33rd Frontier [audio // common]

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix's comm turns on with a clattering of pots and pans.]

Augh. Mar damn it...

[More metallic clanking, but more controlled this time.]

Right, then. Let's see... Which of these...?

[His voice grows fainter, as though he's stepped farther away from his comm, but if anyone is really paying attention, they might hear him muttering about cups.]

Comments

[thenotmagician]

You lookin' for something, there, bud?

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix pauses as he looks up from what he's doing. Oh. Did he accidentally turn his comm on?]

Not so much looking for something as trying to figure out which one I need.

[thenotmagician]

Yeah? And what exactly's that?

[ecopiracy]

At the moment, a suitable cup, though I imagine I'll shortly be looking for spoons.

[There's a sound of something opening, then Phoenix exclaims softly.]

Ah! And the problem of cups is solved!

[ntjstapwn]

What are you doing?

[ecopiracy]

Attempting to fulfill a promise to a friend.

[Phoenix definitely sounds in a better mood and in general better health than the last time he spoke to Marco.]

So, I'm afraid I'm somewhat out of the loop. How did things fair with Jennifer?

[ntjstapwn]

Huh, alright.

We've got her trapped in Carnival for now. That seems to have almost everything up.
You sound a lot better.

[ecopiracy]

I feel a lot better, though I wish I had recovered soon enough to be of some assistance.

Hmm. You would not happen to know if the man who was roaming decks nine and ten and implanting jewels in people has been taken care of as well, would you?

[Audio]

[meinxxherz]

[...His Cooking Senses are tingling.]

...Hey, uh, Phoenix. What--what's up?

[Audio]

[ecopiracy]

[And with good reason, too. Hear that, Herz? That's the splash of something liquid being poured into a bowl.]

Ah, Herz! Just the man I'd like to speak to. What's the standard size of a spoon you use for tea?

[Audio]

[meinxxherz]

...What?

Oh--uh--

Wait, I--I don't--

What're you-w-what're you doing?

[Audio - locked to Herz, 69% unhackable]

[ecopiracy]

Waffles. I made a promise to a friend to make some for her, and now that things have calmed down, I intend to fulfill that promise.

So tell me, what size teaspoon do you use?

[heavyweaponsbot]

... What are you breaking?

[ecopiracy]

I'm not breaking anything, Ironhide.

[Yet.]

I merely knocked a few pots and pans off a shelf by accident.

[heavyweaponsbot]

What are you doing with pots and pans...?

[ecopiracy]

Cooking, Ironhide. What else would someone do with a pan?

[dormant_beast]

...

Ah, Phoenix?

[ecopiracy]

Yes, Anna?

[dormant_beast]

What...are you doing?

[She rarely pokes through other responses.]

[ecopiracy]

Hmm... Would you believe me if I claimed I was doing battle with an entire Metal Head army?

[She shouldn't. Not with the smile in his tone of voice.]