AUDIO POST.

[emori]

[A woman's voice, it seems. Confident and maybe a little smart-assy. There's five seconds of silence before the audio post starts.]

What's with the beeping? Does it normally do that? I was told it's a distress call. Shouldn't we do something?

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[emori]

You want map duty?

[timedaughter]

Already on it! Might take some time and might be a liiiittle less than accurate, but like I said, reclusive.

You leading this expedition, then?

[What a chipper tone for that question. It's been a while since Jenny took orders from a commanding officer, though. Should be interesting!]

[emori]

I guess... I mean yeah?

[Emori has no idea what she's doing but she's gonna do it good.]

[timedaughter]

That's the spirit! [You go, Emori!]

Let me know when we're setting off and where to meet you and I'll do what I can to have a workable map by then. Just drop me a line once the logistics are sorted.

Oh, I'm Jenny, by the way!

[emori]

I'll get it worked out soon. I'm starting now.

Hi Jenny, I'm Emori. Did I say that already?

[timedaughter]

You didn't! It's nice to meet you, Emori. I'm sure we'll be able to get whatever this is sorted and maybe even be back in time for tea, yeah?

[Jenny, stop jinxing it.]

[emori]

Tea is the hot stuff right?

[timedaughter]

Yep! Best with a dash of cream and sugar, preferably served morning and mid-afternoon. Good with biscuits.

[Jenny loves tea. Can you tell?]

[emori]

Do they have that here? What's a biscuit?

[timedaughter]

Well I should hope they have it here, I'd go barmy without any tea! And biscuits-- biscuits are a sort of sweet, crunchy disk of baked dough. Really delicious. We'll have to go have a proper tea together once this is over, it's no good that you haven't had any yet. Then again, I only had coffee for the first time recently, so I suppose I'm not one to talk.

[emori]

Sweet. I haven't had anything sweet in a long time.

[timedaughter]

How do you feel about cake? Oooorrr... custard? Pastries?

[Watch out, you're about to get spoiled.]

[emori]

What's cake? Jenny, I've been eating algae for six years.

[timedaughter]

[She actually claps her hands together and rubs them like some kind of plotting.. plotter.]

Well then, we're going to get that sorted soon as we're done here! I'll introduce you to every sweet I've ever had and then we'll find some neither of us have had and give them a go! And maybe throw some savory dishes in there for variety. Can't ever have too much variety!

[You have no choice in this now, Emori. Jenny has decided.]

[emori]

I'm all for this, I want to taste new things.

[timedaughter]

It's settled, then. Soon as we're done here!

[emori]

Deal.