it's a Red Fish Mingle

[searingedgelord]

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.]

Comments

[searingedgelord]

[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?

[poisontippedcure]

[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?

[searingedgelord]

[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.]

[poisontippedcure]

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.

[searingedgelord]

[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.]

[poisontippedcure]

[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.

[searingedgelord]

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.]

[poisontippedcure]

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.

[searingedgelord]

[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?

[poisontippedcure]

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.