Third Pastry ❥ special valentine's day video

[gumshoebreeder]

[The camera feed clicks on to Jane, Tenten, and a Bisharp. Jane looks awfully cheerful, as does Tenten. They finally got to meet up and as promised- Jane is teaching Tenten how to make chocolate. Sure the gifts would be a little late, BUT WHATEVER.]

Happy Valentine's day to everyone out there!

[Tenten’s not been the most successful one in the kitchen. Her fingers and forearms are coated in chocolate (how is a mystery for the ages), and there’s what’s probably cocoa powder smeared on her nose and cheeks (another mystery).]

Yeah, Happy Valentine’s Day! I guess? [Really she’s not all that sure why she’s on video for this other than to brag about their chocolate-making attempts?? Jane could totally have handled this part on her own.]

[Through convincing and flattery they have gotten Dart (the Bisharp) to wear an apron and help them out- so that probably looks pretty funny. Jane is pretty sure she explained to Tenten why they had to get on camera for this one, but it doesn’t matter. THEY NEEDED TO SAY HI TO THEIR KANTO FRIENDS SOMEHOW.]

We’ve actually made quite a lot and have some extras. So we highly encourage that you get in contact with us about getting some before we run out. [She holds up the tray, LOOK AT THESE. They are definitely heart shaped and knife shaped chocolates. Can you tell who made what. I bet you can’t.]

Some of you guys need to keep an eye out for a Pokémon headed your way. I already attached a couple boxes to them and sent them out, but since we only got them done today, it’s gonna be a little late. If you got a message from me, you know you’re getting something, I guess?

[Wow way to be exclusionary Tenten. Amazing.]

Anyone else can just ask. [And she glances toward Jane because hey, the other girl is the one who made sure the chocolates actually looked like what they’re supposed to be shaped like and that they won’t have a poison filling. And that they’ll taste good on top of all that.]

[Jane goes to end the feed, that is until one of those goo-like Pokemon just, falls in front of the camera. Jane nearly shrieks at the sight, taking a step back and observing the little goo pile looking back up at her. More at Jane’s shriek than at the sight of the Pokémon itself, Tenten grabs the closest weapon-like thing she can find -- a cooking spoon left to rest in one of the bowls from mixing the chocolate -- and points it at the little blob. Splattering chocolate on it and the camera in the process.]

[ooc: replies will be coming from usedswift and overbiterestart! plain text is Jane and colored text is Tenten!]

Comments

[friendyousohard]

It's true, there are quite a lot of them roaming around about now... They don't really seem interested in attacking, though. Just heading to some sort of location, I haven't really been able to figure out where.

[It hasn't escaped her notice that they all seem to be heading in the same direction, however.]

See, I'm actually the opposite there. Baking is essentially science, so I'm quite good at it, though not quite as good as my friend Pinkie Pie. Cooking I'm not exactly awful at, but I'm not really an expert or anything.

[usedswift]

Yeah, I don't know. They're kind of cute, if messy... [And she casts a sideways glance to something off screen -- probably Jane -- and shakes her head.]

Still! Maybe they'll evolve into something really powerful, so I'll probably try to catch one.

But yeah, baking is really precise for me. I like precision in a lot of things, but when it comes to eating, I guess it's not that important to me. As long as it tastes good and has protein, I'm pretty set.

[friendyousohard]

No more messy than a Grimer or a Muk, and I don't think these ones are poisonous. I could be wrong about that though.

[Darn Pokegear being useless and all.]

That's reasonable. Baking is mostly good for making treats anyway, though there are some exceptions to that rule.

[usedswift]

Ugh... I had a Muk a friend left me, once. [Had because she foisted it off on someone else because it was just gross.] At least these guys seem marginally more, uh. Less gross, I guess.

[And a shrug.]

Did you want some chocolate? I mean, where I'm from, girls usually only give guys they like chocolate for Valentine's, but considering I'm breaking it already by giving it to guys who are friends of mine, I guess I could make another exception.

[friendyousohard]

Not exactly difficult to be less gross than a Muk. Not to mention hazardous to one's health.

[Since, you know, poison.]

Sure, I'd love to taste what you made! We don't have "Valentine's" where I come from, but I think Hearts and Hooves Day is similar enough to count. It's mostly a two-way romantic holiday, at least as I understand it. I didn't, uh... participate much.

[usedswift]

Ugh, yeah.

[She smiles and nods in response to the chocolate, glancing around the kitchen.]

I'll try to send some out to you later today. Where're you guys, again?

Why didn't you participate?

[friendyousohard]

We're in Mahogany right now, we went back once the mess in Olivine was handled.

[And she's not going to say anymore about that.]

Well, because I didn't have a special somepo- someone.

[usedswift]

Yeah, we went back to Violet. We'd left a couple friends hanging.

[She raises both eyebrows, then lets out a soft, "Ah," of comprehension.]

I gotcha. Well... I've never had someone to spend it with, either. Not specifically, I mean. It's more fun to make stuff for my friends, anyway.

[friendyousohard]

That's a good attitude to have. Not really compatible with how the holiday was celebrated in Equestria, but it seems to work just fine here.

[And she kind of prefers it that way, really.]

[usedswift]

Yeah. Well, I guess that works out, then. Since having someone to spend days like that with is too much trouble as it is. I'm happier like this.

[She says so, and she wants to think she believes it, too.]

So yeah, I can send you guys some chocolate. Are you still traveling with Applejack and Dash?

[friendyousohard]

Always. If we separate it's either temporary or something's gone wrong.

[usedswift]

I gotcha. You guys don't ever just want to go in different directions?

[friendyousohard]

Not since it dwindled down to just the three of us. When we had almost our whole group it was different, but now... the feeling that we should stick together is stronger than ever.

[usedswift]

Aah, yeah. That would make a difference.

[She shrugs and offers another smile.]

I guess it's different for me, though. I mean, I know that once I go home, I'll see all my friends again, same as always. But the friends I've made here? I want to spend as much time with them as possible.

[friendyousohard]

I can understand that logic perfectly. I might even feel the same way if it weren't for our bond and... well, the fact that I hadn't seen any of them for over a year starting from soon after I arrived.

[usedswift]

Oh? You arrived that much earlier than they did? I didn't know.

[friendyousohard]

Well, yes and no. All of my friends were here when I arrived, but then soon afterwards all but one of them left. It was just us two for that span of time.

[usedswift]

Oh... Yeah, I understand that. For a while, it looked like it was just going to be Naruto and me, but then Sakura showed up too. So there's fewer of us than there have been recently, but it's still nice to see them.

[friendyousohard]

Wasn't there a huge amount of people from your world not so long ago? Did they all get sent home that quickly?

[usedswift]

Umm... I don't know what passes for quickly. I mean, some of them were only here for a month or two, but some of the others were here for a while before finally disappearing.

[She doesn't say so, but she hopes she's not next.]

[friendyousohard]

Oh, sorry, I meant quickly as in they seemed to all leave one right after the other, not as in they were only here for a short amount of time.

[She'd be a little surprised by that, since most people seem to want to go home. Then again, given what she's heard of Tenten's world...]

[usedswift]

Oh... yeah, when you put it that way, I guess so. Honestly, I didn't keep in contact with all that many of them before; most of them are from my future, and it's... a little different.

[friendyousohard]

Was there a problem with your future? Or had they just all changed so much it was hard to recognize them?

[usedswift]

Well, it used to be that I was a year older than them all, but now they're two or three years older. And from all accounts, the future's not all that good, anyway.

[friendyousohard]

So a combination of awkwardness and upset over the news they brought. I can see that making things difficult. I'm sorry to hear that's what you have to look forward to...