[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. ]
Whatever "it" is?? Yasusada isn't entirely sure he understands all that just transpired, but he knows what happiness feels like. That's a good sign.
Was that good, Okita-kun?
It looks like they're leaving--Yasusada crouches down to pick up his scarf, winding it back around his neck. He picks up the earring, too, and tucks it into his clothes; pompom now has one (1) earring and one (1) sketchbook. I forgot he had the sketchbook so it's just been on the counter somewhere I guess ANYWAY HE'S BRINGING THAT ALONG let's go]
[Happy vibes are good vibes! And even if Kagemaru has disappeared, Atsushi still feels like they've done something significant here. They helped, and that's what's important.
Atsushi will reach up to give Charles scritches as they leave. ...and if there's any fruit left he will eat some of it before he goes.
[you all gather your stuff and your party! and sure, you can have some of the fruit leftover.
when you exit to the hallway, it's a little brighter. there are less portraits on the wall. now, there are childish drawings in chalk all over. four stick figures, one red, two blues and one orange, all play together with a scribble of grey. it looks like someone maybe had fun some fun with their imagination.
aw. fondness flickers across vax's face at the chalk drawings, and he reaches up to gently brush his fingertips underneath the closest one, careful not to destroy the artwork.
damien's already taken off so he can be first this time, though vax is pretty much immediately behind him, hand at his belt. he's like slightly less tense than earlier, but also, sometimes you're just used to fighting all the time!! so here we go.
pick door mr "i walk away" he's aware of these habits ]
[ damien is just heading into whichever door is closest that they haven't been through yet.
he swings the door wide open and heads in. last time was just a fucking kitchen with an eldritch birthday baby, so, no fear? the closest thing he knows to happy is no fear. ]
[At least stop to appreciate our child's drawings, Damien!
But sure, after stopping to smile at the chalk drawings (and trying to figure out which one is which person), he'll follow into the door Damien went into.]
it's a grand room, like the kind of place you'd go to see broadway. the walls are painted the same way, with splashes of color, swirling around aimlessly. big curtains hang on either side of the stage, pulled back so that you can enjoy the show.
this castle - it takes the shape of your deepest desires. it could be a place to call home. don't you want to stay here forever?
the carpet in front of you slopes downward, with one long aisle leading right up to the stage itself. on either side of the aisle are rows of seats, and some of them are filled. with what? you can't say. they just look like someone is sitting in them, heads turned at an angle that isn't quite possible. staring right at you.
the show is about to start, what are you doing? maybe go find your seats!]
that didn't take long. immediately, vax is moving to stick to the shadows, protectively putting an arm out to keep the others (that he can, anyway, damien might be out of reach and also protect the genkis) to being stealthy just in case something immediately tries to leap out at them.
...and then nothing does.
well! vax has always said that he doesn't trust anyone that hates the theater (?) even if the uncanny feywild vibes here are terrible, and that shivery don't you want to stay here forever hasn't left, and there seems to not be much to do but move carefully towards the seats, i guess. ]
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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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Whatever "it" is?? Yasusada isn't entirely sure he understands all that just transpired, but he knows what happiness feels like. That's a good sign.
Was that good, Okita-kun?
It looks like they're leaving--Yasusada crouches down to pick up his scarf, winding it back around his neck. He picks up the earring, too, and tucks it into his clothes; pompom now has one (1) earring and one (1) sketchbook. I forgot he had the sketchbook so it's just been on the counter somewhere I guess ANYWAY HE'S BRINGING THAT ALONG let's go]
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Atsushi will reach up to give Charles scritches as they leave. ...and if there's any fruit left he will eat some of it before he goes.
Two more doors to go!]
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when you exit to the hallway, it's a little brighter. there are less portraits on the wall. now, there are childish drawings in chalk all over. four stick figures, one red, two blues and one orange, all play together with a scribble of grey. it looks like someone maybe had fun some fun with their imagination.
two doors left! pick one?]
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aw. fondness flickers across vax's face at the chalk drawings, and he reaches up to gently brush his fingertips underneath the closest one, careful not to destroy the artwork.
damien's already taken off so he can be first this time, though vax is pretty much immediately behind him, hand at his belt. he's like slightly less tense than earlier, but also, sometimes you're just used to fighting all the time!! so here we go.
pick door mr "i walk away" he's aware of these habits ]
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he swings the door wide open and heads in. last time was just a fucking kitchen with an eldritch birthday baby, so, no fear? the closest thing he knows to happy is no fear. ]
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Anyway yams is here following I'm buying tortilla chips]
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But sure, after stopping to smile at the chalk drawings (and trying to figure out which one is which person), he'll follow into the door Damien went into.]
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it's a grand room, like the kind of place you'd go to see broadway. the walls are painted the same way, with splashes of color, swirling around aimlessly. big curtains hang on either side of the stage, pulled back so that you can enjoy the show.
this castle - it takes the shape of your deepest desires. it could be a place to call home. don't you want to stay here forever?
the carpet in front of you slopes downward, with one long aisle leading right up to the stage itself. on either side of the aisle are rows of seats, and some of them are filled. with what? you can't say. they just look like someone is sitting in them, heads turned at an angle that isn't quite possible. staring right at you.
the show is about to start, what are you doing? maybe go find your seats!]
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that didn't take long. immediately, vax is moving to stick to the shadows, protectively putting an arm out to keep the others (that he can, anyway, damien might be out of reach and also protect the genkis) to being stealthy just in case something immediately tries to leap out at them.
...and then nothing does.
well! vax has always said that he doesn't trust anyone that hates the theater (?) even if the uncanny feywild vibes here are terrible, and that shivery don't you want to stay here forever hasn't left, and there seems to not be much to do but move carefully towards the seats, i guess. ]
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he is going to just go find an empty seat.
like, fuck this, but also: could be worse? ]
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Yasusada looks like he's ready to head up onstage--but then the others are going towards the seats?? Okay. He will follow them instead]
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Atsushi will find an empty seat too! He has no idea what is going to happen but surely it's just a fun play right?]
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