[closed]

[existentialcrisis]

WHO: Koumyou, Ukoku, and Kurama
WHERE: Oros
WHEN: January 11
WHAT: Gamma mission "There's no sense in getting killed by a plant," also probably known as "try smoking it"
WARNINGS: n/a p...robably


[ Kurama probably doesn't deserve this. Ukoku probably doesn't either, but in a different way: he's having a great time right now, hogging the map and abusing their equipment to see if it'll scan things it wasn't meant to scan. Will they make it through this without irreparably destroying something (their reputations, prematurely, perhaps)? It is a mystery. ]

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[straycloud]

[ Wait.

Wait. Koumyou looks faintly surprised as if he hadn't expected Kurama to roll with that suggestion so easily. Well, okay! He'll just keep it going, and defend his preference. ] Let's see, you want it to be descriptive, right? Feathery, spiky, wiggly, and fluffy.

[ He needs to be overrode ASAP. ]

[herbalsupplements]

[A warning bell is going off in Kurama's head, the one that sounds when he's indulging idiots, but since half the time that sort of thing results in fun for Kurama and suffering for other people rather than the other way around, he stays the course.]

Those are descriptive, but they don't tell us what they're describing. [He pulls up the picture of 7G7 on his communicator to illustrate his point, somehow managing not to look completely awkward when he holds his wrist out so Koumyou can see.] The spiky one looks like a morning star, for example, so we might base its name on that.

[Spoiler alert: he wants to give them all scary names.]

[straycloud]

[ Koumyou leans in, nodding thoughtfully. They're hunting down rare plants in a desert hellscape (delightfully not cold, though!) and this debate seems to be worthwhile.

Well, maybe it'll pay off for them later. ] Morning star sounds too long, but starry might be nice.

[herbalsupplements]

It's shorter than "bird of paradise", and that's been the name of a plant for a very long time. Besides, "starry" is another descriptor and ignores the toxicity. [Which gives Kurama an idea! He is clearly the smartest member of this little expedition, there can be no doubt.] What about "poison star"? And you can call it Starry for short.

[straycloud]

Perfect! One down, and- ah, how many were there, again?

[ Okay, now he's openly just fucking with him. ]

[herbalsupplements]

Enough to keep us busy. [If Koumyou's going to act like even more of an airhead than he's managed to seem so far, Kurama's just going to enter the name "poison star" in their notes for 7G7 and take the win.] 12T looks like it might easily be called a burning flail, don't you think? The one you call "wiggly".

[straycloud]

Flailing is so much more energetic. That's no good. [ Kurama's patience is outstanding, and it's starting to become a matter of some curiousity.

Which isn't to say a high priest would ever resolve to engage in a campaign of being increasingly useless until he's scolded. Absolutely not. ]

[herbalsupplements]

That's why I'm talking about the noun rather than the verb. [Kurama meanders over to what appears to be a scrubby little patch of grass as he speaks and begins inspecting it. It doesn't smell of any poisons or irritants, and the leaves don't seem particularly sharp... He wonders if he could weave some into a giant toddler leash and convince Koumyou to let himself be dragged along while they get this mission on the road.]

Is your weapon vocabulary so limited, or are you always this pedantic? [And he still sounds patient about it! Acting!]