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[youdontneedapictureofme]

Who: Maggie and YOU
Broadcast: video;
Action: on the Goldstone
When: Now

[Maggie is on the network, giving other crews a view of the boxes that can now be found in the cargo bay. The decorations are half out of the first box while she goes through them, but she's curious to know what else everyone has acquired.]

Anyone else want candy corn? The Goldstone has lots of it. It's kind of crazy to think the Atroma know about things like Halloween, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

['They're probably doing it to keep us busy' goes unsaid.]

Is anyone else decorating their ship?

Action

[If you're aboard the Goldstone and want to help decorate or come eat some candy, feel free. Otherwise you'll have to come over from your ship to come get your candy. ]

Comments

Re: video

[universal_charm]

True, though it's inefficient. We mostly use hydrogen and solar cells where I'm from - at least in the consumer stuff.

_{[ He wrinkled his nose. ]}

Actual corn that had been candied would be better than that garbage. Whomever dubbed that candy corn was a liar, a fraud, a cheat. A generally horrible person all around.

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[youdontneedapictureofme]

Ah. Yeah, that's true. Where i'm from those things are a bit harder in supply. Our options have been to just take gas from abandoned cars or find other fuel sources. Corn's in abundance if you're anywhere near a farm or can grow it, but it's not without its problems.

[Maggie laughs a bit at his distaste and holds up a piece between her thumb and forefinger.]

I think it's because it's supposed to be shaped like a kernel of corn? The color doesn't quite match though.

[She shrugs and just pops it into her mouth. It was better than nothing, she supposes.]

Re: video

[universal_charm]

Take the fuel? What's happened that you need to be doing that?

_{[ Sounded like stereotypical post apocalyptic sort of thing, doesn't it? ]}

Pieces of chalk would have been a more appropriate name. It wouldn't surprise me if that had been a real ingredient at one point.

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[youdontneedapictureofme]

A lot. None of it great.

[It was exactly as it sounds.]

You know, I don't even know what's actually in candy corn. Just that it tastes... like it does.

[She makes a face and then shrugs.]

Re: video

[universal_charm]

I think it's just saturated corn syrup and edible paste. And it's a tragedy that someone, somewhere, makes millions off them every year. Tragedy.