Military Log - 004

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

[Maes is looking out a window where the rain is hitting pretty hard. He shakes his head and looks over at Cambot who is broadcasting]

Correct me if I'm wrong here but I thought rain required an atmosphere which doesn't exist in space. How exactly is it raining outside?

[Cambot zooms out to show that Maes is in a pair of pink pajamas with duckies on them and seems to have a mug of hot cocoa as well. Yes, yes he looks comfortable doesn't he. Maes looks down at his PJs and then back at Cambot]

What? They remind me of a pair Elysia gave me for Father's Day once. [sips his cocoa cause he'd rather not get all mopey on a rainy day, that's just too cliche. Time to change the topic]

Anyone up for a pleasant chat and some hot cocoa?

Comments

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

Uhh, I wouldn't recommend it. We're in space and unless you don't have to breath you might be in trouble if you got outside the satellite without a space suit.

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Well shoot, even the gods still have to breathe. That'll make it difficult. She looks a bit disappointed.]

[However, the mention of hot cocoa catches her attention. She hasn't heard of anything like that, although she knows of cocoa. So she paints another picture:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=12644yh)

[Is it like tea?]

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

Have you not had hot cocoa before? It's...a chocolate drink that's heated up and you can top it with marshmallows or whipped cream.

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Ammy shakes her head no. It sounds pretty good though, so she looks particularly interesting.]

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

Too bad. Well, you can try some now if you like.

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Ammy decides to give this a try. She nods, and heads off-camera.]

[After awhile, she appears in the cafeteria, sniffing the air. Something smells tasty...]

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

[Maes looks over, he's by the stove heating some milk and looking quite pleased with himself for figuring it out]

Hey pup. [pauses] Well, I guess you're a bit bigger than a pup...but I'm not sure what to call you.

[Smiles] Anyway, it's almost ready.

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Well, she can take a chance and see if he can read her name...while she's waiting for the chocolate, she grabs another sheet of paper, and paints 'Amaterasu' in Japanese characters. She holds it up for him when he turns again.]

[And if he can't read it, well...she's used to odd nicknames now, too.]

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

[ Maes finishes stirring the chocolate into the hot milk before pouring it into a mug for himself and, after a moments thought, finds a bowl to pour for the dog and set on the floor. When he looks up he sees her holding the paper with the characters on it but shakes his head]

Sorry, that looks sort of like writing from Xing, but I never studied that in school to be honest. [He straightens up] When you first got here you drew a sun. Is it okay if I just call you Sunny? [Not the most CREATIVE of names, sure, but he figured it would work well enough and be easy to remember.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Well, this wasn't the first time someone couldn't read her name, and it wouldn't be the last. She needed to find a way to write it so that people could understand, since everyone kept asking for it.]

[She doesn't mind the name Sunny at all! Better than 'Treecrab,' anyway. So she just nods and smiles. That hot chocolate smells pretty good...]

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

Good.

Now that that's settled, here you go Sunny. [He had tossed in a few marshmallows and had set the bowl on the floor.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Ammy sniffs at the hot chocolate in front of her, then starts lapping it up. Yikes, it's hot, and sweet! She waits a little bit for it to cool down, then goes back at it. It's not tea, but it still warms her up real fast!]

[mustbemaes.livejournal.com]

[Maes probably should have warned Sunny about that but she didn't seem to mind or at least wasn't mad at him. On the contrary she seems to like it which made Maes happy.

This place may be nuts, but at least there were times like this where he could try to make others happy.]