enjoymyatelier | 009 [VIDEO]

[So Kayneth is in a rather unexpected situation this go around; that is to say he is currently in a kitchen that has various objects of cultural significance strewn about.

Judging by the ingredients, it appears as though he is attempting to make Mom's Favorite Chocolate-Covered Pretzels. One would think this was an accidental post, but... no.

That would probably be less of a clusterfuck, honestly.]

I am never really sure how many parallels there are between this world and my own, particularly in terms of holidays-even when it makes very little sense for them to be there for apparent historical reasons. With even recent news broadcasts by the natives dropping hints that Valentine's Day-or something like it-is around the corner, I'm finding myself rather curious about what sort of holidays naturally exist in this world.

I suppose that whatever the natives are celebrating could be some sort of equivalent that came about naturally... or it could be something that they picked up on from people from other worlds and decided to exploit in a fairly typical fashion. After all, why would the companies of this world miss out on an opportunity to use relationship-based guilt in their marketing strategies at some point in the year?

[you... you sound bitter, bro]

My general displeasure with the overcommercialization of this holiday aside, it is regrettably very effective in getting people to want copious amounts of sweets, but if I'm going to have anything like that this season it's going to be made by my own hands. Has anyone attempted the recipe that was brought up in Friday's news broadcast and found it to be less than satisfactory? If not... well, it should be obvious that I'm considering trying to make them.

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Hey, as long as you're not slipping poison into them, I don't see the harm in it.

[He laughs dryly.]

As for Valentine's day, well... Last year, things got kinda hectic.

Given that they're for my own consumption, I should hope that isn't going to be a problem.

What do you mean by that? Granted, from what you've told me, this place tends to get odd at times, so I can only speculate...

I figured. Just had to make a little joke there.

[Because really. Bowser was just... pffft.]

As for last year, everyone got hit with a serious case of sappy feelings, and a whole bunch of Psychic types swarmed, teleporting people just for kicks.

...no, I do understand. I really don't understand that person...

[...he seriously doesn't he's like some sort of bizarre Servant in terms of his logic]

...ah. I can imagine that would be rather irritating and embarrassing all around, not to mention disorienting.

Yeah, but even then, it's not like it's the worst thing that's happened. Compared to what happens around Halloween, I'd say it's pretty mild.

Oh, certainly, if the Halloween I experienced was any indication. Thankfully I managed to avoid getting possessed, but seeing people who weren't so fortunate... well, I was certainly glad I wasn't them.

Hey, can't really blame you. That whole deal is kind of creepy in hindsight, when you consider what Yamask are.

...yes, it really is. Particularly given how utterly immortal everyone here seems-what does it take for someone to actually die here?

Pokémon can eat each other, so death obviously exists in some form. Maybe we're just immune to it since we're from other worlds.

Or there's some other convenient loophole. Who knows?

That's entirely possible, but I haven't even heard of the natives dying here. Though, having certain protections given to us that have to do with being from another world could be the case-after all, if beings who weren't human before coming here can be transformed into humans upon arrival, there's nothing saying that even humans' bodies are altered upon arrival.

Well, one way to think about it is in terms of consequences. If we die here, what does that mean for our worlds? Since we all come from differing timelines, it'd totally throw things off-balance.

That, or keep the worlds at a permanent standstill, at least for our timelines.

Given that people who were dead in their own worlds seem to arrive here with some frequency, I'm not sure if that's the case.

Granted, the fact that this place seems to have some sort of means of resurrecting us could be an answer as to why we don't die permanently, but why not just send us back to our own worlds when we die here instead of preventing it altogether?

Well, there's a difference between already being dead and having a whole future ahead of you, only to die before you get to experience it.

Granted, if we argue that every version of someone here comes from some branched off timeline, that makes things a little less complicated, I guess. And frankly, I can't say it bothers me that we just get sent to a PokéCenter, but I'm in no hurry to leave.

Oh, of course-but why would whatever is responsible for preventing our deaths bother resurrecting people who have already died again if it were purely related to keeping timelines from being damaged? I really doubt it's out of some sort of cosmic sense of fairness, given how fickle this place can be at times.

Well, I'll admit, there are a few more things I want to learn before I return to my own world, so I suppose that's something of a plus.

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