Vos family katamari ball

A place to dump stuff about the Vos family katamari ball.
==Someone==
Please see "Someone". 
===Meta===
Since Scott works near the airport, I picked it as neutral meeting ground for them. The cunning plan went something like:
1. Scott tells his branch of the Vosses he wants to see his brother and, you know, let him know he's alive.
2. The Kimberley Vosses conspire with the Koffiefontein Vosses to get Herc to Kimberley.
3. So, Herc's shipped up the highway with Tygo to do some shopping that can't be done in the smaller town and to meet some friend of Ty's at the airport.
4. At the last moment, Ty ditches Herc, leaving the Aussie to meet this 'someone'.
5. 'Someone' is, of course, Scott.
6. Shortly after Scott leaves, Ty turns back up.
==Planning==
Perhaps a Koffiefontein Vos mentioned it to a Kimberley Vos who said to Scott, "hey, your brother's in town (by which I mean Koffiefontein)!" (Is Herc on the Koffiefontein stop of his travelling route or is there another reason?) 
====Said====
Perhaps a Koffiefontein Vos mentioned it to a Kimberley Vos who said to Scott, "hey, your brother's in town (by which I mean Koffiefontein)!"
"Oh." says Scott. "How is he?" 
"You can see for yourself!" 
"Eh..." 
"It's been almost nine years, can't hurt to reconnect." 
"Eh..." 
"Good. I'll have Tygo tell 'im to meet 'someone' at the airport." 
"Eh..." 
"Glad we had this little chat." 
"Eh."
That ... also sounds likely. XD
Wait. Picture Missus Nuru and Scott having that conversation.
Missus Nuru 'pats' his cheek. "Mope on your own time, Mister Scott." 
"Eh..." 
"No man I know wouldn't be happy to see his brother." 
"Eh..." 
"Off with ye or you'll be late to work." 
"Eh..." 
I LOVE IT. 
>SNORK<
I'll put a full version of that conversation on my words wishlist for tomorrow. XD
Whoot!
====In Town====
Perhaps a Koffiefontein Vos mentioned it to a Kimberley Vos who said to Scott, "hey, your brother's in town (by which I mean Koffiefontein)!"
I have the feeling that to the Vosses, Koffiefontein is 'town' and Kimberley 'the city'. Other places have actual names. XD
Lol! That feeling seems accurate XD ("in town" up in these parts also means "in the same city wherein we are speaking" and wanted to make it clear I knew Herc was in Koffiefontein 'cause it's one of those days).
'In town' means the same thing in my parts. I can picture the Kimberleyans saying they're 'going to town' when they're headed to Koffiefontein, though.
And Koffiefonteinians off to "the big city" of Kimberley perhaps somewhat sarcastically or when there are Kimberleyans about :D
===Grandbabies===
(Is Herc on the Koffiefontein stop of his travelling route or is there another reason?)
Herc's on his regular vacation to Koffiefontein to soak up some grandbaby-by-proxy goodness.
Oh, man. The days leading up to Herc's arrival must be nigh-intolerable with fluffles too excited to sleep or otherwise behave.
Yeah. It's probably utter mayhem. Poor man's probably buried under so many fluffles he can barely breathe. 
It's a three week trial: two weeks before of fluffles asking every two minutes when Granddaddy Herc'll arrive, and then a week after of fluffles being thrilled to bits and telling /everyone. Often. And with great zeal. After that, the excitement is more localized to wherever Herc is. 
Math! How many preteen South Africans does it take to smother an adult Australian male?
Probably more than the number of cats it takes to smother a preteen Australian XD What I would like is the formula to describe the impact of a high speed object on another object at rest. And then the amount of force a healthy adult can withstand. And then the amount of force a healthy, off balance adult can withstand. And then the amount of laughter from bystanders as Herc goes dooown.
And then there's the preparations for the occasional arrival of Team Drift Science ....
==Team DriftSci==
Watch as people practice "Lightcap catching maneuvers" XD 
"You be the crazy science lady, and I'll try to convince you to get out of the mire!" 
"But I wanna be It!" 
"You're too tiny to drag me back."
"Fiiiine." *shtump shtump shtump.* "Science science numbers brains science—"
"'Doctor, it's time for dinner!'"
"Science!" 
"Dinner!" 
"Science!"
"Din—"
""Keep it down, you two!""
"Sorry!"
==Grandpappas==
“Can I join you?”
Herc looks up from the crossword puzzle he wasn’t working on.
Val hands Herc a cold beer and settles next to him. “How’s our town treating you?”
“Good. More home than I’ve been in a while.” Herc twists his ring.
Val tilts his head. “Piet told me about her. You’re a brave man. Raising a boy on your own.” He shakes his head. “I couldn’t do it. I barely managed mine /with a wife.”
“They’re good men.”
“Yep. Yours was, too.”
“Lotta that’s down t’yer Pietr. Chuck looked up t’him.”
“Not nearly as much as he looked up to you. Piet saw.”
Herc rolls the bottle between his hands.
Val takes a pull from his. “I worried this Drifting you pilots did was a curse. It changed Piet--just a little, but it did. But it’s a blessing.”
Herc raises his eyes from the ground.
“It builds families. Piet's a Hansen; Chuck's a Vos. You’re a Vos now, too.” Val stands and stretches. He offers Herc a hand. “C’mon, let’s go meet our grandchildren.”
Herc accepts the help and pulls himself to his feet.
Val smiles. “They're lucky kids, you know.”
Herc blinks.
"Three grandpappas. They'll be /so spoiled!"
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