Mm... I don't know. But there's an ancient legend in my world about an island of "lotus eaters"--the food they ate there put them in a state of perpetual blissful dreams, and they lost all desire to leave.
Yeah. I'm pretty sure the names in the original language were similar, even, though I'd have to check to be sure. [He does not speak ancient Greek. I won't let him have this.]
[He really wanted to make a huge announcement not to eat anything on this planet AND MAYBE HE STILL WILL but he isn't sure the ship food is any better... but he doesn't say that]
We'll have to figure out how to access the escape pods before we're here too long.
Yeah. [Her expression is exactly the mood tbh] Ideally, we'll be able to exterminate whatever creature took hold of the whole ship, but we should ensure we have some form of escape, if nothing else.
Don't worry. We'll figure it out. [His emotional vibes are not quite as strongly optimistic as his confident tone makes it seem, but. There isn't really pessimism there, just a strong sense of focus.] We still have HER-MES, and a lot of people have abilities they didn't have before, too. We're not in the same position we were at first.
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[ some of us don't know our myths ]
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I've just been cooking my own food for most of this tour, so I think I'm just going to... keep doing that.
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[He really wanted to make a huge announcement not to eat anything on this planet AND MAYBE HE STILL WILL but he isn't sure the ship food is any better... but he doesn't say that]
We'll have to figure out how to access the escape pods before we're here too long.
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[ she makes a face at that, which suggests she has seen the current state of that room. ]
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I wonder how far they can take us, though? We're pretty far from the nearest not-totally-evil planet.
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[They cannot but he thinks it's worth trying]
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... Right! Lucky thing we've got a bunch of super tech geniuses right here!
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Don't worry. We'll figure it out. [His emotional vibes are not quite as strongly optimistic as his confident tone makes it seem, but. There isn't really pessimism there, just a strong sense of focus.] We still have HER-MES, and a lot of people have abilities they didn't have before, too. We're not in the same position we were at first.
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[ that said... she's in the same boat, vibes-wise. showing absolute confidence and not completely feeling it. ]
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But did you get yourself into them?
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