Sewer King - DC SI

Chapter 13: Humble Beginnings (Part 2)

[Clock - 07:00 | 07:00 AM]
[Calendar - 15/01/2003]
[Location - Foundation Station - Old Gotham, Gotham City, New Jersey]

(Carts are counted from back to front - Cart 1 is the last one while Cart 10 is the first one and the one where the conductor stays)

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There are a few problems that come along with people. And they are called "basic needs for survival". Water, food, and shelter. The three basic things every human needs to survive and one of the rules that has followed humanity through its entire evolutionary journey.

So, as the only person there with the capability, Atlas was the one responsible for providing food, water, and shelter to the first residents of the future Croc Kingdom! 'Shelter is easy, clean drinkable water is also very easy, food might become a problem once rations run out...' With the miraculous powers of magic, Atlas was able to cast [Create or Destroy Water] to create 10 liters of clean water! Alternatively, he could also "destroy" that same amount of water too! 'It's great not being limited by what class whenever I want to learn a spell.' Normally, in the universe of Dungeons and Dragons, only Clerics and Druids can learn how to cast [Create or Destroy Water], but because he is not in that universe, he can simply do it! "Gather around, folks!" Having his wheelchair pushed by Baytor, Atlas called out to the four members of the Croc Kingdom: "Today I'll give you clean water to drink and assign you tasks, because there is nothing free in this world." Cracking his fingers and twirling them a little, Atlas was ready for the day- He looked at the four citizens, they all had shared a single cart from the train, and that made Atlas stop to think... Where would Croc Kingdom stand? It couldn't stand in an abandoned subway station, it needed a large space where he could build a beautiful city.

An underground cave.

'There might be more information about cities underground...' He made a quick search through his mental library and he quickly found a very interesting book named: [Underground Civilizations: A Guide to all the Underground Civilizations made by Dwarven, Elven, Gnomish, Human, and many otherworldly races] that had detailed information about many Civilizations across the Omniverse that were built underground. Their benefits and their conflicts, their histories and their demise. 'Okay, making an underground kingdom sounds great, but I'll need a plan to bring the kingdom to the surface or-' His mind was broken out of his deep thoughts when he noticed he was now before the four citizens! "Oh, right! So, Adolf-" he had to make himself not snort at the name "-You'll help Baytor move some things around. If its too heavy, don't touch it and let Baytor do it instead. Abigail, I will need your help with organizing the pantry in Cart 3 of... Enne, would you be a dear and make sure to warn me if we get any visitors today? I don't want to be surprised while I work on some of my little experiments." Atlas had a few ideas of what he could do today, and they were separated into a few things- First thing he wanted to get a good supply of water.

That's why he has gathered a lot of glass bottles and cleaned them with [Prestidigitation] before he moved them all with Baytor's help. He is going to fill them with water, just to have extra water just in case! As for food, Atlas was planning to spread out edible fungi, because fungi spread out really quickly and they are also nutritious! There's also the inherit need to gather medical supplies, because Atlas is not going to be the de facto healer slash doctor of the Croc Kingdom because that would be overwhelming to him- instead, he wanted to work on his own things. "Come now, Abigail... You can bring your son, but make sure he doesn't break anything." Atlas rolled away as Baytor went to help Adolf with his task of carrying the boxes of stuff the little demon had collected from the surface a week or so ago under Atlas' request, because he wanted to use the scrap materials found on trash to rebuild the entire Foundation Station's train and make it completely work once more! Atlas had a little bit of a hard time rolling into the train without Baytor's help (he has spaghetti arms, give him a break!), but once inside he turned to look at the young woman and her son, saying: "I'll be working on some things, if you need help you can call me, but try to not disturb me much... unless you want something to explode."