week 2

[airlockedmods]

[With the sudden pirate takeover and the sudden, tragic deaths of the crew, the second week of the Starfield Penitentiary rehabilitation project is off to a rough start. After Price's call for parlay with the pirate captain, he was not seen for the remainder of Saturday but around 10 pm it is his calm but tense voice that makes the time announcement.

Buckle in, Champions, things are about to get bumpy.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 1 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[pr159]

[ Okay, he can handle pretty spicy food, but he has limits, and THIS SURE EXCEEDS THEM.

He takes one bite and after a few seconds' delay, just... covers his mouth and COUGHS VIOLENTLY jesus fucking christ ]

[tenimuho]

[?? why do people have trouble with his food]

Do you need some water? I can get you some water.

[pr159]

[ He would love to give you a calm and collected "If you don't mind" here, but he still has his hand over his mouth and is trying to breathe without triggering one of his coughing fits, or, you know, dying. So he just. Glares.

YES GET HIM SOME WATER ]

[tenimuho]

[OKAY he'll run to the kitchen and bring back Rideaux a glass of water.]

Sorry. Here. [Take your water before you cough up a lung, please.]

[pr159]

[ yeah he doesn't need to lose any more organs THANKS

He takes the glass and takes a long drink... and exhales slowly once he's set the near-empty glass down, making a concerted effort to Get His Shit Together. ]

...Well.

[ ...Grabs a paper napkin and subtly wipes his nose instead as he pretends to wipe his mouth. Ugh. ]

It might be reasonable to include a warning about the spice level when offering tastes, don't you think?

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[tenimuho]

I'm sorry. I forgot not everyone can handle it that spicy.

[pr159]

[ you had better not be implying that he's a fucking pansy with that ]

Do try to remember it next time.

[ Pushes the plate back to him... ]

[tenimuho]

[He says what he means, and what he means is that he forgot.]

I'll remember.

[Oda takes another large bite of curry with no sign of pain in his expression.]

[pr159]

[ what the hell ]

I have to wonder how many of your taste receptors have been rendered nonfunctional by this point.

[tenimuho]

I don't know. How many do humans normally start with?

[He isn't really very good at anatomy, at least not the non-essential-to-his-job parts of it.]

[pr159]

Around ten thousand.

[tenimuho]

So losing a few probably isn't too bad.

[What's the difference between ten thousand taste receptors and nine thousand, really...]

[pr159]

That already happens naturally with age, so you really don't want to speed it along.

[tenimuho]

I don't expect to live too long. It probably won't make much of a difference in the end. But thank you for your advice, doctor.

[pr159]

[ hm. ]

Why is that? Expecting to be chosen as someone's victim?

[tenimuho]

I work for the mafia. It's not a job with a long life expectancy.

[Mori seems fairly old and he's, what, forty something?]

[pr159]

Isn't that only if you slip up?

[ It's the same for Spirius agents, though, honestly -- almost all of them are gone before fifty. ]

[tenimuho]

Everyone slips up at some point. And even if you don't, there are some missions you just can't come out of alive.

[pr159]

If you're stupid enough to accept them, I suppose.

[ He sighs and stands back up. ]

Anyway, the original reason I stopped by was to see what medicines you had on hand. You're giving those away, correct?

[tenimuho]

[He nods.]

Take anything you want. You'll know how to use most of the medicines better than I would.

[pr159]

[ All right, then; grabbing that hydromorphone and aspirin... and, well, he may as well take the heartburn medicine too. (After all, he may need it in a little while thanks to that damn curry.) ]

Much appreciated.

[tenimuho]

It's not a problem. If I get more medicine you're welcome to that as well.

[pr159]

Thank you. I'll hold you to that.

[tenimuho]

It shouldn't be a problem. Normally the medicine would be in the doctor's office anyway.