Team Vespidae

Who: Amber's Team (Amber, Callum, Mel, Peter and Keto)
Where: The Vespidae
When: Two hours into the flight
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<<SNIP>>
Amber had given them a brief outline of their mission, to find some
Mush-a-Roo's on New Australia and collect their spores, before sending
them back to their respective quarters and offices to gather whatever
supplies would be necessary.
...
Peter, being a pilot himself, was never one to be comfortable when
being a passenger. He attempted to make conversation with both Amber
and Keto, the latter he didn't know very well, but both had failed -
All he got from Amber was that their flight would be another 2 hours
at maximum speed, and from Keto all he had got was a snappy put down
and derivative look.
"Anyone for travel scrabble?" he heard CK say, and holding a miniature
scrabble board.
It was going to be a long flight.
<<END SNIP>>
-- Two Hours Later --
There was a faint 'bump' as the Vespidae touched down on a small rock
outcropping in the shadow of a much larger plateau, overlooking many
miles of plains stretching off to the horizons of New Australia. Warm
air buffeted the team as they stepped outside, shielding their eyes.
"So what," asked CK, looking around and surreptitiously pocketing his
travel scrabble, "Does a Mush-a-Roo look like?"
"It's about sixteen feet tall when mature and resembles something like
a giant, thin mushroom..." began Keto.
"That doesn't sound so bad!" said Peter, somewhat optimistically. He
was met with a cynical glare from Amber and a bitter one from Keto.
"...LIKE a giant mushroom," continued Keto, "Only it bounds along the
landscape on huge feet with even huger claws on them, dripping with
poison the very vapours of which are lethal to humans upon contact."
"Ah."
"Also, they're carnivorous, hunt in packs and like to digest their
victims at a distance with a combination of their claw venom and some
extremely acidic spores. Acidic spores, I should point out, that we
are required to harvest and return to the Blue Dwarf."
"That's...bad," admitted Peter, "So what do we do?"
"You wake me up when you get back," growled Keto, heading for the door
of the Vespidae, "They're probably out on those plains, somewhere.
Did I mention they camouflage themselves pretty well, too? Have a
great trip!"
The Vespidae, however, turned its back on Keto and refused to let him
in. The doctor turned to be greeted by the sight of Amber smiling
smugly, and ground his teeth.
"Fine," he muttered, "But just remember - if I die, or just decide I
don't like you any more, nobody's going to be able to heal the
horrific injuries that you'll suffer."
"Oh come on, they're only mushrooms! They can't be that bad!"
protested Peter.
"I didn't mean from the mushrooms," Keto murmured, but nobody heard him.
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OOC: Tag any of Team Vespidae! ;)