Tailspins & Tiki Gods:Smoots Guide Porte Cochere - Revision history

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	Dr. Howard Yates, overworked, but plucky, English doctor ~~and his assistant work~~ out of a ~~shack~~ at the edge of town. Paid by the mayor from local funds, he does what he can to roll up his sleeves and help. (However, gunshots and other purely ‘optional’ injuries he may charge for.) He was a medic in The War, and agreed to come out here because it was so far away from it. He wants to go work among the Kamakama, but their reluctance to let outsiders in hinders him.		Dr. Howard Yates, overworked, but plucky, English doctor works out of a cottage at the edge of town. Paid by the mayor from local funds, he does what he can to roll up his sleeves and help. (However, gunshots and other purely ‘optional’ injuries he may charge for.) He was a medic in The War, and agreed to come out here because it was so far away from it. He wants to go work among the Kamakama, but their reluctance to let outsiders in hinders him.

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Smoot: /* Final Reposes */

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	But what of the Kamekame? No outsider knows. No burial grounds are visible from the water (among the Coastal villages) and nobody has been permitted to see the interior well enough.		But what of the Kamekame? No outsider knows. No burial grounds are visible from the water (among the Coastal villages) and nobody has been permitted to see the interior well enough.

	Now Porte Cochere- if there's no other way to dispose of the body, the soil doesn't tend to allow for a six-foot burial here. But a small, nearby island does. It's not big enough for any farming of use, and only has some trees and such on it- not so much as a rat- but it's a decent burial ground. It has a very small (12 person-pews) chapel and a caretaker's ~~hut~~ for a guy who lives out there by himself. The visual of a funeral party slowly rowing out there, often with lanterns in the gloaming, can be quite arresting.		Now Porte Cochere- if there's no other way to dispose of the body, the soil doesn't tend to allow for a six-foot burial here. But a small, nearby island does. It's not big enough for any farming of use, and only has some trees and such on it- not so much as a rat- but it's a decent burial ground. It has a very small (12 person-pews) chapel and a caretaker's cottage for a guy who lives out there by himself. The visual of a funeral party slowly rowing out there, often with lanterns in the gloaming, can be quite arresting.

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Smoot: /* Final Reposes */

2015-06-03T00:57:11Z

Final Reposes

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	But what of the Kamekame? No outsider knows. No burial grounds are visible from the water (among the Coastal villages) and nobody has been permitted to see the interior well enough.		But what of the Kamekame? No outsider knows. No burial grounds are visible from the water (among the Coastal villages) and nobody has been permitted to see the interior well enough.

	Now Porte Cochere- if there's no other way to dispose of the body, the soil doesn't allow for a six-foot burial here. But a small, nearby island does. It's not big enough for any farming of use, and only has some trees and such on it- not so much as a rat- but it's a decent burial ground. It has a very small (12 person-pews) chapel and a caretaker's hut for a guy who lives out there by himself. The visual of a funeral party slowly rowing out there, often with lanterns in the gloaming, can be quite arresting.		Now Porte Cochere- if there's no other way to dispose of the body, the soil doesn't tend to allow for a six-foot burial here. But a small, nearby island does. It's not big enough for any farming of use, and only has some trees and such on it- not so much as a rat- but it's a decent burial ground. It has a very small (12 person-pews) chapel and a caretaker's hut for a guy who lives out there by himself. The visual of a funeral party slowly rowing out there, often with lanterns in the gloaming, can be quite arresting.

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Smoot at 00:56, 3 June 2015

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 There are fisher’s shacks, not just in the area of the town, but dotting the outer beaches of the whole island. (They also smuggle, and sometimes put up people who simply don’t want to be found by anyone.)
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Smoot: /* Final Reposes: */

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	===Final Reposes: ===		===Final Reposes ===
	~~Final Rests:~~

	The somewhat macabre question comes up, sometimes- ''what to do with the bodies''?. There are several answers.		The somewhat macabre question comes up, sometimes- ''what to do with the bodies''?. There are several answers.

Smoot at 00:55, 3 June 2015

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	The colonial government sets up schools, as the idea is that everyone in French territory should “be” French. Children are taught French, French traditions, and so on. This has many altruistic reasons, but it also has the aim of ‘making them French’. Mmslle. DeSaulniers is the tiny whirlwind assigned to oversee this. She has ~~about twenty~~ younger women under her supervision for the entire island- ~~who reside in their local settlements~~ while she travels the circuit, acting as a senior teacher, test-giver, and sole circuit-administrator until a more sturdy system can be introduced.		The colonial government sets up schools, as the idea is that everyone in French territory should “be” French. Children are taught French, French traditions, and so on. This has many altruistic reasons, but it also has the aim of ‘making them French’. Mmslle. DeSaulniers is the tiny whirlwind assigned to oversee this. She has younger women under her supervision for the entire island- while she travels the circuit, acting as a senior teacher, test-giver, and sole circuit-administrator until a more sturdy system can be introduced.

	She, like Dr. Yates, has a goal of “modernizing” the Kamekame.		She, like Dr. Yates, has a goal of “modernizing” the Kamekame.
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	There are fisher’s shacks, not just in the area of the town, but dotting the outer beaches of the whole island. (They also smuggle, and sometimes put up people who simply don’t want to be found by anyone.)		There are fisher’s shacks, not just in the area of the town, but dotting the outer beaches of the whole island. (They also smuggle, and sometimes put up people who simply don’t want to be found by anyone.)


			===Final Reposes: ===
			Final Rests:

			The somewhat macabre question comes up, sometimes- ''what to do with the bodies''?. There are several answers.

			Visiting mariners often perform burial at sea, far offshore- out of courtesy, not near Ile Trouve. [OOC: Though washed-up bodies are a great plot hook.]. People arriving by plane sometimes bring 'em right back when they go. The French colonialists go to the territorial capital in Papeete, or all the way back to France.

			But what of the Kamekame? No outsider knows. No burial grounds are visible from the water (among the Coastal villages) and nobody has been permitted to see the interior well enough.

			Now Porte Cochere- if there's no other way to dispose of the body, the soil doesn't allow for a six-foot burial here. But a small, nearby island does. It's not big enough for any farming of use, and only has some trees and such on it- not so much as a rat- but it's a decent burial ground. It has a very small (12 person-pews) chapel and a caretaker's hut for a guy who lives out there by himself. The visual of a funeral party slowly rowing out there, often with lanterns in the gloaming, can be quite arresting.

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Smoot: /* Towns & Settlements */

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	== Towns & Settlements ==		== Towns & Settlements ==
	You can divide the islands’ resident people into the town, and the hills. The town is Porte Cochere (population unmeasured), the hills are scattered with mixed settlements, and the jungle fastness is the territory of the ~~Kamakama~~ tribesmen. [OOC: "Kamakama" is Maori for ‘smart’. And it sounds cool.]		You can divide the islands’ resident people into the town, and the hills. The town is Porte Cochere (population unmeasured), the hills are scattered with mixed settlements, and the jungle fastness is the territory of the Kamekame tribesmen. [OOC: "Kamakama" is Maori for ‘smart’. And it sounds cool.]

	== Port Cochere ==		== Port Cochere ==

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 You can divide the islands’ resident people into the town, and the hills. The town is Porte Cochere (population unmeasured), the hills are scattered with mixed settlements, and the jungle fastness is the territory of the Kamakama tribesmen. [OOC: "Kamakama" is Maori for ‘smart’. And it sounds cool.]
-== Porte Cochere ==
+== Port Cochere ==
 === Layout:===
 Like much on Ile Trouve, there is a low, and there is a high. The highest point (on a hill overlooking the town and guarding the lagoon), is the Old Fort.
 === The Old Fort: ===
 A Frenchman named Bellerose designed this in the 1800s as a stronghold for the French. He used local ‘conscript’ labor as well as an Engineer detachment from the Legion to build it. (Both still have grumbling institutional memories of this.).
 Bellerose was something of a paranoiac. Or at least a huge pessimist- there are redundant protective walls, tunnels going down and out, out so far as into the mountains, to God-knows-where in the unlikely event of a siege. Even the current occupants (the Foreign Legion delegation) doesn’t know everything it has or hides.
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 -Guides can be hired for a quarter a day. Unless you’re going into the Hill Country. Then you need someone bigger.
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 The colonial government sets up schools, as the idea is that everyone in French territory should “be” French. Children are taught French, French traditions, and so on. This has many altruistic reasons, but it also has the aim of ‘making them French’. Mmslle. DeSaulniers is the tiny whirlwind assigned to oversee this. She has about twenty younger women under her supervision for the entire island- who reside in their local settlements while she travels the circuit, acting as a senior teacher, test-giver, and sole circuit-administrator until a more sturdy system can be introduced.
-She, like Dr. Yates, has a goal of “modernizing” the Kamakama.
+She, like Dr. Yates, has a goal of “modernizing” the Kamekame.
 === Settlements: ===

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	=== Schools: ===		=== Schools: ===
	The colonial government ~~setsup~~ schools, as the idea is that everyone in French territory should “be” French. Children are taught French, French traditions, and so on. This has many altruistic reasons, but it also has the aim of ‘making them French’. Mmslle. DeSaulniers is the tiny whirlwind assigned to oversee this. She has about twenty younger women under her supervision for the entire island- who reside in their local settlements while she travels the circuit, acting as a senior teacher, test-giver, and sole circuit-administrator until a more sturdy system can be introduced.		The colonial government sets up schools, as the idea is that everyone in French territory should “be” French. Children are taught French, French traditions, and so on. This has many altruistic reasons, but it also has the aim of ‘making them French’. Mmslle. DeSaulniers is the tiny whirlwind assigned to oversee this. She has about twenty younger women under her supervision for the entire island- who reside in their local settlements while she travels the circuit, acting as a senior teacher, test-giver, and sole circuit-administrator until a more sturdy system can be introduced.

	She, like Dr. Yates, has a goal of “modernizing” the Kamakama.		She, like Dr. Yates, has a goal of “modernizing” the Kamakama.

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Towns & Settlements

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	== Towns & Settlements ==		== Towns & Settlements ==
	You can divide the islands’ resident people into the town, and the hills. The town is Porte Cochere (population unmeasured), the hills are scattered with mixed settlements, and the jungle fastness is the territory of the Kamakama tribesmen. [OOC: "Kamakama" is Maori for ‘smart’.]		You can divide the islands’ resident people into the town, and the hills. The town is Porte Cochere (population unmeasured), the hills are scattered with mixed settlements, and the jungle fastness is the territory of the Kamakama tribesmen. [OOC: "Kamakama" is Maori for ‘smart’. And it sounds cool.]

	== Porte Cochere ==		== Porte Cochere ==