Scribing for a Map [Solo]

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It was the day after the train ride when Sayha decided to make her way back to the Isle of Grain. It was just before noon when she arrived. With her, she had her scribing supplies so that she could work on completing the map she had promised Hiro. With her, she had the initial sketch of the train’s route around the island which she would need.

First things first, though. She wanted to see if there was a copy of the map somewhere on the island so she wouldn’t have to map it out from scratch which would take an incredibly long amount of time. When she went into town, it was fairly busy so there was no lack of people to ask. However, most of them didn’t know where to find one.

After taking a break from the crowd, Sayha had an idea. Instead of going back into town, she decided to make her way to the harbor area where the ships were in port. The port that day was rather slow compared to the one other time she had been on the docks, and that felt like ages ago even though it had probably been only a few weeks.

When she spotted a sailor nearby, she went over to him and asked if he or possibly a captain or navigator had a map of the Isle of Grain she could borrow. She directed her to one of the ships where there was a map keeper on board.

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Coding by Sayha of LH

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After getting permission from the Captain, Sayha was allowed to board the ship the sailor had directed her to and go to the cabin where the maps and map keeper were. The map keeper greeted her politely, and Sayha explained what she was doing.



“Oh, so that’s what has been going on around here,” he said, “We’ve been up north fer a while. We just docked port a few days ago, and we’ve heard about someone getting the old trains going.”



“That’s correct,” Sayha replied, “My guild leader, Hiro, is leading the charge, and I’m assisting him. Right now, I’m looking to make a detailed map of the Isle of Grain so I can map the train’s path on it. Do you have a detailed one?”



The map maker nodded, turning to pull out a rolled up piece of paper. He handed it to her, and she unrolled it, showing a detailed map. “Are you new to cartography?” the map keeper asked.



“Yes, I am,” Sayha admitted, “but I think I’ll be able to copy it fairly easily.”



“Well, I’ll say nearby in case you have any troubles,” the map keeper left the map room, giving her a chair on the way out. Sayha pulled out her piece of Parchment Paper and began to copy the map. It was a very slow process as she wanted to make sure her scale was as close to the original map as possible. After a while, the map keeper returned, pointing out some spots where Sayha hadn’t done correctly. Sayha fixed those spots, and continued to copy the map until the map was complete.



After she finished using the borrowed map, she returned it to the map keeper who rolled it back up and put it in its proper spot.

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Coding by Sayha of LH

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Sayha left the ship that the map keeper had been on and headed to where the main train station was. The people working there already knew who she was so they let her be. She pulled out the Isle of Grain map she had finished and also pulled out her train route map. However when she compared the two, she had a slight problem. She noted the stations fairly well so she was able to place markers on the good map as to where they were. However, the scale of the route map and the actual map were off.

Rather than guess where the route was, Sayha decided that she would walk along the train’s path to make sure that it was perfectly accurate. However, she also knew it was going to take a lot of time. A lot more time that she had that day.

Over the next few days, Sayha kept returning to the Isle of Grain from Londinium, sketching and finalizing the map. She knew that the Guild Leader’s meeting was approaching quickly, and she needed to get it done. However during that time, she also ended up taking a day off from map making to help clear the Londinium Underground tunnels of monsters that had been disturbed with the sudden activity of the train workers.

When Sayha was finally done with the map, she felt very accomplished. Of course, it wasn’t just good enough to be done, but she also added the key and labels to the map so that anyone looking at it would understand it right away.

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Coding by Sayha of LH