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it's a Red Fish Mingle

Who: Red Fish crew and visitors!
Broadcast: N/A
Action: on the Red Fish
When: All month long

[What's the Murder Fish crew doing in the aftermath of the holidays? Let's find out.]

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[The ice planet was a nice reprieve after a hectic few months, and Rose is sad to see the Fleet return to drift. But she'd become familiar enough with the Fleet to realize that such things were an inevitability, and she's determined to make the Red Fish as close to a home as she can.]

[Part of this includes the purchase of several potted plants that she's used to decorate the lounge and kitchen. At the beginning of each day, she can be found watering the plants and doing general upkeep, including dusting and cleaning.]

[Otherwise, she's usually curled up on the sofa in the lounge with a set of paints, or enjoying a cup of tea in the kitchen. Even if she's not going out of her way to make contact with her ship mates, she at least looks less miserable now.]

[ The addition of the plants are hard to miss, but they make the ship feel a little more homey. Less like a metal prison, at least. The Red Fish is full of irregular sleepers and more than a few insomniacs, so it's hard to tell who is up early and who is still up. Either way, people move around at all hours. Carl's on his way to the engine room when he crosses paths with Rose, watering the aforementioned plants. ]

Did you bring those?

[Rose turns to look at Carl. Even though they've been on the same ship for awhile, they've never really had a reason to talk. She's not quite sure what to expect.]

Yes. If we're going to be stuck on this ship indefinitely, it seemed worthwhile to do something to make it feel like home.

I like it. I'd never be able to keep them alive, myself.

[ He's not the one with the green thumb in the family, but it wasn't as if there was time back home anymore. ]

They do make things feel a little less like we're stuck here.

Don't they? It certainly makes the ship feel more welcoming. And more alive.

[Rose is a little concerned how long it took her to start doing this. It's helping her feel better already.]

If you'd like, I can show you how to take care of them. It's not difficult at all.

I wouldn't want to take that away from you. Besides, I wouldn't want to accidentally kill 'em.

[ He'd feel bad, okay? ]

Are you sure? The more hands there are to care for them, the better off the plants are. We never know when something might happen, after all.

[That said, she is curious.]

Is there something you're worried about? Because I can assure you; the easiest way to 'accidentally' kill them is to do nothing at all.

I guess when you put it that way, it makes sense. Show me.

[ He offers a shrug. ] I don't know if it's just one thing. I've never really been good at keeping things like plants.

[Velvet pauses when she wanders into the kitchen for the first time when they return to drift. The plants are new.]

Where did those come from?

[And there's the walking headache. Rose turns to face Velvet and is (surprisingly) looking much less cross than normal.]]

The previous planet. They really help the ship feel more like home, don't you think?

[And Velvet's nose is already starting to itch. She tries to keep her distance but it's not like the kitchen is that big. She focuses on studying the plants.]

Yeah, I guess.

[Velvet isn't super picky, honestly. You stop being particular after living in a pit for three years. But she does appreciate plants. She definitely likes the planets with plants and forests more than the ones with big cities, anyway.]

Are these ones edible?

[It might be nice to have their own herbs and the like.]

These? No. They're mostly for decoration.

[Rose moves to the next plant and begins watering. It shouldn't be too long before they sprout.]

But that is a good idea. If these plants can take to this environment, it might be worth it to invest in some herbs the next time we dock.

[Well, that's a little disappointing. But it's not like she and Rose talk often enough for Rose to know Velvet might be interested in herbs. Crewmates being allergic to each other can make communication difficult.]

Yeah. Assuming the next planet isn't another nightmare planet.

[She hopes their next stop will be more like the snow planet. Relatively pleasant and useful.]

[Rose frowns. She finds it far too easy to imagine how this will go.]

It would be nice if that were the case, but I doubt we'll be so lucky. The Atroma don't seem particularly merciful.

Yeah, I don't know. The first few planets we visited after I arrived were okay. Then everything went to hell.

[Velvet's honestly not sure if there's a pattern to this kind of thing or not. Maybe it all depends on the whims of the Atroma.]

My first experience here was with the meteor. I'm sure you can see why I have less faith.

[Things tend not to work out in her favor anyway, though, so she's more pessimistic by nature.]

That being said, I am worried. Leaving that last planet, something felt unfinished.

[Yeah, Velvet can't blame her. And she wouldn't say she has a lot of faith herself. She's just kind of uncertain in general of what to expect. Which she doesn't like. But she's not inclined to argue semantics.

She raises an eyebrow.]

Unfinished. How do you mean?

For all the trouble those last two planets gave us, it felt like there was something left undone. Of course, that may just be me. I tend to have bad luck with closure.

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