ahappylie | 053 [ voice ]

[the recording is quiet for a short while before he speaks, and when he does, his voice is thin and somewhat strained even though he tries to make it sound as cheerful as usual. it also sounds as if he's reading his lines, which, in fact, he is.]

Welcome to all the new residents of Luceti. I hope you are all settling in well. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Normally there is a mixer soon after the arrival cycle ends. I hope you will join and meet everyone. I think it is a wonderful-- [he stops and the recording cuts out for a moment] --a wonderful opportunity for everyone to get to know each other better........

[he seems to give up on his prepared speech, speaking absently]

The weather is nice, isn't it? What is the weather like back in your homes? Is it always this warm in the fifth month? Is it warmer? Are there festivals or flowers that come about just about now?

The changing of the seasons is so wonderful to me... The world is renewing itself. It seems like there is so much hope built into the spring and the coming of the hot summer months.

I wonder if we'll have a summer festival this year....

[ooc; for anyone looking to speak with okita face-to-face he's still at house 50, but he'll be outside for the first time in a week or two, sitting on the porch with a thick blanket over his lap. it's likely this is the last time he'll be seen outside before may 30th comes around]

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[Try wearing sandals in the South Pole then!!!]

Something like that. Only... without actually giving us the money.

[Souji would do it and prove he was a badass!!! with frostbite and no toes orz]

That takes all the fun out of having money. [He stops in the kitchen and coughs, getting some tea ready.] Do you earn a lot of these points while on the missions? Perhaps I should go sometime.

Well... maybe when you get better.

[Which... you are going to do. There will be no dying.]

...... [He sets the kettle on the stove and smiles.] Yes, when I'm better. It shouldn't be long now.

[... yeah. Let's keep thinking that way.]

So uh, are you hungry? I can warm up this stew.

[yupyup]

That would be nice. With Ayumu-san still missing, the others have had to put up with my cooking instead.

Well my sister made this! So it will definitely be good. [If Sokka made it, he might have shaved a few days off his life.

With permission received, he went to go warm up the stove top.]

[...good job, Sokka.

Souji moved to the left away from the stove to give Sokka room.]

I'll make tea then. How long until you must leave on your mission?

I have to be in the tunnels in an hour. But this is my last stop, so I can stick around a while.

It was nice of you to come by then. And with Katara-san's cooking even. She's a good cook, isn't she?

A great cook. She's got even better since she's been in Luceti. But... [A whisper:] Don't tell her I said that.

[Snicker] Of course. It'll be our secret.

Well, ours and Dog's.

[He points to the little goldfish swimming in his bowl on the window sill above the sink.]

[... a fish named dog. Really. Sokka does smirk though.]

It's not too late to add him to the stew if he rats us out.

I'll be sure to watch him then.

[Souji leans forward and puts a finger on the side of the glass. The fish, now used to this, swims toward it as if the finger will give him food.]

Do you hear that? If you rat us out, we're making you into food.

[The fish just bumps its face against the glass.]

I think he understands us.

[And here he expected Souji to defend the fish, just like the pig.]

Good. I'm glad he's such a good listener.

[Nope. Fish are food, unlike pigs.]

He is~ Although sometimes I think he just doesn't remember.

[Souji turned his head away, coughing slightly before he went back to tapping lightly on the glass bowl. Dog doesn't seem to mind and just starts lazily floating toward the surface in hopes of food.]

Do fish remember things? I've always wondered that.

I don't know. I was going to ask one, but then I ended up eating it instead.

[Even though he's joking, there's a serious expression on his face when Souji coughs.]

Well, that wasn't a very good interrogation method.

[he notices Sokka's expression and looks at him, pretending to be confused]

I suppose the fish didn't taste very good if you have a face like that on when you're remembering it.

What? Uh, no. It was fine. Very tasty. And fishy. Like a fish should be.

Oh, then that's good. I don't think I'd like a fish that tasted like chicken or rabbit.

Then you probably wouldn't like chicken tuna. Or rabbit trout.

....Are those animals or dishes?

Both, actually.

....Your world is so odd.

[Tea's ready! He hears the kettle whistle and goes over to turn that burner off. Then he moves to prepare the tea.]

We don't have anything like that in my country. Does it taste good?

[He stirs the stew a little more. It's probably about done. He's not expert, but it seems like it.]

Of course. It tastes like possum chicken.

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