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[falsesmile]

Who: Ves (falsesmile) and general!
When: Day 6, afternoon
Where: The Ruined Hull
What: General exploration post!

[ The Ruined Hull has been unlocked! The go-team has been in the area for a while, the stay-team members who are so inclined have probably meandered over here somehow by now -- time to go exploring, but keep an eye on those suit power levels ♥ ]

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[ceruleo]

I know where Japan is, doofus, I'm from Earth too. I meant which city. [ He folds his arms over his stomach, gaze turning back up to the cascade of branches. ] And the Galra are aliens: giant, mean and purple. If you ever see one, run, seriously. They definitely take prisoners.

inui gets distracted

[dateme]

...Isn't taking prisoners better than not taking them? [ 'cause that means they just kill....you... ]

[ceruleo]

If they don't take prisoners, you're dead. If they do take prisoners? Then you wish you were dead.

[ DOES HE NEED TO SPELL OUT TORTURE ]

[dateme]

[ HE KNOWS TORTURE. But he still winds up giving him a sidelong glance, pondering. ]

Isn't being tortured better than being dead? You're still alive in the end. Maybe you'll escape and get home. [ Says the guy who's never been in any sort of torturous situation.

Unless you could Japanese literature. ]

[ceruleo]

[ Lance goes quiet for a beat, throat dry. He thinks of Shiro, Shiro's arm, Shiro's amnesia. ]

That's a really big maybe.

[ The danger's a little more immediate, to Lance. ]

[dateme]

[ Wow, he actually sounds...pretty solemn and serious about that. Inui didn't expect that from Lance.

Makes him wonder if he's been through something there. ]

...Well, I'd rather not be dead.

[ceruleo]

[ He won't press. Ignorance is bliss, or something. He doesn't wanna talk about this anymore. ]

Sure. [ He reaches out, making a beckoning motion. ] Gimme the fruit.

[dateme]

I thought you wanted to wait until I died or something? To see if it was safe. [ Which is what he'd do if their positions were reversed, but he hands the alien pear over anyway and turns to look at Lance proper. ]

[ceruleo]

[ It's been a couple minutes and Inui's not dead yet, so it's probably safe, Lance reasons.

But mostly, he just wants to stop talking about being trapped on this deserted hunk of rock forever. ]

If you start puking, I'll run and get the others.

[ He sniffs it--smells like pineapple??--and takes a bite. The flesh is porous and wet. His eyes flutter closed as he lets it quench his parched throat. It's almost physically painful to stop himself from taking more. ]

...Did that taste kinda pineapple-y to you?

[dateme]

[ That's the best logic ever Lance, don't change♥

Even if Inui does give him a look for the pineapple comment. ]

What? No. It was way too sour for pineapple. How are you getting pineapple from that??

[ Did kissing the Kharids break your taste buds or something ]

[ceruleo]

[ Um, excuse you. ]

You didn't even know what almonds tasted like! Your opinion isn't valid.

[dateme]

I know what almonds taste like Lance. [ Come on bro. People eat them all the time in Japan. ]

[ceruleo]

Uh, you totally thought that coral-looking plant tasted like chestnuts, dude.

[ GOT RECEIPTS ALL UP IN HERE ]

[dateme]

Because it did. It only smelled like almonds... [ Okay!!! He's not crazy ]

[ceruleo]

[ Nah this ish is personal now. ]

I'm pretty sure that isn't how taste works! If it smelled like almonds then it tasted like almonds.

[ YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK NOW. ]

[dateme]

[ HE HAS NO INTENTION OF TAKING IT BACK ]

Clearly you've never had fermented soy beans. [ Because man do those smell awful and not taste awful at all. ]

[ceruleo]

Fermented soy beans? That sounds nasty!

[ Super sensitive. The most sensitive. ]

[dateme]

[ IT IS DELICIOUS WITH SHOYU AND ONION HDU??? ]

Nah, it's not that bad. I mean it smells bad but the actual taste isn't that bad? Kinda nice to eat in the morning on a cold day.

[ceruleo]

[ In the morning on a cold day, huh...? Mmmm. ]

My mom used to make old clothes for us to eat.

[dateme]

Old...clothes?? [ What do you mean like eating sock soup or something here ]

[ceruleo]

[ It takes him a moment to realize that, once again, the translation didn't parse. ]

It's a shredded beef stew! With like, tomato sauce and peppers. My mama's is the best.

[ Of course. ]

[dateme]

Ohh...you mean hashed beef rice? I get that when I eat out sometimes at restaurants.

[ He totally has the wrong fish here, but to be fair Hayashi is sometimes made with tomato sauce ]

[ceruleo]

If you say so? It's pretty popular. [ Maybe??? ] Guess I have to try more Japanese food.

[ Not that he'll get the chance to any time soon... ]

[dateme]

If Japan even exists anymore, haha~

[ Yeahhhh excuse him while he drops that bomb and tries to play it off like nothing ]

Maybe the whole planet's gone by now.

[ceruleo]

[ Well that sure took a turn. Lance isn't escaping this, is he? His brows knit together. Fuck that.

Instead, he gets up, shocked a bit at how--bizarrely crisp the edges of the leaves seem. He feel energized, ready to take on whatever this planet has to give them. ]

Whoa. Dude, get up.