vila_restal: (nervous)
Vila ([personal profile] vila_restal) wrote2003-12-24 09:39 am

Tarrant!

I've found Tarrant! Or at least he's found me. Or maybe Orac did. And Avon's found Blake! They're on Gauda Prime as [livejournal.com profile] del_tarrant and [livejournal.com profile] roj_blake.

So I don't feel quite so bad about going back there now. Just mildly terrified and, um, poised for action.

I wonder if anyone else survived.

[identity profile] del-tarrant.livejournal.com 2003-12-23 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Blake's here? Why didn't Orac tell me about this?

Hope he doesn't still carry a grudge about that "he sold us all" business. It's not like I really meant it or anything, not when I saw the look in Avon's eyes. That'll teach me to play pranks on him.

[identity profile] vila-restal.livejournal.com 2003-12-23 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Tarrant me old mate, I don't think you have the practical joke sussed. In future you should stick to harmless stuff like gluing Avon's tools to the table, short-sheeting Soolin's bed, putting salt in Dayna's coffee, setting your hairdryer to suck instead of blow, oops, um, things like that.

[identity profile] del-tarrant.livejournal.com 2003-12-23 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Vila. I'll get you for that.

By the way, did you like the antifreeze in the brandy I gave you last Midwinter?

[identity profile] vila-restal.livejournal.com 2003-12-23 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Kept me warm all season! I feel the cold, you know.

[identity profile] del-tarrant.livejournal.com 2003-12-23 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
All right, I give up. Just tell me, how long do I have to sit here before you two arrive?

[identity profile] vila-restal.livejournal.com 2003-12-24 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
We're in orbit. But we'll have to land. Where are you?

[identity profile] del-tarrant.livejournal.com 2003-12-24 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'm in the city of Quarrie, the seedier district. That shouldn't be too difficult for you to find, Vila.

[identity profile] vila-restal.livejournal.com 2003-12-24 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
All right. 'Cause we are here now, I mean we were all along; Orac just did one of his deliberately ambiguous whatsits to confuse me.

Quarrie, eh? Has it got a spaceport or room for a huge ship to belly down?

[identity profile] del-tarrant.livejournal.com 2003-12-24 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
It's all a huge gravel pit down here, shouldn't be too unfamiliar, even to you. The village is basically a bunch of barracks lumped together near the forest edge. An automated landing should work fine here.

[identity profile] vila-restal.livejournal.com 2003-12-24 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Avon's coming down in the shuttle to get you. I hope he checked there was enough fuel to get back.

Good luck!

[identity profile] del-tarrant.livejournal.com 2003-12-24 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
*smile lights up the room*

Cheers!

[identity profile] vila-restal.livejournal.com 2003-12-24 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, we're not here after all. I mean, we are here but it's not there.

I'll get back to you. Literally, I hope.