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[humanistic]

[...there's a second of white noise, because-- well, this is weird. It's like online chatrooms, which Mitchell has never been keen on, to say the least. One on one communication hasn't been so bad--better, actually, considering he's been mostly holed up in his room, avoiding human/werewolf contact. But, right--necessity--]

If people are going t' go through those tubes and get onto that other ship, do their phones keep on working? These devices, I mean. Do they go that far? If they do, and if this can be heard over there, I'm making a request. Space pirates had to have cigarettes on them, yeah, and I'm in need of cigarettes. Sanctioned looting can include a bit of personal stuff, yeah-- and it's sort of a, a desperate need. Please and thanks in advance.

[Like very desperate. Like the more he talks about it, the more strained his voice goes. Vampires with nicotine addictions, it's a hard life. A pause, then, he might finish there--but instead he sucks in a breath. Right. Normal.]

Actually, there's a lot of questions on how things work around here, and not all of it is out of our control. Like--so there's a cast of, what, a hundred plus of us, and we have t' trade for things that we need, if someone else has got them. But if you don't have anything t' trade, is it just-- begging for it? Hoping for a bit of Christian charity? Every man for himself? Not that I'd be much surprised by that one, given the... [Maybe it's better not to finish that one, in light of recent events, but given his low faith in humanity, and given his own recent exploints, none this is really all that surprising. So, wry once more:] ...given the situation.

[An awkward pause.]

Anyways. Thanks again.

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[enforced]

Are you looking for something other than cigarettes?

[humanistic]

...no? Just the cigarettes. Why?

[theshabbiestofmen]

It might be easier if you just gave up on them. There's a scarcity of cigarettes on this ship-- and yes, it's sort of praying for Christian charity. Or that you have what someone else needs.

[humanistic]

[He snorts, dryly.]

Yeah. Very easy for you t' say. What happens if you haven't got anything anyone needs, that's what I'm saying.

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[logicunlocked]

You know, they grow tobacco in the gardens here.

[ York sounds amused. Sometimes people can actually come by things honestly, if they just know where to look. ]

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[humanistic]

[...a surprised pause. What.]


...Really?

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

One can barter. I myself bargained successfully at one point for an item with the promise of performing chores.

Might I suggest, though, speaking to the agricultural team? There are a great many plants growing in the oxygen gardens; perhaps one is some sort of...futuristic substitute for tobacco.

[voice]

[humanistic]

I don't do chores.

[And that's firm; that isn't the sort of statement you can argue with.]

And I'm not looking for a substitute, I'm looking for the actual thing. But someone else said the same thing. [A pause.] Is there really an agricultural team?

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[synchronizes]

Last I heard, there's weed in the gardens.

[ ... which is pretty recent, considering they arrived during the same jump. ]

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[humanistic]

And what sort of manual labor do I have t' do to get my hands on that?

[But he huffs a laugh anyways.]

Not exactly what I'm looking for, but-- thanks. Closer than most've gotten.

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[loyalpup]

I work in the garden iffin' you don't mind waitin' a bit.

Not really sure how to turn it into a proper cig.

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[humanistic]

Of course you do.

[Because really, that figures. If he was looking for alcohol, Tom would probably cheerfully volunteer that he works at the bar as well. If he was looking for a haircut, Tom would be the barber's apprentice. That's just the way life is going to go, with Tom bloody McNair around every corner.

He heaves a sigh, and gives himself a moment to rub at his forehead.]

You need papers t' do it with. You've really seen it growing there?

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[prima_facie]

Do you know who you're talking to?

video I HOPE EVERYBODY'S COOL WITH THREADJACKING CAUSE IT'S HAPPENING RN

[gothchicklit]

I've gotten pretty good at it, if you ever want to learn. [ It'll give October something to do. Distractions are a rare thing. ]

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[growling]

You know those things really make you smell.

[ get it it's a joke because he's a werewolf and you think he smells bad.

no but really you do kind of smell. ]

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[humanistic]

[there is a distinct lack of cologne samples to rub on himself ok what do you expect.

but wow, he is more pleased to hear from Josh than perhaps he should be, or thought he would be--even if that's not reflected by his dry answer.]

Y'know, you're not nearly as funny as you think you are.

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[sufferances]

[ stefan's holed up in his room, because being around people is too much to deal with at the moment. there's a pause before he speaks, like stefan's thinking better of it. ]

Not interested in taking a field trip over to the pirate ship?

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[humanistic]

[that makes two of us, stefan. he huffs a laugh at that question.]

Yeah. I don't really like crowds. And I also don't know that I'm stupid enough to go into a tunnel with what basically amounts to this way for a good time written over it in red. That's like asking for trouble.

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[gothchicklit]

There's tobacco growing in the gardens, but you'll have to talk to Netherlands about it. [ She thinks. Someone else might be growing it, but she's gone through him to get her stash. ] I've got enough to spot you a couple cigarettes to tide you over, though, if you want.

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[humanistic]

[now that is some good news. he doesn't even question that there's someone called Netherlands--it's a strange choice of country, sure, but there are far weirder names out there.]

Thanks. [there is a great deal of gratefulness loaded into that one word.] That'd be great, yeah--thanks a lot. Is, uh, he part of that agricultural team, then? [and because this ship is all about trading and he doesn't want to be anyone's debt, he adds, quickly--] I'll reimburse you. Once I get something worth trading.

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[prima_facie]

That's your plan for coping? Begging for cigarettes?

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[humanistic]

[the reminder that he's begging is not appreciated, Cutler Nick Cutler.]

It's a hell of a lot better than the alternative. And you can keep your remarks to yourself, thanks. I've done all right so far.

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[handelaar]

[Huh. So he doesn't pay much attention to the network on a good day, let alone these days where he spends most of it on garden cleanup duty.

Whoops.]

There's tobacco growin' down here. I cure it somewhere else.

[And, no, it's not free.]

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[humanistic]

That's what I've heard. The sort you've got to work for?

[A pause; he hazards a guess:] You're the one in charge of the agriculture team?

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[unparental]

If you manage to get your hands on actual just... whatever not tobacco you put in cigarettes, I have some leftover rolling paper from-- let's not talk about how many jumps ago. You can have them if you want, I'm not using them.

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[humanistic]

Really? Thanks, that's-- [Grateful and pleased and a little surprised all at once.] Thanks.

I hear there's actual tobacco, if I'm willing t' work for it. But you've come at just the right time, I was going to start asking around for the paper team. Unless you are the paper team.

[deprecate]

I've not looted them, but I could spare a couple of me last fags. "Such sacrifices are pleasing to god," and all.

[ sorry about quoting the bible at you mitchell, don't worry he likes you. ]

[humanistic]

[w i n c e but you are forgiven young Cillian in the name of country and kind offers.]

Don't know how applicable that is t' me, but-- you don't have to. As it turns out, there's means to make your own here. I've not done it in ages, but I can probably still remember how. Mostly.

[totally touched by the gesture though, bible verse and all.]

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[invis]

I don't think the extraterrestrials on board are Christian.

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[humanistic]

Yeah, that... was sarcasm.

[A beat.]

Are there, though?

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[gilding]

A man always has something to trade.

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[humanistic]

Not when he's dragged off t' space without a chance to pack a bag. The inside of my locker is pathetic.