37th dish - voice;japanese

[baratiesbest]

[The post starts quite deliberately but before anything of value is said a loud BZZT interrupts this very important message. Cue a pained yelp and a long, elaborate string of curses. Someone's been neglecting his communicator. ]

Just one damn thing after another...

[Pause. Nothing but wind and the muffled clicks of a cheap lighter. Cigarettes are a

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[prodigal_axe]

Tch... first time I've seen it this bad around here.

[baratiesbest]

Yeah... looks like they're not restocking supplies at all anymore. Shit.

[prodigal_axe]

Or they just haven't done it yet, but it's not a good idea to count on that. Gotta plan for shit just in case.

[baratiesbest]

There's less and less out there. At this rate-- Tch!

I'd rather play it safe. We can't count on anything in this shitty town.

[a_lone_flame]

So, pretty much what I said here?

[baratiesbest]

Pretty much.

Can't hurt to repeat it though, not everyone pays attention to every post on the network.

[a_lone_flame]

As I've seen.

[ilpresto]

Besides rationing... There's nothing we can do? [The worry is practically tangible.]

[baratiesbest]

Depends on how desperate you are.

[Okay, that's a little over the top but he's silently freaking out here.]

Conserve your strength as much as possible, that's the most important thing. Water can help with the hunger pains. Apart from that... don't give up. Could just be a dry spell for all we know.

[ilpresto]

[Kazuki is also freaking out. Yeah, Discedo sucks, but at least they've always had food.]

I had some reserves stocked up to hand out with the ERT, but like this... It's not much, but I'll put most of it back into the inventory.

[baratiesbest]

Every little bit helps. Just make sure you got enough to last you, if this shit goes down it's every man for himself.

[pilot_princess]

That's not much at all... Maybe I should close the cafe for a little while...

[baratiesbest]

That might be for the best, Miss. At least until we know what's going on.

[pilot_princess]

Yeah... I wonder what they're doing.

[baratiesbest]

....hopefully they'll get their damn act together soon. [Because he can't really voice his concerns about the fact that the scientists might've just gotten bored with playing with them.]

In the meantime we better assume that this'll stick for a while. Better to be on the safe side...

[Voice; Japanese]

[dontcallmegol]

{He's going to sit here and listen to you struggling with that shitty lighter and feel bad, you know this right? A sigh.}

Do you want your lighter?

[Voice; Japanese]

[baratiesbest]

What..?

[Sounding a little confused here, not to mention very distracted. ]

No, you keep it. It was a gift, remember?

[Voice; Japanese]

[dontcallmegol]

{A pause, what are you distracted with?}

I didn't mean it like that. Of course I'll keep it. But you should borrow it for a little while.

I just got lighter fluid for it and I won't be needing it for a while by the looks of things.

[Voice; Japanese]

[baratiesbest]

[Oh, nothing. Just horrible flashbacks to my childhood.]

...alright, if you insist. This piece of shit won't last me long anyway.