Red Fishies

[mortalcoil]

Who: SS Red Fish crew and visitors
Broadcast: No
Action: Aboard the SS Red Fish
When: Around the drifting week (and probably a backtag party!)

[watch the newest episodes (and catch up on a few reruns) of your favorite dysfunctional fish in the fleet! what kind of drama will they create next? you can find out right here, right now!]

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[theboogieman]

[it's really a testament to how comfortable Zhas is on this ship that he can keep running into people on accident and not, like, instinctively karate-chopping them in the throat or something.

though old habits die hard. in the sudden chaos of being bumped into, he snatches one of the falling things out of the air. he doesn't really know what it is until he's holding it (and the rest of the boxes are still absolutely on the floor).

hi, Arthur. Zhas glances at him unhelpfully before looking curiously over the color-paper-wrapped thing in his hand.]

[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[Arthur bends down to gather the other boxes, his neck turning red in embarrassment.] They're, uh... gifts. For Coil. Not all of them. One of them.

[Because that totally makes sense.]

[theboogieman]

[normally? he hates this guy's guts by default.

but he hadn't known that Arthur was planning on doing something. he never said anything. he tilts his head and looks down at him, like he's trying to figure something out. like this is a puzzling concept.

but he offers the present back out without any malice or other jerk moves, so that's something.]

[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[Arthur accepts the present, pausing once it's back in his arms with the others.] Actually... you could help me. I didn't know what to get Coil so I got him a bunch of things. Would he prefer practical things, mental things like books, or things for show like a statue?

[theboogieman]

[...bing! subtle as it is, his face lights up with recognition. he takes this birthday present business seriously, and he knows he's probably the best authority there is on what Coil does and doesn't like--maybe even better than Coil himself.]

No statues. [he shakes his head. that'd get forgotten in a corner. tossed out an airlock.] Practical's good. Things with... [oh, what's the word.] Things he can use.

[dontthinkaboutelephants]

I wasn't sure what he would use. What sorts of things does he use in his work?

[theboogieman]

[he pauses for a moment, thinking of ways to not say "dead animals and magical necromancy bullshit".]

Pens and paper, good sewing materials... Surgical tools, but those are...

[...he doesn't finish the sentence, but he does make a bit of a face about it.]