indomitableblackdragon

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Well it probably is if ya' actually get a date. If you aren't then its just something that passes on by. But who doesn't have one?" She did, and somehow she was hopefully going to change it.

❝ I DOUBT THAT. I SIMPLY HADN'T REALISED VALENTINE'S DAY WAS HELD IN SUCH A... HIGH REGARD. ❞ in other words: it's never crossed his mind to give it a moment of his day until now.

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Yumine we got address the elephant in the room." It was a bit of a relief to finally invite her partner in crime over to her own abode. But now that the two were "hanging out" NJ made their move on a rather important mattter.

"It's about Valentine's Day. We're less then two weeks away from the very wonderful day. Now I don't know about myself because well lets just say it's harder then I thought getting a date here..." Definitely not because of her own rather rambunctious personality being too much to handle.

"But you can't go this year alone. Or did you go with someone last year? Are you dating and you never told me? You have to tell me all the details."

@hcrpyiia | s.c

[indomitableblackdragon]

"And that is exactly why you gotta try one of these out alright? Trust me you'll love it!" The longer NJ spent in Spirale the more and more she became somewhat of a foodie in regards to new tastes. Some of this food she'd never get to try back home, and even old tastes managed to sneak their way in as well. Only thing making it better was sharing it with a friend. Or in the battleship's case, someone she never met before.

"I mean look you got one hot dog right? That's pretty good but imagine that same thing with some chili on it. And add a little bit of cheese on top? Now you got something that'll rock your socks off! I buy another one just for you if ya' want to try."

@feathercowl | s.c

[indomitableblackdragon]

"And the worst part about all of it was we couldn't even find a good drink! Her and I spent the entire day mixing things and hoping anything would come from it. But alas the culinary deities seemed to frown upon us."

For someone that seemed to not want any attention at all NJ managed to "squeeze" herself into a crack in their "wall" and start up a conversation with the individual waiting for a drink in line. Getting something from an actual cafe rather then doing any of the BB's usual antics at home was a much needed change of pace. Gone were the days of extreme smoothie making in the summer and in were the warm more bittery ones she hated.

Still it was better then nothing and at least a hot chocolate could warm her heart up till the summer rolled around again.

"You really had to be there. That kitchen was never the same ever again." The smile on her face said it all, almost proud of everything she did up to that point. "What did you even order from here? Are you one of those "black coffee nothing else" kinda guys?"

@omnireading | s.c

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Well that's pretty obvious yeah. Subs can be little quick buggers but they ain't got nearly as much firepower as us." NJ said, pointing back towards her chest as if anyone could tell she was actually a battleship in disguise.

"But if its gonna get you one place as quick as possible then you might as well right? No harm in taking the quick way around so long as people remember who the real leaders of the sea are."

@indomitableblackdragon

"Submarines are perhaps a better way to travel waters, especially deep in enemy territory. But a boat can be... obvious."

He's looking at the docks, remembering the time that happen. it was a bitter memory at least, but it got the job done.

[indomitableblackdragon]

been a hot minute so here's a new ad for the month year! uncapped for now :3

[indomitableblackdragon]

been a hot minute so here's a new ad for the month year! uncapped for now :3

[indomitableblackdragon]

"You took the words right out of my mouth sister. The more food we try the better off we are right?" It at least sounded right in her mind. The few missing steps could probably be made up along the way.

"You ever have a meat skewer before? I dunno if they got any around here but if you're a meat lover you gotta try one of those. With the right vegetables and flavors on it you are gonna LOVE 'em."

"I see!" So she was someone who enjoyed food as much as she! This was good news as it possibly meant that New Jersey would be more inclined to trying the gingerbread build!

"I love meat," she answers truthfully. "New Jersey, we should enjoy all the foods the festival has to offer. "

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Mermaid? Damn what's going on in your place." Another bold statement from NJ. Especially when she had similar problems back in her own world. Sure she was pretty sure nobody was turning into mermaids but the Sirens could probably engineer something similar. Or worse depending on what side of the bed they woke up on...

"I'd simply blow them all up. Near infinite means they gotta end at some point right? In that case i just gotta keep going till they all end up at the bottom of the sea."

〜 "Heh. You sure about that? I don't think the laws of the Great Lake are anything someone could deal with ill prepared. Most people end up dead or, worse off, a mermaid." Little more than mindless husks, monsters fashioned from humans at the behest of the Whales. Even despite that risk, humans were too ambitious to avoid the waters. Ambitious and stupid.

"What would you do if you overstayed the time limit of a Lake and you were assaulted by tentacles spewing out a near infinite number of monsters, for example?" The woman's confidence was being answered with calmly worded examples.

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Oh you don't know oh honeeeeey.~~"

"Valentine's Day! The day of love? Romance? All of the pazazz you could ask for? The greatest day! Even if you don't got a date there's still plenty you can do because between you and me I'm sorta in that boat right now."

Learning about holidays was one way to learn more about how things worked in Spirale, so Viktor lets his curiosity get the better of him. It was justified, after all.

"The big one? What exactly is the big one?"

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Uh yeah? Unless someone else is trying to make that day about the groundhog the next big thing."

❝ ... IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE CALLING VALENTINE'S DAY? ❞ was it truly that big?

[indomitableblackdragon]

"So the holidays are over but we all know the big one coming up next month. Anyone wanna prepare ahead of time and give ol' Big J a date before that?"

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Must be a pretty weird life then. I mean if you don't know where you're going let alone your own past that's got to be pretty shitty right?" Which was a bold statement from the kansen who's past was all over the place to begin with. Not to mention her own status in the current moment too...

"Still those must've been some wild waters. Bet I could handle 'em if I knew where they were. Not called the Indomitable Black Dragon for nothing."

〜 "The waters I've sailed would strike fear into the hearts of most sailors, I'd say. Probably drive them insane, too." The Great Lake was a place of bizarre rules and terrifying monsters. To this day she was still surprised that they had all managed to survive.

"You don't know? I guess that's not a big deal. Most people don't know where they're going and some barely even know where they came from." A cocky lass, wasn't she? They'd barely spoken for a few minutes and she was speaking like that. "Not sure if that'd be a crime or a benefit if you're going to talk like that." A smirk.

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Well we'd need to probably check it and double check just to be sure that he doesn't get anything nasty that'll make 'em sick! Not that I'm going to be the one taste testing but well...you get me."

Finding that someone was harder then it sounded. And while NJ's baking skills had improved over the past couple of months a high bill like that might've been out of her own range.

" 'Sides it can't be that hard. If the batch turns out to be bad then we'll just order something nice for little ol' Cabbage. Doubt it'll be too much work for anyone."

NJ has a point, it would be better to make it from scratch, to show cabbage her skills in cooking. but that's the thing. her 'skills in cooking'. her lack of. what if the sinner messed up?? cabbage was already a rather sickly dog who needed specific medicines to take care of him; honestly, L.L. would rather a professional make it before she herself attempted to. ❝ i have absolutely no skill in cooking at all … and it wouldn't hurt to be safe?? like, what if i mess up?? ❞

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Damn really? You might out crazy the crazy ones." As stupid as that did sound it probably was pretty on the nose. Some of the words on the street about other people's places would put NJ's own to shame. Interesting to say the least but insane nonetheless.

"Uh then I guess I'd just be a boat? I don't really know considering it'd be a pretty big waste of technology if they just kept us like that. Plus you'd have the biggest crime of them all, me not being here!"

〜 "I can't even say that the rules that would make a boat person make no sense. I come from a place with even crazier rules, after all." She didn't even want to try to explain how the City worked to an outsider. Should she prepare a notebook to make people read if it ever came up? It was times like this where she could've benefitted from having Yi Sang or Faust around.

"So, assuming you're a... boat... person? Is there a reason they couldn't just use a regular boat?" Asking Ishmael to not "think too hard" about something was a fool's errand at the end of the day. Curiosity was natural to her.

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Damn you really don't know how to mince your words do ya'? Cut me some slack before you start going all "I'll sweep the floor with you!". But then again I guess I should've expected that from someone like you. Gung ho act first ask questions later right?"

A motto she often lived by constantly. Even now she summoned out her rigging as NJ looked back towards Uzi, the inevitable battle between them escalating by the second. Really she didn't want to fight the drone but neither the Stars nor the other side were really giving the BB much of a choice in the matter. Playing neutral was just stupid when both sides seemed to really want to push their own narrative.

"You'd be right though. I'm here to blow this baby sky high with or without ya' getting in the way. Trust me Uzi, I hate the Stars at much as you do. But are you really about to believe some people that just showed up randomly one day and say "Hey, Do this!"? Stupid as it sounded coming from her. After all NJ was the idiot months prior who would've just fired her cannon right into the sky just to prove a point.

"But you said it not me, monologuing is pretty pointless ain't it? Just wanted to give you the last chance before I aim my little baby right toooowards the tubing and get this done with."

"No, IFF doesn't come standard in worker drones," she snorts. "We're meant to lift crates and die in mine shafts, so- shocker!- they didn't feel like installing military-grade software into us. Besides, it was a warning shot. Wasn't gonna hit you anyways."

Even if she doesn't have a suite of sensors like a disassembly drone might, Uzi's low-light vision is pretty good. Was it always like that? Don't think about it. Instead, she crawls forward until her legs dangle over the ledge. New Jersey's nice enough, but the situation's got Uzi on edge and she can't be sure if a former acquaintance could be a current enemy- No, enemy isn't the right word for it. Whatever happens here, Uzi doesn't really want to hold any grudges.

"No trouble here. But it is a war, isn't it? That's the point, get everyone fighting each other because the Stars and GPU are too pussy to do it themselves, or whatever. Just bribe the poor saps living here, because what else can we do?" She sighs, glancing up at the giant tube that she's tasked herself with guarding. "Well, I know for sure that there's no way in hell I'm doing nothing."

Uzi rises to her feet and extends her wings, looking down at Jersey. Even in the low light, her own position is easily traceable thanks to her visor-eyes, but she knows it. "Fun as a monologue is, I figure you didn't come here for that. If you're with NULL, I don't need help, so you're good to find your own place. If you're with the Stars... You should just go. Hate to get all power-scaley on you, but you'll just be embarrassing yourself."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"A foodie? I guess so if it's tasty enough for me to handle." A loaded question depending on when someone asked. But for the majority of her time she'd agree that the statement fit her pretty well. And especially more so in a season like this.

"You absolutely can't go wrong with home baked cookies. But if you aren't counting snacks a well cooked meat with the proper seasonings can make you craving for another one right after finishing the first."

"Would you say you're a foodie yourself, New Jersey?" Yumine had always appreciated food of all kinds! None meat-related ones that she liked were bread.

"Do you have a favorite? I would love to go to the gingerbread-making section so we can make ours~."