[[Audio Post]] [[Joint Post With Cheria]] [[Poor Cheria]]

[pride_of_amarcia]

Okay, Cheria, don't worry about a thing! I've got this, everything's going to be just great until we can get your eyes all... Eye-ing again!

Um-- Pascal, I'm not so sure about this... I think I can do it on my own! ...Maybe...

Nuh-uh! I'm not letting you near the stove until you can read the dials. None of us want you on fire, you know!

T-then I'll just make a sandwich! I'm sure I can do that at least, right? If this is permanent I'm going to have to learn how to do this kind of stuff on my own again.

Don't think like that, Cheria. I'm sure this is temporary until we can get you all cured up or you sleep it all off! I mean, if they can revive the dead, fixing eyes has gotta be somewhere in the picture right?

[There's a short sigh and silence for a minute or two before Cheria speaks again.] I know that... But it's good to be prepared for anything, you know? I'm glad everyone wants to help out so much but I still want to be able to do stuff too.

No buts, Cheria! I'm going to make sure you're safely resting this off in bed, and that means I'm going to do the cooking! Now where are those bananas...

No, really, Pascal. You don't have to do all of this! And-- hold on a second, just what kind of meal are you planning to make!? Bananas aren't a proper diet!

Bah! I live off of 'em! What's good for the goose is good for the panda, right?

What?? That isn't how that goes, Pascal. Seriously just- I can cook for myself today!

Cheria? No. Seriously. I've got this. We'll start with a pie, those aren't too hard to make.

...Have you ever made a pie before?

Nope! But I've got notes!

It's not just as simple as that! Pascal? Pascal!

Mix the salt in with the... Wait, why do you need salt? We can drop that, right?

No, you can't!! Pascal, just make me a sandwich if you want to help!

But I can totally do better!

((Red is Pascal and Purple is Cheria. Comments may be responded to by either or both.))

Comments

voice

[knifenut]

[ A weird hissing laugh. ]

If they haven't fixed your eyes yet, what makes you think they're going to bother? The Initiative needs canon fodder. There's no need for sacrificial pieces to see.

voice

[flashmaiden]

It isn't the Initiative's fault! And, anyway, I don't think there's even a way for them to fix it, so...

voice

[knifenut]

Isn't it? Who's fault is it that we're here in the first place?

[ Another laugh. ]

Heh? Your friend has it right though. If they can bring people back to life fixing someone's eyes should be easy for them.

voice

[flashmaiden]

[She's trying to give the Initiative the benefit of the doubt. B( Stop that shit.]

I-it's fine! There are other people that need help more. I'll be okay either way...

voice

[knifenut]

[ Never! It's his personal goal to make things as difficult for the Initiative as humanly possible.

There's a pause after she says that though, like he's trying to process it. ]

... Who cares about them?

voice

[flashmaiden]

W-what? I do, of course!

[She sounds legitimately miffed by the question.]

voice

[knifenut]

[ :|a ... No, he still doesn't get it. People like her don't make a lot of sense to him. ]

Why?

voice

[flashmaiden]

[She's never... actually been asked why she cares about people before.]

Because someone has care about them and take care of them. Is it really so strange to care about the well-being of everyone else?

voice

[knifenut]

[ A humming sound as he considers this. ]

No one has to do anything. If animals are weak they die. People are animals too, aren't they?

[ Thinking for another few seconds about the guy in Tsuna's family that calls everyone herbivores. How unfortunate to agree with the thinking of a guy like that. ]

Weak people band together so they don't feel vulnerable, and tell themselves lies about doing it out of generosity, but look what happened in this world. You're all still weak, and you're all still going to die at this rate. Of course if you want to pretend you're not weak you could always spend your time doing something worthwhile... like forcing your way home to safety.

voice

[flashmaiden]

No! That's... That's wrong! That isn't why people take care of each other at all. Even if this place did bring us here without our permission, this world needs saving too! And after what happened to that poor man's world- I can't even imagine trying to force my way home and risk the same thing happening to the people I care about there.

It's better to help the people right in front of you that need assistance, they aren't any less important than the people of Ephinea or your world or anyone else's!

voice

[knifenut]

That's true, but the people of my world aren't important either. And as long as my world is fine I don't really care about any of the other ones and what happens to them.

voice

[flashmaiden]

Of course they are! How can you say that? Isn't there anyone you care about enough to protect them?

voice;

[omurice]

Pascal, is it necessary for you to meddle with Cheria's affairs like so? I'm rather confident that you are ill-fitted to be looking after her well being, especially since no one knows when you've last bathed yourself.

Voice

[wilder]

............

Please tell me that's not happening in my kitchen.

Poor Zelos

[pride_of_amarcia]

Of course not! It's in Cheria's kitchen!

*... Which is the kitchen in the apartment they share, something Pascal doesn't seem to have realized yet.*

Re: voice;

[pride_of_amarcia]

Hey, someone's gotta keep her resting if she's going to get any better, and the only thing it's delaying for me is working on getting a workshop set up.

[wilder]

[sdfsldkfsdf]

That is mine!

[pride_of_amarcia]

... Oh! You're one of her roommates then.

Don't worry, I won't be too long. The pie only needs to bake for 35 minutes. Or was it three and a half hours...

[wilder]

Yes I'm one of her roommates!

-- You mean you can't tell the difference between 35 minutes and three hours?!

[voice]

[bad_is_better]

....Oh, dear. D'ye lot need supervisin' or sommat by an adult?

[They totally do. Too bad they don't have one.]

voice

[malikbeam]

[.........]

While I'm sure you're trying to help, Pascal, have you talked with Cheria's roommates about this? [DO THEY WANT YOU COOKING?]

[pride_of_amarcia]

I forgot to write the units down when I put 35!

... It can't be 35 hours, right?

Re: [voice]

[pride_of_amarcia]

H-hey, I'm twenty-two and I adventured alone for years before that!

*... Sadly, Cheria's much, much more mature...*

Re: voice

[pride_of_amarcia]

... But I'm not cooking for them...

[wilder]

[...........OH DEAR GODDESS]

No!

Just- buy some food from a restaraunt! I can pay you back when I get home!