[Walkabout] Check in

[notadisappointment]

... so I guess some of us didn't go to the Grid after all. Instead we're stuck in how many meters of snow? Well, I'm not complaining too much.

Apparently, we're in a country called Finland and it's the year 2006. They've just won... the Eurovision? Whatever that is? And we're at a pretty famous ski resort! I wonder if we were just awarded a vacation or if there's something else going on... well, I'm at least gonna do a lot of winter sports while here.

If anyone needs help with how to snowboard, I'm your man!

So who all do we have here? I'm Yosuke if someone doesn't know.

Comments

[utsusemimaru]

This is Utsusemimaru! I have found a delicious beverage called hot chocolate!

[notadisappointment]

The best cure against cold. It's great.

[utsusemimaru]

We did not have anything like it when I was growing up.

[notadisappointment]

You didn't? Well, then it's about time you got introduced.

[utsusemimaru]

No, and I must say the modern age has so many delightful treats! Iced confections and now hot chocolate! Do you have a favorite?

[notadisappointment]

I really enjoy different sorts of ice creams myself... but this likely isn't the best place for stuff like that. I'll have to see what things I like here other than hot cocoa.

[utsusemimaru]

There is more than one kind of iced confection?!

[notadisappointment]

Definitely. Different flavors and different shapes. I can show you sometime, if you want.

[utsusemimaru]

I have only ever seen the swirled kind, in a cone! Please show me the other shapes!

[notadisappointment]

I'll definitely do that. It will be hard to pick a favorite after you know the variety.

[utsusemimaru]

Have you managed to pick one yourself, Yosuke-dono?

[notadisappointment]

No. I mean, I've narrowed it down to a few favorites, but never one that wins everything.

[utsusemimaru]

We should begin with those, then! Perhaps there are some iced confections available in the town?

[He's completely forgotten Yosuke saying this isn't the best kind of place for ice cream. Because ice cream.]

[youandyoualone]

Ah, chocolate! It is a wonderful substance. Did you know they also sell it in solid blocks?

[utsusemimaru]

No, I did not! How wonderful! Have you found any in the town or the lodgings?

[youandyoualone]

Yes! They sell it at the shop, in many varieties.

[utsusemimaru]

There is more than one variety of chocolate as well?!

[youandyoualone]

Yes. There is the kind that has milk added to it and there is also something called 'white chocolate' that I confess not to understand.

[utsusemimaru]

It must be a mysterious substance indeed if it can change from brown to white. Perhaps the milk is involved? If only Sento-dono were here, I am sure he would be able to puzzle it out.

[youandyoualone]

Sento-dono?

[utsusemimaru]

He is another traveler! I made his acquaintance the last time we found ourselves in a new world... ah!

[Speaking of new acquaintances]

I am forgetting my manners. May I ask your name?

[youandyoualone]

Anafiel Delaunay. [As usual, he leaves off the 'de Montreve.' That part of his name might have been restored to him after death, but here and now he is alive again.] It is a pleasure to meet you, Messire Utsusemimaru.

[utsusemimaru]

The pleasure is all mine! Please feel free to call me "Ucchii" if you would prefer. It is my futuristic nickname!

[youandyoualone]

Messire Uchii, then! I do not have a futuristic nickname, so Anafiel or Delaunay will do fine.

[utsusemimaru]

Then, Anafiel-dono! It is a pleasure to meet you. I would be honored if you would show me where to obtain some hot chocolate in bar form!