R43 - Y'all hating's useless

[with_my_teacup]

[Public]
[The feed opens on a simple poster with the hand-blocked words WE NEED HELP IN THE KITCHEN.]

Testing out a new option to save time. Specifically right now we need a warden supe for lunch shift, until Ben comes home. If you're not used to working on a line or feeding a lot of people, we won't drop you into combat with no training. Marsh and I will help you out.

Oh. Not related to the kitchen-- I smelled a still running last month. Whoever it is, I want to pick your brain about fermentation.


[Filtered to Iris]
Iris. You got some time this afternoon to talk weasel shit and entropy? I'm willing to barter for your know-how. [He lifts a bottle of oil into the feed; last christmas, he gave her a massage, because sometimes it seems like she metabolizes stress the same way Arthas eats death. And the feeding's been good on that score lately.]

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Video

[changeitroundsome]

The still would be mine, what would you like to know? 'Fraid I can only offer a novice moonshiner's guide here, mon ami. I ain't an expert by any means.

Re: Video

[with_my_teacup]

Me either. I never spent much time in prisons where it was safe or upscale enough to make illicit booze.

I want to talk steps, though. What happens when the yeast die off-- what the product looks like before, after, how fast it happens, how it can be triggered.

[changeitroundsome]

Lucky for you, I live in a time where prohibition rules. You learn a thing or two, when you need to brew up your own booze.

Sure, we can do that, but my knowledge don't ever come for free.

[with_my_teacup]

I need a lot of death in a bottle. Not dead things-- death. Happening at the right time to be drunk.

I'm willing to barter, but stay reasonable, because we're talking mono cellular organisms here, not the death blood of people or anything.

[changeitroundsome]

Death in a bottle, hmm. Well, I know my moonshine should make that happen.

I don't want much, just a favour, for the future.

[routemistress]

[She's been avoiding both Riddick and Arthas since the death thing.]

Riddick my love, the one thing I can always get more of is time. Did you want to 'ave open auditions for the lunch thing, or what?

[with_my_teacup]

First come First served, weighted for how much other shit the applicants have on their plate.

[routemistress]

Well I stopped being infirmary on-call, Ceres 'asn't gone on a murder rampage in nearly... oooh, ever, and I promise not to pick any fights unless someone gobs in the food.

[with_my_teacup]

I need to ask you for some research, tho, so hear me out first. You know what a luwak is?

[darknessb4me]

Your supplies are back, at least?

[with_my_teacup]

Yeah. We've got that at least. Plenty of calories, not enough hands to get them hot and edible.

[darknessb4me]

Cornmeal for everyone this week. First to complain is conscripted.

[with_my_teacup]

You're mean. [Said so very appreciatively.]

[Private]

Hey, I'm talking to Iris about the whole... coffee beans death toll issue. You all right with that?

[sneakykidwiththehair]

[Dash has been showing up for kitchen duty fairly regularly, and has been working with decreasing dilligence the less worried he gets about starving to death. He's still decidedly careful around Riddick though.]


What, are you thinking of going into micro-brewing?

[with_my_teacup]

In real broad terms, yeah. Aren't you a little young by twenty-first century standards to be into distilling?

[sneakykidwiththehair]

Well, if you're gonna hold us all to twenty-first century standards, I guess yeah.

Maybe I'm just very into do it yourself, and junk.

[with_my_teacup]

That not where you're from?

Doesn't matter. What do you know about the life cycle of yeast?

[dinosize]

You should just put the sign up permanently.

[with_my_teacup]

[Riddick chuckles.] I know, right?

[dinosize]

I'm not volunteering.

[with_my_teacup]

We could always use an extra worker, any shift, but I'm not gonna twist your arm.

[whatthewrackspurt]

Hello - Riddick, right?

Your food is delicious. Do you have a lot of house elves in your kitchen?

[with_my_teacup]

If by 'house elves' you mean 'the kitchen staff'... no. Not actually all that many. Averages out about three per shift.

[whatthewrackspurt]

Only three for a ship this size? Are you a wizard?

[with_my_teacup]

Three per shift, nine working at any given time. And I'm only a wizard with a carving knife, by which I mean metaphorically.