An early - [Day 5] Video

[iobairt]

I do not suppose anyone else has received pineapple-themed foods this morning?

[Maya frowns at the camera before it pans down to some BBQ'd pineapple.

And then a heap of yellow Nutri-cubes.]

I asked for something not this.

Comments

[bestbrotherever]

Quite a cruel prank, too. This food is associated with warmth and the sun, not our current conditions.

[Not that that stops Loki from munching on a pineapple slice with evident enjoyment.]

[burstingstars]

"Is it? I've never seen the like where I'm from and we had plenty of sun."

[Republic had winter temperatures of 90F/30C regularly, thanks to global warming.]

[bestbrotherever]

Perhaps it does not exist in your realm. I had not heard of it until my most recent visits to Midgard.

[burstingstars]

Isn't Midgard Earth? Because I am from there. Though maybe they are gone by 2132...

[bestbrotherever]

It is. Though it is hard to believe that such a common fruit would be entirely gone in only a century...

[burstingstars]

A lot of things happened. The Floods, the war...

[That brief period were an AI almost took mind-control of all of humanity, for all they swept that so thoroughly under the rug Daniel isn't aware of it.]

[bestbrotherever]

The war. Was that fully internal, with only humans or other natives of your Earth, or did it involve any beings from the stars?

[burstingstars]

We managed to screw things up plenty on our own. Palmer said my future wasn't the same as his, since humanity would cease to exist if his spaceship in Antarctica thawed out and that's what caused the Floods in mine.

[bestbrotherever]

True... But outsiders can make things even worse. Even- perhaps especially- if we think we are saving you from yourselves.

Ah, in any case, I think you do not come from the future of the Midgard I know.

[burstingstars]

Perhaps for the better. It's not exactly a nice future. I'd rather stay at the Gas Station.

[bestbrotherever]

[Raising an eyebrow]

Your world must be quite dire if you consider a gas station to be preferable.

[burstingstars]

Not that it was a normal gas station, but... yes. Republic is bad. I'd not wish anyone to end up there.

[iobairt]

Is it? I like that better than a symbol of wealth.

[It wasn't something that grew naturally on fae worlds.]

[bestbrotherever]

I suppose it is a symbol of wealth, as it is eaten even in places where it cannot be grown. But it is not only consumed by the wealthy; rather, it is one of the most affordable of the "tropical" fruits.

[iobairt]

Really? Though, I suppose I shouldn't be shocked, but much of what I know that commoners eat is... limited.

[Near non-existent even after 9months of living away from glitz and glamour, but she has learned, just a little.]

[bestbrotherever]

My brother enjoys sampling Midgardian cuisine of all types, and he often offers a taste for me. It is not always to my taste, but I cannot deny that the mortals have discovered a variety of food that could shame us gods.

sorry for the slow. You are free to ignore if this is too late!

[iobairt]

I believe there is something to admire in how mortals use food. It turns survival into art, scarcity into flavour. Perhaps it is not only wealth or symbols that make food meaningful, but the ingenuity behind it.

[And now she misses the chefs she had back home.]