ataraxion | video, the second ❧ there will be pie in the sky

[ ned addresses the feed nervously as always, but with a purpose today. the rest of you may be worried about a monster in your midst, but this posting has a much more mundane goal in mind. ]

As some of you might already know... I was--am? The pie, the proprietor of a pie eatery and bakeshop, my Pie Hole. I mean, the. The Pie Hole. In space. Not that it was ever in space before, but it will be. Now. In the present and space-oocupied moment. Presently. [ what. he clears his throat. ]

Chuck, for those of you who--who already know her. [ and now starting to get pink... ] My girlfriend. And, and myself will be taking pie orders whether it's a simple apple pie or a delicacy only found on your home world. I will do my best to replicate it here with our limited resources. And eventually, I do plan to have an established establishment with a full pie menu, as well as some possible... extras, as much as I regale myself as a self-proclaimed pie purist. Which I think, self-proclamation is the only way to actually be proclaimed in pie purity... Uhm. So. Requests.

[ he holds up a little board that says "22-09" with a bright smile. ] This is my number should you care to stop by or, call. What better time for pie than when we all are, surely, in great need of comfort. And what more comforting food could there be.

Oh! Before I forget. For those of you who might come from terrible places without pie? There will be a pie-tasting assuming we don't all die of heat-exhaustion or giant invisible monsters.

[ another bright smile before he disconnects! ]

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You are totally doing those people a service then.

I want to contribute where I can, even if... even if it might seem insignificant to some. Light-years away from home, what better to serve than a little slice of?

Well it sure means a lot. I'd like some, if you've got extra. It's been forever since I had pie.

I would be delighted to make you one, of course. [ he glances at the tag on her communicator, wondering why the name seems familiar to him. ] Ms. Rikku.

[she has actually been to the pie hole idk why i didn't make her realize this sooner]

Yeah, thanks, uh--Ned? Wait. [rewind] I think I've been to your place before. Like, the actual place.

[ it's okay i have nothing but patience ;; ]

You--you have? [ so she was rikku. the rikku... he knew? or knew of, they hadn't exactly been friends but. ] In the City. The Pie Hole in the City.

[ he braces himself, grimacing as he waits to be told he be cray. ]

[you are a saint
her eyes go wide and almost sparkly]

Shiva's tits, yeah! Oh man, I never thought I'd see anyone else from the City here!!

Shiva's tits... [ he's so shocked he repeats it, then flushes. what, no. no one's tits. but the sentiment was the same and soon enough he's breaking through the shock to beam at her. ]

Me either. Everyone I thought I knew... that I recognized from-- none of them remembered.

Dude. This is literally the best thing that's happened since I got here.

I-I. Yeah, it's-- [ he missed it, so much. but he didn't want to discount chuck either. he looked conflicted, but only for a second. ]

How long... [ were you there? have you been here? there were so many questions to ask. ]

Sheesh, for six months I think. It's kinda hard to tell with the jumps, though. What about you?

F-five, I think. For me. Two years... in the City.

Dang, I was there for three. Being here, you kinda miss it, don't you?

Yeah, I do. Almost more... [ than home. ] Or, at least as. At least as much as.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

You're the only one who does, apparently.

Did-did you know Zatanna?

The name sounds kinda familiar, but I don't think I talked to her much.

Oh.

What-- or who? Or what do you miss most - about it? About the City.

Probably all of it, compared to this place. [she laughs] What about you?

Everything, too. [ a bit of a smile, but it's too fresh to laugh about even still. ] Absolutely everything.

Lookit us, a couple of homesick Harry's!

[ he smiles softly. ] Secondarily homesick is still homesick, I guess.

Weird, isn't it?

Weird, odd, bizarre, even...

It's hard to say if I would be tertiarily homesick if I left space, but so far it's caused me more grief than even home-home does. My primary and first home, that is.

No kidding. I guess that our sense of home and what "weird" is gets messed up when we uh, move around so much.

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