❀ - [Video/Action] - 第五 [中秋節; Mid-Autumn Festival, Discedo]

[meilihua]

[Hopefully by now, most people on Fortuna have somehow received a prettily wrapped package containing four different varieties of home-made mooncake outside their doorstep. Those within Discedo had them hand-delivered; everyone else...hope they made it...]

Hey everyone! I know things have been really crazy recently, but if you have a chance [pause] and are in someplace where it's safe to do it [pause...], you should definitely go outside and take a look up at the moon! If you squint really closely, maybe you'll see Chang'e ( 嫦娥), the moon goddess who lives there, or the Jade Rabbit making medicine!

[A soft, kind of wistful laugh] At least, that's what I would say if we were at home...

Anyway, I hope all my packages made it safely, but even if it's not the same moon, you can definitely still eat the mooncake! There's 4 kinds: lotus-paste, red bean, green tea, and chocolate! Just for variety.

I included egg-yolk in a few of them, but you don't have to eat it if you don't like it.

[Oh wait...] Yeah, and I guess it's China's birthday tomorrow too.

祝你生日快樂，老師！ You're still old, by the way!

Oh, and I don't care if you changed to simplified, you're still going to have to get all your greetings in traditional from me! [Yes, Taiwan did just stick her tongue out in the video. How mature.]

Comments

[Video]

[wandthief]

Did you make these yourself, Fraulein?

And a happy birthday to China. How old is he now?

[Video]

[meilihua]

Yeah, most of them! I miss having sister Vietnam to help me but... It worked out, in the end. [smiling] You should tell me if you like them!

[Pretending to think really hard about this...] Hmm...I think he's going on four million this year...

(video)

[ready2go]

Hey thanks for the sweets.

( small smile. )

I have China's morning covered but the rest of the day is yours.

[Video]

[meilihua]

No problem, Stocking-jiejie!

H-hey, I'm definitely not dragging him away from you on his birthday! I can always bother him another time... [China might prefer Stocking's company to Taiwan's on his birthday... just saying.]

[video]

[gochuugoku]

You guess? And I am not old!

[But then...]

Thank you for the mooncakes, though. They are very delicious...

[Video]

[meilihua]

Another year is another year, Teacher!

voice;

[entreats]

... So that kind of thing is even celebrated here, huh?

[Voice]

[meilihua]

'That kind of thing'...? I mean...I don't think it's official or anything, but...there's no reason not to, right?

[Text]

[then_there_were_none]

[Since sadpire is still sad.

...but cake was always acceptable, even if she didn't feel very hungry and that wasn't exactly what she thought of when "cake" came to mind.]

The moon is still pretty, though.

The blotches do look like a rabbit.

[Text]

[meilihua]

Just a little bit, right? I always think that story is really cute and sad!

[video]

[bauhinia]

Sis is so old-school. [ Haha, shut up, Hong Kong. Like you're any better. ]

中秋快乐, yeah?

[ And ironically the mun's keyboard is simplified, oops. ]

[Video]

[meilihua]

[Dude, so IC.]

Just because Teacher made everyone else change...

[video]

[ilyana]

Ah! So you were the one who made the delicious moon cakes?!

[Ilyana ate them all... and then was sorely tempted to ask other people for theirs as well]

[Video]

[meilihua]

Yes, did you like them?

[Video]

[itsfondue]

Thank you for the mooncake, Taiwan. I won't let 'em go to waste.

[Video]

[meilihua]

I'll be happy if you like them! Unfortunately they don't keep very well...

[crabbygenius]

These treats are very delicious. Thank you~.

[meilihua]

Washu! It's so nice to see you, how have you been?

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

[Japan once told him the story of how he and China look at the moon and see "two completely different things." Both still a rabbit, but one making medicine, and one making rice cakes. He's obviously heard the rice cake story, but not the medicine one.]

What about in the blue moon? Do you see anything in there?

Ah, actually I should also ask, why does the rabbit in the moon make medicine? [And is it as morbid as Japan's story? Because he kind of bets it is.]

[Video]

[meilihua]

Oh right, my brother must have told you his story too... Ah well... the jade rabbit on the moon is supposed to be a companion to Chang'e, the moon goddess! But I know there are a lot of different stories...

[shortestfuse]

Thanks. [ A pause. ] For the food.

The chocolate one was really good...

And the other ones...

[meilihua]

I-i'm really glad you liked them! I was going to ask you over but...I wanted it to be a surprise...

video, THIS IS LATE but chang'e is actually in jack's canon so

[dewebbed]

[ hey here's jack holding up one of her packages ]

I got mine! Thanks, by the way, they're all really good. [ he picks out the lotus-paste one and takes a bite ] Oh, tell China happy birthday if I don't see him!

[Video] Never ever worry about being late!

[meilihua]

Haha you know I'm definitely going to tell China happy birthday! [Over and over and over and over...]

How does it taste?

[video]

[tapdancinskelly]

There seem to be a lot of mythologies involving the moon. I once heard that the moon in our world had a long lost civilization on it, but somehow I doubt that it's true. Still, who am I to judge what could be real or not? I'm a talking skeleton. Yohohoho!

By the way, your cooking is as delicious as I remembered it being, so thank you Taiwan, for the delicious treat!

[Video]

[meilihua]

Whoa... a while civilization? That sounds amazing...

Brooke I feel like it's been forever since I last talked to you! [Wait, how does he taste her cooking if he doesn't have a tongue-]

(video)

[flourisher]

Thank...you.

[Video]

[meilihua]

No problem! I hope you enjoy them. It's nice to have something else to think about in this place, right?