voice; captainkenway

[jackdawvision]

WHO: Edward Kenway and you!
WHERE: on the network (both Gemini and Libra apps)
WHEN: early to mid-August
WHAT: happy two-year anniversary, Edward Kenway!
WARNINGS: aside from blanket Assassin's Creed warnings (possible discussions of murder and historical events), nothing I can think of!

Got a couple questions for you lot! First of all: is there anything at the county fair I can try that's not pickle cheesecake on a stick? Because I've tried it, and you could not pay me enough, in gold or in weapons or anything else, to taste it again.

[In the immortal words of B. Dylan Hollis: demon quiche.]

Second, this month I'll have been here for two years now—well, two years if you don't count the time I spent back home. Time flies, don't it? [A huff.] I've found, recently, that things that would've sent my head spinning two years back don't faze me all that much anymore. Two days back someone asked me why Google Maps sent them toward the harbor instead of the water park and I told them to turn off the option for fuel efficiency—two years ago I wouldn't have even known you could get directions from a phone that way.

Anyway, what I mean to ask is, what's the moment that you realized you were used to this city and this time by now? Doesn't have to be a big moment, though I can name a few.

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UN: hikari-vi | Text

[whiteshroud]

Fair food to try? Ah... that depends. Do you want good food recommendations or just my list of weird foods that sparked curiosity?

[These are two very different options]

And it's hard to believe it's been two years already.... feels just like yesterday we were sailing across the Atlantic together. You've really come a long way with understanding the technology though!

voice | un: laluna

[crisantemo]

Hmmm... You could try the jalapeño popper donut, I thought that was pretty interesting.

[ Gotta try everything at least once. ]

It really has been two years huh... Now look at you, an expert at navigating through Wikipedia.

UN: Anby | Text

[burgersplease]

- Uncrustaburger
- Concha Bacon Burger
- Black Bean Veggie Burger
- Wild Rice Burger
- SPAM Burger

And if you want to go for something safer for burger beginners, I recommend a cheeseburger, a bacon burger, or a crispy chicken burger.

[prunedworlds]

"Oh, there's all kinds of other foods! Especially if you look for the places that have signs saying it's new."

Some of which were better than others, but she was the type to happily try almost anything...

"I dunno if there's anything like that for getting used to this place for me though. I mean, it's only a few years in the future compared to where I'm from, so it's barely different at all."

Voice; un: lycaon

[paraselenic]

Let me first congratulate you on two years since your arrival, Captain. While I cannot relate to your experience exactly, I did notice a stark contrast when I traveled from France to the United States in regards to the quality of public transit.

It took some time to adjust to, I suppose. [It sucks.]


As for your experience with the fair food, all I can say is that it likely does not go up from there.

text |un; mockingbird

[myriadeclipse]

Lia has been sending me pics of the fair food, and I must say with absolute confidence: No. You can get her opinion since she was the one physically there, but ...save yourself.

Either way. Congratulations on remaining alive and sane.

voice, un: dancediva

[dancedwithplenty]

Well, there's plenty of other options at the county fair! How many depends if you're looking for healthy food, tasty food, or anything besides that culinary disaster~

Congrats on modern living!

As for when I noticed being used to Kaisou living? I think when I had a late night Stardoe shift, and a pair of werecats showed up past midnight. Really cute couple. Tipped really well.

[jackdawvision]

[He should ask for good food. He really should.]

...give me the list of weird foods.

[A hum.]

Aye, it's been a while since then, hasn't it! I'd offer to sail across the Atlantic again, except I think I'd rather not deal with a kraken a third bloody time. [A beat.] Oh, right, you weren't there for that time with the board game.

[Yes he was, he was watching the kraken and the stampede and the Skittle rain out the window, but Edward doesn't know that.]

[jackdawvision]

Well! If nothing else, I'll at least learn if dragon traits keep my tongue from getting burned off.

[He chuckles.]

I do like Wikipedia, it's helped me catch up on plenty of things. But besides that—it's passing strange, hm? I could've sworn it was only yesterday I'd started working at the Vogue.

voice

[thewarriorqueen]

"Can't say I've tried that one, but the dill pickle lemonade I had the other year was pretty good, actually. Sometimes the weird stuff they come up with can surprise you.

"Though if you want something safer, that shrimp and pork toast on a stick sounds good."

[jackdawvision]

[He could say that he's been here two years. He knows what a burger is. He's had them many times and he has opinions on which ones are the best in the city. But.]

Those are all just fancy sandwiches.

[Today he chooses to launch a hot take for shits and giggles, see what happens.]

[burgersplease]

[.....

]

No they're not. They're burgers.

[jackdawvision]

Aye, there's quite a lot. I tried to trust my own sense of adventure, but considering it's led me astray on this [no more pickle cheesecake no more] I think I'll, what's the word again? Crowdsource opinions, this time.

[He hums.]

I suppose that given your world, the city wasn't as much of a shock as it was for me, aye? You were already used to the fantastic, on top of the 21st century.

[jackdawvision]

Are they not meat, cheese, and vegetables, and whatever other fillings you can think of, pressed between two slices of bread? That makes them sandwiches.

[Remember the "permanent ban" board Belle has hanging in the back room, Anby? Remember the very large photo of a blond pirate named Edward Kenway with banned FOREVER scribbled under it with sharpie?

Yeah, so, here's a very good reason why.]

[prunedworlds]

"Why not just go with other people? That way you can try even more stuff."

Hence why she was dragging poor Arjuna along to try weird fair foods with her. That's what he got for, well, being here and being easily dragged into such things.

"I mean, most of my world is pretty normal... But yeah, stuff here isn't any weirder than at Chaldea, so."

[jackdawvision]

[A beat.]

Aye, American public transit's a bit lacking. Back in my day we used horse-drawn carriages to get anywhere, nowadays the roads lack a certain character with their disappearance.

[He is fucking with Lycaon for kicks.]

What, truly? It gets worse than pickle cheesecake? Damn. [A beat.] Eh, might as well see just how bad it gets.

[burgersplease]

[Yeah she almost types an argument but then... she remembers the photo in Random Play.

If Belle dislikes this man, there's no reason to try to persuade him to the joys of burgers]

Oh. I see.
You're a troll.

[paraselenic]

[He's onto you now Mr. 1700's.

"Lacking a certain character" ...he's going to try to fuck with Edward right back and play off those words.]

I do believe it's the horses.

[But at his question, he gives a soft hum.] I have not gone to the fair myself, but I have seen photos online as well as a summary from Miss Lia prior on what you can expect there.

Deep-Fried Kool Aid, Taco Cheesecake, Funnel Cake Cheeseburger. While I am sure they are edible, I cannot say I personally recommend.

text; un: doordasher

[doublethumbsup]

how do they pickle a cheesecake tho

[jackdawvision]

No, I think they just put pickles in the cheesecake. Though I'll not put it past some of these adventurous types at the fair to actually pickle a cheesecake.

[jackdawvision]

I may just try the shrimp and pork toast, it can't get any worse than what I've already subjected my tongue to. Seems common enough a combination for dumplings, but I ain't ever seen 'em on toast.

[jackdawvision]

I'll take anything, frankly.

[A laugh.] Thank you, lass. I've been told I'm nearly indistinguishable from my coworkers who were born in this time, when I'm not at work.

I think I've met that couple! I gave them and their friends a tour 'round the Jackdaw the other day. One of them used the mast as a scratching post, but they tipped so fantastically well that I didn't mind.

[jackdawvision]

But then how will I know the depths of culinary misadventure these people worked so hard to get to?

[Alive is doubtful. Edward has died on the Event Horizon, died back home, and every moment he breathes and every beat of his heart feels—borrowed. Like he's cheating death once more. It's a strange feeling, that.]

I used to be a pirate. Sane is debatable, but I did get out of that life alive.

[jackdawvision]

Of course it's the horses. No horse shite on the roads these days, that's what you're all missing.

[A beat, then he snorts out a laugh.]

No, I'm kidding, mate. Every day I wake up without the smell of horse manure in my nose I find myself believing in the existence of a higher power a little more.

—all right, I'm morbidly curious, how in god's name do you deep-fry Kool-Aid? Isn't that just a powder you put into water?

[jackdawvision]

Because everyone else I know was mysteriously and coincidentally very busy.

[He's pretty sure they all just didn't want to go with him while he tried out all the weird foods.]

Most of the world here is also normal, it's just our corner—and a few others—that ain't. And I daresay you were a lot better equipped to handle it than I was because of Chaldea, as my experience with the fantastic was fairly limited.