[PQ] Kaiholo Courier Station

He'd been talking about it for a couple seasons now and Tal figured it was time to put actions to words. He'd gone hunting for a good place to set up shop in Torchline; someplace near to the skyport so he wouldn't have to carry the packages too far from the drop point to his skyboat, but it didn't need to be very big.

Which turned out to be a good thing, because all the larger properties had long since been taken over by merchants catering to the sailors of sea and sky. The best Tal had been able to find was a little place wedged between two larger buildings and sharing walls with each of them. It was narrow and cramped and terrible for trying to display wares from, but the courier didn't have wares. Still, previous tenants hadn't left the place in good repair and it was going to need some work to get it ship-shape again.

Tal had posted a few notices around town asking for help in exchange for lunch and his services and now the young man with his dark, shaggy hair and brown skin stood waiting outside with a collection of cleaning supplies and repair materials, watching his companion - a large, glacier-pale dragon built like a mastiff and standing as tall as a great dane - stalking the tiny, swift lizards that were sunning themselves on the side of the busy road.

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This is a PQ to establish a courier's depot/dropoff and waystation in Torchline!
Please post your character arriving with whatever they've brought to help.

1. Talyson
2. Ray
3. Sohalia

RAY

In ancient times
cats were worshipped as gods

Ray had been slammed with work lately, drowning in patients and tricky customers. She'd had to give up her ambitions of leading Torchline and thankfully Hadama had been understanding. But it had still stung. Yet the herbalist had always felt that her main purpose was to care for the people or Torchline, in whatever capacity that she was needed. It was a bit of relief that Harper was able to step in and she could continue to keep the citizens healthy.

It was as she was dropping off an herbal shipment for her shop that she spotted the notice. She vaguely recognized the name attached and figured she should help. She'd never met the courier in person, but his name had made the rounds. Finishing up her errand and picking up some supplies, the Attuned made her way to the run-down building.

"Hello! I'm Ray. I saw that you needed some help?" The herbalist smiled warmly as she spoke, grinning at both courier and dragon.

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Ray arrives! She has her usual first aid kit, daggers, and rope.

They have not
forgotten this

Sohalia was running late.

When Tal had mentioned setting up shop in Torchline, of course Soh had offered to help. After all, Tal had to be one of her best friends, and gods only knew how much he'd helped her in the past. If she was distracting herself from the fact that she still hadn't heard from Jude since he'd left earlier in the season, well, that was just a pleasant side effect. Right?

Right.

In any case, she rushed up to Tal and a young woman she didn't recognize, a little breathless, Tarak clinging to his typical perch on her shoulder. "Hi!" she said, her voice coming out in gasps. "Sorry I'm late!" Tarak leapt from her shoulder to greet Boreal with a squawk that sounded suspiciously like the dragon's name (he was half parrot, after all). "I'm Sohalia," she introduced herself to the stranger before turning her attention back to Tal. "Where do you want to start?"

When memories fade we've got each other
When time and confusion collide

Sohalia

"Oh! Hey, I'm Tal. Talyson Seawright," the courier said, unable to hide his relief that someone had showed up to help him out. "Nice to meetcha, Ray. I'm hopin' this doesn't take all day--" Boreal had ambled over to sniff at the newcomer's fingers, scaly tail wagging in canine draconic greeting, but her attention was immediately snagged by the bright, cheerful little squawk that come from the shoulder of one of her favorite people.

The noise she made in return sounded nothing like Tarak's name and everything like a happy dragon noise as she bounded over to greet her friends and Tal's face lit up even further at the welcome appearance of the Heart of Stormbreak and her companion. "Soh! You're just in time! This is Ray. Ray, this is Sohalia. An' this is Boreal," he added, making sure introductions were made most of the way around. "Let's get goin'! So here's what I figure we gotta do first..."

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Round 1!

1. Remove the broken furniture from the second floor
2. Pull the boards off the windows
3. Sweep the debris out of the first floor

No posting order