Its a rather warm and sunny afternoon in September when for the first time in weeks, the sound of an engine rears through the little settlement. The supplies are there and apart from clothes, food and construction items there are two new settlers:

The first one is Lemuel Hoover (by olivespecter). While Ava and Dean are the ones responsible for setting up electricity and plumbing, Ava has two left hands, as they had to find out the hard way. And even with Abel’s help, it is next to impossibleto get everything up and running til winter without additional help. Lemuel is a construction worker and kind of jack-of-all-trades, which will also come in handy with expanding the little, poorly built huts soon.

The second one is Iris Lahham (Isis by olivespecter). She is an old friend of Claire from the orphanage and there on a special mission…

“How was your trip?”

“Alright, I guess. Lemuel is okay. I’m just happy to sleep in a real bed again soon.”

“He is inside, want to see him?”

“You sure about this?”

“There’s no way I can take care of him properly while being away from home so often.”

“Let’s get inside.”

Iris will take care of Ben (he will live with her and Lemuel- because let’s face it- while Ava and Nora would be more than happy to help me out, they are either up to their neck in work or pregnant, and the rest is still mad at Claire), and work as a nanny for the Keel family should they need it. She worked as an elementary teacher before and would love to eventually return to it.