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[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

The beer tree. No matter how much she thinks on it, Mei-Xing just can't make that work in her head.

But there it was. Mocking the laws of nature.

With a shrug, she tugs off a brew and pops it open, taking a sit. At least it's not bad beer. She settles down under the tree, leaning against the trunk, and sips again.

It's not where she usually hangs out, or where she'd even prefer to do her business, but there was a powerful, stable gaiasphere here, and if she was going to be putting her magic on things, she'd rather have a stable environment. Until the guy with the monster problem arrived, she'd just be sitting here. Drinking. And using magic to flick pebbles at any animals that got too close for comfort.

Flick. Flick.

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[vissernone.livejournal.com]

A tree that grows beer. Eva's seen precious little encouraging scenery on this giant flying meatball and yet, there's a tree growing alcohol. For the millionth time since she got popped, she mutters "why not?" to herself. Why wouldn't a giant ship made out of living tissue have trees that grow beer? It's already got superheroes, aliens and enchanted goddamn hammers. She's half expecting to run into the Cheshire Cat or a reincarnation of Salvador Allende.

"I need to get used to things I'm not used to," she says, talking to herself as she frequently does. She doesn't notice that there's a woman sitting under the tree until she's close enough to be seen herself. Trying not to look like she's cursing herself for her carelessness, she waves. "You don't happen to know if this thing'll sprout a bottle of Cabernet, would you?"

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

Mei-Xing hears her before the woman spots her. Elf hearing. That, and living on edge for so long kept her senses sharp.

When she finally gets addressed, she laughs out loud. "Cabernet? Maybe if you sold your soul. No, but it is the greatest beer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Ak4nW1Rg8) I've ever had."

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

"Much as I enjoy the finer things in life, I don't think I'm quite ready to make a deal with the devil over a bottle of wine. Yet. The food they have here may make me reconsider that," Eva laughs. "Do you come here often?"

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, the Yama Kings'll screw you." She gives the other woman a friendly smile. "Naah, I usually stay in the city. But with the spectacular clusterfuck that thing's turned into, well. This is a good place to clear your head, at least."

And she's much, much more powerful here than in the City. But she'd rather people didn't catch on to that.

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

"Yama Kings?" Eva plucks a beer and takes a seat down on the ground. "Oh, the sickness thing. Because life wasn't hard enough getting yanked out of our worlds, being told the whole thing went kaboom and that we have to fight aliens. Now we get space flu."

She takes a sip. "Damn, this is good."

[darknight-ren.livejournal.com]

Beer tree--there it was. And nearby was the woman Ren hoped would handle his problem.

Holding onto a small mirror, he came closer, with Darkwing some distance behind. He hadn't been sure if Darkwing needed to be here for this, but in any case, if he could get him inside the mirror as soon as possible, it would be for the best.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

She stands when she spots him, lifting her beer in greeting. "Hey, there." Mei-Xing walks towards Ren, closing the distance half-way. There's a small flicker of distaste across her face when she's close enough to tell he's Japanese, but she covers it up soon enough and peers over his shoulder, searching for his pet monster.

"Mei-Xing." She focuses back on his face, giving him a nod. "I'm a mage. Dealing with spirits is one of my specialties back home. This shouldn't take too long."

[darknight-ren.livejournal.com]

"The sooner, the better," Ren answered as Darkwing screeched in displeasure. The large bat was not happy at all, and Ren couldn't say he felt any sympathy for him. Too much time spent tolerating him out of necessity only.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

She falls into a completely different body language as it screeches, standing a little taller. Her eyes glaze over just a bit as she looks at Darkwing in the astral plane, and she makes a face.

Snapping back to reality, she focuses on Ren. "Okay. Call it over. I'm going to need to look at this thing more closely." She pauses, then looks down at his hand. "Is that what I'm going to be binding it to? Has it been used as an anchor for a ritual before?"

[fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com]

Zhiai'kahn didn't know what a beer tree was, and probably wouldn't have cared much about it if she did. No, she only cared about the fact that there were any trees at all on this ship. The ship in general had had a slightly plant-like quality to it, but it was too much like a building for her tastes. Her species were tree-dwellers, and she was happy to find a place on the ship that felt more like home.

Though, the beer tree was interesting, as she'd never seen a tree grow something that looked like metal before. She had the urge to climb, might as well go with that one. She made her way towards the tree, looking very much like just another animal that belonged in this place, albeit one with a set of bags strapped to her and a comm ring around her front most left wrist.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

The trick to just looking like a random animal, is that your signature in the astral plane is totally different from a regular animal. The depths of emotions, the strength of the aura, it's all different from a non-sentient.

She watches the furry thing trundle up, raising an eyebrow, then sips her beer and goes back to flicking pebbles.

It's not who she was waiting for and it's not addressing her. So it's none of her business.

[fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com]

Zhiai'kahn was almost at the tree when she took notice of the humanoid sitting at the base. She initially did not consider talking to them, as she was more interested in the tree. But when they flicked a pebble at a passing animal, she furrowed her brow.

"Why do you do that?"

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

"Because." She flicks another pebble. "I feel like sitting here without having some great beast sticking its cold, wet nose on me." Mei-Xing rolls her eyes to the furry thing, and lifts her beer in greetings. "I didn't come here to play with animals, and this is a nicer way of telling them to 'fuck off' than lobbing manabolts, don't you think?"

[governorkang]

To anyone looking at Kang, it'd be somewhat easy to tell that he was deep in thought, and when he needed to think about things on the ship, he tended to take walks around the hangar or hydroponics. The physical activity usually helped him to clear his mind.

The upside of hydroponics was that he could always snag a beer from the tree if he wanted to, and he headed in that direction to do just that. It was common to see others hanging around the tree, so he wasn't surprised to see Mei-Xing sitting there.

Seeing her flicking pebbles at animals, he shook his head, somewhat amused, "Having fun?"

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

She tilts her beer in his direction. She didn't know Kang very well, but he'd had her back in the debacle with the Council, and that was enough to make him Good People.

"Keeping the animals away." She explains, lifting another pebble into the air with her magic and flicking it with a blink. "Sometimes a girl just wants to have a drink in peace, you know?"

She scoots over, letting him have easier access to the lowest of the beers. "What's up with you, Kang? You look like someone with a load on his mind."

[governorkang]

It was amazing how siding with another person on one issue could make them that much more amiable towards you. Kang smiled, "Understandable."

He grabbed a beer for himself and cracked it open, sitting down next to Mei-Xing. "You could say that. Did you happen to catch the virus that was going around, or hear of anyone doing anything... strange?"

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

Or maybe she's just shallow?

She waves a hand snorting. "Strange? Around here?" That's all relative. "But, no. I poked my head into the city and did an astral sweep once or twice, but I didn't want to get sick. I can think of two or three people who'd use that as an excuse to beat my skull in."

[dared-to-love.livejournal.com]

Ophelia had finally found hydroponics. She had only wished she had found it sooner. It felt like home here, not artificial and claustrophobic like the rest of the ship. As she wandered deeper into the area, she stopped often to admire the alien plantlife and strange animals. She could spend hours in here, and she fully intended to. And it was only a matter of time before she arrived at the beer tree, which gave her pause.

"Oh my god. I don't believe it." She gasped.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

"Yes." Mei-Xing answers, closing her eyes with a smug grin. "I am beautiful. No need to worship, I believe all should bathe in my radiance."

Unfortunately, her smooth ego-stroking is interrupted by a loud belch. She glares at the beer in her hand, giving it a shake. "Traitor."

[dared-to-love.livejournal.com]

"Nice one." Ophelia compliments her as she finally stops gawking at the tree and notices the woman sitting by it. "Sorry, I didn't see you there at first. The tree, it's- it's actually here."

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

"Nice what? That was a frog. Or something." Because she is too good to burp. Yeah. That's it.

She looks at Ophelia, then stares up at the branches of the tree. "This thing's from your world?" She looks back down at the other woman with a frown. "Lady, you've got some seriously fucked up botany. I'm just gonna say that right now."

[curiousredsoul]

After recent events a certain dragon wandered the ship once more, deciding to take a look around rather than returning to the city straight away, if it had even been de-quarantined or not. Hmm she would have to check that. Thus her path had brought her to Hydroponics.

Celena took her time padding through the lush greenery taking in all the sights and sounds, she should come here more often. Though that strange tree did catch her attention, one that seemed to have glass bottles as 'fruits'. It was in finding this tree, a sense of small flickers of magic drawing her attention though. Peering around the trunk to find the one she had been looking for on and off the last while, Mei-Xing. "A curious tree would you not say?" she would comment as way of greetings.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

She jerks visibly when Celena speaks to her. She is never going to get used to dragons sneaking up on her like that, she swears.

"It defies any laws of common sense that I know." She sips her beer, trying to pretend that she hadn't been caught with her pants down, figuratively speaking. "Damned good beer, though."

[curiousredsoul]

Celena would dip her head at the elf's reply, that jerk not going unnoticed..she did recall the reaction Mei-Xing had when she first met her during the pod release all those months ago now. A paw reaching up to lightly tap one of the 'beer's that hung from the tree, it would certainly seem glass.

"Very much so, Indeed? I shall take your word on that then," Replying with a soft chuckle as she padded the rest of the way around the tree and fully into view, "I am none too familiar in regards to such beverages," Shaking her head as she turns her gaze from the beer tree and back to the one sitting against it's trunk. "I believe I have something for you,"

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

"I didn't think you would." Dragons don't usually go for human beers. Not that she knows of. Who could really tell what the likes of Lowfyr did in the privacy of his home?

Please, please, please don't let it be seven secret herbs and spices. She smiles weakly, Celena's offer from months ago long forgotten. "Ah, is that so? I didn't think it was the New Year yet."