[muffled spooky scary skeletons playing in the distance]

[geonomy]

Who: You! Me! Everybody!
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha

It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...

Comments

[axiomed]

But you said you haven't been sleeping for a couple of nights, Erik. Maybe it's time to try and use them.

[exothermia]

[He sighs, scratching his chin. Two days isn't the longest he's gone without sleep, but that's hardly an argument he's going to use. He doesn't want to, either. He'd like to sleep.]

I might as well buy it. I can afford it. It can be kept with the other supplies in the kitchen.

[axiomed]

[ That wasn't a complete agreement, but it's a start. Tea, at least, Erik would be willing to try. ]

Tea does seem like the better option.

[exothermia]

All right. I'll do that.

I can keep an eye out for other types as well... [He sighs, sleep problems giving way to more mundane disappointments.] There's no real fresh food to buy on the stations.

[axiomed]

[ His lips twitch. ]

Truly the greatest crime.

[exothermia]

I was able to make challah with the ship's supplies last week, but there's really not enough of it to do that sort of thing all the time. [And he's not always inclined to do it. The challah had been for a set occasion, and the first thing he's really 'made' since coming back to the Fleet.]

[axiomed]

No, we never seem to have enough of fresh food around, I'm afraid.

[exothermia]

It's probably intentional. [Now that things are at ease again, Erik gestures for Charles to come as he resumes walking.]

I had a lot from the hand-holding world, but that's been used up for a long time.

[axiomed]

Well, even if we store a lot of it, fresh food cannot be kept in the fridge for that long.

[exothermia]

No. You'd need a freezer for that. [And the tiny freezer space in the provided fridges is barely enough for one or two items.] Maybe we should look for canned goods instead, next time.

[axiomed]

It would certainly be a better alternative.

[exothermia]

I'll keep it in mind.

[Soon enough, they pass through the treeline and can see the Heron in the clearing up ahead.]

[axiomed]

Looks like we're here.

[exothermia]

Before sunset, too. [Though the shadows are certainly starting to lengthen, and the light turn golden in readiness.]

[axiomed]

We were lucky.