Misaki's Room (Misaki)
-IT. DOESN'T. MEAN. ANYTHING.-
"You're never going to give this up, are you...?"
-She's going to spell it out. Point blank.-
"Aichi is just a good friend. I do not like him like that. Read into what I do all you'd like, but it doesn't change the fact that we are friends."
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Main Room (Aichi), (Young Aichi), and (Ai)
-...? An anthropomorphic lighter...?-
-The trio approach.-
-Aichi manages a small smile.-
"...H-Hello... Happy Birthday, Morph Moth."
"I-It's her birthday too...? I thought it was just Marcia's...!"
-He needs to be polite and wish her a 'Happy Birthday' too!-
"H-Happy Birthday...!"
-And Ai decides to wish her one as well (despite having never properly met Morph Moth).-
"H-Happy Birthday!"
-All three then look at Heat Man, and, in unison...-
"H-Hello."
Edited by CrystalMemoria on Sep 15th 2018 at 11:26:08 AM
Main Room (Aichi), (Young Aichi), and (Ai)
-All three of the Aichis smile in response to being thanked.-
"Y-You're welcome..."
"...It's the least we can do."
-They finished each other's sentences again.-
-They all nod to Heat Man.-
"Y-Yeah... I'm Aichi Sendou..."
"I'm Aichi Sendou... These are other mes...!"
"A-And, um... I'm Aichi Sendou, but you can call me Ai..."
-Ack, the introductions are awkward...-
-Young Aichi then starts eyeing the food with the look of a hungry child.-
"The food looks really good...! We can have some...?!"
-...He doesn't mean to come across as rude, but he's still just a kid.-
"A-Ah... W-Wait a second..."
"...We can't start eating yet, can we...?"
-The two did it again.-
-It'd be kind of rude to just jump to eating...-
-...Aichi and Ai are rather nervous about Young Aichi being near a cigarette though... Aichi in general was never a particularly healthy kid, so being near the cigarette might make one or all of them feel a bit sick...-
Edited by CrystalMemoria on Sep 15th 2018 at 11:42:06 AM
Kitchen
Nice to meet you three. Doc says I'm Heat Lighter, but I prefer being called Heat Man (takes a long drag) Ahhhhhhhh. That's so smooth.
S-sure, you c-can eat now... (serves the plates to the trio) I, um, hope y-you three e-enjoy. (there's no chicken. Only beef, pork, & chicken substitute as the main meats.)
Main Room (Aichi), (Young Aichi), and (Ai)
-So they can eat?-
-They each take their plates and sit down. Cue the...-
"Thank you for the food!"
-All three said it at once, and get to eating the meal.-
"It's really good...!"
-Young Aichi's just still chowing down.-
"Yeah, it is!"
-All three enjoy the food!-
-Although...-
"...Um... Where are Marcia and that other Marcia...?"
-He hasn't realized she's a Yuki-Onna yet.-
"Are they going to be here soon?"
Kitchen
Y-yes... They're, um, getting the c-cake. What's, um, taking t-them so long?
Mall
(Marcia's in her Silphymon form, fighting a gigantic cake monster
◊ Marcia is shooting ki blasts & bursts of electricity at it. Yuki-Onna is assisting her by freezing the cake in certain places.)
What, um, is t-this cake?!
Chef: Iz mah finest work yet! Zis is mah Raspberry Bundt Cake! You like?
No. W-why would you, um, make this?! (dodges a blizzard storm coming from the cake.)
Chef: True tastehness comes from living things, right? And so I mahde mah cake alive for zis reason! Honhonhonhonhon!
Kitchen
Heh. They should've brought me along.
(rolls her eyes) A-are you k-kidding me? You would've burnt the cake by, um, accident.
Bah. (tosses cigarette into trash can) Besides, I don't get angry that easily.
Edited by josh6243 on Sep 15th 2018 at 10:02:59 AM
Main Room (The Original Aichi Trio) (The Narrator's Going to Start Referring to These Three as Such)
-Oh, so they're getting the cake...-
"I-I hope everything will..."
"...Be all right..."
-Young Aichi finishes up a bite and looks up at Morph Moth.-
"Um... Are there as many Marcias as there are mes...?"
-He's very curious since there are apparently at least three versions.-
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Misaki's Room (Misaki)
-Wait, what?! She never said—-
-...Oh NO.-
"Y-You know that I wasn't myself when that happened, Sthesia!"
-Sthesia can't just hold something Misaki had no conscious involvement in over her head!-
-Just going to silently hope that Sthesia doesn't bring up Aichi's case...-
"What makes you think that what I said then has any bearing on what I actually think?!"
Main Room (The Original Aichi Trio)
-Aichi nearly sighs. Right... He's just getting paranoid about nothing... What could possibly happen while trying to get some cake...?-
"...R-Right..."
-Ai then gets a little nervous when she sees that Aichi's suddenly not doing quite as well...-
"U-Um... It's surprising to find that someone else has other versions of themselves too. For a while it seemed like it was just us..."
-Young Aichi's eating again, really enjoying the food.-
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Misaki's Room (Misaki)
-T-That's...-
-Misaki goes a bit quiet before speaking up again. Less loud and frustrated, with something of an unreadable emotion.-
"...No. We all reached him on some level. Aichi responding to me was no different than him responding to you, Leos, or Anna."
-...Or at least Misaki thinks so.-
-...Sthesia, Aichi did seem to be a bit focused on Misaki while he was trying to snap out of it, wasn't he?-
-It switched between you and her, but it was clear that Misaki stood out to him at the time.-
Kitchen
(@Aichi) Kid. People take their cake seriously. And trust me, Morph Moth's scary if she doesn't get her cake. (cringes)
(@Young Aichi) Y-yeah... What, um, will the n-next version of me be like?
(Marcia and Yuki-Onna haul the cake through the door. They're covered in sand, ice & cake bits. Also, their mouths are taped up for some reason.)
Jeez. What happened to you guys!
(Marcia and Yuki-Onna glare at Heat Man.)
Edited by josh6243 on Sep 15th 2018 at 10:58:51 AM
Kitchen
(Takes the tape off Marcia and Yuki-Onna's faces.)
(Yuki-Onna and Marcia wince in pain)
We're f-fine... We f-fought the birth-birthday cake.
The c-chef thought it, um, would be tasty if the cake w-was alive. (Places the cake in the fridge with Ai's help)
Living cakes, huh? Now, I've seen everything. (takes another puff)
Edited by josh6243 on Sep 15th 2018 at 11:13:41 AM
Misaki's Room (Misaki)
-Misaki falls silent.-
-That's what Sthesia thinks...?-
"..."
-Sthesia, you've pretty much got Misaki lost for words. She has no idea how to respond to this.-
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Main Room (The Original Aichi Trio)
-They're all right...-
"I-I'm glad you're all right..."
-...-
-...Wait...-
-Cue the unison:-
"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh?! L-Living cake?!"
Main Room (The Original Aichi Trio)
-I-It wasn't that they didn't believe her...-
"H-How strange..."
"...I-I never would have expected something like that..."
-Meanwhile Young Aichi seems scared now.-
"I-It's not going to hurt us, is it...?"
-All three of them are a little conflicted at the idea of eating a cake that was once... well, alive...-
-...Then again they eat cooked meat, which is a sort of similar principle, they think...?-

Main Room
(The trio can spot Morph Moth cooking something with an anthropomorphic lighter in the kitchen. She's using him like a grill. Also, Morph Moth avoids using chicken, but she uses vegan chicken substitutes.)
I still can't believe Master Serges asked me to help you.
Shut it, H-heat Lighter. You're, um, one of his t-trusted guardians among the X-Hunters. (adds a few more steaks)