VIDEO [Backdated to 2/15]

[lastcomfort]

[ The broadcast starts with the shifting of the camera to show they’re in someone’s lovely abode. Hm. Maybe you’ll recognize some people in passing before the show starts? Once the the camera is balanced, everything comes to light.

Welcome to Mochi House Kitchen where our heroes, Akira Kurusu and Orihime Inoue, are suit up in the ugliest aprons you have ever seen. For reference, Akira is in this one and Orihime is the buff cook. ]

Hello! It’s so nice to have everyone together again. We’ve been up north for a while and we missed Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have something to show everyone our appreciation!

[ Akira doesn’t seem to get the memo that they’re recording. Thinking that she’s still practicing or whatever, he asks: ]

Hey, do you think we should use ghost peppers for a separate chocolate filling? Not in all of them, but maybe a handful.

Oh, yes! We don’t want those to go to waste.

[ Which she will actually start to place the ghost peppers with some onion and the chocolate on empty dumpling wrappers. As she folds them over carefully and sets them to the side, it should be noted that they look...almost entirely the same as the regular chocolate filled ones from the outside. ]

Stop by and try your luck today with a free stuffed penguin today! Maybe I’ll just let you do all the talking. [ Wait, this is supposed to commemorate the holiday. Whatever. ] Where did you get these aprons, anyway?

I picked them up at the thrift store! I thought we might want to dress the part if we’re cooking for everyone. They’re very unique, aren’t they? I’ve never seen anything like them before!

[ Probably for a good reason. But they're on the Valentine's Day theme, right? ]

They’re perfect.

[ Orihime smiles then turns purposefully to the camera. ]

They’ll be ready soon, so get them while they’re hot!

Wait, were you recording?

[ And then she waves and turns off the feed. ]

Comments

[gunsandveggies]

May I have a few?

[The peppers are intriguing. It looks a hell of a lot like a challenge. And if she can surpass Kei's mapo tofu challenge, then surely she can do this too.]

[lastcomfort]

[ Orihime waves, happy to meet one of Akira's housemates. ]

Hello! It's nice to meet you!

[ There might as well be some sparkly anime bullshit around her, too. ]

Yes, thank you so much for letting us use the kitchen! I live in the dorms so our kitchenette gets crowded really quickly.

[lastcomfort]

You're my roommate and you're Akira's friend. Of course we'll save you at LEAST one!

[ No escape. ]

[fiddlestick]

[Elliot stares at Orihime for a moment or two longer than he usually stares at Akira's visiting friends, because what the frick. But after the moments pass, he'll snap himself out of it. R-Right, she doesn't sound like what he remembered. And she wasn't an exact match in looks...it must be just a coincidence.

So after that weird moment, he quickly tries to recover with a warm smile]

N-Nice to meet you too, Orihime! Glad to see Akira's making friends on his team! [He wasn't worried that he wouldn't, but still!!]

And don't worry, feel free to us our kitchen! T-Though did I hear something about using ghost peppers?

[lastcomfort]

What? Is that what you think we're doing??

[lastcomfort]

Yes, of course!

[ Haru, may you find The Special One. ]

[lalliho]

I know it's what he's doing.

[J'ACCUSE]

[lastcomfort]

I would love to try mapo tofu dumplings! That sounds sooooo good. And your sauce is already excellent!

Haha! Yes, something like that. I'm finding that it's fun to play around. Akira really helps inspire new ideas.

[livingimpaired]

You flatter me.
I shall be certain that you two are the first to try it.

So this was his idea?

[ascatic]

[ he will never unsee those aprons. especially Orihime's? she's totally not-Ripped. ]

It certainly can be spicy, but I feel that spice should be a factor that both parties should evenly contribute to.

[ metaphorically speaking, of course. ]

[maskreant]

sure. don’t eat too many of the spicy ones in one sitting is my only warning. Yusuke would kill me.

promise?

[maskreant]

it might be better to integrate dark chocolate into maps tofu instead.

just a thought.

[maskreant]

so you didn’t try to make him share or feed him your moose.

you might be one of those victims, but everyone’s fate has been sealed. i’ll only bring milk for the worthy.

[maskreant]

it’s more that their personalities clash.

thanks. i know sometimes Goro can be reckless and will hide any injuries, so i appreciate that people are watching his back.

let’s hope you survive long enough for that.

[maskreant]

No, that’s my boyfriend. You can call him the Devil, if you want.

[ He will keep using this joke until one of them dies. ]

I’m in a winter wonderland with a beautiful night sky.

[lalliho]

[Hm. Somehow he didn't expect Akira to have a boyfriend. Queer, sure -- he had trouble believing someone could be that casually fuckless and also straight.]

I'm not surprised you're dating the devil. [..............] You have to send me pictures of the sky when you go back.

[livingimpaired]

A thought I will pass on, Akira.

[adoringpast]

he's faring better than me at least

you uh
try not to die too

[maskreant]

why not?

people add chocolate into curry. you can serve it as a Valentine's special in a heart plate.

[maskreant]

[ Thanks, Lalli..............

He sends a picture of Magatus! Here you go. ]

[livingimpaired]

I don't have any heart plates.

[ Is that the real issue here? ]

[maskreant]

that sounds like a deal.

he won't die on my watch and if he does, i'll die with him.

[maskreant]

that's fine. you can have some when you come back.

[maskreant]

I try my best to do justice here and there, sometimes some mischief. The Great Equalizer is I.

[ He's fine with that. ]

Good idea. What about bow ties instead?

[maskreant]

[ Oh Shit. That looks so much like Orihime if she were in a videogame of that style. Too bad Akira doesn't know or get why Elliot seems a little... Off? It must have been Eren.

He'll ask when everyone leaves. ]

Only a little bit. It should be a nice kick, especially for people in our team.

[ Akira, an innocent youth... Unbeknownst to him that Orihime added onions and pieces of ghost peppers into the penguins. ]

Want to try one?