A Culinary Con-Call

by Alex Bowyer

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“Hey Will, how’s tricks? It’s me. Well course it’s me, you can see that. Kayla said you’re

away on ops, figured I’d send ya a VM anyways.”

“What? Quail’s eggs, you gotta be kidding! Martian hens’ll do just fine - just got a batch

in cryo from Kenny. Here we go… One… Two… sorted.”

“Sorry, just preppin’ while I talk… Sooooo… you was sayin’ about Xanne just being a

crutch an’ all. I know I said you were talkin’ pap - sorry bro - now I‘m thinkin’ mebbe

you’re right. I mean she’s killer hot, especially between the sheets, know whaddam

sayin’…”

“Oops, guess ya don’t wanna hear that, married man an’ all.”

“Anyways, I reckon I do always go when things are pap. Like last week - Took Phil’s

Neptune run just so I’d see ‘er again.”

“I know what you’ll say... yeah yeah, Xanne and Io this week, next week it’ll be Leanne

and Phobos. Mebbe ya right. Should go for someone with more upstairs eh?”

<ting>

“What the Jupiter’s going on with this hydro? That’s twice this meat’s gone in and it’s

still crystal!”

“Oh right, it’s only on 2. Up to 6... Back in… Lovely…”

“Anyways, how was the trip? What did Akemi and KT think o’ the outer rim? Is that

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comet still there, wi’ the purple trails? Lemme know, I’d love to see some AV on that.

Did the holosets keep ‘em out of the cockpit? Figured they might ‘elp.”

“Oh, still thinkin’ of getting a TD4? I bet ya been wishin’ you ‘ad more flux since you

lost the Pavvie. You convinced Kay yet? Trust me, if you do get one I can get you Flux

Plus no drama, prob’ly only set ya back 50 ki’s or so.”

<whoosh>

“Hang on a sec, gotta get this lot in the enricher...”

“You seen these things? Mickey Yukon knows this fella who can get ‘em under the radar,

no C-gov duty. ‘e got me this one - top of the range. I know it’s dodge but man the

murtabak comes out killer – Mwah! ... it’s like you’re in New Singapore. Lovely. I’ll

whip ya up summat next time you’re orbital.”

“Which reminds me, ya gotta come out to Station 3 again, that night was legendary.

Quinn’s never seen anyone put away his Diamond Starfalls so fast... I know it’s hard wi’

the kids ‘n all but let’s do it soon, bro.”

<bing>

“There it is, see, speedy beady.”

“Delish.”

“Better log off. Meetin’ the boys at 8.”

“Oh wait, one more thing I gotta tell ya.. this guy Chuck I met, he’s ex-DP too, he was

telling me about this crazy new tech croppin’ up on the lanes.. neural repro’ unit... says

ya can actually alter your memories, add new skills. If it’s legit, mebbe it could ‘elp with

Akemi. Sorry, none of my biz, had to tell ya tho.”

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“Anyways, later bro, hope we can do a live one soon… Adios.”

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TRANSMISSION ENDS

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