Video: New Game+

[coralroot]

[There's a teenage girl with tanned skin and shock white hair on the network, pressing her face into the camera. Then she backs up a little, and two things are immediately noticeable about her:

1) Peeking out from her sleeves are the hints of some extensive tattoos, the kind that probably take up the entire arm.

2) She's wearing armor - a breastplate, gauntlets, and greaves - that looks like it was harvested off the carapace of some kind of oversized monster beetle? As opposed to being made of leather or metal or some other sensible material. ]

Hey, this thing's on! Okay, first of all, WHY IS IT SO COLD HERE? I'M FREEZING MY TITS OFF, YOU MONSTERS!

[It is, in fact, fairly crisp and cool but not exactly freezing.]

Second: Okay, uh, so I've actually never had any kind of living space to myself before? It's kinda scary. And I know you've probably known me for all of two minutes but I have useful skills! I can cook. I can tell you if that spot on your genitals is just a rash or if you've got some nasty shit. I can stab things? I used to have a voice in my head telling me - I mean, I can catch bugs and put them outside!

I kinda want to get food right now, so I'll be in... Caihong? If you guys wanna meet in person.

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[flurry_of_beaus]

Me neither.

I'm just going with: did you try to shank anyone who's not your mom's killer -- because that's totally justified in my book, for the record -- and did you have to raise this thing from wherever and give it the ability to unleash itself on the whole world? In a bad, destructive way?

[coralroot]

Never had soup dumplings before, gonna give 'em a go next time I come around here.

[ She is a tiny person and while she's also a teenager who lives an active lifestyle, the tiny counts. ]

Probably gonna get some steam buns for the road, though.

[coralroot]

Yeah, that's cool.

It's...kind of a long story. Gotta ask, how much do you know about like, time travel stuff?

[coralroot]

I mean, I was kiiiiiind of drafted into this one monster-fighting group, so shanking people and non-people was always part of the picture.

...you know what, no comment on the second one.

[sleepinglotus]

[Well lucky you!]

... it's cold. Winters are cold. It's only going to get more so when it begins to snow.

[coralroot]

[ Look, she knows what snow is, which is why her expression turns sour. ]

I feel like I'm being personally attacked here.

[sleepinglotus]

Most people just put on a sweater.

[Maybe not attacked, but Ren is being a little sassy here.]

[flurry_of_beaus]

Fuck, kid. What is it about people and wanting to protect evil creatures that give them cosmic powers?

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Cold? Cold season's just started.

[ She tilts her head, looking at this new person. ]

You've got uh... some armor straight out of an modern RPG. Is that cosplay or does that actually work?

[peacewithouttyranny]

Not much. I've heard theories, but I'm not certain if that's possible to achieve.

[Except a certain Cybertronian managed to achieve time travel. But he's not part of the group of transformers who goes on space misadventures, so he doesn't know.]

[coralroot]

...I mean. No one ever brought it up if I was doing anything, so I just kinda assumed...

[ Well. ]

[coralroot]

It's...kind of a long story. I made a deal with this one, like, entity?

And then things just spiralled out of control.

[coralroot]

...what?

[ WHAT THE FUCK IS AN RPG?

WHAT THE FUCK IS A COSPLAY ]

[coralroot]

Figures, but that's gotta wait 'till after I get myself some food and figure out what to do from here.

[im_gonna_heal_u]

[ That blank, completely confused stare told her (almost) everything she needed to know. ]

Wow I guess it's real. Nevermind what I said.

You said something about cooking? I like cooking too.

[ She blithely hoped that Nakari's cooking methods didn't involve chucking random food into a pot and somehow producing a good end result. ]

[peacewithouttyranny]

[Sounds unfortunate. But clearly there's more to the story, so--]

Continue. I have all day.

[He kinda wish he brought some energon snacks with him while listening to her story, but alas. Can't eat anything offered in this store.]

[hunksmash]

All good choices! Let me know how it all turns out.

[ Oop. Now where the conversation go? ]

So, uh... I take it you're new? Or new-ish?

[sleepinglotus]

Are you... really that hard up for chroma? I could help you...

[flurry_of_beaus]

Make. Better. Choices.

[ People in glass houses, Beau. ]

Do you still have a connection to this thing now? Are you blacking out and shit?

[coralroot]

I literally just got here, so I mean.

[ She slurps up some more noodles. ]

[coralroot]

Alright, so.

[ She slurps up some noodles and takes a deep breath. ]

My mom was murdered by a tyrannical queen so nine or ten years later I kind of made a pact with a mysterious entity to gain the power I needed to exact my vengeance.

[ Yeah, that was kinda rapid-fire. ]

[coralroot]

Yeah? I mean like...I can cook for people, if they need a roommate who does that.

[coralroot]

...no?

[ I mean. ]

Haven't heard anything since I got here, so...

[coralroot]

Nah, I'm cool. Just distracted by these sweet, sweet noods over here.

[ And Ren is gonna get a picture of a bowl of noodles. ]

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Well I don't need a cook, but I've realized I'm meeting people from all over and it can't hurt to expand my horizons, right?

So we should get together and trade recipes! Maybe even exchange dishes?