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[greatseal]

Hello, everyone! You may have already noticed from the stores, but tomorrow is a holiday called Valentine's Day. I know not everyone is from Earth so I thought that it might be good to explain it.

Valentine's Day started in the West as a religious holiday, but it's turned into a holiday for showing people you love them! In some countries, you mostly give gifts to your girlfriend or boyfriend. In Japan (and Hinoto-ri) though, it's different. On Valentine's Day, women give chocolates to the men they know, and next month, on White Day, the men give gifts in return. Giving a guy fancy chocolates means you really like them! (o⌒.⌒o)♡

[If this were voice, this is where it would turn more serious.] A lot of us are waiting for people to come home, and we don't know how we can help that to happen yet. The people you love the most might not even be in the city at all. But we can still have fun for a day. And who knows... they might even show up tomorrow in time to celebrate.

...Anyway, if there are any girls (or boys, even) who want to learn how to make Valentine chocolates, come stop by the Iwatodai Dorm today. I have some ingredients ready. [attached: directions.txt] And if you have a recipe of your own you want to try, bring what you need and we'll make it, too!

[Action, Iwatodai Dorm]

[As promised, Minako has a good amount of chocolate and related materials getting ready for use. She's got the door to the kitchen open and the stoves working melting the chocolate, but a lot of the ingredients are spread out on the large dining-room table in the lobby. She's not sure how many people will take her offer, after all.

It may seem odd to do all of this when she doesn't even know if her intended chocolate recipients will be home tomorrow. But keeping busy has always been her trademark. When she's focused on other things, or other people, she doesn't have to worry about herself. So really, this level of activity isn't strange at all.]

[Note: Feel free to threadjack in the action part! Everyone probably won't be working individually the whole time, after all.]

Comments

[feminine_carnivore]

[ Deciding to take a stroll around the city to get to learn it better, Chie ended up reading the post and finding the dorm. She had recognized the name as one of the places she had seen when they visited Tatsumi Port Island, so Chie was doubly curious.

So she arrived in her normal winter clothes, knocking lightly on the door. Hopefully it wouldn't be too strange, she just wanted to ask a question or two, and wouldn't intrude on the candy making. Not that it doesn't seem fun, she just would prefer not to bother people she doesn't know. ]

[greatseal]

Come in! It's open!

[Minako calls first, but then realizes that the person at the door might not even hear it. So, she heads for the lobby, wiping some chocolate off of her hands with a towel. She opens the door.] Hello!

[feminine_carnivore]

A-ah! Hello! [ Chie's almost glad it's a girl answering the door, as she's better at interacting with other girls. ]

I was in the area, and I was wondering if this dorm came from Tatsumi Port Island? I was there once on a field trip, and just thought how weird it would be if this build was from the same world that I just came from.

[ Chie still hasn't met Akihiko or Misturu, so she knows nothing of other real Persona users. ]

As a HaseoXAtoli Shipper, I had to make this happen

[not_that_scary]

[Someone just rang the doorbell, Minako, and behind the door is a man wearing entirely too little clothing to be comfortable in the cold weather.]

['I hope I'm making the right decision...' Your human concepts of courtship were always so confusing to me. Why do you even need to beat around the bush like this? 'Well sorry for not wanting to scare her away like a lunatic!' I'm just saying, tell her your intentions of wanting to mate and you should be fine! 'Do you even listen to the crap that you say!? We're not animals, here! We're humans! You know, that thing that's on the other side of the screen!?' But humans are nothing but mammals in the end, so why not just do it like the Discovery Channel suggests? 'What the hell were you doing while hiding in the internet, man?']

[greatseal]

[Minako isn't entirely surprised to find a guy at the door, since she had invited everyone. But that's not exactly a winter outfit.]

Aren't you cold...? [wait that's not what she meant to say...] Come in! You're here to make chocolate, right?

[not_that_scary]

[Well that got him out of his litle argument.]

Hm? [Ah. He was being let in.] Yeah. She's... important to me. [Damnit, why was he blushing? He comes inside, admiring the setup of the dorm.] Not bad. How'd you find this place?

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[testsubject031]

[Don't mind Labrys. She'll just be quietly examining all of the tools and ingredients out on the table in the lobby. Candy making looks complicated, if the number of items needed to make it are any indication of the process.]

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[greatseal]

[It's not so much that each particular recipe is complicated, but that Minako is overly prepared...]

Hey, Labrys! [aw yes, robot assistant] Do you want to make chocolate?

[testsubject031]

Heya, Minako! Is that what all this is? It looks like fun.

[Robot assistant reporting for duty!]

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[all_wound_up]

[Nano doesn't know Minako at all, but it was an open invite, right? She hovers just outside the door to the kitchen, shopping bag in hand, and knocks quietly on the open door.]

Hello...?

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[greatseal]

[Thank you for coming into the lobby at least, Nano. Minako is taking some sweets out of the oven right now.]

Hello! Are you here for the chocolate-making?

[text] --> [action]

[pastalishe]

I had wondered what all of the nonsense in the shops was about. If you still have room in your kitchen, I'd love to learn.

[After leaving that little message, Cloche will make her way to the Dorm. She doesn't often go out of her way to fail at cooking, but. What's the worse that could happen? It's not like Luca's around any more to poke fun at her style of making charcoal...]

[Cloche knocks on the open door of the kitchen when she arrives.]

Good afternoon, Minako. I hope I'm not interrupting you.

[action]

[greatseal]

[Minako texts Cloche back a confirmation that it is indeed okay. When she arrives at the dorm, Minako is in the back, melting some more chocolate for use in molds.]

Of course not! You're just in time.

[leekspins]

[Orihime wasn't entirely sure what to do. She's still horrifically new to the city, and Minako's invitation was the first thing she saw once Orihime figured out how the comm system worked. At first she wasn't sure if she should go, still feeling wildly out of place, and not wanting to impose in case the invite was issued mostly toward friends Minako already had. She also wasn't even sure who she'd give chocolate to, not knowing a single soul in the entire city.]

[But the girl seems so friendly, and the directions were very helpfully attached. Maybe making chocolate would be a good way to meet other people, and get more accustomed to the city. Besides, who didn't like chocolate?]

[Orihime makes a brief stop at the store in order to pick up a mixing bowl set and a wooden spoon, both things she plans on using anyway. Cooking parties never have enough utensils and bowls, so it's better to bring extras just in case!]

[When the door opens, Orihime stands with a sheepish grin on her face.]

Is this the pizza party? Hee hee!

[She's kidding. It's just hard to tell sometimes.]

[greatseal]

Well... Chocolate party, but it's still a party!

[Minako assumes the girl is kidding, but in this city... sometimes you can't be certain.] Come on in!

[Text] [As anon as possible]

[aurathread]

Oh... right.

What if you don't know which you are?

[Specifics? What's that?]

[Text]

[greatseal]

[Which...? Oh.]

Well, gender isn't really the important thing. Do you have someone you want to give chocolate to?

text

[verytasty]

[ Someone is a little lost. He's just trying to find his way back to the apartment he's been given, but Natsume seems to have wound up in the wrong district, and while he is trying to figure out this weird COMP device he was give yesterday, Natsume stumbles across this broadcast and realizes he's pretty close by, so after locating the dorm, he fiddles for a while and figures out how to send a message back. Maybe this person will help... ]

Pardon me, but I'm new here and a little lost. But I think I'm outside your dorm. Could I trouble you for directions to the Pisces Apartments?

[action]

[greatseal]

[Instead of an answer, a minute or two later Minako sticks her head out the front door, locating the awkward-looking person staring at his COMP.]

You don't have to text me about it - it's cold out here, come inside!

Text

[thewunderkind]

OKAY, OKAY HOLD ON MISS, TALKS-A-LOT.

1 - WHY WOULD YOU HAVE HOLIDAYS TO CELEBRATE LOVE, THAT'S REALLY DUMB
2 - WHAT ARE CHOCOLATES AND WHY WOULD WE NEED TO GIVE THEM TO BOYS
3 - ARE YOU SAYING IF WE GIVE A GUY CHOCOLATE THEY HAVE TO GIVE US A GIFT IN RETURN?! SCOOOOORE!
4 - (o⌒.⌒o)♡ THE HELL?! YOU CAN MAKE FACES IN THIS THING????

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[greatseal]

[....that's kind of an odd reply, but....]

1. There's nothing dumb about it. Why wouldn't you celebrate love?
2. Chocolate is a sweet candy that tastes really good!
3. Well... yes, technically, but that's not really why most people do it.
4. It's called an emote! (=´∀`)人(´∀‘=) You make them using different symbols to make it look like a face.

[Action]

[gigglesnortpriestess]

[It...would be nice to get some help trying to make chocolates this year. Actually, this is the first year Yukiko had the choice to make some and honestly, this would be a good distraction from three of her friends gone missing. Not too long after the message got sent out, the priestess made her way to the dorm with extra ingredients just in case more people decided to show up.

It would be just awful if they ran out of things in the middle of making and would have to stop. But there was one ingredient that was...rather different. A small box of pink...rocks? Actually, it's pink salt. No seriously, it's awesome in chocolate

There'll be a knock at the main door now...let her in, Minako?]

[Action]

[greatseal]

[Minako is in the middle of mixing some chocolate at the back table, so instead of turning to answer the door she shouts as loud as she can-]

It's open! Come in!

[She should have put a sign on the doors...]

[Text]

[eyewillprotect]

I wonder if they would mind a late Valentine's gift? I wouldn't mind keeping it around for a little while if I had to.

[Though, of course she hopes otherwise.]

I'd like to try making chocolate too, if that's okay. I've never done it before.

[Text]

[greatseal]

That's what I'm going to do... Most of these recipes should be okay to freeze and hand out later.

[She just doesn't want to do that immediately, because she's still hoping they'll be back...]

But, of course! Just stop by whenever you have time this afternoon.