't be running into any named characters any time this week anyway. This is a post-Advent Children, post-Geostigma Edge, for those that means anything to.

The main Square looks far more like it does in the second picture, the one with the dragon sitting on it, than it does in the first, which is mostly just there for scale and layout. It's also more or less abandoned, at the moment, with the exception of a few people wandering through, and maybe a vehicle or two.