The World Assembly Strangers' Bar

[Herby]

"It speaks," says the West Wallenburgian. "It's unnatural."

Herby putters into the bar.

You think that's unnatural you ain't seen nuttin' yet. Neville! Shot o' nitrous with a dry gas chaser whoa whoa whoa check out Helen over there! Snazzy overalls, sistah! Okay okay I know talkin' to Benny shhh.

[Herby]

She watched Helen approach Bell and sighed, "I wonder if the weapons nullifiers would consider it an assault if we got a tranquilizer dart and tried to avert that particular disaster?"

Why d'ya wanna do that? Ya know, Kay 'fessed up her feelin's, knowing what she knew, and things turned out just fine there.

[Araraukar]

She watched Helen approach Bell and sighed, "I wonder if the weapons nullifiers would consider it an assault if we got a tranquilizer dart and tried to avert that particular disaster?"

Why d'ya wanna do that? Ya know, Kay 'fessed up her feelin's, knowing what she knew, and things turned out just fine there.

"Yeah, but anyone ever consider the fact that Bell might not be aware of how Helen - I mean Elena - really feels about him, and might be very uncomfortable with it? Besides, he's trying to be a serious item with that agent woman, Elena should stay well away from them."

[Wrapper]

"Hey, uh, you people wouldn't happen to know anything about some kind of creature going around attacking Delegates?"

ARI: If you're talking about the return of the Bitelian ambassador, save your breath.

She watched Helen approach Bell and sighed, "I wonder if the weapons nullifiers would consider it an assault if we got a tranquilizer dart and tried to avert that particular disaster?"

Why d'ya wanna do that? Ya know, Kay 'fessed up her feelin's, knowing what she knew, and things turned out just fine there.

AHUME: Agreed. As I understand it Helen is more in her element in the new Tollan world than she was here. (He shows Herby the picture.) It's a fig tree, reminiscent of the bodhi tree on Earth, a Buddhist icon.

[Herby]

Why d'ya wanna do that? Ya know, Kay 'fessed up her feelin's, knowing what she knew, and things turned out just fine there.

"Yeah, but anyone ever consider the fact that Bell might not be aware of how Helen - I mean Elena - really feels about him, and might be very uncomfortable with it? Besides, he's trying to be a serious item with that agent woman, Elena should stay well away from them."

Nah. She won't do nuthin', she wants him to be happy, with or without her. Hey hey hey, check out my latest upgrade.

Herby's four tires rotate 90 degrees and he slowly moves sideways.

Eh. Heh heh. Whadya think? Makes parallel parking a breeze!

[Araraukar]

Herby's four tires rotate 90 degrees and he slowly moves sideways.

Eh. Heh heh. Whadya think? Makes parallel parking a breeze!

"Didn't you also get a nose job after the recent mis-adventures into too narrow spaces?" Janis teased the car gently.

OOC: Making links to the old thread for any possible new readers to follow the plot.

[Herby]

Herby's four tires rotate 90 degrees and he slowly moves sideways.

Eh. Heh heh. Whadya think? Makes parallel parking a breeze!

"Didn't you also get a nose job after the recent mis-adventures into too narrow spaces?" Janis teased the car gently.

Yeah, new bumper, hood, steering linkage, quite a list, I was in worse shape than I thought.

(He shows Herby the picture.) It's a fig tree, reminiscent of the bodhi tree on Earth, a Buddhist icon.

Hey! Speakin' o' nose jobs, she looks good! And happy. So ehhhh Buddhist icon, eh? Only Buddhist icons I come across are those little rub-my-belly statues.

[Araraukar]

Yeah, new bumper, hood, steering linkage, quite a list, I was in worse shape than I thought.

"I've always wondered who do you go to, for fixer-uppers?"

[Herby]

Yeah, new bumper, hood, steering linkage, quite a list, I was in worse shape than I thought.

"I've always wondered who do you go to, for fixer-uppers?"

Why, you need your system flushed or somethin'?

[Tinfect]

"Could only be another delegate, I think," Janis said, showing her teeth at the soldier. "Though I would suggest against trying to use your weapon here, if you don't want it to turn into a water pistol or something. Weapons don't work here."

"It doesn't work here? What are-"

ARI: If you're talking about the return of the Bitelian ambassador, save your breath.

"Who? No, look, I've got an Elimination Order here that says there's something around here attacking delegates. I can't exactly leave until I've got confirmation on it being dead. Or, I guess, non-existent works too.

Guess that means I'm off-duty then.
Barkeep! Something stronger than Water!"

[Araraukar]

"I've always wondered who do you go to, for fixer-uppers?"

Why, you need your system flushed or somethin'?

"No, I'm just curious. Humanoids are usually treated by doctors who themselves are humanoids, but I'm having a hard time visualizing a car treating a car."

"Though I would suggest against trying to use your weapon here, if you don't want it to turn into a water pistol or something. Weapons don't work here."

"It doesn't work here? What are-"

"Well, your weapon looks expensive to me, but then I'm hardly an expert on weapons - if you can afford to lose it, you can try shooting someone, as long as you're inside the Bar."

"Who? No, look, I've got an Elimination Order here that says there's something around here attacking delegates. I can't exactly leave until I've got confirmation on it being dead. Or, I guess, non-existent works too.

Guess that means I'm off-duty then. Barkeep! Something stronger than Water!"

"What kind of person would write an order to kill something, without specifying what they want killed?!"

OOC: Is this reference to the PPU-Donnaugh incident?

[Wrapper]

"Who? No, look, I've got an Elimination Order here that says there's something around here attacking delegates. I can't exactly leave until I've got confirmation on it being dead. Or, I guess, non-existent works too.

Guess that means I'm off-duty then.
Barkeep! Something stronger than Water!"

ARI: Hang on a moment. You say that some, erm, "thing", is attacking delegates, you don't know what it is, you have orders to kill it, and based on me saying, in my own inimitable and nonchalant way, "LOL whut?", you're convinced it's no longer a threat? Wad Ahume, please, check if I have a big honking Ignore Cannon sticking out of my pocket; if I do, I believe it may have gone off accidentally.

[Wallenburg]

Foudman puts on the glasses and reads the card. "Oh, that is quite impressive sir--er, your Grace, that is. I'm afraid I'm far less familiar with politics, but I consider myself a good diplomat, and I am confident that will get me on the right track when I become representative of Wallenburg."

Parsons nods and asks, 'What brings you here to the World Assembly?'.

"I--um, I'm here to campaign to become the new r-representative for Wallenburg," Foudman stutters, still afraid of the cat.

Gerald picks up the cat--ignoring the sound of shredding fabric--and sets the Chief Inshpekshuuner on his own lap.

OOC: Did Gerald move back to where he was sitting with the Wads and Janis, or did he sit down near the other Wallenburger Wallenburgian?

OOC: He sat next to the very friendly West Wallenburgian.

"It speaks," says the West Wallenburgian. "It's unnatural."

Herby putters into the bar.
You think that's unnatural you ain't seen nuttin' yet. Neville! Shot o' nitrous with a dry gas chaser whoa whoa whoa check out Helen over there! Snazzy overalls, sistah! Okay okay I know talkin' to Benny shhh.

The West Wallenburgian gets up and runs out of the bar in a panic.

[Astrolinium]

Giovanni raised his eyebrows as the West Wallenburgian wandered away, and then took another drink of whatever strong alcohol Neville had seen fit to present him with.

"Lad'll never make it here if he can't even handle a talking car," he observed to no one in particular, not particularly minding that it was to no one in particular, either.

[Tinfect]

[i]"Well, your weapon looks expensive to me, but then I'm hardly an expert on weapons - if you can afford to lose it, you can try shooting someone, as long as you're inside the Bar."
"What kind of person would write an order to kill something, without specifying what they want killed?!"

"Well, the Imperium'd replace it, it's their gun anyway, but there's all sorts of paperwork involved, and I'd rather not have to explain how I turned a Shredder into a, uh, water pistol.
As for the second question, welcome to the wonderful world of Civil Oversight! We get deployed because people think they might'vs heard something while utterly smashed and half asleep. Keeps us with a job, I guess."

OOC: Is this reference to the PPU-Donnaugh incident? [/spoiler]

OOC:
No Comment...
Absolutely

ARI: Hang on a moment. You say that some, erm, "thing", is attacking delegates, you don't know what it is, you have orders to kill it, and based on me saying, in my own inimitable and nonchalant way, "LOL whut?", you're convinced it's no longer a threat? Wad Ahume, please, check if I have a big honking Ignore Cannon sticking out of my pocket; if I do, I believe it may have gone off accidentally.

IC:
"No, I'm convinced it doesn't exist. Spent the last three hours working through the building, no one knows anything about it, and now Operations has ceased contact. Honestly, I think they caught on way before I did. Whole thing's just an elaborate prank."

[Araraukar]

OOC: No Comment...
Absolutely

OOC:

"No, I'm convinced it doesn't exist. Spent the last three hours working through the building, no one knows anything about it, and now Operations has ceased contact. Honestly, I think they caught on way before I did. Whole thing's just an elaborate prank."

"Wait a second," Janis said, as a suspicion started to dawn, "which delegate was supposedly attacked by this thing you were sent here to deal with?"

[Tinfect]

"Wait a second," Janis said, as a suspicion started to dawn, "which delegate was supposedly attacked by this thing you were sent here to deal with?"

"Uhh... One second..."
He reaches into a case attached to the armour system, producing a sheet of paper, and skimming it over for several seconds,
"Says here, the Confederate Dominion of Separatist Peoples. No name, just origin. Thinking about it, even that sounds fake. I mean really, how do you get a country out of Rebels? Whole thing'd just be anarchy."

[WA Kitty Kops]

"I--um, I'm here to campaign to become the new r-representative for Wallenburg," Foudman stutters, still afraid of the cat.

The West Wallenburgian gets up and runs out of the bar in a panic.

The Chief Inshpekshuuner purred as Gerald petted him, and then said, "You is good at petting, but you needs to teach your friend that not everyone is same here, but that he doesn't need to be afraid. He's nicer than the other man of the same kind, but your nation does not like nice people."

OOC: "Same kind" means "same species", the cat never went to a school, so his speech is often simpler than it would strictly need to be.

[Araraukar]

He reaches into a case attached to the armour system, producing a sheet of paper, and skimming it over for several seconds, "Says here, the Confederate Dominion of Seprarist Peoples. No name, just origin. Thinking about it, even that sounds fake. I mean really, how do you get a country out of Rebels? Whole thing'd just be anarchy."

"I thought so," Janis said with a decidedly evil grin. "Do you have some device on you that's advanced enough to receive and view a video file sent to you via the information network in this place?" She pulled out her mobile phone and started typing a text message. "I can have them send it to you..."

OOC: Araraukar is advanced enough for mobile phones and laptops, but not phones capable of watching videos on. Can't give you an exact RL year to compare to, since in some stuff they're further ahead and in some behind.

[Wallenburg]

"I--um, I'm here to campaign to become the new r-representative for Wallenburg," Foudman stutters, still afraid of the cat.

The West Wallenburgian gets up and runs out of the bar in a panic.

The Chief Inshpekshuuner purred as Gerald petted him, and then said, "You is good at petting, but you needs to teach your friend that not everyone is same here, but that he doesn't need to be afraid. He's nicer than the other man of the same kind, but your nation does not like nice people."

OOC: "Same kind" means "same species", the cat never went to a school, so his speech is often simpler than it would strictly need to be.

Gerald smiles, "Oh, we're a nice bunch, really. The West Wallenburgians are just a little slow to accept change. I guess the same goes for anyone, eh?"

He looks over at Helen, hoping that things go well between her and Bell.

[Wrapper]

Gerald smiles, "Oh, we're a nice bunch, really. The West Wallenburgians are just a little slow to accept change. I guess the same goes for anyone, eh?"

He looks over at Helen, hoping that things go well between her and Bell.

(Ari moves in closer to Gerald and speaks quietly.)

ARI: I know what you're thinking, my friend. We always want to stop them from hurting themselves, don't we? But we can't. She'll be okay, one way or another.

[Separatist Peoples]

Giovanni took one look at the TARDIS and said, "Neville, better make it something stronger. I've officially seen goddamn everything."

"Hell, that's nothing. I'm pretty sure I saw two of them when I was held captive."

"What a lovely picture, Ambassadors," says Gerald. "Helen looks awful in overalls, though."

"I look exceptional in overalls, Gerald."

He spins around to see Helen standing in the entryway to the bar, dressed in what would pass for casual in the "1940s". "Hello, my friends. It's nice to see you all so soon. I see you have our picture. Color photography! Isn't it amazing?"

She steps forward and sees her name spelled out on a napkin. "Umm...Gerald?"

"Just trying to teach them how to pronounce your native name."

"Oh. It's 'eh-lay-nah'. Like that. So, you told Martha to tell me that Ben was here?"

"Ah, yes. He's right there." Gerald points to Bell.

"Thank you, Gerald. I'll talk with all of you soon, okay?"

She walks over to Bell, somewhat nervous. "Um, hello there, good Ambassador. May I have a seat?"

"Helen! Or whatever your name is supposed to be...apparently we've all been saying it wrong? Did you get a Tollanan name? Do they call you Helen or Trevikyana?"

Bell is clearly still not entirely over the blow to his head from a few weeks before as he seems slightly excitable and ever so slightly manic.

[Wallenburg]

"Helen! Or whatever your name is supposed to be...apparently we've all been saying it wrong? Did you get a Tollanan name? Do they call you Helen or Trevikyana?"

Bell is clearly still not entirely over the blow to his head from a few weeks before as he seems slightly excitable and ever so slightly manic.

Helen smiles and sits down. "You can call me by either name, Ben. It works either way, and each one has its charms."

Her eyes sadden for a moment, but she keeps her smile pleasant. "It's been hectic living with the Tollans, but they're good people. I hope you have done well in these few weeks. I know that you and Agent Dressler have been...getting very close."

[Separatist Peoples]

Helen smiles and sits down. "You can call me by either name, Ben. It works either way, and each one has its charms."

Her eyes sadden for a moment, but she keeps her smile pleasant. "It's been hectic living with the Tollans, but they're good people. I hope you have done well in these few weeks. I know that you and Agent Dressler have been...getting very close."

"Oh, good lord, you, too? We apologized to the manager of the hotel and the wedding party in the ballroom below us. If they didn't want the chandelier to come loose, they should have used more than six screws. I don't know who called the fire department, but there was no reason to notify the press, too."

[Astrolinium]

Giovanni took one look at the TARDIS and said, "Neville, better make it something stronger. I've officially seen goddamn everything."

"Hell, that's nothing. I'm pretty sure I saw two of them when I was held captive."

"I mean, I'm sure I saw worse in prison, I've just blocked it out."