T20: High Law and Low Justice (IC Thread 2)

Saanath follows Ktarlewaweikye to the buffet, but takes a moment to register what Ktarlewaweikye just said.

Then he grins.

"Yeah, pretty much. To the rest of the universe. You know, the little guy. Thats me. It does have its advantages ...

"But sometimes a little clout would be useful." The grin has gone.

"I think that I will try the fish. I've heard that its something that the Luraini are as good at as they say they are."
 

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Ktarlewaweikye smiles at Sanaath's fish comment, and browses, taking a bit of everything that's meat, and a bit of anything else that looks edible.

"So," she says as they move down the line, "what brings you here? How did you learn about the lottery?" As they speak, she realizes how little she knows about this human.
 


Quinn spends the day in the bar, smoking cigars, drinking whiskey, eating, and watching prerecorded cooking vids on his portacomp.
 

Seonaid said:
Ktarlewaweikye smiles at Sanaath's fish comment, and browses, taking a bit of everything that's meat, and a bit of anything else that looks edible.

"So," she says as they move down the line, "what brings you here? How did you learn about the lottery?" As they speak, she realizes how little she knows about this human.
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Saanath shrugs.

"I'm not sure about that myself. I was hoping to get to the Council for a look, but got stuck in the bottle neck back there. Someone suggested the lottery so i gave it a shot. Ta Da! Here I am.

"Before that I worked on for a small merchant company. It was fairly boring, so I quit. But it did get me off world, and that got me wondering about the rest of the universe. So here I am."

By this point, even Saanath is getting bored of the story, so he decides to stop.
 

After the tour Zaedhrarrg considers for a short moment whether to attend the seminar or not.


* Well, they do have something to eat, which certainly speaks for them. But just sitting there getting a lecture for hours and hours ... Still, it could be fun ..., much like banging your head onto something hard till you fall unconscious or getting your tail caught in a closing door. HORROR!

Nah! Better grab something real to eat at the mess and look for interesting people. *


Unfortunately, and much to his dismay, Zaedhrarrg has to discover that the novelty of 'interesting people' tends to wear off rather quickly. Also, the attitude of most Luriani passsengers aboard certainly doesn't help much.

As soon as he begins to feel crowded Zaedhrarrg will look for a quieter place, preferably the observation lounge. (He figures that with nothing to see there but Jump Space it should be less populated.)

While going over a few texts on the Ancients, he reflects on the strange bunch of people he met: The beanpole Navy Vargr Ruzz'koff who doesn't like story-telling, the withdrawn Varge engineer Kforzh who doesn't even like small-talk, Vyrkris and her friend, the Aslan Ktarle with the severe case of Jump anxiety and that super nice human Engineer Tomas.

Then his mind wanders back to what he has heard on the tour in regard to the computer's miscalculation almost shaking the ship apart by disrupting the jump field.


[OoC: Zaed tries to recall if he's ever heard anything similar or if there is anything unusual about the events he has been told of. Total roll for Knowledge: Jump Space 22]
 


After making a few friendly suggestions to the Engineer about how to get a bit more fuel economy out of the drive, and then taking his leave, Tomas makes his way to the Hiranucorp presentation

He fills out the card half-heartedly and grabs smething interesting to eat.

Looking around he sees a lot of Luriani and Sanaath and the Aslan off to oneside, he gives the pair a nod of acknowledgement...
 


Douane said:
[OoC: Zaed tries to recall if he's ever heard anything similar or if there is anything unusual about the events he has been told of. Total roll for Knowledge: Jump Space 22]
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Zaed can't think of anything particularly unusual about the engineer's explanaiton of last night's events, although he figure's the blame belongs squarely on the shoulders of the astrogator, not the computer. A misjump resulting in an early arrival is certainly one of the more benign consequences of such a blunder, however.

From the tour, Zaed knows that this isn't the Keruuchan's normal route (it's meeting some of the increased demand for travel between Daramm and Dukh created by the Mercantile Council) - perhaps the astrogator's unfamiliarity with the jump contributed to the mishap?
 

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