Rock Paper Scissors

What does venerable mean? asks Carl-Botanist.

Deserving of great respect, replies Gaius.

I knew that, says Jean-Botanist.

Bet you didn't, says Carl-Botanist.

Did, says Jean-Botanist.

Regardless, says Gaius. You are both named after well-respected botanists. 

I am, says Jean-Botanist. I'm named after Captain Baudin's botanist, Jean Baptiste Louis-Something Something Something de la Tour.

Well remembered! says Gaius.

Who am I named after? asks Carl-Botanist.

You'll have to ask Ageless, says Gaius. But I assume it's Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy.

Oh, says Carl-Botanist, disappointed.

Don't look disappointed, says Gaius. Taxonomy is the orderly naming of things, plants included.

Carl-Botanist tries to look happier, while remaining unsure of the reason.

Now, says Gaius, we're planning to leave this location and I'm inviting both of you to come with us.

Where are you going? asks Jean-Botanist.

Back to the Point Lowly campground, says Gaius. 

What is a campground? asks Carl-Botanist.

A ground where you camp, says Gaius. 

Did Carl Linnaeus name it? asks Carl-Botanist.

Jean-Botanist snorts.

I doubt it, says Gaius. But it's close by the sea, and we will of course bring the Nachoo.

We can't both fit in it, says Jean-Botanist.

One of you can go in it, says Gaius, and the other can travel in the croissant packet, filled with sea water. 

Which one? asks Carl-Botanist.

The one without holes, says Gaius. 

I mean which one goes in the Nachoo? asks Carl-Botanist. 

You can toss for it, says Gaius. 

Okay, agree the two botanists, who are both feeling lucky.

Good, that's settled, says Gaius. Stay here, while I organise your transportation.

He gets up and steps off the half-submerged rock onto a higher one, and so forth...

Did we make the right decision? asks Carl-Botanist.

We made the adventurous decision, says Jean-Botanist. 

Yes, says Carl-Botanist. How do we toss for a place in the Nachoo?

Let's ask Terence, says Jean-Botanist.

They shout Terence's name, to attract his attention.

What? asks Terence. 

They explain the situation.

Easy, says Terence. Do Rock Paper Scissors.

It does not occur to him that having eight arms makes Rock Paper Scissors difficult for cuttlefish to do.