Stirring the Sauce, Pounding out the Dough!

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Who: Kitty Pryde, Pinkie Pie, and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide invites!
Action: Planetside
When: In between Winn waking up and the Marsiva taking off




[Video]

Early this morning, a video might interrupt whatever you're doing. On one side of the screen, there's a beautiful lady with light brown hair. On the other, the pinkest pony ever to have walked the multi-verse.

Hey hey HEY, everybody! It's the start of a new month, and we've had a GREAT time on this planet so far, especially with all this yummy real food! Sooo Kitty and I have been planning a pizza party!

Um, right. So, you should come. I guess. [She doesn't know how to do group invites with ponies. What is life?]

We'll be in this HUGE clearing at THESE coordinates, so bring some smiles, your stomach, and maybe a side dish or snacks if you want too! We'll see you there! And Wrath: we've got chimmy cherry chongas~!

We had to use a few substitutes, but it's still pizza, so you know today's priority. Also a good time to check it out if you've never heard of it.

[And with that, the feed ends and coordinates to the clearing show up on the communicators.]


[Action]

[Local vendors have been generous enough to loan the use of their ovens and some long wooden tables for the clearing. Sure enough, there's dozens of pies, plain or topped with meat or vegetables or both. There's also jugs and jugs of fruit juices and lemonade and punch, and an equally bountiful dessert table including apple tarts, cakes, donuts, and yes, chimmy cherry chongas. And the best part is there's not a single gel-based ingredient in sight. Feel free to add something to the bounty or just come in, grab a slice, and enjoy!]

Comments

[pain_train]

Good!

[Without further ado, have a hug. Though she's careful not to squeeze him too hard, since she knows she's stronger than she used to be.]

[winn]

[ he appreciates that. somehow, he has a knack of surrounding himself with ladies who have to be careful not to squeeze the life out of him.

he returns the hug warmly, radiating friendship and gratitude, and at the moment - just happy to be awake to experience today at all. ]

You're a good hugger.

[pain_train]

[Wrath is just overjoyed to be there. She's still not over the whole being out of bed and able to walk thing.]

Aw, thanks. I only kind of learned to do it like two years ago, so I'm glad I've got it right!

[winn]

[ that breaks his heart. he knows what it's like, to go a long time devoid of affection, but he at least had it for the first 11 years of his life. ]

You got it down perfect, a good hug's all about the feelings you bring into it.

[pain_train]

Good. I mean. I hug people when I'm happy or when I want them to feel better, and that seems like the way to do it. [Being happy is awesome, really.]

[winn]

It is. [ he nods ] A hug's a great way to show someone you care.

[pain_train]

That's why I like hugging people. Though some people aren't into hugging, so I have to be more mindful than I have been since I don't want to be an asshole.

[winn]

I'm with you. [ he nods ] Better safe than sorry.

[pain_train]

That's cause you're a really good guy, Winn.

[winn]

I try.

[ he grins ]

Helps to be surrounded by people who really make it easy to be.

[pain_train]

I bet you'd still be good if you were surrounded by giant shitbags. It'd be a lot harder though, huh.

[winn]

[ he laughs, because wrath's bluntness just brings it out of him. it's funny to hear someone so nice who just recently talked about ruffly skirts say 'giant shitbags' without missing a beat or losing their smile, ok. ]

Yeah, a lot harder [ speaking from experience. his childhood included a lot of giant shitbags. ] I'd rather not put it to the test.

[pain_train]

Yeah, it's good to know you can tough it out, but it sucks to have to do that. Like, not everything is a contest or something.

[winn]

Exactly. I like being part of a team.

[pain_train]

Having a team is the best! I miss my platoon a lot sometimes.

[winn]

What are they like?

[ he's a little nervous to hear about wrath's world, especially considering how awkward things got last time, but you don't quit on friends. and learning about people's homes and the people they love there is something he kinda loves. ]

[pain_train]

Oh, like... everything. I mean, my most recent personnel set was way different from how things were on the Line. I had a lot of fresh recruits, because I'm pretty good at training. They were all really good kids, so I took care of them.

Kind of like having a bunch of little brothers and sisters maybe.

[winn]

[ he smiles, thinking of his own sorta-little-brother-and-sister, margaery and sascha. ]

That sounds like a lotta fun.

[pain_train]

It is! I like teaching people how to do new things. And I kept an eye on them and protected them. And pretended not to notice when they started playing pranks on each other, because that was fun.