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Ye Zun ([personal profile] sanityinruins) wrote in [community profile] lastvoyages2023-05-11 12:42 am
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So. [ Ye Zun is still slightly transparent, but that isn't stopping him from holding up a couple lollipops and waving them at the camera. Astute observers might notice that there's something buggy inside the candy. ] I know some of you people are more into alternative proteins like the mealworms and honeyed ants, so I've been experimenting with various bugs to see what else I can come up. There is of course things like these. [ Another wave at the camera and yes, it looks like he stabbed scorpions and encased them in a kind of sugary glaze. ] But I think I will need a few taste tasters.

[ The candy goes into a jar with more of them, and he pans the lens over several different jars of food. ] I have a few new types of delicacies, some of which I'm quite sure will be familiar to some, others a little less so. But since my idea of what is edible is... skewed by human standards, I would like a second opinion.

Also, since we are in a rather large cave system this port, I am going to ask for some help in collecting and taste-testing some of the live stock here. My people come from a similar environment; I'm sure that it's not that hard to find various new and interesting sources. Drop me a line if interested in anything otherwise, I shall be around.


[ Spam ]
As promised, he can be found in the Greenhouse collecting bugs for his latest projects, or in the Kitchen using pans especially slated for the buggy meals since some people are squeamish and he didn't want to hear their whining. Later on, he is going to be found in the caves doing the fetch quests or otherwise being a bother in the tunnels and the ruins.
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[personal profile] routemistress 2023-05-11 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
When I was a little girl we used to hunt scorpions and grill 'em on sticks. Sign me up!

...I'm not human either but I've fed a lot of 'em.
brushoff: (yeah well what about THIS)

[personal profile] brushoff 2023-05-11 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Christ, you really are bored, aren't you. Has the Admiral not given you a permanent inmate yet?
brushoff: (you MUST be joking)

[personal profile] brushoff 2023-05-11 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but this does have bearing on why you've decided to take up something useless as candy-making.

Hopefully you're paired soon and you have something to occupy your time that's not crimes against food.
brushoff: (ohhh my god that's dumb)

[personal profile] brushoff 2023-05-12 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
That is absolutely a crime against food.
brushoff: (insert cigarettes lyric here)

[personal profile] brushoff 2023-05-14 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously they haven't. But with the advancement of time comes the opportunity to be better than our ancestors. To not make the same poor choices they did. And as far as I'm concerned? We're on a spaceship, soaring through the multiverse, with technology so advanced that it can pluck people from the moment of your death.

Why you choose to remain in the Dark Ages is beyond me.
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[personal profile] brushoff 2023-05-15 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'll give you this much. Your switch into being boring and sanctimonious is very twenty-first century. It's also very teenage, but you can't win them all.
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[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-12 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds delicious.

I'm not sure I'd be very good at taste testing anything, but I can usually tell if something's poisonous. [It's by eating it and seeing if he gets sick.]
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[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no need to worry, I don't get sick from eating things these days! [He pauses a moment, rubbing his chin.] Ah, my constitution is probably even better now, too...
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[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's not that. Though I do believe the Admiral, along with those kind enough to offer other types of healing, means many of us are in better health. [Having access to good food and rest also does a lot.] The last time I went home... I cleared up a few problems.

[He beams, putting his hands together.] I wouldn't want anyone to think I'm strong in the face of temptation. I'll see you soon.
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Spam

[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Xie Lian waves at him as he enters the dining room. He looks as cheerful as ever, perhaps a little more so at the prospect of perhaps trying something new.]

Hello, Shen Jiye.
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Re: Spam

[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. I think it looks delicious, but I don't know if I'm a good judge... There have been times when I've thought raw bugs looked pretty appealing...

After spending some time in the ghost market, my judgement might be even more off.
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Re: Spam

[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. Yeah, even when really hungry, I probably would've tried to avoid that. You can only get ghost sickness so many times...

[He leans forward, interested.] How do you cook them? I've never actually seen the cooking process...
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Re: Spam

[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. I think they're pretty good. But I'm still glad that there are plenty of people who've never been hungry enough to try.

Yes, thank you. [He takes one, taking a moment to taste it.] I would say the extra step definitely paid off.
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Re: Spam

[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, well, people like to express themselves.

[He nods.] Though I was glad that my cultivation path didn't include food restrictions. I would've broken them, but it was nice not to have to.
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Re: Spam

[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-05-14 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Xie Lian grins at him.] Ah, that's where all my experience in the service industry comes in handy.

Mm, well, it wasn't cannibalism. [More thoughtful than anything. There are people who think he can have a too open approach to things.] But I've never been comfortable with eating anything that can talk to me.
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Re: Spam

[personal profile] riseunparalleled 2023-06-01 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.] I'm not sure 'skill' is the word most of the people who employed me would use... but I try to learn what I can.

I imagine so. I've been eaten, ah, well 'swallowed', and I can't say that it as very pleasant...
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[personal profile] erbier 2023-05-14 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ This is a girl who has eaten some bugs in her life. She is fascinated by the ways they've been dressed up though, ]

We rarely had honey.
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[personal profile] erbier 2023-05-15 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have anything to offer in return.

[ But she supposes she might scavenge something in the caves... ]
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[personal profile] brotherblack 2023-05-30 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I suppose encasing insects in sugar is a good way to entice at least some humans to try them," Shen Wei concedes as his twin ends his announcement. "But I do prefer your savory concoctions."
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[personal profile] brotherblack 2023-05-31 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
"As if there were anything uncivilized about making use of what protein is available to you." Not that he's ever chosen to eat insects in the times when he's had other options, but that's largely a function of the memories associated with those times--he's certainly never turned his nose up at them, and prepared creatively they can be quite appealing.

"The spice is a pleasant addition." And he reaches into the container and selects a particularly plump specimen to pop delicately into his mouth.