[Open] the journey is half the adventure

[hulkintraining]

WHO: Teddy, OTA
WHERE: Graq Planet, Agrii Ship
WHAT: Seed gathering, PB&J adventures, and more!
WHEN: During the Return Journey
WARNINGS: N/A



Graq Planet

1; Deciding to take a detour trip to drop off the Graq had been an easy decision to make for Teddy, who is tired of ships and space travel at this point and welcomes the idea of having solid ground beneath his feet and fresh air in his lungs. Not to mention more room to move around. And it doesn't take him very long after arriving to find what he assumes is the town marketplace.

He's on the hunt for fresh food, tasting as many of the new plants as his stomach has room for, when he catches the attention of a few of the crafts-makers. When his sword catches their attention to be exact. Soon he has a couple of the Graq grouping up behind him, trying to get a better look at the weapon strapped to his back. Questions and comments fly about where he got it, trading, and even ways to enhance it. A frazzled Teddy cranes his neck, searching desperately for an escape route.

"Look, it's definitely not for sale -- or trading. I like it the way it is. Don't you dare spit on it!"

2; When Teddy sets out from the village he does so in the pursuit of gathering seeds from the delicious plants this planet has to offer to take back to Agra 10. He brings a plain sack with him that he slowly begins filling up. His process is a little rough, including a lot of breaking the plants open to search for seeds.

Eventually, he takes a break. Turning his attention to the nearby mountain face, he scales it with ease, and once at the top he seats himself on the cliff edge, letting his legs dangling over. He gets captured by the view from higher up and ends up sitting there for a long time.

The Agrii Ship

3; The discovery of the mess hall is an experience marked with joy quickly followed by resignation. The idea that the Agrii had to have better taste in food than the gel is quickly rejected at Teddy's first taste of an iced tea tasting apple.

What doesn't go out of style though? The delicious taste of a good PB&J...even when you're not expecting it. Teddy is currently munching on what he had assumed to be a tuna sandwich but which has a distinctly not tuna flavor. But he can't complain. It could be worse. He has had worse. It could have been iced tea again.

"You know...I don't think I mind the all sandwiches tasting like peanut butter and jelly thing. I mean, it's a classic for a reason."

4; Wildcard

[Choose your own adventure! Teddy can be found exploring the ship pretty much everywhere. He's not a pilot and has no real experience to help with figuring out the core, but that doesn't mean he won't check things out and throw out ideas. Even if it's just 'dear god don't touch the red button'. Come on, everyone should know that. Or, if you want to plot something you can reach me at NearTheHeart or PM this journal.]

Comments

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[doubled_speed]

Tommy, on the other side of the table from Teddy, is already into his third sandwich, with his looking like a meatball sub. It's hilarious. He actually LOVES the strange dichotomy here.

"Not as good as bacon-mushrooms, or Cumato and mint soup, but I like it. Though I think when we get back I'm temporarily banning all attempts at peanut-tasting food at the diner."

[hulkintraining]

"I think you might have something here. I mean PB&J is clearly universally loved and nearly impossible to mess up the taste of. Something like this at the diner would be a hit."

But maybe not immediately after several weeks of eating nothing but PB&J tasting food.

"Maybe a waiting period after we return to Temba wouldn't be a bad idea though."

[doubled_speed]

"Yeah, but some people are so damn picky about texture," Tommy points out. Still, if it tastes like PB&J without the allergy factor, they could make millions.

"What do we do? When we get back? Saving them clearly hasn't helped us. You and Billy need to get home. We all need to get home. Fuck, this waiting is maddening."

[hulkintraining]

Teddy shrugs. As far as he's concerned texture falls below general taste and he's pleased just to have an alternative that doesn't taste bad or like nothing at all.

"Well, we clearly need to learn more about whoever is really in charge. And then we need to find out what they want from us. Besides creepily recording us..." Which isn't a great plan, but it's a start.

[doubled_speed]

A lot of people get weird about texture. When Tommy's REALLY out of it with his connection to time as other people sees it, texture can fuck him up too. But he tries not to get caught up in it, though.

"Tony and I think maybe the Agrii aren't in charge. There's someone else in control. Which is so creepy."

[hulkintraining]

Teddy nods in agreement. He's been thinking the same thing.

"Yeah, I mean they seemed just as surprised about that message as we were. Something tells me they didn't know. That they were telling us the truth about sending us home. But that doesn't give us much to go on to identify this new person or group in charge."

[doubled_speed]

It gives them nothin, other than... There had been a connection to those 'Atroma' people, right? UGh, he didn't even know.

"I'm just... I hate going in and not KNOWING what is going on, you know?"

[hulkintraining]

"Yeah, of course. But I've always felt like we're wandering around blind. Even when the Agrii would share information with us, it always felt incomplete. Like there's more we don't know." He shrugs.

"Now we just have a bigger mystery to solve."

[doubled_speed]

“Massive mystery between getting us all home and the completion of this stupid helping the Agrii thing.”

But would helping them even do anything?