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[flatteries]

Good day, everyone! [ Inigo smiles widely. ] I was wondering if anyone either has or knows of something rare and they wouldn't mind it.. erm, losing it.. probably permanently.

[ He's saying that statement as if he's only now realising how weird that sounds out loud.

But it's too late to go back on that now. ]

In exchange for a favour?

And preferably edible? But maybe not necessarily? Hey-- [ He turns away from the screen, seeming to have some mumbled discussion.

This is a totally normal ICP message. ]

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[Video]

[10billionpercent]

What do you mean by something rare? I'm not clear on what you're looking for.

[ Aside from that, he thinks maybe he won't ask questions. Unless it's interesting. ]

[flatteries]

Well.. erm. That's the problem, I'm not quite sure myself.

[ Otherwise he would have been more clear! But the problem is that he's also been graping at straws.. ]

It just said rare things. But isn't that standard different for every individual? How do I know what's rare enough?

[10billionpercent]

Well I've got pink and blue crystal rocks from the vacation island we went to that are technically edible, or I've got something like troll scales from the last mission location that are probably not edible, but I can't imagine you can get them anywhere else.

[ A pause. ]

Do I want to ask what you're doing?

[flatteries]

You do? [ There's definite surprised interest in Inigo's tone as that. Maybe those things would work? Would anything from another world be rare just because it doesn't exist in this void?

Geez, he really ought to ask her standards-- ]

Oh. [ Inigo says, suddenly snapped out of his thoughts. ] I'm looking for food.

[ A clear answer. ]

[adropofsunlight]

Why... do you need something rare anyway?

[Rapunzel understood what rare meant, she just didn't know something she had might be considered as such since it was in fact one of a kind in her world.]

[flatteries]

As food!

[ This would probably sound a lot less weird with the right context, yet apparently Inigo doesn't seem to think of actually providing it. ]

That's why I was wondering if it'd be better if it was something actually edible.

[adropofsunlight]

Food...can be rare. I thought that was just meat that people like it rare? But rare or hard to get food too?

[If it was just, meat then any would do right?]

Couldn't you use that weird meat? Isn't that rare?

[flatteries]

[ Inigo laughs slightly, suddenly seeing the potential for a misunderstanding here, yes.. ]

Yes, I'm fairly sure it means 'rare' as in 'hard to get' rather than the way of cooking food. [ The latter would have been a lot easier though! ]

The weird meat though.. You mean the kind we have way too much of in storage right now? In that odd bear shape? I actually tried that one, but apparently it's not rare enough.

Video, locked to the cabin Inigo's in

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Squint.

Nita has questions. But first, a pre-question question:]

To be clear, this is about testing if the 'item from home' feature can also pick up items that we've only encountered on the train, or from people we've met on it, am I right?

[If she's reading it wrong, that's on her.]

[flatteries]

Uh..

[ He gives Nita a very blank stare for a moment, indicating that nope, apparently that isn't it. ]

No, I.. I think you're assuming a little too much from my intelligence, Nita. [ Or lack thereof. But he jokes about it with a smile. ] I just need it for a friend, and I'm not sure I really have anything rare enough to work.

[unfavorableinstigation]

Oh!

[Nita, for her part, looks quite sheepish now.]

Ah, sorry for that, then.

... I could probably come up with a few dishes I encountered in the Crossings, though do they need a description or just a name?

[In some cases, Nita only has the description.]

[flatteries]

Well, for now I first wanted to experiment a bit with things we already have on the train.

[ Though he appreciates her quick offer, smiling slightly. ]

I wouldn't want to waste points when they could be used to buy supplies or important other things, you know? So I need to figure out first exactly what's considered 'rare' in the first place.

this can be video or in person

[blitzcheer]

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... You sound like you wanna chop off a limb and cook it up. [ A certain rare fella that is not for eating, Inigo--! ]

of course this is in person, i'm not going to pass up on circus opportunities!!

[flatteries]

Wha--

[ Inigo sputters, clearly shocked by Tidus's accusation. He even reaches down to try and cover up Jumblie's.. ears?

The place where ears would be on a human being, anyway. It's probably pretty useless to try and do that to a higgledy. ]

Don't say that around her, she's sensitive! [ We all know who the most sensitive person around here is. And it's not Jumblie. ]

good

[blitzcheer]

[ yeah she really looking bothered down there ]

Hey, I'm the one in danger here! [ He says, putting his hands over his chest. Just for a moment.

But actually seriously- ] Y'think elixirs still count? They're hard to get where I'm from. Even if the train turned that into a joke.

[ Just gets them by the crate-full, no big deal. ]

[flatteries]

[ Don't worry, Tidus, it's not your arms that he wants. ]

Ah.. [ He looks surprised for a moment, like Inigo hadn't quite considered that idea yet. ] That'd be worth a try, right? I don't want to go around and order things yet until I know for sure something works..

[ And Tidus does have plenty to spare. ]

Do you have them with you right now? [ In his portable minifridge. ]

[sos_pilot]

... Inigo? Honey? ... Y'wanna talk about somethin'?

[ Because what the actual hell. ]

[flatteries]

[ Della mom, no, this is not time for a puberty talk-- ]

Huh? Is something wrong? [ Apparently he felt like his message got a lot clearer with what he added at the end there, since he almost gives Della a slightly surprised look at her words. ]

I'm just looking for rare things! Della, do you have something rare? I can trade it for.. um, hugs? Or I can do some chores for you?

[sos_pilot]

... Okay, guess I just better go right for the root.

Why are you asking for rare things?

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[theturksway]

Seriously, yo? What the hell are you even up to, brat?

[What he really wants to say: Can't you go more than five seconds with sounding crazy dumb?]

inigo switching over to audio to single carriage too!!

[flatteries]

[ With the way he had been - deliberately - avoiding Reno, it was starting to almost feel easy to imagine the other just didn't exist.

This is a cruel crash right back to reality. His chest feels tight in an instant. ]

What's it to you? [ There's an instinctive defensive edge to it, not forgetting their last interaction. ]

[theturksway]

Why would anyone want to give you something rare if they're not going to get it back? And what the hell are you doing with it that it'll be gone forever?

[And why does it preferably need to be edible...]

You're acting weird.

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[adregem]

[ Roland looks sheepish, holding up the Higgledy Cookbook in hand, still flipping through the pages. His own higgledy resting against his shoulder, silent but swaying against invisible wind. ]

Gah. I'm sorry, pup. I should have taken into account you'd want to feed Jumblie when I bought her from the store. [ Besides that - Rare Ingredients - was going to be a challenge anyway. ] In Evermore, we only ever fed the higgledies when we needed them to get stronger.

[ But it's okay, he got schooled! Feed them as friends, not just as fighting pets! They came from your heart, after all. Tied to you, protecting you. ] Let me help you get what you need, okay?

[flatteries]

[ Compared to Roland's sheepishness, Inigo seems to be all smiles. He quickly shakes his head when he replies. ]

No, it's fine! [ He won't be having any sorry-s from you, mister!! Better keep those to yourself! ] I'll be able to handle it. I just need to figure out what she likes first, since the book just saying that it has to be rare is so vague.

[ Especially in a place where things from different worlds all seem to come together. ]

I'd feed her my flowers from other worlds to see if she'd consider that rare, but I would actually be kind of bummed to lose those..

[adregem]

[ He reads the page again and hums. Meanwhile, Bambosh, who seems to be quite chipper about things usually, does a higgledy sigh and shakes his head in what looks like disappointment??? SORRY HE CAN'T SPEAK HIGGLEDY, HUH!! ]

To be honest, it's not that it's vague per se. [ Big brain moment. ] It's just that how it defines a Rare Ingredient is based off of what's rare in the second world. [ But there had to be a workaround right? ] Hm.

[ He turns the page. ] Then don't feed her those. Let's find this out for sure. I don't want to make your life difficult all because I didn't think things through...

[ Meanwhile, Bambosh is flaring up even though Roland isn't noticing him. Suddenly staring into the ICP, into Inigo's own eyes, like he's trying to catch that attention. How strange. ]