Narcisse-san, I went to the store to buy ingredients for dinner. I plan on making an omelette. If you would like me to make one for you, too, please let me know.
[ There are things like instant noodles that are cheaper, but...nah. ]
... well, no. it's not morning. it's two in the afternoon... give or take, considering how frieren feels. drowsy. a little bit unfocused. and wondering, logically, what to do with the sea of unfamiliar things in the kitchen.
her two ponytails are drawn up loosely, not quite as put together as they were on the first day. here's today's adventure: she looks at the cupboards. opens the cupboards. goes on her tiptoes and streeetches to try to peek at what's inside. closes the cupboards. goes to the other small appliances scattered around the room. nothing is familiar, except for the pots, pans, basics. but you can't quite eat pots. she picks one up anyway, observing the dents and bumps of something used, and thinks again.
she could collect some firewood? where? and... ]
Mm... can't start a fire with magic.
[ so it may not be that useful after all. what else...? ]
... Maybe the choice is simply bread.
[ oh, what a pathetic display. this little elf, mumbling to herself tiredly about how plain bread will never let her down. ]
[The first thing to notice about this little... fae? Is that she's clearly sleepy. It's the afternoon, and she's still half out of it.
Okay, not everyone is a morning person, sure, but with how her ponytails look about to tumble free and with how blearily she's looking around at everything, this goes past just not being a morning person.
And really, he's almost content to leave her to it - after ducking into the kitchen to grab a blood bag from the fridge (ew... but he's making do here without any willing donors as yet...) but then she seems to settle on... bread.
Plain bread.]
Surely toast would make a better breakfast, no?
[We're putting a pin in that 'magic' comment to put out feelers on if she knows what a toaster even is. Or does.]
( it hasn't been long since their arrival, but celeste is very much the closest person to mafuyu so far. so when he's going out into town, she decides to come with.
it's giving 'baby duckling' to be honest.
but at some point, she stops walking beside him, and there's a bit of a fuss- when celeste turns, mafuyu is... well, she's being poached by photographers. they seem really eager! and she seems very overwhelmed. )
[It is very much giving 'baby duckling' but. Well. We can bring along a baby duckling on mission: make a mental map of the city and also do cleanup missions because we don't know what sitting still means.
Or, well, at least until That Photographer And Friends start to bother his baby duckling.]
Can we help you?
[Just gonna step up between Mafuyu and the photographers. He's seen them enough times this week that he knows they won't be deterred, but maybe she'll be a little less overwhelmed if they stop crowding so much.]
( oh thank god. a buffer. pardon mafuyu for hiding behind him a little. the photographer doesn't seem too put off, instead brightening even more-
You two are perfect! Have you ever considered modeling? Yes? Well, we've got some walk-on roles open right now and we have the perfect set for you and your... niece? Niece. )
[He'll continue to be a buffer for her, but does turn a little bit to look down at her, the "you up for it?" question left unspoken so there's no pressure.
Well, no pressure from him, at any rate.
We'll pay, of course- you'll get to keep whatever clothes you model, it's the least we could do--]
He's fine with being ushered in, but she definitely still looks overwhelmed, so he'll just reach out and take her hand as they're being sent off to wardrobing, stylists already buzzing around to find something appropriately matching for them.
And he'll field them, too.]
No, no that's a bit too revealing, isn't it? Oh, she's seventeen, not seventy-- Your photographers did mention butterflies, why don't we start there...
[Start. If Mafuyu only wants to go one round, then they'll go one round. If she gets comfortable, then they might well walk out with a whole new wardrobe.]
( she's either going to be these people's dream or nightmare, given that shehas no strong opinion whatsoever on whatever is offered- celeste's fielding is godsend because she really would just let them do whatever, otherwise. which. probably isn't great!
there does seem to be something that lights up in her eyes when she sees the outfit picked for her, though, which is more than anything else this place has offered thus far can say. mafuyu looks back to celeste as if to say, "i'm going now" before being ushered to the changing room.
duckling indeed.
meanwhile, the head coordinator jumps in-
Looks like they'll have her ready soon, soooo... your turn! )
[ what does celeste have against plain bread? frieren is here, holding her two slices that she's managed to pull out of a bag, and she was going to eat them. but now celeste is here, and it somehow feels as if she shouldn't.
she looks at her bread.
it's not shame about being caught in the middle of being a mess that stops her, really. it's a trained hesitation, as if she's used to someone making better, smarter suggestions. ]
I can't. My magic...
[ toaster? never knew her. ]
It's okay. It's the same in the end.
[ even if it's more delicious the other way. but it's fine. cope, she'll cope. sleepy, mumbled coping. ]
ah, they're on american laws, are they? hmm~ I don't know if I should~ Though perhaps I can make an exception if you let me drink from you after you've had some. So you aren't left drinking alone, you see.
[Totally altruistic, yep.]
What kind would you like?
[Look, he'll do it anyway, but he has to try his luck first.]
what do u get wasted off my blood if im wasted or something?? beer is fine wine would be quicker if u want 2 get anything from my blood just no moonshine thats all we got where im from its garbage
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