afterliving | 004 - [audio / action ] Rock! Rock! Rock over Afterlife!

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Guuuys! If you were crazy enough to not go outside already, then grab a scarf or something and come out here, it's amazing! Kind of weird considering we just had a beach and now it's all... arctic? Antarctic? Anyway! There's penguins! Come out and see, it's so great!

[ From the sound of it, he's already outside, broadcasting with his cellphone. And boy does he sound excited. ]

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[ Honestly, it's things like these that make Yamashita forget he's dead. The weirdness of the happenings alienates him each time, but only for a moment, and then he's just into it. It's a good thing sometimes to have a simple one-track-ish mind. He can just honestly enjoy himself now and forget sorrow for a good while.

Wrapped in a lot of clothes that look kind of out of place, Yamashita can be found outside close to a group of penguins, kind of attempting to get closer and pat them on the head. They mostly walk away from him though, presumably thinking 'what a weird enthusiastic kid'. ]

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I wonder if there's anything in the greenhouse..?

[ She tilts her head curiously. ]

Do you wanna go looking? Let's meet up there and resolve this food emergency!

[ Nobody even said it was an emergency in the first place, but this makes things seem so much more important. ]

Yes, we have to! For the reindeer!

[ She's so worked up now that the reindeer backs up a bit. ]

[ He doesn't even notice that this much enthusiasm is completely out of place, he's just very much into this idea. ]

I'll go over then! See you in a bit!

[ So urgent. They're gonna be heroes. Clearly. ]

Roger!

[ She does a very poor excuse for a salute, then signs off and is promptly going to hurry to the green house. ]

[ He's hurrying just as much, after all there are animals to feed!!

Luckily Yamashita runs a lot so he doesn't get very out of breath anymore and arrives at the greenhouse pretty soon. The winter air is just a little cold piercing through his lungs, but he can endure. ]

[ Ichigo arrives at the green house shortly after.. though what Yamashita will probably see is her waving while she's running through the snow, then her suddenly falling and disappearing into the white fluff of frozen water. ]

Aaaaaah!!

[ Another emergency! Hold on, Ichigo, he's rushing to save you before you are swallowed by the evil snow! As soon as he manages to get his feet through the deep snow, he awkwardly reaches to help her up. She's almost hard to find in all this white, wow. ]

I-chan, are you alright?!

[ Guess who also kept with the nickname. ]

[ Oops. She pops up after a bit, still on her hands and knees looking very cold. ]

You-chan, it's really freezing!

[ Captain Obvious here.. ]

O-of course it is, it's snow! That's why you shouldn't stay down there, you'll catch a cold or worse!

[ Completely disregarding the fact that they can't really become ill anymore. It's easy to forget that kind of thing when you're caught aback.
He'll just grab her hands now and pull her up awkwardly. ]

Or worse!?

[ She gets pulled up pretty easily, then brushes herself off and starts trudging toward the greenhouse. ]

Let's get inside before we freeze to death!

Yes! Our mission wouldn't be very successful if we got hurt ourselves!

[ Enthusiastic nodding before the dead teens flee from their winter-y fluffy demise. ]

[ Once they get there she opens up the greenhouse, a nice warmth exuding from inside as the edge of the snow seems to start melting from the temperature difference.

Ichigo smiles brightly ]

It's warm in here!

Thank goodness!

[ Yamashita takes off his gloves for the moment to rub warmth into his own cheeks again. ]

So where should we look... and for what exactly, even?

Food of some kind. I don't know what reindeer eat exactly, but fruits and lettuce maybe..?

Not sure if we're gonna find fruit here... but lettuce should be alright? Let's look out for anything green and large and leaf-y!

[ Look at how competent he is. ]

That's a good plan!

[ Yeah green and leafy in a green house, this is going to go well. ]

Oh! But don't touch the strawberries. I'm growing those, they're special ones.

Ichigo's strawberries, huh? [ He grins. ]

What makes them special though?

You wouldn't believe me if I told you. [ She already tried telling Leon and he thought she was crazy. ] But they're a special type grown in a special soil, so they have a slightly different taste. There are all different species of strawberries, most people don't realize it.

[ Yamashita has basically given up on being disbelieving of crazy things because they just keep happening - but even if he hadn't, he's naive and has literally no idea of botany, so he'd have went with it anyway. ]

Oh, I really didn't know that at all. I thought the biggest difference in strawberries was just if they were small or big or really sweet or still sour, huh..

No, there are a bunch of different kinds! These ones are fraises des bois grown in soil from a particular place. The different nutrients in the soil can change what the flavor is, so the soil can be important.

Whoa, that all sounds really complicated? Botany is a science I suppose... I never thought it'd be so... scientific though.

Well, I don't know much about the science part, I just know about ingredients!

Well, that means you understand the other stuff too.

So do you see anything matching, by the way?

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