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

[maskreant]

[ He doesn't even remember Lalli's opposition against spicy chocolate. The easiest reply: ]

Yes.

[lalliho]

No. Stop that. People will die.

[He's kidding, but also he's not kidding?]

[maskreant]

People will live with a fire in their bowels.

[ Kidding, but also not kidding. ]

[lalliho]

Weren't you in Hell, or something? Stay there. Be king.

[He hasn't really kept track of where anyone is outside of those in his group, so everyone else is in Hell by default. Just as an aside.]

[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.

[maskreant]

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

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

[lalliho]

[!!!!!]

Finland!

[maskreant]

New Finland looks nice, aside from wolf problems.

[ He can watch the sky forever. ]

[lalliho]

No, not Newfoundland! Finland!

[The trouble with spoken communication...]

I used to see the lights like that all the time when I was a kid. I used to think it was normal... I miss it. [Man... Stupid Akira with his stupid luck.] Unless they're starving, shouldn't wolves leave people alone?

[maskreant]

[ You know what... He isn't even going to explain himself. It's fine. ]

Usually, yes. It seems like there's more at work here—darkness, possession, corruption. We're going to fix that somehow.

[lalliho]

[Oh no...]

Poor wolves...

[er. aight.]

I wonder why so many places have evil energy in them. Pretty places.

[maskreant]

We're helping the alpha dog out, so he'll be back to his grand, majestic self.

[ And Akira has High Hopes to pet this wolf. ]

Cross your fingers that we'll learn more about that when this is all over.

[lalliho]

Have you gotten to pet any wolves?

[Listen, just because he questions everyone else's priorities doesn't mean he has to always have his own in order.]

[maskreant]

No, I wish. They were too unstable for any petting.

[ Akira seems pretty disappointed in this and it's obvious... ]

Did you get to pet anything?

[lalliho]

[uhhhhh ignore this definitely not awkward pause]

No.

[maskreant]

[ There's an awkward pause back. ]

Why did it take you so long to answer with a no?

[lalliho]

Nothing.

[THAT'S NOT EVEN THE CORRECT ANSWER shut up]

We met dryads, they're plant people. People don't...pet people.

[cough]

[maskreant]

Who said that?

[ He's raising his eyebrows right now. ]

I've already proven them wrong.

[lalliho]

[mental screaming]

Ahn? ...Explain.

[maskreant]

I pet Futaba sometimes. She's like a little sister to me and she likes it.

[ Pretty reasonable. ]

[lalliho]

[...He's got many complicated feelings going on and it makes his response sluggish. He knows Futaba, obviously, since he's spent almost two weeks camping in the same area as her and she was a fellow Daiquiri alumna, but who's she was as a person was still a mystery to him. Didn't help that apparently she'd dated Leo the Science Stan up until the day before. Hard to earn respect with that in your back pocket.

But...hmn. She likes it, huh...]

Is she...different? Not bad, just...weird.

[maskreant]

[ How does he says it? ]

... She isn't like most people, so she doesn't fit in as fast as others. But I like her.

[lalliho]

[Hm. Lalli slouches a little -- not in a show of disappointment, but because he's able to relax again into his natural state. This...was good.]

Yeah.

[He doesn't agree about liking her, or anything, obviously, but. Yeah. Things made sense.]

[maskreant]

She's in your group, right?

[ At least from what he remembers... ]

You should ask about her Persona.