pompous_today: (ahh no)
Simon Tam [Firefly] ([personal profile] pompous_today) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-07-07 05:11 pm

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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!]]
geonomy: (☆ everything that kills me)

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[personal profile] geonomy 2015-07-09 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
... Yes. Bless it. Do it right now. [Because a holy can of soda, that's the most hilarious thing he's ever heard omg]
stefanged: (thinking about it)

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[personal profile] stefanged 2015-07-09 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Remember, you asked for it.

[Stefan takes a deep breath, putting the bottle in front of him before he recites:] Holy Father, eternal God, graciously deign to bless this soda with thy spiritual benediction that all who drink this may have health of body and soul and that they may be protected against all sickness. In your name, we ask of thee, forever and ever.

[He blows on the bottle, in what is a complete mishmash of Christian + Muslim blessing techniques - and in the blink of an eye, he's added one drop of his blood to the lid of the bottle. (It does blend in p well with the soda label.)] Ameen. There, one bonafide double-blessed bottle.
geonomy: (☆ swing my heart across the line)

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[personal profile] geonomy 2015-07-09 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Clay grins through all of this and just barely holds back his laughter, because yes, this is totally how you bless a bottle of soda. And Soda! This is hilarious, especially to someone who has no religious affiliation whatsoever like him.

The drop of blood does make him blink and look briefly surprised and concerned, because whoa, is that blood, or... but then he shakes it off and smiles wide again.]


That was great. Now you can't get rid of it! It's a blessed bottle of salvation that'll protect everyone on your ship through divine blessings of... divinity.
stefanged: (kinda hopeful)

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[personal profile] stefanged 2015-07-09 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Clay's happiness is contagious - Stefan was doing this as a complete joke, but he can't help smiling too, and his inner religion nerd is yelling "blashpemy" at him the whole time.]

Yeah, well, I think my ship can live without a holy bottle. [Mostly because hey, they have him already! Dude's kind of a walking advertisement for interfaith affairs.]

You absolutely sure you're not willing to trade?
geonomy: (☆ in my face is flashing signs)

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[personal profile] geonomy 2015-07-10 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Psh, well, now I am! I totally want a holy bottle in my ship! [He'll keep it right by his seat - though not too close, wouldn't want it to spill on the console or anything.] We should meet up, trade these bottles of sugar! You get the pottery, I get the holy one.
stefanged: (shy smile)

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[personal profile] stefanged 2015-07-12 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good. I'm over on the Paisley - should I come meet you, or would it be easier for you to head over?
geonomy: (☆ makes me wanna fly)

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[personal profile] geonomy 2015-07-26 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm the pilot, so I can just head over whenever. I'll meet you there! [And, indeed, he appears to be turning to the pilot's controls when he turns off the communicator.]
stefanged: (rare smile)

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[personal profile] stefanged 2015-07-27 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Huh! He really should've guessed. Stefan can't quite help his laughter.] Sounds like a plan, then. I'll see you soon.