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Upon the Tide of Years: ISOT Quest

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[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result
 
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[x] Sheriff Jessica Wei: Jessica is 35 year olds, the granddaughter of Chinese Immigrants. Jessica's not the name she was born with but she's rather not fond of her born first name and calling her by it is one of the rare ways to actually make the woman upset. Generally the Sheriff is level headed and calm under pressure, even handed but firm. And probably the main reason Drunk sailors haven't burned down half the town. She does her best to keep everyone on the island feeling safe, no matter the situation
[x] Archaeology Team: There's an ongoing Archaeology excavation on the island, filled with over a dozen students and teachers, some of them quite knowledgable about Ancient History
[x] Blacksmiths: There are a number of Semi-professional Blacksmiths on the Island.
[x] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result
[x] Politically Divided: The last town hall was...heated, to say the least. Chairs were thrown. New Grudges have formed and old ones have been renewed. Convincing the town to agree to something at the next meeting may be harder.
 
[X] Sheriff Jessica Wei: Jessica is 35 year olds, the granddaughter of Chinese Immigrants. Jessica's not the name she was born with but she's rather not fond of her born first name and calling her by it is one of the rare ways to actually make the woman upset. Generally the Sheriff is level headed and calm under pressure, even handed but firm. And probably the main reason Drunk sailors haven't burned down half the town. She does her best to keep everyone on the island feeling safe, no matter the situation

[X] Plan Guns, Drugs and the Ancient world.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.
[X] Guns: Ashurst is quite fond of the Second Amendment, much to the occasional frustration of the police.
[X] Archaeology Team: There's an ongoing Archaeology excavation on the island, filled with over a dozen students andteachers, some of them quite knowledgable about Ancient History.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result.
[X] Politically Divided: The last town hall was...heated, to say the least. Chairs were thrown. New Grudges have formed and old ones have been renewed. Convincing the town to agree to something at the nextmeeting may be harder.
 
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[x] Sheriff Jessica Wei: Jessica is 35 year olds, the granddaughter of ChineseImmigrants. Jessica's not the name she was born with but she's rather not fond of her born first name and calling her by it is one of the rare ways to actually make the woman upset. Generally the Sheriff is level headed and calm under pressure, even handed but firm. And probably the main reason Drunk sailors haven't burned down half the town. She does her best to keep everyone on the island feeling safe, nomatter the situation
[x] Archaeology Team: There's an ongoing Archaeology excavation on the island, filled with over a dozen students andteachers, some of them quite knowledgable about Ancient History
[x] Blacksmiths: There are a number of Semi-professional Blacksmiths on theIsland.
[x] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was justprescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has afew quite skilled chemists as a result
[x] Politically Divided: The last town hall was...heated, to say the least. Chairs were thrown. New Grudges have formed and old ones have been renewed. Convincing the town to agree to something at the nextmeeting may be harder.
 
[X] Captain Nathan Hayes
[X] Greater Town Library
[X] Blacksmiths
[X] Organized Crime
 
[X] Sheriff Jessica Wei: Jessica is 35 year olds, the granddaughter of ChineseImmigrants. Jessica's not the name she was born with but she's rather not fond of her born first name and calling her by it is one of the rare ways to actually make the woman upset. Generally the Sheriff is level headed and calm under pressure, even handed but firm. And probably the main reason Drunk sailors haven't burned down half the town. She does her best to keep everyone on the island feeling safe, nomatter the situation
[X] Archaeology Team: There's an ongoing Archaeology excavation on the island, filled with over a dozen students andteachers, some of them quite knowledgable about Ancient History
[X] Blacksmiths: There are a number of Semi-professional Blacksmiths on theIsland.
[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was justprescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has afew quite skilled chemists as a result
[X] Politically Divided: The last town hall was...heated, to say the least. Chairs were thrown. New Grudges have formed and old ones have been renewed. Convincing the town to agree to something at the nextmeeting may be harder.
 
[X] Captain Nathan Hayes
[X] Greater Town Library
[X] Guns
[X] Organized Crime

Is this by plan?
 
[x] Captain Nathan Hayes
[x] Blacksmiths: There are a number of Semi-professional Blacksmiths on the Island.
[x] Runway: The Island has a small airstrip used by a few of the more wealthy residents.
[x] Politically Divided: The last town hall was...heated, to say the least. Chairs were thrown. New Grudges have formed and old ones have been renewed. Convincing the town to agree to something at the next meeting may be harder.
 
Just had this idea after submitting the last plan. Sorry.

[X]Write In

John Rodrick Delano: John is a 32 year old retired marine, partially blind in his right eye and forced to walk with a cane. John has worked diligently over the years to overcome his disabilities and now owns one of the largest mechanic shops in Ashurst. Though not a native of Ashurst, John has proven himself to be both hardworking and charismatic, going out of his way to help those in need by opening homeless shelters and funding local food drives. John has charmed many of the younger generation on the island with his good looks and sharp wit, and is rumored to be quite the lady's man, having been seen every other week with a new woman on his arm. Despite his good deeds, many of the older generation regard him with suspicion, distrusting his acts of charity as a facade to further the drug problem in their small community. Having been reported by the local newspaper to be buying many of the old fishing warehouses in hushed business dealings and seen several times in heated conversation with most of the known drug dealers and shady fishing boat captains. Leader of local organized crime or just a charitable businessman, John Rodrick Delano is a man whispered about in every household in Ashurst, and without a doubt the most eligible bachelor on the island.

[X] Greater Town Library
[X] Blacksmiths
[X] Archaeology Team

[X] Drug Problems
[X] Organized Crime
 
[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result
 
[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge
[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[x] Politically Divided: The last town hall was...heated, to say the least. Chairs were thrown. New Grudges have formed and old ones have been renewed. Convincing the town to agree to something at the next meeting may be harder.
 
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Okay after thinking it over. Advantages and disadvantages will be by plan, since people can add to that. So I'll count it separately from the Leader vote. So if anyone wants to reorganize their votes so it can be counted by the voter tally more easily, that would be great.
 
[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result
 
[X] Sheriff Jessica Wei: Jessica is 35 year olds, the granddaughter of Chinese Immigrants. Jessica's not the name she was born with but she's rather not fond of her born first name and calling her by it is one of the rare ways to actually make the woman upset. Generally the Sheriff is level headed and calm under pressure, even handed but firm. And probably the main reason Drunk sailors haven't burned down half the town. She does her best to keep everyone on the island feeling safe, no matter the situation

[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.
[X] Guns: Ashurst is quite fond of the Second Amendment, much to the occasional frustration of the police.
[X] Archaeology Team: There's an ongoing Archaeology excavation on the island, filled with over a dozen students andteachers, some of them quite knowledgable about Ancient History.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result.

[X] Politically Divided: The last town hall was...heated, to say the least. Chairs were thrown. New Grudges have formed and old ones have been renewed. Convincing the town to agree to something at the nextmeeting may be harder.
 
[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result
 
[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result
 
[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result ​
 
[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Blacksmiths

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result

Greater Town Library is an absolute must. All of that knowledge is completely priceless. That said, we also want blacksmiths. Metalworking is massively important, and that takes skill. It's not something you can just read in a book and figure out within any reasonable amount of time. We can build up a stock of food, via hunting and fishing and gardening/farms. Blacksmiths allow us to get a massive head start on metalworking, something which society runs on.
 
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[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Archaeology Team: There's an ongoing Archaeology excavation on the island, filled with over a dozen students and teachers, some of them quite knowledgable about Ancient History

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result
 
Okay I do apologize for this but I'm having troubles with the voting counter. Near as I can tell, this is so far the vote in the lead. Can anyone else tell me if I'm correct or wrong?

[X] First Selectmen Gwen Breckenridge: At 20 years of Age, Gwen is one of the youngest Selectmen in the history of Ashurst and one of the few who actually cares about the job. An Economics Major at Boston College (Online) by day, Gwen fought hard to get her position, much to the confusion of the town. She has ambitions, big ambitions for the town. Industry restored, more boats in the harbor, a university outpost site on the island, stuff like that. She wants it restored to it's glory days. No one can deny her enthusiasm, or intelligence, but many locals question if the inexperienced young woman is biting off more than she can chew.

[X] Greater Town Library: The Town Library is old, and frankly almost oversized for the island. The place is packed full of books on all matter of subjects.
[X] Home Gardening: A number of families have made it a habit to grow vegetables and herbs in their gardens, giving the island a small reserve of seeds and food.

[X] Drug Problems: Fishing is hard work, and in recent years that hard work plus economic hardships have lead a lot of the population to drugs, first it was just prescription meds, now it's into the heavier stuff. This has subtly crippled the town even more. Though the town now has a few quite skilled chemists as a result

Edit: And voting is closed.
 
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Correct. Drugs and Library stand at 15 votes each, Gardening at 10, and Gwen Breckenridge at 9. All remaining options have less than 8 votes.
 
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The First Days: The Dome of Light
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    • Breckenridge awoke to the sound of a woman screaming. She sat up, thinking it might have been some domestic disturbance. The Poole family did love to argue at odd hours of the night. She was surprised to see light streaming in through her curtains, it certainly didn't feel like it was morning, and judging from the light it looked to be nearly noon. She looked at her alarm clock

    11:47 PM

    It was night. What the heck was going on? Gwen rushed to her window. It wasn't the sun out there, indeed even the stars had vanished.

    The entire night sky had been replaced by a brilliant golden light, dimmer than the sun, but stretching as far as Gwen could see.

    Alarmed and confused beyond all measure, she rushed outside. The light wasn't just covering the sky, in the distance she could see the false sunlight slopping down until it met the ocean. Near as she could tell it was completely encircling the entire island and nearby ocean.

    She was horrified and confused, her mind struggling to make sense of the situation. Nothing she'd seen or heard of could explain what was happening right now.

    A few other people were outside as well, some were just simply looking up and gawking at the sight but some of the others were terrified, terrified to the point of outright panic. One woman was running around the street screaming bloody murder about the rapture. Which was setting everyone within ear shot on edge.

    Gwen returned inside, she reached for her phone, maybe someone she knew on the mainland could explain what was going on, what this looked like from the outside.

    Her phone didn't have a signal, no matter where she moved it.

    She turned on her TV, hoping the news might provide some insight. Just static...on every single channel. From ABC to the Food Network.

    Starting to seriously worry, she reached for her laptop. Her router was working fine but she had no access to any website.

    Finally she went for her radio, nothing but static from the mainland stations. The Ashurst stations were both operating normally, but at this time of night they were probably just automated, whoever was at the station was probably either asleep or watching the light show.

    They were cut off, completely and utterly cut off from the mainland. That sort of things happened from time to time sure, in a really nasty storm. This was just lights, how could lights, even ones as unnatural as what she was seeing, cut the island off so completely?

    Gwen could hear panic outside, it was small though. Most people were more than likely still asleep. But as the night dragged on more and more people were probably going to wake up, either from the light show or the screams. And once they realized that not only was the sky gone, but so was any contact with anything off the island, there would be a panic. The police could handle it. Assuming everyone was awake and they hadn't started to panic yet.

    Maybe she should go to the police station, at least coordinate with Sheriff Jessica. A Curfew might prevent a riot, but it would almost certainly freak people out. Then again if they just increased patrols it might convince people this wasn't something worth panicking over...yet.

    Then again she could go to the Radio Station, if any luck Chloe was on shift tonight. Chloe would let her in. It was further away though, by the time she got there the police might have already decided on a course of action. But from there Gwen could do her best to try to keep things calm, urge the people to remain calm and indoors until this...event was over and it would also give her a chance to get into contact with any boats that been close to the Island when this light appeared. If there were close to where this thing 'ended' for lack of a better term, they might be able to tell her more about just what the hell was going on.

    Breckenridge got in her beat up old Chevy and decided to set off towards the

    []Police Station
    -[]Urge the Sheriff to impose a Curfew.
    -[] Urge the Sheriff to just increase Patrols for now
    []Radio Station
    -[]Focus on Keeping people calm
    -[]Focus on figuring out just what was going on
    []Write in.
     
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