CR Cragsand S2E8: Injured and tribal newcomers

===Chapter 8 - Injured and tribal newcomers===
====Short on food====
Councilman Sean stops by and Sten shows his crafts, giving him a choice between a revolver for 20k or shotgun for 30k. He decides on the revolver and tries out the weapon at the merc shooting range and Patches tries the shotgun, impressed by the craftmanship. Seeing as Maxwell is one of the mercs Sten learns that they're is able to offer combat training, describing the difference in being able to hit moving targets, as well as "the pleasure of choking his enemies to death", gulp.
Sheila comes by window shopping but tells that she couldn't even use a firearm if she got one. A blessing and curse for many magic users it seems.
When going to breakfast at Jyggals restaurant, he learns that they've run out of meat and are going to need people to go out hunting. Scootz mentioned they were going out hunting crystals and food since the town stores are running low and invites Sten to tag along. Going by Ronts garage Scootz has gathered a caravan consiting of Jorongo, Ront and Sean. Ront mentions her surprise at suddenly being able to see magical spirits and having some affinity for magic. Making a connection her fellow orc Jorongo, claims he sees no such things - excluding their similarity in that regard. 
Another group of Wit, Sheila, Maxwell, Reeza, Bean and Xion heads out to try and hunt scorpions or sandcrabs for food. Hadwyn asks to aquire a pheromone sac from one of the large scorpions. He describes it as an organ somewhere near the stomach that smells funny that gives off scents that attracts the creatures. Getting ahold on one of those he may be able to craft some kind of lure that in combination with traps could catch the creatures without risking life and limbs.
Arguing with Scoots about who would be driving and the care of his cart from crashing before he he eventually gives in when realizing that Sten is the only one who knows how to drive. Out of town they notice that the sands have shifted, things are not as they used to be, with rivers of sand and "waterfalls" of sand.
====Disaster strikes====
Stopping on top of a ridge they spot a giant scorpion approaching and open fire. The scorpion takes a lot of shots and charges in hitting Ront, Jorongo and Sten, knocking him down to the ground. Jorongo consumes his "special juice", a concoction of drugs that enlarges him to almost double his size and he manages to push the giant thing off of a cliff. Bean runs over and heals Sten who crawls gets gets to a sitting position, resuming fire. The scorpion is not defeated by the fall however and decides to return for a second round. On its way up it slashes at the parked vehicles, rendering them unusable. In a seated position Sten laments that the creature should have gone down by now and as if on cue - he is treated with a claw to his back as he lets go of a shotgun shell. Something sounds like it cracked in his back, a near fatal injury. Brave Jorongo fighting on manages to scare off the creature with Reeza helping move Sten back to the truck. 
Incapacitated Jorongo and Sten wait in the truck as Bean heals Jorongo magically. In a vulnerable position the caravan is attacked by another assailant, a sandworm beats against the side of the truck but does not manage to break inside it. Still large from his "juice" Jorongo decides to slings Sten over his shoulder and amazingly carries him all the way back to the Scrap Town clinic. The other injured are rescued by Ash who managed to catch up and gathers them in her truck. 
On the way back Jorongo is slashed by a sand worm and takes gashes across his back but manages to escape. Fading in and out of consciosness Sten promises him a fat discount and whatever weapon he ever desire. Mumbling how long he can last the big guy tells he may last up to 30 minutes in his state - but only as long as his old heart doesn't give out - which it thankfully does not.
Back at the hospital Sten is suffering from internal bleeding and many lacerations. C3-Burns somehow manages to stabilize him using primitive steel pipe and rope. (Out of character Sten passes a death roll by DM Arcadum, surviving with major scarring and a slight pain but will recover.) Thanking C3 and Jorongo he tells them he owes them his life as he dozes off and tries to get some rest in the hospital bed.
====Spectator: Successful hunt====
(Being injured in the hospital Cragsand decides to go out-of-character to observe some events in town.)
The other hunting party seems to have had more success with the smaller creatures and returns with enough meat to feed the town for probably weeks.
====Spectator: A lost rat====
A corporate caravan led by Rikky Raclette and Manyu All of WOTO locate the crashed spaceship The Golden Lance. Unable to reach it by ground they decide to return from the air another day. On the return Rikky gets lost in a sand storm and his whole escort of corporate guards are killed by sandworms. All alone an orb drone visits him, it appears to be controlled by someone nearby who is checking him out. Determining him to be no danger a stranger appears and leads him on a "spirit walk" of sorts while speaking to him in cryptic language. Telling him to be truthful - something that seems to come very hard to the rat-kin - he gives very cryptic advice. Eventually he is lead in the right direction back to the safety of Scrap Town. The stranger however, is nowhere to be seen.
====Spectator: McCuldgers tribesmen====
Two members from McCuldgers old tribe - a man named Bjorn the Bear and a woman named Panther make their way into Scrap Town. With McCuldger and C3 they go to the oasis to gather fruit without encountering any danger. After their return and welcoming they are offered a home in town and to bunk with McCuldger for the time being.Twitch VOD: Callous Row RP S2 E8 - Injured and tribal newcomers YouTube
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