Just wild communication [post-Jaunt liminal]

[otomechapilot]

...I'm going to go cook and people are welcome to make requests and eat with me.

You know. To get the taste of being A Jimothy out of my mouth.



...that's probably unfair to Admiral Caine since Jim Preston was way more outright evil but really.

Comments

[youandyoualone]

I would come to eat with you, my dear. I am not much impressed with Commander Montrev, either.

[otomechapilot]

Any requests?

I'll get the sparkling cider and we can toast to not being crappy authority figures.

[youandyoualone]

I've always been fond of pears poached in wine. And I have come to greatly enjoy ice creams since I have come here.

Into action?

[otomechapilot]

Sound like they'd go well together, at that.

Come on by.

ACTION

[youandyoualone]

Anafiel shows up some ten minutes later, bringing a bottle of wine as well. "For the pears," he says, offering it to her. "And we can drink the excess if you'd like."

Drinking ages? What are those in medieval not-France?

[desperate_times_right]

Jimothy? That thing with the teeth?

[otomechapilot]

No, the Jimothy from Elsewhere is a lot more cuddly than "Colonel" Jim Preston.

Like, a lot more.

[desperate_times_right]

Ah, yikes.

[Red had found EU Jimothy cuddly enough but Chloe gets the meaning.]

Sounds like this wasn’t a lot of people’s proudest moment.

[otomechapilot]

I can sort of see why this counted as a victory but it sure as hell didn't feel like one.

[reallymean]

You were the admiral?

[Look, her only contact was via coded message.]

...What's a Jimothy?

[otomechapilot]

"Missus Sara Caine" wasn't a dead giveaway? You have met Keenan Caine, right?

Jimothy is "Colonel" James Preston, the... the last adult. And an asshole. No relation to whatever the hell Jimothy was at Faerie College.

[reallymean]

She wouldn't be the first authority figure on a Jaunt to have a name that evoked someone familiar to a Traveler without being that Traveler. If Alta had ever met the woman in person, it might have been more obvious.

[otomechapilot]

That's fair. If I didn't know better I'd swear the Arcana do it to mess with us.

I am less surprised than I should be that you were Alta, but... god, what a huge mess that whole Jaunt was.

[Private]

[crouching_sin]

We need to talk.

[Private forever]

[otomechapilot]

...Yeah, we really do.

You first?

[crouching_sin]

... Being family with you wasn't so bad, when I wasn't having to act like a shounen character. ... And you did better at commanding than you might think.

[Look, of course he has to go private to deliver a compliment. He has a reputation to uphold.]

[otomechapilot]

Even if I did manage to freaking mash your buttons.

Yeah. I - thanks for the vote of confidence. And if Adam was related to Keenan at all, that brand of heroic stoopid ran in the family, so good call on the acting even if you hated it.

[carbonatedscientist]

That Jaunt was an absolute nightmare; I'll bring some wine.

[otomechapilot]

I don't drink much and I definitely don't drink when depressed, but the thought's appreciated. Bring the bottle anyway cause you'll need it, I'll brew some Thankdawn.

[carbonatedscientist]

Oh, I was looking at it more along the lines of toasting not being in that universe anymore, but I understand. Perhaps I'll bring along some sparkling grape juice as well, if only for the spirit of the thing.

[otomechapilot]

...You know what, I'll drink to that. Delaunay already offered, though; I'll ask him for extra cause he'd be the expert. Not-French, yaknow.

How are you holding up? For all my bitching you win the Worst Overlay contest no question.

[fruitknife]

Can't say I blame you. That looked like a fuckin' mess.

You making anything in particular?

[otomechapilot]

Comfort food, whatever that means to who's coming.

High chances of proper ramen if you're gonna visit.

[fruitknife]

Got it.

Of course there's gonna be proper ramen.

[otomechapilot]

Soy, miso, or stock?