Log - Restoring Bonnie's Flophouse: Part 2 - Open

[graveyounglady]

Who: Mercy Graves & OTA
When: Throughout September, October, and November when things aren't going horribly wrong
Where: Bonnie's Flophouse
Summary: The completion log for working on repairs to Bonnie's Flophouse that is part of a Player Plot. At the conclusion, the Flophouse will be a nicer residence to stay in than it currently is! For September and October, the focus is on fixing the wiring/improving the electrics, and interior repairs/improvements.
Warnings: Please just put them in subject lines if they come up!

🦊WIRED🪦

The Flophouse's electricity situation is a tenuous one. While the building repairs thus far have sorted out the damage being done every time it rains, this is still an old New England building with esoteric wiring that seems primed to start fires, rather than prevent them. A full rework would really be for the best, especially with the hope that they can tie in a refurbished generator or two to make sure the lights stay on here, even if there's some sort of city-wide blackout. At least of the mundane variety.

There's plenty of new-ish copper wiring and energy-efficient outlets to install. A lot of these seem to have been gathered from somewhere, but maybe it's best not to ask about the specifics. The materials are available! Hurrah! Amateurs may find themselves being zapped as they work or more significantly injured if they're not careful enough. Current residents of the Flophouse may find their power going out at odd hours and without warning, as well, as people make mistakes or breaker switches are flipped to try to figure out what the unlabeled ones are actually connected to. Maybe it's a good time to complain to the... non-existent manager around here.

🦊WHAT FABULOUS WINDOW TREATMENTS🪦

The final touches on the Flophouse are attended to once plumbing and wiring are fixed and walls are back in place. There are doors and cabinets that don't close properly because they were set incorrectly. There are rotted floorboards that really need to be replaced. There are walls to paint and appliances to tool around with to make them just that little bit better. And there are all manner of decorative things to attend to for those who like to make a home, well... homey! Bonnie has her bohemian style, but she's willing to allow some changes in the name of upgrades.

Just be careful your work isn't 'fixed' by someone else who doesn't like your tastes. Or work it out in a sensible manner: duel to first blood in the side alley?

🦊IN MEMORIUM🪦

Perhaps it's a morbid thing to have a room dedicated to the missing and the lost, but with Garner's death and so many other disappearances, it seems important to Mercy that there should be something there. The Flophouse is restored as much as a large group effort can manage. There are smaller things that will always need tending to in a building this old, even with the refurbishment, but there are more rooms than there are people living here at the moment, so she doesn't think it will be wasted space, at least.

In Room 1 on the first floor of Bonnie's Flophouse, a memorial has been created. The room is painted a simple, soft blue and the name of each missing or dead person from another world is painted in blocky brown letters from the ceiling down to the base board. The current list takes up nearly one wall, but there's plenty of room for other names. In the center of the wall, there are a few lines:

Those spoken of and to are never dead
Simply past us on the road ahead

On either wall next to the one with the names, there are narrow tables kept stocked with cheap tealights. There are more within one of the table drawers. There's also vases that can be filled with a small bunch of flowers. There aren't any chairs, but there are some mismatched floor pillows in a basket near the door. This is a place for contemplation and sharing stories of those found in this place and passed on to elsewhere.

🦊WILDCARD🪦

Is your character pursuing a more solo-project or something that's not electric repairs/improvements or interior work? Maybe they're on the hunt for materials... or a way to make extra cash for the job. Maybe they're bringing in ill-got goods to work with. Whatever it might be, have at it!

Comments

Re: in memorium

[friendsfordinner]

It's less of smoking to deal with grief and more of smoking so that he'll have something to do with his hands. But Hickey'll keep that to himself for the moment. At her question, he gives a little shrug.

"S'pose so. There aren't many people here on that list that I know." There is one, though. And his eyes keep getting drawn to that name. Hunter.

"Still. It's probably the proper thing to do."

[twicelost]

"Even if you knew few, it is good to pay respect."

She's almost got that phrase down. It's close enough.

"How do you... mourn? Humans have many ways to show honor dead friends and family. I know only very few."

[friendsfordinner]

"Usually someone says a few words about the dead person," he shrugs. "If they're religious, then someone'll say something religious—reading a passage of scripture or something like that. Honestly, it's more for the people who are alive than the people who are dead."

[twicelost]

"Yes. Our songs are for us to say how we cry for them." So while it's comforting to think the dead can hear the songs, it isn't their sole purpose.

She glances at the wall, then back at him. "You did not come here for Garner."

It's a neutral statement, no judgment or accusation to it.

[friendsfordinner]

Hickey shakes his head. "I only met Garner once or twice. I came here cause I was interested in seeing what the Flophouse looked like all patched up."

There's a pause before he continues with, "Once I saw that list, wanted to see if anybody I knew was on it. I'd be pissed if I missed a few people."

[twicelost]

"I also think this."

But, of course, of all the people whose names are on the wall, it's Garner she was closest to.

"This wall remind me that our fight is for many, not only my people."

[friendsfordinner]

Hickey rolls his eyes a little as he points out, "The many aren't going to give a shit about one person. Focus on your own, otherwise nobody else is going to."