You're my Cuppy-Cake

[derederejava.livejournal.com]

Not quite the meme we normally do, but I've seen it floating around and it looked like fun, so, why not?

Here we go, VDR, Cupcake Meme!

Would you look at that? The DR's set out a bunch of cupcakes for everybody to enjoy! It looks like there's a bunch of flavors to choose from, so why not have a bite?

Rules
• Post as a character!
• Someone replies IC!
• In your next comment, RNG ( min 1 max 8 ) for the cupcake that your character receives. Your thread partner will do the same with their next comment.
• Once the character takes a bite, the effects are immediate. HAVE AN ADVENTURE.
• If you feel like having another, the previous effects will still be there along with whatever new effect you've been given.
• None of this carries over into DR play, of course. Unless you want it to.

[ RED FROSTING ]
number: 1
effect: LOVE.
You have truly, madly, deeply fallen for the person you're with. Aren't they so enchanting?

[ PINK FROSTING ]
number: 2
effect: LIKE/CRUSH.
A much cuter variation of the first. May involve stuttering, fidgeting, and general su-su-su-ing.

[ HOT PINK FROSTING ]
number: 3
effect: LUST.
All of the sudden it's not the cupcakes that look delicious.

[ BLUE FROSTING ]
number: 4
effect: CRYING.
The waterworks, they have been activated.

[ PURPLE FROSTING ]
number: 5
effect: GENDERBEND.
Man, I feel like a woman.

[ VANILLA FROSTING ]
number: 6
effect: YELLING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE YELLING ABOUT.

[ CHOCOLATE FROSTING ]
number: 7
effect: CHIPPER.
Everything is suddenly sunshine, rainbows, birthday cakes and lemon tarts! Isn't the world just a wonderful place?

[ MARSHMALLOW FLUFF ]
number: 8
effect: SHOTALOLI.
Age shift! The adults find themselves as children, and the children find themselves as adults.

Comments

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

[Indeed he is, looking up at Kaito curiously as he walks. Though once he's caught he quickly averts his eyes.]

[was_no_monster]

[wryly] Is there something on my face?

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Ah...well, sort of. At least, it isn't anything I've ever seen beforehand.

[was_no_monster]

...Ah, I-I was actually sort of joking, but... you're referring to my stitches, correct?

[tapping them with one hand]

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

[Oh, well now he feels kinda bad.]

Y-yeah. They're for healing injuries, right?

[was_no_monster]

They hold everything together while it heals, yes. ...In my case, it isn't because of an injury.

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Eh? If not, then why?

[was_no_monster]

I was made with them.

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Made...? [Lookin' him up and down curiously again.] You mean, put together by somebody else's hands made?

[was_no_monster]

[starting to feel increasingly fluttery under that gaze. l-looking away]

Ah— ...mmm.

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Wow, to think they could--ah! D-did I say something wrong?

[was_no_monster]

...It isn't so much that as it is the- the way you're staring...

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Oh, right... [Averts his eyes.] S-sorry about that. I don't think I can help myself sometimes.

[was_no_monster]

[wincing, looking away himself]

Is it that bad, then...?

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Ah? No, it isn't bad at all, I'd just never seen anything like it. It's very interesting, actually.

[was_no_monster]

[...blinking, startled. he's gotten a lot of different reactions to his stitches over the years, but that's a completely new one]

...R-really...?

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

[He nods, twiddling his fingers as he still struggles with eye contact.]

Yeah. I mean, metal with synthetic skin is nothing new to me. It isn't that difficult to spot. But...you make a very convincing human.

[was_no_monster]

[he can't quite help the slightly bitter laugh that slips out at that]

...Most people back home would beg to differ, but... I'm glad you think so, at least.

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

I suppose a human with that much stitching would be a bit unusual, yeah, but still.

... /gets emo all over the cute thread. EVERYTHING I TOUCH, MAN

[was_no_monster]

[shaking his head] It isn't just the stitching, although that is the most visible sign... I'm not sure how obvious the others are to nonhumans, but most humans I've run into notice something isn't right about me very quickly.

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Mm...I guess it must be a human thing. [Goin' back to the curious staring, as if he'll somehow notice what it is he isn't getting.]

typos 8|

[was_no_monster]

[hfjskadlkf t-turning his head away again, trying not to completely lose hold of his dignity]

...m-more or less. There's actually a hypothesis that explains it, usually referred to as the "uncanny valley;" have you heard of it?

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

[Thinks hard for a moment, taking his eyes off Kaito to stare at space instead.] H'm...it doesn't sound familiar, no.

[was_no_monster]

Supposedly, the more human-like something looks, the better a human will react to it. ...However, there's a point shortly before becoming entirely indistinguishable from a human being that the reaction becomes the opposite, with the object in question usually invoking fear or revulsion. Both of those reactions are tied into human instincts, so... yes, it would be a "human thing."

[iwoulddie.livejournal.com]

Aaaah...I guess I can picture that. Though that doesn't make any sense. If they're going to cause a reaction like fear or revulsion, why make something like you or me in the first place? Seems a bit masochistic if you ask me.