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

[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.]

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[Giggling] Let's see if I can find something in the refrigerator for you now, I guess...?

[Let's see...] What are you in the mood for?

I'll eat just about anything really... so long as it's filling.

I have some curry and rice left over from the day before yesterday, how does that sound? [She's already pulling it out...]

That sounds wonderful!

[Maybe if she could eat something else while cooking she wouldn't feel the need to eat the ingredients.]

So where do we start with the cakes?

Well, we need a bowl first... [She's warming up the food as fast as she can, please don't eat her table!?]

Umm... okay, where do you keep the bowls?

[That's okay, she seems to have found some bread to eat... although those table legs do look pretty tasty.]

[Is she going to have an apartment still, after this...?]

Oh, right over there! [She stirs the leftover curry once as it heats and then points with the spoon to a set of cabinets.] Just bring me the biggest one, okay?

[Possibly? But, oh did that curry did smell heavenly.]

O-okay!

[Ilyana quickly grabs the biggest one she can find and places it on the kitchen table, feeling optimistic that this may mean a lot of food.]

That... smells really good.

[Ilyana might be hovering over your shoulder slightly, so hopefully you don't have too many qualms about personal space.]

[Taiwan looks over her shoulder, but she looks perfectly friendly otherwise.] It's not much, I mean...it's just leftovers, but I hope you like it!

[The curry bubbles a little bit and Taiwan switches off the heat, bringing over another, smaller bowl of rice.]

Did you not eat enough today?

[She lets out a deep sigh at that question.]

No... I have been having a very hard time lately trying to find enough food to eat. I was passed out on the floor for almost all of yesterday thanks to hunger pains.

Oh, you poor thing-! [/sobs, Ilyana please don't abuse her hospitality...] I can't believe...

[Here. FOOD. ALL OF IT. Please don't eat the bowl too, she needs it.]

I'm making more right now, you can bring back the leftovers too.

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[Her eyes widen at the food being shoved into her hands.]

Eh?! A-All of it, for me? I... That's... that's so nice of you! But I just couldn't do that!

[Well... actually she easily could, but it wouldn't be nice of her to let a friend go hungry in her stead.]

If I eat all of your food, what will you eat?

I-i'll be fine, don't worry! I have a lot of raw ingredients lying around...

Thank you, Taiwan... I don't know what to say... You're like an angel.

H-hey now, that's going a bit too far... [It's just food...]

... You think so?

[Just food? Just food?! Food is life! Without food we die, and we all need food to live! In effect, she has given her the gift of life! And how much more angelic can you be than bestowing the gift of life on another human being? Or at least, that's what she would say if she weren't so shy, and Taiwan had actually said it's just food <_<]

I'm just glad I can help you out. It's not really anything special.

Well... if there's anything I can ever do to help you in return, you can always ask me, okay?

Of course! But for now, I'm just glad I can help you.

[Welp, time to get mixing.] Do you want to hold the bowl while I stir?

Actually, do you think I can stir? I think it might be fun to try... Does it have to be a certain consistency?

Sure, no problem! [She obligingly shifts positions, offering her the spoon.] I'll tell you when to stop, how about that?

Okay! [Ilyana at first starts off pretty slowly, but then starts really getting into it, stirring like mad, just barely keeping the contents in the bowl.]

[Well, Taiwan's impressed] Whoa, whoa! Where did you learn to do that?

Hehe, well the twins back home used to try to teach me to cook. I actually got sort of okay at it but... there usually isn't much food around, and I'm not good at anything fancy.

[She was starting to get a bit tired now, but at least it looked to be quite whipped now.]

Well, this doesn't have to be fancy... Cake is pretty easy!

[Well, she's banging around looking for her bake pans, but Ilyana is free to eat some batter if she wants it.]

The twins? Are they your siblings?

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