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=== Hospital: === | === Hospital: === | ||
− | Dr. Howard Yates, overworked, but plucky, English doctor | + | 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. |
=== Schools: === | === Schools: === | ||
− | 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. | + | 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 Kamekame. | She, like Dr. Yates, has a goal of “modernizing” the Kamekame. | ||
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=== Settlements: === | === Settlements: === | ||
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.) | ||
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