Later, dawg [Open!]

[meat_mooks]

|| Attention, crew. Those who wish to attend the funeral of Matthew O'Connor, please report to the Observation Deck. ||

Another death announcement so soon after the last. It's a sad day.

Once again, the Observation Deck is arranged for the launch. The departed crew member, better known as Punchy in his lifetime, is encased in a central pod. The deck is lit by the starlight pouring in from the open window, a blazing blue star that will soon be Punchy's final resting place.

Another life lost. Time to say farewell once more.

Comments

[appletastic]

"I don't know what kind of compensation we could ask for, but it's worth a shot." Applejack shrugged. "I'm gonna send out a poll. See how many want some cider, so we know how much to make."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Cider. I haven't had that since...back home, actually. Had it in winter all the time with d-wth the person that trained me. But seriously, think about it, but you might wanna start with a free sample, to make people want more."

She shrugged. "If you're into that kind of thing."

[appletastic]

"That could work! I'll offer it all for free if I have to, but there might be something I could trade for."

Applejack sat back in thought. The barn could use some fixing...maybe.

"Anyway, you'll know where to find it. It'll be with Mindy. You know her? Girl about your height, brown hair?"

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Nah, you start free, just so people know you have a good product. Once they get a taste, that's when you actually start to charge. They already knows its good, so that gives you the edge."

Besides, where else would you get Cider besides Kang's?

She snickered. "That should be pretty easy then. There aren't as many kids as their used to be."

[appletastic]

"Yeah. Ain't as many of anybody as there used to be," Applejack sighed. "You lost friends too? Before...before today, I mean."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Might be better though. I don't know about that Mindy girl, but I wonder how many of the other kids on this ship would be able to deal with all of this stuff. It'd be a lot harder to keep them in good spirits, that's for sure."

Poker face. "Yeah, you could say that. Guy I owe all my training thanks to got iced. It was during a pretty heated moment, and he led me to taking out the bad guys. He just didn't make it."

[appletastic]

"I'm sorry." Applejack bowed her head. It was hard. She knew loss well, but somehow you were never really fully prepared for it.

"Best we can do now is protect each other."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Don't be. That man expected the best from me. If I sat and cried about him all the time I'd only be dishonoring his memory. I'm better than that. He'll know that, wherever he is."

She nodded. "That's the ideal, if we can manage it."