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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-10-24 10:59 pm

Shore Leave: Geartopia [Open to All]

||Attention all crewmen, shore leave is now in progress, attention crewmen, shore leave is now in progress...||

Stacy's voiced called the entire crew, until all of them were gathered at the Obs Deck. Then, a dossier appeared on the screens, along with the image of a rotating planet.

Planet Designation: Geartopia
Status: Terrestrial, H-class.
Non-sentient life: Extensive flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: Yes.
Sentient Life: Homo Sapiens, Homo Animalia, Machina Erectus.
Water: 20.6% of the planet's surface.
Climate: Earth-like, Arid desert
Landscape: 70% Desert..
Air: Normoxic concentration.
Air Pressure: 101.3 kPa (kilopascals) = 14.7 psi (pounds per square inch)
Sky: Blue
Sun: A class G2V, yellow star.
Warnings: Wildlife, humanoids and plant-life can be hazardous.
Nomalanga has given us a map with which areas to avoid.
Mission: Shore leave, and preparing for an attack in a few days, planet's time. Nomalanga has promised food, clothing and animals in exchange for your cooperation in aiding her.




Once, long ago, Geartopia was built by aliens visiting the planet and granting intelligence to some native species. Of course you wouldn't know this apart from the giant black obsidian monoliths humming precariously outside of town. They are formed in a circle formation that might remind those who come from earth of Stonehenge, only built out of a much more study device. This is what Nomalanga used to contact you. The rocks cannot be moved and any attacks on them will be useless. The Wild Ones will come out of the forest at night, leaving a trace of plants as they go back and fro their own forest. The technology the elder aliens left them allows for contact with Stacy but otherwise there is nothing futuristic going on on the planet - the aliens wanted it this way and for the most part the population respects this.

All except Snidley and his goons, of course. Thankfully most of them have gone into hiding once their plot was found out. In fact, Nomalanga and those still loyal to her are busy working on making this planned attack, and getting the townspeople ready for it.

You can also find a few remains of their culture scattered around the land in the form of large stone carvings around the town, in between a wooden tavern bar or used as a sort of tribute, covered in dry plants. Most of the area is dry and arid, with very tiny grass and shrubs growing over the hill, and, strangely enough, an area from town that is densely populated by forest. Few dare go in, due to it being the territory of the Wild Ones.

As you walk around, you notice that the technology is steampunk with a cowboy flare; there is one train that comes from the towns every morning at 6am and leaves at 9pm. Horses can be rented for a price (some normal, some like this), chariot rides as well. Gears and dark clothing seem to be the norm, possibly due that their source of leather. The inhabitants are mostly humans, humanoid animals, alien natives and steampunk robots.

But enough of that, let's see what you can do here:

- Saloon and bars of all sizes, most comically named with an object, and a color. You can find all sorts of them across town, but those on the western side are more sympathetic towards Snidley and hate strangers with a passion. Do not go there unless you're ready to fight a few of them.

They do, however, have the best drinks, and card games.

There are hotels with gear pianos playing wistful tunes as you drink hard liquor made from cactus juice, honey and barley. The honey wine is especially prized and costly.

There is also a small carnival with steampunk and old west fair, sugar and cactus fruit pies, whole animals roasted over open pits, musicians, and a single wooden coaster. It's not much, but the food is excellent.

Be careful, however. The cactus fruit does cause stomach aches for most people not native to this world. Think of it much like lactos intolerance. It's a chance you take eating it. However if you do, it tastes much like an orange, strawberry and a banana were put together in a blender.

As thanks for helping her out, anyone stepping into the city is given by the mayoress as part of her exchange bartering price, one cowboy hat (all brown), one pair of steampunk goggles, a steampunk vest, and, most importantly, one part of leathersnake steampunk boots. This is a gift for anyone who is just visiting to blend with the locals and to prove she's honest about her dealings. As if it wasn't obvious after the first mission, in any case. She'll need your strange and powerful manpower in the upcoming days.

And hey, if you're up to it, you can help with a little cleanup. After all most people here don't know your skills. However, it's also calm and quiet in the farms. You want to do some honest work for a day, they'll give you some of their seeds in exchange. The system seems to be based more on services and barter than any money.

There is still currency and Stacy has given you a few golden coins, spend them wisely. A few farms are opened up to sleep for free, if you don't mind being with the animals.

The General store has steampunk items for sale, but most of them are much too expensive for anyone on the ship to by. You can try to barter.

Oh and news travels fast. Cause problems, and Nomalanga won't be too happy about it.

[OKAY ALL DONE GO FOR IT. You are also free to create additional places, to post your own private logs involving the town! Contact me if you need extra information about Geartopia either via PM to things_go_boom's account or by AIM, I'll be happy to answer. NPC goons if you want to do a bunch of bar fights, just think typical cowboy stuff. Shore leave will last until the 31st and players can go to and from the ship to the city each day, so you can have your characters stay for a day or two and then come back.

People in the miniplots, the mini plots will start up in a few days! There will also be a general fight for anyone who wants to join in on the 29th. Thank you and enjoy yourselves!]
hi_there_aliens: by zatgun (ij) (p06)

[personal profile] hi_there_aliens 2011-11-06 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely a good sign. The boot was off, kicked off with her intent to storm out. Daniel relaxed. With it followed the return of her sarcasm and the dry humor underneath too, something that could also only be a good thing...although not so much being called a pain in the ass. Not that it didn't happen at least once or twice to him on a weekly basis, but somehow it never got old. Or amusing. "Right, what was I thinking. Future uh, me's still annoying?"

Wrapping his fingers around her hand, Daniel led Vala back to her side of the bed and sit down on the edge. So much better. His legs sighed with pure, unadulterated, glowing relief. Now he just had to get the top part of his body down and then try to turn his brain off and sleep. Probably not going to happen easily, especially after the past few minutes. If he could at least get Vala to relax further and get some rest, he could count it as a personal victory.

He tugged gently on her wrist. Hopefully she'd get the message and lie down like she had before or sit. Preferably not fall all over him in a drunken pile. "Tell me about it. I'm surprised you even got the boot on."
Edited 2011-11-06 02:53 (UTC)
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2011-11-06 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Infuriating at times," she corrected with a smile that said the complete opposite of that sentiment. It was as if it was an endearing characteristic, but maybe that was just the alcohol and the aftermath of her emotional outburst telling her that.

When she went to sit down, she fell just a little harder onto the bed than she'd intended. Clunking down awkwardly with the grace of someone who was trying to hide the fact they were drunk and wasn't even remotely managing to succeed. This time however, she pushed her pants off as she lay back, lifting her hips and sliding them down to her ankles in one swift motion, leaving her feet to wiggle them off and kick them across the room. Lying in a bed in leather pants earlier hadn't been particularly comfortable, but the effort involved in removing them had been far too much. If he could sleep next to her with no shirt on, then her naked legs were hardly an issue. Fair's fair after all.

"Technically I didn't, I was just balancing on it really," she admitted with a cant of her head. "Took me a while to figure out why one leg was longer than the other."
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[personal profile] hi_there_aliens 2011-11-06 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, infuriating. That was so much better. Daniel shook his head, then completely forgot what he was doing. Vala was....pulling her pants off for some reason. One smooth slip and there was a leather pile kicked across the room. Daniel couldn't help it. He looked despite himself, with the same frozen fascination that came with staring into an oncoming train. Vala's legs went on forever, slim, muscled and fit and if he were to define flawless, he was looking right at it.

What the hell was wrong with him? She was drunk. Emotionally drained. And oh yeah, he was married. He didn't have any business looking for a lot of reasons. Daniel hurriedly looked away. His wrists were good. His hands and fingertips even better: look, he'd even started regaining the work callouses and scarring from digs again, the ones the Nox had inadvertently erased.

Daniel cleared his throat. "Must be hard to remember what you were doing right in the middle of doing it."

He was going to give himself a few seconds before he'd even try standing up and heading to his side of the bed. Just as a precaution.
Edited 2011-11-06 04:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2011-11-06 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
For once Vala hadn't done it deliberately, but even drunk she couldn't miss him staring and then trying his hardest not to stare. She couldn't resist a little smirk to herself. As unplanned plans went, it hadn't been a bad one.

She settled down properly into the bed and hooked one leg out of the covers, her bare foot subtley making contact with his thigh at the end of the bed. She flexed it momentarily under the guise of getting comfy.

"I was focusing on other things." Vala defended with an eyeroll. "Considering I had about six glasses of that cactus beer, I think I'm coping admirably. You should have seen the others."
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[personal profile] hi_there_aliens 2011-11-06 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Daniel jumped marginally when her foot grazed the side of his thigh.

He'd just been ready to get up. So much for that idea. Damn. His eyes flickered over at her questioningly. On purpose or an accident? Vala's timing was incredible in just how incredibly bad it was. Now he needed a few more seconds. Daniel considered the options. He could move away. Probably very obvious in signalling his discomfort. Move her foot. Also very obvious, if not more so. Ask her what she was doing, which was stupid. She was trying to lie down to sleep. She was just as tired as he was, if not more so due to the alcohol, she wasn't trying to do anything at this point.

The only option for now was stay put a few more seconds, ignore her foot, and then take his sweet time getting to his side of the bed. Too bad the light that was on was the one near her.

This would be so much easier if she'd didn't go flexing her toes against him. Couldn't she hurry up and go to sleep already?

"Don't tell me you drank everyone under the table." Daniel yawned.
Edited 2011-11-06 13:01 (UTC)
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2011-11-06 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
She milked his discomfort for all it was worth, making a contented 'mmm' noise as she closed her eyes for a second. The pillow was very comfy, that was all. Who said Vala couldn't do subtle? And maybe she was enjoying being the one in control again. She stretched out her leg 'absent mindedly' pushing against him as she flexed all the muscles in it from thigh to calf.

"It's a talent of mine," she said flippantly. "Daniel?" She cracked open an eye and lifted her head to glance at him, "Are you going to sit there all night? Because it's a long time since anyone read me a bedtime story. But if you insist..."
Edited 2011-11-06 13:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hi_there_aliens 2011-11-06 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The little sigh of contentment all but purred out of her. At the same time, she pushed more firmly against his thigh. Daniel wished she'd just get comfortable once and for all. Wasn't she drunk? Now she decided she was more awake than before. It was his fault for sitting within stretching range. And then his fault again for not getting up fast enough. For one insane moment, he almost felt like he was in his teens again, and with it, that desperate urge to suddenly grab a pillow. That did it. The archaeologist scooted away, out of what should be her leg range. Although given how long her legs were-

He slid another inch. Just in case.

Daniel's voice was the tiniest bit strained. "I just wanted to make sure you'd get to sleep okay." he swallowed. This time his voice, he was proud to say, was more level. "Mind getting the lights?"
Edited 2011-11-06 13:27 (UTC)
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2011-11-06 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
He shifted out of her leg reach and Vala couldn't help wonder if he'd done it because she'd managed to evoke a reaction, or if he was just giving her space. He slid just that little bit further and she was pretty sure she had. It was only a guess, but it was a guess she preferred to believe was on the mark. Vala's lips twitched ever so slightly in smug amusement as she lay back down again. Yep, there was definitely a chance at some point in the future.

"That's very sweet of you Daniel," she pulled her hair back away from her face and twisted it up into a loose knot, ready to actually fall asleep now. If he hurried up she'd get the light, but she was seriously in danger of drifting off now. She nodded sleepily in reply to the question, pleased with herself. "Mm huh, of course I will."
Edited 2011-11-06 16:41 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hi_there_aliens 2011-11-06 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweet of him. If only. Daniel wished he could call it that, but half the reason he hadn't moved was a selfish one, and that was trying not to embarrass himself. It could be worse. Some leg and accidental touches weren't going to get a full blown reaction out of him, so it wasn't like he was pitching a full on tent here.

Daniel gave himself a few extra seconds before he got to his feet. The archaeologist slowly made his way back around the bed, and by the time he got to his side of the bed, it had faded, melted back into the creeping exhaustion. He hit the bed heavily and rolled onto his stomach. Maybe now he could finally get some sleep

"Night," he mumbled into the pillow.