#Miner'sRespite – August 2, 2013

Galatea is sitting by herself at the bar, a glass of water before her, having just thoroughly questioned a patron, and is now recording her experience, sitting perfectly still and holding a datapad in her hands.

Darsk bursts through the entrance, warily checking the interior over before curtly nodding through the door

Galatea turns smoothly at the noise, observes the krogan for a moment and then turns back, her curiosity satisfied, returning to sitting perfectly still.

Darsk approaches the bar. "Ryncol."

Iressa shakes her head ever so slightly at the display, entertaining his dramatics by waiting outside until he seemed satisfied before stepping in. "I don't think you need to be so cautious here." She murmurs, taking a seat beside him at the bar.

Tyranniac | The bartender tenses a bit at the sight of the krogan bursting in. "Ryncol, Huh? Yeah, sure, I think we might have some left... give me a sec."

Darsk glances at Galataea before returning his attention to the bar

Tyranniac | The bartender, a human, turns arounda nd starts looking through the shelves until he finds a tightly sealed cylinder, grabbing it and pouring some up in a metal glass. He looks curiously at the asari, clearly surprised by her apparent familiarity with the krogan.

Galatea notices the krogan's look and looks at him for a moment, her stare unblinking and somewhat unsettling.

Darsk appaers unsetlled for a moment before thanking the bartender and visibly relaxing, drinking the ryncol

Iressa rests her arms on the bar, glancing up at the surprised looking human. "I know what you're thinking." She begins, "but give it time, he'll grow on you." The Asari grins, pleased with herself. "Now, I've heard talk of rooms to rents upstairs?"

You have been correctly informed, this facility rents out rooms.

Galatea smoothly turns her gaze from the krogan to the asari, still strangely focused and hardly blinking.

Bartender: You heard ri-... yeah, that. You planning on staying in town for a while?

Tyranniac | The bartender glances at Galatea, vaguely annoyed.

Galatea is completely oblivious to the bartender's annoyance.

Darsk appears perplexed, beginning to realize that Galatea is not an ordinairy human

Iressa nods, "Yes, but we're not sure how long yet. I'm here so study some of the native spe... uh." She trails off, gazing at the fellow patron. "H-hello."

Greetings. You appear perturbed.

The bartender interrupts So, uh... Looks between the asari and the krogan. Shared room...? Two rooms...?

Shared room.

Iressa shifts in her seat, unable to make out what is making her so uneasy. Thankfully the bartender provides a way out. "Yes, like he said. We'll only require one."

Bartender: Al-right, that shouldn't be a problem. He types something into his computer terminal. Okay, so who's paying?

Darsk drops a credit chit on the table

Tyranniac | The bartender takes the credit chit and hands it back after handling the payment. "Anything else? A drink, miss?" He turns his gaze to Iressa.

Galatea takes a sip of her water, moving in a very controlled and precise way.

Iressa shakes her head, "No, no that's alright." She responds, eyeing her companion's drink and making a face.

We're new in this town. What can you tell me about the surroundings here?

Bartender: Safe enough, as far as Aite goes anyway. Spaceport is what most people are here for. Then you've got the mines and the manufactory... where you from? East?

We're from offworld. Iressa wanted to come here to take samples of Aite's flora and fauna.

Bartender: Really now? Well, you're not the only one. Hope you brought guns, everyone else sure did.

Darsk pats the handle of a Blood Pack Executioner pistol

Don't worry, I think we're covered.

I'm prepared for anything. But I thought you said this town was safe....

Bartender: Sure, town's safe, but the militia only keeps the peace in the town. Won't find much wildlife here.

Crime has gone down by 12.4 percent since Hnipinn Minerals instituted its new employment standards, which makes it considerably safer than most of the planet.

Darsk appears concerned. "The wildlife itself is dangerous?"

Iressa peers over at the other patron again, the matter-of-fact way of speaking off putting but intriguing all the same. "Employment standards?" She questions, unable to resist the temptation.

Tyranniac | The bartender shrugs. "Guess some of it might be, but your main problem is bandits, warlords, geth and whatever the hell else you'll find out there. And, of course, if you go looking for wildlife in somebody else's land they won't look kindly on it, I tell you. I thi-..." He is interrupted by a patron ordering a refill.

Certainly. After certain issues in town with discontent short-term, low-wage workforce, they adopted a reviewed version of their employment policy to maintain a positive corporate image in the region.

Hostile wildlife isn't anything for a krogan to be afraid of, but I didn't make any plans for containment... Did you say Geth?

Tyranniac | The bartender returns after serving the patron. "I most certainly did. You really are new, aren't you? Damn flashlight-heads show up every once in a while and start killing."

I knew we weren't far from the Perseus veil, but I wasn't aware they were active here

Galatea seems to have nothing to say on the subject of geth.

Bartender: If I didn't know better I'd say you're scared, krogan.

Iressa snickers slightly to herself, turning away from them both.

Scared? No. Threatened? Possibly.

Successful security relies on knowledge of all present dangers. I've fought warriors from many species, but the Geth are an entirely different creature.

Bartender: Uh-huh... wouldn't worry too much, haven't had any raids in a while.

Iressa looks skeptical, "Doesn't that mean you're due?"

Tyranniac | The human scratches the back of his head thoughtfully and then looks rather gloomy. "Damn."

Another important lesson in the security business: never assume anything

I'm gonna see if we've got any disruptor ammo after we unpack

Bartender: Crazy Bob's the place to go to if you need any combat gear. And yeah, he does pay me to say that.

It might also help me take down some of the 'wildlife' you mentioned without destroying them entirely. Heh heh heh

Iressa glares, "We've discussed this. I'd appreciate my samples without bullet fragments."

Security first. No promises.

Tyranniac | The bartender moves off to serve other patrons after being annoyedly called for.

Darsk finishes his drink and begins to move large boxes up to the room

Galatea sips her drink occasionally and otherwise spends her time fixing the patrons of the bar with her too-focused gaze.

Iressa gets up to take a box of equipment upstairs, trying not too draw attention to herself as she passes Galatea who seems to be occupying herself just staring at the bar patrons.

Galatea seems to be staring at everyone equally, and appears quite untinterested in the actual proceedings - in sharp contrast with her intense staring.

Darsk stops unloading after passing Galatea

Iressa takes the last package up to the room, retiring from the bar and proceeding to unpack at a leisurely pace.

You...aren't an ordanairy human, are you?

Please specify "ordinary". If you are referring to the general average - there are actually very few people who fulfill the exact human average to a reasonable degree.

You're some sort of VI, aren't you?

VIs are purely software, whereas the human body would qualify as hardware, therefore your question does not cover all aspects of its subject.

So you are human?

Empiric observation should have led you to that conclusion already.

Darsk grumbles in annoyance

You certainly are a strange one

I will make note of this. It would help my observations if you could specify what exactly it is that leads you to that conclusion.

Darsk glares, clearly annoyed. "I've got my eye on you"

Galatea blinks, seemingly doing some quick thinking.

That will not be necessary. Good day.

You too

Darsk storms away from the bar, retiring to his room

Galatea finishes her drink and leaves the bar rather suddenly, in what looks suspiciously like a tactical retreat.

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