03 - (Flotsam) Rum punch; salade nicoise composee; apple crumble a la mode

[tisfinished]

1: pour one out for those who couldn’t make it
Senshi is at the public funerals. Of course he is. He knew people - good people - who died fighting, and a thankfully small few who died without a chance to.

When he goes, he brings the good ale, and the good rum, and offers it.

“To victory, and to those it cost us,” he toasts, before taking a sip in honor of the former, and tossing some drink overboard to honor the latter.

2: pulling up to a dock near you
There is a new ship in the Flotsam fleet, albeit a small one, barely past boatdom; a cargo runner with a converted forecastle, with large cutouts port and starboard, through which Senshi and a small crew can be seen…

Cooking?

Yes, cooking. Simple food - but with an emphasis on fresh produce and cold drinks that was previously unimaginable at sea. Highlights include the composed salad of tomatoes and tuna dressed in aioli, grilled skewers of meat and vegetables wrapped in flatbread; one of those cheese and tomato pizzas Donatello enjoyed, and a smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich on a toasted chewy roll. Oh, and ice creams for dessert.

A figurehead of a fat contented sea lion holds a scroll declaring this ship to be The Milk Runner - Groceries and Grill.. Senshi doubts it’ll be that easy, but it could and would deliver fresh milk to those in need of it…

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[newmemorywhodis]

Would Link pass up the chance to check out a new floating restaurant? Never.

Although Senshi may also find that when Link arrives, he's not particularly concerned with respecting any space as 'staff only'. No, when Link arrives he wanders into the kitchen to peer curiously at the set up, climbs all over the ship, and ends up brazenly walking down into the hold.

A hold which turns out to be freezing. Has Senshi filled this place with frost emitters?! How is it so cold?

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[tisfinished]

"Careful. Don't want to lock yourself in," Senshi opines.

Some areas are merely cold, and full of fresh vegetables, fish, meat, and milk; another smaller area is freezing. Ingredients that don't need to be chilled are stored outside; flour, spices, dried goods.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link must have luck then, because apparently he'd managed to find himself in one of the colder parts of the hull.

"C...C...cold?" He says, teeth chattering. It's both a statement an a question - just how is it so cold?!

[tisfinished]

He pats an innocuous looking piece of machinery.

“She’s got an Ether-powered refrigeration engine. Pumps the heat out of the room and out a series of vents in the aft. That, and I like to carry ice with it.”

He offers Link a hand and the way to the door.

“Useful stuff, ice. Pleasantly chills a drink. Care to try it?”

[newmemorywhodis]

Oh. Ether could do that?

Link hadn't realised. But then, Link didn't actually know all that much about Ether.

But he probably should get out of this cold, so Link nods, and follows Senshi out.

"Like the Gerudo," Link says. "But they have to carry their ice from the Highlands."

[tisfinished]

"That's been the limit for us for a long time," he says, nodding. "Needing to take ice from the northern islands, or from mountaintops on Impie floaters. But having frost ether engines to cool things does amazing things for our logistics."

He pauses. "What did your Gerudo use the stuff for?"

[newmemorywhodis]

"For drinks," Link replies. "Noble Pursuits. They're fruity."

And maybe they used ice other things too, but Link had only really paid attention to the Noble Pursuits.