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Who: Colin Starfury, any meddling kids
Open: Open as the plains
When: Day 267, late morning and early afternoon.
Where: The Farmland
What: Doing another survey for more development
Format: Anything, can match
Warnings: Colin IS a warning

As far as plans went, this wasn't how Colin had wanted to spend this week. There were a lot of things that needed doing even before the plight of the Ura reared its head. But Colin was an engineer, and he knew well that the universe had plans of its own and it really didn't care one little bit of the plans of individual people.

The day before this had been spent doing research, and helping Rob build his new cart. That had taken a fair amount of time on its own, but it was work that needed to be done if they wanted to set up a supply line. Now that the transportation was done, it was time to set up the facilities that would give them the supplies down the line.

So here he was, setting out more stakes and flags, taking more measurements, and generally making it apparent that SOMETHING is going to be going up in this area soon. And if the layout of the flags and stakes are any indication, it's going to be something BIG.

Anyone care to bother the engineer at work?

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"Well, this looks familiar." It's certainly not the first time she's observed Colin driving stakes into the ground. "What are you making this time?"

"This is the new farmland," Colin says, looking at Anya. "I figured... I made meat that we can have without animals, it's time to make plants we can grow without soil."

He smirks. "It seemed mad sciencey enough, and it will be useful once I get everything right," he tells her. "It will be able to grow lots of food."

"I don't know that the idea is that remarkable, but I do enjoy eating well. If we're going to insist on helping other survivors, it's probably a good idea."

"With the need to provide food for the Ura, our current farms can't handle it," Colin says, smiling. "I want to keep us eating well, so we need more farms. Plain and simple."

He gives her a look, and he grins. "What food would you want to see us grow, Anya?" he asks.

"We could do with more fruit. I don't think jelly-filled donuts count."

"We can probably plant more fruit," Colin says in consideration. "Berries and melons. Trees will take far too long to grow, I think..."

He gets a thoughtful expression, and then he gives a quiet sigh. Rosethorn could probably have helped that...

"If we go the traditional route instead of letting the Monument do its magic, then no, they won't be of much help in the current situation. But if I'm going to be here the rest of my sadly mortal life, I might like to eat a peach one day."

"I don't see why we couldn't at least get some seeds to start an orchard. It'd be years before we got anything, but it would be nice to have the option in the future," he says. He just won't comment that years, to him, are just the blink of an eye...

Good choice. It would be kind of a silly comment to make to Anya of all people.

"Well, I bet we'd have something before my wrinkles start coming in."

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"You could always buy a fully-grown peach tree with shards?" Colin offers in suggestion, smiling at her. "Get your peach goodness while you're still smoking hot?"

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"That's a thought. I don't accumulate piles and piles of them like some people, but I probably don't need all of them for contraception. Especially since I gave up handing out free samples."

"I'd heard you'd been shocking half the Bastion," Colin says, sounding amused. "Sadly, nobody ever appreciates true genius until it's too late. Ah well."

"I'm fairly certain I got most of them before they engaged in any sex. They might appreciate it belatedly, but it won't be too late."

Colin just smiles knowingly, and says nothing more on the subject.

"So, what do you think of what's going on with the Ura?" he asks idly before he takes a canteen off of his tool belt and takes a drink.

Look, if Rin did not properly use the condoms Anya gave her, that is not her fault.

"Well, I've never met that bunch, but everyone seems eager to bend over backwards for them. I just hope they don't take advantage of it. Didn't someone say they have an awful lot more guns and people than we do?"

"That would have been me, yes," Colin says, wiping the water from his lips and grinning at her. "They have weapons and numbers. I have secrets. If there's trouble, it won't be a fair fight for them. That said, I prefer peaceful coexistence to fighting people that are just trying to survive."

Avoid throwing the first punch, but always throw the last one. It's been a Starfury motto for as long as he can remember.

The vengeance business would probably have a similar motto. Something involving second punches hitting so hard there can be no third punch.

"When you put it that way, it makes it sound like we'd be the bad guys." Does she sound offended or delighted by this idea? Hard to tell. "Still, I'm not interested in a fight either. Getting injured is immensely unpleasant."

"A great man once said, 'Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun.'" Colin says smugly. "I respect that wisdom. That said, yeah, peace is better than war. I just like being ready for anything."

"So you're prepared to wipe them all out if we need to?"

"If necessary," Colin says, a serene smile standing completely out of place with the current subject matter. "As I said. I like being ready for ANYTHING. Did they mention that I got eaten at that prison? I had a plan for that."

"I prefer to have plans to avoid getting eaten at all--except in the sexy way--but I can understand how your smug grin might broadcast 'eat me' to a lot of things."

"I've been told I have a very assaultable face," Colin replies, laughing. "But most things think that if they eat you, you're done. They forget that their soft insides aren't covered by armor, and that if they swallow something whole, nasty things can happen."

"Many people are done once they've been eaten. I understand the school's principal was swallowed by our snake mayor, and no one ever saw him walking around again. Of course, I think the entire school was blown up shortly afterwards, so that probably didn't help him to survive."