Video + Voice | UN: Serenity

[chaossealer]

[ For a good while, all anyone's going to see is the cityscape of the second district. There's clear movement as the scene seems to move and shake with what seems to be the sounds of footsteps in the background. ]

Hello? Hi, my name is—oh no, the video is on backward, uh—

[ There is a small pause, and after much tinkering, the feed switches over to the front camera. Crisis adverted? On the screen is a teenage girl, looking barely legal with a strange hairstyle. She has on a pretty friendly smile, with all things considered, and doesn't seem entirely too distraught. ]

—there we go! Hello again, sorry for the trouble! My name is Usagi Tsukino and I'm new to the city. So far, I've found a place to live, I think, and I'm just trying to familiarize myself with the place so it's easier to navigate.

[ She looks pensive for a moment. ]

Or perhaps more information on the place? How do things work around here? Anything is fine. [ She pauses for a moment. ] Oh, maybe a place to get food? I haven't seen anywhere that resembles a restaurant where I am, but I'm not entirely sure.

Sorry for all the questions, and thank you for your time!

[ The video feed switches off, but it seems like she somehow didn't close the voice transmission along with the video. ]

Okay...where am I, ooooh, I could really go for a large banana split sundae right about now...where does a girl get some ice cream around here?

...wait, didn't I walk past that place earlier? Huh? Why is this still on? Oh no.....!

[ And the voice transmission cuts off here. ]

Comments

[Video] un: Capsulecorp

[fashionably_strong]

Hi Usagi! I have a list of which ice cream flavours cause which effects. There's a few flavours that don't do anything weird.

[chaossealer]

[ Ice cream that she can eat and won't hurt her? Sign her up! ]

Hello!! That list would be very helpful! I've heard about this ice cream parlour in question and was going to avoid it but since you said there are flavours that don't do anything, I think it might be worth going there for a try?

Thank you very much!!

[fashionably_strong]

I'll meet you there! I'm in the mood for some ice cream, too.

Oh, and even with the flavours that have effects, a couple of them aren't too bad. The bubblegum one makes you giggly and speak in rhyme. Vanilla is calming. Effects last for about an hour.

[She has tested this. For science!]

[chaossealer]

[ Someone who enjoys ice cream, even just for the science of it is already considered a friend! This comes as Bulla reminds Usagi of her friend Ami. ]

That's great! I can't wait!

[ And then, she notes all this down before asking: ] Oh, are those the effects? That's not too bad...uh, what about strawberry?

[fashionably_strong]

[The tests also served to satisfy Bulla's voracious appetite, so win-win.]

Strawberry makes you compelled to tell people your secrets. Mint chocolate chip makes you like...unreasonably afraid of stuff. That was the one I first tried before I knew they had any effects and I started freaking out over a tiny spider the size of my pinky fingernail. I was convinced it was evil and that it was going to try to kill me and everyone else in the ice cream parlor.

[Just to give Usagi an example of another of the less fun options.]

[chaossealer]

[ She'll be very careful to avoid that flavour... ]

That does not sound like a good experience, I'm sorry you had to experience that...

Although I am a little sad that they put such a side effect to the strawberry-flavoured ice cream...I'll have to find a different source of strawberry ice cream, then.

[ Unless...eh... ]

[fashionably_strong]

I've got a big appetite and ate a lot of it, too. Fortunately, the effects went away after about an hour.

Maybe cutting up some strawberries and putting it on the vanilla ice cream would work for you?

[chaossealer]

[ That's interesting to know—no matter how much someone eats, the side effects won't last more than an hour...useful information, indeed. ]

That...so smart!! You're a genius!! I can't believe I didn't think of that! Ah, even better with strawberry jam—we can swirl that into the ice cream! [ She'll be excited about anything food-related. ]

Let's go stuff a year's worth of vanilla ice cream in one sitting!

[fashionably_strong]

Wow, you really love strawberry ice cream, huh? Don't forget about the other flavours that don't have any weird effects at all.

[chaossealer]

Hehehe, it's so good! But I won't! We can get those, too! I just hope they're okay with us bringing in stuff of our own—

[ But there's no one manning the store, is there? ]

—wait, does the ice cream parlour taken care of by someone? Or is it just like the stores in the subway station, with no one taking care of it?

[fashionably_strong]

It's just like the stores. You don't have to pay for anything anywhere here, either.

rl smacked me, sorry

[chaossealer]

Wait, really? That's awfully convenient... [ She pauses. ] That means I can just...eat stuff? Without paying?

[ The good girl instincts in her is nagging her to feel bad, but her stomach is telling her to go, go, go... ]