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[Jessica's recovered slightly from the horrible failure that was her first attempt. Now it's time to show the gardens she means business! With the aid of a lot of dirt and a small pile of draft paper.

[First up: three more towers, with windows all around, for lookout. Internal elevators, so people can easily get to the tops. Then, a keep below, fortified and with plenty of rooms for storage and living and doctoring. A high, thick wall encircling, wide enough to walk on, with occasional guardhouses for supply storage. Fortified entrances at each cardinal point. A clear plastic roof stretching over the rest of the complex to shield from aerial attacks. And, once the basic shell is there, something she's been wanting for a while: interior plumbing, plus a sprinkler system just in case.

[She stands back, observing the result with satisfaction. Once she's inspected the area, she opens up a mirror on the vine.]

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I've finished the fortress I was planning. If anyone who's an actual fighter or has, y'know, experience with this stuff wants to check it out and make sure it's up to code, that'd be great. Mostly I just want people to know where it is for the next time we get overrun with things trying to kill us. Just look for the towers.

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Sure, lay it on me.

You must check for good escape points, preferably different to entry points, and hidden. Stocks of dried and preserved food and medical supplies, as well as simple things such as blankets, cots, these should be kept inside in a safe place, and replenished. Water is the most important. And there should be form of warning system, to alert the people within that someone is approaching. Something more foolproof than the human eye.

Gonna be getting the supplies in once I'm sure the design's okay. I think the plumbing's safe enough as it is, though I guess emergency water'd be a good plan. [She notes that on one sheet of paper.]

I'm not sure the rest applies here, since it's more a "everyone run in and take shelter when things come to kill us" thing, instead of a "hide and hope we don't get found" thing.

You could probably set up something good around the gardens, though. For the probably inevitable surprise attacks.

If the threat is too powerful for your defences, you may need to escape, quickly and safely. If the threat is insidious and uses stealth, you will want to know when it is near.

[She tilts her head slightly.]

I will be looking at how to defend the structure I am in.

Y'know, if the threat is that powerful, I'm not really sure escaping will do anything but delay the inevitable, in this place. There aren't really a lot of places to run to.

And if it uses stealth... well, I'm not sure how it could stealth its way into a locked fortress, but again, at that point...

Every delay, however small, can increase your chances of survival.

I guess so. Thanks for the input, at least.

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