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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[sleepinglotus]

It's nearly winter.

[Weather changes, dear. Also put on a sweater if you're that upset.]

Unfortunately my home is quite full at the moment, otherwise I would offer space.

[Except maybe not because she mentioned something about voices??? He's concerned, but it's not showing much on his expression.]

[coralroot]

...yeah, okay, see, you're telling me about something I've literally never had to experience in my life.

[ Ren. Ren. She's from a tropical region, the only weather changes she's immediately familiar with are "wet" and "not wet." ]

[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.]

[coralroot]

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

[sleepinglotus]

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

[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. ]

[sleepinglotus]

[That went an entirely different direction than he expected!]

Those are some good looking noods.

[coralroot]

I have traveled. Across seven islands before coming here.

And in none of them have I ever seen noods as epic as...okay. There was that one guy.

But otherwise.

[sleepinglotus]

[This conversation is leaning rather heavily on some non-sequiturs, but that's alright. Food is the common thread. He can focus on that.]

Would that happen to be your favorite dish?

[coralroot]

Pretty much?

[sleepinglotus]

You must be happy here then. There's many good noodle places here.

[coralroot]

I mean I've only been here for a little while, so who knows? Probably going to keep coming to this part of town though.

It seems the most...

[ She sounds a bit...wistful? ]

Like home?

[sleepinglotus]

Caihong? It seems to be that way for a lot of people here. It had some similarities to my home town, though I left when I was a child so my memories aren't as strong as others.