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Sapphire wakes up on... the surface of the moon? It's white and dusty and gravity feels weaker than it should. The sky is dark and she can see the Earth and Sun in the distance. Her right hand bears a glowing indigo ring, her left holds a similarly colored staff.
a Sapphire on Earth-16 with an indigo power ring
"Scans have already been completed according to default parameters for weighting cost of attaining additional data against expected utility of additional data. Additional scans are not recommended."
If Sapphire is paying attention to that faint sensation in her metaphysical insides, she may feel a greater connection to the Indigo Light inside her ring and staff. She could use it, if she wanted to, but right now it's not doing anything. It feels like its waiting.
compassion_for_all
Scan for somewhere people are coordinating disaster response. She wants to confirm that's what people want before doing something potentially drastic.
"Compliance."
She begins moving and in a few moments touches down in a street outside a small grocery store across from a field with a few tents. It is mid-morning. People nearby stare at her, looking confused or scared. (This may be related to her brightly glowing staff and ring.)
There is a man standing outside the convenience store, smoking a cigarette. He takes a few steps towards her and says something in spanish.
compassion_for_all
Tell me what people have said so far. She pauses since we landed and within 5 meters.
The ring plays a recording that sounds like the man's voice, "Who are you?" and a moment later, "Miguel, can you come out here?"
A teenage boy comes out from the store, looks towards the older man, and says, "What's up?"
He gestures towards Sapphire, "I have no idea what is going on here but I don't think she speaks Spanish and your english is better than mine."
"Guess so." Then, in halting english, "Hello? Who are you?"
compassion_for_all
Ring bidirectional translation please. She assumes that works and then speaks. "Hi there, sorry my translation wasn't working at first. I'm looking for someone in charge of the relief efforts do you know where I could find one?"
Both of them are taken aback.
"Oh, alright then," the older man replies, "the army sent some troops to do relief, if that's what you're looking for. I think they have a base in Apodaca."
Whatever this woman's deal is, he probably can't go wrong by making her the army's problem, he thinks.
(Somehow, she is speaking in fluent spanish. She composes her sentences in english, hears herself speak in english, and despite that, her mouth is forming spanish sounds. She will probably not notice this unless she tries to.)
"Well, the power is out, and a lot of people don't have running water either, so it would be nice to get that fixed. Can you please tell us who you are? And what you're doing here?"
compassion_for_all
"Oh sorry, I'm Sapphire Eyestone. I'm a bit like a green lantern. Different color but I can do the same sort of thing. I came to help with the hurricane relief efforts." Ring can we fix the power and water infrastructure locally?
"Scanning. Power outages present in large parts of this region. Not feasible to restore power locally without repairing large parts of regional electrical system or constructing new electrical infrastructure. Repairs to water system are possible, but existing infrastructure does not entirely match records available on network. Restoration of water system is possible, replication of water system as it was before Hurricane Alex is not without additional data."
compassion_for_all
"I haven't joined yet. I was talking to one of the local green lanterns earlier and I'll be talking to him tonight so we'll see what happens. I'll see what I can do about power and water."
What's broken in the regional power infrastructure? Are power plants destroyed, power lines, are fuel deliveries delayed?
"Power lines are severed and several power generation facilities are not operable, or not operable at full capacity."