Wardroom
Deio Asuka laughed out loud and grabbed her mouth in her hands and brought her face close to her knees as she tried to stifle laughter.
"The only question is," Reina Madoka chimed. "What kind of eggs do you like, Little Barry-Hei?"
"Ah, by the Empress I can't take this!" Asuka mumbled. "Not in the slightest! Little Barry?!" She held the bridge of her nose and looked up to the ceiling, trying to hold back tears of laughter.
Madoka smiled as she held her hands over her knees as she kept them close together and looked around the room, and then spoke, saying, "I am Itto Hei Reina Madoka, everyone! Let's see I have never been kissed and I enjoy a good book."
"I know this one!" Mat chirped from his place next to Nashira Meissa. "You enjoy reading!" He looked to Meissa then grew pale all over, realizing what he had said. In truth, he had walked in on something awhile ago, but he didn't know how to explain that away. He hoped Meissa didn't think he was the one doing the kissing.
"That should conclude our little game today." Eden stood and spoke some more, "I hope it was fun for all of you! Now, I would like to remind you all that we are all headed back to Yamatai to hand off the tech we gathered from Komorebi! Our technician has done a great job of discerning more about the power armor that were found in the shuttle we picked up and Yamatai will be able to use this tech to know our enemy inside and out. I want all of you to enjoy the time we have left on the Kaiyō before we get there. It shouldn't be much longer until we make it back there. Then we will have shore leave for a few weeks, at which time you are invited to Saki's and my wedding. That is all, Kaiyō!"
Eden went to the buffet area where the cooks were bringing out the trays of fried noodles, meat, and veggies all mixed together with a sweet, yet savory sauce adorning them. She picked up a plate, gathered a large amount of food onto it and brought it to Saki with a smile, setting it down in front of the XO, then went back to the buffet area for her own plate, which by this time had a line of a few infantry girls and the pilot standing at it.