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[bluediligence]

Who: Aoko Nakamori and you.
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: S.S. Wonderduck
When: Now

[ After having been forced to play through tens of dozens of quote-unquote games — to say nothing of living through not just one, but two counts of interdimensional kidnapping — Aoko's more than used to suddenly finding herself in an unfamiliar place. It's just, you know, one of those things that happens. ]

[ The confetti's kinda new. So's the pudding. ]

Wow, uhm … [ Aoko grins sheepishly into the screen, parked on her butt on the S.S. Wonderduck's bridge with confetti all up in her short, fluffy mop of hair. It looks like she's been trying to desperately brush it out with her fingers – or maybe it's just naturally a mess? Mysteries abound. (Spoilers: it's naturally a mess.) ]

[ The silence drags for one beat. Two beats. And then — ]

Knock, knock.

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[survivalistcookbook]

Trust me, no apologies are necessary. I don't think anyone really chooses to be dropped onto one of the ships here without so much 'hold on tight.'

[He closes the distance the rest of the way, offering his hand.]

Eugene Woods, ship's cook for the Wonderduck here. Nice to meet you.

[bluediligence]

To be honest, I should probably be used to it by now.

[ She's lived one of those lives, man. One of those lives. ]

But it's nice to meet you, too! I'm Aoko – Nakamori Aoko. [ She takes his hand, her grip friendly and politely confident. ] You said that you're a cook?

[survivalistcookbook]

Well, not professionally. More of a food journalist that they dumped a bunch of random 'how to work with ration paste' knowledge into. [He half-smiles, giving the little bump behind his left ear an explanatory tap.] What about you?

[bluediligence]

Mmm, ration paste. Sounds delicious.

[ She's joking, and yet … after having gone hungry once before, Aoko knows better than to be too picky about what she gets to eat. More than anything, it's her way of trying really, really hard not to think too hard about her own implant. Eugh. ]

If you mean those things, I'm an engineer, I guess! But cooking's been one of my main hobbies for a while now. ]

[survivalistcookbook]

Oh, hey! No kidding.

[Excuse him while he grabs one of those chocolate pudding things that new arrivals always seem to show up with. They're honestly pretty decent, in a school lunch kind of way.]

What kind of stuff do you like to make?