Food for the Soul (closed w/ selfmedicatingmayor)

selfmedicatingmayor:

the-perfect-scientist:

Carlos hummed and smiled. “Well, if you ever have a
particular problem you can’t figure out… Go ahead and ask me. I won’t judge
you.”

“I appreciate that. It’s mostly just simple math, y’know? But sometimes I just don’t have the brain power to figure it out quick and I get annoyed.”

Carlos nodded. “Yeah, I understand,” he said. “Engineering
requires a lot of numbers know-how, so I’ll be your man if you ever need the
help.” He ate more of his cereal, not really thinking about what he’d just said
to Hancock.

selfmedicatingmayor:

the-perfect-scientist:

“Well, I think so,” Carlos said. “But not painfully so.
Ideally you still gotta love each other and be able to be serious and
trustworthy. At least I think so…”

“Well, my brother was and always will be an asshole, probably gets that from my father, but he’s kinda taken it to a fuckin’ extreme, heh. At least it’s not just me he’s an ass too, I guess, just a dick in general.”

“Oh… um… okay. I guess… some folks are just like that,”
Carlos said a little awkwardly. He didn’t know what to say to that… without
insulting Hancock’s brother, who Carlos of course never met. He also wasn’t sure if ‘sorry’ was appropriate – the guy wasn’t dead, just… apparently an asshole.

Starways to Hell

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler

“Bunch
of ass holes…. they probrobly did that because your planet isn’t space
travel…..but yeah… why not show you. And if you stay then… I can show
you more… the whole galaxy..”

Carlos started to get a little flushed at the idea. Just
going around, seeing all the different planets, dwarf-planets, and star
systems. Maybe he’d even get to see Knowhere – from what he’d understood it was
the largest space station ever made. He thought. He wasn’t sure.

“That sounds… really fun,” he said. “I mean, I actually would like to see as much of it as I can.” He smiled at Yondu.

Yondu Smiles and nods. “Then all of my planet sides I’ll take you with. So you can see the sites.”

Unless things don’t
work out and Yondu gets bored of you, a thought said in Carlos’ head. And…
yeah, that was a possibility. A surprisingly devastating one, if he were
honest.

But Carlos just continued to smile, ducking his head
sheepishly. “Yeah, I’d… I’d like that,” he said softly.

“Then we’ll do that. On the safe planets…. on ones not safe… I’ll ummm… I’ll record and take pictures… with my head set!”

Carlos looked at him, grinning. “I’ve got a camera on my
phone too,” he said. “Heh… I wonder if my dad would scrapbook it all.”
Probably.

That was, if his dad was ever going to see any pictures.

Carlos’ smile started to waver and he looked down at his food. He tried to cover up his developing frown by scraping up the last of his food and shoving the last couple of forkfuls in his mouth.

“You have family huh….. I’ll get ya home as fast as I can Ok…”

“Not dangerously fast,” Carlos said quickly. “I mean… I just
mean, don’t do anything that’s… You shouldn’t take shortcuts if it’s safer.”

God, what was he saying?

Carlos scraped at the last little bit of leaf and sauce on
his plate, busying himself with trying to get it on the fork though he knew it
was useless.

cheateddeath:

the-perfect-scientist:

Carlos looked at him, surprised, but nodded.
He stood up and got a good grip on his bear, ready to follow the other man. “That
would be great,” he said. “Thank you so much.”

He smiles and nods. “Yeah, of course. Come on.”

Carlos held the straps of his bags tightly as he followed O’Connor
out of the bar.

He really liked this gentleman. He was one of the nicest
people Carlos had met in the Commonwealth. God, he hoped that his upcoming job
would turn out alright.

Starways to Hell

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler

“Bunch
of ass holes…. they probrobly did that because your planet isn’t space
travel…..but yeah… why not show you. And if you stay then… I can show
you more… the whole galaxy..”

Carlos started to get a little flushed at the idea. Just
going around, seeing all the different planets, dwarf-planets, and star
systems. Maybe he’d even get to see Knowhere – from what he’d understood it was
the largest space station ever made. He thought. He wasn’t sure.

“That sounds… really fun,” he said. “I mean, I actually would like to see as much of it as I can.” He smiled at Yondu.

Yondu Smiles and nods. “Then all of my planet sides I’ll take you with. So you can see the sites.”

Unless things don’t
work out and Yondu gets bored of you, a thought said in Carlos’ head. And…
yeah, that was a possibility. A surprisingly devastating one, if he were
honest.

But Carlos just continued to smile, ducking his head
sheepishly. “Yeah, I’d… I’d like that,” he said softly.

“Then we’ll do that. On the safe planets…. on ones not safe… I’ll ummm… I’ll record and take pictures… with my head set!”

Carlos looked at him, grinning. “I’ve got a camera on my
phone too,” he said. “Heh… I wonder if my dad would scrapbook it all.”
Probably.

That was, if his dad was ever going to see any pictures.

Carlos’ smile started to waver and he looked down at his food. He tried to cover up his developing frown by scraping up the last of his food and shoving the last couple of forkfuls in his mouth.

Starways to Hell

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler

“Bunch
of ass holes…. they probrobly did that because your planet isn’t space
travel…..but yeah… why not show you. And if you stay then… I can show
you more… the whole galaxy..”

Carlos started to get a little flushed at the idea. Just
going around, seeing all the different planets, dwarf-planets, and star
systems. Maybe he’d even get to see Knowhere – from what he’d understood it was
the largest space station ever made. He thought. He wasn’t sure.

“That sounds… really fun,” he said. “I mean, I actually would like to see as much of it as I can.” He smiled at Yondu.

Yondu Smiles and nods. “Then all of my planet sides I’ll take you with. So you can see the sites.”

Unless things don’t
work out and Yondu gets bored of you, a thought said in Carlos’ head. And…
yeah, that was a possibility. A surprisingly devastating one, if he were
honest.

But Carlos just continued to smile, ducking his head
sheepishly. “Yeah, I’d… I’d like that,” he said softly.

birchbcy:

_{‘ i simply can’t wait !! she’ll be delighted to see you. and we’ll have S’MORES ! ‘}

_{as if that was the qualifying factor.}

“Ooh – now I’ll have
to come!” Carlos said with a grin. “I’ll bring some Starbursts too as an
offering – I’ve got to go into town anyway. Do kids still roast Starbursts?”

Starways to Hell

ravagewhistler

“Bunch
of ass holes…. they probrobly did that because your planet isn’t space
travel…..but yeah… why not show you. And if you stay then… I can show
you more… the whole galaxy..”

Carlos started to get a little flushed at the idea. Just
going around, seeing all the different planets, dwarf-planets, and star
systems. Maybe he’d even get to see Knowhere – from what he’d understood it was
the largest space station ever made. He thought. He wasn’t sure.

“That sounds… really fun,” he said. “I mean, I actually would like to see as much of it as I can.” He smiled at Yondu.

killermonsterterrorist:

the-perfect-scientist:

Carlos just shrugged. “It’s just the nature of
science – It’s rather egotistical of humans to believe that they know
everything, I think.”

“Egotistical maybe, but…sometimes hard to avoid thinking when we have so much knowledge at our fingertips. Luckily most understand we don’t know everything and that’s what drives us to learn more.”

Carlos nodded. “Exactly,” he said. And he grinned. “We
should do this again. Lunch, I mean. That is, if you’re okay with that.”

Starways to Hell

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler:

the-perfect-scientist:

ravagewhistler

“Yeah.
He likes chocolate…. he likes.. blankets. Movies….. says hisfavorite
candy on terra was a hard strawberry candy with a gooey center of
strawberry…. we have similar here in space.”

“Oh, Grandma Candy?” Carlos asked. “Yeah… unfortunately I
didn’t bring any of that with me. Do you have the space counterpart someplace?
To give Peter?”

“Yeah. Sort of. He says it tastes just like it. It’s luci fruit candy.”

Carlos nodded. “Let’s bring him some of that… and what does
K… Obfonteri like?”

“Just call him Kraglin.. or kraggles…. … he’s a fan of that gooey taffy and meat. Any kind…. dried and flavored. Loves the stuff. Always has a packet….. loves the stuff.”

“Gooey taffy? Oh, sort of like Laffy Taffies. Okay,” Carlos
said. “And jerked meat, huh? That’s… huh. Okay. Want to… bring him some of that
as well? Since we’re bringing Peter something.”

“Yeah. May need to make a stop for those. Could show you other planets or… you know… cities… stations…. ports…”

Carlos looked at him, surprised. “Show me… other planets?”
he asked. “I… I mean, really? I… I haven’t been to other planets… other than the
Xandarian colony on M-Marvin.” He pushed some beans around on his plate. “The ship
carrying me were captured pretty quickly once we reached Xandarian space and…
Nova just dropped me on the nearest colony.”