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[satanslash]

[Greetings, Lunatia! Here is a dumb boy.

Well, okay, his purpose for being here is not a dumb one. It is food related, though, which seems to fall second only to pet posts and questions of a sexual nature.

But food is generally a universally enjoyed thing.

Except for robots. Sorry, Penny.]

Hey everyone. So uh. My birthday is comin' up!

[He tries to smile, but it comes out rather hollow looking and fades after a second. He rests his chin on his hand with a sigh.]

I know I haven't been the most uh-- ... I mean. I don't know many people here still, so if anyone is like "who cares, it's some random punk's birthday" I totally get that. But uh, I figure I can at least offer somethin'?

Is it weird to do that even though it's my birthday? Eh...

I-it's... my birthday, I mean, it's two days after Christmas. That's the big winter holiday where I'm from. I was talkin' to someone else a while ago about how there's no KFC here, and that's where people in my country usually get their Christmas dinner from. It's a whole weird tradition...

[That's besides the point, though.]

Anywaaaaay, I can't make fried chicken exactly like KFC but I've tried a coupl'a times in the past week and gotten it super close, so I wanna try makin' a whole bunch for anyone who really misses it, or really wants to try it. I figure we could meet up at the community center for a... a potluck thing? If... anyone is even interested...

[Potlucks also seem to be somewhat popular here. He might be piggybacking off of too many of them, and he's all awkward and anxiety about doing this at all. He hasn't looked directly at the camera much during this, fiddling with his ear, his shirt, his hair.]

Or maybe just show up, eat all the chicken and bounce. I can't even really be mad if that happens...

[This is getting sad. He's just going to turn the feed off.]

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[satanslash]

[Pfft. "Yo-chan". Cute.]

Look, a good chef's knife is like the best thing you can have in a kitchen. If you can't get anythin' else, a chef's knife is gonna be a lifesaver for most of your dishes.

[A pause, then-]

... though I guess you can't really stir or serve with a knife

Anyway, yeah, Yosuke is gonna be there. Dunno what he's bringin' though.

[chichichi]

That's right. You need a full set to work properly. What's the point of cooking well if you can't properly serve your dishes? Every piece is important and serves a function.

[ That might be a bit of the tea house manager coming out of her now. She's certainly confident in her words, head tilted slightly up as she speaks. ]

I'll check with him to make sure I'm not doubling up on anything. Right now, I'm thinking I'll bring a side or two. The signature sides are mashed potatoes and gravy and coleslaw, aren't they?

[ She doesn't have a lot of experience with that, but how hard can it be? Prismatica has potatoes, she's sure. What's... even in that coleslaw, though? ]

[satanslash]

R-right. I knew that!

[Did you, Rin?]

Oh, hold up--

[He switches conversations for a brief moment, coming back fairly quickly.]

Yosuke said he's gonna bring curry. Yeah, mashed potatoes, gravy and coleslaw what usually comes with the meal, I think.

[chichichi]

[ She simply nods before he disappears and when he comes back, well -- ]

Perfect. Then, that's what I'll do!

[ But seriously, what is coleslaw?? That's such a weird name, too. Coleslaw. Kohl-slaw. Coleslaw. Why is it even called that? Is it actually American in origin? She misses Earth's internet. ]

You're planning on hosting this on the twenty-seventh?

[satanslash]

[What is coleslaw, the world may never know.]

26th. I'm gonna check out the community center tomorrow, though.

[He has another day before Cordis starts so it seems like the best window to go.]

[chichichi]

[ Look, Earth knows. Who'd have thought she'd miss Siri? Also Preternatural Siri. ]

Let me know how it looks? That should buy me some time...

[ To figure out coleslaw. She isn't even worried about the mashed potatoes. That's straightforward. She'll have people asking for that recipe probably. ]

[satanslash]

[Does Rin know how to use Google? It's anyone's guess, but given that Yukio wouldn't be caught dead letting Rin use his tablet there's a high chance the boy is relatively computer illiterate.

His typing is pretty abysmal, too.]

Sure sure.

[chichichi]

And stay out of trouble, hm?

[ Yes, she's going to add that part. The moons are afoot, after all. ]

[satanslash]

[They are, and he knows it, but he can't help but declare:]

Yeah, yeah, tell that to the trouble that finds me.

[chichichi]

[ Yes, hello, welcome to Bargaining With a Mercenary 101. ]

If I have to, I want takoyaki!

[satanslash]

[You're killin' me, Smalls.]

Fiiiiiine.

[chichichi]

[ Signed and sealed. ]

I'm holding you to that, Okumura-kun.

[satanslash]

[He's just too easy when it comes to wanting people to be happy and fed.]

Yeah yeah. I got it.

[chichichi]

Until later, then.

[ She's got some research to do. Maybe she should ask Lightning...? Hmm. ]