✧ — passionfruit green tea.

[boba]

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[transmit]

[ what does thorns need elysium for…

he just shows up fifteen minutes later, a mound of things in tow. instead of the useless junk he's buying all the time back on rhodes, it's all fairly practical. some of it might leave thorns wondering what he's going to use any of it for, but trust the process!!!! ]

Everything good?

[oversea]

Yeah...

[ he eyes the items before turning to the worker. ]

And I'll be buying all of this as well.

[transmit]

[ immediately puts his hand up. ]

No, I'll be paying for this separately.

[oversea]

[ he just slowly turns to look at him

? ]

[transmit]

Consider it my portion of the rent.

[ !

the cashier wants nothing to do with this spat so they just stare at them blankly. what is their problem. ]

[oversea]

Huh? It's my ship. I decide that.

[ HE ISN'T CHARGING YOU RENT!!!!! ]

[transmit]

[ lmao

he ignores thorns and plops money on the counter. ]

[oversea]

[ he is going to k word you. ]

I'll make this even.

[transmit]

Why do you need to get even…?

[ THEY'RE JUST BITS AND BOBS ]

Pay for your lab equipment, already.

[oversea]

[ he just does!!!

but he will pay for his purchases grumpily... ]

Let's go.

[transmit]

Do you need help carrying anything?

[ his hands are already pretty full, but

asks anyway to be more annoying. ]

[oversea]

You're holding more things than I am. You'll drop it off.

[ he questions elysium's upper body strength. ]

[transmit]

This is nothing! Besides, I have more things to get. This was me showing restraint.

—You probably have more things to get too, right?

[oversea]

Yes...

[ he just looks at him before gesturing. ]

What else do you need?

[transmit]

Your vitamins.

[ thorns' vitamins, specifically!!!!!! the way he's just like fuck everyone else. they can get scurvy… ]

[oversea]

Your... vitamins?

[ as if he misheard what elysium said... ]

[transmit]

… My vitamins?

[ why does this concept sound so… foreign… tests it on his tongue and gingerly shakes his head. ]

[transmit]

Your vitamins.

[ reiterates more confidently and with a nod. ]

[oversea]

[ ... elysium is so. soooo. something.

thorns just sighs and keeps walking. ]

You need to take them.

[transmit]

Just because you don't take them without a reminder, it doesn't mean everyone else doesn't.

[ well

he is quite certain everyone else on the ship also does not care but they are not thorns and so elysium has a significantly less vested interest in them. he is interested by proxy.

but no elysium needs to stay beautiful so of course he does? thorns is crazy. ]

[oversea]

No one else does...

[ but they can go into a shop that sells health stuff... medicines and vitamin and all that...

thorns will browse for their infirmary... ]

[transmit]

You're captain. You should be setting a good example.

[



buys another few months worth of vitamins. there goes his wallet. he will have to ask rhodes to wire him more money. hmmm ]

[oversea]

[ OR LET THORNS BUY THINGS. ]

They make do with what we have. I want to see how far out to sea we can go before we have to head back.

[ he glances at elysium to see what he thinks of that. ]

[transmit]

[ hmmmmmmmmmm

nah ]

My hands are full as is looking after you. While you worry about everyone else, I can worry about you.

[ OKAY. ]

Sounds good? Sounds good!

[oversea]

You're going to make it sound like that's the reason you tagged along.

[ to be a babysitter... ]