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[purrtagonist]

Soooo how's everyone feeling?

[THIS MESSAGE HAS A PURPOSE HE SWEARS]

Serious question, by the way. I talked to Astoria as soon as we got back, and she was pretty worried about the way I. . . felt to her?

[GOD PUTTING IT THAT WAY SOUND WEIRD]

She said that I brought something back with me from Struxta. Something dark, evil, heavy. . . wrong? I don't know about you guys but absolutely none of that is confidence inspiring. Wonder why.

[AHA]

She also told me that the wilting plants around the temple aren't normal. "Everything here seems to be just here. Present, alive, blooming," is what she said, word for word. She's never seen anything here die before.

[. . .]

I don't really know what she's talking about, especially because I feel just fine. I don't think she does yet either, though I imagine she's going to investigate. Just be careful, all right? And if you notice anything off about yourself, let me or someone else know.






Because if we all came back possessed by space demons or infected by robot tuberculosis I'm gonna be pretty pissed.

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[oculusriffs]

roberculosis

[he's fine, in other words. thanks for asking!]

[purrtagonist]

[FUCK]







Glad to see you're doing well, Dave.

[oculusriffs]

[feel honored, Akira, Dave doesn't portmanteau for just anyone.]

yup
good to know were apparently doomed for going out and punching a thunderstorm to death though
did she say if theres anything were supposed to do
like set up a medbay or something
or are we supposed to just wait and see what happens

[purrtagonist]

[he feels extremely honored and special]

She didn't advise me to do anything. There probably isn't much we CAN do for now.

[which also doesn't inspire confidence, but what can ya do]

[oculusriffs]

cool
even more waiting around waiting for something to happen
thats exactly how i like my bullshit served
may as well have tried to bring back one of those machines so i could have a side of fetid protein glop to go with it
really wanna savor a load of five star fuckery here

[complaining probably isn't going to help the situation or the fact that you're worried, Dave.]

or just some soup maybe

[purrtagonist]

[it might not help the situation as a whole, but it does do wonders for improving Akira's mood. funnily enough]

Rhyme me up some ingredients and I can make you some miso soup.

Probably.

[oculusriffs]

[yes! Dave ... helped ... by being whiny.]

[also, Akira, in turn, is helping him by giving him something to do. Dave isn't the type to sit around and wait to see how bullshit plays out, he needs to be doing something, or he starts getting way too antsy.]

probably works for me
what all do you put in miso soup
aside from miso

[purrtagonist]

[they make a great team]

Miso, dashi. . . uh. Wakame, tofu, and scallions too, I think?

[HE THINKS]

[oculusriffs]

yeah ok
hang on

[if it doesn't turn out to be miso soup, it'll turn out to be ... something soup. close enough. let this be a precursor to the future monster soups that will be made after everyone's come down with roberculosis.]

[also, Dave's not familiar with like half of those ingredients, so whatever magical database of knowledge his ability draws from will just have to fill in the blanks for him. it'll be fine, most likely.]

[purrtagonist]

[MOST LIKELY]

Do you need me to come pick up my groceries when you're done?

[oculusriffs]

thats fine
ill know what your total is by then

[the total charge for using Strider Convenience Store Services, that is. he can't even remember what he's supposed to be accepting other than stupid jokes, though.]

[purrtagonist]

[Akira can't remember what he's supposed to be paying so it all evens out]

Put it on my tab. I'll be there in five.

[time to sign off and pay the Strider Convenience Store a visit! wherever it may be]

[oculusriffs]

[that'd be Dave's room, actually. it's probably where he conducts most of his Strider Convenience Store business.]

[considering his power, it's probably not surprising that his room is filled with a random assortment of junk he rapped up either out of boredom or out of super boredom. but probably the most obviously bizarre thing is a fairly sizeable stack of dead laptop batteries on the wall opposite his bed. can't charge a laptop without plugs, so ... that's what he's been doing instead.]

[in any case, he'll be there when Akira arrives. sup bro.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . THAT'S SUPER SMART, re: the laptop batteries. Dave is resourceful!]

[anyway, Akira is polite enough to knock before he enters, and he greets Dave with a two-fingered wave]

Yo!

[oculusriffs]

[they're gonna build a really kickin' rad fort out of dead laptop batteries at this rate. Dave keeps forgetting the weird ghost people will handle requests if you're specific enough about them.]

Hey.

[here you go, bro. bowl o'ingredients.]

[purrtagonist]

[bow o'ingredients! Akira takes it gratefully, though he does tilt his head and peer at Dave curiously]

You managed the entire list on one rhyme?

[judging by the fact that he still has his voice]

[oculusriffs]

You have to make it more about the container than anything. Shit that's inside it is incidental.

Made a first aid kit in El Minha the same way.

[it is, indeed a fine bowl. ceramic. the nice kind that could hold its heat for a while.]

[and what good pottery doesn't have decorations on it? there's ... some sort of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff comic depicted on the sides of the bowl. apparently they're at a concert, and at least one fat asshole is all the hell about crowdsurfing. there's even a sentence on there, too.]

[are you ready to NOSH]

[Akira should ask Dave how much he hates himself. it's a lot.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . . . . . . why would Dave EVER hate himself for this]

[because Akira is reading that sentence, and then looking up to meet Dave's gaze firmly, expression blank]

Absolutely, I am.

[oculusriffs]

[he's basically a punning pottery barn at this point!]

[but honestly, Dave kind of is, too? or at least, he's curious to see if the incidental ingredients he just pulled from the ether will actually make a decent soup.]

Awesome. You cooking now, or later?

[purrtagonist]

Might as well try it now. I've never made this before, so I have no idea how good it'll be.

[oculusriffs]

Got a hard time thinkin' it'd be harder to make than curry.

[purrtagonist]

You say that, but without the Internet I can't look up a recipe, sooooo.

[making miso without a recipe. . . when he's never made miso before]

[ADVENTURE TIME]

[oculusriffs]

[does that make Akira Finn and Dave Jake.]

Well, I've got basically fuck-all to do for now. How hard could it be to build the Internet from a bunch of rhymes?

[the internet is made of tubes, right. he'll just put tubes everywhere.]

[purrtagonist]

[DUDE]

Dave. . .

If you could rhyme up the entire Internet, I'd give you a homemade Nobel Peace Prize.

[oculusriffs]

I'll have to rap up a mantel so I have somewhere to put it, then.

[but now Akira's got him seriously considering how one would go about using rhymes to create one (1) internet. this isn't even taking into consideration that they have no plugs.]

Now that I'm thinking about it, though, I doubt I'm gonna be able to just import my best blogs from wherever they fuck they are now.

[which means .... they'd have to build up Acatanet's meme repository from scratch.]