26th Flight: [Voice]

[skyborne_mage]

[As Luceti's populace struggles with attempts to sort out messed-up memories and personality warpings, some of the residents are combating more... mundane problems.

The journal flops open to reveal a panicked Arche fussing with something in a pan.]

Come on, don't you burn on me... Oh crap!

[She jumps over to another pan, reaching for it... and completely forgetting to grab an oven mitt as she does so.]

Yeowch! [And, of course, she drops it, the contents spilling all over the floor. She slips on them, falling out of sight of the journal, and then clambers back up to turn off the stove. She looks at the results of her endeavors.]

... Dammit, why does this always happen. Every time I try to cook... [She sighs, turning around.] Where's Mint when I need-

[She cuts off as she notices the journal open... and recording.] Oh hell, how long has this thing been on?

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[halfremembered]

[ ...at least she's safe from that fate this time around. ]

But you're still trying a complicated recipe that requires multiple pans..? [ Well, he can admit to admiring that kind of bravery. ]

Have you considered starting with something more simple? Like salads?

[skyborne_mage]

I can do salads. And sandwiches. I live alone, so I'd pretty much have starved to death by now if I couldn't do the really simple things.

It's when stoves get involved that things get tricky.

[halfremembered]

Then it is fire and precise timing that you can't get along with.

[ Hmmm... ]

It isn't a difficult problem to fix.

[skyborne_mage]

[Dryly.] Approximately one hundred years of trying says otherwise.

[The utter fail of Tales Series Disaster Cooks defies any and all logic.]

[halfremembered]

. . . Well.

[ Awkward pause. ]

You do know what they say about people who constantly try the same thing while expecting different results, no?

[skyborne_mage]

Are you calling me crazy?

... Because frankly, you wouldn't be the first.

[halfremembered]

... No, I would say I was crazy for expecting a different answer in the first place.

[skyborne_mage]

Then you should fit right in around here.

[halfremembered]

Around here..?

I don't seem completely new to this place to you, do I?

[skyborne_mage]

To be honest, I wouldn't know one way or another. Guess that was kind of an awkward word choice though. What I meant is, if you're a little crazy in Luceti, you're in good company.

[halfremembered]

Ha-ah...

I don't know about that. This world is just another story. Nobody has fallen down the rabbit hole yet.

[skyborne_mage]

... Rabbit hole? Ya lost me.

[halfremembered]

It's nothing. I only remembered an old... [ ...friend. ] ...story that tells what it's truly like to be a little crazy.

You can find it in the library. Look for Alice in Wonderland.

[skyborne_mage]

Alice in Wonderland... [She jots it down.]

I'll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.

[halfremembered]

[ . . . ]

Just don't try to copy any potion recipes mentioned in it. You might actually kill someone.

[skyborne_mage]

I don't do potions. My magic's of the more... direct type.