✧ — passionfruit green tea.

[boba]

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[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. ]

[transmit]

[ nene has such a bright future as a saltfin. so tiny and already capable of such mass mayhem.

elysium hangs back to soothe the woman and distract her from whatever thorns is doing. he doubts he's handing it back over to the kitchen staff, so. disappearing act it is. ]

[oversea]

[ thorns finds his child underneath a table, picks it up, and just hurries off. someone tries to walk over and is like, 'i have a bag you can throw that in!' and thorns looks like he is going to fight them


but instead he just keeps moving. thank god he was not holding the knives. ]

[transmit]

[ THE KNIVES THAT ARE STILL IN PLASTIC COVERING? THORNS? he's trying to get them sent to jail. my god

except

now there's the problem of this lady sticking to his side, so thorns is about to have to perform a second rescue mission. or leave elysium behind because that is also a legitimate response to anything he does ever. ]

[oversea]

[ thorns is just ??? why is elysium being het.

he is just going to drop nene into their lil cart and/or tote because i do not know which one they grabbed before wandering over to elysium. ]

Let's go. [ he looks at the woman. ] Not you.

[transmit]

[ fucking help

the woman only tightens her grip on elysium's arm and starts hauling him along, babbling about not knowing if the thing will come back and needing him to fend it off if it does. this is what he gets for open carrying a sword, i guess. but what an eventful day. first nene causes such a ruckus it becomes infamous, next elysium is very clearly getting kidnapped in broad daylight. ]

Uh. Ma'am…

[ unless thorns escalates, elysium may say something very rude ]

[oversea]

Where are you going with my b––companion.

[ smooth save...

but he walks over to them, grabbing onto elysium's other arm. ]