Stirring the Sauce, Pounding out the Dough!

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Who: Kitty Pryde, Pinkie Pie, and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide invites!
Action: Planetside
When: In between Winn waking up and the Marsiva taking off




[Video]

Early this morning, a video might interrupt whatever you're doing. On one side of the screen, there's a beautiful lady with light brown hair. On the other, the pinkest pony ever to have walked the multi-verse.

Hey hey HEY, everybody! It's the start of a new month, and we've had a GREAT time on this planet so far, especially with all this yummy real food! Sooo Kitty and I have been planning a pizza party!

Um, right. So, you should come. I guess. [She doesn't know how to do group invites with ponies. What is life?]

We'll be in this HUGE clearing at THESE coordinates, so bring some smiles, your stomach, and maybe a side dish or snacks if you want too! We'll see you there! And Wrath: we've got chimmy cherry chongas~!

We had to use a few substitutes, but it's still pizza, so you know today's priority. Also a good time to check it out if you've never heard of it.

[And with that, the feed ends and coordinates to the clearing show up on the communicators.]


[Action]

[Local vendors have been generous enough to loan the use of their ovens and some long wooden tables for the clearing. Sure enough, there's dozens of pies, plain or topped with meat or vegetables or both. There's also jugs and jugs of fruit juices and lemonade and punch, and an equally bountiful dessert table including apple tarts, cakes, donuts, and yes, chimmy cherry chongas. And the best part is there's not a single gel-based ingredient in sight. Feel free to add something to the bounty or just come in, grab a slice, and enjoy!]

Comments

[passingthrough]

This way you can have a late-night snack with me and Winn sometime.

Are you okay?

[pneumo]

I--y, yeah! I'm just....really happy....! [ Which comes out sounding not at all happy and more like he's about to warble or whimper or something, but he really is overflowing with joy inside, touched and endeared by the inclusion--that they'd even want him to eat with them.

The only person he ever eats with is Bigby. He's always assumed no one else would want to, given his diet. And here she is, like it's a given that he's to be part of something important (to him) like that. ]

[passingthrough]

[She feels like she understands the reaction. So happy he's overwhelmed.] We're happy to include you. [In snacks, not in bed!]

[pneumo]

[ But they could sandwich him in cuddles and love! ]

Even if I eat weird?

[passingthrough]

[Or they could NOPE]

It's not weird for you.

[pneumo]

[ BUT MOM...DAD.... ]

I...well....no, but... [ Sascha worries infinitely more about others than himself, and Kitty will be able to tell: his own desires and wants aren't even included in his thinking. It's just what Kitty or Winn would. ]

[passingthrough]

So for you the way we eat is weird, but you don't make a big deal out of that. We won't either.

[pneumo]

Even though it's just...meat?? And not cooked? [ Sascha really needs the reassurance here ]

[passingthrough]

Of course. I've had sushi before. It's raw fish. It's not a big deal.

[pneumo]

Soo...she?? [ Oh, Kitty. You've hit a pay-dirt milestone here. ]

[passingthrough]

It's a Japanese dish. It's mostly raw fish and sticky rice. The point is, people eat all kinds of things and I'm not going to judge you.

[pneumo]

You mean--you mean, sometimes humans eat...they eat stuff that hasn't been cooked? Like me?

[ And it's the "like me" that matters the most here. Sascha wants desperately not to be different, to be just like those he's supposed to be. This is validation, more than he could ever hope for. ]

[passingthrough]

Sometimes. That's right. [She can see this is meaningful to him. She can feel it.]

[pneumo]

[ Like an open book, he's clinging to her every word and when she confirms it--he can feel she's telling the truth even though he'd never doubt her--there's a rush of elation and relief and freedom, disbelief and shock and awe that he can't contain--because maybe, just maybe he isn't so monstrous or different from a human.

But instead of saying all that? He just goes, ]

Wow...... [ Shell shocked. And overjoyed with relief. ]

[passingthrough]

[Eloquent as always. Actually, it's interesting to feel just how much is going on because he often reacts to these moments with few words. She assumed a lot was still going on in there though. And it does seem like it's more feeling than thought.]

Maybe we'll find a place that has some. [This place may have had the makings for it. There's a beach. She could have tried fishing, but she also doesn't know how to prepare sushi or how you know if it is safe to eat, so she passes for now. Plus, the Atroma will whisk them away very soon.]

[pneumo]

[ ALAS. But--yeah. Sascha feels more than thinks, because thinking is a dangerous game that can lead to memories and thoughts that he wishes gone and forgotten. He could call up memories of being hated and hunted for what he is, for moments where he's been caught and outed by eating the carcass of an animal and burnt alive for it.

But instead? He feels overjoyed about the idea of getting to eat with Kitty and Winn, that he finally shares something in common with humans. ]

Y...yes please!

[passingthrough]

[Hopefully Winn likes sushi too then.] Sure.

For now, we just have pizza and sides here. [No way to keep raw meat cool and safe outside and she wasn't sure if he'd come.] But it's good to see you. I know I've been kind of absent. [She got nice and aloof when Winn went into the coma.]

[pneumo]

[ It's okay--he understands, and she can definitely tell. He's missed her but he's also been having lots of fun running around the woods with Bigby. ]

It's okay~ I don't mind! I'm happy Winn woke up!

[passingthrough]

[She's glad Bigby was there for him and that the planet has been as good for Sascha as it was for her. Better even.]

Me too. So glad. [She'd been so worried that he wouldn't or that he'd come back differently. It means a lot to her that he woke up still in love with her. But in the end she just wants him to be safe and healthy and happy even if it's not with her. But with her is a big plus!]

[pneumo]

[ And of course, Sascha feels all of that and practically melts into Kitty as he leans onto her and wraps his arms around her shoulders. ]

--Awwwwwwwwwwwww♥ Kitty....!

[passingthrough]

[She messes with his hair because she can.] Aw, you. Come on, hugger. People to see. Fun to have.

[pneumo]

Hehe! [ Gosh she knows just what to do♥ Sascha grins and nuzzles close for just a moment, and then he's back, clearly thrilled. ]

Yes ma'am~