Unified Roleplay Round 3: Play

[phyrestorm999]

Meanwhile at the door of the restaurant, the loud Danish woman is in fact being trespassed and the police have arrived to remove her from the premises after continuing to make a scene about how there's no need for firearms in a safe zone.

Marianne goes to enter a restaurant she's frequented before, then stumbles aside as some crazy woman gets arrested and is taken away shouting about guns. 

Shit, that made me forget what I was going to say!

An employee approaches Marianne.

At the same time, someone from the expedition notices her.

[Ragnarok]

Marianne goes to enter a restaurant she's frequented before, then stumbles aside as some crazy woman gets arrested and is taken away shouting about guns. 

Shit, that made me forget what I was going to say!

An employee approaches Marianne.

At the same time, someone from the expedition notices her.

Harald looks up at Marianne, and gestures for her to join them.

[R.M.S.N.P]

Saga is hiding how awkward she's feeling by silently eating. She will travel with these people and she already got a two-page summary of their lives. She saw enough bare basics to make her consider "so which college did you go to" a bad question, but not enough to really... know what really interests these people? Aside from Doc, she could already figure the man really likes and knows a lot about fish. But she had a feeling he'll talk about it, probably unprompted, a lot during their journey.
She knows next to nothing about Harald, but it would be awkward to ask him stuff, too. He seems like a silent type.
Dísa...? She wonders if stuff like knitting or maps interest the mage, but asking about her favourite type of thread also sounded as an awkward question when they're surrounded by men.
Unless she has a completely wrong idea and the boys like sewing, too.

Not very likely it's a common topic, is it?

  "So... what's the south like?" she tries with Oliver. Pirates and grosslings was about all she had, and if others get interested in conversation, they can hold a pleasant chat about nice lands they come from. Right? Lands are nice. She has maps to prove it.

  "Like Iceland, but warmer and wetter. Whilst the British isles are much bigger than Iceland, but only a few of the smaller ones are habitable, the major inhabited ones are" He starts drawing a reasonable map on one of the serviettes provided, pointing out the things he mentions "The main inhabited ones are Barra, where I'm from, Eigg and Coll. Several of the small surrounding isles are inhabited but are reliant on those main three. Then there's A'Chill, which is where the pirates live. They've got there own government, but we trade with them sometimes, so we still consider them part of Britain. We're in the process of cleansing south Uist, which we've been doing since my parents were born, but when we finally finish, we'll have about double the amount of land we have. We don't have as many problems with beasts because there aren't any wolves or bears in britain, but if we go too far south into england, there's far too many trolls because the population was a lot denser before the rash. In terms of society, the rash reforged ours far more than yours, as you learned before when I explained why money was a strange concept to me. We issue things out depending on people's needs, although now I think about it, they do have a money system on Coll, but it works different to yours because it's 12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound rather than just kronur." He stops for a bit, but is clearly willing to continue or answer questions.

[Kitty]

  "Like Iceland, but warmer and wetter. Whilst the British isles are much bigger than Iceland, but only a few of the smaller ones are habitable, the major inhabited ones are" He starts drawing a reasonable map on one of the serviettes provided, pointing out the things he mentions "The main inhabited ones are Barra, where I'm from, Eigg and Coll. Several of the small surrounding isles are inhabited but are reliant on those main three. Then there's A'Chill, which is where the pirates live. They've got there own government, but we trade with them sometimes, so we still consider them part of Britain. We're in the process of cleansing south Uist, which we've been doing since my parents were born, but when we finally finish, we'll have about double the amount of land we have. We don't have as many problems with beasts because there aren't any wolves or bears in britain, but if we go too far south into england, there's far too many trolls because the population was a lot denser before the rash. In terms of society, the rash reforged ours far more than yours, as you learned before when I explained why money was a strange concept to me. We issue things out depending on people's needs, although now I think about it, they do have a money system on Coll, but it works different to yours because it's 12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound rather than just kronur." He stops for a bit, but is clearly willing to continue or answer questions.

"So you know where the pirates are, but don't do anything about it?" Saga asks. That's sad. That made her sad. She should've picked a different topic. Or a different person. "Uhh... Do you farm animals, too?" she tries.

[R.M.S.N.P]

"So you know where the pirates are, but don't do anything about it?" Saga asks. That's sad. That made her sad. She should've picked a different topic. Or a different person. "Uhh... Do you farm animals, too?" she tries.

  "Well, they provide useful supplies, and we turn a blind eye to their activities in exchange. Yep, mostly sheep and highland cattle, given the land isn't very fertile, so we use hydroponics and greenhouses quite a bit. But we do a lot more fishing than farming though, being a group of islands. Pet cats are obviously popular, as are sheepdogs, although I had a mad old barn owl that just decided to make it's nest in my house and won't leave"

[Kitty]

  "Well, they provide useful supplies, and we turn a blind eye to their activities in exchange. Yep, mostly sheep and highland cattle, given the land isn't very fertile, so we use hydroponics and greenhouses quite a bit. But we do a lot more fishing than farming though, being a group of islands. Pet cats are obviously popular, as are sheepdogs, although I had a mad old barn owl that just decided to make it's nest in my house and won't leave"

Saga is politely trying to not show how much she dislikes and fears the idea of pirates, and the change of the topic is greatly helping it.

"An owl? " She clears her throat and tries to look a bit more like a professional person or whatever. "Uh... hydroponics? Can you tell me more?" she asks.

[amaranthineamusement]

  "Well, they provide useful supplies, and we turn a blind eye to their activities in exchange. Yep, mostly sheep and highland cattle, given the land isn't very fertile, so we use hydroponics and greenhouses quite a bit. But we do a lot more fishing than farming though, being a group of islands. Pet cats are obviously popular, as are sheepdogs, although I had a mad old barn owl that just decided to make it's nest in my house and won't leave"

"Oh? The currents are much warmer down there, hmm hmm?" Doc is intensely focused on Oliver now. "Many issues with sea beasts?"

Oliver's first mistake, of course, was mentioning fishing. But Doc's not going to mention the fish exactly.. he's already gotten in trouble once today.

[phyrestorm999]

Harald looks up at Marianne, and gestures for her to join them.

THAT guy again?  WTF!

Oh.  Wait.  It's all of them.  Not creepy, then; just awkward. 

GREAT.

Marianne turns away and does a bad job of hiding the fact that she's taking a huge swig from her bottle of vodka, then puts it away and reluctantly sits down next to Harald.  The kitten chooses that moment to escape from her pocket again, climb onto the table, and scream.

[R.M.S.N.P]

Saga is politely trying to not show how much she dislikes and fears the idea of pirates, and the change of the topic is greatly helping it.

  "An owl? " She clears her throat and tries to look a bit more like a professional person or whatever. "Uh... hydroponics? Can you tell me more?" she asks.

  "We grow plants in greenhouses without soil, providing the water and nutrients they need directly by punping liquid to the roots, and using specialised sunlight lamps we found on the mainland during the winter months. It uses a lot of electricity, but we generate that with wind and waves, the two things we have no shortage of."

"Oh? The currents are much warmer down there, hmm hmm?" Doc is intensely focused on Oliver now. "Many issues with sea beasts?"

Oliver's first mistake, of course, was mentioning fishing. But Doc's not going to mention the fish exactly.. he's already gotten in trouble once today.

  "Loads of the duckers. But the British have always been a naval people, so we're always killing the bastards for control of our waters, "They've taken our lands, but they're not ducking taking our waters as well" as some put it. In fact " He starts drawing on the other side of the serviette  "the flag of the navy is the image of a badger ripping out a sea beast's throat over the union jack."

THAT guy again?  WTF!

Oh.  Wait.  It's all of them.  Not creepy, then; just awkward. 

GREAT.

Marianne turns away and does a bad job of hiding the fact that she's taking a huge swig from her bottle of vodka, then puts it away and reluctantly sits down next to Harald.  The kitten chooses that moment to escape from her pocket again, climb onto the table, and scream.

Oliver reaches out and strokes the kitten, saying  "There, there, hush now, you'll disturb everyone's lunch, little furball", and turns to Marianne, enquiring  "Why do you have a kitten in your pocket?"

[Mirasol]

Dísa watches the chaos at the door and the others eat while she eats herself. Leif was right, the lamb does taste very good, but she refrains from gorging it down. (Even though her las few meals were cold fish-sandwiches and this is a major step-up.)

Make a good first impression... Well, not first, but...

A lot of the other´s don´t seem to share this concern.
She starts to pay attention to the awkward conversation between Saga and Oliver. Huh, The south is more interesting than she thought.

She smiles at Marianne as she sits down.

THAT guy again?  WTF!

Oh.  Wait.  It's all of them.  Not creepy, then; just awkward. 

GREAT.

Marianne turns away and does a bad job of hiding the fact that she's taking a huge swig from her bottle of vodka, then puts it away and reluctantly sits down next to Harald.  The kitten chooses that moment to escape from her pocket again, climb onto the table, and scream.

" Aw, Kitty!" Dísa can´t stop herself.

"Aren´t you the most adorable little thing?" She carefully reaches out her hand. The kitten had no problem with Oliver, but cats tend to not like her, and she doesn´t want to take any chances.

[Kitty]

  "We grow plants in greenhouses without soil, providing the water and nutrients they need directly by pumping liquid to the roots, and using specialised sunlight lamps we found on the mainland during the winter months. It uses a lot of electricity, but we generate that with wind and waves, the two things we have no shortage of."

  "Loads of the duckers. But the British have always been a naval people, so we're always killing the bastards for control of our waters, "They've taken our lands, but they're not ducking taking our waters as well" as some put it. In fact " He starts drawing on the other side of the serviette  "the flag of the navy is the image of a badger ripping out a sea beast's throat over the union jack."

Saga listens with interest. They seemed to have found a very efficient way to grow food on what little ground they had, and listening about it was cool. Especially since Oliver knew so much about it.

THAT guy again?  WTF!

Oh.  Wait.  It's all of them.  Not creepy, then; just awkward. 

GREAT.

Marianne turns away and does a bad job of hiding the fact that she's taking a huge swig from her bottle of vodka, then puts it away and reluctantly sits down next to Harald.  The kitten chooses that moment to escape from her pocket again, climb onto the table, and scream.

Oliver reaches out and strokes the kitten, saying  "There, there, hush now, you'll disturb everyone's lunch, little furball", and turns to Marianne, enquiring  "Why do you have a kitten in your pocket?"

"I second that question" Saga says. The screaming of the cat was quite... disagreeable. "Is it hungry...?" she says, cutting off a small, soft piece of lamb meat she had and placing it in front of the kitten.

"More importantly" Leif interrupts. "I hope that bottle isn't coming aboard with you, miss Haugen."

"Leif!" she says, clearly shocked. "For gods' sakes, behave!"

[R.M.S.N.P]

Saga listens with interest. They seemed to have found a very efficient way to grow food on what little ground they had, and listening about it was cool. Especially since Oliver knew so much about it.

  "I second that question" Saga says. The screaming of the cat was quite... disagreeable. "Is it hungry...?" she says, cutting off a small, soft piece of lamb meat she had and placing it in front of the kitten.

  "More importantly" Leif interrupts. "I hope that bottle isn't coming aboard with you, miss Haugen."

"Leif!" she says, clearly shocked. "For gods' sakes, behave!"

Oliver turns to look at leif with a look of mild contempt  "You're expecting us to do the whole mission completely sober? Clearly the words of a man who's never been to the silent world."  He then turns to Marianne and says lightheartedly  "Don't worry, even if he takes it, I've got plenty of scotch whisky for the trip."

[Fuzipeg]

Spoiler: show

Anyone who brings back scraps for Svenny will be greeted with favourable reactions 😉

[doorcf]

Alergo continues to eat his food although he takes a few second to watch a womna causing a scene about weapon carrying. It gives him a small laugh, good thing she have never been to Östersund, all the cleansers in town would have driven her crazy.

Finishing his food, Alergo looks around while waiting for the waiter so he could pay and suddenly hears a kitten on the table the group from before (which was now bigger) was using.

As the waiter comes and Alergo pays up, Alergo suddenly realizes he doesn't know how to reach the recruitment station for the expedition. Seeing he needed directions (and wanting to see the kitten ujp close) Alergo starts walking towards the group, anouncement paper in hand.

Reaching the group he says

 "Sorry for the interruption, but could you guys help me?"

[R.M.S.N.P]

Alergo continues to eat his food although he takes a few second to watch a womna causing a scene about weapon carrying. It gives him a small laugh, good thing she have never been to Östersund, all the cleansers in town would have driven her crazy.

Finishing his food, Alergo looks around while waiting for the waiter so he could pay and suddenly hears a kitten on the table the group from before (which was now bigger) was using.

As the waiter comes and Alergo pays up, Alergo suddenly realizes he doesn't know how to reach the recruitment station for the expedition. Seeing he needed directions (and wanting to see the kitten ujp close) Alergo starts walking towards the group, anouncement paper in hand.

Reaching the group he says

  "Sorry for the interruption, but could you guys help me?"

Oliver turns to face him and says, with a smile,  "Depends on what your problem is."