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

[livingimpaired]

I am curious about them, actually.

[lastcomfort]

You'd like to try one?

[livingimpaired]

Yes.
You put a lot of effort into them, right?
It would be wrong not to try at least one.

[lastcomfort]

We did! We wanted them to be special since everyone has been working so hard.

[livingimpaired]

That is exceptionally kind of you to think of everyone. Especially since not everyone had been able to make or receive chocolates themselves.

I consider this a great service.

[lastcomfort]

Oh, it's no trouble at all! I just wish we could have gotten this to everyone on Valentine's Day. But I think that we get the opportunity to do this at all is the most important.

[livingimpaired]

I agree.

I'm assuming you were out on missions, then?

Also, I'm uncertain where either of you were sent, but congratulations on what you have achieved thus far. I realize that may sound like empty praise since I do not know what you have or have not done, but if you worked this hard to make these sweets for everyone, I am certain you are all doing your best.

[lastcomfort]

Yes! Cooking while roughing it is a unique experience too.

That really does mean a lot! We're working hard too and I hope we can come back with some good information for everyone.

[livingimpaired]

Was it? I've never gone camping so I would not know. Did anyone get set on fire?

I look forward to your report, Orihime Inuoe.

[lastcomfort]

Everyone survived! The fun part is getting to figure out what you're going to do with limited ingredients. Someone even caught fish for us.

[livingimpaired]

Fantastic news when one is cooking: everyone survived.

[lastcomfort]

Yes! No casualties on the battlefield or in the kitchen.

[livingimpaired]

Let us hope it stays that way.

[thesettingsun]

You run a mapo tofu shop, you're a statistical outlier.

[livingimpaired]

Fair.
My love for spice and the pain that comes with it is relatively unmatched.

But don't you want to try just one? For experience's sake?

[thesettingsun]

I don't see any need to cause myself pain just for the experience.

[livingimpaired]

Ah. I see.
You are, as the kids say, chicken.

[thesettingsun]

Really? Are you twelve?

[livingimpaired]

No.
But I could double dare you.

[thesettingsun]

You could do that. I'm not stopping you.

[livingimpaired]

Very well.
Consider yourself double-dared to eat one of these ghost pepper chocolates.

[thesettingsun]

That would have worked on me when I was in elementary school.

[livingimpaired]

So I am twelve and you are -- what -- six in that scenario? In any case, I am happy to be still the older.
Still uncertain how I feel about a middle schooler teasing a child.
I suppose I have to relent in that case.

[thesettingsun]

Being older than you would be weird even in this hypothetical scenario.

Have fun hurting yourself.

[livingimpaired]

I suppose it would be.

I will.
I always have fun eating spicy food.
It is the one thing I know I am experiencing the same as everyone else that eats it.
But more than that, it is tasty.