Foodplot: Parte Uno [Closed]

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

After the 'bitching about Stacy' session finally reached a head, Sakura and Howard decided to actually do something about all the questions they had about their spacefaring fleshy home. Granted, they couldn't really find anything out about the Ohm on their own, and the Daligig were Right Out, so that left exploring the ship itself.

Time for them to find out what it is that they're putting in their bodies.

They drew on a few people they trust, or at least have figured out well enough to not distrust (more than they usually do), and now they're gathered at the mess hall at some awkward hour when no one is there to eat. They've brought Kanoe Zouichi (specialties: stuff going boom and wrangling Howard into being cooperative) and Ian Chesterton (specialties: hot cocoa, also science). And Ian's brought Barbara Wright (specialties: ??? and pissing Howard off).

Howard's tucking away at a tray of slop, figuring that if they're going to find anything that puts them off eating food forever, he might as well enjoy sweet, delicious ignorance now.

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[zouichi]

Ask him about the time he and Tim went grappling together and it was great.

The helmet Zouichi was wearing had the pleasant secondary effect of keeping the goop off of him completely, since the rest of him was, as customary, completely covered by his body armor. Come prepared, that was his motto. But he brushed aside some of the glop on his shoulderpad anyway, making a brief grimace of distaste.

"I don't really like the idea of splitting up," said Zouichi, "But if we have to..." He glanced at Sakura. "The two of us should be in different groups."

He didn't have any concerns about his own safety, as usual, but baseline humans were a different story.

[first_in_time]

By the light coming from both the chute and the torches, Barbara gave Howard a Look at suggesting to leave Ian behind. Though it's somewhat faltered by him licking some of 'Stacey's snot' from his finger.

"Yes, that's enough of that, thank you Howard. But I think splitting up might be an idea. We'll cover more ground in two groups and for all we know, these tunnels meet up again at the other end. What do you think?" she directed at Sakura as she leaned down to help Ian out of the top of the chute.

[splendid_roman]

"Fine," Ian said to Sakura, not intending at all to let her bring up the rear if he was in a better position to do it. "I can climb up," he assured her, then watched her climb up herself.

When it was his turn to climb up he did use the rope - he'd be stupid if he didn't, just to make the point. It was just echoey enough that he could hear a discussion about splitting up. This time he would make sure he got to go first.

"I agree," he said, once he was up. He gave Sakura a suspicious look, as it looked like she'd been the only one holding the rope. "Barbara and I should be in separate groups." He didn't want to leave all the kids in one group.

[encourage]

Sakura merely smiled, coiling the rope back up once Ian was safely among them. "We could split along gender lines. Barbara and me in one group, Ian, Zouichi, and Howard in the other."

If she could spare Barbara some of Howard's winning wit, as well as spend more time with someone she currently respected, all the more bonus to her. Though in the end she wasn't aiming to object to another break-up of the dichotomy.

She did figure Howard might be more comfortable with Zouichi, and she felt that Ian had proved he could hold his own. He was resourceful, and could likely take whatever witticisms were tossed his way with...

Something close to grace. Right?

/wrap this thread

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Howard lowers his voice and whispers to Barbara, in a tone that's not at all threatening but is at least a little peeved, "don't tell me what to do. You might've been a teacher on your world but here we're equals, okay?"

He looks over at Sakura's suggestion and nods. He knows from experience that he and Zouichi work well together, or at least improvise ridiculous ways to get out of stupid situations together, just in case Stacy does decide to cough them up somewhere weird (like with Reavers). That leaves Ian as an unknown quantity, and while Howard's a bit surprised to realize that he'd pick Barbara over Ian for a fight, that also leaves the sciency people split. Sakura can do her weird ninja science thing and Ian can do his more normal human person thing.

"Sooner we figure this out, sooner we get a shower. Let's do it."