[BACKDATED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DREAMWEAVER EVENT] [VIDEO] - un: l.loire

[perfectplanning]

[The feed doesn’t begin with anything special. It’s just a room like any other.]

[Except for one thing: the wall is covered in papers that have been doodled on extensively. There are a lot of crossed out drawings, one or two mathematical equations that don’t really amount to anything, and a lot of red string connecting things together. There’s a decent pan over the demonstration as a whole before there’s a voiceover.]

Okay, hello! This is Laguna! Hope everyone’s doing okay during this whole not-sleeping mess! I think I may have a discussion topic that’ll hopefully keep us awake, at least until we can settle this debate.

[He clears his throat.]

Today I’m talkin’ burgers. Not just any burgers, but burgers from diners and burgers from bars. And when I say burgers from bars, I mean the superior burger. Though it seems some people want to disagree.

SO!

I’ve put together some evidence to back up my claims.



[Laguna holds up the communication device to a couple of drawings covered in the scrawl of either a madman, someone who’s seriously feeling the effects of sleep deprivation, or a terrible combination of the two:]


BEHOLD. The chaos that you’d find in a diner that has way too many items on their menu to focus on a good burger. Now, I’m not saying that they can’t make good food, but a place that focuses on too much at once isn’t going to have any special love for their burgers! Then you got a bunch of people working at once and if there’s any kinda miscommunication, it all comes tumbling down.

Now, if you’re going for a burger at a bar…

[The camera pans to another doodle:]


Exhibit B!

You’ve got two or three people working together putting all of their love and effort into making something really special with their burgers. A delicious burg, some beer that compliments it, and there you have it! An impeccable dining experience where you’re surrounded by your buds and sharing some food that makes you and your tummy happy. It’s just an overall better experience!

With that, I’d like to position this to you, Lunatia!

[Laguna places the communication device on what’s probably an unsteady surface to focus on him and him alone as he prepares his final statement:]


Bar burgers are the best burgers and you can’t change my mind!


DISCUSS!!!


[And, right on cue and in what’s probably the only way to end this... whatever this is..., his device falls over, flipping the image sideways.]

Comments

video | un: demonchef

[satanslash]

... dude. Man. I'm... I'm passionate about food but I don't think you needed to go this hard.

Video | UN: dgamshoe

[trenchdoting]

Right, he should have just given up while he wasn't ahead! No matter how hard he goes, I can go even harder! All for the sake of the truth, pal!

[satanslash]

[Wh-what--...]

Th... that's not at all what I was gettin' at!

[trenchdoting]

Then what are you trying to say? That diners are really where it's at? Don't worry pal, it's okay to admit the truth here! I'm rooting for ya!!

[satanslash]

I-- uh. Um. N-no. No! That's not it at all! He's got the whole tin foil hat crazy board goin' on! For burgers! That's way too much!

[trenchdoting]

What's wrong with you, pal? Are you saying that burgers are worthless? That they're not worth fighting for?!

[satanslash]

I-- uh.

[Well, really, he's saying that the crazy conspiracy board really isn't needed, you can just argue your case without string and photos?

But now that he's kind of backed into a proverbial corner--]

... I've never had a burger that wasn't from McDonalds.

[trenchdoting]

McDonalds has nothing to do with this, pal! It sounds like you need to get out there and expand your burger horizons.

But not at any bars. Just try diners!

[satanslash]

Well yeah, that's just it. That kinda stuff didn't catch on in Japan. Fast food did, like KFC and McDonalds, but the closest thing we have to... I guess diners are American? But the closest thing we have to that is shokudō and I've never seen one serve burgers.

And I'm not old enough to go to izakayas, not that they have burgers either. I like Western food I just never got a chance to try much of it outside of the stuff I've made myself.

[trenchdoting]

Right, right. I've been hearing a lot about how diners aren't much of a thing over in Japan. It's real unfortunate. Downright tragic, pal!!

But don't forget, you're not in Japan anymore! This place has its fair share of diners. So the power's in your hands, pal. You can set foot into a brand new world!! ...And then eat burgers there and say they're better than bar burgers!

[satanslash]

Is it really that important, though? If the people who are makin' the food have a love for it and wanna share it with others to enjoy, then who cares what the 'best' is?

[trenchdoting]

That... that's actually a really good point! At the end of the day, that might be the only thing that really matters, pal!

[A beat.]

...Wait a second, but this is really important! We gotta prove that I'm right and he's wrong!!

[satanslash]

[... so close.]

Wait, that's what this is about for you?!

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[perfectplanning]

Anything you're passionate about is worth goin' all out for!!!

Burgers, friendship, love... they're all valid!

[satanslash]

I mean... you're not wrong about love at least...

[He's been on the network literally asking people he doesn't even know for help with his wedding.

He wants to show Kohaku he loves her that much.]

But, c'mon. You've got a whole crazy person tinfoil hat board behind you! For burgers!

[perfectplanning]

[Laguna crosses his arms in casual defiance.]

Sometimes passion manifests itself in tinfoil and string. S'not any less real than a love letter or, I dunno, standing outside someone's window playing their favorite song.

[satanslash]

I think that's actually how crazy manifests itself, man.

[A pause, then:]

... people actually do that shit?

[perfectplanning]

To the outsider, there's no difference between crazy and passion.

[Except yes there is. The conspiracy wall proves that.]

[But that's not the point.]

[Well, it kind of is, but Laguna chooses to ignore it in favor of that last question there.]

That's what I've heard! I kinda wish I gave that one a try, but, it turns out that you don't always have to do something cr--I mean passionate--if you want someone to fall in love with you.

[satanslash]

[The conspiracy wall absolutely proves that.]

I mean, I'd like to think my fiance loves me plenty even though I never stood outside her window with a radio... or that I'd suddenly have a reason to do it now since she already said yes.

[perfectplanning]

Woah, woah, wait, hang on, let's back up a second.

You're getting married? Congratulations, bud!!!

[satanslash]

Oh. Heh. Yeah. Her name's Kohaku. We actually met in a different world from this one, then wound up here together. I have no idea how to go about actually plannin' the weddin' but I'll... figure somethin' out.

I mean she'd probably be just as happy if it was us on the beach sayin' sappy vows to no one but us, but I wanna make it special somehow, y'know?

[perfectplanning]

[Suddenly, burger conspiracy boards don't matter! The comm shakes and blurs as Laguna walks over to a table and takes a seat. Then, he slips it off, placing it onto the table's surface so he can talk to it directly, chin resting in a palm as his elbow tilts to prop it up.]

Yeah, I hear ya.

[He grins.]

She's important to you, and because she's important, she deserves to have that special day be all about her. You wanna thank her for brightening up your life.

[satanslash]

[Well, Rin certainly wasn't expecting that, but he's kind of glad they're having a more... grounded conversation.]

Well, yeah. Totally. The place we were in before this... it was pretty awful, for a lotta reasons, but she was someone I could rely on when it got tough. We made a lot of friends but lost just as many, so the fact that we kept findin' each other feels like we're meant to be together. I really want the whole thing to be special.

[perfectplanning]

[Not only is the conversation grounded, but Laguna is giving all of his attention to everything Rin has to say, taking it all in and thoughtfully nodding along.]

So you guys were fated to be together. S'funny how stuff like that turns out, especially when it comes to someone you love.

[He grins!]

Do you have any mutual buddies here now?

[satanslash]

[Awfully nice of him to do that for someone who he just met, and was chastising him for being 'tin foil hat' earlier.

But, hey, friends have been made through stranger connections.]

Yeah! Seems like it, anyway. Hell, I even went home and came back in like three days and she was still here.

[Mutual friends?]

Mm, yeah, I'd say so. I run Niisan's Teppanyaki on Crystal Beach and she works there as a hostess, too. Lotta people I wound up hirin' were either friends to begin with or became friends with us later. Oh, and there's my adopted sister, Setsura.