Paisley mingle

[reek]

Who: The SS Paisley & visitors
Broadcast: None
Action: Paisley
When: February

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Comments

[sandhate]

KITCHEN
[ Not everyone likes gooey, sludge-like protein foodstuff and for that, he benefits. Anakin can be found squeezing as much soft-solid cubes into a bowl.

Then covering it with too many combinations of flavour-gels.

Just too many.

Or is it.

He hovers over the "powder" dispenser and contemplates the deep question of when enough is enough. ]

SHUTTLE BAY
[ When he's not on duty or have nothing to do, he slacks in this corner of the shuttle bay. He gets to see who goes out and who comes in, and unless they really look they won't see him. There's a number of crates of gumballs to sit on too. Perfect vantage point.

He's mostly just sitting around with a bag of curious looking peanut-like snack that may or may not be wiggling in hand. There's a book abandoned next to him (Knees in Love VII) and small pile of something that looks like it might be speeding ticket. ]

kitchen;

[theshabbiestofmen]

Ooh, I wouldn't, if I were you.

[Because Remus had the exact same idea. He wrinkles his nose as he comes in-- a little at Anakin's creation, but also at the choices before him. He's hungry, but god, it's nasty as hell. Still, he needs to eat, so he begins gathering: chicken cubes and vegetable cubes and erugh.]

I mean, do what you'd like, but-- I don't know if all those flavors are going to taste of anything but muck if you do them all at once.

[sandhate]

[ He sticks a finger in for a taste; it's not awful, it's edible and a bit spicy? Like a spicy banana. The important thing is: ]

It's edible. And it's going to be muck anyway. Might as well get the most of it.

[ He shrugs then peeks at what Remus has in his bowl. ]

I take it you're not a fan.

[theshabbiestofmen]

God, no. I miss proper food. I mean, I'm grateful I'm not starving, don't get me wrong--

[That's been worry enough at home, god knows, though James has helped him as much as he could.]

--but my god, it's awful.

[sandhate]

[ He chuckles quietly and forks a slop covered square piece of maybe chicken, pointing the thing at Remus. ]

It's not as bad as it could be. They actually let you have flavors here. The ship I was in command of before I got here, we receive ration bars in bulk. And they are completely tasteless. You might as well eat the box it came in.

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'm sure I would have, given enough time. Was there really no way to flavor your food!

[sandhate]

My men would say you could drop it on the floor to get more flavor. I wouldn't recommend it.

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'll keep it in mind.

[He says it dryly.]

Well, I suppose I'll count myself lucky. Got any particular flavor combinations you like to try?

[sandhate]

Trust me, it's still weird for me to not get flavorless ration bars.

I like this [ He squints at the dispenser ] ..."banana" flavor with the... [ His finger points to a red label ] hot sauce.

[ Kitchen ]

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro had been going to the kitchen to, somewhat begrudgingly, check out the situation with the protein... foodstuff... in the kitchen, but upon spotting Anakin's travesty in a bowl, he appears frozen in mute horror with an empty bowl of his own. ]

[sandhate]

[ He does it.

Powder is on top. It's some kind of white cheddar mix and he's not quite sure what he feels about that. Anakin looks down then at Shinjiro with a sigh. ]

Yes, I am eating this. All of it.

[ No need for Jedi abilities to figure out what Shinjiro was going to ask ]

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro grimaces. ]

I'm not even sure it counts as food.

[sandhate]

[ Rude! Anakin makes a face back but he steps back and lets Shinjiro have a go at the powder dispenser... if he dares. ]

Well, it's food for me. And it's good thing you're not eating it.

[axeboyfriend]

I will be soon enough.

[ He glances at the available protein foodstuff and shakes his head. ]

[sandhate]

It's that or stock up on whatever food you can find on planet-side. You better do it soon too. Who knows when we leave.

[ He shrugs and shoves a block in his mouth. ]

[axeboyfriend]

I'll be doing that, too.

[ He gives another mournful look at the protein stuff before sighing and preparing some of it for himself. ]

[sandhate]

[ The way he looks at the food, he almost feels sorry for the guy. ]

Guessing this is your first time on a space ship?

Shuttle

[tobeajedi]

[Vima's dropping by the Paisley as usual, but she stops before she even gets out of the shuttle bay when she senses a certain presence in there.

She sees the stack of parking tickets before she sees him, though. In spite of the serious matters the floot Jedi are grappling with, she cracks a grin.]

Are those all yours?

[sandhate]

[ He smirk faintly and shrugs, brushing the accusation aside. ]

Lucky me, huh. People have places to go, time's money, the tin-cans don't understand and I can't just say I'm on Jedi business anymore.

[ Both because it doesn't make sense to the robotic cops and that would almost be a lie. ]

[tobeajedi]

Not in this Galaxy, nope. Of course, you could study the maps for a better route, but that might not be as fun.

You plan on paying them, or are you just going to wait for Atroma to move us along?

[sandhate]

Eh, I have maps and I have my instincts.

[ And this stack of tickets as proof that one works better than the other... ]

Don't worry, I paid them already. I forgot what it's like to have to worry about credits. The Order would take care of everything when we were in the field.

[tobeajedi]

[Vima grins, looking from him to the tickets when he says that. Instincts for what?]

Really? Lucky you. Not that I've ever wanted for anything, but "the Order" would give me a heck of a lecture if I got careless with my money.

[It's pretty clear that by "the Order" she means her mom the Grand Master.]

[sandhate]

[ A wry chuckle. ]

A galaxy at war seems to care less about the money we spend and more about the worlds we can win back from the other side. And it's not like I'm buying luxury airspeeders. Sometimes I just want a snack, you know.

[ He doesn't mention that eats like a starving gundark but details ]

[tobeajedi]

Your Order must go through credits like water. [She's somewhat familiar with the monetary costs of rebuilding the Republic and the Order--all the reconstruction, all the travel--so she can imagine that they might get fairly strapped.] I noticed that snack. Is it just me, or is it trying to escape?

[sandhate]

Oh. [ He nonchalantly crush the escaping snack under the heel of his hand. ] Thanks. These things are such a hassle... But pretty good. [ He offers the bag to Vima. ]

Anyway, our military efforts are funded by the Republic. A send a lot of bills to the Republic.