![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graveyounglady) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
apocalypsehowcomm2022-11-06 11:10 am
Log - Restoring Bonnie's Flophouse: Part 2 - Open
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:
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!
no subject
Although his face immediately turns back to the wall he's painting seemingly at the exact same time that she glances at him. "I did. They're all dead or gone." His voice is very matter of fact and emotionless. It's a very unfair statment. There were still those he liked in the city. George and Eda he'd considered to be friends, but the loss of Garner still hurts and he grew up under the illusion that showing pain is a weakness. It was easier to just say they were all gone then to say he lost one he was closest to. Easier to talk about a mass than an individual. Plus, he's hopeful, that maybe she won't dig in further if his answer is short.
"From what I've noticed you seem to be friends with everyone in this city." Get her talking about herself. Another tactic to avoid talking about how he really feels.
no subject
"I'm sorry you're missing people, sir." He might not be emotive, but she certainly is when she says it. "It's... hard with things taking us away without warning sometimes. With all the dangers. I got friends in a few different directions, sure. That's just how community works, though, don't it? You ever had one?" There's no judgment in the question. More concern and curiosity.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
"I think this wall here is done."
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject