Neobums Epilogue: Where are they now

Earlier this year I posted about the making of the "Neobums," the little alien vagrants that had been loitering around town during Neotropolis 2225.  On the last night of the event, the Sentinels of Kepler 609-c initiated a major crackdown and arrested all of them:


It was a sad story:

But when the event was over and folks were headed back to their home planet, it turns out many of these little bums found new homes.

Leon, the proprietor of Spacer's Landing, adopted the little drunk that refused to leave his bar:

His name is now "Dribbles" and he's still a drunk, but he's trying to cut back:

He's also trying to improve himself by learning some new talents:

Getting along with his housemates:

And helping with daily chores where he can:

Ghillie, of Ghillie's Arcade fame, adopted the little loiterer who gained a fondness for video games in his arcade:

Short staffed as usual, Ghillie decided to put him to work:


His name is now George and he's starting to master the arts of video game and vending machine repairs:

The Cahdo brothers wandered off together to find more misadventures in LaLa Land:

One of them was spotted in the midst of a brief love affair with an Earth local named Rufus:


The other briefly took up residence in a washing machine:


At this point, they still remain at large.

 
While searching for the two of them, someone managed to find this guy chilling in their fridge:


Many people will remember Dmitri, the frequently unconscious drunk spotted on the main drag:


Still a problem alcoholic, he's temporarily taken up residence with a roommate somewhere in Earth's northern hemisphere:


If you spent anytime shopping at Starside Armory, you may have seen this little criminal loitering there:


It turns out he managed to stow away when they were preparing for lift-off from Kepler 609c:


When they discovered him, they named him "Gimbal" and put him to work.  Now he purportedly helps out a bit behind the scenes, but mostly his contribution amounts to just hanging around:

Then there's this little guy:


His name turns out to be "Pug" and he ended up transported to the penal colony at Oz for a one-year sentence.  He was photographed wearing his prison-issued uniform during a coastal clean-up work release:


That should give him plenty of time to rethink his life.

Some folks will remember Steve who was regularly panhandling outside the Gentleman Loser:


Upon apprehension by the Sentinels, Steve's fake mustache was removed revealing his true identity. It turns out "Steve" was in fact Jerry all along. Wanted for numerous unspecified crimes throughout the sector, Jerry disappeared in Sentinel custody.

Jorbu the Bartender continues to work at the Gentleman Loser, even though he drinks more liquor than he serves:

Blamo somehow manages to keep his employment contract with Xenogon Pest Removal Services despite numerous sexual harassment complaints:


He can be found at their home office most weekdays and occasionally on Sundays when he thinks there's nobody around.

Finally, there's Coach's adopted son Scratch who joined the NPCs:

When I asked Coach how Scratch was getting along on Earth during the off season, he had this to say: 

"Since getting home from Neo, the most we've done is to ensure the infestation of space fleas have gone dormant by locking him in the RV and giving him a Wired magazine to review. 

He's still on page 3, must be terribly interesting. 

He did manage to make it on an adventure to a small mountain town where some down on their luck apocalypse types regarded him and his kind with joy. Many selfies were taken, pockets were searched, drugs confiscated. 

He's enrolled in multiple correspondence courses that he has been taking online, and had a recent breakup with his long distance AI girlfriend when she said... " You've reached the daily limit for Chat GPT at this current subscription level"

Otherwise it's nothing but page 4 of Wired magazine in Scratch's near future..."

Some months later, Coach sent me this photo:

Clearly Scratch's reading comprehension had somewhat improved.

So that's where they are now.  Expect to see them and more of their kind at Neotropolis in 2226.

If you'd like to see more photos of these guys from the even and a few more scattered behind-the-scenes pictures of them being made, I have a album posted here: LINK

*If you've never been to Neotropolis, know that the Sentinels are the oppressive mercenary law enforcement operators who maintain law and order in this dystopian cyperpunk colony.