026 [Video/Action for Cherrygrove PokéCenter]

[soggypastry]

[Hi, Johto. Hve you been enjoying your...odd weekend? Hopefully so, because it's about to get weirder. Enjoy your view of Lightning hunched over a stove in the Cherrygrove Pokémon Center, stirring something in a pot. It's an odd sight, both with her hair twisted up into a messy bun and the fact that she's...actually cooking. Anyone who knows her knows that's not a good sign. Especially when she's starting to look a little bit frazzled.]

No, no, no...come on. Don't you dare burn.

[Yes, she's talking to her pot of...something. Unfortunately, this doesn't help her with the cooking and it's with a rather frustrated sound that she takes that pot off the stove, camera tracking her movements while she places it in the sink before scrubbing her face, leaving smears of chocolate down her cheeks as she takes a breath to regain her composure. Is she giving up? Not on your life.

She's just turning back to the counter, where there's enough ingredients for one more try along with a recipe book she's looking back at.]

You could always help, you know.

[A startled "Pika!" and...end feed. Spark still enjoys being Camera-chu, it seems.]

Comments

[soggypastry]

[Then Lady Luck shines on them both; if Fang had decided to make mischief, Lightning would have done something that involves the soapy water she's elbow deep in. Hard to say how that would have gone.]

I'll remember that the next time I make something for you, then.

[Fang, be afraid. Be very afraid. Letting this woman into the kitchen is a bad idea.]

[lif]

[ Okay, now she can't resist. Lightning probably wasn't expecting to get out of this without at least one tease about Leon, at least. ]

"Next time"? Sweet of ya, Light - I didn't know you cared enough to make me chocolate.

[soggypastry]

[No, she was definitely expecting the teasing. Perhaps hoping it wouldn't happen, but expecting it anyway.]

Who said anything about chocolates? They may not be the only thing I made today.

[Terrified yet, Fang? You should be. She may not be kidding around.]

[lif]

[ She is starting to worry, yes. ]

I thought you'd destroyed all the other ingredients.

[soggypastry]

[Good. It means her survival instinct is still intact.]

For the chocolate, yeah. But I've been in here all morning; do you honestly think it was the first thing I tried to do?

[lif]

You might've. Ya did say Serah handled the cooking.

[ No, she hasn't forgotten that. Yes, that's exactly why she's worried. ]

[soggypastry]

I did. But she's not here now, so someone else has to do it. I don't see anyone else doing it this year.

[And with no one else but a Pikachu in the kitchen...oops?]

[lif]

Didn't realize today was such a big deal.

[ She is teasing about Lightning being so into it, but she really didn't know! ]

[soggypastry]

It depends on who you ask, really. It's a bigger deal to some people than it is to others.

[aaaaand she didn't catch the teasing this time. She is telling the truth, though! It wasn't such a big deal to her last year, so...]