mikangirl | [Voice/Action]

[Nami's had quite enough of sleeping. It's kind of disconcerting to be told it's now September, and it doesn't help that she's spent the time since Ling's rude wake-up call still sleeping most of her day away. So tired, all the time. Prone to falling asleep mid-shower, and that is annoying, to say the least.

Oh, well. A week has gone past and she can finally get through most of the day with no problems, so Nami takes advantage of the fact that there is no Chopper to tell her otherwise (and no Katara or Law at the house at the time) to sneak up to the orchard and see how it's fared in her near-two-month absence.

...huh. Been hot lately, she sees. And a lot less mikan up here than she was expecting. Nothing too alarming, and the place seems okay otherwise, pinwheels and all. Someone even fixed her cottage door, lookit that.

Welp. Observant villagers might see the low-lying rainclouds to the northeast of the village, a tiny little storm that barely covers an acre. It's too hot today anyway, may as well take advantage of the fact that she can cheat.]

[Voice]

Thanks, whoever fixed my door. Did you take some of the fruit as payment or should I blame someone else for that?

[Tell her what she's missed, Luceti.]

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The third party had destroyed their barrier, and had killed or taken away a good portion of their village before the security forces had arrived. Apparently their village was only nine months old, but they had experienced a lot during that time.

[...hmm.]

The Third Party attacked Luceti years ago, didn't they? Did the barrier go down?

Some of them had managed to breach it, but the barrier was purposely lowered so that we could face them.

Ah. [That's ... a little concerning, actually. But obviously Luceti was able to fight them off before... hmm.] If they managed to destroy the barrier this time, do you think they might try again here?

It's always a possibility. Supposedly, however, we've been the only group that's managed to repel them even with a damaged barrier.

Well, let's hope that still holds true. I'm guessing they'll try again eventually.

...hopefully later rather than sooner.

Perhaps so. We don't know what motivates them to go after certain areas, and it is a very large world.

...oh. True. And maybe 'once bitten, twice shy' is a good saying for Luceti, too. We're more powerful than other enclosures, I hear.

That seems to be the favored line. Our repelling the third party is part of what made us seem so desirable for the drafts, and now these other tasks have come from that as well.