Beep Beep we're going to Sparby's

[airlockedmods]

Once everyone's in the dick limo and they've watched the Fantasy Sweet burn down behind them (dodging the flaming debris once the pressure builds up enough inside to make the whole thing go nuclear), it's off to the nearest fast food planet.

Which...is about five lightdays away.

Luckily for you, you have your very own Personal Artistic License to keep you entertained. So PAL bounces around the back of the limo, sitting in every lap that will have him, as he tells the story of Kip from the day he hatched as a tiny, impressionable smeet to present.

Sparing absolutely no detail.

Especially about the part where Kip failed his navigator's exam because he stopped at Then-Foodcourtia and crashed the ship into one of the greasy pustules that had sprouted on the planet's surface, destroying the aircraft and boiling his instructor alive in the fiery grease of hell.

So now there's a dick limo parked in the Sparby's parking lot. For anyone who had Arby's or Arby's-adjacent restaurants on their home planet... The menu's not much different. Everything meat-based is 100% beef, the milkshakes look delicious, and of course there are turnovers (apple, cherry, and chocolate).

Which... well, catch Kip and PAL in the corner shoving milkshakes and turnovers in their faces tbh.]

Welcome to Sparby's, Survivors.
You earned it.

Comments

[serrata]

[ Subscriber content. They put Kurumi in that awful place, had her killed and now she's dead they won't even let her rest properly. They're still parading her around for entertainment. Yuuri feels sick.

She sucks in a breath that sounds like it's on the verge of turning into a sob. ]

Is-- is she okay? I know that's such a stupid question to ask after... after everything, but... if you can see her then...?

[ratherdoweddings]

She's still okay. She and Ricky-chan and Lightning-san all made up, they're all doing their best to keep on until we can find a way to save them.

[serrata]

[ She gives an 'mm!' of assent and lets go of Yurika's hands with just one of hers so she can hastily wipe her eyes. When she lifts her gaze again it's with a brave attempt at a smile. ]

Th--then... you'll be glad to know we might have worked out a way. Or at least... we've got a lead towards something, anyway. Did you ever see Cece-chan on what they were broadcasting?

[ratherdoweddings]

Oh, your other Overseer! We were a little suspicious because that's our ship's AI's name, but she seemed really nice. What did she do?

[serrata]

Well, she-- her father--

[ ... then she catches herself and looks a little hesitant. ]

I'm... I'm not exactly sure how much of it is safe to say out loud while we're in public, actually...

[ratherdoweddings]

Don't worry. We can wait until it's safe. It's been hard enough.