4th Wall Event

[travelagency]

Who: Various
What: 4th Wall Event
When: M12 D3-D5 (on Mar 7 - 15)
Where: Around Blackway and Blackstaff
Notes & Warnings: Please attach any warnings necessary to thread subjects. This does count for game canon. All 4th wall threads go here, and information is available on OOC and news. The game's navigation is here.


Welcome, ladies, gentlemen, intersexed, androgynes, robots, energy beings, and life forms of all kinds. I am Jeffers, your servant, host, and resort AI.

Let me extend gratitude to you all on behalf of the entire community for agreeing to come and render service in the wake of our unfortunate incident with spontaneously frictionless surfaces. Your assistance in rebuilding is greatly valued.

Visitors, I encourage you to speak with the other Imports. Imports, I ask you to help our guests enjoy their stay.

Please consult with any terminal or one of my android drone avatars if you have any questions that cannot be answered by the residents. I most sincerely hope you find your time at Blackstaff a pleasant one.

• For those of you who enjoy “fun” [Jeffers says as if he’s not sure that any of this really qualifies as fun in his book], Mr. Jellicles’ Emporium requires extensive repair. There are broken windows and bottles hither and thither, and do be careful of the broken glass; we wouldn’t want any further injuries. Broken arcade games must be fixed. Furniture repaired, or, if it is beyond hope, taken away. And small, colourful plastic balls are scattered asunder and must be gathered up to be relocated into a “fun cage,” but worse and far more deadly are the skiballs and bowling balls. I must insist no one drop one of those on one’s own or another’s foot


• The local restaurants require new food to be brought in. Because of the quarantine, food shortage is somewhat of a danger, therefore any food will do, but I for one would especially appreciate champagne and truffles. In addition, new dishes must be unpacked, furniture repaired, and cooking areas cleaned. I expect the cooking areas to be able to pass the most rigorous of health inspections once the cleaning is finished. Not that we have a ministry of health and safety here, but it is the principle of the thing.


• With the clinic having been overwhelmed by recent events, they are currently understaffed to handle the full scope of injuries. Assistance treating the wounded and the ill would be a very great help. Do note that only persons with appropriate physician or nursing qualifications will be able to assist patients with direct care. It would not be at all appropriate to have, for example, vehicle mechanics performing surgery. Unless perhaps the patient is a sentient robot car. Then the clinic will make an exception. Many other tasks are available for other volunteers who desire clinic duties, however. In particular, wounded patients may require assistance retrieving personal items, sending messages, or returning home. Furthermore, as always, the clinic would be grateful to receive donations of medicines from your homeworld


• The loss of friction created an extensive mess around town and I so dislike messes. I would like it very much if knocked over displays were righted, broken glass cleared, and disabled vehicles removed from the streets. Let’s have a nice, tidy village, shall we? Furthermore, some residents misplaced pets during the hullaballoo and would very much like them found and returned. (Not to mention the havoc stray beasts are having on the songbird population.) Shelves in various shops must be restocked with new, unbroken merchandise, and many storefronts and signs are in need of general repair.

---

And with Jeffers announcement to the population, the town was opened up to anyone willing to help. Some of the citizens who had tended towards suspicion towards imports for some time (an as-of-yet unidentified one took part in sabotage against the town) have changed their views and are now extremely welcoming, offering whatever they can to in return for the help they're getting from the visiting imports.

While the guests are here, they have free rein of the village, and even visiting the wilderness if they have a permit. First they must be instructed on how to defend themselves against the planet's hostile species. A guide is still recommended, but with the busy schedule one is not absolutely essential.

Comments

[folkscallmewander]

The gardens was one of the safer places in the resort, which put Wander at relative ease. It was easy to keep an eye on his kitten while sweeping the walkways and tossing retrieving branches that fell into flowerbeds.

"Evenin'," Wander replied automatically and looked up at the newcomer. His eyes widened in recognition. "Oh! Doctor! You came back!" He dropped the broom and dustpan to run and give Visscher a right hug. "I haven't seen you in so long! What've you been up to?"

[frontier_doktor]

"I never thought I would see you again," Visscher said warmly, stooping down to greet Wander and offering his hand. "How are you, good fellow?"

[folkscallmewander]

Wander grabbed Visscher's hand and shook it vigorously. "Doin' fine, 'specially now that we're not slidin' around anymore." He took a step back. "It's been real busy, but there's a whole buncha folks visitin' so it's great!"

Off to the side by one of the bushes, a mutant, four-eyed kitten was pawing at a pile of flower petals.

[frontier_doktor]

"I see you've become a father." Visscher joked, crouching beside the animal and offering it his hand with a friendly half-expression.

[folkscallmewander]

The kitten shied away at first, but seeing that Visscher didn't mean it any harm, it went back to its pile of flower petals.

"That's Niko, actually! Niko, the human guy, not the cat, gave her to me a while back." He took a long leaf from the ground and waved it in front of Nikolina (as that was her full name), who began pawing at it.

[frontier_doktor]

"She looks very lively." He knelt down to give her his finger to play with, as well. "And kind of Niko, too. I've often noticed some rougher people to have a soft spot should you show them kindness."

[folkscallmewander]

That comment made Wander even happier. "Most folks get a lot softer if ya jus' treat 'em with kindness. Niko's no different." He dropped his leaf and let Visscher play with Nikolina for now.