>>5681985>>5682034Fizz set out, a song in her heart and a mission on her mind. Bring material to the lighthouse! There was just tons of material in the city, that place was rotten with it, and so much of it got pushed out into the wastes. There was a delicate balancing act between pumping "salvage" into the right areas of the city, both above and below. It was a carefully metered growth opportunity ensuring the population remained placated yet still hungry enough.
She spent a few days cultivating interest from low level managers in the custodial sectors of AKSG, convincing them that they could commit to a centralized dump that wasn't TOO far from the city, certainly closer than existing authorized dumping grounds. The upside was the waste would go away, no questions asked, no time wasted.
The lighthouse began once more to grow, as the many Core robots could be seen busily hauling trash to the basement of the lighthouse, day in and out, ever busy. Soon the lighthouse slowed in growth, only just now visible from the city. The trash however did not stop coming but was replaced with a steady stream of refined bulk materials. Fizz busied herself with yet more AKSG financial wrangling, building contacts and cutting deals. The pace of action was quick enough to be forgivable when J finally decided to crawl out of THE PIT, and quietly took post next to the tower; despite the form, the new J was surprisingly innocuous. It even took Fizz a few days to actually notice her. The thing that was J gave her the smallest wave, then resumed a sentinel's vigil.
