Life in the Sixth World

by waywardshepherd

This is a series of short in-character responses to various aspects of life in the Sixth World that were discussed on our Shadowrun group's mailing list. The character doing all the talking here is Rake, a 50-year-old elf sharpshooter/face-man with a law degree and a checkered past. Standard disclaimer: Shadowrun ain't mine, Rake is.

6. Chapter 6 - Food

The corps say you'll eat your krill-infused nutrisoy and like it, chummer! Highly-engineered, mass-processed "food"-stuffs like those described here have been around longer than many of you kids have been alive. I have vague recollections of a little more abundance of the real stuff from my early childhood, but it was scarce even then.

On a related note, food allergies in the brave new world of frankenfoods can be suprisingly troublesome, given the very small array of raw materials. Take it from someone who has firsthand experience with a meat allergy: they mix the krill in with the other three all too frequently. Fortunately, many of my fellow elves suffer from the same issue, so those food-making corps based in the Tir have focused on plant-only products.

All elf-slur joking aside, these Telestrian brand "Dandelion Bars" are pretty good. No actual dandelions, of course. According to the ingredients on the empty wrapper I've got here they officially contain: "nutrisoy strain TX-317 binder, Blue Mountain strain honey mushroom mycochunks, modified cyanobacterial fillers, and synthetic dandelion flavor." Tasty and delicious, omae.

-Rake