Dumpster World Mingle

[passingthrough]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Always possible one will sneak in
Action: TRASH PLANET! aka The Baruut System
When: October 2018

[When life gives you garbage, make projects of varying scopes and sizes! Site see in the lovely trash-covered vistas. Make a racing pod thing or go gambling. And remember the first rule of arena fighting is... not the face? Actually, I'm not sure if there are rules, but you can talk about it. It's pretty public anyway.

Enjoy your landfill of a system!]

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[goldenglasses]

Tinkering

[Vash has been exploring the junk around the place and tinkering. Thanks to a lot of bartering and discussion with some of the locals Vash has eventually found someone who could possibly make him a donut making machine and he's just got to have it! So he did. After he bought it Vash realised he had a small problem. It will require donut powder to work. What if he can't find more powder out in space!?]

Hey! Can you cook? Or, just good at figuring out powders? [Vash is suddenly shoving a mysterious white powder in your face.] Do you think you could find a way of making this?

Arena

[The upgrade to the Twin Roses he wanted to help pay for and the donut maker didn't come cheap. Someone said they'd give him a discount if he showed up to a fight in the Arena. Which is how he wound up in the ring.

At first it's just some fancy shooting for a crowd of people who like "antique" guns. Shooting at far distance targets. Hitting a rapidly moving target. Quick fire drawing his pistol. It's all very easy for Vash and he could do it all in his sleep. With each round the crowd becoming more and more excited by the show.]

Next round! [An announcer excitedly calls out.] Live combat! The challengers approaches!

[Now Vash suddenly looks nervous.] Wait-- what did they just say? [The door is opening.] How did I do this again!?

First blood wins!

[Are you his next challenger? Or maybe just watching in the crowd?]

[abracafcku]

[Taako was perusing the shops hoping to find fresher ingredients, seeds, something not freeze dried or gel. But suddenly someone is pushing white powder in his face and Taako takes a big step back, hands up to push the powder holding hands away.]

Whoa whoa whoa. Don't go shoving mysterious powders in my face. I'm not into that.

[goldenglasses]

Oh! [Vash backs off just slightly with an embarrassed grin.] How about this! It's donut powder! There! Not a mystery anymore!

[abracafcku]

[Taako wipes his hands on a nearby rack, eying the powder suspiciously. If he starts convulsing, he's going to lay a death curse down. Somehow. Maybe from beyond the grave.]

No, now there's an even greater mystery. What is "donut powder?"

[goldenglasses]

Only the greatest thing on this planet! You can put it in this machine I just bought and it can make donuts! Freshly baked donuts! Into any flavor I add to it! It's only the best invention ever!

So I need to figure out how to make this powder stuff! What if I run out while we're in outer space!? Or what if no other planet sells it?!

[abracafcku]

[Um, excuse you, but Taako is the greatest thing on this planet right now and it's a limited time engagement. He looks dubious, but machines are rather useful. NO-3113 had been great, after all.]

Well, if you run out of it, just tell me what a donut is made of and I'll make one.

[It can't be that hard. He makes macarons for goodness sake.]

[goldenglasses]

[...]

Wait. Really? [Just make a donut?] You're joking, right?

[abracafcku]

I don't think we've met yet.

[He would normally extend a hand right now, but something about this tall guy with mystery powder is a little off-putting. He's not sure he can trust him not to get that stuff all over his new clothes.]

Hi, I'm Taako - from TV. Resident chef on the First Breath and wizard.

[goldenglasses]

Hi, Taako. Good to meet you. I'm Vash - from not TV. [He doesn't have television on his planet or he actually probably would be on TV.] Or well, I guess I am on television now. Seeing as I'm the pilot and co-captain of the Twin Roses. [When Kitty allows him to be a captain. Or remembers he is.]

So you're a really good cook if you can really make anything? [That's what he meant with making donuts, right?]

[abracafcku]

[It's okay, Vash. Taako doesn't actually know what TV is either.]

Mmhmm. Tell me what they're supposed to look like and what flavor you want, my man, then watch the magic happen.

[goldenglasses]

[Vash starts to excitedly list off the ingredients for donuts. Counting them off on his fingers as he does so.]

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 tablespoons lukewarm water
3/4 cup warm milk
2 1/2 tablespoons melted butter
1 egg
1/3 suga-- wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. What they look like? I'm starting to get the idea that you've never had a donut before.

[abracafcku]

[As Vash lists them off, Taako thinks and starts formulating in his head. Yeast, water, milk, melted butter, egg, sugar -- what the hell, don't stop?]

Fantasy world, my dude. What we have and don't have is kind of arbitrary and vague. You were listing ingredients though? Go on.

[goldenglasses]

How are you suppose to make a proper donut if you haven't ever tasted one!? That is a horrible tragedy! We need to find a bakery! To fix this straight away!

[abracafcku]

[Okay, at least this guy is passionate about food? It's about a ...donut. But it's something?

Taako considers for a second, then shoves a few pieces of silverware in his pocket from the shelf.]

Yeah okay, lead the way, my man.

[goldenglasses]

Great! Let's go! [Vash spins on his long legs and takes bounding steps out the door.] Once you try one you'll never be the same!

[abracafcku]

[Wow, this guy did not care at all that he just stole. Cool?

When Vash bounds away, he pauses, then grabs a few other things, Reduces them, and shoves them in his pocket, too.

Then he's out the door and walking after Vash at a slightly slower pace. He's curious about donuts, but he's also kind of worried that the powder Vash was holding was not donut powder.]

I'm gonna guess you're a sugar fiend, huh?

[goldenglasses]

[Nope. Not in the slightest. There were more important things for Vash to worry about, like getting this thief a donut.

Comes with living on his planet for so long. Stealing isn't a big deal to him. He just won't do it himself.]

Hm, I think I may be more of a food fiend then a sugar fiend.

Buuuuut are you happy on the First Breath? Because the Twin Roses is always happy to get more crew!

We have bacon flavored kelp! [Yes he's trying to steal a chef. What of it?]

[abracafcku]

...That is disgusting.

[Why would that be a feature? Actually, no, that's probably more of a plea for help.]

If you pay me, I'll cook a meal or two for your crew, but I've got a...favor from a god pending on my ship. It's kind of hard to reneg on that, so Taako's good here.

[Or rather, there, but whatever. Besides, he just moved all his stuff onto the First Breath after that heist he and Lup pulled, and it's a pain in the ass to get resettled.]

What possessed someone to make bacon-flavored kelp?

how fitting for Vash to get a Coran reaction icon

[padadin]

[Shiro steps back when the powder is shoved in his face, an eyebrow being raised at Vash.]

I'm not allowed much in the kitchen. [And his tone says it's for a good reason. He takes a closer look at the powder.] Isn't it one of the powders we have in the fleet kitchens?

Very fitting!

[goldenglasses]

Not exactly. This is instant donut powder! I need to find a way to make it so my donut maker will work if we can't find anymore the next planet we go to.

[goldenglasses]

Someone who can't get real bacon when stuck drifting out in the middle of space? [Vash takes a little offense to the insult of his ship's kelp.] When you run out of fresh meat during a drift we'll see how you feel about our bacon kelp then, but I do admit, hard to beat out a favor from a god.

[abracafcku]

[Gods, this place needed Taako like burning. He's going to turn out to be their Culinary God. They'll worship in kitchens across the Fleet to him, and hopefully give offerings of money.]

Trust me, my man, running out of food? Is not going to be a problem on Taako's ship.

Example?

[As they're walking, he plucks a weird-looking alien fruit off some poor fool's stand while their back is turned. He shows Vash the fruit in his palm of his hand, then focuses and with a little flair and showmanship, a wave of his hand and a toss in the air? The fruit comes back looking like a completely normal orange instead of the spiky puce-green thing it used to be.]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash stops to watch as Taako works his magic. Clearly impressed by the end result he claps excitedly.] That's amazing! So you can turn food into other food? Can you turn our bacon kelp into real bacon!? And if you can what god was it and what kind of favor? [Because if Taako can do that Vash wants him on his ship now.]

[abracafcku]

[Yes, yes, lavish on the praise, please. Taako pops his wrist with his other hand and tosses the orange over to Vash.]

I can do a lot more than that, but yes - I could. [For a price.]

And I'm sorry, my dude, but I came here knowing this. I wagered my captain for a favor in order to spruce up our ship. Which I was going to do anyway. Have you seen the First Breath? That place is awful.

[goldenglasses]

Exactly! [Vash easily catches the orange and starts to peel it. He's curious to see if it will taste just like an orange.] That's why you should come to the Twin Roses! We have one of the most upgraded ships in the fleet! And if it's missing something you like I'm sure we could get that fixed quickly.