March Mingle

[maskedtyrant]

Who: The Sinewave and Triton's Mistress (Sinewave's Mistress? Triton's Sinewave?...)
Where: Gun Frontier, the ocean (headed south).
When: From 3/7 to 3/13-ish, possibly longer.
What: All-purpose mingle for the Mistress/Sinewave alliance at the start of March! Records the formal meeting of their crews and subsequent journey to the southern oceans, in pursuit of one of the Eight Captains (who they find in another log, stay tuned for that).
Warnings: Probably language and mild amounts of crazy, will update if needed.
Style: Whatever strikes your fancy!
Status: Open to crews of the Sinewave, Mistress, and any recruits they happen to get between 3/9 and 3/13.

It's a mingle! Please specify where you are (Gun Frontier, either of the ships involved on the open ocean) and when it happens in the header. Feel free to make subthreads for parties or other large gatherings if you'd like.

Enjoy!

Comments

[unlikelyfarmhand]

I don't mind! It's not too hard, really. If it was, I probably wouldn't be able to do it. [He laughs a little nervously.

Hachiken moves the rolled dough off to another side of the counter and continues rolling each ball out.]

What I did was make a crust. It's got a bit of salt, yeast, flour and water in it. Really really basic crust, but it will be really good when I'm done. The sauce has tomatoes and a variety of spices we've picked up here. You can taste it if you want. It should be a little sweet.

[elissacousland]

[Elissa closed her eyes and inhaled, holding off on another bite from the apple. The smells in the galley really were tempting.]

I... shall wait.

[She grinned again at the cook.]

I fear that if I taste it, I might run off with the pot. Tis best for you to have sauce for your ... crust?

[The woman crunched another bite of the apple.]

[unlikelyfarmhand]

Yeah, it'll be like a crust.

[Hachiken turns off the stove and carries the pot over to the counter, setting it down carefully. Then he begins spreading the sauce on the now rolled out dough.]

When I helped make this for my classmates, we must have made a hundred pizzas. It was crazy, but it was also really fun.

[elissacousland]

[When he moves the pot to the counter, Elissa abruptly stops leaning against it and turns to watch his movements as he spreads the sauce. She even backs up a step so not to be in Hachiken's way as he works.]

That is a lot of work! You were either feeding many others like yourself or a small group of Grey Wardens. We have large appetites.

[Though she's still nibbling on the apple, the woman's stomach audibly growls. That sauce smells good!]

[unlikelyfarmhand]

Yeah, it was at school. An Agricultural school at that. We eat a lot because of all the physical labour involved aside from just being teenagers.

[He begins spreading some diced up peppers, some cut up sausage and mushrooms over the sauce.]

I had a lot of help though. I was surprised it turned out well, I never made it before then.

[elissacousland]

[Elissa steals a piece of mushroom and pops it into her mouth along with the apple, chewing it and then swallowing.]

It was a school for... farming?

[Curious.]

I have never heard of such a thing.

[unlikelyfarmhand]

Yeah, it's a school for farming. In the time I live in, most people don't farm and the kids that do go to this school so they can learn about things like animal anatomy and how to monetize their farms, balance budgets and debts as well as the usual, basic skills.

[He's cutting up thick slabs of white cheese.]

I don't come from a farm. I went there because it's a boarding school and I had to get away.

[elissacousland]

If your people do not farm, then how do they eat? I understand that not all areas are suitable for growing things, but surely your home has some places fit for it?

[Someone is going to steal some of your cheese, Hachiken, and she's not even going to be subtle about it.]

Must you trade for food with other lands?

[unlikelyfarmhand]

[He lays out the thick pieces of cheese over the pizza before pushing his glasses up his nose.]

In Japan, most of the farmland is in Hokkaido near the school. Some of them are family farms, but some of them are big industrial farms. Most people eat food that has been manufactured and processed in large quantities. The food produced there gets sent across the country and sometimes exported to other countries, while we export many things in. It's a global economy.

[elissacousland]

[Industrial. Manufactured. Global Economy. Elissa is not lacking for an education, but her homeland is closer to England in the 1200s than modern day Japan, so those words might as well be jibberish to her.]

[Elissa chews slowly on her stolen cheese as she considers her reply.]

Meaning... that you trade with many other lands? I can see how that would be beneficial, but I admit that I do not understand half of what you said.

[unlikelyfarmhand]

Oh! Sorry!

[He flushes lightly.]

Well, that's basically what it means. We trade with all kinds of other places so we have a broader selection in what you can buy at the supermarket. There's food that grows in our area, but different food that grows elsewhere. Because of trade, both are pretty available to anyone.

[elissacousland]

Trade, I understand.

[She waggles what's left of her slice of cheese at him before popping it into her mouth and eating it.]

Since Highever was a coastal holding, we did quite a lot of trade with other lands through the port at Amaranthine - ah, not that you know where either of those places are located. But as the daughter of the Teryn, I studied history, trade, and stewardship as well as a vast array of other topics that might help me one day rule Highever.

We also sent a lot of fish inland to the Bannorn in exchange for their produce.

[unlikelyfarmhand]

It's essentially the same idea, just on a very large scale. For a long time in our history Japan was secluded, but it's been awhile since people came to our shores and opened up trade. Now a lot of what we get comes from North America.

[elissacousland]

[The Warden eyes the pizzas and then grins at Hachiken.]

What else must be done to these? I only ask lest we get caught up in a lively discussion of trade that my stomach will dislike.

[unlikelyfarmhand]

Right! Right! Sorry!

[Oops, so much for paying attention to his job. Hachiken goes over to check the oven. Then he pulls out what looks like a huge spatula and he goes to slide it under the first one.]

Just be careful for a moment that I don't hit you and lose the pizza.

[elissacousland]

[Taking the warning to heart, Elissa lifts both of her hands and takes a step or two backwards in an attempt to be out of the way. Maker forbid that she ruin this food before it is finished!]

Has Japan considered what might happen, if they needed to close the borders to trade with other lands? How would your people fare without the food provided by others?

[unlikelyfarmhand]

[Hachiken puts in two pizzas before answering her question.]

Well, historically, they didn't give it much consideration, but it wasn't until there were trade embargoes that the country realized they may have been a bit too dependent on other countries. The situation has improved since then.

As for food, we fare fine. It's more variety then any other reason. We export a lot of food. If the borders were closed, we wouldn't be exporting it and the people would probably be fine.