voidtreckernet | Poi 01: Afternoon

[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.]

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[ It doesn't take long for Thanatos to arrive when he hears Ryo's message. ]

I've already voted, and it was for the scaffolding and the vegan substitutes.

[ He split his votes, thinking of people like Persephone, and if the substitutes could find a place in the greenhouse, then food would be even less of an issue in the future. ]

Or do you need me to find someone?

[ He's thinking about his own post that he made and trusting Ryo to help. There were a few VoidTreckers of high concern identified on that post, and one who is always on Thanato's watch list due to personal interest. ]

[It's a quick response, but he shouldn't be surprised - it's Thanatos, and this is what he does. He greets his friend with a smile.]

Oh - nothing like that.

[He picks up a poppyseed muffin set aside from the other ones and offers it to Thanatos.]

Here - I thought you might like this. It's poppyseed.

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So you're saying I can get another if I vote for garden scaffolding?

[Masumi got one after helping to make the muffins, but she's also very bribable for food.]

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That's exactly what I'm saying.

Then I guess I'll be voting for scaffolding. I'll come back down to the kitchen to get that muffin once I vote.

[That was an easy bribe.]

Let me know what you want and I'll set it aside for you.

Alright, how about a poppy seed muffin? [The first one she'd gotten was chocolate chip, so now that's one of both kinds.]

I'll be down to get it soon, thanks! [Just as soon as she votes!]

Okay, but what if I wanna taste test a muffin first?

[ If Ryo's coming in the day with mischief, Tidus can act like a man gambling with getting a free taste of muffin. But he huffs a second after, a mirthful sound. ]

What d'you wanna grow, if you get the scaffolding?

[ He can't imagine it. What would go up there? Is it just frames? Sounds like it. ]

Muffins? Sold.

[A pause.]

What flavor?

[Allen's one major weakness: Food. The saying the way to a mans heart is through his stomach applies to Allen.]

I didn't think of what to use them for. So I guess I could use them that.

[So easily bribed.]

[Just a few minutes later, Esteban arrives with a big grin onto his face, eager and excited to find Ryo again. He's carrying a few paper napkins in the palm of his hands.]

Found ya, Ryo~ Is that yer fav'rite desert? [He snickers lightly. Seems he really got stuck up on that question.] Guess what! Purple team got some snacks too~ An' it's my fav'rite!~

[The paper napkins held some round gingerbread cookies, with white frosting and a single candy at the center of each. Esteban had nabbed four from the structure, unrepentant, and had just snatched two from the pile before pushing the remaining two at the healer.]

Here! They're for you~

Deal. Done.

I asked for turkey bacon, I hope that's cool.

Nell had come in to bake some cookies for the train, with a few left over for her to bring back to her cabin. "Scaffolding was all voted out, I guess, but I voted for some meats."

She smiled at Ryo who she remembered from their time around the campfire with the little ones. "And I'm making some cookies that you can give out to people too, if you'un wants."

I'll save one for you. Thanks for your votes!

[Shame? Ryo? Definitely not right now.]

[Ryo gasps, theatrically affronted.]

Are you saying you don't trust my cooking?

[He knows that's not what Tidus meant, but if they're both leaning into the curve, then why not?]

[He does relax at the following question, expression turning thoughtful.]

I don't know - I figured I'd talk to Persephone about it. I just know we've needed more space for a while.

Your choice of poppyseed or chocolate chip.

Let me know when you do, and I'll have a muffin for you.

[It's good to see Esteban again, and Ryo greets Esteban's smile with one of his own.]

No, but they are easy to make.

[He accepts the napkins with that same smile and looks at the cookies. He'd seen the gingerbread train but hadn't had any - he's on the wrong team, after all, and it's not his prize.]

Thank you! Are you sure you don't want it all, since it's your favorite?

[He doesn't know how many points Esteban has, but he knows it's not always easy to get exactly what you want here.]

Of course!

...what's turkey bacon?

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

He greets Nell with a smile, and it brightens at her words. "Wow, that was fast. Thank you! What kind of muffin do you want?" He hasn't had a chance to step away to a shop terminal yet, given that he'd said he'd stay in the kitchen for muffin distribution, so quick success is welcome news.

"I think they'd appreciate the cookies, but it'd be nice for them to get something that isn't attached to votes." His smile turns a little sheepish. "That's what the muffins were going to be for, but...well, we've needed more space in the greenhouse for a while, and I couldn't resist the opportunity."

[ Thanatos pauses and looks at the offered treat. He holds it, and Mort scampers down to sniff at it, nose wiggling. The confusion and slight apprehension appears on his face. ]

Aren't you using these as offerings to buy favors?

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.

[...oh, Than.]

Thanatos, I have forty-eight muffins, and garden car scaffolding only needs twenty-eight points. Even if everyone I gave a muffin to only did one vote, that would still be more than enough to get the scaffolding.

Plus, they're my muffins, and I get to make the rules for them. That one's yours.

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?

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.

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