Welcome to Barentsburg, your new home

[Aurora Confederacy]

"Well Jorvi, regardless of situation, we dont deport people back to war zones, we have laws against that AND its illegal under WA Conventions, We will know in a day or so where you came from, right now just relax, stay calm and all will be alright" remarks Ericsson as he stands up and heads out of the ward, he had some things to check before speaking to an immigration official, lines of enquiry that may take a day or so but things that must be checked out.

It was at this point that Jorvi was greeted by a young member of staff, piercing blue eyes and blonde hair with the ends dyed blue and a smile that just radiates happiness, "Good evening, just come to make you comfortable before giving you your meal, its steak and baked potatoes with gravy and will be here in about half an hour or so", she says with a soft voice whilst medical staff and visitors to other patients are going about their business in the ward, this however this leaves Jorvi alone.

Barentsburg school
Isis pulled out a note pad and scribbled a rudementrary map, "come out of your house and head down the street to the old church thats now an auto paintworks opposite the gas station, turn left and head down about half a kilometer to the cross roads and turn right, we're down there about half way number forty two and opposite a dvd rental store. My jeep will be in the drive way as my truck is out on the road being driven by an employee on its way south and won't be back for a few days now" Says Isis, bending down to give Mungial a ruffle of his fur before heading off to her house to help Holly with the cooking.

[Yellow Star Republic]

Barentsburg Hospital

"Well Jorvi, regardless of situation, we don't deport people back to war zones. We have laws against that AND it's illegal under WA Conventions. We will know in a day or so where you came from..."

"But I have told this to you, where I am coming from..." Jorvi mumbles frustrated.

"...Right now just relax. Stay calm and all will be alright." finishes Ericsson as he stands up and heads out of the ward, saying nothing more.

The one known as Jorvi blinks several times, going into rapid thought. This was now a waiting game. Briefly again, he considered unhooking himself from the medical equipment and trying to make an escape. Did he trust that they wouldn't send him back home? They couldn't deport him to the Western Tundra, where the Rombergians hadn't quite finished setting up shop. It was still a un-administered wasteland in most areas. Glisandia wouldn't take him, for sure. Their government was also barely functioning and under siege by the Holy Domain, so that refugees were low on their priority list. Traversing there had been a nightmare, as one was fair game for bandits, the Thrandee fanatics of the Holy Domain, or Royal Glisandian military and law enforcement who would assume you were one of the former. They shot first and asked questions later. He'd barely made it out the first time. The second time, rather. The first visit to Glisandia had been in the service of the People's Red Army during the war.

That left Nouvel Ecosse, where he would likely get caught up in a similar bureaucratic nightmare, if not just dumped off at one of their borders. Before he'd left there, he'd heard they were doing that now. Busing refugees to the borders and dropping them off, rather than dealing with trying to process any more. When they attempted to rush back to the Ecossian border stations, they were blasted with water canons. The Astyrian Red Cross and other NGOs had been powerless to stop the Ecossian authorities, and Nouvel Ecosse's allies pretended it wasn't happening.

The second worst case scenario was ending up in an Auroran prison. He would be fed and sheltered, but he would be a foreigner in a den of hardened predators, if not isolated. The primary worst case scenario, of course, was being handed over to the RLO back in the Republic, where he would be promptly executed as a traitor, if not tortured first. That wasn't likely to happen, though, as the Aurora Confederacy was an ATO aligned nation. The YSR had still not formalized relations with Western Astyria and the other Coalition partners after their trouncing. The Aurora Confederacy had not actively been part of the Coalition, but they'd aided the effort against the YSR in other ways, mostly with intelligence fed to the Coalition services.

While Jorvi was mulling all this over, he was shocked out of it by a smiling blonde beauty, "Good evening. Just come to make you comfortable before giving you your meal. It's steak and baked potatoes with gravy and will be here in about half an hour or so." She says. The mention of such a feast immediately overtakes any amorous thoughts he'd been briefly besotted with. He imagines the savory meal and his mouth begins to water. When he snaps out of it, he realizes that the gorgeous nurse who'd fluffed his pillows is gone and he's all alone. But not in silence. The psychological effect of a good meal so close by had set his stomach to gurgling in anticipated response.

[The Selkie]

[...]

Barentsburg school
Isis pulled out a note pad and scribbled a rudementrary map, "come out of your house and head down the street to the old church thats now an auto paintworks opposite the gas station, turn left and head down about half a kilometer to the cross roads and turn right, we're down there about half way number forty two and opposite a dvd rental store. My jeep will be in the drive way as my truck is out on the road being driven by an employee on its way south and won't be back for a few days now" Says Isis, bending down to give Mungial a ruffle of his fur before heading off to her house to help Holly with the cooking.

"See you later!", Ava called after Isis with a smile and a wave, her children doing the same.
She pocketed the 'map'. It would be useful, she had to admit, as this was not an area she knew. She knew every corner of her beloved Traverse, from the factories of Gabha to the harbour and the outskirts of the city - how much she missed that very distinct smell in the nose...
With these bleak thoughts, the three Selkie went on their way, back home. The children chatted amongst each other, telling about their days. Gwen really found a new friend. Marla had fun after she had to hand over her dagger.
Ava would have to talk to her about that.
Mungail was now on his leash and it broke their collective hearts, but he seemed happy to be with Gwen, who had her hand on his head as they walked. He was her protector and any boy wanting to come closer to her had to get past him, but that was not impossible.
Ava was sure, that there was a future waiting for them here in Barentsburg, a good one.
But it would be a bit of work until then.

[Aurora Confederacy]

Barentsburg Hospital
It wasnt long before the meals arrived, delivered by the catering staff. Jorvi's plate had 3 lamb steaks, a large helping of veg and 4 good sized potatoes, all covered in gravy, along side the tray of food were some cutlery and to the other side a cop of coffee with a jug of milk and some sweetner, Jorvi wasn't alone in being given such a feast and yes it tastes as good as it smells.
"Sir, your meal. I hope you enjoy it" says the catering assistant who has several other meals to dish out, each meal relatively identical to the next one.

Agent Ericsson was down stairs making a phone call,
"Boss, this Jorvi fella, he's applied for assylum, can you send a Naturalisation service agent to the hospital this evening. To be honest I dont think he's a risk but I have some places to check out, he says he was at the port earlier, oh can you check with Ravensburg Port of Entry please, see if he crossed there?"

At that, Ericsson ended the call and left the hospital to go to the various places that Jorvi might have been during the last few days whilst over in the offices, Ericsson's boss made a call to the Immigration and Borders service to send someone over to see Jorvi.

[Yellow Star Republic]

Barentsburg Hospital
It wasn't long before the meals arrived, delivered by the catering staff. Jorvi's plate had 3 lamb steaks, a large helping of vegetables and 4 good sized potatoes, all covered in gravy, alongside the tray of food were some cutlery and to the other side a cop of coffee with a jug of milk and some sweetener.
"Sir, your meal. I hope you enjoy it" Says the catering assistant who has several other meals to dish out, each meal relatively identical to the next one.

Isak aka Jorvi's eyes grew big. He had never seen such a feast meant for just one person and thought maybe a mistake had been made. He would have said something, but the nutrition attendant had run out fast to continue on with their schedule to get all the patients fed in the hospital. He shrugged. He paused mid grab for one of the lamb steaks, deciding that he could take the time to actually use the cutlery provided. He unraveled it anxiously and then dug in with knife and fork. At some point he stopped to dress up the coffee and use it to wash down the third of the meal he'd devoured.
Then he continued on. As he was about three quarters of the way through, science and biology caught up with his actions. His stomach had shrank considerably, and really was never big enough to do away with a meal such as this in one sitting, no matter the ravenous hunger to satisfy.

Most common Yellowsians knew scarcity and tiny stomachs even before the war, and it had only gotten worse since the devastating Northern Lorecian War. Soldiers and critical laborers had barely gotten better rations than your average civilian as regional sanctions had tightened. Even those who weren't trapped in the squalor of the cities were scraping by. If they hunted the caribou/reindeer and elk out in the wild they risked law enforcement sanction, or worse, a trip to the RLO station. If they did take the risk, the meat had to usually last, or be spread out amongst extended family...

None of that had registered through his fantasy feast come to life until it was too late. Sharp pains tore through his gut. He immediately dropped the knife and the fork with a bite loaded up back onto the tray. His eyes were wide once again, but not in amazed delight this time. He struggled to get up, but IV cords and vitals machine wires got in the way. He thought about yelling out for help, but feared what would launch forth from his mouth.

These same vitals machines connections started to register elevated pulse, heart rate and saturation levels as his body struggled to deal with a stomach taxed near to the breaking point. They beeped and chirped urgently. He pulled at the side table drawers, finding a bed pan, as the force of his pulling skewed the whole night stand out of place. He managed to get the pan up under his chin as all the contents of his stomach came pouring back out, chunks along with a river of bile mixed with the once delicious gravy and coffee.

It was a violent and rapid fire affair, and it left him spent. Severe pain and exhaustion crashed down on him and he was covered with the spray of his own ricocheting vomitus. He lowered the nearly filled bed pan, which precariously rested on his mid section. As he drifted off quickly among all the machines chirping away, the pan slid down from his torso and upended all over the right side of the bed and onto the floor, making a vomit pond with no dry pathway to his bed.

Had he continued to even have one more bite, it was likely that his stomach would have been close to literally having ruptured. Bacteria and acids would have flooded his inner organ cavity, quickly entered his bloodstream, and systemic infection would have killed the Yellowsian man known as Jorvi within a few short hours. As it was, his stomach was still under severe distress after the rapid expansion beyond its normal parameters, then just as quick, the wrenching expulsion of the simultaneously heavenly and offending intruders. The internal pain had overloaded his nervous system and as the body was wont to do in that situation, it knew that he couldn't deal with the overloaded pain receptors, and jettisoned his mind out of consciousness. Jorvi lay there, arms sprawled out and jerking spasmodically as his body went through small seizures during its attempts to self regulate and deal with the toxic shock to the central fueling center.

The machines continued to register elevating levels in his body as crucial seconds ticked by.

[Aurora Confederacy]

Barentsburg Hospital
The medical staff are used to such incidents, Jorvi isnt the first to deposit the contents of his stomach onto the bedding and the floor, and certainly wont be the last! As such the staff practice a well rehearsed action plan which has the vomit cleaned up quickly and efficiently whilst medical staff attend to Jorvi's needs, this however now involves a nutrient drip put into him to give him the vital nutrients he needs to builf body strength as he undertakes his stay. The nurse with the blue eyes and blue highlights in her hair is also on scene, tilting his bed up as staff change his bed coverings and his medical gown. It takes about half an hour to get Jorvi sorted out but after this, he is hooked up to a drip and has nice clean bedding on his bed as well as a new gown to wear.

In the evening, a man in a suit came to speak to him but also medical staff, and the incident at lunch time may not have felt like it was a good thing to happen to Jorvi, and certainly the lamb probably didnt taste as good the second time around as it did the first, especially mixed up with stomach juices, BUT it did give some intersting information to those who needed it for had Jorvi been a spy such a meal would probably not have caused him to return the meal to his plate the way it went from his plate.

"Doctor, is he okay to speak to?" the man asks

"Briefly, yes but no more than fifteen minutes, its after official visiting times as it is" replies the doctor, his eyes narrowing somewhat

"very well, it won't take too long." the man replies again, "but how long is he expected to be here for?"

"How long is a piece of String mister Korvilenni? He should be fit enough to be discharged by the end of the week"

"Thank you"

The man walks over and stands at the foot of the bed between him and one of the flourescent lights which gives him a backlit appearance as he takes off his shades with one hand and holding some documents in the other "mr Bjarnssen I'm Tomas Korvilenni, Immigration Services. How are you today?" he asks

[Aurora Confederacy]

[...]

Barentsburg school
Isis pulled out a note pad and scribbled a rudementrary map, "come out of your house and head down the street to the old church thats now an auto paintworks opposite the gas station, turn left and head down about half a kilometer to the cross roads and turn right, we're down there about half way number forty two and opposite a dvd rental store. My jeep will be in the drive way as my truck is out on the road being driven by an employee on its way south and won't be back for a few days now" Says Isis, bending down to give Mungial a ruffle of his fur before heading off to her house to help Holly with the cooking.

"See you later!", Ava called after Isis with a smile and a wave, her children doing the same.
She pocketed the 'map'. It would be useful, she had to admit, as this was not an area she knew. She knew every corner of her beloved Traverse, from the factories of Gabha to the harbour and the outskirts of the city - how much she missed that very distinct smell in the nose...
With these bleak thoughts, the three Selkie went on their way, back home. The children chatted amongst each other, telling about their days. Gwen really found a new friend. Marla had fun after she had to hand over her dagger.
Ava would have to talk to her about that.
Mungail was now on his leash and it broke their collective hearts, but he seemed happy to be with Gwen, who had her hand on his head as they walked. He was her protector and any boy wanting to come closer to her had to get past him, but that was not impossible.
Ava was sure, that there was a future waiting for them here in Barentsburg, a good one.
But it would be a bit of work until then.

"See you later on" returned Isis as she also waved back before venturing off home with Bobby tagging along in tow. Isis checked her phone, or more specifically an App she has downloaded. "hmmm" she thought, watching the stream of siesmic traces before looking over to the west and the direction of a volcano that lay several hundred kilomters in that direction, she then rang Holly
"hi babe im on my way back now, just gonna nip to the store to get some stuff, be about half an hour if thats okay?"

"Okay, great. Dinner is under control all is good, the wine is being chilled down" replied Holly in a bubbly vioice "have you checked the news?" she asks

"not yet, but im sure you're gonna tell me" replied Isis

"yeah, the volcano, new cracks have been spotted in the rocks about half way up, a thermal anomaly has been detected too in the same area, running quite far down the sides"

Isis knew what that meant, a big welling of magma inside it is waiting to be released, possibly letting go a big eruption, "and what about Halvaar?"

"Holly, scientists are keeping an eye on that too, there was a torrent of water from it last night, the crater lake overtopped, possibly due to a gas injection within the lake"

"HOOOOLY FUCK Holly, HOOOOLY fuck!, any idea when they think the're gonna pop?"

"Not yet but they have declared a one hundred mile exclusion zone around the mountains and all flights to VPA have been re routed to avoid flying over the area. If it does go, we'll see the ash from here i think, if its as big as they say it might be. Isis, im glad we have a plexi solarium"

"yeah I know, anyways catch you in a bit, BYEEEE"

Isis hang up the phone then continued on to where she was going, calling into a convenience store to get some snacky bits, pork rind, crisps*, some sodas and some dog treats before walking back to her house. As Isis made her way up the path Holly opened the door which faced to the east on Isis's house, meaning the garden will get a westerly view and possibly a view of the volcanic mushroom cloud if the volcano when it did go were to blast ash to 70,000ft, One thing is for sure, if it did go bang, the volcano's blast would be heard, not just in Barentsburg but possibly in the Romberg Islands and maybe even Nikolia, possibly as far south down the main Auroran island as Jan Mayen or Longyearbyen although its highly unlikely that a pyroclastic river will reach them as there's too much topography in the way but the sky could go dark.

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(*What I call crisps are potato chips to American players)

[Yellow Star Republic]

Barentsburg Hospital

At some point, they stabilized Jorvi and had an IV drip in him. He wasn't aware of all that happened, other than flashes of staff running in and out between bouts of consciousness. He was exhausted by the ordeal and slept most of the time. At some point, it was evening as there was no daylight escaping from the blinds. He felt more aware and was passively watching some Auroran television program. It seemed to be some kind of family game show. An Auroran government man came into see him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a shadow darken the doorway and a man entered the room, approaching his bed.

The man walked over and stood at the foot of the bed, in front of one the fluorescent lights, as well as the TV. It gives him a backlit appearance as he took off his shades with one hand and held some documents in the other.
"Mr. Bjarnssen? I'm Tomas Korvilenni, Immigration Services. How are you today?" he asked.

The man known as Jorvi struggled to sit up a bit and focus, marshaling his weak English skills.
"I am of the feeling of shit warmed over. I am having of an incident earlier, Mr. Korilenni. I hurted of the belly. What is the honor to you for coming by for me?"

[Aurora Confederacy]

Barentsburg Hospital
"Feeling of shite warmed over, i guess thats probably why you're here" remarks Tomas Korvilenni, "however I have been speaking to C.I-five agents and I have some news for you. Firstly, you do not need to fear about going back to the YSR, that aint happening, second you won't be held under arrest here in the Aurora Confederacy, third..." reaching over for his briefcase and opening it. The two latches making a metalic klunk sound as they spring back against the case "here is a list of hostels to stay at until you can find work and a place to stay, although as yet we can't give you a passport as you are not as yet a citizen but we won't be sending you back to where you came from, now take things easy"

It was at that moment that the nurse with the blue eyes came into the room, the piercing blue eyes being in part because the whites of here eyes are in fact neon blue! "Jorvi, i've just come to take your temperature and blood pressure, gi'me your arm babe" she says with a smile before putting the inflatable arm band on it and slowly inflating it. "what do you plan on doing when you leave here Jorvi?" she asks as she takes the note of the blood pressure before putting the thermometer into Jorvi's mouth, "now I know you're hungry but please dont eat this, it doesnt taste very good" she jokes before turning to the immigration official.

"I hear Mount Sula's brewing" she says,
"yep, its gonna be a big one, experts think it could be the biggest eruption in decades, have you got family out west?" asks Tomas as the nurse attends to Jorvi
"not now, I had family over there but they moved out before the double whammy, they now live in Peace Valley, you?"
"nah, my folks live near the lake" replies Tomas with a smile, "im due to go there later this year on a fishing trip, there's some big fish down there, some fresh water sharks too" Tomas looks at Jorvi, as the nurse takes the thermometer out of Jorvi's mouth and asks "so Jorvi, what was your home town like as a child?" he asks with a smile.

[Yellow Star Republic]

Due to a break with the Astyria region and a disruption of the canon, it was difficult to justify continuing this RP for me, but...Even if Isak aka Jorvi had to cross multiple regions instead of just nations to get to the Aurora Confederacy as a refugee from war, I'd like to think he made it and found a good comfortable home with decent neighbors in one of the nicest and most gracious nations in the multiverse. Thanks for the RP opportunity, AC.