CR Cragsand S2E3: Corporate Arrivals

===Chapter 3 - Corporate Arrivals ===
====More blacksmithing business====
Patches brings in a broken door to repair in the shop from the previous day. Apparently some fire spirit apparently had damaged it and mentions McCuldger wanting to construct gates for Scrap Towns entrances to prevent creatures that keep coming in. 
Sheila ran up to give Sten a weird look before running off and was spotted speaking to her large scorpion creature friend again.
Going to get his usual pick-me-up at The Stray Dog bar, while ordering the strongest drink from Pepper Sten meets a new curious stranger named Romulus. The stranger is a trader from the wasteland who came looking for work. Shaking hand and recommending him to check out Ash and Ronts garage the guy complimented Sten on his large hands and teased with - "you know what they say about a hand with large hands eh?". Seating himself with the strange and Anthony Sten asks him about the corporate strangers from yesterday and just as - speak of the devil, the white clad folk appear once more outside of the bar.
====Water welfare?====
A gathering collects around the corporate people from Atlantis who happen to be carrying several large crates being escorted by a large robot. Curious what this is about Sten approaches and greets a small vocal robot that introduces itself as "hugbot" insisting on dispensing a hug. Humoring its wishes the thing goes on to tell that Atlantis is donating water to people of the wastes from the benefactor Lady Shinohara to thank Anthony for their kindness. This sudden charity is received with mixed reactions from the gathering crowd and C3-Burn from the hospital tells everyone to be especially careful and check for potential toxins or poisons before consuming any such water. Anthony and Pepper start carrying the water into her bar. Shortly after the spectacle begins Mayor Rico and his goons are quick to show up and immediately start questioning Shinohara and her escort. 
The Mayor calls an emergency meeting and gathering outside of Jyggals restaurant and announces that from here on forward anyone accepting corporate water will be banished from Scrap Town, this includes Anthony and Pepper. At first he splurts out that Anthony has been kidnapped by corporates but the crowd responds that this is false and he backtracks on his words. Sten whispers to Pepper, Patches and C3-Burn that he wont give anyone up to the mayor and instead expresses his skepticism that the mayors intentions probably lie with himself just wishing to keep his current monopoly on water to himself and his group of gangsters. The only thing in agreement seems to be that anyone sampling the water get themselves checked out at the hospital as trusting the corps blindly is a bad decision.
A curious stranger introduces himself as a gardener named Cain turns up at the meeting, being from The Undercity he is looking to grow plants in the wasteland. Sten offers the little knowledge he has that trying to do so would require setting up some pretty efficient greenhouses using glass or plexiglass as base materials.
====Dealings in town====
Stopping by the general store, Scootz is not present today, only Foobar the robot stands behind the counter as Sten asks about purchasing some water. The robot has been staring at the same place for several hours and asks Sten if he can also see "the fish face staring back at him" present in the counter. Ignoring the curious case of pareidolia Foobar questions if he should match the market price to zero, since the corporates seems to be handing it out for free but Sten decides not to take advantage of him and tells he will donate the usual cost to the shop to cover the difference. Laughing to himself about the robots musings he still teases and encourages him to keep staring at "the fish", entertaining the thought he might actually win the staring contest against an inanimate object.
Going about town Sten meets and introduces himself to a stranger who introduces himself as "Jonathan" with his friend "Billy", looking like important folk he is impressed about the gunsmithing services that can be provided and asks about any rumors regarding the Mayor in town. Having gotten a bad impression Sten tells "Jonathan" not to trust anything that the mayor says, at least take it with a large grain of salt and consider it carefully. He even goes to far as to doubt him having much power beyond the ones he can enforce with his goons. Wishing to go out into the wastes on a caravan Sten recommends him to seek out Miss Ront or Ash about lending a vehicle.
The clanking knight turns up once more needing some dents hammered out. Apparently this time he decided to jump from the elevator going down from The Undercity for no other reason than that it might be "fun". Seeing as he seems to become a recurring customer Sten offers the knight a deal, in exchange for providing information on the corporations he can continue stopping by and get needed repairs. Sounding dutiful he agrees and storms off after having some of his iron readjusted at the blacksmithing anvil. Sten also learns that the unknown knight now goes by the name "Sir Polka", being his new given name in the lack of anything else. Hopefully he will be able to provide valuable intel on the sudden corporate presence.
====Caravans heading out into the wasteland====
Fixing up the knight more corporate start appearing in town from the Upper City, an important looking lady introduces herself as Nadia Palpatyne of the Atlantis corp as well as her covering news reporter Conrad for Atlantis news. They seem to be looking to go out into the wasteland and hire a caravan and ask about the thunderdome arena. Sten being always helpful tells them that the arena is run by Hark and Proximo and that it usually attracts a pretty large gathering. Directing the entourage towards Ash and Ront they head out on a caravan searching for whatever they're looking for.
Another caravan comes to Scrap Town, this time led by one Kythus of The Undercity together with his fellowship of magically inclined entourage. Meeting Bo, a the mushroom looking lass Sten introduces himself and his business but the gathering don't appear to be willfully forthcoming what they intend to do out in the wasteland. Among the entourage Sten spots curious folk including Ahi and Tynan. As the second caravan heads out Sten discusses their nature with Hadwyn Ermire, a wastelander who is a botanist. He seems particularly curious about the nature of "plant people" and their sentience, curious that magic which some previously thought to be only fiction now is turning out to be facts. He refers to Bo as a "Myconid", being sentient mycelium. Opting not to insult anyone Sten decides not to use that terminology.
With both the corporate caravan and the magically inclined one out in the wasteland, alarms are raised as a sandstorm starts sweeping in. Mercury attempts to hail and warn them on all available radio channels. Before the sandstorms enclosed both caravans manage to make it back though the corporate one seems to have wrecked Miss Ronts vehicle, earning them no favor from her.
Standing watch at the entrance a large scorpion looking creature approaches one of the gates and Sten fires multiple warning shots close to it while attempting to shoo it away. It doesn't heed the initial warnings and keeps approaching but before causing any trouble some locals arrive to greet it, it would appear to be Sheilas friend or pet creature and not posing any harm. Careful around it Sten watches as it is introduced to Ash, Sir Polka and more by Sheila.Twitch VOD: Callous Row RP S2 E3 - Corporate Arrivals
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