3rd Recipe - Stone Soup [Video; forward-dated to the 23rd]

[starofpleiades]

Um, has anyone else been having trouble getting food from the cafeteria? They aren't letting me in the kitchen to cook anything, or even giving me anything to eat...

[Kazumi looks more than a little worried. She's glad to be back in her own body but... this is a really pressing concern! How can people eat if they don't have food?]

...do you think they're mad at me for always cooking so much? Maybe I should have only made two pies yesterday...

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[cutestprogrammer]

Well... there's a forest on the 33rd floor where you can find berries and mushrooms... and small animals like rabbits.

[starofpleiades]

Is it safe? I mean, like, nothing weird that'll jump out and get you?

[cutestprogrammer]

Well, there... are some more dangerous creatures up there... but-but it's pretty safe in the daytime.

[starofpleiades]

Well, maybe I'll check it out then! I can fight a little, so it should be okay if I go during the day, right?

Do you want to come with me?

[cutestprogrammer]

Mn! It should be fine!

Eh? Me? ... really?

[starofpleiades]

Yeah, sure! It'd be more fun to go together, right? If it's just gathering berries and stuff, it should be fine. I can fight off monsters, at least well enough that we can run away.

[cutestprogrammer]

... Mn! Alight! I'll come with you then.

Ah, I'm Chihiro Fujisaki. It's nice to meet you!

[starofpleiades]

I'm Kazumi! Nice to meet you too, Chihiro!

What time would you want to go? Now, later?

[cutestprogrammer]

Well, I'm free to go now, Kazumi-san.

[starofpleiades]

Okay! Let's meet at the bottom floor of the dormitories?

[Action/log/etc? Also, the forest is actually floor 32]

[cutestprogrammer]

Mn! Alright!

((Anyone's fine with me! ^^;; Sorry...))

->Action

[starofpleiades]

Okay, I'll see you there then!

[And Kazumi will be waiting at the stairs on the first dormitory floor]

Action

[cutestprogrammer]

Mn! I'll be there in a moment.

[And he waves when he sees her.]

Kazumi-san!

[Though it's almost impossible to tell he's a he.]

[starofpleiades]

[Kazumi remains oblivious]

Chihiro! Heheh, glad you made it. Shall we head on down?

[cutestprogrammer]

Sure! I'm ready. I bought a basket to put the berries in!

[starofpleiades]

Ooh, nice! I hadn't really thought about that part. Then, let's get going!

[She starts on down the stairs; luckily it's only a few floors]

So where did you live before this, Chihiro?

[cutestprogrammer]

[laughs a bit] Well, last time, my friend and I didn't have a basket and it was really inconvenient.

[he follows]

In Japan.

[starofpleiades]

Heh, well I'm glad you remembered it. I sure didn't!

[She brightens up at that]

Japan, really? Me too! I guess I could have guessed from your name though, eheh. You were a student?

[cutestprogrammer]

[he nods] Yes, I was! What about you, Kazumi-san?

[starofpleiades]

Yeah, though the main thing I was doing was being a magical girl, if you can believe that!

[It's not long before they reach floor 33 - put just looking around shows it's farm, not forest]

...maybe it's the next one?

[Luckily, it's exactly that since they're heading downwards]

[cutestprogrammer]

Eh? A... magical girl? For real? [Though after witnessing so many things that he would have considered impossible before... that really isn't too shocking] What sort of powers do you have?

... ah... I guess I must have remembered the wrong floor number.

Mnn... I think it is the next one. I remember having to pass this fram to get there.

[starofpleiades]

Yes, for real! Um, well my magic can be used all sorts of things, but my best attack is Limiti Esterni! It's a really powerful beam attack. [She smiles and then pauses to think a moment] Jyuubey said it was destructive element...

Ah, okay! [And soon they're proven correct] Oh, this looks better, is this it?

[cutestprogrammer]

I see. That must be really useful here! Jyuubey? A friend of yours?

Yes! This is the place!

[starofpleiades]

Yeah, it's handy for a lot of things, though I try to conserve power.

Yeah, sort of. Um, he's like the mascot character, you know? He's really cute, like a cat! [Also kind of responsible for 8 kinds of terrible, but no need to tell poor Chihiro that!]

Okay, cool! Let's go have a look then.

[She strides off into the forest, making sure to stick close by Chihiro so they don't get separated]

[cutestprogrammer]

Oh, does it take a lot of power to do it?

I see. Is it nice..? [Because well, he knows about cute mascot characters being evil...]

Mn! I remember there being some berry bushes over here! [and leads her over]