EVENT: MINING COLONY V'VORTE

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Who: Councilor Labismat, Science Captain Urist McEngineer, OPEN
Where: V’Vorte
When: June 4th-8th
Warnings: N/A

The Fleet stations itself near V’Varga, the more populated planet of the V’V system, but the majority of the ships are ferrying people down to V’Vorte. Mainly desert, the only things of interest on it seem to be the Mining Plains, which stretch for hundreds of miles; the Blue Circus, which lights up the nights with laser shows and fireworks; and the small town that supports the first two and serves as a small island of normality among the eccentric carnies and boisterous miners. There are rides to and from the Teuberg twice a day, in case you would rather not stay overnight, which are overseen by Science Captain McEngineer, who gives an energetic explanation of the types of metal needed when asked. Back on the Teuberg, Councilor Labismat can be found greeting the ships coming back in, checking on any progress being made.

The V’V natives are mostly humanoid in appearance, with reddened skin tones and large eyes that help them see in the dimmer light of their sun. Most of them, especially the miners, are quite friendly and seem unfazed by the variety of species the Fleet has brought to their doorstep. The only Transports who might get a second glance are the robotic ones, as the mining mechs vaguely resemble them.

Comments

[tinywife]

And it was at the food stalls where Jinto saw a very small girl trying to figure out what part of a very large parfait(?) to eat first.

Pinoko had come to the food stalls looking for dessert. So far, finding parfaits on the Teuberg hadn't been that difficult, but they weren't as good as back home. Didn't people in the future know how to make dessert? So when she went to the fair, she'd gone to the dessert vendor and ordered the biggest parfait looking thing he'd had.

It had been called an "Ice Cream Cheeseburger."

Thankfully, it wasn't literally a cheeseburger topped with ice cream, like she'd been half-fearing. It was parfait.... like. But some of the layers of the parfait-thing distressed her. And was that layer moving? Ew. Pinoko made a face, though she saw Jinto, holding up his thing with too many legs, and she walked over.

"You win. I think mine just has crawly bugs on the inside."

[weeabhoo]

Jinto looked down to see what appeared to be a child was talking to him. For a brief moment he wondered where her parents were, considered leading her to whoever was in charge around here. But then something clicked. It was Nurse Pinoko, who he'd seen running around treating patients after he'd had his ribs broken on The Eye Of Sharef. If being a nurse was some kind of kid's game, the authorities were taking it pretty far.

So he was forced to conclude she wasn't an ordinary child. Genetic engineering, he guessed, an easy guess after living in the Abh Empire, where a 20 year old junior officer, 80 year old decorated general and 150 year old king would all appear to be the same age.

"Well I guess if it's that bad then it's a fortunate thing I ran into you, Nurse Pinoko." He said, making a lame attempt at a joke. He shone the flashlight from his Abh wrist communicator into her 'ice cream'. "I think it's supposed to be both a meal and a game. You try to spear whatever's crawling around inside there. That's what the chopstick-like things that come with it must be for..." He seems unperturbed by this. He ate a lot of bugs during his stay on Lobnas III.