The Show and Tell Meme

[luce_felice]

[Does your character have a skill, talent, or power that they're just itching to show off to others? Why not do it here? The Jackabee Lounge has plenty of space for people to strut their stuff! You can:

- Show the extent of your skill, talent, or power to the crowds! And, if the curious happen to ask, feel free to tell them about it!

- Face off against someone who's got a similar talent to you! Who's the best of the best? Prove it here!

- Test your limits in the face of skeptics!

- Collaborate with others to make your talents shine

This and more is welcome!]

Comments

[cogwheelprof]

[Geez she doesn't even know what castles these are.]

Smaller.

[fuhgottaboutit]

[Well sheesh!] How small's it gotta be?

[cogwheelprof]

Small enough to fit in this room without destroying it?

[fuhgottaboutit]

Oh, okay. [Think, think, think...]

How about... a melon bread? Just a regular sized one. [She illustrates the approximate size of a melon bread with her hands.]

[cogwheelprof]

[Alva nods, though she doesn't even know what a melon bread would be. You can make bread out of melons...?

She's got to try that. Alva concentrates. Melon bread, melon bread...approximate size...the texture of bread, the taste of melon -

And, suddenly, a basket of these appears on the table in front of her.]

These are it, right?

[fuhgottaboutit]

[SHOCK AND AWE AND AMAZEMENT.]

Whoa! O-out of nowhere!

[cogwheelprof]

I guess those are it.

[Oh that grin, it's a bit smug, isn't it. She takes one from the basket and pushes it towards Osaka.]

You're going to have to tell me if I got it right.

[fuhgottaboutit]

[Osaka takes one, too, still boggled that they're real. I mean, it's not like someone put it on the table while she wasn't looking, she was looking right at it! It feels right in her hand, so she takes an experimental nibble... chews thoughtfully... swallows...

Then gives a big thumbs up!] It's good!

[cogwheelprof]

[Of course they're real. Alva's been doing this for years, how could they not be? She takes a bite herself, humming thoughtfully at the unusual taste. she chews thoroughly and swallows before answering.]

Good! And I agree - I've never had anything like this.

[fuhgottaboutit]

Huh? You've never had melon bread??

[.... chomp.]

[cogwheelprof]

It isn't made where I'm from.

[Takes another bite. Gosh but this is the bomb!]

fffff i really need to get a paid :(

[fuhgottaboutit]

[Osaka frowns sympathetically.] That's awful.

If I was not pretty broke after loans this week I'd be paid fairy ;A;

[cogwheelprof]

It's how it is.

[And frankly that's okay.]

Though I can't speak for the places I've never seen. It might exist somewhere back home, and I just never found it.

なんでやねん！ lol ive got the money, just all the icons i made are at home xD

[fuhgottaboutit]

Where ya from?

thrjenfwktnrgdks

[cogwheelprof]

Catalana, initially. You?

there we go

[fuhgottaboutit]

[That sure sounds like a place she's never heard of! But that's okay, she's never heard of most places.]

I'm from Osaka. I live in Tokyo now, though.

[cogwheelprof]

[It's funny because Alva's never heard of those places either.]

Any reason for the move? I...happened to leave for what was Vento out of circumstance and coincidence when I was young.

[fuhgottaboutit]

[Give her a second while she works out what that means, uh...]

.............. [nod!] Yeah, that's pretty much it. My dad had to move for his work every now an' then.

[cogwheelprof]

[That's okay take your time]

So you still live with your parents?

[fuhgottaboutit]

Yup. I just graduated high school, but I haven't done university yet.

[Not even a little self-conscious. Because in ridiculous-cost-of-living Japan, it's not all that shameful for a college kid to keep living with their folks! Heck, even Yukari-sensei still lives with her mom. Not that I'm jealous or anything.]

[cogwheelprof]

You're getting to go to university?

[Is that a...tinge of wonder in her voice?]

Isn't it incredibly expensive?

[fuhgottaboutit]

Yeah, it's expensive. [Not that she could tell you exactly how expensive. Things Osaka is not good at: finances.]

[cogwheelprof]

And wouldn't it be very far from home?

[Even a primary school was a week's journey from her home. A university...she can't even think where to begin looking for one.]

[fuhgottaboutit]

No, not really. I can get there on the train.

[cogwheelprof]

...What is...a "train"?

[Oh boy.]