Yaugur System Mingle

[padadin]

Who: EVERYONE
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: Of course
When: 6/23 to 8/5.

[Welcome to the Yaugur System, where everyone will want to join the most important activity here:



KITE FLYING!

...what do you mean, there's something more important to do? Oh yeah, the mist. Sure, have fun with your despair hallucinations, I guess.]

Comments

[privateeyed]

[in that five minutes, and after making a lot of grumpy faces, Ben just went back to work] I said I was gonna throw myself off the island to fight the mist monster.

[completely deadpan. Gent trots happily behind Sorey, giving a happy bark in response to what Ben says, as if encouraging him to. Jump off the island. What a good pup]

[monolike]

[HORRIFIED]

Ben! Don't do that- or at least don't do it alone!

[privateeyed]

It worries me that you took that even remotely seriously, dude.

[come on now he can't fly if he threw himself off the island he'd be done-zo]

[monolike]

Wha- It worries me that you'd joke about it! [lovingly pets dog in IRRITATION]

[privateeyed]

Dude.

[he's just giving you this look like. He's just real worried about you]

[monolike]

That's just the sort of thing some of the people in the Fleet would do, [Sorey points out, frowning to himself even as he rubs the puppy's belly.] And this place, that mist, it feels...bad.

[privateeyed]

I can assure you, I won't jump off an island and I won't let the mist shit get to me. [or he'll try his best, 'cuz he's heard some shit and he doesn't go down there 'til later in the month oops]

[monolike]

...okay. [Sits back on his heels.] If you feel like you have to, at least give me a call, alright? We're friends. I'll help you out.

[privateeyed]

I know. If I need that kind of help I'll call, but don't get mad if I don't. Usually more people involved just makes it worse.

[a moment passes in this serious conversation, utter silence.

. . .

Before Gent takes the opportunity to diVE AT SOREY'S FACE TO LICK IT YOU STOPPED PETTING ME WHY DID YOU STOP]

[monolike]

[Sorey looks at Ben at that, 'more people involved just makes it worse' because that sounds terrible and it sounds like something that needs to be addressed-

But then Gent is here, practically climbing up into Sorey's lap and he's distracted. The vulnerable moment passes and Sorey decides that, for now, he'll let it go.] I have to admit, after what you told me about not doing a lot of stuff in nature, I'm kind of surprised to see you working on a farm in your spare time. Or is that why?

[privateeyed]

[it doesn't need to be addressed shh shh everything Is Fine.

Ben rolls his eyes at his dog but doesn't make any moves to stop him because you have brought this upon yourself buddy] It's boring labor work and it keeps me busy. [he shrugs] I like being outside.

[monolike]

Wha- Farming isn't boring! [says the magical element boy who makes things grow with a touch of his fingers]

[privateeyed]

I can guarantee you that you're wrong and like half the fleet will agree with me. [look he grew up in the country he gets it but he also knows no one else likes it]

[monolike]

Doesn't that mean the other half would agree with me? [SO THAT MAKES HIM HALF RIGHT THEN]

[privateeyed]

[. . . shit he's right]

I said like half, so maybe more than half. Either way you're totally wrong.

[HAH saved it]

[monolike]

I'd only be totally wrong if everybody disagreed with me! [HE CANNOT BE DETERRED] C'mon Ben, don't you think it's cool to eat something you grew yourself? It's just like hunting!

[privateeyed]

I mean, yeah, I guess it'd be cool, but I don't know how to grow shit so it ain't happening. [always Mr. Brightside, this guy]

[monolike]

Do you want some tips? I'm gonna try and start a food garden on the ship once I get a chance; I'm already growing grass and stuff in one of the rooms.

[privateeyed]

[why are you like this!!]

I - guess? What the hell am I gonna grow though?

[monolike]

Whatever you want! [Kneels down in the dirt next to Ben, plucking up a packet of seeds to start helping out.] What do you like?

[privateeyed]

[uuuuUUUUUGHHHHHH he reluctantly kneels down as well] Fuck if I now, I'll eat most shit.

[monolike]

You're just dodging the question, [Sorey says lightly, poke poke poke into the dirt to drop little seeds into the holes.]