enter if you dare (i'm kidding we're 80% approachable)

[theroadwarrior]

Who: Crew and visitors for the Starstruck!
Broadcast: None!
Action: The SS Starstruck
When: March! And, y'know, until the next mingle too.


[EVERYONE GET IN HERE AND MINGLE AND STUFF OKAY.]

Comments

[lord_wizard]

[Because it's easy and Felix is a terrible person. A fact he's acutely aware of, and thus makes another attempt at seriousness. He can't completely stop smiling, but it's a start.]

Ah, well...baby steps, then. [His smile cracks one more time before he lets the teasing go entirely, for the time being]

Actually, I've thought of putting something together, but we hardly have the resources. And we won't, until we get to another planet, which puts me right back where I started.

[He gives Max a curious look]

Is there anything that you prefer to do the pass the time? Anything you do for fun?

[And this time, he doesn't even hint that he isn't sure 'fun' might not be in the man's vocabulary, but it bears asking.]

[theroadwarrior]

[Insert a record-skipping sound here.

He looks absolutely puzzled.]


... For fun?


[......... Well, that answers a question, doesn't it.]

[lord_wizard]

[Yeah, it kind of does. And honestly...it's kind of sad.]

Like you said before? Diversions. The kind you do to relax? The kind that amuses you? The kind that has nothing to do with the necessities of existence?

[theroadwarrior]

.....

[He stares even still, befuddled.

Then he shakes his head, looking more serious about the topic.]

Hnn.

Necessities are more important.

[lord_wizard]

[Felix sighs and rolls his eyes slightly.

Powers...]

Yes...but that isn't the point. They aren't everything. Fun is about what you desire.

[He thinks about some people who had found joy in more mundane things and makes a soft sound that might be amusement]

Although I suppose what I said before is half a lie - some people do find some necessities fun. Like cleaning. But there's no accounting for taste.

[theroadwarrior]

[He hums, looking unimpressed with this so-called point.]

I desire... caution and being armed. So I work on that.

[He waves away Felix's words with a hand.]

I don't have any taste.

[lord_wizard]

[Felix snorts and waves his hand at the slop Max is consuming while an attempt at real food is being made]

Clearly. Would you like some bread to go with that at least? It's fresh.

[It's also his first batch so how good it is remains to be seen. Max seems like a perfect guinea pig, under the circumstances]

[theroadwarrior]

[....... He stares.]

... Real bread?

[He has been... admittedly enjoying the things he didn't usually get, in the wasteland.

Like, you know.

Baked goods.]

[lord_wizard]

Yes. Real bread. [Theoretically] Real flour is involved.

[He moves over to the counter with the pan of bread sits and tilts it up a bit so Max can see the loaf. It is, admittedly, a bit scorched around the edges but otherwise seems ok. He's a bit scared to find out for himself.]

[theroadwarrior]

[................. Do you expect him to try it first?

He looks up at Felix, eyebrow raised.]