Second Drag: Video

[papiliocaeruleo]

Right. So.

[Chloe is outside somewhere, probably the garden if the greenery around her is any indication. She's got a cigarette between her fingers and takes a drag before she keeps speaking, smoke curling out from between her lips.]

Who of you chucklefucks actually celebrates Thanksgiving? Or something close to it? 'cause I'unno about you but I'm seriously craving some bombass turkey and pumpkin pie.

[Another drag, a breath out.]

We should do something about that.

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[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Thanks-what?

[Well, obviously not Rita.]

[papiliocaeruleo]

[... nope.]

It's a holiday where I'm from. Doesn't have the best history behind it, but the thought of it is... nice at least. Basically about family and being thankful for whatever good shit might'a happened during the year.

And food.

A fuck ton of food.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Huh. Sounds... Complicated. Like a lot of the stuff about the Empire, back home.

Food's nice, though.

[papiliocaeruleo]

Holidays have histories behind them, what's complicated about that?

The food is good, though. Yeah.

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[the_tailor]

Awwww man...turkey and pumpkin pie... Do you think we could actually make that here? Cause I make a damn good pie.

[He's always been on pie duty in his family on holiday occasions. Everyone had their own job, and he made the most awesome of pies.]

I'm from Cuba, so obviously we don't celebrate it there. But I did pick up on it when I went to the Garrison. I can't complain about any holiday where the goal is to stuff yourself silly with yummy food.

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[papiliocaeruleo]

[You have her attention, Lance!]

Can you? Hell yeah, man, make all the pies!

[What is your measurement for "all the pies", Chloe?]

Could always ask ol' Oz for whatever we'd need for it, right? I mean the kitchen is pretty hooked up and that one guy with the tail is always cooking in there.

[Rin, Chloe. His name is Rin. How have you not learned that after a year here?]

[the_tailor]

[ALL THE PIES. So many pies.]

Think we could literally just give a shopping list? 'cause oh, man...you know how long it's been since I've had pie? Heck, proper food that wasn't mostly space goo? I almost cried when I had a grilled cheese sandwich around when I first got here!

[...he really did almost cry.]

Hunk would be totally down for cooking a big meal too, if we got the stuff together. He's magic in the kitchen. Like, just, literal food wizard.

[papiliocaeruleo]

[Half the mess hall filled with pies.]

Whoa, whoa, back up. Space goo? Do I even wanna know? ... wait, I already asked, didn't I?

Alright, yeah, space goo?

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[metempsychic]

Thanksgiving?

voice

[papiliocaeruleo]

Geez, what planet are you all from...

It's a holiday.

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[metempsychic]

Well, yes, I rather assumed as much. And I would assume also that it is a day to give thanks, but for what?

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[papiliocaeruleo]

Everything that's happened during the year, basically. I think it's got some connection to when the usual farming harvests are, too, though that's like centuries back in our history now.

[dragon_blossom]

Oh heck yeah, we could use something fun like that around here. ...do we have pumpkin pie filling?

[ Or just whole pies? Someone here know how to make pie crust maybe? ]

Name's Marina by the way. New here.

[papiliocaeruleo]

There's a guy who offered to make pies!

[They've got that covered thanks to Lance.]

[dragon_blossom]

Oh, good. Just pumpkin, or...?

[ Not that she can complain about just that. ]

[papiliocaeruleo]

Probably more? Maybe? ... I didn't ask. He just said "pie" and I said "Hell yes".

[sorcererdad]

[OH LOOK, ANOTHER AMERICAN]

...is it really that time of year already?

[IT WAS APRIL WHEN HE WAS IN HIS HOME UNIVERSE WHAT THE FUCK- actually no he's just kinda mildly surprised, really.]

[papiliocaeruleo]

Here it is, yeah. At least from what I've been counting.

[Sorry, buddy.]

meant to comment to this forever ago

[lonewolflion]

Thanksgiving...wow I didn't think it was that time already.

I can help out a bit with food, definitely not as good as Hunk but I can do some things.

[papiliocaeruleo]

It is for most of us. Time is all sorts of fubar'd for everyone here so we just sort of all agreed to go on whatever season was the closest when the first people showed up. It's gettin' cold out there now so I'd say it's just about November.

[lonewolflion]

Yeah, sounds about right.

Our time was sort of screwed up once we were in space, so I can understand that.

Any stuff planned out already?

[papiliocaeruleo]

["Once we were in space". Huh. Any connection to pie-guy up there? Chloe doesn't ask, but it's on her mind.] Uh. Pies. Apparently. I don't know what else yet. My mom was the one who cooked, not me.

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[helborn]

I'm... more used to it being in October, but I know Americans have it in November. I'm not much use for cooking... and it's not like we ever really did anything for it anyway...

Still, it could be fun!

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[papiliocaeruleo]

[Squinting at]

Canadian?

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[helborn]

Yeah. I mean, I moved to America about... a little over a year ago, year and a half? But I was born and raised for most of my life in Montreal.