driftfleet | walking in a winter wonderland. (MINGLE)

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walking in a winter wonderland. (MINGLE)

Who: Everyone on the planet!
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Snow planet, it's a winter wonderland~
When: From when the planet is in reach until it's time to leave!

[ ooooh the weather outside is frightful

but the fire is soooo delightful

and since we've got places to goooo

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! ]

[ ooc: link to planet info! ]

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[Hange lifts her head at the question, then grins and waves. She's a bit red-faced, sunburn from the snowglare starting to show, but seems cheerful nevertheless and after a moment she gestures to Emblica to come and sit.]

I've been making a nice haul! We've been eating a lot of fish back at the Red Fish. Maybe we'll become tired of it eventually, but it'll make a nice supplement to the protein.

How are you, Emblica?

[ She sort of wipes at the snow on the ground before sitting down, legs tucked under her. ]

It sounds useful. Maybe I should look into taking up fishing.

[ No, she actually doesn't intend to. ]

I've been well. The cold air, I think.

Refreshing, isn't it? [She bounces her rod idly as they speak, making her bait tidbit tempting.]

What do you think? Could you cultivate a live animal, or does your expertise extend to plants?

I don't work with live creatures, I'm sorry to say.

It would be nice to learn, though...

I'm sure if you put your mind to it you can learn it! I would like to myself. What if we could take - for example - live fish with us? And cultivate them somehow? We'd have fresh meat consistently, not just on planet!

Breeding them would have to be the method...they don't grow like plants.

That's right. I admit it's far outside my area of expertise - I'm not sure how many we'd need to make a viable breeding population, nor of how much space would be necessary per fish.

If we come across fish on another planet things there might be different, too... it's difficult because we don't get much time to research things when we arrive at a new stop.

...it is difficult.

If we have easier access to wildlife next time, I'll do my best to get some usable samples.

[She takes a hand away from paying attention to fishing, and reaches out to ruffle Emblica's hair.]

You're a great partner even if we aren't sharing a lab.

I'm sure you feel that way because we aren't.

[She sighs a little]

Keep this confidential for me, but I'd rather share a lab with you than with some people.

[ She's....actually kind of flattered. ]

Well. Thank you.

[Good, that's what Hange intended. She takes her hands back after a moment, still tending the rod. Rhythmic jerks indicate a fish might be on...

- ah, yes! With a small whoop, she jerks the fish out of the water. It's not any too big but lively, flopping, silver sides flashing in the watery light. Hange puts a foot on it to keep the fish from sliding back into the water.]

Gotcha!

[ Fish GET! Yaaaay. ]

Oh, good job.

Here - hand me the knocker. [She points. It's just a simply-carved, sturdy piece of wood, lying near Emblica's foot outside of Hange's reach.]

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[ Pauses until Hange points it out, then she picks it up and hands it to her. ]

The knocker?

[ She can maybe guess what it's for, but who knows if that's right. ]

Observe.

[She works her fingers between the hard, curved scales that cover the gill slits. Blood pours out suddenly in a dark purple-red gush; the fish's mouth gapes open and closed. Hange raises the knocker and... POW! The fish gets hit right between the eyes. And again, and again, flopping sporadically as it all happens.

Three hard whacks and Hange counts it as over. The fish gets laid flat on the ice.]

The knocker. You see?

[ That's what she'd guessed; whether because of that or because it simply wasn't a shocking sight anymore, she doesn't react much as she watches. ]

I guess I don't need to ask why it's called that.

It's all in the name.

[One fish has been diced up to serve as bait; Hange twists the newly-dead one off the hook and replaces it with a chunk of frosted flesh, and drops the whole setup back in the water.]

Tell me more about your powers?

[ She's got quite the little system set up here; honestly, Emblica's a bit impressed. ]

Is there anything in particular...?

[A model of efficiency, that's Hange.]

Well, maybe... but I'd like to hear you describe it first.

[ So cool... ]

Someone's ability to use it depends on how much they know. Since I understand plants and how they grow, I can easily grow them. But if it were something like...this--

[ Gesturing to the fish. ]

I don't think there's a lot I could do. I never studied much about them. Moving things around is easy, altering things is a bit more difficult. Creating things is the hardest, I think.

Can you create things? And I presume if you can manipulate things, you know where they are. Is sensing part of your powers?

Only if the components creating them are there. I've spent a long time studying the world, so that I could be more capable--

[ With a bitter sort of laugh-- a short huff: ]

It's funny, how all that work turned out to be a bad thing.

Mmm...

[Emblica has... sort of mentioned this before. Hange quiets down a bit.]

What's the technology level like at your home? Have I asked that before?

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