[10:22] Khuyildar Bluebird: Tal Lady of the Kataii
[10:23] Aphris Myoo: Tal Khu, welcome, and thank you to cme on my request
[10:24] Khuyildar Bluebird: I heard you had a challenging task for me
[10:25] Aphris Myoo: yes, i have. I need an explorer to investigate some geophysical events in Vigo
[10:26] Khuyildar Bluebird: Well, I had some education in that in the city of Turia
[10:27] Aphris Myoo nods "i know, you are a member of our Society, the Geophysical one"
[10:28] nadi (Nara Zsun): listens quietly to the Free chatter continuing to feed the hungry bosk calf. Stroking his side, noticing he has started to fill out since nadi found him in the tall grass abandoned by his mother an starving.
[10:28] Aphris Myoo: Kutai heard, from Nadi or Hakimba I believe, that the city of Vigo was suffering of sinkholes
[10:30] Khuyildar Bluebird: Sinkholes? What are those?
[10:30] Aphris Myoo: Sudden holes in the ground, meters wide and meters deep, whole bosks can disappear in it
[10:31] nadi (Nara Zsun): smiles at the baby bosk, watching is eyes grow heavy as his belly is not full
[10:31] Khuyildar Bluebird: hm, interesting , but what is causing such?
[10:32] Khuyildar Bluebird: What ground they have, stable rock, volcanic?
[10:33] Aphris Myoo reads a scroll she got via via out of Turia "they speak of that they live in the flood lands of a river, an alluvial plain also, probably young river clay
[10:34] nadi (Nara Zsun): stroking him softly as he settles to his knees in the grass...sound a sleep nadi leave to offer her services to the Free.
[10:34] Khuyildar Bluebird: Alluvial clay, are you sure? If they live more up river, it could be sand or gravel also
[10:35] Aphris Myoo: even more unstable, clay particles clit together in tight layers
[10:35] nadi (Nara Zsun): reaching into a basket removes several dried bosk chips and some twigs an tosses them into the fire, stirring the embers until flames start to lick the air.
[10:35] Khuyildar Bluebird: yes,, and those layers glide oevr each otehr,and with enough rain create a landslide
[10:36] nadi (Nara Zsun): Greetings Master. May I be of service. Perhaps a drink to quench your thirst or a bowl of tasty bosk stew the Mistress has prepared.
[10:37] Aphris Myoo: and thats something else as a sinkhole
[10:37] Khuyildar Bluebird: a cold paga for me , little one
[10:37] Omaha Hinterland: ohtower
[10:37] nadi (Nara Zsun): Yes Master chilled paga .....rising on strong kataii legs moves to the kitchen
[10:38] Khuyildar Bluebird watches the slave, he has seen the Kataii brand, he is a Kataii himslef, now working as an explorer for coin
[10:39] Aphris Myoo reads further "and they did a lot of mining, making many shafts"
[10:40] nadi (Nara Zsun): surveying the shelve for a three legged bowl...stretches pulling one down. Checks it for dust or flaws an sets it on a tray. Turning to the chill box, opens the tap on the keg of paga watching the liquid splash into the bowl. Turning on her heel returns to the Masters' sandal.
[10:40] Khuyildar Bluebird: "shafts in the clay layer? How thick is that layer? 10 meters, or hundreds?
[10:40] Aphris Myoo: Tal slave
[10:40] Omaha Hinterland: greetings mistress
[10:42] Omaha Hinterland lowers his gaze
[10:42] Aphris Myoo looks at the scroll "it does not say such, maybe you have to find that out. If they made shafts in the clay layer then that could be an explanation
[10:43] nadi (Nara Zsun): floating to the damp grass settles softly beside the stranger. Proffering up the wooden tray with the bowl of chilled paga whispers softly, May this cool paga quench your thirst and refresh you Master
[10:44] Savanah (Savanah Lacourte) is online.
[10:44] Aphris Myoo: Then the lower clay in the shafts can shove and creates a sink hole above. Even when it's not clay but other ground, such can happen, even when the shafts are deep
[10:45] halfex Resident is online.
[10:45] Khuyildar Bluebird looks up at the slave and takes the paga from her hands
[10:46] Sylvia (Sylvia Bombastic) is online.
[10:46] Khuyildar Bluebird: such could indeed be cause by mining "thank you slave, you are dismissed of service"
[10:46] nadi (Nara Zsun): yes master was my pleasure to serve you
[10:47] nadi (Nara Zsun): Mistress may I bring you a beverage smiles at the kajirus
[10:47] Aphris Myoo: so, I ask you to investigate what the ground in Vigo exists of? Library research first, Maybe you should enter some mines, that would give plenty of information
[10:48] Aphris Myoo: "yes Nadi, a kalana wine' she looks at her inactive kajirus
[10:48] nadi (Nara Zsun): yes Mistress kalana right away
[10:49] Khuyildar Bluebird: Entering those mines is extreme dangerous when they are as unstable as we suspect
[10:50] Aphris Myoo: you can use slaves to enter it and report to you
[10:51] Khuyildar Bluebird: Maybe i should take that kajirus of you with me then :-)
[10:52] Aphris Myoo: then he is at least of some use, but he probably would not know if the sun is bove him or under
[10:52] Sylvia (Sylvia Bombastic) is offline.
[10:52] nadi (Nara Zsun): takes a bottle of kalana from the wine rack...with a rep clothe dusts off the bottle an sets it on a tray. Reaching across the counter selects a goblet an inspects it making sure it is clean an and free of flaws. Sets it on the tray an returns to the Mistress's hems
[10:52] Aphris Myoo: and never find the way out
[10:52] Omaha Hinterland is online.
[10:53] Aphris Myoo: what do you think Nadi, shall we let take Loke go with sir Khu for inspecting dangerous mines?

[10:53] Hakimba Oakleaf: Tal Sir and lady Aphris greetings mine
[10:53] Savanah (Savanah Lacourte) is offline.
[10:53] Omaha Hinterland: greetings master
[10:53] Khuyildar Bluebird: Tal sir Hakimba
[10:54] Hakimba Oakleaf: ohhh now i notice Loke greetings loke
[10:54] Sylvia (Sylvia Bombastic) is online.
[10:54] Aphris Myoo: Tal Hakimba, we are discussing an expedition to Vigo
[10:54] Hakimba Oakleaf: me takes seat at the pillow
[10:54] nadi (Nara Zsun): carefully settles before the Mistress. setting the tray down, lifts the bottle of of kalana and with her thumbnail removes the wax seal. With tiny white teeth careful not to touch the rim, she pulls the cork out ....and fill she goblet for the Mistress
[10:55] Hakimba Oakleaf: Ohhh when will go for this expedition?
[10:55] nadi (Nara Zsun): Offering up the tray of kalana whispers. May this rich wine delight your palate Mistress
[10:55] Aphris Myoo: and Khu needed a slave to enter the local mines, he can't do himself, those mines are unstable
[10:56] Hakimba Oakleaf: me watches his busy girl as she serves Lady Aphris
[10:56] Omaha Hinterland hmpfffs
[10:56] Aphris Myoo takes the kalana out of Nadi's hand and smells the scent of the wine "hm, good wine, go cuddle your Master"
[10:56] nadi (Nara Zsun): yes Mistress I am sure your boy would enjoy the travel
[10:56] nadi (Nara Zsun): Yes Mistress was my privilege to be of service
[10:56] Aphris Myoo looks at Loke "well slave, you are always horny, now is the chance to explore dark wet holes"
[10:57] Omaha Hinterland growls
[10:57] nadi (Nara Zsun): My Master jumps in his lap kissing his cheek affectionately
[10:57] Hakimba Oakleaf: me chuckles at the words from Aphris
[10:58] Hakimba Oakleaf strokes his girl and pulls her closer
[10:58] Aphris Myoo grins "specially unstable holes which vibrate"
[10:58] Khuyildar Bluebird laughs at the joke of his tribes woman
[10:58] nadi (Nara Zsun): purrrsss softly nestling in his arms
[11:00] Aphris Myoo smiles when Nadi shows her need, she is not jealous as many other free women. Being jealous at a slave means those FW are actually needy themselves, which shows their envy"
[11:02] Khuyildar Bluebird: I need to go, I will visit Vigo tomorrow
[11:02] Hakimba Oakleaf nods i wish you well brother
[11:02] Aphris Myoo: "Excellent, then i will visit the new Library, they guarantee protection for Free Women tehre, besides i wll take some outriders with me
[11:03] nadi (Nara Zsun): I wish you well Master
[11:03] Khuyildar Bluebird: Sky blessings

Lady Aphris and Loke visit the library in Kikara

[08:50] Aphris Myoo: kneel near my chair Loke
[08:51] Omaha Hinterland: ohtower
[08:51] Aphris Myoo: come closer, i don't like to yell when i explain something
[08:53] Aphris Myoo starts speaking "if you have questions please ask, because we have a difficult matter to solve"
[08:54] Omaha Hinterland gulps
[08:54] Aphris Myoo: This is the Kikara Library, in a city close to the Northern Forest, by coincidence I heard that some explorer from these areas have mapped the regions of the city of Vigo
[08:56] Omaha Hinterland: hmmm
[08:56] Omaha Hinterland: so what?
[08:56] Aphris Myoo slaps him for insolence, then continues "you have heard of the city of Vigo, where Nadi's and Oria's dance school is?"
[08:56] Omaha Hinterland: urrgh
[08:57] Omaha Hinterland: well i have heard of it yes
[08:57] Aphris Myoo: The city of Vigo will be deserted, maybe Oria did tell you
[08:58] Omaha Hinterland gulps
[08:58] Omaha Hinterland: i didnt know...
[08:59] Aphris Myoo: Well Nadi brought us a scroll and the Magistrates said they would leave the city because houses and walls disappeared in sink holes
[08:59] Omaha Hinterland: sinkholes... like a swamp maybe?
[08:59] Aphris Myoo: A doline
[09:00] Aphris Myoo: It's not a swamp, but can have several causes Karst, Mining, Volcanic layers
[09:03] Aphris Myoo: I don't think it's Karst, Vigo lays at the flood plain of the river Cartius, the South Cartius
[09:04] Aphris Myoo: Anyway, I want t know what the cause is
[09:04] Aphris Myoo: They claim it's mining, but thats too vague, we need more details, so we can warn people for a next event
[09:05] Omaha Hinterland: i see
[09:05] Aphris Myoo: We have send Khu, that Explorer to Vigo
[09:06] Omaha Hinterland: hmmm...
[09:06] Omaha Hinterland nods slowly
[09:06] Aphris Myoo: But we will do book research here, many Explorers have visited Vigo, and i don't want do their work over again
[09:11] Aphris Myoo: stand up Loke

[09:12] Aphris Myoo: so lets seek some maps
[09:13] Aphris Myoo: with height lines
[09:14] Aphris Myoo: these here appear Atlases
[09:14] Aphris Myoo: come help me carry them
[09:19] Aphris Myoo points at an Atlas high on the shelfs a thick book "Atlas of the South Cartius river" She orders her kajirus to take that book from the shelf and bring it to the table, since it's a heavy task, she goes look around the Bucherei
[09:30] Aphris Myoo walks around the library and finds a drawing of the city plan of Vigo, she places it at a working table and directs a lamp on it.
[09:37] Aphris Myoo studies the map thorough but does not find clues which explain the sink holes, she goes down the library again

[12:11] Aphris Myoo opens the Atlas and goes through the pages till she finds the Southern Cartius river. She sees that the river comes from the Voltai Range, with the name Sub Equatorial Cartius River. Bordering the Gorean Plains in the North before it disappears in the Schendian jungle
[12:15] Aphris Myoo: She knows that VIgo lays at the border of the Plains, and soon she finds it at the upper stream of the river. She studies the distance of Vigo o the Voltai, and the distance to the sea, and concludes that any sediments here would not be clay, but gravel of sand. Its close to the Voltai, the river is still fast here and small clat particles would flow easily to lower regions
[12:18] Aphris Myoo she closes the Atlas and searches for some geology books, there are not many, and the ones who are thee are very vague about the constitution of the deeper layers of that area, which is sparsely populated, and close to the area under control by the Wagonpeople.
[12:21] Aphris Myoo: Leaning on her common geological knowledge she concludes that in such rivers, close to the Voltai, rich Bonanza, with gold could form in the bends. Comparable with Californian gold fields who also have rivers from high mountains. She scribes the conclusions on a small scroll and sends a bird to Khu who must be on his way to Vigo. The bird will fly to the Vigo postmaster where Khu will pick it up
[12:24] Aphris Myoo: Dear Khu, I have concluded that the geologial constitution of Vigo consists of a thick layer of alluvial gravel and sand. This means if they going to dig mines to the gold these mines would be very unstable. If there is gold, which is very likely river gold in the form of bonanza's and not deep gold created in kilometers deep pressure shafts, the mines will be max a few hundreds meters deep, and thats exactly in the dangerous area. Such mines can very well be the cause of sink hole when they collaps. your sincerely Lady Aphris, yearkeeper

Khu inspects the mines in Vigo

[12:58] Khuyildar Bluebird arrives by tarn in te city of Vigo, he immediate goes to the postmaster for he awaits a letetr
[12:59] Khuyildar Bluebird reads the arrived letter and asks the route to the mines. When he walks through the city, he see the streets are deserted, people already fled the dying town
[13:02] Khuyildar Bluebird arrives at the mine, no guards, he sneaks into the mine unseen for human eyes
[13:04] Khuyildar Bluebird follows the railway in the mine, and sees that it goes below, but only a few dozens of meters deep
[13:05] Khuyildar Bluebird: He is surprised by the wide mine shafts, almost a hall of a cathedral the central digging area where crystals are found
[13:06] Khuyildar Bluebird: He sees that the rocks are of sandstone, but very solid. Not a metamorphic stone under millions years of pressure
[13:07] Khuyildar Bluebird: His conclusion is that the instability of the sedimentary sandstone in combination with the undeep mines, is a destabilizing factor for the city above
[13:08] Khuyildar Bluebird: He quickly leaves the mine before it further collapses and the new sink hole will be his grave