The nervous energy in the air makes him shiver, and he definitely doesn't like that hand--despite the patience he's showing, it's still his first instinct to fight, and he isn't so naive as to just go skipping off hand-in-hand with any monster creature he meets. But he's not faking here, either; if this monster is conversing with him like this, then it's already step above the sorts of enemies he normally deals with.
So, a compromise.
Yasusada wears a white scarf--a match, a mirror to someone else's. He unwinds it from his neck now, and wraps it around Blob-san's nasty dead hand. Keep those gross drippy bones(?) warm.]
Alright then! You can be Kagemaru for now. [Look no one ever said he was good at names] Why do you want a cake?
[Well, when Damien says it like that, obviously they can't turn back! Atsushi will just have to swallow his fears and try to keep going forward. Even if 'forward' is terrifying.
Yasusada can use the scarf to hand-hold, and Atsushi will shakily shift Charles to be held by one hand as he frees up a hand to tug on Damien's sleeve. Let's get busy, friendo!]
I-it must be a birthday! So that's why they want a cake, maybe?
[the creature - the emotion, exhales slowly, and lets yasusada wrap its hand.
just as slowly, it turns its hand over, looking at the palm. it closes its fingers into a fist, gently petting the scarf. the dripping stops. kagemaru. it can be that. the nervous energy fades. they exist, they exist, they exist. they have an identity. that's important.]
That is what is done. [it says, in that same soft voice.] I exist now, and so...
[it wants a cake.
on the far wall, a notecard falls down to the floor.]
this thing has a name. vax glances back at yams but this behavior does not seem to bother him at all, or really surprise him... and then the thing is talking and less nervous and
i guess we're doing this! ok. ]
... I'm not exactly good at baking. Maybe we can figure something out. [ but, he nods to their little creature, and takes a step back away from it. this is fucking weird, so he's going to take this moment to go look at the notecard that fell on the floor and the wall of notecards it came from. ]
[ vax can check out that notecard - damien is already a decent cook, though. and he knows the basics of what goes into cake.
so he'll start rummaging around the fridge and cupboards to pull out ingredients. and mixing bowls and measuring cups... whatever he stumbles on that's useful, since he doesn't know how this place is organized or where anything is until he finds it. ]
[He will let the others read the note cards. For now, he's trying to nudge Charles up onto his shoulder so he can go over and look for ingredients in the fridge. Or who knows maybe there's a whole cake already made. That would be really convenient.
preheat to 75 degrees add: flowers ping pong balls salt cheese sauce (cut into pieces) put it in the microwave for 45 minutes
so like, maybe it's a good idea that damien knows what goes into a cake? he can find all the mixing bowls and stuff, but all he can find are normal cake baking ingredients, oh no...
the blob named kagemaru nods... slowly. it takes yasusada's advice to heart, and again, yasusada feels like he knows who this is, maybe. it's so hard to tell, anymore. it's a wonder any of you know each other at all. regardless, though, the creature starts to try and fix itself. the limbs stop rotating, the parts stay in place.
charles seems on edge, but he is not losing his little cat mind anymore, at least.]
[ luckily damien hasn't even seen the list so he's getting out all our normal baking ingredients. yay. ]
Sugar, milk, eggs, flour...
[ baking powder, butter, vanilla extract, oil...
this would be more fun with rose around. does he even remember rose right now? where would he even know her from, since he'd been in that void his whole life? ... well. guess it's not fun, after all. ]
[ok, but kagemaru is happy to do these stretches, actually? they seem less and less like a monster, as yams reaches out to them, trying to connect. it carefully follows along with yams, doing radio stretches. and it won't even knock yams over. promise.
the other three dinguses start baking! there's no real cookbook, and the notecards on the wall are like... just as useless with directions. one of them has a shoe as an ingredient, so.
for the sake of not making you guys write me a 40 tag thread on baking a cake, just tell me what you put in the cake and how you make it, and if you try to follow the instructions on the notecard or freestyle.
you can't find any of the notecard instructions in the kitchen itself, but you can find all the usual ingredients you might need, plus a bunch of fruit and icings.]
vax gives up on the notecards! reading is stupid. he will instead follow Damian’s lead since he seems to know what he’s doing!! and fetch ingredients for him. he’s also plucking out a blue icing for the marines tm and probably for vex.
otherwise he’s just here to follow directions, though he gives yams a playful ruffle of his hair when he passes by. there’s a little bit of flour on his hands. it is fine. ]
[ by the time it's my turn i keep forgetting about talking to people but luckily damien is so fucking rude that it isn't a stretch for him to. just ignore people while he focuses on cooking. you do your stretches yams, that's fine.
damien is trying to bake a very simple and ordinary vanilla cake! he normally knows how to do this and will accept any help. buuuut thanks to his cooking skills fading in and out with the weekly effect... instead of being a fussy bitch if someone tries to add something weird, he'll just let them.
so we have a solid foundation + whatever the rest of you do to it. ]
Atsushi lets those two handle the baking part. He can at least cut fruit up to decorate the top of the cake with. That's what you put on cake right? Cut up strawberries and stuff?
Are there any candles in this place because a birthday cake needs candles too.]
[the final result is... a decent cake! with blue icing, and cute cut up fruits on top. they're like, not perfectly cut, and the cake is a little lopsided and looks like it might slide to its doom, and sometimes the icing is white in places where it didn't get mixed all the way, but it's cute and homemade and nice. it is probably the thought that counts.
atsushi can find some candles, sure. how many does he want to put on there?
and are you presenting this cake to kagemaru? how? with a dance number? i hope it's a dance number.]
[Yams only knows how to do sword birthdays I'm sorry
But he looks curious about these proceedings?? He's also probably still feeling a little sad, but he's used to that feeling, so he's doing his best to ignore it. TAKE YOUR CAKE, KAGEMARU he is here to learn what a modern human(?) birthday looks like]
[this is cute, except for damien, but we knew that.
kagemaru tilts its head at the birthday candle. it doesn't quite know what to do with that, but... it tries its best. it tries to make a wish.
you feel it, quietly. i wish i could stay here forever.
the candle blows out, and with it, the lights in the room go out too. after a moment, they flicker back on, and the creature is gone. the walls are clear of notecards - just brilliantly colorful paint remains, a rainbow glittering across the surface. on the counter where kagemaru was is... is a gold earring. huh.
all of you now feel happy.
what would you like to do? the door behind you is open, still.]
soft. for a moment, it feels familiar, and vax holds that wish a little closer to his heart than he should. i wish i could stay here forever.
...you can't, though.
the happiness bleeds into his chest (happiness is vex'ahlia's smile, is vox machina crowded together in grayskull, is flying with gilmore, is the way sunlight makes the freckles on keyleth's cheeks look like brown sugar) and he nods, taking the knife and glancing to the others.
... and to yams, especially. ] Nice work. [ because he was really ready to stab this monster. ] Onto the next, yeah?
Edited (how did i tag all mobile with no typos and then ) 2022-02-23 00:29 (UTC)
[ the feeling of wanting to stay somewhere is almost entirely unfamiliar to damien. almost.
but it's an old feeling - and a fleeting one that slots into brief windows between not having anywhere to stay.
he is generally the kind of person who does whatever he wants at any given moment, but this is a specific want that he'll turn away from and head back out the door without waiting for the others. ]
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The nervous energy in the air makes him shiver, and he definitely doesn't like that hand--despite the patience he's showing, it's still his first instinct to fight, and he isn't so naive as to just go skipping off hand-in-hand with any monster creature he meets. But he's not faking here, either; if this monster is conversing with him like this, then it's already step above the sorts of enemies he normally deals with.
So, a compromise.
Yasusada wears a white scarf--a match, a mirror to someone else's. He unwinds it from his neck now, and wraps it around Blob-san's nasty dead hand. Keep those gross drippy bones(?) warm.]
Alright then! You can be Kagemaru for now. [Look no one ever said he was good at names] Why do you want a cake?
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Yasusada can use the scarf to hand-hold, and Atsushi will shakily shift Charles to be held by one hand as he frees up a hand to tug on Damien's sleeve. Let's get busy, friendo!]
I-it must be a birthday! So that's why they want a cake, maybe?
[Please say yes.]
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just as slowly, it turns its hand over, looking at the palm. it closes its fingers into a fist, gently petting the scarf. the dripping stops. kagemaru. it can be that. the nervous energy fades. they exist, they exist, they exist. they have an identity. that's important.]
That is what is done. [it says, in that same soft voice.] I exist now, and so...
[it wants a cake.
on the far wall, a notecard falls down to the floor.]
That... will help.
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this thing has a name. vax glances back at yams but this behavior does not seem to bother him at all, or really surprise him... and then the thing is talking and less nervous and
i guess we're doing this! ok. ]
... I'm not exactly good at baking. Maybe we can figure something out. [ but, he nods to their little creature, and takes a step back away from it. this is fucking weird, so he's going to take this moment to go look at the notecard that fell on the floor and the wall of notecards it came from. ]
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so he'll start rummaging around the fridge and cupboards to pull out ingredients. and mixing bowls and measuring cups... whatever he stumbles on that's useful, since he doesn't know how this place is organized or where anything is until he finds it. ]
It's not hard, it's just a hassle.
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Anyway, to the blob now named Kagemaru--]
It's a little weird to have a body, right? But it's okay, you'll get used to it. And they're convenient in some ways.
[Man he's just running into all sorts of beings that don't know how bodies work. What a relatable murdergame. He looks over at the others!!]
Do you need help?
[He doesn't know a damn thing about baking]
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[He will let the others read the note cards. For now, he's trying to nudge Charles up onto his shoulder so he can go over and look for ingredients in the fridge. Or who knows maybe there's a whole cake already made. That would be really convenient.
Btw is Charles still angy about all of this?]
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preheat to 75 degrees
add:
flowers
ping pong balls
salt
cheese
sauce (cut into pieces)
put it in the microwave for 45 minutes
so like, maybe it's a good idea that damien knows what goes into a cake? he can find all the mixing bowls and stuff, but all he can find are normal cake baking ingredients, oh no...
the blob named kagemaru nods... slowly. it takes yasusada's advice to heart, and again, yasusada feels like he knows who this is, maybe. it's so hard to tell, anymore. it's a wonder any of you know each other at all. regardless, though, the creature starts to try and fix itself. the limbs stop rotating, the parts stay in place.
charles seems on edge, but he is not losing his little cat mind anymore, at least.]
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...Don't think any of this actually goes into a cake, kid.
[ kid! it's a kid now. vax has absolutely no idea what a ping pong ball is, either, let alone the idea of cutting the sauce?? ] 's... sugar. Eggs?
[ wow. useless.
is there anything on the rest of the notecards up on the wall? ]
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Sugar, milk, eggs, flour...
[ baking powder, butter, vanilla extract, oil...
this would be more fun with rose around. does he even remember rose right now? where would he even know her from, since he'd been in that void his whole life? ... well. guess it's not fun, after all. ]
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But if they don't need help then I guess he's just gonna stay over here entertaining Kagemaru]
Do you want to practice? We can do some stretches.
[They're gonna do radio exercises if he's not stopped]
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If we want to get creative, we could probably cut fruit up and stack it like a cake. Or...
[WAIT
IS THERE A REAL COOKBOOK IN HERE? Because you gotta do the cooking by the book.]
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the other three dinguses start baking! there's no real cookbook, and the notecards on the wall are like... just as useless with directions. one of them has a shoe as an ingredient, so.
for the sake of not making you guys write me a 40 tag thread on baking a cake, just tell me what you put in the cake and how you make it, and if you try to follow the instructions on the notecard or freestyle.
you can't find any of the notecard instructions in the kitchen itself, but you can find all the usual ingredients you might need, plus a bunch of fruit and icings.]
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vax gives up on the notecards! reading is stupid. he will instead follow Damian’s lead since he seems to know what he’s doing!! and fetch ingredients for him. he’s also plucking out a blue icing for the marines tm and probably for vex.
otherwise he’s just here to follow directions, though he gives yams a playful ruffle of his hair when he passes by. there’s a little bit of flour on his hands. it is fine. ]
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damien is trying to bake a very simple and ordinary vanilla cake! he normally knows how to do this and will accept any help. buuuut thanks to his cooking skills fading in and out with the weekly effect... instead of being a fussy bitch if someone tries to add something weird, he'll just let them.
so we have a solid foundation + whatever the rest of you do to it. ]
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Atsushi lets those two handle the baking part. He can at least cut fruit up to decorate the top of the cake with. That's what you put on cake right? Cut up strawberries and stuff?
Are there any candles in this place because a birthday cake needs candles too.]
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atsushi can find some candles, sure. how many does he want to put on there?
and are you presenting this cake to kagemaru? how? with a dance number? i hope it's a dance number.]
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Happy birthday, ‘Maru. Gotta make a wish, yeah?
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[ our did it ]
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But he looks curious about these proceedings?? He's also probably still feeling a little sad, but he's used to that feeling, so he's doing his best to ignore it. TAKE YOUR CAKE, KAGEMARU he is here to learn what a modern human(?) birthday looks like]
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Yes! Make a wish for your birthday!
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kagemaru tilts its head at the birthday candle. it doesn't quite know what to do with that, but... it tries its best. it tries to make a wish.
you feel it, quietly. i wish i could stay here forever.
the candle blows out, and with it, the lights in the room go out too. after a moment, they flicker back on, and the creature is gone. the walls are clear of notecards - just brilliantly colorful paint remains, a rainbow glittering across the surface. on the counter where kagemaru was is... is a gold earring. huh.
all of you now feel happy.
what would you like to do? the door behind you is open, still.]
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soft. for a moment, it feels familiar, and vax holds that wish a little closer to his heart than he should. i wish i could stay here forever.
...you can't, though.
the happiness bleeds into his chest (happiness is vex'ahlia's smile, is vox machina crowded together in grayskull, is flying with gilmore, is the way sunlight makes the freckles on keyleth's cheeks look like brown sugar) and he nods, taking the knife and glancing to the others.
... and to yams, especially. ] Nice work. [ because he was really ready to stab this monster. ] Onto the next, yeah?
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but it's an old feeling - and a fleeting one that slots into brief windows between not having anywhere to stay.
he is generally the kind of person who does whatever he wants at any given moment, but this is a specific want that he'll turn away from and head back out the door without waiting for the others. ]
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