Red Fish Mingle

[theboogieman]

Who: Red Fish Crew!
Broadcast: None!
Action: Yes!
When: Dinner time!

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[there is an almost-long-standing tradition in the Skullface Household regarding having a certain dinner on a certain night of the month because certain creepy vampire hunters just kind of miss the food that their moms used to make sometimes. Zhas had been unsuccessful in aquiring the ingredients until very recently--when he figured out that this economy-sized pack of Floot Loop Macaroni was not actually Floot Loop flavored (they're just "loop" shaped, whatever that means...) and that there's a place down on the dusty moon that sells little meat-based sausage things that are basically hotdogs if you squint at them a little.

so one night when everyone's home, the crew gets a text from Zhas saying 'KITCHEN', which is somewhat-helpfully followed up with, 'there is food'.

because guess what losers it's a RED FISH FAMILY DINNER and he secretly likes all of you enough to share.

so sit your ass down around the table and start eating because there is a ton of crappy out-of-the-box macaroni with little meat pieces in it!! there's also bread and bowls and utensils and whatever else other people contribute. tag in with food prep, or showing up, or already eating, or all of those things... threadjacking (and breadjacking) is highly encouraged so do what makes you happy it's freakin' macaroni night.

suck it Blue Fish we can have a nice dinner too (I'm kidding it'll be a mess)]

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EATING

[theboogieman]

[somewhere in all of that mealtime, there's a lull (or maybe the opposite) where Zhas thinks no one would catch him saying something mean. after sliding another glass of water in his direction to be helpful, he signs at him.

'Much better with Cassandra gone.']

[mortalcoil]

[Coil is rarely mean, or even anything like vengeful. he tends to leave that sort of thing to Zhas.

...but this catches him off-guard enough to strike just the right chord. he might even be enjoying himself right now, and being reminded of a time when he certainly was not, makes his expression lighten.

he nods-- agreeing wholeheartedly.]

[theboogieman]

[this isn't that bad, is it? having their ship back, being together. it's not home, but it's the closest thing he's felt to it in a while.

which is why he now feels comfortable gossiping at the dinner table.

'What do you think of Nux?']

[mortalcoil]

[that is not the question he'd been expecting, actually. he'd been bracing for the sentence to end with 'Syeira' or even 'Nunnally,' so he blinks a bit when Zhas indicates a different name.

and then he can't help but glance in Nux's direction, because their newest crewmember has been picking up a little bit of their language already. which maybe gives away the fact that he might care if Nux caught on to the fact that they were talking about him.

he shrugs a little, and tries turning the question around.

'What do you think of him?']

[theboogieman]

['Me?'

he points at himself, like there's any question. his eyebrows go up in mild surprise--which is a pretty big expression, for Zhas. he can't believe how dodgy that answer was.]

[mortalcoil]

[hey, don't give him that look--he suffers under it immediately, because he can feel how obviously dodgy of an answer it was.

so, his jaw tightens a little before he nods. he's really trying to seem more sure about it this time.]

[theboogieman]

['I asked you.'

on the bright side, he doesn't seem mad about it. on the less-bright side, he seems to think this is funny. this can't end well.

'You getting shy?']

[mortalcoil]

[it's not funny, but it's hard to make himself less of a target, at this point. any further protest is going to doom him, so he just sighs and signs 'fine,' as believably as possible.

'stubborn,' is next, followed by 'he likes his job.'

it's not exactly new information, but it's something.]