driftfleet | [video]

Who: Taako and all y'all
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes, Planetside
When: Now

[The video camera shows an open field planetside, obviously cultivated and fenced in, and currently occupied by a rather large herd of the fluffy behemoth sheep known as flouds that roam carefree as they chomp down on grass. It's quiet for a moment and then the familiar lilt of Taako's voice breaks the idyllic calm of flouds bleating aimlessly.]

Unacceptable.

[His finger comes into view, pointing at one of the faraway beasts.]

They're in danger constantly [Read: rarely] of being eaten by massive lizard monsters and they don't even pen them in properly.

[A floud bleats and flops over in some tall grass, which Taako gestures to wildly, bracelets jangling on his wrist against his silver bracer.]

Look at them! Poor sods. No idea when their brief littl-- well, I guess huge, but whatever, size isn't-- well it is, but the point stands! Their brief lives are in danger and they have no clue.

So! I'm liberating [read: stealing] a few of them from this hellhole of gigantism to the lap of luxury up on the Iskaulit.

Who's with me?

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[Lorden snickers. It's rude, but not wrong.]

Depends if you want a better variety of protein goop or not, I guess.

Ugh. Don't talk to me about that slop. It offends my soul as a chef.

It's bearable if you use enough hot sauce.

Food shouldn't be--

[He gives a high pitched whine of annoyance, pinching the bridge of his nose between two fingers.]

Why does no one on this stupid fleet have any taste buds? Or self respect? Or just respect for their stomachs at least? I swear, it's like being surrounded by a bunch of two year olds who only want to eat shitty frozen TV dinners.

[Excuse, he's four. His tone gets a little more serious, though.]

Should I start with the part where my planet was devastated and my people live in an asteroid belt, or the part where I wasn't kidding about pirates stealing everything we have?

[Look, that's rough and all and Taako feels for you, stranger, but that was home and this is here and they're two entirely separate things in his mind.]

Should I start with the fact that we're not in that place anymore and there is food amply available at the Melting Pot or, I dunno, anywhere if you got the credits for it? It's here! Take advantage of it while you got it!

[All right, he grins a little at that.]

I'm not saying I don't. But if I gotta make a choice between using my credits on Security upgrades and eating out, it's going to have to go to upgrades. The guns they give us are crap.

The food they give us is crap! Actually no, scratch that - everything they give us is crap. But the likelihood of us needing to shoot each other is muuuuch lower than the likelihood of me strangling someone for saying eating space glop is a fine substitute for actual godsdamn delicious fresh baked bread.

I mean, that's fair, but I never said it was a good substitute. Tolerable, yes.

It's just, this is the first time in my life I've gone more than about two weeks without trying to drive off invading forces that want to murder my people. It's hard not to want to build up a weapons cache.

Tolerable, he says.

[Taako scoffs because "tolerable" is apparently different for everyone. He can give this guy some slack though, seeing as he comes from a shitty world with shitty people invading his homeland. Hard to have high standards if you're always struggling to survive. Taako remembers that life. He's glad he's left it behind.]

But fair - fine. I get it. Just - Just agree with me that the food here sucks and I won't rag on you for being a prepper.

Oh, no argument there. It's just good to have food.

S'why I learned transmutation magic, my dude. No fear of starving so long as you got the materials around.

[He humphs.]

I mean, same with a Forge, it's just harder to find the materials.

Thus transmutation magic. Even rocks and fuckin', I dunno, garbage can be turned palatable if you're determined enough.

Yeah, but does it keep you full? Or does your stomach know you were eating rocks and take it out on you later?

It's food, so yeah. Once I transmute it, that shit don't turn back. Or, at least, I hope it doesn't, or my gastroenterologist is gonna be reeeeeeeeal mad.

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