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tushanshu2013-05-09 01:51 pm
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002 Audio - The One Where Mike Tries To Barter
So...okay. Here's the thing. I can live frugal. I'm good at living frugal. There are fewer people out there who can dumpster dive as efficiently as I can. Trust me, my stone soup? Is amazing. I can make a Reclaimed Tuna Casserole Surprise that will knock your socks off.
As awesome as I am, even I can't make something from literally nothing, which is kind of what I've got at the moment. I say kind of because I have a whole bunch of little pots of home-made Floating Fruit preserves, jams, and jellies, and now that I'm officially out of money, I'm looking to trade them for...anything edible that isn't floating fruit. I've had my fill, thanks.
So, anyone out there interesting in jam for say...chocolate?
Or jam for bread?
Or jam for...seriously, anything.
As awesome as I am, even I can't make something from literally nothing, which is kind of what I've got at the moment. I say kind of because I have a whole bunch of little pots of home-made Floating Fruit preserves, jams, and jellies, and now that I'm officially out of money, I'm looking to trade them for...anything edible that isn't floating fruit. I've had my fill, thanks.
So, anyone out there interesting in jam for say...chocolate?
Or jam for bread?
Or jam for...seriously, anything.
action; Bring it, lady!
In fact...]
Not bad, not bad at all. You move a lot faster than most humans I've had the privilege of meeting.
[Mike is crouched low in a corner of the backstreet. From here it almost seems as though he's nothing but a pair of white eyes, but surely that's a trick of the light.
Damn comic book conventions.]
action; Confounding ninja speed!
Okay, I'm officially impressed. [One of her eyebrows raises as she takes the sling bag off her shoulder.]
Humans...?
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He's just barely shy of five feet tall, and while he has his bandanna mask on, it's draped around his neck. Slung across his shell is what appears to be a satchel-type bag.]
Uh...hi. So I can assure you the jam does not come pre-dosed with salmonella.
[Turtle humor, gotta love it.]
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Are you a turtle spirit?
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Why?
Because she's pretty much just asked a guy from 1986 if he was a god.
And when someone asks you if you're a god, you say:]
...yes?
[Then he braces himself for the lightning that's sure to come out of her finger tips when she can tell that he's lying.]
action; Mikey, what have you done??
[She clasps her right fist into the palm of her left hand and bows.]
A pleasure to meet you Mike. I'm Avatar Korra and you're the only spirit I've ever met aside from the previous Avatars.
[Happily she opens her sling bag in offering.]
I had no idea you were a spirit. No wonder you were so fast.
action; Funny enough...he's kind of asking himself the same question
Did she just...is she bowing?
The only people one who bows to Mike is Splinter, and that's only after bowing to him first.
This is...oh holy cats, she thinks he's serious.]
No no, you don't have to...with the bowing, it's not like...I'm a turtle.
...
No, I mean it is like I'm a turtle.
Crap, this is coming out all wrong.
Re: action; This poor guy-turtle.
[She is way too happy to be meeting her first "spirit".]
On my world the Avatar is the bridge to and from the Spirit World, so no worries. I'm in the know. [Gesturing to her sling bag with a nod she smiles and says-] So did you get trapped here or are you linked to Tu Vishan somehow?
action; he is ever so put upon
More the former than the latter.
[It's said with more of a sigh than anything. Resigned to his fate to forever lie to this girl because he's too much of a coward to correct her at this point.]
action; I so wasn't expecting this twist. XD
I could help with that- [A pause before her tone dies down a little.] when I'm actually able to delve into the spiritual side of bending. It's a little bit of a stumbling block.
But I'm getting better!
[She feels so bad for him being stuck and her inability to fulfill her duty as the Avatar.]
action; funny, neither was Mike. ;)
Spiritual side? What like Meditation?
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[She blinked a few times.]
Why do you need food? [Maybe he was one of those quirky spirits…?]
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[She's squinting at him as if that would make everything about him clearer.]
So what's this about a jam surplus?
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[At the mention of jam, Mike shifts his satchel and retrieves a pot of jam for her to inspect.]
I had more fruit than I knew what to do with, and really hate the idea of wasting food...soooooo, I made jam.
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Fair enough.
[Her sling bag containing the bread, coffee, vegetables, and butter which seems to be half frozen is open for him to inspect with one arm and she takes the pot with the other to give it a sniff.] Oh wow, this smells pretty good. What kind of fruit is it?
[Oh yes, she definitely had plans for the jam now that the weather seemed to be getting a bit warmer each day.]
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[He waits a beat for that to sink in.]
No seriously, that's what they're called: Floating Fruit. When I saw the kids eating them around here I figured they couldn't be poisonous so I picked as many as I could, which...was apparently a lot. Too many, really.
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[Somehow she manages to fight the temptation to let go of the pot to see if it floated.]
I take it back, you’re starting to sound more like a spirit. I think. Hope you don’t mind, I kept the butter fresh, so it might take a while to thaw out. [She says as she tugs at the sling so her bag rustles slightly.] So ho many pots did you bring?
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[Mike holds his satchel open to reveal as many pots as would fit in the average messenger-style bag. The narration leaves that open to interpretation.
It's a testament to his skill as a ninja that he was able to transport them all in that bag and still not make any noise when he ran.]
Frozen butter is the best kind of butter. Well...the best kind after melted on toast.
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[Putting the pot she had into her bag she starts taking out her side of the trade until she’s holding all of them with both hands.] Just put how ever much you want into mine and I’ll fill yours up.
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[This would probably be easier if Mike takes the bag off, so he moves to do so. Only...the easiest way to do is this is to pull his head mostly into his shell and slide the strap across his shoulders.
He's not even thinking about how weird this might be to watch as he does this.
Mike then lowers into a crouch and begins to remove pot after pot from his bag. When he's done he stands up and offers the open bag to her.]
Here.
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Did you just-
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What is this girl getting on about?]
Did I just...what?
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Are there any other spirits I should know about? [She has a thousand questions about the Spirit World, but she doesn’t really want to bother him. Ikki wasn’t exactly an ideal role model to follow in this situation.]
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Sorry, it's...it's force of habit.
[There's a vague hand gesture that indicates his whole head/shoulder region.]
Well...there are a handful more turtles like me, but, that's pretty much all I know about.
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action; We are GO for Prose, Blue Leader.
Re: action; Copy that Red Leader. Prose engaged.
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action; Korra's learning something from Raph's network post btw XD
action; Yeeeaaaah, been following that.