Minx slept all the way until the next morning. She woke up starving. Midas got her a whole bunch of food and allowed her to eat in their apartment. This time, he made sure to bring the luxury kitchen back and it would stay at the Crows until they were ready to leave for good. Shalt reported to Quinn for her and got an earful for allowing her to overwork herself. She even missed her call with Logan.
Midas declared she and Shalt would stay in shelter for the day. Midas and Dufus would take the next two days off for training and studying. Minx was instructed to stay in bed and Shalt would deliver everything she needed to her. She was quite frustrated with this. She had to admit he was right. She really wanted her shelter up but pushing herself could become a safety issue.
At the very least, enough to make it functional.
She needed the perimeter houses done, the hanger, her house, all the community buildings and she had decided those last three 100-foot buildings would be orphanage housing. They would go in right next to the library which would have classrooms on the second floor. War was coming and war caused orphans.
Floor plans were still evading Minx, but she had time. Next had to be the hanger and all the buildings that went around it. It would be partially hidden by the tree canopy.
The next morning, Minx reported to Blip to let him know she needed that hanger crew. This time they could all go by ship. What she didn't say as they were going to be blindfolded and taken to the ship. The teleporter would be used to make it faster. Blip gave her an earful for overworking herself as well, but he was not as stern because he understood what it was like building a shelter. She was just trying to take care of her people.
He asked how her finances looked. She told him they were still good, but she was spending more than she was making. It didn't help she refused to sell crystals because they would be needed to make gear and for a power source. Blip smiled at her for thinking ahead. It was time for the morning meeting, so they all walked over together and she found her friends.
She looked fully refreshed but her friends were still concerned. Minx, on the other hand, knew that pushing yourself could result in more MC. It wasn't a guarantee, but she felt stronger after the work she did. She knew she needed that strength and would continue pushing herself as she was able to. Her Qi was also getting stronger.
Minx was pleased her team was able to get 17 advanced tier crystals the day before, but she was hoping her increased strength would get more. Her team was worried about her because she seemed hyper focused on B-rank and building her shelter. They were worried she would harm herself in the process.
Once Blip finished the morning announcement, Shalt handed over his traveler ID for her to select a quest while he went and filled her bag with food. He didn't want to anger the 10th leader like that again. He reflected on that meeting as he walked to the place where her carrots were sold.
Shalt had approached him with all due respect a Leader deserved. "Tenth Leader," he bowed, "I wish to make a report in Miss Minx's stead. Building the shelter is going along well but Miss Minx is very tired. Midas is tending her right now. The hanger can go in next time we go. She is trying ensure the extra people she hires are used effectively which means proper accommodation. The area below the shelter will be enclosed in about a month or so based on the current pace."
Quinn's eyes were glowing and the pressure was building in the room. "Go back to where she was too tired to report this herself. Why is she so tired?" Quinn's tone matched the pressure.
"I was providing her food, making her eat and take a break between buildings. She's very willful, as you know. She refused to rest as much as she needed. The work below depends on her work above. In the end, the team below decided to just guess at where the walls were needed since she couldn't keep pace with them. There are dumping baits still active over where the shelter will be. She is feeling the pressure, but she is the only one with her ability."
Quinn sighed knowing that was true. Having experienced the dumping baits himself when he was weaker, he understood. "How many are going with her on the next outing?"
"Since the hanger is going in, it will be two full ships, standing room only."
Quinn was really unhappy. "She's not going to like it, but we will be working with her again like last week. We'll force her to rest some. I understand her pressures but she's Vorden's wife and I promised to protect her."
Shalt bowed again, "yes, Tenth Leader."
Back in the travelers center, Minx chose the same area to hunt in with Quinn right next to her doing the same. She didn't even fight him or question him. She really didn't mind working with him. At times it reminded her of being with Sil. They were both impulsive and emotional.
The next two days went well, and another 42 advanced tier crystals were added to their tags. That evening, Minx was giving the briefing to an additional 15 people. Those 15 went with Shalt, Midas and Minx to Quinn's ship. They kept the front window covered with whatever Logan told her that thing was called but this was Quinn's ship. She had no business showing it to others.
On the ship, she gave Midas and Shalt access to fly the second ship in case it became necessary. Shalt would be flying back with her to pick up the others. She blindfolded the others and entered her code so Midas could take them through the teleporter. She explained what she was doing to Peter before having Shalt help her get the rest of the people waiting on transport.
They went back and got the rest of the people and repeated the process, with all of them going through. She sent a text to Logan and apologized for missing their call. He hadn't noticed but did give her a code for more parts to the lighting system.
The hanger crew was split between all the three-bedroom houses, and each one had at least one person able to cook. Minx grew everyone enough food for the duration. She put the codes in Logan had given her and Shalt moved all the stuff aside for her. She then bought a hanger which came in quite a few packages. Shalt took over receiving it so she could get some dumping bait beasts cleared. It took an hour of entering codes, moving boxes, then entering more codes.
Once he was done, Shalt found her. The look on his face told her to rest and get back her MC after she grew all that food and got rid of so many dumping bat beats. She left instructions that the earth users need to fill in all the holes where the hanger was going before the crew could get to work. She also wanted all the holes on that side to be filled in no matter what, so she could put in the bigger places.
She wanted the command post in this time around as well with hopes of the traveler's center going in next time. She was only able to sleep for 2 hours, despite Shalt's best efforts.
Minx had decided once the below area was enclosed and there was a confirmation of no danger, every cavern that had a crystal in the roof was getting permanent plants to reduce the strain as well. She wanted to get to where she was not always having to worry about whether there was enough food grown to feed her people.
She went to the area she wanted filled in and they were all still working. Shalt nagged her the entire way about not eating before going over. She grabbed the snack bag from her backpack, sat down and ate. As she did, she assessed if everything she needed filled in was even cleared. She decided to wither a whole bunch more of the dumping baits.
She sighed when she realized how many needed to go just so the holes could be filled in but the bigger places couldn't go in until the job was done.
Midas saw her leave. He noticed as the earth users filled in holes, the hanger crew was hauling equipment over. Since many were now waiting on Minx to clear more beasts, he asked his crew to help carry the heavy materials. Midas noticed Mix was taking a snack break and decided they could all go eat once everything was brought over. Midas went to Aqua's for breakfast.
Minx stood with a long sigh. "Let's get the boring stuff done."