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[takeabow]

Who: Nova & u
Broadcast: fleet-wide
Action: on First Breath
When: Maintenant!

[ the video feed comes on and Nova is in the kitchen on First Breath. Her communicator is on the table in front of her and she's looking at it, chin on her hands. She looks... bored. Exhausted of being bored. ]

I'm not going to say we aren't well-equipped here, but does anyone have any actually real meat? That hasn't been pre-chewed? If I have to have another of these genuine canned meat products...

Anyway, we can probably barter something. Like I said, we're well-equipped.

[ she turns her communicator around the kitchen so people can see the spice rack and fancy extras they have. Though, it might be noted, it's not like she cleared this with any of her fellow crewmen... ]

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[theshabbiestofmen]

[Remus looks far more exhausted than the last time they spoke.]

I'll most definitely barter with you for a share if you find some. I don't even like meat all that much at home, you'd think it'd be sweets I was craving more, but here I am missing steak.

[takeabow]

I made the mistake of remembering lamb exists the other day.

You look awful, by the way.

[theshabbiestofmen]

[He actually lets out a despairing little noise. It isn't that bad, he's gone without before, but still. He misses chewing.]

Cheers. I find traveling in a metal hull surrounded by the void of space off-putting for sleep, for some reason.

[takeabow]

Yeah, me too. It hasn't been as bad for me lately, but it's not good. There's too much noise.

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[grounds]

It's times like this I'm glad I was stuck with the crap I had for most of my life. A lot of this stuff is pretty good in comparison.

[There's probably a teasing smile going on now.]

[takeabow]

You won't feel that way when I manage to get my hands on some real, non-mutant rabbits.

[grounds]

Hey, in my defense we never actually saw mutant rabbits. Just the deer. And horses. [A pause.] Okay, no rabbits yet.

Plus, you know you'd be sharing anyway.

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[frigidaire]

You think people have actual meat? Not sure what I can barter with, I'm new to my ship, but...

[ he's crafty and maybe a little devious if he needs to be. ]

[takeabow]

You don't know that about me. I'm food aggressive.

[takeabow]

If anyone got any on-planet somewhere, they'd've been smart to preserve it. So yeah, it's possibility.

[grounds]

Oh, well, there's a shock. [Complete and utter sarcasm here.]

Still, I have faith in your unending generosity. [That grin's still there.]

[takeabow]

[ she's also looking wry ]

What would make you say that?

[grounds]

Because I'm hoping if I butter you up enough you might actually consider it.

[frigidaire]

Solid food would be good. Bird Dave can make doritos that taste like the real thing. The cheese is a little weird, though.

[takeabow]

Good luck with that.

[grounds]

Yeah, I'm probably gonna need it, huh?

[takeabow]

What are doritos?

[takeabow]

I'm not ruling anything out. I'm just saying, you're probably gonna have to make the deal sweeter.

[frigidaire]

Like nacho chips. But they have different flavors.

[ oh wait. she probably doesn't come from the land of delicious junk food. ]

They're like... potatoes cut really thin, then fried. And dipped in things. These are corn chips so they're -- made of corn. Yeah. They're good. I'll bring you some one day. You'll never want to stop.

[grounds]

This is still completely hypothetical, so you'll have to be less vague in this not actually happening yet scenario. It's super important.

[takeabow]

[ shrugs ]

I thought hypothetically you'd have something to offer. For hypothetically sharing a hypothetical rabbit.

[takeabow]

They sound... interesting?

Maybe when we're all back in... California?

[grounds]

The non-mutant hypothetical rabbit. Gotta be specific. We don't know how many hypothetical rabbits are out there.

[She can't help it, she snorts in amusement.]

Yeah, nothing off the top of my head. But hey, that reminds me. When we got the stuff on our comms, I got an e-book of mythology. You're welcome to take a look if you want. It's pretty cool.

[takeabow]

Really? How so?

[ she's not doubtful, she just... doesn't know a whole lot about that sort of thing. books. and mythology. ]

[grounds]

It just shows you a lot about the gods and goddesses of old civilizations. This one's Greek and Roman myth, more of the popular ones anyway. You should be able to pull it up on your comm.

[She leans forward sort of like she's trying to see something over there.]

You ever heard of Artemis?