EVENT: ARIMA ▒ APRIL 22-23

[ataraxites]

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: Arima Mining Colony
WARNINGS: Potential for gambling, drugs, violence, sex work.
SUMMARY: Passengers departing for and arriving by shuttle at the Arima Mining Colony.
NOTES: Covers April 22-23. IC event start commences post-Gunnery announcement. Divided by locations; players are free to indicate which day, and to begin new subthreads wherever they'd like! April 24-26 log here.

You step off of the shuttles into one of the bustling, heavily-guarded docks buried deep within the rock of an asteroid. Everyone seems too wrapped up in their own business to pay much mind to the group pouring out with you, and the mechanical sounds of takeoff, landing, and regular maintenance fill the air with clinks and whirs. As you begin to explore the colony, you find dingy and worn streets filled with a ruckus that's easy to get lost in: pushy merchants, booming, scratchy voices coming from inebriated patrons, and the scurrying footsteps of opportunistic thieves darting through the crowds. The colony no longer seems to profit off its mines, but this waystation for undesirables does have a taste for myriad forms of entertainment.

Comments

[suddenlycaptain]

Yes. [ She's not sure why that's surprising, but- well, she supposes she doesn't come off as a pet person. She wasn't a pet person, until Jones had nowhere else to go and was the only thing of Ripley that was left. ]

Four, now.

[handelaar]

[For some reason he thought that she had handed them all off by now, maybe just checked up on them from time to time. Cats in shuttle bay? He raises a brow and crosses his arms, somewhere between amusement and open curiosity.]

In the shuttle bay.

[y/n?]

[suddenlycaptain]

Sometimes.

[ Though it's not a good place for them, but Carolyn spends so much time there... ]

There or in my room.

[handelaar]

Your room.

[He tries to say it neutrally, but no, it's all kinds of omg you go there.]

[suddenlycaptain]

[ ned you sound like a fangirl ]

Yes. [ There's a little quirk of her lips, though it quickly fades as she continues. ] With being sick after each jump... well, I'm glad I've held onto it.

[handelaar]

[Shhhh just a little. Although he sobers up quickly enough at the mention of sickness.]

You, uh - [he rubs at his mouth, continues] - I don't. If you need... anything. If ya go back to the ship.

[suddenlycaptain]

... I'd appreciate that.

[ Haymitch had been helping, and Riddick helps now -- but he's not anywhere near as concerned with the cats as Carolyn gets. ]

The kittens are getting bigger, so it's been more difficult to deal with them while trying not to throw up.

[handelaar]

Yeah.

[Ugh small talk how do.]

I'm - [look here he's flashing his wrist, 002 >> 026] - go there. If y'need to. Or the medical sinks. Usually wash Lodewijk off there.


If y'come back.

[suddenlycaptain]

Not the ideal place to stay. But neither's the Tranquility.

[ She sighs, rests her head back on the pilot's seat. ]

Knowing this crew, someone will blow something up and we'll all have to make a hasty exit.