video | un: demonchef

[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]

[Rin is still completely unsure how friendships are supposed to really start. Everything he's done has been entirely by accident, to say nothing of having no friends for most of his life.

So they're in a similar boat it seems.]

Hmm... whatever other food you wanna bring, if any. I should have decorations covered at least.

[tastes_like]

[Hawks knows at least that if he's rigid about things and tries to stick inflexibly to a set plan he's going to fail. Be it in hero work, or new and unexpected friendships. Life is chaotic. And sometimes you just gotta wing it.

Pun fully intended.]

That can be arranged. You got any favorites or am I just good to grab whatever?

[satanslash]

[Rin just... didn't have friends growing up. Any friends. At all.

Kind of makes the whole gaining new friends process similar to a baby deer learning how to walk.]

Uh, well, my favorite is sukiyaki...

[tastes_like]

[It's baby steps for both of them. And that's okay. Maybe part of friendships is not having to have all the answers or needing to be good at it.

They'll figure it out as they go.]

I think that's pretty doable. [Hawks has been uncomfortably ambitious in his cooking lately. He's got a lot of free time that he didn't get back home. And these attempts are better than idle hands, he supposes.]

[satanslash]

[One can hope they figure it out.]

Yeah? I guess hotpot would work well at a potluck.

['cause they both have 'pot' in the name.

Get it?]

[tastes_like]

Can't think of a better place for for a hot pot. Besides in my stomach.

[Very punny.]

This is just making me want more food from back home.

[satanslash]

Best place.

[Nyaha.]

Well, I got a proper kitchen here. I can make pretty much anythin' as long as I got the supplies for it.

[tastes_like]

So basically you're saying that you're someone really worth knowing. I know a lot of smart people and strong people. But besides you I only know one person who can cook.

[There's a cheeky smile, it's meant as a joke.]

[satanslash]

I mean, I'd hope that wouldn't be the only reason you'd wanna be my friend.

[tastes_like]

It's not the only reason. But it helps.

[satanslash]

Well it's not like I know how to make friends normally anyway, so I'll take it.

[tastes_like]

Glad to know I'm sufficient. Better than nothing, right? And I"m bringing a friend to the party, so that means double the presents.

[satanslash]

Sweet! Double presents! This is gonna be the best birthday I've ever had!