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[codicies]

[ Dylan's filming with his phone in one hand, sitting on an unremarkable sofa at home. ]

Hey guys, I'm Dylan. I got here a couple months ago, right before that whole train debacle. But with the announcement of the next one coming up, and the whole theme being survival, I think we should all coordinate and prepare.

We don't know exactly what's waiting for us when we get there, but we know they don't have a lot of natural resources left and we'll be there for two weeks. We can bring anything we can carry. Two weeks of food should be easy enough to carry if you ration it, but two weeks of water is another story.

Does anyone have a good, portable way to filter or distill water? Something that could fit in a backpack? Or at least something that could be assembled from parts that fit in a backpack.

We should also brainstorm other ways to be prepared for whatever is coming.

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[levindicated]

Right. If they’re low on resources we don’t want to look like easy pickings while bringing supplies.

I agree we should coordinate as fast as we can, though surely we will be forced to make some difficult decisions. I can make something to clean water, I can coordinate supplies, but that won’t mean much if we can’t guard it.

[codicies]

Good point, especially since there's no guarantee any of us will stay together, so we can't just appoint guards. We all got sorted immediately getting onto the train. If we stick the water equipment — or any other supplies — with one person, that's putting all our eggs in one very vulnerable basket.

Are the parts easy to come by? Maybe you could put out instructions for everyone to build one, even if it's a less efficient version.

[levindicated]

Easy enough with scavenging and a little love from Aurora. The problem repeats itself, though. There’s not a lot of duplicate bits in simple machines like that.

One person could hold the key to it working.

The other option is magic, though I hate to rely on that as well. But it is compact. Unless the atmosphere over there is completely wretched… Which it might be.

Though, it is just a month. We should be able to make do. They might be low on resources, but you still need clean water to cool machinery and sustain life. If it were that dire, they wouldn’t be too keen on allowing additional people access to anything at all.

Say there’s plenty of water, but the access is restricted, even to the dirty stuff. Or if part of the machine breaks, we might not be able to fix it. But more to the point, the day is coming close. I’m not sure if everyone here is capable of cooperation.

It might not be pleasant, but it might be better to carry curatives for poisoning than the means to clean water.

[codicies]

Stocking up on cures because prevention is too difficult to coordinate or carry... I hate how much sense that makes, but you've made a lot of good points.

I'm gonna be scouting the different stores and seeing what supplies I can grab. First aid kit was always going to be in there, but now I guess I gotta be on the lookout for anti-poison stuff, too. Charcoal helps with that, right?

[levindicated]

That it does. I’ll try to work both angles, but… At the end of the day, the best laid plans can still be laid to waste.

It’s best to be versatile, to learn and grow from hardships and environments.

Well find a way through, eh?

[codicies]

Yeah, in general I've learned to make my preparations with the assumption that they'll be rendered moot somehow, so I agree that versatility is important.

Worst case scenario, we have to entertain. Guess I gotta brush up on my... whatever it is people might find entertaining.