[ video - let's pretend this is shortly post-jump ]

[hostage]

[Jesse appears neither excited nor distressed. He actually looks mostly tired, which maybe is to be expected from a new arrival. He's slumped over on his new bed with his chin resting in his hand, mumbling around his fingers:]

Yo. I'm Jesse. Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. 2009. Whatever. Holler if you know me.

[Is he bored or something? He acts as if this is routine.]

First thing: if there's any monsters and aliens and shit I gotta be looking out for, gimme a heads-up.

Second: anybody wanna grab some food? Is there food or is it all freeze-dried bullshit? I had freeze-dried ice cream once and it was totally lame, so like, please tell me they got burgers up in here. Funyuns? Something?

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[amethysts]

Buddy. There are burgers. You've gotta put them together, but they've got them.

Thank Siddhartha, am I straight?

I'm starving, 'm Libby, let's do this.

Also, 2009? That's hilarious.

[Observe Libby totally laughing.]

[hostage]

Yeah yeah, laugh it up, future girl from outer space.

[amethysts]

I'm from 2084, but not space. Fuckface.

[...how does a person say that in a friendly way--oh right, you have to be as weird as Libby.]

You want food or not, buddy?

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[onsilksheets]

Funyuns? I'm not familiar with those.

[Pardon Bela, she's more used to the idea of much finer dining.]

[hostage]

You're missing out. Gonna have to find some Funyuns around here for you, 'cause that's just sad.

[onsilksheets]

Why, will my world be completely changed once I've experienced the Funyuns?

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[pizzalord]

Can I holler if I don't know you?

[hostage]

It's a free country.

...Ship?

Whatever.

[pizzalord]

That depends on whose ship it is, right?

I'm not interested in going to the management about hollering at a guy I just met. Might stick another tube down my throat.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

There's fresh food available.

[hostage]

'sup, Edgeworth. Yo, what's your favorite thing to eat around here?

jfc crazy eyes what the fuck

[jurisimpudent]

I...will confess, I don't particularly have a "favorite." I tend to simply eat what is at hand.

[nukeit]

See anything egg shaped? Don't touch.

[ Chances of this being applicable: ten to zero. But he did ask. ]

People've already given you the heads up on fine dining in space. Good luck finding anything close to a proper burger. If you find half-way decent coffee, let me know.

[hostage]

Right, yeah.

What's in the egg-shaped things?

[nukeit]

Giant spidery things with one hell of a nasty grip.

[ No, really, let's stick with that over what's actually in the leathery eggs she knows about. ]

Hopefully nothing we have to actually worry about. From the sound of things, Tranquility has her own unknown dangers we get to wait to walk right into.

[ Hear that absolute lack of enthusiasm in her voice? Yeah. ]

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[heltersskelter]

severe lack of freeze-dried bullshit don't worry
this place is like a five star hotel or the star trek equivalent of it

still video because he's that lazy right now

[hostage]

I was getting more like a House on Haunted Hill vibe.

[heltersskelter]

i never saw that movie

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[cloy]

[ Hello again. ]

You get fed, dear?

[hostage]

[Hello, gorgeous.]

Yep, thank god. Real food and everything.

[cloy]

[ She does like it when you smile, Jesse. ]

And did you manage it on your own? Or did some generous soul help you along the way?

[voice]

[wolfdreamer]

There were monsters, but they have all been hunted down, I think. All that is left right now are the people that have been brought aboard this ship--and there are animals, too, but they belong to people, so you must take care with them.

[He hesitates--there are a great many words that he does not know here--]

I don't think the food has been dried, but some has been frozen for preservation.

[hostage]

[Is that a little kid? Man, Jesse does not approve of aliens abducting little kids.]

Thanks, man. Yeah, I found some good stuff.

Where'd the monsters come from, when they were here?

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[bottlearum]

Sometime there is, sometimes there ain't. Depends on what's goin' on this month.

[He grins.]

Aye, there be food. Liquor, too.

[hostage]

...Dude, you're a pirate.