02. VIDEO

[sparrowfeather]

[ rose puts on her most charming smile when she starts recording, beaming into the camera with bright eyes. ]

So, you know, a lot's been happening lately, and I don't know about you guys, but I've been thinking this place is missing something.

[ she puts a finger to her lips and lets a few seconds tick by to keep everyone in Suspense, as if this is some sort of huge and monumental idea. which it is. ]

Can someone tell me why there's no place a girl can get a mug of beer around here? Y'know, a bar? Doesn't anyone else miss alcohol? I know, I know, drink responsibly and all that, but... seriously, nothing? Plus, I'm sure at least one of us knows how to make a decent cocktail.

[ she shakes her head with an exasperated sigh. ]

There has to be some good stuff around here somewhere. I'm not picky. You think URSULA keeps a hidden stash?

[ URSULA, she hopes you can hear her. also, rose knows that the answer is an extremely probable no, but what's the harm in tossing the (still, very low, close to nonexistent low) possibility out there. ]

Everything is just... way too tense. Some of you could probably stand to lighten up a little. So since no one else has done it, I'm proposing the idea of a serious addition to the base.

[ is alcohol even a thing here...... ? it'd better be or else she's going to be kind of pissed? ]

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[inyourlight]

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You're old enough to drink?

[sparrowfeather]

[ WOW, RUDE. ]

Uh, excuse me?! What, do I look twelve to you?

[inyourlight]

Look, sometimes a girl can look like she's fourteen and secretly be an old hag so I try not to judge.

But yes.

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[hopefragment]

...Aren't most people on this base teenagers?

[sparrowfeather]

[ ... ahem. she may not have exactly considered that, since she was sort of more or less pretending to care all that much about everyone else. ]

... Is there a drinking age on Iniidae? No? Didn't think so.

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[classwarfare]

...I'm underage.

[ I'm pretty sure that is a crime for me. ]

[sparrowfeather]

Okay, in that case, from hereon out I'm deciding that the drinking age on Iniidae is... twelve. Twelve seems like a good number. What, is there a rule against me making the rules?

[ she's pretty sure she had her first beer at twelve? so?? what's the big deal? also there probably is a rule against that but who's gonna punish her. ]

There! See, you're totally fine.

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[smileyfaced]

I heard URSULA will give anyone who beats her in a game of chess a whole cabinet of liquor.

[It's not true.]

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[sparrowfeather]

wait, seriously? where'd you here that? crap, i don't know how to play chess. chess is boring.

[ a whole cabinet, though? either she learns to master chess within the next like three days or she's going to have to bust in and steal it. ]

[splinten]

[NO. Godfucking dammit.]

There is no hidden stash.

At his depth below the ocean with unfettered access to this kind of equipment, there shouldn't be.

[sparrowfeather]

Sure, there shouldn't be, but has anyone ever actually gone on a serious expedition in search of alcohol before? Huh? Huh? This place is full of surprises!

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[voidkatini]

if u find any lmk
names roxy

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[sparrowfeather]

you should help, too, roxy! i can't be going solo here. roxy and rose, on the search for alcohol! we'll come back as heroes!

...closed telepathy

[oneandmikleonly]

[after like fifteen minutes of WRESTLING HIS CONSCIENCE IN THE LABS OR SOMETHING, he'll compromise by not putting the info out there in text for the world to see]

Rose, I don't know if a bar is actually advisable considering the base's age range, and there probably isn't a hidden stash unless I missed something, but there's some plants that can be distilled for alcohol if you want to get...what is the word exactly...toasted? Yes, toasted.

oh my god

[sparrowfeather]

[ she legit snorts irl. she hopes nobody heard that. ]

You know I still don't like when you use telepathy, Mikleo, buuut this is important, so regardless...

One: I don't know where you got toasted, but... nah, it's wasted, plastered, buzzed, et cetera. Two: Will you please show me these plants. Three: I don't know how to do this, so will you please help distill said plants. Four: Pretty please. I'll owe you one! I'll do anything you want! I'll stop messing up our room all the time! I mean it.

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[highflights]

[ After reading through the other replies, ]

A juice bar or some kind of relaxation area are still a really good idea.

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[sparrowfeather]

juice and alcohol. important distinction to make.

but an entire area for relaxation... well, i guess that'd give the younger ones something to do and keep the fun police from complaining too much.

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[imsorey]

[instead of responding via telepathy or text he pokes around the rooms until he finds Rose in person, curious to see how she's passing the time and what kind of replies she's been getting.]

There might be some alcohol on the Monolith, you know. We could go check it out.

[sparrowfeather]

[ THINGS COULD BE BETTER IN THE REPLY DEPARTMENT..... she was hoping everyone would be as enthusiastic about this as she is. ]

-- Seriously?

[ SHAKING SOREY BY THE SHOULDERS ]

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[aspearing]

[ Much like Sorey, Alisha will choose to respond to this in the room... No point in using the network if they're right next to each other. ]

It is true that it's been rather tense here... [ For good reason, though. Everything Happens So Much here. ]

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[sparrowfeather]

Wait, what? You're actually on board with this? You're not going to get on some moral high ground and start chewing me out?

[ it's most likely offensive, how impressed she looks and sounds. ]

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[inject]

You can make alcohol from anything so long as you allow it enough brewing time.

I'd suggest seaweed.

[sparrowfeather]

Seaweed alcohol?

[ she makes a face. ]

I guess I should talk to someone who knows way more about that sort of thing than I do.

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[gnasher]

[have shark boy on the video screen]

Work out if you're tense. Alcohol in this place would be a nightmare.

[sparrowfeather]

[ rose shrugs, noncommittal. ]

Sure, working out is all well and good, but what's wrong with wanting a drink every once in awhile? Tension aside, it's a pretty simple comfort. Seriously, what's the worst that could happen?

[ a lot, probably! ]