Those were the days!
Who: Sergei and Vladmir What: Talking about the old days Where: Sentinus Estate, the family reunion When: Backdated shortly after the Unification War ended Status: Complete Rating: G, there's mischief and nostalgia afoot!
Sergei had a lot on his mind as of late. Over the last forty years his youngest brother Vladmir had turned their father's small mining business into one of the biggest operations in the Rim, Mama and Daddy had lived the rest of their lives comfortably until they passed away about ten years back and now the family was coming together for the bi-yearly reunion.
The brothers had been through a lot together even after Sergei moved to Pacquin and the war reunited them. The Sentinus clan hadn't lost any family members during the war, surprising considering that fourteen of them had gone off to fight though they had lost a lot of good friends in battle and Nikolai lost an arm. The man was still recovering from the socketing procedure and was expected to take two years to fully recover though he was able to come out and socialize.
The family was gathered at the estate and as usual not everybody showed up - they had a very large family scattered across the Verse so that was to be expected. After entertaining the kids with his beloved party tricks of mixing harmless chemicals and food coloring he went to sit on the porch and cracked open a cold beer. He saw Nikolai chasing the kids around the yard and sighed as they turned around and tackled him piling on top of him as he laughed and jokingly called for help - some things never changed.
The old man suddenly burst out into his trademark belly laugh as some of the other kids ganged up on Nikolai's dad and tackled him into the pond and dumped a cooler of ice all over Vlad. When his great grandkids came after Sergei he mixed up some smoke put on his goggles and escaped like a ninja onto the back porch where the kids weren't allowed.