HazMat Log 008 ♔ Patootles and Discount Coupons

[anelegantmyth]

Who: Hazardous Materials
Where: Tartle Island then Deesuko Ballia
When: 8/7 onwards
What: gathering a patootle and then party over at pirate heaven
Warnings: alcohol and little whales that fart bubbles are dangerous to your health
Style: Any!
Status: Zoo entrance fee is still 50 doubloons

Hazardous Materials' August log of doom part! Date your stuff, you all know the drill.

8/7-8/11 : Sailing to Tartle Island
8/12-8/14 : Tartle Fun!
8/15-8/21 : Sailing to Deesuko Ballia
8/22-?: Party hard!!

Comments

[youhearthebells]

Haven't seen any parties. At least, nothin' like what they did at Port Chance. Now that was a party.

[He follows Roxas' point and just sort of stares.]

Dunno. Looks like a whale, right? But it's floating in the air on land instead of in the water.

[heartismyown]

A whale? I dunno...I've never seen one. Not sure if I read about it in the book Ikki gave me.

[He hums a bit, thinking.]

Well I've watched lots of parties. People like that, they're always pretty happy, I think.

[youhearthebells]

I've seen. Uh. Pictures. It's kinda like that. Weird, though, huh?

[Right, he remembers that he's not supposed to get the kid drunk. Lea would kill him. So, as much as he would drag him into a tavern, Ning will look for a restaurant. The two are sort of indistinguishable on this island.]

What, and you don't get happy at parties? Why not? Or is that what you like - hangin' out in a corner watching?

[heartismyown]

[Roxas tilts his head.]

I guess it's okay. I don't know, we always used to watch the heart-people do their things. Until I came here I didn't really...well I met some kids once but that's it. I didn't really know any.

[He was so jealous of them.]

[youhearthebells]

Well, you're one of us now, so you don't have to just watch if you don't wanna. I did promise a party, didn't I? Maybe we'll have to have one while we're here...

[although they're still missing Leo. Sigh. Oh, hey, there's a restaurant with outdoor tables - perfect. It's too nice to sequester away in a dark, dank tavern just for food.]

Hungry for anything in particular?

[heartismyown]

[Roxas blinks a little bit. No one really minds if he lingers at the fringes watching, no one's really invited him to join in.]

Not really but um, I guess I can do it. I did drink at a party once, but I don't think Lea liked that much.

[Mostly because Roxas kept trying to pet him.]

Whatever works. I can try something new maybe!

[youhearthebells]

All right, then.

[trying new things, one step at a time. Whatever the restaurant on the corner is serving, doesn't matter - it'll be an adventure.]

Man, what I wouldn't give for a place that had real manju. I haven't had one in so long, ain't found anyone in this world that knows how to make 'em.

[heartismyown]

[It isn't hard to find new things for Roxas to try really.]

What's a manju? Is it hard to make? I bet that cook could make it...

[youhearthebells]

Manju is a meat bun. But not just any ol' meat in any ol' bun! You gotta mix the meat and vegetables inside just right, and then the special dough...you steam it, and it makes this awesome bun that's sweet on the outside but filled with delicious meat inside.

[excuse his drool]

It's the kinda thing that takes a lot of fiddly steps. I was never able to get it right, but I only really know how to stick things over an open fire to make food. [hang on...] ...what cook?

[heartismyown]

A meat bun? Hmmm...it sounds really delicious!

[He blinks a bit and tilts his head slightly.]

Well I know two cooks. The old man that kicked me in the head and the other guy that poisoned me that one time. He also made me sea-salt ice cream and that is my favourite!

[youhearthebells]

[whoa wait a minute. Geez kid what is your life]

The...no, never mind. I don't wanna know.

Think either of them would be able to handle a manju recipe?

[heartismyown]

[It was an evil witch, totally not Sanji's fault at all.]

Maybe! They can make sea-salt ice cream!

[youhearthebells]

Sweet. Let's ask one of 'em, then.

[and maybe some of that sea-salt ice cream too - he's never had anything like that]

Here, this looks like a good place to grab a bite. Huh, looks like you order at that window and then sit outside to eat.

[heartismyown]

Okay I will!

[He pauses.]

But probably you should ask because I might not remember.

[He nods, it's a fine place to eat. He peers at the menu.]

[youhearthebells]

Oh, I don't think I'll forget that.

[he checks his pockets for coins - he's got plenty. Any time he needs money and doesn't feel like asking Cynthia to dole some out, he just pries another diamond off the bell she gave him.

Hmm, there's a lot of fish on this menu. Not a surprise.]

Sandwiches...eh. Fried fish. Man, what I wouldn't give for a bowl of rice some days. Oho, look at that - barbecued eel and rice! Now that's what I'm talkin' about. [he glances at Roxas] Whatcha want? It's on me.

[heartismyown]

[One day, Roxas will be responsible for paying for his own things. This day has not yet come. He mulls over the menu critically. He's had lots of sandwiches, they are Lea's specialty.]

Is eel good? I never had it. Is the fried fish like the octopus that Lea fed me before?

[youhearthebells]

Eel's pretty good, yeah. I like it. Dunno about octopus, though...you know? I've never really had it, come to think of it.

[heartismyown]

Okay, then I think I'll try the eel too!

[youhearthebells]

Two then. [he orders the old guy on the other side of the window. And a couple of cold drinks. He's handed a slip of paper with a number scrawled on it, so the waiter can find their table when it's ready. So, it's time to go have a seat - and Ning, true to form, grabs a table where he can kick back and put his feet up on a spare chair.]

This place ain't too bad, huh?

[heartismyown]

Yeah, it seems okay. I don't think I've been here before.

[He scratches his head.]

I'm trying to think if I can remember eating at a restaurant before.

[youhearthebells]

Seriously?

[between that memory and that inexperience, he doesn't know what to do with you, Roxas.]

No way.

[heartismyown]

Yeah, I don't think I have!

[He smiles though and shrugs a bit. It's a new experience that's all.]

When I was on the other ship we had a chef and Lea would make lots of sandwiches. We didn't really eat at other places before and before that Axel and I just had ice cream every day. I bought ice cream from the stand before, does that count?

[youhearthebells]

[Roxas, you are one weird kid]

Heh. It counts if you want it to count. I ain't never been to a super fancy restaurant either - roadside inns, yeah, but outside o' the court, I don't get to go out much. Back home, I mean.

[heartismyown]

[Maybe so, but Gan Ning might get used to it in time.]

Well I don't know if it does or not. Axel couldn't always come to have ice cream with me, sometimes he was away so I watched the sunset by myself.

[It sounds lonely, but he doesn't remember feeling lonely, just peaceful.]

We never do that anymore. I wonder if he'd like to sometime...

[He muses just a little bit, but right he wasn't talking about Lea at all. It's weird how his mind just took that tangent.]

I wasn't really allowed to anyway. The ice cream was a secret.

[youhearthebells]

Not allowed, huh? That's kinda bullshit.

[oh look, food! The waiter brings over a tray and deposits two nice, large bowls of rice with delicious-smelling slices of broiled eel on top, and their drinks. It's the most alike to food from home that Gan Ning has seen yet, and he can't help the happy sigh that escapes him before he grabs the bowl to dig in.]

There we go! Heh! Tell me what you think, if you like it. If ya don't, I'll just eat yours.