Note: Where are we regarding the washing machine?
 
"Moro," Jeanette begins, "last night the bar tender mentioned the Texas Spirits have been extending rail roads as far as Denver."
 
"It's not just Denver," Moro comments, "we have been rebuilding roads, power grids and extending railroads across what's left of the continental United States and Canada. We use renewable energy, including geothermal energy, as much as possible and use nuclear power plants to fill in the gap. There is a cleaner way to use nuclear power, use fuel rods as long as possible."
 
"So, is that what you've been doing the past forty years?"
 
"That plus we had a seat at the table which unified the Texas settlements. What I just mentioned, and then some, helped to unify the Texas settlements. We ran into setbacks, which is why it took forty years. As we were rebuilding roads, power grids and extending railroads in Texas, we were doing the same in other parts of the U.S. territory and Canada for the purpose of unifying settlements in those two nations. Texas is just a warm up to our big project, U.S. and Canada. Now that Texas is a nation, we can speed up the process and Texas will be a state again in the United States."
 
"Is Charlton a part of Texas?"
 
"No," Moro answers, "Carlton has always been and will be a city state. The fact Charlton is a city state helped to jumpstart the rebuilding process in Texas."
 
"How so?" Jeanette asks.
 
"Being an independent nation, Charlton has it's own economy and gold-backed system so it survived the economic troubles of the Happening. That and Charlton was as prepared as a tiny nation could be.
 
"That jumpstart brought to our attention problems we have not seen yet in other time lines."
 
"Such as?" Jeanette asks.
 
"We finished things faster in this time line so we got to other projects sooner. In doing so, we noticed we are fixing problems caused by the war. Since an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, in the next time line we will defend the United States and Canada just as we defended Charlton, Arendelle and Texas."
 
"Why didn't you do that in the first place?" Jeanette asks.
 
"As you know, being from the year 2010, the federal government is $18,000,000,000,000 in debt. After you were transported here, the value of U.S. currency dropped even more. Can't fund a government without money. This is a total collapse waiting to happen. When all of the natural disasters hit, America was done. By the time America was attacked, the damage was already done. In this time line we see we have underestimated the damage the war has caused. We see that we need to fix that."
 
"Will you be stopping the war?" Jeanette asks.
 
"No one, but the offending nation, can stop an attack. All we can do is defend nations.
 
"We, the Texas Spirits, saw a problem that we can fix. You, on the other hand, pointed out a problem we did not see and that is the lack of medical supplies. We're working on a plan and want you to look over it, spot anything you see wrong, before we implement it in the next time line. We will do so in the most environmentally friendly way we know."
 
"In the next time line?" Jeanette inquires.
 
"The same time line in which we will defend the United States and Canada. Oh, earlier we wanted you to work as a live-in nurse at the orphanage. Since we are making more medical supplies in the next time line, we are wondering if you are willing to continue to work in emergency medicine. It does not have to be full time."
 
Jeanette does not give an answer on the spot.
 
Moro continues. "If the different groups of people, humans and Spirits, would stop making a fuss over how to fix the problem then every group will get more done."
 
"Why don't you take out the evil Spirits who are adding to the problem?" Jeanette asks.
 
"A direct assault is not going to do much and may do more harm than good in the form of collateral damage. There was a powerful and evil mutant in Charlton who was holding us back for years. With Chihiro and another mutant's help, we were finally able to take him down. That evil mutant killed some good people, unfortunately."
 
Jeanette Isabelle

Reply to note: washer was forgotten. Will rectify it.
 
Hondo took the ladies to the food stalls. Bread, meat, a half wheel of cheese, whole ground mustard, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, salt, pepper, garlic, some hot peppers, apples, pears, eggs, milk, juice,  tea, and some jerky, amongst a few other items, where bough. Hondo also found some wax paper, colth towels, a couple skillets, a pot, a tea/ coffee pot, some kitchen knives, and some cooking utensiles. Once all was gotten they could think of they headed back to Fernando. Several times though out the day the girls took turns thanking them both. The others were starting to talk now more. They talked a lot about life on the farm. I think they all feared the worst but talking about it helped them to think home was still there. On the way back Hondo noticed an appliancr dealer. He then realized something they forgot. As he pulled up to Fernando he rolled down his window.
 
Hondo: Jefe, we almost forgot the washer. Seen some down the way An' ' cross the road.

Quote from Jeanette on May 3^rd, 2016, 1:01pm:

 
Considering the RPG - between 15 and 5 years old. Fernando is not questioning where it came from, as long as it is functional he's getting it. Some of the bandages might be dry and stiff but workable.

Quote from Jeanette on May 3^rd, 2016, 2:51pm:

 
The majority of the kit is cloth or gauze bandages, which can be easily made and wrapped in printed wax paper. The rest depends on the seller. A pair of scissors, a knife, so on. If they can fix and made a camping stove and refill fuel tanks, this is easy too but only to a set of skilled hands. Vehicle/engine mechanics, metal smiths, radio docs, old technology experts, plant and animal farmers are wanted more than those who can carry a gun and wear a badge as these are wanted skills to a community. Hell, a janitor and a prostitute is more wanted than a police officer because anyone can be a police officer - give an idiot a gun and tell him "no one shall enter through here. But is he going to clean up the place or perform "wanted" services? Oh hell no!
 
It is the same reason why a motorcycle is wanted more than a truck though a truck can sell things that a motocycle cant. But a Motorcycle will travel the ruins of the highways faster and act as a scout and run on a lot less fuel than a truck.
 
Also a lot of these people are running their own power, there is a flowing community that goes from town to town and they have their way of getting or making their supplies. Veggie Oil for Diesel vehicles, propane/butane or alcohol for their gas powered vehicles. They have the ability and some of the technology to get by on. It's making it profitable for them that is the challenge along with the problems they have with road gangs (that they took care of long ago) and Slavers (as Hondo introduced, is a problem he and I are playing on).
 
And worst comes to worst - there are steam powered and small hydro-electric which I'm thinking on how to introduce in the near future posts.
 
One thing that the spirits are not getting is that no matter in what form it is - Money is still king, and is a driving force on how things are being done. The part I'm playing on as posted here - http://www.hondosackett.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1428938728/989#989  - Fernando is noticing that some vendors he's dealt with are only going for the weight of the gold coins and not its stamped value while others are going for the stamped value and not its weight. That presents a condition of confusion of sorts.
 
Lets see how it goes.
 
EDIT: Fixed grammar and added a couple points.

How it is a violation? Its a Red zippered Cloth Bag of bandages with a few simple tools - scissors, knife/blades, bottles of basic medications and ointments. Any and all of these items can be made in somebody's garage, packaged and sold. Just like a group of 20-some year olds did with the Altair and Apple Computers in the mid 1970s. Following any boyscout manual can get them the information to make one of these kits. And that is what this kit is. I put up the link and picture to show what it may look like.
 
The Texas spirits are working in Texas only, and have yet to expand to the rest of the USA when they had 40+ years do have done so but did little. Thus people and communities outside of Texas have been working on their own to get things working again. One such way is to clean up the highways some 5 - 10 miles from their settlements to ensure that travelers and merchants can get there in relative safety but past that 10 miles, you're taking your life into your hands. But the towns communities did that much and continue to do more. many have worked on their own power grids whether it is solar, wind, oil, coal or hydroelectric - it is still out there and what can be repaired to give power, they will work it out.  If a town has 10 wind generators giving power since the 1990s and has another 5 more that were toppled over, they will, in time, get those toppled wind generators back up and making and making power again. It will not look like the original wind generator next to it, but it will provide power. Where are the spirits in this? So things are getting done with or without the the Texas spirits outside of Texas.
 
And the Caravan is a moving city on wheels. Therefore it need people with specialized skills for them to keep it running. Bakers can use their yeast that makes bread to make alcohol for gas fuel vehicles. The farmers of the group can provide veggie oil for diesel fuel vehicles. It is not that hard. And being able to male gunpowder for the gunsmith and recycle lead and brass casing for reloaded round is another wanted skill.
 
The washing machines from Mrs. Clean are NOS (New Old Stock) she found in an old factory building she is using for making her cleaning supplies. Making, in her case, is simple but dangerous - the boiling of fat and lye to make it and adding perfumes to make it smell good. And she has other items she found in there. Plus she is renting space in her place to others, so she's making her money in more than one way: Renting Space, Selling Cleaning Items/Tools, and Washing Clothes for others. So she's making a lot of money.
 
One thing I was going to throw in in a future post is a partial railroad working on steam locomotives they took out of a museum. There are many steam trains in storage in various states of operation throughout the USA. This railway when I post it, it just one of a few. And it will burn wood and trash to make the stem to run it.
 
Despite the rules, I'm trying my best to keep things within the rules with my post as is Hondo. And we like to continue with RPG. The thing is, you do not want humanity to advance on its own, citing that the spirits are the saviors of humanity. I find that to be of rank and bull. Humanity can and will recover on its own as it seems to be doing in the RPG. It is the Spirits mistake in not helping when it should have and that is their downfall. You need to realize that is one of many reasons why some people hate the spirits while others may revere them. Proof that the spirits were not willing to help a drunk being kidnapped by a group lead by another spirit (the vulture), says a whole lot about the crows. They could have ganged up against the vulture and chased it away but did not. That says a lot.
 
So lets continue with the RPG. Lets quit with the nitpicking and make this into an interesting story within the guide lines established though some of us will not get that right. Up to this point, I thought we were doing great.