play a jingle, it's a mingle!

[geonomy]

Who: Vanquish crew and visitors
Broadcast: why
Action: Anywhere on board the Vanquish!
When: 11/25 and on!

[The ship is looking classier and cooler now, and what's this? Nice little gifts? Say it ain't so! Surely this must take some investigating!

Or, rather, some mingling! Haha!]

Comments

[stickupherforehead]

[she moves aside so Allen can take a look-see. She usually keeps it within sight! Sometimes people shove it all the way back, that's all.]

It is possible... [now she's just systematically going through the rest of the cabinets] How desperately do you need it?

[save_the_souls]

[He glances in, trying to see if he can spot it himself]

Ah...I just wanted a little for my tea, that's all.

[stickupherforehead]

[there it is! Alllll the way in the back, hidden behind the salt! Pearl might have alphabetized the pantry.

Meanwhile, she's still rifling through the stock. Hmm. Tea, huh? Do they have cream in the kitchen? Maybe the powder stuff?] You're Allen, right?

[she's seen you once in a very confusing multiple-way conversation]

[save_the_souls]

Ah, yes. That's right. And you're...Pearl?

[He remembers trying to learn Clay's crews names. Pearl was easy, what with the pearl in her forehead. And whoa he can barely see it back there-]

...Should the salt be all the way back there?

[stickupherforehead]

Yes, I am.

[and she's looking over at you]

Oh! Did you find it? [hmm] No, not usually. They seem to use it a lot, so I keep it up front.

[save_the_souls]

Yeah, here- [He'll jump up so he can grab it and pull it out of the cupboard] Somehow got back there.

Well of course- salt makes many things taste better. [But weird wording] Do you not like it?

[stickupherforehead]

Thanks for getting that.

[saves her the trouble of dragging a chair over, at least.]

Well, I have nothing against salt. I just don't eat.

[save_the_souls]

You don't-

[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

What?!

[WHAT BLASPHEMY DID SHE JUST SAY???]

[stickupherforehead]

[blink.

She says it again, slower this time. Just in case.]

I don't hate salt and I don't eat.

[save_the_souls]

How can you...

How can you not eat?!

[THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE TO HIM]

[stickupherforehead]

[and she's wrapping her arms around herself]

How can you eat? I mean yes, you have to in order to sustain life, but turning things into a ball of mush and then swallowing that ball of mush...

[she gives a reflexive shiver at the thought]

[save_the_souls]

[Allen meanwhile is staring at her in horror. Logically, he understands there are species that don't require food for nourishment. He understands that. Interspecies biology was extremely diverse. But to describe something so sacred to him as eating like that....]

B-Because it's wonderful!

It's- [HOW DO YOU EVEN EXPLAIN THIS TO SUCH A HEATHEN?!] - it's the best feeling in the world for humans!

[Okay he supposes that sex and love are cool too- BUT FOOD!!]

[stickupherforehead]

- and then the mush goes through you and it feels so very weird...

[is she even listening? Probably not.]

[save_the_souls]

[. . . . ]

[She didn't even listen. In fact she seems kind of lost in her own terrible memory. There's a pause before he speaks]

Er....

Did you...eat once?

[stickupherforehead]

[oh right. She was talking to somebody.]

Once. [and never again] It was horrible.

[at least she tried it before knocking it!]

[save_the_souls]

[She looks so traumatized...he can barely wrap his mind around it. But...living among many different kinds of people means learning to be accepting right?]

[Uh.]

I'm...sorry you had such a bad experience.

...If anyone tries to give you food again, I could eat it?

[stickupherforehead]

[pause. And then a grin.]

You'll do that?

[Rogue still has first dibs on the chocolate though]

[save_the_souls]

[Wow what big eyes you have...]

Sure! I can eat a lot, so it'd be no problem for me!

[stickupherforehead]

[she can be cute sometimes!]

That's great! It sounds like a better option than just throwing it away.

[she's probably got some vague concepts about food waste and maybe expiration dates.]

[save_the_souls]

Yeah! A much better option!

So just let me know whenever someone tries to give you food! I'll be happy to help.