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]

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]

[starofpleiades]

Sort of! Well, it's more like I have a limited amount of power here, so I don't want to be wasteful.

Yeah, he's pretty fun. [At least now that he's been brainwashed into helping them] He helps us find Witches and deal with them, and cleans our Soul Gems.

Okay, lead the way! [She follows happily, keeping an eye out for any other edibles along the way]

[cutestprogrammer]

There's a power limit here? I didn't know that.

Is he here too? Witches? ... soul... gems?

[and he leads before pointing excitedly at a bush laden with delicious berries] Ah, it's still here!

[starofpleiades]

Ah, there isn't - at least, I don't know of one - but it's just how my magic works. If I use too much, I have to go see someone in the tower who can clean my Soul Gem, and I don't want to be bothering them a lot about it, or risk running out of magic when I really need it!

He's not. Oh, Witches are the beings made of curses that prey on humans... it's the job of Puella Magi, magical girls, to stop them! Our Soul Gems are what give us power. [She rings her earring and it transforms into the usual egg-shaped Soul Gem form, bright and sparkly] It's the source of our magic.

Ooh, great! [Walking over, Kazumi goes ahead and pops one in her mouth first] Delicious!

[cutestprogrammer]

I see... How often do you have to clean it then if you use it normally?

Oh... [and he looks over at it, amazed] It's so beautiful!

[he laughs a bit] We'd better pick as many as she can before someone else finds it!