008 | Video | Day 107

[tryingitall]

[Balthazar appears on the screen with lines of static rippling across his upper chest. He looks in good enough health and spirits, at least, but serious.] Hello, Kore. I'll be quick to the point since the communicators are squirrelly these days.

One: I assume we're all avoiding the ocean inasmuch as possible. Are people still fishing, and if so, where? If not, how is that affecting food stores? Anyone in need?

[The image distorts and gets swallowed up in white noise for a moment, a few words cut off.] ---ouple pounds of purslane and dandelion greens and picked another crop of radishes; I'm happy to make trades. I've also caught something that looks like a rabbit with tusks. It's up for grabs, because the hell if I'm going to skin and gut it myself.

Two: Given the way conditions are deteriorating, I'm wondering if we ought to initiate some sort of buddy system. Pairs, trios, small groups to look out for one another?

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[monticora]

[ Different philosophies, but he does still maintain that he likes Balthazar the most other than his roommates. Anita and Allison are some of the only people he can tolerate. There's Jo, but mainly he just wants to sleep with Jo. That's pretty much his only reasoning behind him liking her. He does like her attitude and it's possibly whatever he wants will grow into friendship. You never know.

He has to laugh though when Balthazar talks about the two of them being charming. ] I think I can do that. Charm isn't that difficult. I've been trained in charm. Consider the alcohol ours.

[tryingitall]

[Balthazar has to admit Jo is aesthetically pleasing, but he'd rather stay on good terms with her mother. He'll let Alec take the risk of hitting on her, if he so chooses.]

Oh, did you go to charm school? I always wondered what that was like. [He's joking. Probably.]