Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Troy Hunter (General Medical Doctor) in Main Sim - Native Village - Hopeful Discourse? Part II

Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Native Village - Hopeful Discourse? Part II
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Glen spoke again to the small man and larger gruff woman. =/\= My crew are now collecting water samples and and blood samples which we will test. Other’s have joined your miners underground to look for ways to make mining safer and more productive. Are there any additional ways in which we can help your people and Va’s body? =/\= Glen asked them.

Turning back to Glen, the smaller man nodded, =/\= Any additional helpings you could I think direct in general to ask around. Many of my band of followers you saw earlier about you will possibly be more inclined to approach if you were to present some meaningful understood display of what you could do that they would find favor with. You might also wish to approach the Elder’s council hunt down this way..=/\= The man said showing a slightly larger building up on a raised platform about a ‘block’ or so down to their south.

Glen hadn’t realised that he hadn’t been talking to the Elder Council directly, the quality of the translation being what it was, he thought that the small man and tall woman were members of the Council. =/\= Yes, it would be my honour to speak in front of your Elder Council. =/\=

The taller woman snorted, =/\= Pish if they truly wish to ‘help’ they could toil their backs in labor in sifting through the metal bones left behind by His Agents. Their are still pieces which the miners need to replace damaged goods. Or perhaps they wish to weave their Doomer ‘science’ and ‘magics’ upon the food providing farms to the west? Bah do what you want I care not. I have other arrangements to make. =/\= She said waving off any further suggestions to rise, and with a gesture to several women and a few men still nearby headed east towards several thatch and mud and metal huts arranged in a small walled formation.

=/\= These tasks are certainly possible. Give me some time to organise them. =/\= Glen replied.

The smaller man shook his head, =/\= Apologies for Unknown Word/Name she and her followers were close to Va’s Agents and supported them greatly during their time among us, and their educations. Their departure back to the Heavens still trouble them and two of the Elders who held similar beliefs. While all of us believed in the Agent’s teachings and Va’s refinements they brought, some like myself felt we needed to return to older ways and also to stand on our own feet while expanding with Va’s Blessings. The teachings the Agents brought while quite welcome in many ways also pained us in others. Your science as you say is understood enough to us. We know it is different then that which Va blesses our bodies and minds with. Yet in others similar. =/\= He said, pausing as if to consider something. A call from one of the late teenaged men nearby took his attention. =/\= What? =/\= He asked, to which the teen replied, too far off for the UT to catch his end of things, but the teen pointed to the Elder huts nearby, =/\= Ah yes, I understand tell them I will be by soon. =/\= The boy nodded and then departed. =/\= Excuse me the Elder Seer needs me for something. My companion ill tempered as she is did offer you two other avenues to show your help. It might be wise to follow up with it in some form if you wish. =/\= He said then departed.

By now the doctor had filled the glass jar with the water from the river ,he raised it up to eye level and it seemed clear , though he knew that it did not mean there wasn’t any bacteria lurking in it .Raising himself up Hunter started to walk towards where the inhabitants lived to take another sample from down river .He noticed the surroundings were much dirtier ,soot and dust everywhere he looked ,taking a deep breath the doctor repeated the same process as before …this time the glass jar was filled with murky , unclean ,filthy and polluted water .

With both samples in hand , Hunter made his way back to were the Captain had been sitting.

Again without Hunter noticing, or anyone else for that matter the trio of unseen or heard women followed him melding back into the nearby crowds who had now started to return to their normal daily lives.

Verity was glad Hunter collected the samples, especially the one where the water was much dirtier. As he walked back, Verity held her hand out for the samples, still enjoying the view of his bare chest as he approached.

And as usual Hunter did not even notice Verity admiring his bare chest ‘’Here Lt ‘’ the doctor said with that usual small smile of his ‘’Anything else?’’ he asked , directing his gaze at the science officer and Captain.

“Put it away Lieutenant!” Glen told Hunter. “Your shirtlessness might break local customs and result in a riot!”

’’ Is that what you are worried about..seriously? ‘’ Hunter questioned ‘’In that case ‘’ he grabbed the shirt which he had torn in half and put it on backwards ‘’Now they can only see my back and wait until we get back on the ship, I’m going to have a word with Cara Meow ‘’ at this point he lowered his voice …just in case it caused a riot.

Glen ignored Hunter’s protests and said to Verity, “If you could organise a small team from Science to see if the productivity, and fertility of the soils, in their food farms could be improved, that should make them happy. I’ll have Lieutenant Mullins look at these wreckages for spare parts once he returns from the mine. For now, we should concentrate on gathering together all these test results and interpretating them.”

The doctor could not see what help testing samples would do, the bacteria was there that’s for sure, it was symbiotic in nature to the inhabitants, and in a way aiding them, besides both the medical and the science labs previously ran different tests, everything turned out negative in their experiments to destroy or render it ineffective .... nothing seemed to work much to their frustration and disappointment.

Hunter did not object and he gave Verity the samples. Until now the doctor has always done what the Captain ordered.

Hunter had thought of something but he was apprehensive to ask Glen, lest he bit his head off.

“Anything else?” Glen asked Hunter, while they awaited the results of the testing of samples.

• Glen, CO
  OOC: posted Verity and my post here -marthese.

OOC: No, don’t use this for the results. Hunter was going to ask something he thought of but he was apprehensive to ask Glen about it. Just say “nothing”, if was nothing. other wise this thread is CLOSED.

Dave