Act 1: A Coronation to Die For

Date: May 3, 2110
Time: 2:21 PM (Standard Eastern Time-Earth)
Location: Traveler's Square, Watcher's Nest

You have all arrived at the space colony, Watcher's Nest, one of many (as well as one of THE most important) colonies orbiting around the planet, Earth. People of various species, genders, ages, and sizes wander to and fro, some seem to be in a big hurry, others taking their time and casually walking along. The area is very hi-tech looking, various small buildings adorn the 'streets', offering goods and services of various kinds. Above all of the gates leading to the various sections of the colony are large virtual screens, displaying various information such as where the gate leads to, the time, weather, or anything else of importance.

You can hear people murmuring about something excitedly, others are gathered around another virtual screen, this one closer to the ground and placed in the middle of the Square.

What could be going on here...?

KhurQuinn wandered around the square, taking in all of the sights that he could. Like most of his race, he had never been off of his homeworld before. They developed interstellar travel well after the disease had infected them and it was used primarily for the highest government officials. Not even Matrons were allowed off world. Although the restrictions were becoming more relaxed, the Zem were still very protective of their finite number.

The planet they orbited was similar to Nostros, but most life bearing worlds were. What interested the alchemist was the people. These 'humans' were structurally similar to Zem but KhurQuinn was having doubts about their physiology. Of course, he could not rule anything out before extensive study. And he still had yet to find one of these 'elves' he kept hearing about. Granted, their similarity to the humans may be hiding them in plain sight.

Seeing the large concentration around the central view screen, KhurQuinn wandered over in the interest of information. And a chance to study these creatures a little closer.

Chu'nak, in his hurry to leave behind his home world, forgot that he didn't know a lot about places other than his own hive. He looked around almost nervously at the throng of people, distrusting every accidental bump and glance. A child stared at him in awe, no doubt as a response to never seeing a Thri-Kreen before. He clicked his mandibles at her in agitation until she looked away.

He went to the screen everyone was huddling around to see what the commotion was all about.

The screen appeared to be some kind of bulletin board (seriously, I imagine ab ulletin board would be common knowledge XD), housing various information about the space station in general!

Zero licked his teeth clean as he rose from his seat. He had chosen to sleep in the spaceport rather than spend money on a hotel room, and it was amazing how disheveled his hair looked considering how short it was. Groggily, he looked about to survey the damage. Backpack stolen. Impromptu travelling sidekick disappeared. Casual love interest also disappeared, most likely with impromptu travelling sidekick. Money purse still where he hid it. Not too bad, and certainly no worse than he expected.

Standing on his seat, the halfling scanned about for a coffee shop, inflated spaceport prices be damned! When his eyes fell on the crowd, however, sleepiness left him as his voracious curiosity was kindled. Stepping down from the chair with the effortless grace of a full grown man descending a staircase, the halfing plunged into the crowd, zigzagging his way around the towering forest of legs.

Upon reaching his destination, he grumbles upon finding there is no way he can read the sign from this angle. He surveyed the crowd instead, looking for the sort of critter who wouldn't mind (or even notice) a halfling climbing onto it. Maybe a treeant or an old golem.

rolling +4 perception.

The member 'Zero' has done the following action : Dices roll

'd20' : 2

PMing Zero his results.

Zero makes a face as he fails to find a worthy stepladder. Standing in place, he simply strives to listen and see what he can gleam out of this.

Not rolling for perception, as chances are passive perception might be better.

And that it is! You can overhear people talking excitedly about... a coronation? No, a wedding, where the newlyweds will be crowned king and queen! Wait, why does a space station have a king and queen? Odd...

The rogue grins! A reception, eh? Free food and drinks, and possibly some tournaments. A chance to win a few prices. Plus of course the chance to brush elbows with the drunken elite. He perked his ears to see if there was anything else of intrest he might catch.

Rolling for +4 perception one last time, only this time he´s listening instead of scouting for stepladders.

The member 'Zero' has done the following action : Dices roll

'd20' : 10

Zero smiles as he catches snippets of conversation regarding the wealth and prestige of the ruling families. He indulges himself in a lavish fantasy of rescuing the princess from some would-be assassin during the ceremonies, watching the (presumably) lovely girl eye him in bashful adoration while the fuming groom spits fire away in the corner.

It´s the rumbling of his stomach that snaps him back to his senses. "Coffee shop." he mumbles to himself. As he wanders around the huge complex, he decides to pay the bathroom a visit first. Showering in a bathroom sink. It's been awhile. Well, not true. It was a month ago. But a month is a decade when you´re a rogue.

after a long trip knute finally made it to watcher's nest he looks around and see's a mesh of races all in one place like this is strange to him why are thay not fighting people who seem to hate each other laughing with each other its so strange back home if we did not like some one we would challenge them to a duel to the Death but i dont think thay do that here 'hmm' everyone seems to be gathering around that moniter i should go see what is going on knute makes his way to the the moniter

Not having been around technology much, this is rather... foreign to you.

Knute, please roll me a Science check to see if you can determine what it is!

science 1+

The member 'Knute Redclaw' has done the following action : Dices roll

'd20' : 8

he goes to this strang bulletin board with all these people it must be important so he goes in for a closer look

The member 'Knute Redclaw' has done the following action : Dices roll

'd20' : 8

hmm it seems to tell of some kind of human love ceromony i should check it out it may tell more about them and there custumes

i arrived at the space station, as i looked around, i was taken aback by these strange creatures, i notice to the left, the sounds of people talking, they're all gathered at a strange moniter, i dicide to go over there and investigate.

Perception is +7

The member 'oh Dae-su' has done the following action : Dices roll

'd20' : 11

on the moniter i see a public wedding, and i see a halfling jumping up and down, he seems discouraged, i noticed that he was clad in armor, and did not seem to be from the area, so i dicide to approach and question him.

You hear that, Zero? He's coming to chat with you!

Continue.

Ryltar is sitting in a back corner of a bar with six bottles of rotgut setting empty in front of him. The monitor in front of him snaps on, and he looks up and groans.



Preception +6 to focus in on the monitor