Taking Flight

[chiaro_oscuro]

Ben's been hard at work lately, between preparations for winter, managing supplies, and working on a special project. He's standing beside the ship he got from Misfire a while back, now painted, windows refitted, and fully repaired. It looks like a solid ship now that it's back in order. Now that it's fixed, he's proud of all his hard work. It's not a model from his world, but it's close enough that he's been able to learn how it works.

This thing's more of a shuttle than a ship, small and sleek, but enough to get the job done, It doesn't feel finished yet, he's decided. Something's missing, and he still has work to do. Maybe he'll feel out the Nexus for ideas.

He finds a spot in the industrial area where he lands the shuttle, standing beside it. Yes, it has a solid start, but it could use something to make it even better.

"I'm almost done," he asks someone who stops by, "but I think it's still missing a final touch. Of course I'm open to suggestions..."

Then there's a sound of fluttering. There's something with him - a small bird Pokémon perches on Ben's shoulder, one eye open. She watches anyone who approaches closely, but doesn't move. The Rookidee seems tired, staying close to him and nuzzling the side of his face.

"On another note, does anyone want to meet Morrigan? I met her in the Wilds, and she followed me home. Suppose she's joining the family, then." Morrigan makes a chirping sound. Ben smiles faintly. "If anyone has any tips on raising Pokémon, I'd love to hear them."

Comments

[dontpetmeibite]

"So it's not actually human food?" Ravage cocks his head to one side. "Too bad--that could've done for a few meals at that size." He's seen what Ben can put away, but has no sense of what humans are normally supposed to eat to compare with. He has currently eaten about a third of his rust stick.

"Well, that's the end of my theory. I thought if it turned Cybertronian food into human food when a human was holding it, it might turn human food into Cybertronian food if I took a shot at something human-edible. Like, maybe it had a sense of who was using it."

[chiaro_oscuro]

"It is human food, just not especially healthy human food. Misfire's right, technically." Ben cautiously pokes the hot dog. "This is big enough that it would take me a week to get through. I think your experiment's still worth testing, Ravage, if we can find some human food to test it on."

He cautiously takes a large bite out of the hot dog, chews, and swallows. "Doesn't - ulp - taste unusual. For all intents and purposes, this is an ordinary hot dog, just enormous. That's the Nexus for you. It's worth a few more tests to see if there are any patterns as to what it spits out."

[debonairsharpshooter]

He's still looking pretty dubious even after watching Ben take a bite with no apparent ill effects. Immediate ones at least. But who is he to judge? He's eaten some pretty strange things before.

"So if I'm interpreting what you two are suggesting correctly... then I think we need to figure out what the most delicious human food in the Nexus is... and zap THAT!"

And that... sounds amazing.

He also shoves his new giant hot dog (with one bite taken out of it) into his subspace. For undoubtedly nefarious purposes later.

[dontpetmeibite]

"I have no idea what the most delicious human food in the Nexus is," says Ravage, looking at Ben in confusion. "Any thoughts?"

[chiaro_oscuro]

"It's hard to choose. Lord of the Fries makes a delicious Gluttony burger, Yaya's has some tasty Greek food, the Crossroads Cafe makes some fine muffins..." Ben thinks, considering the options. "It's subjective, I figure."