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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[starofpleiades]

Yeah, so I don't want to over use it and have to bother him a lot. Or like I said, run out when I really need it. So I try to do everything as if I didn't have magic, if I can do it!

[Picking berries, coming up with ingredients... it'd be a snap if she just used her magic, but that seems like a pretty petty waste!

The question's pretty troubling though... she doesn't want to outright lie to Chihiro...]

Well... yeah, it is. Um, it basically is my soul.

[Maybe if she smiles that won't sound so bad?]

[cutestprogrammer]

Is he from your world? I see. Is it very difficult to do though... To limit your magic use...

[his eyes widen] Your-your s-soul...? Then-then wouldn't you die if it doesn't get cleansed?

[starofpleiades]

No, but apparently he has powers that work similarly that can clean Soul Gems. [She has to think about the second question for a moment] Umm, maybe a little! But I mostly only used it to fight Witches and there aren't any here, so it doesn't come up as my first response often.

[Welp, there it is...] Ah, well... yeah.

[cutestprogrammer]

I see. Well, that's good then!

... eh? Then-then you shouldn't use your magic at all, Kazumi-san! It's much to dangerous!!

[starofpleiades]

I'm trying not to, but if someone's in trouble or in need of help, or if there's a dangerous monster around, I'm not going to stand by! And like I said, Enoch is able to clean gems, so I just have to be careful with it.

[cutestprogrammer]

I-I see... [but still he's worried about you!] Mn. Please be very careful then, Kazumi-san!

[starofpleiades]

Eheh, thanks for worrying about me. I will! [Smiling, she gets back to picking berries; it shouldn't take them long to empty the bush, and there'll still be a bit of room to look for other things to put in the basket] What about you though? I mean, I can't use it much, but at least my magic can help me fight monsters here! Do you have anything like that to defend yourself with?

[cutestprogrammer]

I... well, I can't really fight and I don't have any special powers so... I just try not to leave my room when night falls.

[starofpleiades]

Ohh, I guess that's a good idea. Well, I try not to go out at night either... still, even during the day things can happen! Is there anyone strong you hang out with?

[cutestprogrammer]

Well... Oowada-kun is usually with me and he's really strong.

[starofpleiades]

Hehe, that's good then. A close friend?

[cutestprogrammer]

Well, he-he's actually my... boyfriend... [blushing so much!!]

[starofpleiades]

W, wow! Heheh... it's good he's here with you then!

[cutestprogrammer]

Mn. Though well, actually we only started dating a little while ago and after coming here. He's a classmate of mine back home.

[starofpleiades]

Aww, well that's nice having a classmate and becoming a couple like that. I guess good things can happen here.

[cutestprogrammer]

[he nods shyly] What-what about you Kazumi-san? Do you have anyone special?

[starofpleiades]

Eheh, not like that... I have a lot of friends who are very dear to me though. Only one of them is here that I knew from home though.

[cutestprogrammer]

I see. Have you known each other for long?

[starofpleiades]

Yes! Well, sort of... is a couple years long? [At least, she estimates it's around there? Or something like that]

[cutestprogrammer]

Mn! That's kind of long!

[starofpleiades]

Hehe, well, then we've known each other pretty long!

How long have you and Oowada-kun known each other?

[cutestprogrammer]

Not really that long. We've only known each other a few weeks before coming here.

[starofpleiades]

Oh, really? Heheh... you must have really hit it off then!

[cutestprogrammer]

Uh... well... not really. I was actually very scared of him at first since he's a gang leader and he can be very scary... but then I got to know him better and found out he's really a very nice person. He's always protecting and helping other people.

[starofpleiades]

Oh, wow... eheh, it's surprising to hear you got closer to someone like that, but I guess it's a good thing! I'm glad he's not as scary as he seemed.