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[fortunefail]

[Ever since his housemates left, Yuan's found his home to become more and more unbearable. He's considered moving into an apartment more than once, but this place holds too many memories for him. He's lived here for almost three years now- in fact, it was Martel who dragged him here from a community building back then. There's just no way he can leave.

So in order to keep himself busy, Yuan's decided to refurbish his house. Or, rather, he's starting with Zoisite's old room for now and see how far he'll get with that. Perhaps he can turn it into a study. Anything that doesn't say "Zoisite's old room".

That's why he can be seen striding through the village, carrying a few paint cans and other such supplies. What paint color, you ask? It's purple. Yuan's taste is... interesting. He's going through extremes to avoid Mithos, but other than that, any resident is free to run into him.]

Comments

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Maybe... ten or fifteen feet. I can't go any deeper than the tunnels the Malnosso made.

[fortunefail]

[Oh, good. That's deep enough to avoid the whole thing collapsing when someone heavy stands on top of it.]

... Hm. So what's the longest tunnel you've ever dug? [Already, he's trying to think of ways to exploit a kid who loves digging solid tunnels. Maybe an escape tunnel of some sort...]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Um... well, here... [He digs around in his coat for a moment, pulling out his journal and unfolding the map tucked inside it. He points to the area around house 50, leading four trails from it- one to the north, west, and south edges of the barrier, the other to the mountains.] I made these tunnels. But they collapsed when the earthquake wrecked the village, so I haven't fixed them yet.

[fortunefail]

[All the way to the barrier.]

Impressive. I suppose you couldn't pass underneath the mountains, that'd be nothing but solid rock for the first twenty to thirty feet... [Hmhmm...] Are you still planning on fixing those tunnels?

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Mm, that's what I'm doing now. And I could dig under the mountains too, it would just take longer. And there's already a tunnel, so it didn't seem important...

[fortunefail]

No, I suppose not... [And digging underneath the ocean is a ridiculously stupid thing to do.]

Are these tunnels going to be accessible for everyone?

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

They were supposed to be escape tunnels, in case everyone needed to get out of the village quickly. [In other words, yes.]

[fortunefail]

[Oh, that is perfect.] Will you do anything special to fortify these tunnels?

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how. I've never done anything like that before.

[fortunefail]

You can't expect them to be used as escape tunnels if there's a high chance they'll collapse again.

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I know that...

[fortunefail]

Someone else in the village might have the necessary skills... [He's already thinking of someone like Toph, who had the ability to manipulate rocks and earth.]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

If you find anyone who could, can you tell me? I'm Simon.

[fortunefail]

Simon, hm? I'm Yuan. I'll be sure to inform you if I encounter such a person.

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Okay, thank you! That should be a big help.

[fortunefail]

I should be on my way. ... Good luck with your tunnel.