"Okay! Save me some hot chocolate!" Jax ran into the kitchen, slipping in some water that had been tracked inside. She quickly got up and found a towel, then ran back, wrapped in it. The towel, Jax discovered, was almost the size of her, so she appeared to be a walking towel with a rosy-cheeked face and tiny hands.
She gently took a mug of hot chocolate, and blew on it gently, then took a sip.
"It's really good!" she sang, taking another small sip.
(Waiting for @allthegoodusernamesweretaken to respond…)
Carsyn perked up at the sound of hot chocolate and happily bound over to Rainy. Her hands danced over the air of the drinks, hesitant to just take due to old habits, but her sweet tooth won over her ingrained caution, and she delicately took a cup of hot chocolate with a smile of thanks to Rainy. A satisfied sigh left her lips as her cold fingers wrapped around the hot mug, warming her skin, and she watched the liquid slightly slosh side to side before blowing on it and taking a test sip. Too hot. Carsyn's nose scrunched at the heat.
"I'm glad you're all enjoying the warm drinks!" Rainy placed the tray down, leaving the mugs for anyone else who might wander in. "This is the last of the cocoa, but we have enough coffee for a while. Does anyone have anything they want to add to the list of needed supplies?"
"Sorry captain, but I think Andre and Carsyn would love this! Imma have to go show them!" Allison said as she left the engine room and ran to the control room.
"Hey hey! I have made something you guys would love!" Allison said, excited.
Carsyn sipped from her drink, too busy listening to the thunder and pelting rain echoing through the ship to pay much attention to the gathering crew in the room. She started to shrink back against the wall, caught sight of Allison, offered a tiny smile in hello above the lip of her drink, then hid in the shadows and sunk into her thoughts. The only thing she could hear was the thrum of the ship and the storm around them.
"Thank you very much for the coffee.", he smiled,"I hope the burner didn't act up for you." Carefully, he took a cup of coffee then gently blew on it. The drink burned his tongue but it still tasted great.
Taking out a folded piece of paper, Rael's eyes squinted while reading them. He held the paper very close to him trying to skim everything before putting it away. "Rainy, it's possible we could be running low on some herbs yet I wasn't sure if you wrote it down on yours or if we're alright.", the cook commented,"Other than that, I should be getting two ice boxes when we dock so we can freeze some things."
Andre looked up when Allison came in, but with a mouth full of coffee there wasn't much he could say, and then she was gone. He let out a breath, glancing over at Rael, Rainy, and Jax, and wondered when his control room had become a gathering space, but he didn't complain. Hell, it was nice to have the company every once in a while.
"I've created what I call a fog light! It'll help you guys see when its dark out, when there's thick clouds, and when there's fog! Pretty cool, huh?"
Jax glanced up at Allison, gripping her mug in both hands. The girl merely sneezed in response, and sipped her cocoa.
"I think I've caught a cold," Jax sighed.
"Herbs, gotcha," Rainy had already checked the herb inventory, but it never hurt to double or triple check. She heard Jax's sneeze and pursed her lips. "Darling, let's treat that quickly before it worsens. Come with me to my office."
"Oh…" Allison sighed, thinking that the sneeze was meant to signify that her invention wasnt useful at all.
Rainy noticed a tinge of insecurity drifting from Allison's direction. She cast a full smile onto the other girl. She'd almost forgotten that even confident people need positive reinforcement. "By the way, Allison, that invention of yours is so smart! Gosh, I wish I had half your brains."
"Yes, ma'am!" Jax, still holding her hot chocolate, followed Rainy to her office. She sneezed again, followed by a small shudder. "I'll be okay, soon, though."
"Really? When we hit the port I can install it if you want me to, i just have to double check with the captain," Allison said.
"Of course I mean it. I'm sure the captain will be impressed." She patted Allison on the top of her head and then headed off, followed by Jax, down to her office. She arrayed a few medications on the desk and then looked at Jax. "Okay, pop quiz! What should you use to treat your cold?"
Allison ran back to where the captain was.
(I am so sorry I have been offline all day and honestly I'm too tired to do any roleplaying. I'll be busy for most of tomorrow as well, there's some family stuff going on. Also likely won't be online on either Friday or Saturday for more family arrangements (if y'all must know my uncle's cousin died, he was old it's nothing special), and next Monday I have a doctor's appointment at 8:00 AM and I'll be sedated so I'll be spending the rest of the day at home sleeping it off. Anyways I'm chill with continuing the roleplay I'm just gonna be mostly offline for most of the rest of the week. Just have Lio be busy or something idk, and I'll be online more regularly once all this clears up.)
(It's fine! Good luck with all that, and I'm so sorry about your uncle's cousin. We'll be fine, and we'll wait before doing anything major. Or at least I will, I suppose I can't make promises for everyone, haha)
"Well, the captain doesnt really need me, so I will go to see where everyone else was." Allison went to the control room.
"The captain's busy right now, so whats up, guys?" Allison announced.
(Yeah that sucks mate. A death in a family always sucks)
(Divine Irish Potato, this really isn't a good RP for breaking the fourth wall. Just say that the captain is busy or something. Breaking the fourth wall is honestly really irritating, since this isn't meant to be a joking RP like that)
(Divine, please don't. He's not frozen in time. Him being busy is enough of an excuse and it's not breaking the fourth wall, it's just contrived and makes no sense based on how literally everything in this story works. Sorry to sound snappish, I just. I'm putting my foot down here.)
(It's fine! Good luck with all that, and I'm so sorry about your uncle's cousin. We'll be fine, and we'll wait before doing anything major. Or at least I will, I suppose I can't make promises for everyone, haha)
(Cool, and I hope I do have good luck!)
(Divine Irish Potato, this really isn't a good RP for breaking the fourth wall. Just say that the captain is busy or something. Breaking the fourth wall is honestly really irritating, since this isn't meant to be a joking RP like that)
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