Far below the rolling tide [Open]

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Strangely enough, even after the events of the past few days, Zouichi had not developed an aversion to the ocean. Or axes! Or giant squid! It helped that he, unlike some of the other crew, hadn't been in imminent danger of drowning. He was, however, busying himself with preparing some of the food they'd bought on shore leave, as well as supplies salvaged from the Deepstar 7. No sense letting it go to waste, right?

He'd started work in the early morning, and gotten so absorbed in what he was doing that he didn't quite notice that he was making more than was absolutely necessary. What? Cooking was relaxing. And anyway, he thought as he waited to pull a piece of battered shrimp out of its cooking oil, someone would probably eat it all. For the people living in the inn, he was careful to set aside boxes of prepared food. But there was an increasing amount left over...

Stop by, enjoy your ridiculously overprepared lunch. Or just a simple one, if you're an acquaintance. The front door's open!

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[zouichi]

Zouichi nodded. "That's the story, anyway. You know, one of these days we should get some fish on shore leave and put them into the river. Just to stack the odds in our favor."

"Wait, do you like tuna? I had no idea."

[soulinherfists]

"Yeah, that's a great idea!" Allenby began picking the rest of the things out of the bento box. "Maybe we can ask for some fish along with whatever else we're gettin' out of the people we're helping."

She started working at the gyoza skins again. "Sure, tuna's great! Not that there's a lot of food I don't like."

[zouichi]

He smiled. "Well, I did buy some tuna long with the rest of the fish... although I'm not sure it's the kind you like. I've never had it in a sandwich before."

Although to be fair, there were lots of things he hadn't tried before. "And while we're at it, we can also ask them for a pony." He was mostly joking. Even though ponies were totally cute. "So, bets on where we'll go next?"

[soulinherfists]

"Uh... if it didn't come in a can, I probably haven't tried that kind." Prior to traveling to Neo-Hong Kong and meeting Sai Saici the fighting chef, Allenby had considered Ikea Swedish meatballs to be haute cuisine.

...actually she still did; she just had more to include in the category now.

She chuckled at the pony remark. "Lemme see... we had a creepy planet and a shore leave planet. I think that means the people on the next planet are luring us into a trap specifically to kill us."

[zouichi]

"Ah. Sorry, I didn't buy any canned tuna. I would have if I'd known." Canned tuna. He had to remember that for later.

Zouichi rolled his eyes, placing another gyoza on the tray. "That would fit the pattern, I think. 'Go find some artifact or do some impossible task. Everything will try to off you. In the meantime, enjoy being in the dark'."

[soulinherfists]

"Hey, I won't complain about not havin' canned tuna when you're busy making all this," Allenby said, giving him a playful jab with her elbow.

She smiled grimly at Z's assessment of... about half of their missions. If not most of them, but not everything had an artifact. "Yup. My favorite part is when she said she was going to fix it and wound up letting SHODAN out. Too bad there's no such thing as unions here."

[zouichi]

Zouichi laughed a little, partially dodging the jab. "Honestly, I think the ship needs an attitude adjustment a lot more than GLaDOS does. But you'll notice it didn't volunteer itself for the chopping block."

Grr, the ship. How he hated it.