Poi 01: Afternoon

[fivemilesdeep]

[The video in the kitchen car turns on, showing Ryo holding up a tray of freshly baked muffins - half poppyseed and half chocolate chip, from the looks of it - and wearing a smile a bit more mischievous than usual.]

I don't know how many people have looked at the shop today, but we can now vote on improvements to the train. I had six votes, and I'd imagine most people have about that many.

I also have freshly baked muffins, and I'd like to offer a trade: if you vote to add scaffolding in the garden car, I'll give you a muffin, as long as I still have them available. If we get enough votes for scaffolding and you still want a muffin, voting for protein and dairy or for meat will also count. I'll be in the kitchen for a little while if you want to come talk to me.

[Yes, he is happily bribing the train to get what he wants. No, he has no shame - at least, not over this.]

Also, Thanatos, can you come see me when you get a minute? No rush.

[There's a poppyseed muffin set aside for Thanatos. Ryo takes care of his friends.]

Comments

[fivemilesdeep]

Of course!

...what's turkey bacon?

[Does bacon come from turkeys in your world, Jake]

[monkeyinthewrench]

Assuming you know what bacon is---but if you don't, it's fried strips of pork belly. People love it for breakfast, on burgers, all the time.

Turkey bacon is turkey meat ground up, pressed real thin, and salted to taste like bacon. Where I'm from, there are a lot of religions that forbid eating any parts of a pig, so it's a good extra option to have.

[fivemilesdeep]

I know what bacon is. Bacon is great.

[Dear train, please give them bacon on a monthly basis, love Ryo]

But why would your gods forbid you from eating an animal? Wouldn't they want you to survive?

[monkeyinthewrench]

I was raised Jewish. There are big passages in our holy book that say what animals we are and aren't allowed to eat. Anything on the forbidden list is considered unclean...it's all kinda finnicky and made more sense thousands of years ago, but I know other people take it seriously.

We can't mix meat and dairy, there can't be any blood left in what we eat, and we can only eat animals that have been slaughtered a certain way, supposedly to make it more humane? I don't really follow the rules, the train's not going to tell us where the meat comes from, right? But I wanted to keep an eye out for people who do.

[fivemilesdeep]

Huh.

[It's about all he has - it sounds a little odd to him, but he's also not about to badmouth someone else's gods. It probably makes a lot more sense on Jake's world.]

Maybe the train can make sure the meat follows the rules, if you ask? And I'm sure the people who don't eat pig will like the turkey bacon.

[He's somewhere between curious and confused. Whose idea was it to make bacon out of birds?]