what's cooking on the vanquish?

[fujibayashi]

Who: Anyone
Broadcast: None planned
Action: SS Vanquish!
When: Mid-May to the end of the month!

[This pit stop has been exciting. Lots of gambling and fun and forest adventures... Some people got more metal put in, some people might've gotten ink. There's sure to be a conversation somewhere.

The Vanquish is still rather bare when it comes to upgrades, but that might change soon. Who knows.]

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[fujibayashi]

[Man, the kitchen smells wonderful today. Somehow Sheena managed to get the ingredients for her famous pineapple curry. It tastes better than it sounds, really. There's a nice big pot simmering on the stove, which she stirs occasionally, and another pot of rice next to it.

Those are particularly observant might notice a few rings around the shell of her ear that weren't there before.]

[geonomy]

[Well, something smells amazing. Clay can't help leaving what he's doing once he gets a whiff of that smell in the air, and following it leads him straight to the kitchen.]

I smell something totally out of this world. [He moves in then, bent slightly at the waist with his hands up as if they were claws.] I must have it!

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena glances over her shoulder at the sound of someone entering the kitchen.]

Oh, hey.

[She grins a bit, always happy to have people who like her cooking without making jokes about being domestic.]

Hope you like curry! It's sorta my specialty from home.

[geonomy]

I like anything that smells that good! And if it's your specialty, then it's got to be good.

[Excuse him while he moves up close enough to sling an arm around her shoulders and lean over one of them, getting a good look at the curry she's making.]

Is it ready yet? [Because wow he wants it.]

[fujibayashi]

Hahah, thanks.

[She freezes up for a second, not because she's particularly uncomfortable about physical affection but because it's not something she receives often. The last person to do this sort of thing was Zelos and sometimes Lea, and the latter doesn't remember her anymore. Awkward.

But she doesn't push him away. Clay wouldn't make rude advances on her or anything like that.]

Ah-- yeah, help yourself. I was just stirring it to keep it from settling. Curry has this tendency to get weird when it cools down. [And now she's nervous so she's babbling...] I put in tofu and... space chicken? I'm not sure what it's called, but it's a kind of bird and it doesn't taste bad at all.

[geonomy]

[Whatever whatever everyone gets a bit of Clayffection when he's friends with them

But oh, she seems a bit nervous/uncomfortable? So, Clay slides away, but covers it up by going in to get a spoon to taste some of that deeeelicious curry.]

Space chicken! That's the best name for it. [And as he leans over to stir the curry a bit,] It's kind of weirdly comforting, knowing that some things stay the same even in different worlds. Chickens live in mine, too.

[And now, to taste.

...

Mmmmmmm. Even if it is a bit hot.]

Oooh, wow. [Clay fans at his mouth, but he's still grinning like an idiot about it.] That's amazing!

[fujibayashi]

It's weird but convenient. I was pretty excited when I saw teriyaki on the menu, I admit, even if it's nothing like home.

[At least it tastes decent.

Speaking of which, she's watching him carefully for his approval when he samples the curry.]

I'm glad you like it, but don't burn your tongue too much! You won't be able to taste anything.

[geonomy]

Sorry, sorry! I just get too excited when we get anything other than tofu paste.

[Granted, Clay was already prepared to eat nothing but space food for six months straight before he got here. But still! Just the word "paste" is kind of disgusting.

... You know, he saw them when he was hanging on her, but.]

Got yourself some new earrings, eh? [He gestures to his own ear, where her new rings are.]

[fujibayashi]

The tofu really isn't the right consistency. It's insulting to tofu.

[She's surprised that he noticed, and she reaches up to touch them. Not too hard because that makes them hurt, but.]

Hahah... yeah, I did. My ears were pierced before, but I saw people with more piercings when I was strongarmed into the space-travel thing. I really liked the look so I decided to go for it.

[geonomy]

They look really good on you! [And he's sincere about it, even if the thought of getting the shell of his ears pierced gives him the willies. That's hard cartilage right there, man.] Did it hurt to get them at all? Or did you tough through it?

[fujibayashi]

[BLUSH ENGAGED.] Ah, thank you... [Sheena, how many times do you have to be called a 10 before you acknowledge it?]

Oh, yeah, it hurt. But I didn't cry like my friends from home. They were so intent on being men, you know... got themselves all worked up.

[geonomy]

Haha! That's my captain! [And he holds up his hand for a high-five!!]

[fujibayashi]

[Clay's enthusiasm is infectious. The guy's running at 110 percent ALL THE TIME. She has no idea how he manages it. Sheena isn't often asked for high fives though, so she hesitates a moment-- and then, taking a chance, she hits the five.]