4. [video]

[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!]]

Comments

[pompous_today]

[Simon smiles.]

Well, that sounds very nice, actually- though the carbonation- the bubbles- may feel strange paired with that taste.

[summerschild]

I doesn't.

[Or maybe it does? He can't really tell. He's a bit overwhelmed, really.]

Why do they taste different?

[pompous_today]

I am not sure- I guess they wanted to give us a variety. As a reward for our recent stay on the bugs' ship, no doubt.

[summerschild]

I couldn't go onto the ship. What was it like?

[pompous_today]

It was awful... bugs everywhere, moving like mindless drones, going about their tasks as though that was their only purpose in life. Plus the gore from the ones that had been attacking us. It was even worse when we found out about the disease.

[summerschild]

[He watches with wide, awed eyes.]

Wow... I wish that I could have seen them. Yuya showed them to me with a video. [He thinks that's how to refer to it?]

[pompous_today]

A video was the safest way to view them, honestly. Most of them were not hostile, but it was still dangerous if you did get in their way. We're just lucky they couldn't pass the disease on to us.