[VIDEO] Digital Devil Stupid

[bufudine]

[ The camera seems to be focused on a peach held in one hand. Its skin looks wrinkly and brown and all kinds of squashy at the top. Yep, that peach is definitely rotting.

The voice that accompanies this video of a sad looking fruit is a nice tenor, though the tone is rather flat. It's like a :| given aural form. ]

Do any of you know what causes this?

[ There's a small pause from the off-camera speaker. ]

I would like to cure it.

[ SORRY NO-FACE WE HAVE WASTED YOUR GIFT. Rest in peach. ]


((ooc: Help I can't stop doing silly things. Replies will come from Serph and/or Cielo! ))

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voice

[sevenescapes]

[Is... this person trying how to cure age? Because he wouldn't be the only one. But no, it's probably about the peach which looks... Well, at this point, it only qualifies as peach if you tilt your head and squint.]

I'm sorry to inform you that your peach is dying a very painful death and you'd do it a huge favor if you could set it on fire and release it from its pain.

[So very serious about this.]

voice

[rainbowarch]

[The person that replies to Anders is clearly different. Instead of Serph's neutral voice, this one is marked by a Jamaican accent.]

Really? Why is it dying?

[It's very sad to hear that their peach is suffering so much. If Cielo and Serph ever find themselves in custody of another peach, they would like to prevent this tragedy from happening again!]

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[sevenescapes]

[Hello there second person whose accent he really, really can't place but sounds utterly funny to Anders.]

Because it's old. Peaches don't live very long at all. Rather tragic, if you ask me, they taste pretty good. But once it turns brown and grows fur, it'S far, far too late for the peach.

[By eating the peach because really, why waste a perfectly good peach? It's not as if the peach was their adopted kid.]

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[rainbowarch]

[It is a pretty funny accent, not gonna lie.]

Oh, so peaches are food then.

[He had never seen a peach before, and it's a mystery to him how he even knew it was called a peach in the first place. (And yet he didn't know it was something you ate.) Now he feels bad for wasting it.]

voice

[sevenescapes]

[Especially if someone hasn't heard its kind before. So fascinating.]

You've never eaten a peach before? Or seen one? Really?

[Then again, Anders has only seen one because he caught a rare shipment of them and decided to... borrow a couple of them.] In either case, you could try to find a new one, they taste pretty good. Very sweet.

voice

[rainbowarch]

Really. First time I've ever seen a peach. Okay, if I ever get another one, I'll try it.

[He really, really, really wants to try one now.]

voice

[bufudine]

[ This is the saddest news you could have given him )': It never occurred to them they were supposed to eat it; their diet is... unusual compared to other people, to say the least. ]

Are peaches reborn?

[ Completely serious about this :|b ]

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[sevenescapes]

[Oh Serph, if only Anders knew what your died really consisted of, he'd be horrified. Thankfully, they're only talking about peaches, at least for now.]

If you count turning into a black, smelly ball with white fur covering it as reborn then yes. And I wouldn't recommend eating it anymore unless you want to get sick.

[Will Anders have to explain to you where trees come from, Serph?]

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[bufudine]

[ He can understand not wanting to get a stomach ache, so he appreciates the warning. ]

Being reborn means being returned to your beginning state.

[ Yes. ]

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[gorges]

[. . .]

It's rotting. Looks like ya wasted a good peach.

[And she hates wasted food.]

voice

[bufudine]

What is rotting?

[ He sounds genuinely serious about this question! ]

voice

[gorges]

[Uh, what.]

You don't even know what rotting is? It's no good. Ya gotta throw it out. That's what happens when you wait too long to eat a fruit.

[Did he seriously not know...?]

voice

[bufudine]

[ He seriously doesn't know :|b ]

What are the benefits to eating a fruit?

[ Does it have healing properties? Cure an ailment? ]

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[gorges]

[What the heck? Is this guy insane?]

What do ya mean 'what's the benefits to eating a fruit'? It's food! If ya don't eat food, you'll starve.

voice

[bufudine]

[ Ah, it's food that fills the stomach. Right. If 'fruit' is an alternative to eating people, then maybe... :|a ]

Some edible things in my world have other benefits. Rations help mend broken tissue. Panaceas help calm a panicking person down.

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[ex_donations586]

[Did these individuals really not know what fruit rotting was? She might as well help him by providing a basic explanation.]

That is caused by bacteria and other organisms existing and multiplying on the peach, which results in it rotting. I am afraid there is no cure for it.

voice

[bufudine]

[ Nope! They have no idea. Yet, Serph knows exactly what bacteria are. ]

How can rotting be prevented?

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[ex_donations586]

[It's pretty strange that someone wouldn't know things like this. Oh well, Ange isn't about to not answer a question when asked.]

It cannot fully be prevented, however washing a fruit after purchasing it should keep the bacteria from multiplying quite so quickly.

voice

[bufudine]

[ Oh. Well, uh. Whoops? He'll keep that in mind for next time. ]

I see. Thank you for the information.

Your name?

voice

[ex_donations586]

[Hopefully he'll put that knowledge to good use. Ooo at least he's polite.]

You are very welcome.

I am Ange Serena. Yourself?

[tsundyne]

...E-eww, gross! I-I'm not really sure there's a 'cure' for that, Serph...

[She looks at the peach, and then has to look away from it in disgust, pondering on the voice; hoping she didn't get it wrong or something silly like that.]

It is you, isn't it?

voice

[bufudine]

Yes, this is Serph.

[ It's not that gross, is it? :|a ]

Why is there no cure?

voice

[tsundyne]

It's rotting...not exactly something that can be undone.

[She sighs. Switching to voice after all.]

But don't worry. It won't cost you anything to get another one.

voice

[bufudine]

[Ah, yes. Because most things are free here. Though Serph's practical out of necessity, ever since he gained his Atma, he's also gained some sentimentality.]

This was a gift.

voice

[tsundyne]

Ah...a gift?

[:|a Wait a sec. She has to raise an eyebrow here, tilting her head. Even if he can't exactly see her doing it.]

Someone gave you rotten fruit?