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[tempredmental]

WHO: Keith - OPEN
WHERE: Not-Temba
WHAT: Exploration
WHEN: Throughout the duration of the exploration time
WARNINGS: Just about anything that can happen in a strange alien city that hasn't been explored yet

Transport Station

[Several times throughout exploring Not-Temba, Keith could be found either arriving or departing while the train was in the station. If he was arriving, he had things like fresh supplies from Temba including prepped familiar food, clean clothes, tools for new projects that might have been discovered, etc. If he was leaving to head back to Temba, he would have supplies and discoveries from Not-Temba, as well as things that needed repair or cleaning... dirty clothes and laundry, or clothes taken from the store, supplies from the store that they needed back in town, new types of plants and food that they could use and were identified as edible and useful, things that they had been using that might have broken from use and couldn't be repaired in the field, things like that.

If someone were to come by and offer to help him load up the train for his return or help him off load the train here in Not-Temba, he certainly wouldn't turn it down!]

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Hangar

[While he'd been looking at the store for supplies when the first group managed to cut a hole through the hangar doors and get in, Keith did get over there eventually himself to check things out. He didn't discover anything new, but he was definitely going to take a look through the ships and see what he could find as well anyway.

The glitter "food" dispenser was a new one, for sure. He was less than thrilled and covered in glitter. That was going to take days to get rid of. Help!

That said, glitter seemed to be the least of his problems when he came upon the creepy pictures in the fan ship. What was that all about? It made him feel downright uncomfortable and he disembarked from that one very quickly.]

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Store

[Finding clothes that didn't require having extra arms cut off and sewn closed was odd and suspicious all things considered, but rather nice, honestly. So, he was going to try to find what he could there to replace anything that was worn through and damaged. Useful! He also was going to raid through any supplies in the store to see if he could find things like toiletries, cleaning supplies, and a couple of whiteboards or something to keep track of new findings. He hadn't had a real way to keep track of information that suited him in a long while, and it would be nice to start compiling things again in a way that worked best for his brain. Lance may not appreciate a conspiracy board as part of their décor, but Keith wanted one. He'd just have to deal with it.]

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Estate

[There was nothing spookier than an abandoned mansion.

This was not that.

First - getting to it. Thankfully, Keith had his bayard. And his ridiculous half-Galra endurance. Chopping his way through to get to the building seemed to take forever and a day, but he made it... eventually.

Inside, Keith was actually mildly disappointed. He had been expecting to find furniture, or pictures, or paperwork... anything really, to give him a clue as to who might have lived there, but the place looked like it had been cleaned out by a moving company, not abandoned in a hurry like someone trying to evacuate. He wandered the whole place, actually frustrated that the hours of cutting back foliage outside basically amounted to nothing.]

Aaargh!

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Power Plant

[Things look a bit more familiar here, yet awfully strange... like it had been built, but never used. He wasn't an engineer, so getting it up and running wasn't something he was going to be able to do right now, but he could look around to see if he could find useful things for people who were engineers... things like those crystal rods, at least, and maybe anything else.

The "anything else", though, seemed to be non-existent...]

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Security Station

[The same could be said for the security station. There were some electronics on the upper floor, but, again, Keith didn't have the right expertise at the moment. He considered the next train loop to go back to Temba and swap, but he knew that there were likely others already here on this end who had what was needed. That would be easier and a better use of current resources. He had pocketed some of the crystal rods from the power station that he had found, so he could offer those up to power things as needed if he found someone with the right expertise to get things to work...]

Comments

[tempredmental]

Yeah... Not a lot of it fits my mom, either. At least, not for the woman's sizes.

[Keith was used to big alien women...]

[kree_soldieress]

[Ah, then he got it.]

Well, we are lucky that we need only look for things for you. I could go seeking if you so desire.

[tempredmental]

Yeah... I mean, I don't know how big the clothing section is, but I don't mind someone else looking with me.

[They were at the store now, thankfully, so, stepping inside, Keith glanced around to see if he could a good visual of the store's layout.]

[kree_soldieress]

[Lauri offered a bow of her head and she immediately took the lead, happy to set a brisk pace toward the area she had found with Alberto that had plenty of clothing in it.]

It should be in this area.

[tempredmental]

[Keith followed well enough, and spotted it as she pointed it out. He sighed in relief.]

Great.

[Careful of his current glittery state, he picked out something that would normally fit his typical style for Lauri to grab for him... a jacket, a t-shirt to wear underneath, pants... the boots and belt he wasn't worried about. The colors were, of course, in his typical palette of red and black...]

[kree_soldieress]

[When he pointed she looked and then was taking things down. Once it was all in her arms she looked to the other.]

Now we must find a place for you to be clean.

[tempredmental]

Best place for that would probably be back at the ships. I don't think anything around here has running water except for them.

[Keith sighed.]

[kree_soldieress]

Yes, this is true. I wonder if the ship showers would clean you.

[Or would they inflict more glitter? She did not know.]

[tempredmental]

Well... [He started back for the store's main entrance so they could walk back over to the hangar.] I could use the shower in one of the other ships. It was just the one that seemed intent on spraying everything with glitter. Though, it also was just the one machine that was doing it.

For some reason, it was among the other food machines in the kitchen. Whoever built that ship seems to think glitter is edible.

[kree_soldieress]

Then we shall see if another will allow you on it. That would be the best plan. TO avoid more glitter. Even if it is pretty.

[Since he insisted it was not a sign of illness she was much calmer about it.]

It is not?

[tempredmental]

[Keith nodded.]

I don't think anyone's specifically assigned to these ships, yet. I was able to get into the other one I tried... it's uh... unique.

[Like a celebrity's worst nightmare when they visit the home of their "number one fan".]

But no... I mean, there is a kind that is? That I think they put on fancy desserts and stuff? But, uh... in general, normal glitter isn't something that, well, humans, at least, should be purposefully eating. I think it's make from a kind of plastic or something.

[kree_soldieress]

[Celebrity wasn't really an idea that Lauri knew of so she might consider it almost quaint.]

Ah yes, plastics. They are not a very good material to work with. They can be bad and they are not durable.

[tempredmental]

That depends. There are different kinds and different ways to make them. Sometimes, you get good ones and sometimes you get something that's ultimately useless... but, it's pretty much all not something humans can eat.

[Thankfully, the FlyGood also allowed them to enter much in the way the Cake Dance had let Keith enter earlier. Since there were no assigned crews, yet, they were open for exploring.

Keith tried to avoid looking at the odd collection of creepy stalkeresque photos plastered around various areas of the ship as they walked in.]

If you could put those over by the shower, and then I can get cleaned up, I really appreciate it.

[kree_soldieress]

Of course.

[She put the items down so she could leave him to clean himself. And, well, investigate all of these strange pictures.]

It seems they like us.

[tempredmental]

That's... one way of putting it. This does feel a little... I dunno. Borderline creepy.

[He stepped into the bathroom.]

I'll be out quick... [Hopefully...]

[kree_soldieress]

Quick or slow is no matter, provided you are healthy after.

[And there were many pictures for her to look at. That was very intriguing.]

[tempredmental]

[Well, she certainly had time to look. Keith discovered that he was shedding enough glitter that he needed to scrub down and wash his hair like three times while he was in there. It didn't get it 100%, but good enough that it wasn't immediately visible. He had shaken out the affected clothing as best he could, deciding not to bother trying to clean the glitter out of the bathroom for now, and managed to get changed into the new stuff with minimal glitter transfer.

He came out, putting his other stuff in a bag he found in the bathroom.]

That's about as good as it's gonna get.

[He watched her looking at the photos.]

Kinda creepy, if you ask me.

[kree_soldieress]

Ah!

[She smiled when Keith rejoined her, and was very happy to see that he was, well, not looking sick and shiny anymore.]

I do not know. They have made it clear that they care about us.

[tempredmental]

I... guess? [Keith shrugged. He didn't like having so much of his life scrutinized and photographed like that.] It feels a little weird to me. But I've always been more of a private person... [He shrugged, trying to push off that awkward feeling in his stomach as he ran a hand through his damp hair.]

I mean, I know not everyone minds as much as I do, so it's probably just me.

[kree_soldieress]

Perhaps I am more used to being watched as I am Kree.

[And a guard, which meant she often watched others.]

Perhaps thsi is how they show that they like us.

[tempredmental]

Maybe... I mean, for most people who are humans, this is kind of creepy? It's not something I'm used to.

[kree_soldieress]

Ah, creepy for humans.

{that is interesting. That such things could vary.]

I do not think they are spies that wish me harm, so I am alright with it.

[tempredmental]

[It even varied among humans...]

I guess... maybe kind of like really aggressive paparazzi or something...

[Keith still sounded like he was trying to convince himself as he managed to shrug a little, crossing his arms over his chest.]

[kree_soldieress]

Paparazzi?

[A new word she had no concept of.]

[tempredmental]

Yeah... it's what they call really aggressive photographers on Earth... people who take pictures of celebrities and stuff, and then sell them to newspapers and gossip magazines.