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outer_divide2012-07-03 01:53 pm
pepperspray) wrote in outer_divide2012-07-03 01:53 pm
[Video | 002: Trade Negotiations]
[It certainly hasn't taken Pepper long to both find a desk and have it covered (neatly!) with papers. Although the backdrop is the overburdened hospital, and although her hair is back in the sort of no-nonsense ponytail that says there's been no time to properly wash it, she looks much more in her element: grave, precise and direct as she looks to the camera.]
The supply situation at the hospital is getting critical. We've managed to stretch things a few more days, but normal resupply rates won't keep pace with the demand in the wake of the fire. There's a settlement to the south of here where some trade has been conducted before.
Is anyone interested in a trade mission? Do you have any useful skills you can bring to bear for one? Travel is dangerous here, I've been told, so bodyguards as well as negotiators could have a role. You'll also need to be able to work with the local population -- this is a show they've been running a lot longer than we've been here.
The supply situation at the hospital is getting critical. We've managed to stretch things a few more days, but normal resupply rates won't keep pace with the demand in the wake of the fire. There's a settlement to the south of here where some trade has been conducted before.
Is anyone interested in a trade mission? Do you have any useful skills you can bring to bear for one? Travel is dangerous here, I've been told, so bodyguards as well as negotiators could have a role. You'll also need to be able to work with the local population -- this is a show they've been running a lot longer than we've been here.
Re: Video
[City-bred Pepper is not wholly sure where the horse-vs.-pony line falls, and opts for precision just in case.]
So, I'd assume the roads are in a similar condition to the era where horse-drawn caravans were a thing. The hazards seem to be a combination of bandits and patrols by the Authorities from what I've been told... and if you can help these supplies stretch further, I'm all ears as to how. We've already had to cut back a lot of the painkillers and antibiotic use.