Eris Reddoch wrote: > >>>> "Tell me what you think of it.", she presents Ricardo with > >>>> the mug and then says, "So, another spacer from one of the > >>>> ships that came in today?" > > She glances toward the guy in the worn ship suit and nods, "Yeah, > over there nursing his beer." "Not a talker, that one." she says with a sour expression, "Came in ordered a beersi, drank it, ordered another and he's been nursing it ever since." > >>> Ricardo sips the beer. "Yah, off the 'Mae Lee', the big > >>> thousand-tonner." He glances around for any reaction to the > >>> name. > > The stout is rich and has a nutty flavor with a hint of sweetness. > It's good, one of the better beersis that Ricardo has had, and he's > sampled *quite* a few over the years. > > >> No reaction from anyone that you notice, but the bartender nods > >> and says, "I was really surprised to hear that a big ship like > >> yours had dropped in on us. We usually have to make do with > >> smaller ships. All the big ships stop at the GG outsystem and > >> ferry what little cargo they have for us in on boats." > > > > Ricardo shrugs. "Well, we like to keep her near at hand, she's > > home, after all, and the stuff we had for here on would have meant > > more than one trip. > > > > This stop is mostly because we've not been out this way before. We > > just got her recently, and this sort of a sightseeing stop. We > > came this way because a Ollis on Mark had some cargo for here." > > "Well, we're glad to have you here." she says, "And I hope you find > it worth your while to come back often." > > >>>> She glances over at the man wearing the ship suit before > >>>> looking back at Ricardo and smiling, "We don't get a lot of > >>>> ships in here, and we *do* depend on travellers for outsystem > >>>> news." > >>> > >>> "Well, we can send yah some old Mark newsfeeds and such. Not a > >>> lot going on rimward. > >> > >> "You'd find a market for them, I suspect. Even if it's old news, > >> it'll be new to us. You ought to see if our local networks is > >> interested in buying them from you." > > > > "I'll see what we got, and more importantly, what we're tired of > > reading over and over ." He smiles. > > > >>> The Confeds and the Lizards are into Cold War mode, dancing > >>> around each other. Mark looks to be their next dance hall, > >>> unfortunately, but that's probably years off. Both sides are > >>> kinda worn out from the last one. > >>> > >>> "Big storm and lotsa flooding on Sequi, particularly around > >>> some of the Bion ranches..in the north. We got caught up in the > >>> SAR there, since we were dirtside there. > >> > >> "Oh really?" she says, "That sounds interesting!" > >> > > Ricardo shrugs. "Well, it was exciting, in that sort of 'Oh we're > > going to die now' way. We flew way too close to a tornado...put a > > tree branch through the hull of our boat." > > "Wow! That *does* sound exciting." she says. > > >> She glances at the man in the stained ship suit and says, "And a > >> lot more informative than some of the spacers we get in here." > > > > Ricardo smiles. "I'm told I gab a lot. Always willing to swap > > stories. Spent a lot of years in the Argent scouts, and have 'sung > > for my supper' on occasion. so which ship's he from? That old scout > > ship looks vaguely familiar." > > She shrugs and says, "Don't think so, he came in before the scout > ship landed, I think. Probably that other small merchant ship in from > Mark. All I got from him when I tried to chat him up was a grunt and > an order for another beer." > > >>> "You got a window to send feed grain that way for a decent > >>> price, I'll wager, since they're getting help with that > >>> epidemic and will want to build their herds back up." > >> > >> She nods, "That would be good for the local economy I'm sure." > >> > >>> "We're headed on coreward, though." > >> > >> "Like toward Montrose?" she asks, when you nod she says, "You > >> should put that on the net. I know a lot of people here on Serbia > >> have family there and we seldom have a way of getting messages to > >> our relatives there. If you let it be known that you're going > >> there, I bet you could pick up a lot of messages to be delivered > >> into the Montrose net, probably a lot of small packages and paper > >> mail as well." > > > > Ricardo says "Sure. We've got the room this time." > > "Well, then you *really* should put it out there on the net. You'd be > doing the folks here a service and I'm sure you'd get a nice profit > out of it." > > "So, how's that stout?" she smiles at Ricardo. OOC: Anything else you want to do here Bruce? Try talking to the silent spacer at the table nursing the beer? Eris AKU GM
