Wonderducks: The Monthly Mingle

[jamminshield]

Who: The crew of the Wonderduck and any visitors!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: S.S. Wonderduck
When: After this shuffle! And throughout the month?!

[Look Wonderducks, you have a new crewmate! And lost some others! And maybe other things happened?! Hooray!]

Comments

[jamminshield]

Whoa... That does sounds really important! I never thought I'd get my own office already!

And now I have to get to know you really really well, too... if I'm gonna represent everyone, I have to do it right!

[forsometimenow]

[She smiled.]

Well, for starters, I'm the ship's doctor- so we have a medbay. Have you had much of a chance to look around yet? I can show you around if not.

[jamminshield]

Ooh! Does that mean I call you Doctor Jennifer? [He's practically bobbing on his feet excitedly.]

I didn't get to see anything yet. Soooo I'd really really appreciate the tour. I wanna see everything!

[forsometimenow]

Jennifer's fine- or Dr. Keller when I'm actually being a doctor, if you'd like. [She motioned for him to follow.] I'm sure you've heard everything by now- that we're on TV and all?

[jamminshield]

You got it, Jennifer! [He follows along like an eager duckling.] Yep, I heard the whole tv thing. It's so weird to imagine, but I guess it's true!

[forsometimenow]

Yeah... I'd like to say you get used to it, but you often remember the audience is there. Sometimes they'll send you presents.

[As they reached the kitchen, she motioned toward things as she spoke.]

We're pretty well-off as far as upgrades go, but as far as food... it mostly comes in cube form. It's the only thing that won't spoil on longer space journeys.

[jamminshield]

Oooh, I like presents!

[But he looks a bit unsure as he looks around the kitchen.]

Cube... form? [He blinks.] ...Is it still tasty?

[forsometimenow]

Yeah- and the sponsors will send you crates of their products. Once, the whole fleet got personalized soda bottles.

[She sighed.]

If you put the right combinations together, it can almost be. It's designed to give you the correct nutrition more than taste good, though. If we visit planets, we can buy or trade for fresh food, at least.

[jamminshield]

Soda bottles? Now these guys know how to sweeten the deal!

[He looks around skeptically.]

Aw... I hope I get the ones that taste good, then! ...And I really hope we find planets that have my favorites!

[forsometimenow]

[Jennifer laughed at the pun.]

There should be a guidebook around here somewhere. And you can combine different cubes to make different things- wheat and cheese cubes make a decent approximation of mac and cheese. Seasonings help, too. And sometimes you can trade with other ships. We do like to help each other out here.

[jamminshield]

[He smiles and nods along.]

Those are really good chips! Mac and cheese sounds really delicious, even when it's approximate. It's nice that we can trade... I have to figure out what the other ships have!

[forsometimenow]

You could always go visit them, too- every ship has shuttles. So while it may feel like we're stuck, we still have ways of getting away for a while.

[jamminshield]

Now that's some pretty clever thinking, Jennifer! It must be really fun to try one out.

I can't wait to learn how to... wait, I already do know!

[forsometimenow]

Oh, you do? How did you learn to fly a shuttle at your age?