Oh I love my Rosie child

[thebestseller]

Who: The crew of the SS Twin Roses and any visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Twin Roses
When: The end of April

['Sup, it's a ship mingle. We've lost Adawolfe, Anders and Ravi, but gained Lance, Shovel Knight, and Chuuya.

Enjoy the free pudding and make yourselves at home, newbies.]

Comments

[passingthrough]

[Make, bb, no, what are you doing to her heart?]

She...

She'd be allowed, but it isn't that easy for someone to get here.

[therewerefifty]

[It might be lucky that Kitty doesn't have to explain that. She looks disappointed, but not entirely like she didn't expect it.]

Because people just turn up here just because, don't they. They don't get to choose.

[passingthrough]

You are perceptive. [She's not surprised.] And right. I'm sorry. I miss my parents too.

[therewerefifty]

I only miss my mother. [Her father can go to hell. She's going to kill him one day.] But she deserves a place like this.

What are your parents like?

[passingthrough]

[She just nods. She's not going to challenge that. She doesn't know the circumstances, but she imagines they are justified.]

They loved me. They were good to me. Mom was a nurse. Dad worked in finances. They didn't always get along with each other, but with me...

[therewerefifty]

Your mom was a healer...? [That's what nurses are, aren't they? Finances speaks for itself.] She must have been very smart.

[passingthrough]

She was. [She figures that tracks.] A good one too. They were both smart. They always wanted the best for me.

[therewerefifty]

Did you get the best...?

[Is that a loaded question.]

[passingthrough]

For awhile. That's more than anyone can really ask for.

[therewerefifty]

[And that's a loaded answer. She bites her lip, but in the end she agrees.]

I'm glad. Even if it was just for a while. They must have loved you.

[passingthrough]

They did. [It just got them killed is all.

She has a feeling it's not the best idea to ask questions of Makie's mom in return. It also seems unfair if this version of her were to say something an older version wouldn't want.]

Are you hungry? I could find us a snack in the kitchen. You can tell me what you want to do when you grow up.

[therewerefifty]

[...what a question. She is hungry, but the brief interest in her expression flickers and dies at the follow up, and she looks down. Oh look, she's still hovering in mid-air. So she looks back up just as quickly.]

A snack sounds nice.

[passingthrough]

[Kitty leads her the short distance back to solid ground, noticing the way only one question gets an answer.] We can probably find something better than the usual fare. I might still have some seed butter.

[therewerefifty]

[It's a complicated answer, and she doesn't want Kitty to think badly of her. She wobbles a bit when she hits the ground, both disappointed and relieved, and chances a smile.]

Seed butter sounds nice. [She's never had it, but most of the food here is pretty nice. The not-goopy kind, anyway.]

[passingthrough]

It is. We were on a planet full of seeds awhile back and they keep well and somehow just smashing them up makes them really delicious. [It's not exactly peanut butter but after this long it might as well be. So, maybe a little goopy, but only in the best creamy, rich way!] I'm not sure if we have bread at the moment to put it on but if we don't then it covers the taste of wheat solids pretty well.

[therewerefifty]

[Oh, so seed butter is exactly what it sounds like.]

Why is so much of your food gooey? [She hasn't worked that out yet.]

[passingthrough]

[She laughs.] I guess it's just easier to preserve that way.