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[pompous_today]

Who: Simon Tam and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Anywhere
When: July 7th

[Simon has an expression of mild disgust on his face as he turns the camera on, examining a bottle of soda.]

Has anybody else gotten some personalized cola bottles from the sponsors? I mean, they are clearly meant for me, but my name is misspelled on a few of them, and then... there's this one.

[Simon turns it toward the camera: it has the infamous "you tried" star... with Simon's face on it.]

I got a gold star for... what? Dissecting sentient creatures? Playing my part like a good television star? Being myself? Did I fail at whatever I tried to do?

[[OOC NOTE: This was just a fun idea I had- in the vein of Share A Coke bottles, the sponsors have decided to gift Fleet members with their own personalized bottles of soda. Except their names won't necessarily be spelled correctly, or the soda will have weird flavors, or be loaded with caffiene- be creative!]]

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[summerschild]

[Bran isn't very familiar with these futuristic foods and drinks yet, so he's been looking at the strange bottles with hesitance.]

Mine is called "Brad Snork".

[He pronounces it slowly and carefully, like it's a bad word.]

Is it dangerous?

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[ino]

[ Tries not to look too put out by what her own bottle said to answer him: ]

It's just soda, Bran. It's a bubbly drink with sugar in it.

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[bolder]

[Have a wave.] If it is, danger is delicious!

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[pompous_today]

Not dangerous, but it may taste strange. I took a drink of one and it tasted like... cucumbers.

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[stefanged]

Unfortunately. Though I've gotta say, your gold star looks better than mine. [Stefan holds his up to the camera - it doesn't even have a proper gold star, just one of those "there was an attempt" stars. It's barely in the cutout of a star.

In fact, calling it a star is an insult to stars.] It's either this, or bottles with "Steven Salvadore." Or... [He squints.] In this case, both.

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[pompous_today]

... Hmmm, that is a very poorly-done star.

I have one labeled Timon Sam. And one labeled Nomis Tam. It seems we may have gotten the factory imperfections.

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[alwayscomeback]

[Guess who got a 'share a soda with Soccer'. Guess.]

That's not how you spell my name!!!

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[save_the_souls]

[Allen in the background of Sokka's video feed is looking through the shipment to see the other bottles. And. Sure enough, there's one saying "Share a Soda with Wallen"]

[IMMEDIATELY trying to shove that bottle back into the box]

Let's just throw this crap out the airlock.

[delincuente]

[Alex is literally crying laughing at all of this, so she can't even say anything. Just hear her cackling over the communicator as she holds a bottle reading "AXEL RUMPUS".]

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[pompous_today]

It seems we may have gotten a few... factory imperfections in the mix.

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[bolder]

Eh, as far as I can tell, mine's good.

["Tough Beef On".]

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[pompous_today]

Really? The label is correct?

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[ino]

[ You might get a glimpse of the bottle facing the camera for a moment before she picks it up.

Of course, once she realizes it says "PIG" it's getting thrown at the wall and exploding ]

What the hell--?!

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[pompous_today]

Wh- that's terribly rude!

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[save_the_souls]

[He feels you sister. Though you know, part of him is glad she's on another ship right now.]

These are just stupid!

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[dancingmd]

[Beverly's just... laughing. Staring at her bottle and laughing. Probably more than this actually warrants, but she needs something to laugh at, with everything else that's been going on. She turns the label towards the camera so Simon can see "THE CRUSHER" written in big, aggressive, capital letters, like something you'd see on at a monster truck rally or a wrestling match. Biting the insides of her cheeks to keep from laughing more, she finally stops long enough to make a comment.]

I don't know, I quite like mine. Think maybe I missed my calling in life.

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[pompous_today]

[Simon laughs aloud at that.]

It definitely suits your personality.

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[innercactus]

[ Someone didn't teach the plant not to turn these in all sorts of directions. Someone familliar with soda might realize that his may have been shaken or rolled about.

It also says "Ass To Field". ]

But there aren't any fields I can stand near?

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[child_of_bhaal]

Oh. Oh that's much worse than mine.

[She's still annoyed but

Sir, that is a very unfortunate mess up of your name.]

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[child_of_bhaal]

[Syeira just holds hers up. Her expression is the flattest.

It says "Sigh Error".]

They didn't even try.

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[pompous_today]

At least they could have gone with a creative spelling.

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[peacockherald]

I want to say they are at least trying to be encouraging... but if I am honest, I very much doubt that.

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[pompous_today]

Indeed- a sugar-filled drink with misspelled names on it doesn't feel like much of a consolation prize.

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[justamobster]

[ Ladon has a six pack. Each bottle has a different name on it, including some of his aliases from Nieve. Mispelled, of course.

He holds up two that say "Landon Zero" and "Dawnie Cello" respectively. ]

Do er, these say the same thing? Don't look like it.

[ Someone help the poor illiterate mobster. ]

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[child_of_bhaal]

One says "Landon Zero" and the other "Dawnie Cello"?

[She doesn't get the jokes, so it's a good thing it was her answering. Right?]

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[redactions]

[ Bucky's holding up his own bottle, which has a star that reads: you didn't even try at all. ]

Oh, this is a — joke? Sorta. People back home do it when they wanna get a rise out of you.

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[bolder]

I've got no idea, but this is great! [Toph's just laughing.]

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[geonomy]

[Clay looks a bit disgruntled as he holds his own bottle of soda.]

Ugh, this is so old school. One of the soda companies back at home did something like this back when I was a kid, too.

[And he never found "Clay". Bah. He turns the soda around, where it says "SHARE A SODA WITH POTTERY".]

Yeah, yeah, very funny, guys. [He loves puns, but come on. He's heard that like a million times in his life already.]

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[bolder]

What's it say? [Toph is looking pretty eager. She loves this whole thing.]

[poetontheinside]

Mine says Stanley.

[Ironically, probably the only name they got right. And he seems pretty pissed off about it.]

[pompous_today]

Is... that wrong?

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[idealistic]

Oh yeah, I got some of those too! The ones that got my name wrong weren't so bad, at least.

[ he's holding a half-empty one that says "Honorary Hunny" ]

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[pompous_today]

Do they at least taste like cola?

[wordmiser]

[Jinx had procued lollipops for the doc's office. And also, apparently, they'd had soda delivered.

What what hell was a Ginks? Here, look at her bottle, explain this nonsense.]

[pompous_today]

[Simon frowned as he took the bottle, smiling at Jinx as he did so and shaking his head.]

I am starting to think someone is having a joke at our expense. As in, perhaps the misspellings are on purpose. I wonder if yours at least tastes like cola?