The first thing Faith did was go to the central office, her office, and get out the notes. She had started with a blank piece of parchment all those Cycles ago, with nothing more than the phrase "A Hospital for Idalos" but now? Now she had what she needed. So, she made sure that the notes were up to date.
Buildings
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The Hospitals
- Central Building
- Name: The Kura Building
- Purpose of Building:
- Labs, medical research
- All arrivals will arrive in the central room (as marked on the plan
. This room is the green area. To those who arrive, each quarter of the wall will be a beautiful, soothing, glass mural that provides light and images. That glass will follow along in the corridors, providing a visual cue for those who can not read - each of the four hospitals will have its own colour.
- The lavender colour will be split into the four quarters as shown - these will be - 2 x sleeping areas for security, 1 x mess hall, 1 x recreation area for security. In the latter 2, the glass mural will be a transparent glass (so that security can see the arrivals at all times appropriate - but not while sleeping / resting). This has been commission from Egilrun.
- The remaining off-white sections will be 2 x storage and 2 x training areas for security.
- The remaining rooms will be labs, libraries, lecture rooms, etc.
- Notes
- Security here will be vital. I will, therefore, base my office there.
- Top Left Hospital: (next to "A" retail area)
- Name: The Pendleton Wing
- Purpose of Building:
- Treatment of Chronic, Long Term Conditions with Terminal / Long Term Life-Changing Prognosis.
- Notes:
- Placed here as both close to farms and temple, close to therapy and furthest away from the river.
- Top Right Hospital (next to "C" retail area)
- Name: The Tristan Building
- Purpose of Building:
- Treatment of Trauma (including long term abuse, magical mutations, etc).
- This will be where former slaves will be brought
- Notes:
- Placed here as both close to farms and closest to where the new Beacon (name: Rey'na's Dawn) will be.
- Bottom Left Hospital (next to "B" retail area)
- Name: The Nir'wei Building
- Purpose of Building:
- Treatment of currently considered incurable diseases which are not terminal
- Isolation area for those diseases which have high contagion
- Notes:
- Since the number of incurable diseases without terminal prognosis is relatively small, this hospital will also function as an isolation unit and spillover if needed
- Bottom Right Hospital (next to "D" retail area)
- Name: The Snootwing!
- Purpose of Building:
- Notes:
- Nearest the river, this wing will be the most self-contained.
- Theme here will be a "snootwing" which is a magical creature which heals children, helps them.
- School here - Institute trains teachers - but not all patients are Rharnian - mixed curriculum.
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Residences
- Residences - Staff
- A place to live for all staff, if they wish it.
- High quality - a variety of options available - single rooms in a shared building, double rooms in a shared building, houses, apartments etc.
- Notes
- Staff can use the portals so not all staff will live here.
- Residences - Relatives
- A place to live for the families of those who are patients here.
- High quality - a variety of options available - single rooms in a shared building, double rooms in a shared building, houses, apartments etc.
- Notes
- School here, links with school for Snootwing.
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Therapy
- Physical and Emotional Therapy to be provided here.
- 1 in north, 1 in south - each will provide therapy of both kinds to 2 hospitals.
- Also, professionals from here will visit hospitals as needed
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Farms
- Growing produce
- Raising livestock
- Vineyard
[*] Notes
- Will be used by Rey'na's Dawn as part of the training provided.
- Greenhouses with both warm and cold glass (ordered from Egilrun) in order to facilitate maximum variety
- Gardens and cave-systems in Eureka also be utilised here.
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Rey'na's Dawn
- A place for those slaves who have been freed (by Praetorum and via any other means)
- A place for those who have been treated but do not yet wish to leave
- Works on the same principles as Beacon - everyone contributes, etc.
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River
- Central place for import / export
- Have spoken to Woe Morandi (Representative of Egilrun) about commissioning luxury vessels with the aim of having the option of a floating restaurant (like Cally's, but floating), floating crafters etc
- This could be opened up to anyone willing to do it - good business opportunities
- Work closely with the Therapy areas - and will provide entertainment and support for our patients and their families.
[*] Notes
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Temple
- For all Immortals - as in Ne'haer, an all-temple
- Morgue is housed (underneath) and the graveyard for those who wish to use it.
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Mercantile Areas
- Rharne, Scalvoris, EE have all claimed spaces..
[*] Notes
- The size of this- we'll need both services and entertainment.
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Oasis
- In farms and in residential areas, and near the hospitals - Oasis of Lovalus.
[*] Notes
- Will provide healing and emotional support
Once that was done, Faith made copies of it and sent them to each of the places she'd visited to get involved here. Of course, she also wrote a letter to those whose names appeared on the buildings. Everything was ready, now, she knew, and so she put all the documents, all the notes and decisions, all the plans and preparations for the opening in the safe and then she stood.
In the design of this hospital, Faith had made sure that every building was connected to every other. There had been a reason for that above and beyond the need to keep dry during inclement weather. The reason was because she had an ability, granted to her by Moseke and something that she could use now to it's absolute maximum. Before she did that, though, she first made her way out to the edges of Willow Tree, to the farms which were past the boundaries of the hospital iteself. These farms would be where those who lived in Rey'na's Dawn worked, among other places. The farms would feed the small village and would hopefully provide to the hospital too. People were there, now, working, but Faith made her way to where the Oasis had to go.
The area had been prepared and marked out and so she knelt in the earth for a moment and concentrated. The first Brightgleam Oasis was going here and she drew on the power granted to her by Lovalus. The waters formed and Faith smiled as the rich and verdant oasis grew. It was an amazing sight, she was pleased and delighted by it. Another one the other side of the farms and then one in between each residential area. They areas were mapped out and identified so Faith had to just go through and do it. It was important, she knew, that Lovalus was very much part of this and, as she would dedicate the bricks to Moseke's healing, so too the ground was of Lovalus. Because Lovalus was the Induk of Rharne, and this was her land.
Once every oasis was in place, Faith made her way to the graveyard and morgue. There she knelt and prayed, dedicating the area to Famula, Vri and the Twins. Those who dealt with the souls of the dead, Faith prayed that each soul which passed here did so peacefully and without pain or regret. It was an unlikely situation, she knew, but she would hope for it.
So, after a morning spent doing that, Faith made her way back to the central building - the Kura Building. The gleaming glass from Egilrun and the labs and equipment. She could not help but smile at the sight of these things. They were potential and she couldn't wait to get herself in there and start innovating. It was exciting and she was looking forward to the future. What pleased her most, in that moment, was that this place would stand without her. It was creating new opportunities for people to heal others and be healed. She could think of nothing more appropriate.
As the sun reached its zenith in the sky, Faith turned her attention from the spirits and the souls of this place and focused, instead, on the bricks and stones.
Willow Tree Hospital was, finally, ready. It had taken a lot of work, a lot of time and a lot of negotiation, but she had done it. 
