77th of Beginning   applied in necen acal that’s why we’re there   illy just a couple of weeks after starting peregrination, purposeless, left in a hurry, not sure what to do, never really worked before, trained formally in combat but used to living in more city area, / sheltered elite. excited to be in necen acal but overwhelmed a bit, feeling out f place, but did some stuff wandering the city greeted at the great endeavor zeppelin , parked at a farmers field outside necen acal. rows and rows of crops   by captain harumi , I interviewed with her and another woman i dont know, a glowing intimidating Ko woman — ZUNI, ONE COLOR EYE NO IRIS WHAT IS SHE LOOKING AT   floral hide capri pants   go up platform with Zuni, step thru biggest doors ive ever seen, she’s got runic key card. all metal , lots of metal in big city so not super unusual   very tight claustrophobic landing room , lots of shit, and a hidden set of stairs   guard captain Zuni and expedition captain   shitty storage room, but upstairs dining is musty and dusty but wide open and beautiful. worn old beautiful cushions and decorations, fancy warm light. floors are dirty   key card and black board with daily chores: im in the rotations. stand on port side and keep watch, late night shifts, oof, bad time, 10 hour shift, 2 breaks, 1 lunch then desk area, workshop, desks all pushed together, somewhat lavish. huuuge glass windows —stern   going through the door it’s dirty, dusty everywhere   big glass doors , little outdoor patio vibe, planter, plants are all dead. wood railing, matches the 1920s general vibe, all plants are dead — can we create new plants   starts walking down long long plank with sidiing — THIS IS WHERE ILL PATROL, steel floor chain link fence —gardening proficiency? or flora skill?   longest walkway ive ever experienced, keeps going   short tattooed mokomoko chef. old sailor vibe , Whetu   ends in austere sterile balcony, a little more what im used to , Shandiin is very neat pristine, clean lines, clean minimalist aesthetic. (some folding chairs tossed around along with stone benches, hanging plants, half of them are dead half of them are alive, small, recent growth   large folding glass doors, accordion into another big space, big metal box, looks more similar shoved in. hideous. rusted material.   massive weird machine. no clue what it is. white austere, a lot of glass. was already here , no one knows what it does   then there’s a brick wall on the other side. with a big hole blown in the middle of it. that room on the other side has an interesting mix of aesthetics   politics check, two major aesthetics i notice : one moroccan tile, pillows, plastered walls with tile everywhere , mixed together with gothic architectural furnishings, pillars, gothic window dressings , gothic china cabinet   moroccan i recognize as older sunner aesthetic. vibrant color used to be in style. tilework is all older sunner, but dated , hodgepodge , steel grate stairs up to next floor. stairs and bathrooms just sort of plopped in here. excavated through ceiling into long room. glass glass minimalist white aesthetic, glass walls everywhere.   improvised curtains and blankets, one of the gothic curtains, various makeshift ways of covering the glass walls. small porthole at the end of the hall, but otherwise it’s all closed in. i dont see windows in the other rooms. Let’s get curtains.   key card is just for our added things. mainly for long passageway outside. to get through both ends you scan key card. also main door to lift.   beds sized. one big bed, one small bed, one couch Amaia, and eventually a third person. leave weapons at the entrance except for bows   staff archaeologists and historians, studying this vehicle   GUARDS: me amaia and niyol. amaia is in this room, niyol is across the hall.   —we’re allowed to take curtains and pillows from places, just dont disturb sitting room.   zuni has no sense of humor.   metal candelabras that we put in , we use candle light which is archaic   a mokomoko (amaia) shows up she’s on the day shift , which she thinks is dumb. Ily takes the couch   ily settles in for a couple of days, theres food left around, but Whetu isnt there to feed me. do i just eat a lot of cold food. i eat a lot of cold meat sandwiches