>>5970622https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGcY2Vr5CKUIt's a long drive to the start of the mission from the small vehicle provided. The blue of twilight is slowly giving way for the orange of dawn. Leaving the city through a very empty road with a gate, you finally see the wilderness of Helsinki. The trees here haven't grown to the huge size of Germany's, but they are painted with a dry autumn palette. It is a chilly for a November, at least in your experience.
In a few minutes, the driver takes a turn off the main road and onto a path laid with dirt and long-forgotten rubble. In the amber underbrush, you can see shapes resembling cabins and shacks swallowed by trees and bushes. At something resembling a culdesac, the driver lets you and your agents out to a scenic view of the bay. As he rolls away, you check in with L4 Hotakainen.
"Okay. The mission has commenced. Check for trails along the route that head to or from Helsinki, and investigate for any signs of squatter activity. This area you're in now was an old upscale neighborhood." He pauses as you can hear clicks of a computer mouse, and a very disappointed click of the tongue. "... The rangers haven't updated their reports on this area in eight months. <span class="mu-i">Two months past due.</span> I understand Lapland is a difficult place to manage but... Nevermind. I'll have a word with them. Be thorough so I can write <span class="mu-i">their</span> report for them."
Man's taint on this land has been washed away by time, tide, snow, and heat, and though the markings still remain, it has become a facet of the world around it. All that could poison has now eroded, dissipated, washed away and now the world here is something like normal. You take a breath of air. The earthy, almost dirty smell is nulled by the brisk wind which breaks upon the boughs and gently passes by you like an old friend, one that's cold, but offers the warmest if most fleeting of greetings.
You missed this very much.
<span class="mu-b">The neighborhood has mostly torn down houses that did not survive the years and are now bursting with flora and foliage, but some had solid stone foundations, and fragments remain as something resembling shelter.</span>
<span class="mu-b">Roll Attunement: Two anons, give me 4d6.</span>
