Babylon 5: Outrageous Fortune

Dr Simon · Oct 16, 2008

The Hurr runs his gaze quickly over the group, rolls his eyes and turns back to the fight on TV.

"Nope," he says.

Just as it looks like he is going to ignore the group forever, an ad break interrupts the bout. Still with one eye on the adverts for Earth beer and Drazi scale polish, he continues.

"Sethyk's out back," he says. "No visitors." Thought processes seem to be going on behind his blank eyes, and he adds "You from VoidCorp?"

Walking Dad · Oct 16, 2008

Vurk remains a bit distant, just in hearing range. 'His' race is not the most well-liked in the galaxy. Best to let the others do the talk to other species.

Shayuri · Oct 17, 2008

Ashley gives the guy a level look that could mean just about anything. As she does, she tries to tune into the alien frequency of his mind to get a clue about what the frek VoidCorp has to do with anything.

"Take a wild guess," she says with a wry edge.

Dr Simon · Oct 17, 2008

[SBLOCK=Ashley]
The Hurr's mind has an oily "texture" to it, overlaid with the "taste" of strong, poor quality coffee. It forms quite a clear picture of some humans in suits, collecting sleek black cyclinders from the back room behind the door. It is comparing your group to the one in its mental image, and comes to the conclusion...
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"Dunno. You don't look like it." The Hurr thinks again for a bit and decides that he is curious. "Why you want Sethyk?"

[SBLOCK=Ashley]
You get a clear image of the humans from VoidCorp, enough that you'd recognise them if you ever saw them. None of them are people you've seen before, though.
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Shayuri · Oct 18, 2008

"I want to talk to him about a commission," she answers. "Word is that he can sometimes get special parts. Take unusual orders."

"I've heard, he's supposed to be the best."

She gives the alien at the counter a dubious little smile as if she didn't know if she believed it or not.

Blackrat · Oct 20, 2008

Sarhat stands menacingly behind the human but keeps his hood on to hide his species. It's no need to intimidate the shopkeep too much yet.

Dr Simon · Oct 20, 2008

The Hurr flares all four of its nostrils, one at a time (it's a neat trick but you need to be a Hurr to accomplish it).

After regarding Ashley silently for a moment it turns to the viewscreen and jabs a rubbery finger at the corner. The picture changes from adverts to a slightly fish-eye distorted close-up of a furry alien face, slightly remniscent of a squirrel or raccoon, except for the multiple pairs of enhancement and magnification goggles jammed on its head.

"Chk chk. What is it?" says the Cascor.

"People want see you," replies the Hurr.

There is a pause.

"Chrrk. Raive?" asks the furry alien. The Hurr shakes his head. "Tchk chrrk. VoidCorp?". The Hurr shakes its head again. The Cascor considers for a second and replies "Chk chrr. No visitors." It kills the connection.

"No visitors," repeats the Hurr. The advert break finishes and the Mutai comes back on. The Hurr's attention to you is drifting away fast.

[SBLOCK=OOC]
I rolled pretty much the same values for Knowledge checks for each of you as regards VoidCorp, so you can all use the same data.

VC is one of the top tier megacorporations - not as big as IPX or Universal Terraform, but on a par with Edgars-Garibaldi Industries. It is mainly involved with life support, alternate atmosphere processors and most of the engineering works that are involved in keeping people alive in harsh environments.
They are known for keeping a tight grip on every step of the process, preferring to own outright all the steps of manufacture from mining raw materials, transport and processing to distribution and installation.
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Walking Dad · Oct 20, 2008

Vurk glances at the other, what to do next.

(Have no idea myself, sorry)

Shayuri · Oct 26, 2008

Ashley thinks fast and quickly feigns pleasant surprise.

"Wait, he knows Raive? Call him back. Let him know we have a friend in common. Maybe we can talk over the old days, before Alexis ran off and Raive got so many implants he practically turned into a robot himself."

(Mew...I feel like we need to split up or something, to give everyone something to do. My distinct sense is that no one but Ashley is really into this.

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