The Waking of Neran: Comms

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For the third option, a list of passengers appears and names can be searched for by letter. Anyone who has been working to try and make communications happen on their own devices will find those linked in to this network- though it is still only possible to use voice. If they have headphones from the music room they can make it so they work like earpieces.

Comments

[monkeyinthewrench]

Depends on what the food is. I know for Earth foods, they usually have some kind of red or black seasoning on them. Chili powder, paprika, pepper. 'Course, then there's jalapeño, that's green.

But the easiest way is to bug a friend to take a bite first. And if you get too close to it cooking and it starts to burn your eyes or throat, that's a sign too. Trust me, there's concentrated spice so powerful that if you let it evaporate, it'll literally burn you.

[fivemilesdeep]

I meant the foods here. And if I have someone else try them, either they like spicy foods and I can't trust their judgment, or they don't and I've asked them to eat something painful so I don't have to.

[Please, please tell him Jake can see the problem with that situation. Please.]

[As for the fun fact:]

Do I want to know how you know that?

[monkeyinthewrench]

...yeah, that's a tough one. Seems like almost everything has some level of spice here. I deal with it by trying to find the milk substitute.

[ And oh boy, story time! ]

So as you know, spice that's concentrated enough can cause pain. Where I'm from, people who feel they're in danger but can't carry a gun carry pepper spray---basically, it's a liquid extract of the spiciest peppers, and when you spray it at someone, it blinds them for a while. Police officers have to get sprayed at the academy so they know what they're wielding and figure out how to work through the pain, and that was definitely not fun.

But joke's on them, 'cause I got sprayed before that! I got a super-spicy lollipop in high school, and my friends and I thought we'd microwave it to make a sauce, right?

Well, we forgot that heated liquid becomes gas. So we gassed the whole apartment and our moms found us pouring milk on our eyeballs and crying for mercy. Think we might've gotten a few things backwards there.

[fivemilesdeep]

Fair enough.

[That's been Ryo's strategy so far too; it's not great, but it's functional, and sometimes that's all anyone can ask.]

[There's definitely a pause after the story, partially to commit the idea of pepper spray to memory (Ryo no) and partially because...well, that sure is a story, isn't it.]

And you only did that once, right?

[It's...rude, honestly. It's also in line with the kind of person he knows Jake to be so far, and repeated injuries caused by not learning from one's mistakes is a known and understood problem amongst healers.]

[monkeyinthewrench]

Yeah. That happens once and you don't forget. My eyeballs still hurt thinking about it.

People from other worlds visit here all the time right? And every food culture has a different spice tolerance. I'm sure they've heard the question before, you won't offend them by asking if that's what you're worried about.

[fivemilesdeep]

I'm not worried about offending them - I just don't think I can trust anyone's judgment on what counts as spicy if they already like spicy foods.

[monkeyinthewrench]

Yeah, that's a tricky one.

I'm the most lax Jewish guy ever and my culture doesn't have a lot of spicy food either. Lots of bagels and potatoes, super carb heavy. So those noodle dishes were pretty similar to what I'm used to.

Hopefully you've got a friend whose taste you can trust.

[fivemilesdeep]

[He doesn't know what Jewish is, but the rest of the conversation gives him enough context clues to save it for later instead of asking.]

So you're in the same situation as me, then.

I don't know what anyone's tastes for spicy are yet, but I guess I'll figure it out.