✧ — passionfruit green tea.

[boba]

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[oversea]

[ thorns squints at the price tag once it's in a visible angle...

ugh. ]

Fine.

[transmit]

You never spend on yourself. It's now or never—!

[ in all fairness to elysium

he's at least sticking things that have a practical excuse. he just wants his uni to live in comfort… out at sea… ]

[oversea]

[ he spends money on himself it is just usually one of his absurd hobbies so what he buys will have any usage outside of blowing things up. it's fine. ]

We need to remember to only get what I can fit inside.

[ he may have the biggest room on the ship, but it's still not the same as an average size bedroom elsewhere. ]

[transmit]

[ when he says that, he means quality of life. plenty of people would take issue with how much thorns spends on his chemicals, but that isn't what he's talking about. ]

What, did you think I was going to try and get you an entire entertainment system?

[ as they cross into the kitchen area, elysium settles back into his usual easygoing manner… ]

Can you think of anything else you might need?

[oversea]

[ he doesn't answer the first question because the answer is yes.

instead he looks around... and immediately walks over to a block of knives to inspect them. ]

Maybe...?

[transmit]

[ okay

if he were aboard thorns' ship, he might get that antsy. as it is, he's only around long enough to care whether or not thorns has a chess set, which he probably does. ]

Oh! Out at sea, you guys probably get to eat a lot of sashimi, yeah?

[ between this thread and the other i now want sushi so bad ]

[oversea]

[ go get sushi...

but thorns nods. it is the easiest thing to get a hold of, at least, as long as they're somewhere that's safe to fish at. ]

Yeah. It doesn't make up for other nutrients, but it's an easy meal.

[transmit]

[ he'll peer at thorns looking at these knives… ]

Don't get tempted into repurposing them as weapons.

[oversea]

[



well. ]

I could make them sharper.

[transmit]

To cut fish up easier, yeah?

[oversea]

[ he just picks up the knives and adds them to their pile. ]

Lets keep going.

[transmit]

[



he's already wandered over to the planters in trying to not think about thorns and his knives. some plant friends will do thorns good, he thinks? as long as they are not poisonous plants friends. hmm. ]

[oversea]

[ thorns has picked up a second knife block and he goes back to elysium. ]

This is for the kitchen.

[ THE OTHER ONE ISN'T FOR THE KITCHEN? ]

[transmit]

[ he looks at these two knife sets then back at thorns. he puts this planer into thorns' hands before he can get a third. ]

… Wouldn't you rather get knives from an actual armory? Do you need more arms, Thorns? You know we can get you those too, right?

[ girl

their contract with blacksteel ]

[oversea]

[ ... okay.

he hands the planter back and picks up the two knife sets, and then wanders back to return them. brb. ]

[transmit]

[



he tries to hold thorns back but his hands are full of planter. ]

I thought one was for the kitchen? Thorns?

[ WAS HE JUST LIED TO? ]

[oversea]

[ thorns returns without the knives. he will take the planter from elysium now. ]

Let's go. Is there anything else we should look at?

[ nene is at the food court at this exact moment... ]

[transmit]

[ much to thorns' likely disdain, elysium stands his ground. ]

Hello? Thorns? My question?

Do you even have knives exclusively for handling food, or is there cross-contamination going on that we should talk about?

[oversea]

You should ask my chef if you want information on how the kitchen is run.

[ he will provide no further comment. thorns still wants the knives... but he can just come back later to buy them when he is on his own and safe from commentary. ]

[transmit]

[


elysium delicately puts the planer in the cart before going back for a single knife set. he holds it protectively to his chest. ]

Let's get your lights then get out of here…

[oversea]

[ why does elylsium know him so well...

thorns stares at the knives. ]

Is there anything else you need?

[transmit]

I'm giving these directly to the chef.

[ he turns his body away and clutches them even closer, an unsubtle hint for thorns to stop looking. ]

I—

[ but, of course, just as he's about to answer thorns' question, the pa system crackles to life, warning customers about a runaway ingredient from the cafeteria and advising caution due to its aggressive nature. his head slowly turns back to thorns to stare, then very slowly mouths

'aggressive'? ]

[oversea]

Let's go check it out. We may need to help.

[ just in general, since the two of them are capable of handling anything dangerous. thorns is not even remotely thinking that they mean nene, who is super well behaved and also not an ingredient (delusional). ]

[transmit]

[ nene did try to eat thorns during their first meeting, but okay. as they get closer, the source of the commotion becomes impossible to ignore: a woman loudly complaining that her expensive pants have been chewed through, demanding that the offending creature be roasted to perfection and served on her plate.

the slobber and bite pattern should look familiar to thorns, actually. elysium's opinion of nene continues to plummet. ]

[oversea]

[




thorns immediately books it to find where nene is hopping around in this food court. he follows the shrieks. ]