IC CONTACT - DRIFT FLEET

[wolfuncaged]

FROM: SUBJECT: KIRK Fenris? It's me. Can I come in? MARIAN/CLOUD Meanacing DORIAN Well, I wasn't certain what to expect... JUSTICE You seem to have escaped the planet unharmed. RIONA You know, when someone is three sheets to the wind and suggests a threesome... RIONA Fenris! It feels like ages since we've spoken. KIRK ACTION MARIAN Fenriiiiis ADALWOLFE please tell me you didn't sleep with Isabela too ANDERS :3 MARIAN This will do KIRK Can we talk? MARIAN You're a mess, Marian. ADALWOLFE Special delivery! ANDERS Maybe it will help with your face. HAWKE Fenris? You there? VARRIC Don't-- don't do anything. OCTAVIA Hey, Fenris ELIZE Fenris? JOVE ACTION STEVEN fenrisssssssssssssssssssssssss ROBIN Listen, Fenris, I know you don't give a shit about me, but-- FELIX Fenris, I apologize for contacting you in this way, but I was wondering... JOVE SO ABOUT COLE JOVE STRAWBERRIES

TO: SUBJECT: KIRK About Anders KIRK Kirk wakes KIRK Kirk? Can we speak? MARIAN Where are you? We need to speak. KIRK You wish to speak HAWKE We need to speak VARRIC Varric. Varric. Varric wake up. JOVE Jove. May I have a moment of your time? JOVE Can we speak? Are you busy? HAWKE Is there anywhere on this blighted hole we can find any decent alcohol? JOVE I was spiteful and angry to you, and I owe you an apology. HAWKE Hawke. Did you know the Inquisition have a demon? VARRIC There is something I need to tell you.

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[wolfuncaged]

[Ugh, child. Ugh. Flatly:]

I assume there is something wrong.

[Not a question. ]

[realhumanbeing]

I can't move. I trained too hard . . .

[wolfuncaged]

Well, now you have learned a valuable lesson in where your limitations are. Do not exceed them, next time.

It will come better in rest.

[realhumanbeing]

[No Fenris come and pamper him. Don't try and teach him, that's far too much like Pearl. Steven groans again.]

I've been resting all day! I'm so bored . . . what have you been doing?

[wolfuncaged]

[Ugh. No. ]

Then perhaps stretch a little, that may give you comfort.

I have been sitting alone, enjoying the quiet.

[That's his idea of a good time. ]

[realhumanbeing]

[Sorry, was that a hint? Because it flies right over Steven's head.]

I'll stretch!

[And Fenris will hear him beginning to do so: sitting up and leaning forward, grunting in exertion as he does. Breathlessly:]

What do you think about? Do you meditate? Are you hungry? I could come over with lunch!

[wolfuncaged]

[At least the boy is doing as he's told, even if he didn't get the hint. Fenris pinches the bridge of his nose at all the questions, realising he will have to give up his peace and quiet. He's not getting it back now, Steven is an unstoppable force. ]

Private matters. No. And I doubt I could stop you even if I tried at this point. Though I thought you couldn't move.

[realhumanbeing]

I could move if it meant we could have lunch together!

[wolfuncaged]

A miraculous recovery, then.

[S.I.G.H ]

Fine, if you must. I will wait for you in the kitchen.

[realhumanbeing]

Okay!

[When he beams over, though, he really is wincing and limping. There's no bruises on him, of course, but his muscles are very tender. He's never trained like that before! It's rough! And maybe he looks a little buffer?

Okay, no, he doesn't. But he worked out! Good for you, Steven!

Limping, wincing-- but it's with a wide grin he enters the kitchen and waves at Fenris!]

Hi!

[wolfuncaged]

[There might be a teeny, tiny sliver of pride at the fact that Steven has, indeed, been training and he isn't just whining for the sake of it. A smile briefly crosses his face, before it's replaced with his usual neutral expression. ]

Hello, Steven.

[realhumanbeing]

[But that smile, brief though is it, is worth everything. Steven beams, so proud, his chest swelling.]

I can cook for you, if you want! I can make us a together lunch!

[wolfuncaged]

[That's adorable. Fenris doesn't say anything, but it is. ]

I was not aware you could cook.

[realhumanbeing]

Yeah! The Gems don't need to eat food, so Dad taught me how to do stuff. What do you like?

[wolfuncaged]

[He gives a shrug. ]

I have learned to not be fussy about my food.

...

So long as it is not fish.

[realhumanbeing]

Fish are tricky.

[He nods as he checks out what's offered. Little comments can be heard-- wow, you guys have a pretty good set-up!-- though he's mostly talking to himself. Cooking on the ships is far different than cooking at home, but still, Steven soon manages to scrape together something.

It's rice, cooked via the stove, plus some chicken-foodstuff (flavored with salt!), some mixed vegetable-foodstuff (flavored with butter!) and some chocolate foodstuff (for dessert). It's not exactly Together Lunch, but it'll do.]

Ta-da!

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris watches him with a small degree of morbid curiosity. He's also trying to be sure Steven doesn't set anything on fire. That would be...unfortunate. When the food is put in front of him, he arches a brow. ]

Given what you have to work with, this is impressive.

[realhumanbeing]

Thanks! I wish we had real food . . . or milk . . . I still really want a milkshake, you know? And doughnuts, I really miss doughnuts. But this isn't so bad if you close your eyes!

[He hops up onto the seat and sets the plate between them both.]

[wolfuncaged]

I have had worse. Exsilium once went through a nuclear winter. All we had to eat were things in cans. Most of it unidentifiable.

[He'll just start to eat, but hey, it's not that bad. ]

Besides, I am not used to fine dining, anyway, back in Thedas. I ate when I could, and was glad for it.

[realhumanbeing]

Have you ever had a milkshake?

[wolfuncaged]

No, I haven't We do not have them in Thedas to my knowledge, and in Exsilium, we were too busy fighting a war.

[realhumanbeing]

I'll buy you one on the next planet, then! You need to try one, they're basically the best thing ever!

[wolfuncaged]

[Just gonna take another bite out of his 'chicken'. ]

I doubt I would be able to stop you, even if I wished to.

[realhumanbeing]

[He laughs, though he realizes the joke is at his expense.]

I would! If you really hated it, I would! But I think you might like it-- and you deserve to try stuff that tastes awesome! And looks awesome . . . blegh.

[That's to their rather bland-looking mush, though he keeps eating.]

[wolfuncaged]

[Oh Steven, it still takes him aback, anyone thinking he deserves ANYTHING good in his life. ]

So I deserve...milk shake. What is it, exactly? I am assuming milk is my primary ingredient.