ATTN: From his Honorable Mayor Kazuki Sakahagi Hinoto-Ri Public Poll

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My fine citizens! As yes, you are considered to be full citizens of the Hinoto-Ri City Family, I have asked the Wise Men in extending a public post from my network to yours regarding a tradition that has been going on for the past four years (since my first foray into the world of politics and the new city's Mayor!).

The idea of petitioning the a government isn’t new, but using your COMP system to directly add your suggestions and idea for our fine staff to review over is! And at the start of each new year we ask the citizens of Hinoto-Ri what they hope we can accomplish in the upcoming new year.

And so, our Greatest Heroes, Our Visitors from Other Worlds, I ask you this;

What do you think we could do to improve Hinoto-Ri? To make her a strong city, to push boundaries, to one day understand how we came to be this way?

This is no small task, but I am determined to do it one way or another!

My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government. We will work TOEGETHER to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation and collaboration!!! Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and efffectiveness in government, this I am certain of. As it was with how the Featherman Rangers had to come together to defeat the enemies, with your help too, shall Hinoto-Ri free itself of oppression and become a great city, despite the troubling times that surround us.

Thank you for your time, and MAY YOUR IDEAS BRING THE TRUTH AND FRUIT OF WISDOM!
- The Honorable Mayor, Red Hawk Kazuki Sakahagi

[This is just a silly thing where you can leave in comments about how your characters IC would want to see the city become better or not.

You can IC complain about your roomates, and you ARE allowed to leave in anon comments from your characters (YES ANON HAS BEEN TURNED ON) or just to start debates. REMEMBER THIS IS ALL IN GOOD FUN.

Who knows, maybe the biggest ones might end up changing the face of the city one day...

...or this may just end up with everyone annoyed at each other.]

Comments

[unohana_hat]

No, ice cream needs a spoon... unless it's in mochi or something. (ﾟﾍﾟ)ゞ

No one would use a knife on rice! It's much easier with chopsticks. Just gotta trust me on this k.


((they're very slippery, so they're hard to grip. =/ ))

[(Anonymous)]

some of us are 10 tho

[nyxterious]

[why would he be anon]

I heard there were nice places on Shirakawa Boulevard, in Iwatodai! Maybe make something like that? I'm sure that would be an improvement!

[(Anonymous)]

[poorlittleblueburdie]

whats mochi?

but if rice is a grain it would fall off faster

knives are wider and they should be able to hold more at once

right?

((I can imagine. And this one lad nar dish I had, the gravy was really slick, so that wasn't doing the rice noodles any favors that way....))

[unohana_hat]

It's a cake made from pounded rice. I like the fruit-filled and red bean-filled ones both!

No cooked rice sticks to itself. Here lemme get another pic.



((I'm really embarrassed when I can't get a grip on udon. ;_; I guess that's what the spoon is for, though: to sort of catch the bottom part so they don't splash back down in that case.))

[poorlittleblueburdie]

i remember cake

but people put ice cream into cake?

so it really is quite like wheat only white

but even if it sticks together it does still look like a fork would work just fine

((No one's perfect. I haven't eaten at restaurants where people wouldn't look at me really funny for it that often, though. Pizza with chopsticks just seems a bit silly. :) ))

[unohana_hat]

There's ice cream cake like with the spongey kind of cake too! I had it once it was good~

I don't think wheat can be eaten whole like that though... I guess you could use a fork but that's weird.


((Bah utensils for pizza is overrated! I do remember seeing someone trying to eat cheerios by threading them one by one. I told them it'd be easier just to shovel them in but she didn't listen.))

[(Anonymous)]

[poorlittleblueburdie]

you can eat wheat grains whole yes

i remember i used to have cooked wheat that was a bit mashed up for breakfast sometimes

it would often have a little salt or butter on it or sometimes cream or fruit

but that needed a spoon or toasted bread to scoop it out with

((hence why I mostly use my chopsticks at home. :) I find I tend toward more chopsticks-friendly food when I cook for myself, haha.))

[unohana_hat]

Whoa, really? Kinda sounds like cereal or something.


((I usually use them most when I go out... I cook the same way but I still use a fork, haha. Unless it's ramen or udon or something, then I get a pair of chopsticks.))

[poorlittleblueburdie]

wheat is a cereal yes

like oats and barley

you havent had it before though?

((Huh. I eat a lot of rice at home; it's amazing what flavors a good bowl full of jasmine rice will pick up. :) Cooking it with a tea bag in it and maybe some dried fruit is always a fun thing, too. Can make some amazing breakfasts/lunches that way.))

[disconinjafrog]

its kinda cool but i dont think the gov shuld b makin that comparison
they rnt takin the fact that we r fiteing 4 them srsly

2 them and 2 the rest of the city we r jst intrstin 4 press reasons and 2 make the gov look gud i think?
they wuld compare us 2 police or sum kind of protectrs and not made up super heros from tv

teenbeat kind of proves that we r a big gossipy joke 2 them rite?
idk i jst get a bad feelin about how they talk about us

[greatseal]

[why would she anon to this either]

Ryoji-kun, there's a whole district full of "nice places" like that already. We don't need any more.

[(Anonymous)]

they compare us to superheroes bcuz thats all they know

they dont understand the pain of being a "superhero"

[(Anonymous)]

i think i rolled my eyes so hard they nearly fell out of my head.

[(Anonymous)]

he doesn't give out autographs. that would require him to be aware of the world outside of his lab.

[(Anonymous)]

[(Anonymous)]

[unohana_hat]

Not like that, no. Usually it's cooked first or something. I never really thought about it. Our worlds must have food differently. Or countries, who knows.


((Haha, even when I eat rice, I usually use a fork if I put something on top of it. That sounds really good though. I'll have to try the teabag thing. Maybe with dried mangoes?))

[(Anonymous)]

perhaps they should meet up and confusion for them/lulz for us ensue?

[poorlittleblueburdie]

it is cooked first

i think i may still remember how to make it if you want to try it sometime?

i could show you the wheat cereal and you could show me what you mean about the sticks perhaps?

((I'd rec it. Just cut them up small first and add a bit of extra water; they'll be soaking up some as well! Other fun things to try: "wildberry zinger" tea, with a handful of dried sweetened cranberries. And plum tea, with some chopped-up prunes. Oh man. ♥ Actually, don't even really need the tea for that one, imho. That's another thing -- might want to try making the tea first, taking the bag out after it's all used up, then using the tea itself for the rice's water. Less complicated like that.

And one of my sisters brought home this chipotle raspberry sauce stuff that is absolutely incredible, so I've been just having otherwise plain bowls of rice with a couple tablespoons of that stuff mixed in. OMG so good. ♥

Also, yesterday's breakfast: rice pudding. Overcooked rice with too much water, milk, vanilla, raisins, brown cane sugar, and cinnamon. Mmmm.....))

[text, what is anon?] misunderstandings are go?

[poorlittleblueburdie]

im certain there would be someone here who can help teach you more

you can already write quite well

what trade did you study?

I would be amendable to that X3

[unohana_hat]

Sure! Since we're from different worlds, that should be fun~ I can make stirfry too! (*-`ω´- )人


((dang that sounds good. why don't you aim me so we could talk more?))

\o/

[poorlittleblueburdie]

whats stirfry?

the name seems like it should be obvious but what do you stir and fry when you make it?