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Tweak says, "Aye Carumba!"

Dirk Strider (smuppeteer) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2012-10-01 15:51:00

Entry tags:

dirk strider, euphemia li britannia, jake english, jane crocker, prospitian monarch, roxy lalonde

[Action/Closed | Voice/Open]
[ Action 1 | Closed to Jane Crocker ]

[ So Dirk has to bake something for the other inmates. He would just blow it off, but he needs to get some practice in anyway. Cooking is something he intends to get better at.

So he's asked for Jane's help, and on the morning of Day 187 he stands in the kitchen of their apartment, surrounded by the materials necessary for making cookies, wearing a frilly pink apron. ]

[ Voice | Open ]

Hey, just a heads-up: My broke-ass headset's not translating anything today as part of some bullshit punishment for defending myself against a bunch of giant wasps. So if you don't speak English, Japanese, Urdu, Pashto, Farsi, Tagalog, or Lojban, don't bother trying to get in touch with me until tomorrow.

[ There's not very much to do when you live in the future. ]

Second, I made a bunch of cookies. Another punishment thing. I've planted them in random locations around the dome. Good luck.

[ They can be found basically anywhere: In the pockets of clothes in The Row, in drawers in empty apartments, on the learning modules in the Education Center. If you can think of a completely ridiculous location, there is a cookie there.

They taste awful. There's a reason he made them available for general consumption instead of just giving them to his housemates. ]

[ Action 2 | Closed to housemates ]

[ After going around finding stupid hiding places for the cookies, Dirk returns to their apartment.

He sighs. He's... exhausted. He hasn't slept for days, and after the wasps and the. Everything. He could just really use some sleep. But he has to keep going for three more days.

Fuck, why did he suggest this? ]

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	smuppeteer 2012-10-09 05:00 am UTC (link)
	Let me think. Solitary confinement, house arrest, baking shit, sweepin' the beach, painting, giving a lecture, giving a public apology, spilling a secret about yourself on the network, and this translator bullshit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-11 01:42 am UTC (link)
	...I'm sorry. Did you say, "sweeping the beach?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-11 01:59 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. Making the sand even. My bro and a friend of mine got stuck with that one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 12:25 am UTC (link)
	Won't the sand just move out of place again? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-15 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Probably. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 12:36 am UTC (link)
	That sort of punishment doesn't even make sense. At least some of the others inspire nice or helpful things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-15 12:38 am UTC (link)
	I think it's supposed to be a patience thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 12:39 am UTC (link)
	Oh... I suppose it might help with that, though I would think it could be very frustrating. [Maybe that's the point?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-15 09:08 am UTC (link)
	That's probably the point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	Mm... Well, on the bright side you speak a great many languages. That must help with today. Does that come naturally to you? [Because it is rather impressive.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-15 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	Nah, I just had a whole lot of free time back home. [ And then, a bit amused, ] Haven't heard anyone speaking anything I understand besides English and Japanese, anyway. Clearly I should have invested in something more worthwhile. But those seem to be the two most common languages around here, so that counts for something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe those other languages are more worthwhile where you're from. Mm, have you ever thought of teaching them to others? [Enabling begins in 3, 2, 1...] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

smuppeteer
2012-10-15 03:27 pm UTC (link)

They're not really. [ He just picked obscure ones because they seemed more interesting. ]

...and I'm basically at that level where I can understand and communicate on a higher level than miming hilariously, but there's no way I could teach. Well, except for Lojban. [ Jesus Dirk of all the conlangs out there you had to pick the most stupidly hipster one. ] I'd be a bad choice as a teacher for other reasons too. Namely the fact that I'm not gonna be around much longer?

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	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	How can you know something like when you might leave? [Is someone in denial?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-15 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't mean I'm going to be lost by the dimensional stabilizer, Euphie. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	No, I didn't think you did, but no one has been able to escape. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-15 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	I know. I've been over and over this. I understand why people are skeptical, but I won't be dissuaded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I wouldn't want to dissuade you, but I don't think you should miss out on the opportunities you could be having here while you work on escape. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-15 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	The so-called opportunities here don't interest me. [ There's a reason even his best friends think Dirk is boring. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-15 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Have you tried them all? What about the beach? Do you like to swim, Dirk? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-16 12:07 am UTC (link)
	[ Invisibly, he narrows his eyes as she asks. ] Not really. [ That is a lie. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-16 01:31 am UTC (link)
	That's too bad. The water there is warm and fresh and the sand feels good under your feet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-16 01:35 am UTC (link)
	I lived in the middle of the ocean back home. I got my fill of swimming. The truth of the matter is there's nothing this place could offer me that would alter my priorities. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2012-10-16 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Oh? That seems like a nice place to live. [She smiles and then tilts her head thoughtfully.] Do you truly fill every moment with plans for escape? Wouldn't it help to take breaks and relax sometimes to clear your mind? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2012-10-16 01:48 am UTC (link)
	[ Pf. It was a shithole. ] I do take breaks. I spent a decent portion of the morning baking, after all. I'm also basically forced to sit down and sample the dome's selection of alien cinema thanks to my best bro's nigh-fetishistic obsession with movies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)