#Basket Island menu

[mod-a-day]

Benoît Charcosset (MaF) "Basket Island menu" Basket Island (1997, unreleased) Cocoon Soft.

#music #tracked music #module music #FastTracker II #XM #Benoit Charcosset #MaF #Basket Island menu #Basket Island #1997 #unreleased #Cocoon Soft #video game music

[rheya28]

Lucio's Market [Restaurant, Grocery, Teaching Kitchen] ♥ The Sims 4: Speed Build // CC

Lucio's Market is where culinary passion meets community connection! Nestled in the heart of Anchorpoint Wharf, this venue seamlessly blends a fully stocked grocery store, a dynamic teaching kitchen, and a cozy restaurant—all under one roof. [Lot Can be set as a restaurant, generic, or retail]

Market In Lucio's Market, you'll discover a curated selection of fresh, locally sourced ingredients, handpicked for their quality and flavor. Kitchen Step into our state-of-the-art teaching kitchen, where cooking enthusiasts of all skill levels can embark on a culinary journey led by our expert chefs. Restaurant After a satisfying cooking class, savor the fruits of your labor in our inviting restaurant area. Our chefs take the spotlight, crafting a menu that showcases the artistry of local ingredients.

Note:

♥This lot has been semi play-tested. ♥To make the Grocery part of the build functional, you can turn this into a retail lot. There are also grocery mods available such as SS realistic cooking mod and the Bulk Grocery Mod. Please keep in mind that I did not follow any requirements for these two mods as the grocery part of the build was made simply for aesthetics and storytelling. You are welcome to make adjustments! [I will be building a much bigger grocery store in the future, which im hoping will be more functional] ♥We do not have a teaching kitchen venue option in the sims 4, however, the gameplay can be achieve with some imagination! You can turn this into a generic lot and simply have your sims cook/bake together on different stoves simultaneously (I suggest making a club and setting preferences!). Also I've added a chef's station in the kitchen where you can hire a chef who can act as the "teacher". (Warning: considering there are plenty of appliances in this kitchen, a fire or two will most likely happen lmao) ♥Lastly if you want this lot to function as a restaurant, simply change the venue lot type in build mode. I would recommend downloading LittleMsSam's lock mod to lock the testing kitchen's door. This will prevent customers from using the kitchen appliances!

♥ Please make sure to turn bb.moveobjects on! ♥ Please DO NOT reupload or claim as your own. ♥ Feel free to tag me if you are using it, I love seeing my build in other peoples save file ♥ Feel free to edit/tweak my builds, but please make sure to credit me as the original creator! ♥ Thank you to all CC Creators ♥ Please let me know if there's any problem with the build!

♥ SPEED BUILD VIDEO 00:00 Beginning 00:02 Intro 01:25 Speed Build 16:38 Photos

♥ Sim Featured in video Courtney Ajak & Tiara Robinson by  @aashwarr Emi Grey by  @jaxplaysthesims

♥ LOT DETAILS Lot Name: Lucio's Market Lot type: Restaurant + Generic lot + Can be retail Lot size: 30x20 Location: Archorpoint Wharf, San Sequioa

♥ MODS: TOOL MOD by TwistedMexi

♥ CC LIST: Note: I reuse a lot of the same cc in all my builds, specifically cc's from felixandre, HeyHarrie, tuds, and Pierisim so if you're interested in downloading past, present, future build from me i suggest getting all their cc sets to make life a little easier! other creators include Sooky, Charlypancakes, Sixam, Thecluttercat, Myshunosun, awingedllama, peacemaker.

Awingedllama: Blooming Room plants

Lilis Palace: folklore (only deco jars)

Severinka: Grocery Store pt 1 (cash desk, display island only), Grocery Store pt 2 (all), Grocery store pt 3 (Shopping cart and basket only), Grocery store pt 4 (all)

Around the sims 4: Bulk grocery

FelixAndre x Harrie: Baysic, Harluxe, Orjanic, Kichen

Bbygyal123: Abstract Prints

FelixAndre: Berlin pt 3, Chateau, Fayun , Kyoto , Florence , Grove, Shop the look, Soho

Charlypancakes: Chalk

Thecluttercat: Dandydiary pt 2, Helloo horse, Sunny Sundays

Harrie: Brownstone, Brutalist, Coastal, Klean, Kwatei, Octave, Spoons

LittleDica: Rise & Grind, Delicious kitchen

Myshunosun: Harbalist Kitchen

Peacemaker: Pointless Renovation

Pierisim: Auntie Vera, Coldbrew, David Apartment, Domaine Du clos, Mcm, Oak House, Winter Garden, Woodland Ranch

Max20: Poolside lounge pack (floor pattern only)

S-imagination: Cottage kitchen (Decorative bag with scoop only)

Sixam: Home Improvement, Hote Bedroom

Syboullette: Boulangerie (chalk board only)

Taurus Design: Lilith Chilling Area (sul sul sign only)

Tuds: Cross, IND, NCTR, SHKR

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#ts4 #sims 4 #thesims4 #sims #thesims #showusyourbuilds #sims 4 cc #sims 4 builds #sims 4 screenshots #builds #simblr #the sims 4 build #build #rheya28

[gemsofgreece]

8 rare local dishes from the Greek islands

Post inspired by this Greek article. I picked half of the dishes in order to create an island and local exclusive list, then translated and summarized the info. The pictures have links and in most of the respective websites you can find the recipes in Greek.

Makarunes with Sitaka, Kasos island

Makarunes is thick penne-like handmade pasta which is served with caramelised onions and the special Sitaka cheese of Kasos island. Sitaka is so rare, it is sometimes hard to find even in Athens but some restaurants do have this dish in their menu.

Atherinópita (Smelt pie), Syros island

It is not truly a pie, but it is a dish produced from frying various small fish like sand smelts and bogues as well as onions all close together until they create a crust holding them together.

Photography: Χριστίνα Γεωργιάδου

Stuffed Hachles, Lesvos island

These are small baskets made of sun- and air-dried wheat kneaded with sour tarhana. They are usually stuffed with cheese, fresh tomato, herbs and spices but the filling is up to anyone's appetite really.

Sweet sefuklotí pie, Naxos and Tinos islands

Sefukloti or fesklopita is a rare pie that is actually a dessert, which is surprising (in Greek cuisine) because it looks exactly like a spinach pie. Sefukloti is a traditional recipe of these islands, particularly of the Catholics celebrating Christmas Eve (The Cyclades islands have the largest presence of Catholic Christians in Greece.) The pie is made of swiss chard, rice, sugar, molasses, walnuts, raisins, cinnamon and clove. The crust is kneaded with orange juice. Some also add onions and leeks, which also do not prevent this pie from working perfectly as a dessert. Before the serving, sefukloti is dressed with sesame seeds and honey.

Anthógalo with eggs, Réthymnon, Crete island

Anthogalo or Staka is produced exclusively in Crete island. It is made of the salted fats of sheep milk. In this recipe, eggs are fried with anthogalo which works here like butter. The eggs are buttered by the anthogalo, while parts of it curdle and form cheese pieces during the frying.

Aliaða & Vakalaópita, Cephalonia island

Aliaða is the local version of the Greek garlic dip "skorðaliá". Aliada is made of garlic, potatoes and the juices of boiled cod or octopus. The latter turns the dip a burgundy colour. Besides the famous fried cod that is enjoyed everywhere in Greece, in Cephalonia cod is also used to make "Vakalaópita”, a cod fish pie, in which the crust and the filling are kneaded with wine and vinegar.

Rhodian pungiá, Rhodes island

These are wild greens pies baked in special local traditional pans. The wild greens are not boiled before they are added to the pie but they are salt dried. The juice that is produced by this process is mixed with olive oil and is used as a dressing for the pie when it's served.

Anthos, Andros island

Anthos means flower. In Andros island it is also the name of the local spoon sweet, made of lemon flowers as well as the flowers of other citrus plants. It is fragrant, chewy and is considered an aristocratic dessert with limited production. It is a pretty hard recipe, because the flowers must be picked at the right time of the season and the cooking must be very careful so that the sweet won't get bitter and dark.

#greece #europe #cuisine #food #greek cuisine #mediterranean cuisine #cyclades #dodecanese #northeastern aegean #heptanese #greek islands #crete #kasos #syros #naxos #cephalonia #rhodes #andros #cycladic islands #ionian islands #kefalonia #rethymnon #rodos

[simaddix]

*Pay Attention - Part 2 - Tutorial*

I was about to go back to my business and quietly leave y'all with a word of wisdom but the very next package I opened raised my hackles. So here we go, hold on to your seat.

Disclaimer for younger/sweeter - followers - this has language in it because I'm pissed... I apologize in advance.

49,282 Polycounts. That's 50K for a fucking basket!!!

It's pretty, it's beautiful, and I downloaded it because it's everything you could want out of a basket of lemons... whoever created it did an outstanding job... for a movie production.

NOT PC GAMES.

So let's fix it - and let's hold our creators and converters to a higher standard or send them along to a different platform where they can create without our bitching.

First off, there's 3 or 4 ways you can check polycounts.

1 - TSRW under Mesh tab

2 - S3PE (Pretty sure you have to have an addon to do this - I'll try to find it when I'm done and add the link) Under MLOD, right click and go down to Preview. It'll open up a window and you can view the model and the polycount.

3 - 3D Viewer on your computer

4 - Blender or Milkshape

Now that we have the ability to check our polycount - we're gonna fix this mesh. I'm not going to show you how to package it, there are other tutorials for that part, but this is VITAL to having a healthy game, and honestly, being a creator or converter for this game. I do understand that you have to have the knowledge before you can fix a problem, so here it is - literally handed to you in a basket. I also understand that there are creators/converters who don't post polycounts because they're afraid people won't download it - that is inexcusable. If that's the case then you will eventually be boycotted by the players who know better.

Alright, so step one - you're going to want to get into blender after exporting your mesh. You're going open the modifier properties and add a decimate modifier (the wrench circled in red, and the add modifier drop down menu).

Keep it in Collapse, not un-subdivide. It's gentler on the mesh itself and you'll get a lot farther with it. You're also going to want your UV map to match what you're doing with your mesh, in case you need it for selection (I'll explain that in a minute) and have faces tagged so the selection is easier.

Now that you have that set up, you're gonna want to remove unnecessary vertices. See the shadows on the bottom of the basket? Here's how to fix that - hit tab, press A to select everything, and then go to MESH/MERGE/BY DISTANCE. This removed 16,900 loose vertices that didn't need to be there.

Go back to your modifiers and add an edge split modifier and hit apply.

Boom - no shadows.

Now that that is all done you're going to go in to edit mode (tab) and press L while hovering over what you're wanting to select. This is going to select all of the islands in your UV, and it's the fastest way (that I've found) to quickly select pieces of your mesh.

When you have your whole group selected (you can also figure out at this point what pieces need alternate textures or groups for TSRW later in your packaging process) you're going to hit P-Selection. That's gonna split whatever you have selected into a separate group.

Now, you can do that to however many pieces you see fit, but for this I'm just gonna stick with two - the lemons and the basket itself. You're going to click the blue Ratio box - and type in .5 and hit enter. That will collapse your polycount in half - (you can move that ratio box lower if you wish, but this way is the gentlest way possible and I've gotten better results. So play with it and see for yourself if you wish to. ) - Now repeat the process until your mesh starts to lose quality, I tend to stop there unless I can push it a bit further without making it look bad.

Now repeat that process with all groups.

Given that this particular mesh was such high polycount and an intricate mesh, I could only manage to get it from 49,282 faces (polys) down to 18,860. This is absolutely not okay for TS3 - and I'm using as a lesson rather than using something that I can get down to an okay level - because this is what you're going to run into when getting meshes that start in the tens of thousands of polys. THIS IS NOT MEANT FOR TS3, it's beautiful, yes, but you are putting people's equipment at risk by advertising a mesh for a 13 year old game without disclaiming that it's dangerous for it.

This tutorial will absolutely work for most objects, and I've used this process for a couple of years now with success, but you have to be able to decide what you're willing to put into TS3. We have all of these tutorials for reducing lag in this old as dirt game, but NONE of that matters if you're carrying objects like this - no matter how pretty they are.

If you need it that bad, figure out how to make a version of it that CAN look as good as this with a little less detail (think the spirals in the wicker that is actually meshed rather than just textured), or ask a creator to make something for you.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. If I have the time, I try to help whoever comes into my inbox. If I can't help, there is a hoard of creators out there that probably can.

So have fun, CHECK YOUR CONTENT, and keep your computer safe.

And creators/converters - do better.

Edit to add - to the creators/converters who do put out their polycounts, or a disclaimer of high poly/photo use only - thank you. I do understand the need for high poly objects for photo-op purposes, and I'm not here to attack anyone's preferred gaming style. I just want people to be safe while they play, as there are those who don't know what they're putting into their games. Let's help ensure that everyone has a chance to play whether they're experienced creators or regular game-players.

Edit to add 2 -

To add a bit of context - I was able to get the reduced mesh even further by removing some of the intricate details of the mesh, to create a simpler version. This is now down to 5,270 - and it could be lowered even further by removing the top of the handle - which is 1700 by itself because it's spiraled. So when you're dealing with a high mesh object such as this, pay attention to what's really adding weight, and if you can replace/remove it without taking too much away. The shadows can be fixed in gimp as well.

#ts3 #ts3tutorial

[catchingdaydreams]

Mirthrun x gardener reader

(if people like this I'll create a small fic)

Yeah here me out. This is after the events of the Manga where Laios becomes king. Mirthrun and the Canaries stay on the island to avoid the law and all that...

Mirthrun gets lost, like a lot. No matter how many Canaries are supervising him he manages to allude them. His teleporting doesn't help either. It's not like he wants to be alone. He just gets caught up in the little finds, like a bug or some rabbit moving by and follows after them. See he's being trying/ training himself to reclaim his desires/wants back and Kabru mentioned to try to focus on a specific things to get a better understanding of his emotions onto it.

Anyway, one day he stumbles on a green house and sees a tall man there. Your minding your own business, picking the herbs from your garden, utterly unaware of the elf who just transported behind you. The first encounter was .... unpleasant. With a fright, you slapped Mithrun and cussed him out of your green house. He just trots along. You were confused at the whole ordeal, especially how the man didn't really react to you at all.

He shows up again, a couple of days later. And again you kick him out. Its almost became comedic.

He keeps on showing up to the point you don't care anymore. He doesn't do anything but bask in the green house sun, utterly in his own world, speaking no words to you.

You do ask why he shows up. His only response was a lifeless stare in deep pool his single eye casts, followed by a shrug. Not the response you want but nevertheless you keep allowing him to stay.

You notice that after a while he watches you tender the plants. You mostly strike a one-way conversation about your passion with your medical herbs but at times he does ask questions.

The first time you heard his voice you had to double take. You thought he was mute. He just cocks his head to the side , confused at you surprised acts.

Some time later you become more accustomed to his blandness and directness, able to read his emotions with subtle things like the flicker of his cut ears to the twingers of his eye. This though came with time and after finding out that he doesn't really take care of himself.

That one time you saw him passed out from dehydration wasn't a fun memory. And not wanting to relive it, you offer him tea and sweet pastries when he arrives. You found he particularly likes sour things, so lemon tarts are frequently on the menu.

He does help out with tending to your plots, though he isn't much of a green thumb, picking the ripe fruits off your small orchid helped you tones. You even gave him a basket of lemons to take home one time. It was a sight to see when he smiled at it, even though it turned quickly back to his emotionless form.

The Canaries still didn't know where he was going most of the day until he arrived back with that basket of lemons. Fleki ask where he got them from but Mithrun refuses to answer. They reach for one, but Mithrun grabbed their hand tightly. Anger distorts his face making the other Canaries surprised by his quick change in demeanor.

"Their mine", was all Mithrun said before he stormed into his room.

Eventually they were able to make out where he was heading all the time , though there was some misunderstanding. See they thought you were using him as free labor and quite abruptly came to you about the situation. Drama pursues, Mithrun gets upsets and snaps at his companions.

It just turns out the reason why he never told them where he was, was that he wanted you all to himself. He didn't want to share you with anybody.

Ah and that's it

#mithrun #mithrun x reader #delicious in dungeon r #delicious in dungeon #delicious in dungeon fic #laios dungeon meshi #dungon meshi #dungeon meshi #dungon meshi mithrun #drabble #dunmeshi #dunmesh spoilers #dunmeshi mithrun #boy #he needs go be cherished

[himehikoshrine]

Mary Jane Stage Script (EN)

This is the full Stage Script from the game menu for Mary Jane (occasional typos and all, though I tried not to add any that weren't already there, but no promises).

There are some things in this script that are not in the game version that are very much worth reading - in-game, parts of the script are elided in favor of summary. In my opinion, some of the cuts for this play are particularly heinous.

The Stage Scripts don't include any character ad-libs from the in-game performance, though. Of course, you can access it from the game menu, if you've got it, but this version is searchable! The play is over 900 lines long, and is thus behind the cut. Tumblr dislikes that many line breaks, so the formatting may get wonky, especially if you're trying to copy and paste. I have a version saved elsewhere that might work better if you're looking to save it -- feel free to ask.

Mary Jane  By Neji Kokuto

(1) Kakuriyo Island

A stormy sea.

Sounds of a torrential downpour.

Man:   “What a storm!” Sailor:   “Not much farther now until the island, but at this rate, the ship will…”

The ship runs aground of the rocky shore with a great crash.

Woman:   “Eeek!” Man:   “The ship’s leaning

Sounds of the ship's wooden planks splintering and breaking apart.

Sailor:   "Aaaaaagh!"

Sounds of violent winds.

Sounds of violent winds begin to fade.

(2) The Reviled Dollmaker

Fade out.

Narration:   "Behold the sky, the sea, the island." Narration:   "Birds fly, fish swim, and men work steadily once again." Narration:   "Forgetting what is important, losing what is important." Narration:   "That place is Kakuriyo Island, floating alone in the sea. There is no end to the praises it can be given. A paradise, so long as you don't ask for more.” Narration:   "A paradise, so long as you don't ask for more."

◆Harbor Town

Townspeople busily go about the day. A day like any other.

Mumbling can be heard.

The island dwellers look away, as if they see something they do not want to.

The murmurs turn to whispered conversations.

Islander:   "The dollmaker." Islander:   "It's that dollmaker." Islander:   "The dollmaker's here!"

The dollmaker appears, carrying a basket stuffed with dolls.

Mary:   "Dolls, would you like a doll?! A doll for your house! An adorable doll made specially by the dollmaker!" Mary:   "Would you like one? If you buy one, then how about another? Or, three, four, five, six, or even seven! A discount for the whole family!" Mary:   "A bit of food would be payment enough, in fact that would be best! Gold or silver won't help this empty stomach of mine!"

The dollmaker finds a man walking nearby and rushes up to him.

Mary:   "Hello, good gentleman! Let us shake hands in greeting." Mary:   "Oh? What a solemn face you have, like a flying fish who cannot fly. Look at these dolls I have, and you'll be happy in an instant!"

The islander man runs away, trying to escape the dollmaker's outstretched hand.

Mary:   "Good day, my lady. Let us shake hands in greeting. Your skin is as pale as a fish's belly today. One of my dolls would be perfect for you!"

The islander flees from the dollmaker.

Mary:   "Young boys and girls, elderly women and men, let us shake hands in greeting! And with that hand, hold one of my dolls!" Mary:   "I am Mary, Mary Jane! The dollmaker, Mary Jane! The dollmaker whom no one calls by name." Mary:   "Gather 'round, and please buy one of my dolls!"

Charles and Figaro appear.

Charles:   "Figaro, look! There! It's her, the dollmaker! That woman is the dollmaker!" Figaro:   "So that's the rumored Mary Jane. The dollmaker everyone abhors." Charles:   "What a strange manner she has. A headless chicken would have more grace." Charles:   "Figaro, tell me more about the rumors the islanders have shared since our arrival." Figaro:   "Yes, yes, as you wish." Figaro:   "The dolls she crafts are dolls of the devil, white skin with a deathlike pallor, and lips as red as dripping blood." Figaro:   “And that is because it is said... she makes her dolls out of corpses!"

Figaro raises both his arms up as if to scare Charles.

Charles:   "Ah, how frightening! Frightening, indeed!"

Charles puts on a mocking act, acting scared.

Figaro:   "There is another rumor as well." Figaro:   “Every last one of the dollmaker's wares are cursed. The door to the netherworld will swing open and pull you into the realm of the dead!" Charles:   "Ah, how scary! How terrifying! Aah, aah, aha, aha... Ahahahahaha!" Charles:   "I had initially taken it as idle gossip, but seeing such a peculiar woman, I must say the rumors suit her." Charles:   "I must repent for distrusting the islanders! God, save me!" Figaro:   "The islanders look at the dollmaker as though she is a ghost." Charles:   "They give her no answers whenever she approaches them."

As the dollmaker rushes around for a customer, she notices Figaro and Charles.

Mary:   "Oh! I have never seen your faces before." Charles:   "She's coming this way, Figaro." Figaro:   "It's because you keep staring at her, Charles." Mary:   "How very nice to meet you! I am the dollmaker. Let us shake hands!" Charles:   "My apologies. Where we are from, shaking hands is a challenge to duel." Mary:   "Oh, what a happy little custom! It's all right. I have no intention of fighting you to the death!" Mary:   "Look at these dolls! They are wonderful, aren't they? Very popular with the islanders. Before they run out, why don't you have one for yourself?" Charles:   "This woman is lying straight through her teeth!" Mary:   "No need to concern yourself with the details! Just a piece of food will do for pay!" Figaro:   "A doll... Huh. Look at this, Charles." Charles:   "Whoa, won't we get cursed? Let's see here... Oh." Charles:   "This looks iust like a person! It's so well done that I wouldn't be surprised if it were made from corpses." Mary:   "Yes, it is wonderful! Lovely enough to trade for a bit of food, wouldn't you say?!" Charles:   "Hmm... Nope! A bit of food is far more lovely." Mary:   "Hm? How strange, to love food so much." Charles:   "In my eyes, you are the one who is far stranger." Charles:   "All right, we're done talking here! Figaro, let's go."

Charles and Figaro start walking away.

Charles:   "Hmm, she's even more peculiar up close. Maybe it's best that we don't interact with her." Charles:   "All right, let's get back to sightseeing before the next ship arrives." Figaro:   "Right." Islander:   "She is the dollmaker of those cursed dolls." Islander:   "She lives right next to the forest along the island's edge." Islander:   "Those eerie dolls, that eccentric dollmaker." Islander:   "She is like a ghost. The cause of headaches on Kakuriyo Island." (3) I Am the Dollmaker

◆Dollmaker’s House 

Mary:   "Home sweet home!" Mary:   "I'm back with just as many dolls as I left with. What a shame that none of you could find a new mommy or daddy." Mary:   "Such cute, adorable things. It's a wonder you are not the "trend' of the island. My heart breaks for you!" Mary:   "I'm so sad, it's making me hungry. It must be nice that you all have no stomachs to pester you." Mary:   "Now then, here is the food I managed to buy with my meager savings. Let's see..." Mary:   "Ah, again! The food is rotten again!" Mary:   "The food yesterday was rotten, too. And it was rotten the day before that." Mary:   "It wasn't rotten the time before that, but it was time before that." Mary:   "Rotten, rotten, not rotten, rotten, rotten." Mary:   "They sell me rotten food day after day." Mary:   "I cannot keep up with this rotten 'trend' of this island! Off to the bucket you go!" Mary:   "I suppose I have no choice but to chew on some mushrooms. They don't taste great, but they're good for the body. And what is good for the body is good for the mind." Mary:   "And when your mind feels good, one's vigor is renewed. Yes, let us make some more dolls!" Mary:   "What design will it be this time? Hmm... That's it!" Mary:   "I can draw inspiration from the two strangers I met today! They were so wonderful, in such unusual clothing!

◆Dollmaker's House (Night)

Mary:   "All right, I'm done!" Mary:   "What wonderful dolls. I feel as if they'll move on their own at any time." Mary:   "...How wonderful would it be if they did." Mary:   "The islanders are spreading rumors that I use corpses for my dolls because they look so much like real humans." Mary:   "There isn't a single grave on this island, though." Mary:   "The real materials are just fabric, cotton, strings, buttons, and overflowing love." Mary:   "Oh, no! I've forgotten!" Mary:   "There's one last, important material left."

Sound of a hair being plucked.

Mary:   "My own hair. This is the string that connects me to the dolls. Proof that we are all family…” Mary:   "Now they are truly done. Good morning, dolls. I'm your mommy!" Mary:   "What good dolls you are! So gentle and wise. You're the only ones who don't run from me..." Mary:   "Oh, drat! The sun is setting! I'm sorry, there is somewhere I must be." Mary:   "When the sun sets, it's the moon's turn to rise. Now then, I must get ready." Mary:   "This is Kakuriyo Island, floating alone in the sea. There is no end to the praises it can be given. A paradise, so long as you don't ask for more." Mary:   "A paradise, so long as you don't ask for more. But…” Mary:   "The unchanging scenery, the unchanging days, the unchanging people." Mary:   "It's the worst nightmare l've ever had." Mary:   "There is but a single place where I can have pleasant dreams." Mary:   "And that is the chapel of the ghosts!"

(4) Ghost Chapel

◆Ghost Chapel

Ushinoko:   "Another party tonight, a ghost party!" Hachinochi:   "We are ghosts! Undead ghosts!" Sister Ghost:   "We live in a wonderful chapel." Hachipochi:   "We are ghosts! Lively ghosts!" Bukuro:   "Ghosty, roasty, toasty ghosts." Ushinoko:   "Another party tonight, a ghost party!" Sister Ghost:   "Until the moonlight disappears." Ushinoko:   "Until the bright morning sun rises!" Ushinoko:   "...What a splendid night it is. I imagine that in ten seconds, Hachipochi will bare his stomach and do a bit of moonbathing." Hachipochi:   "How did you know what I was thinking, Ushinoko?! As expected of you, woof!" Hachipochi rolls over and bathes in the moonlight.

Sister Ghost rubs his stomach.

Sister Ghost:   "The light from the moon shines vibrantly through our bodies. What a blessing from God!" Bukuro:   "Light tonight, bright and white."

Sounds of rustling in the bushes.

Mary:   "Ah, they look like they're having so much fun!" Mary:   "Every day, the ghosts are bright and cheery and so sociable! It gives me the strength to be alive!" Mary:   "Ah, I want to join... I want to laugh with them...!" Mary:   "But... if I draw near, I'm sure the ghosts would run away, just as the islanders do. I'm sure their smiles will disappear." Mary:   "I want to join the ghosts, I want to laugh with them, but… I am a human being. I cannot be their friend." Mary:   "...Hahh." Mary:   "Watching them from the shadows is enough. Now then, I should go back and make more dolls."

◆Harbor

Sounds of waves.

Mary:   "I have no mommy or daddy. That is why I made dolls to be my family. Then my loneliness disappeared, just a little." Mary:   "I made dolls that looked exactly like the islanders, hoping to give them as presents. However, none of the islanders wanted any dolls." Mary:   "I wonder if they are lonely without any dolls. Or if they are better at bearing their loneliness." Mary:   "I am so lonely! I can spin my loneliness faster than the fabric for a doll..." Mary:   "Ah, I really do want to befriend a ghost..! I want to sing and dance and shake their hands!" Mary:   "But I'm sure that wish won't come true.. Mary:   "Ah!"

A thudding sound.

Mary:   "Did someone pull my leg? Oh, it's just the root of a tree…” Mary:   "Moon! You must shine more carefully or it'll be dangerous for me!" Mary:   "...Hm?" Mary:   "This is not a rock jutting out, nor the root of a tree."

She holds up a human foot.

Mary:   "It is the foot of a person! My, what a sturdy heel." Mary:   "I'm sorry to have kicked you as I was dancing, Mr. Heel!" Mary:   "Let us shake hands in greeting. Oh, how cold you are!! Mary:   "And what a difficult shape to shake hands with!" Mary:   "Mr. Heel, where are your hands? Oh, this is...!" Mary:   "Moon! Don't dawdle now. Shine as brightly as the daylight sun!" Mary:   "I will not be able to locate the other human parts otherwise!"

The shoreline is scattered with corpses and objects drifted from the ocean.

Mary:   "Not just corpses, but bottles of wine. Wet books. Swords and guns. Glass bottles. All scattered about." Mary:   "Ah! Could this be... a present from the moon to me?" Mary:   "I apologize for complaining so much, Moon! I shall accept this with gratitude." Mary:   "But what a large number of corpses this is. They are surely dead. This is the first time I've seen a corpse." Mary:   “...That's right." Mary:   "The islanders are spreading rumors that I use corpses for my dolls." Mary:   "Because my dolls are so lifelike, they seem as though they could move any moment." Mary:   "In that case..." Mary:   "I wonder what would happen if I made a doll out of an actual corpse?" Mary:   "What if my dolls, on the cusp of human likeness, actually moved as a human would?" Mary:   "Perhaps a ghost would be born from it?" Mary:   "Oh what a great idea, Mr. Heel! I'II make you into a doll!" Mary:   “I’ll make a body perfect for you and become your mommy!" Mary:   "First, I’llI need another heel. This one is too narrow. This one is too wide. This one is full of so many holes that it's not even worth my time." Mary:   "This may take a while. But it'll be fine. Hands and legs and stomachs and heads, and even pretty faces, there are so many materials here!"

The dollmaker excitedly gathers up the various parts.

◆ Workstation

Mary:   "I'll use my needle to string things together. To tie these chunks of meat into more meaningful shapes." Mary:   “I’ll connect all the body parts I've gathered in order to make a lovely doll!"

(5) First Friend

◆ Dollmaker's House (Night)

Mary:   "Phew... Hahh.." Mary:   "I wonder how many times the moon had risen. I want to sleep, but my needle just doesn't know when to stop." Mary:   "Lastly, I'll pass my needle through here... And there, very good! Everything's in place now!" Mary:   "And for the finishing touch, a strand of my hair!"

◆Sound of hair being plucked.

Mary:   "And now you and I are family." Mary:   "All done!" Mary:   "Ah, it's done! My doll is finally completed!" Mary:   "Oh, how adorable.." Mary:   "Oh yes, I have to give him a name. Something more humanlike than anyone on this island." Mary:   "John, James, Alex... Too common, perhaps?" Mary:   "Joseph, Michael, Reinhardt, Ja... Ja... Ja…” Mary:   "That's it!" Mary:   "Jacob. I'll name you Jacob!" Mary:   "I am Mary Jane. And you are Jacob Jane!" Mary:   "Jacob, what shall I do when you wake up? First, a handshake!" Mary:   "After that, you'll tell me your name, and after that I'll tell you my name..." Mary:   "I want to be your friend!" Mary:   "A friend who won't run off, who will look me in the eye and talk to me." Mary:   "Oh, how wonderful that would be..." Mary:   "... Ah, but..." Jacob:   “...” Mary:   “He will not move." Mary:   "But of course. He is dead." Mary:   “...” Mary:   “I’ll never have a friend, ever…”

Enchanting music plays.

The cobbled-together corpse becomes a ghost through the island's magic.

*Dance "A Friend Without a Name"

The corpse awakens and joins the dollmaker in a dance.

When the dance ends…

Mary:   "Jacob! He's moving...!" Jacob:   "Good morning, Mary." Mary:   "'Mary'?! Did you just call me ‘Mary'?! The name no one here has ever spoken before?!" Jacob:   "I did, Mary. You are Mary Jane. My mother." Jacob:   "And I am Jacob Jane, your undead creation." Mary:   "Undead!" Mary:   "H-Has my dream come true…?!" Mary:   "I have always wanted to become friends with a ghost!" Jacob:   "I know. That is why we should go." Mary:   "Go?! Go where?" Jacob:   "To the party."

◆Ghost Chapel

Ushinoko:   "Another party tonight, a ghost party!" Hachipochi:   "We are ghosts! Undead ghosts!" Sister Ghost:   "We live in a wonderful chapel." Hachipochi:   "We are ghosts! Lively ghosts!" Bukuro:   "Having fun without the sun." Ushinoko:   "Another party tonight, a ghost party!" Jacob:   “Until the baby's milk has spilled." Ushinoko:   "Until the bright morning sun…” Ushinoko:   "Hmm?! Seeing a newcomer here is quite the treat!" Mary:   “Jacob!” Hachipochi:   "Treat? Treat? I love treats, woof!" Bukuro:   "Sweet treat, neat, petite." Sister Ghost:   "A newcomer? I wonder if they're dangerous! Oh, God!" Jacob:   "Hello. I am Jacob. This is my mother." Jacob:   "We want to become friends with you ghosts." Mary:   "The ghosts I've been watching from afar... are looking at us..!" Hachipochi:   "Friends, you say?!" Bukuro:   Friends unite to play at night." Sister Ghost:   “Having more friends is splendid. It is God's will. However..." Sister Ghost:   "Jacob, you are a ghost just like us, but isn't your mother a human?" Hachipochi:   "A human?! Sniff, sniff...She's right! A-wooooo!" Bukuro:   "Humans are not ghosts." Mary:   "Ah, I guess it's no use... If I am of the living...!" Jacob:   "You can't give up, Mary." Ushinoko:   "Everyone! Silence!" Hachipochi:   "Ushinoko! Tell us our future!" Mary:   "Ushinoko?" Sister Ghost:   "He is the leader of our ghost group." Ushinoko:   ''Mother', our unexpected visitor. May I ask your name?" Mary:   "Mary. I am the dollmaker Mary Jane. All the islanders call me the crazed dollmaker." Ushinoko:   "Hmmm, I see. I shall give a prediction!" Mary:   "Prediction?" Hachipochi:   "Ushinoko here can see the future!" Mary:   "The future?! How amazing!" Ushinoko:   "I can see ten seconds into the future." Mary:   "Ten seconds... into the future?!" Ushinoko:   "Hahaha, ten seconds from now is still the future." Ushinoko:   "Now then, let me make a prediction. Mary... In ten seconds, you will say 'yes'!" Mary:   "Ten seconds from now... I'II say 'yes'?" Hachipochi:   "Woof! That's our Ushinoko!" Bukuro:   "It still hasn't happened." Ushinoko:   "You…” Ushinoko:   "Must adore ghosts, I presume!" Mary:   "Yes!" Hachipochi:   "He was right!! You did it!" Bukuro:   "Surmise, then surprise." Ushinoko:   "And let me make another prediction! In ten seconds… you will become friends with us!" Mary:   "Friends?! Me, friends with ghosts.?! My long-awaited dream will come true?!" Hachipochi:   "She looks super happy!" Sister Ghost:   "You're a human, but you really do want to be friends with us. Ah, what a wonderful blessing from God!" Bukuro:   "Happy, crappy." Hachipochi:   "In that case, from today onward, you're our friend! Oh, you were right again, Ushinoko! Wooof!" Bukuro:   "Mary and Jacob. Meetings and greetings." Sister Ghost:   “I hope we'll get along, Mary!" Jacob:   “Good for you, Mary." Mary:   "Oh, Jacob! The ghosts are calling me by name! Surely, I must be dreaming!" Ushinoko:   "Now then, let us continue our party!" Ushinoko:   "My adorable two newcomers. This is the ghost chapel." Ushinoko:   "We require no formalities here, so enjoy yourself as much as you like!" Sister Ghost:   "If there is anything you don't know, please ask Ushinoko. He can see the future, after all." Ushinoko:   "But only ten seconds from now!" Hachipochi:   "Woof!" Mary:   "Whoa!" Hachipochi:   "Ahaha! I surprised her!" Ushinoko:   "This is Hachipochi. He's a ghost who loves to surprise people. He's probably a dog. Perhaps a dog. I believe so." Hachipochi:   "Don't get a heart attack from jumping in surprise! A-woooo!" Sister Ghost:   "I'm Sister, the keeper of this chapel." Mary:   "Good evening, Sister. Allow me to shake your hand..." Sister Ghost:   "Oh, you can't." Mary:   "Whoa!"

Sound of her falling over.

Jacob:   "Mary!" Mary:   "Ahaha! My body went right through her…!" Ushinoko:   "Sister Ghost is a very ghostly ghost, as untouchable as the smoke from a candle." Sister Ghost:   "Indeed, for I serve a consecrated life for God!" Jacob:   "What is your name, you there in tattered rags?" Bukuro:   "Gunny sack, funny sack, money sack." Jacob:   "Nice to meet you, gunny-funny-money sack." Hachipochi:   "His name is Bukuro! The hidden-headed, half-brained, no-faced gunny sack. Sweet, harmless Bukuro. Our own sleepy scarecrow!" Ushinoko:   "Welcome, Mary! Welcome, Jacob!" Hachipochi:   "Let's play together! Let's dance until morning!" Sister Ghost:   "Don't forget singing!" Ushinoko:   "Another party tonight, a ghost party!" Hachipochi:   "We are ghosts! Undead ghosts!" Sister Ghost:   "We live in a wonderful chapel." Hachipochi:   "We are ghosts! One of us, a human!" Ushinoko:   "We are ghosts! One of us, a human!" Bukuro:   "Human, crewman, women, woman." Jacob:   "Another party tonight, a party with all of you!" Mary:   "Until the moonlight disappears." Mary:   "Until the bright morning sun rises!"

◆Dollmaker's House

Mary:    "Ah, that was so fun! I've never had so much fun in my life!" Jacob:   "Good for you, Mary." Mary:   "It's all thanks to you, Jacob!" Mary:   "Oh, drat! I forgot something so very important!" Jacob:   "What's wrong?" Mary:   "A handshake." Jacob:   "Handshake?" Mary:   "Yes, a handshake. Our very first handshake!" Jacob:   "We cannot shake hands." Mary:   "Huh? Whyever not?" Jacob:   "Because it is a challenge to a duel. You and I are family and friends. Something more suitable would be better." Mary:   "Then I wonder what we should do?" Jacob:   "Hug." Mary:   "Hug?" Jacob:   "Yes. To hold and squeeze the other tightly. Not with one hand, but both arms." Mary:   "All right... Like this?" Mary:   "Wow, your skin is as icy cold as a doll's, but you have a comforting warmth that's different from a human's." Jacob:   "I do not feel heat. But my heart is warm. What a comforting warmth."

(6) Visitor

◆Dollmaker's House

Jacob:   "Mary, breakfast is ready." Mary:   "Good morning, Jacob! This lovely aroma will wake me up in an instant, regardless of how late we stayed up with the ghosts!" Mary:   "The meals you cook are always so delicious. And most of all, they're not rotten!" Jacob:   “I throw away all the rotten things in the bucket outside. That is simple enough for me to do." Mary:   "My mornings have completely turned around since you've arrived, Jacob. Every day is wonderful..!"

A knocking sound.

Mary:   "A knock? Has someone come to visit me?" Mary:   "The islanders would never come here, but neither would the ghosts during daytime." Mary:   "The answer lies behind the door. Yes, I'm coming." Jacob:   "I’ll hide myself, Mary." Mary:   "Oh Jacob, you're so shy! Yes, who is it?" Figaro:   "Good morning. Is that a flying fish meuniere you're having for breakfast?" Charles:   "Sniff, sniff. I can smell roasted mushrooms. too!" Mary:   "Oh? Who might you be?" Магу:   "Your faces look so familiar." Mary:   "Ah, yes. You look exactly like a couple of dolls I made!" Figaro:   "You recognize us, but have forgotten as well. My name is Figaro. This is my twin brother, Charles." Charles:   "Morning!" Figaro:   "The two of us are journeying across the world together." Mary:   "Oh, my! What business would travelers have here? Were you not told by the islanders to steer clear of the dollmaker?" Mary:   "They are geniuses at gossiping about me. They have so many ways of doing so." Charles:   "Yes, we've heard. Enough gossip to make our ears bleed." Figaro:   "They told us our bodies would be made into dolls if we went to the dollmaker's house." Mary:   "Then why have you come? Do you wish to become dolls?" Mary:   "Oh, dear. I've never made dolls out of living humans before. I'm sorry!" Charles:   "Hah! You really ARE strange!" Figaro:   "We do not wish to become dolls." Figaro:   "We have come here to befriend you." Mary:   "To befriend me?" Mary:   "What new meaning does 'befriend' have these days? I'm afraid I do not know." Charles:   "Her hands may be quick, but her brain sure isn't!" Figaro:   "Charles." Charles:   "I'm joking, I'm joking. Do not mind me." Figaro:   "There is no hidden meaning to the word. We wish to be your friends." Mary:   "Friends?" Figaro:   "Yes, friends." Mary:   "You humans?" Charles:   "Yes, we humans!" Figaro:   "Can you blame us for being interested? A single human who is the source of all island gossip." Charles:   "I thought you were crazy when I first met you, but…” Figaro:   "We travelers are captivated by the exciting unknown." Figaro:   "That, and the dolls you make." Figaro:   "...I actually would like one." Mary:   "One of my dolls?" Charles:   "He may not look like it, but this guy loves adorable things! Cute, right?" Figaro:   "The payment was a bit of food, was it not? How about this bright, shiny apple?" Mary:   "Oh, yes." Figaro:   "All your dolls were wonderful, but if there is one in my likeness, I would like that one. Would you please show it to me?" Mary:   "Just a moment... There he is! It's this one here." Charles:   "Wow, he DOES look like you! That's pretty impressive!" Figaro:   "Two peas in a pod. I love it. Thank you." Mary:   “...” Mary:   "This is the first time someone's accepted one of my dolls!" Figaro:   "Really? Even though they're made so well?" Mary:   "On this island, gossip is as good as truth. My dolls are so eerie, no one will come near them." Figaro:   “...” Figaro:   "Dollmaker, what do you think of going to the islanders right now?" Figaro:   "With a basket full of dolls." Mary:   "For what purpose? To chase them around while carrying a heavy basket?" Figaro:   "Just take your friends' advice to start. Now then, let us go."

Figaro stuffs some dolls into a basket.

The dollmaker and Figaro exit the house.

Jacob:   “...” Jacob:   "Mary…”

◆Harbor Town

Charles:   "All right, we've arrived in town." Charles:   "You certainly are an infamous figure. I've never seen people scatter so quickly." Mary:   "Thanks to that, I am quite a fast runner." Charles:   "So, what are we gonna do, Figaro? We've got a basket full of cursed dolls that the islanders absolutely hate." Figaro:   "Charles, a moment?" Charles:   "Hm? What's up?"

The two talk in secret.

Charles:   "Mhm... Ohh, I see." Charles:   "Okay. Leave it to me, Dollmaker." Mary:   "Leave what to you?" Figaro:   "He's going to change the curse into a blessing.” Mary:   “...?" Charles:   "Now then... Ahem." Charles:   "Everyone! Here are the dolls from the dollmaker! Adorable, wonderful dolls!" Islander:   “...Some travelers are advertising the dollmaker's dolls. Has the dollmaker cursed them?" Mary:   "We seem to be drumming up gossip rather than sales." Figaro:   "Another rumor or two is nothing at this point, right?" Charles:   "Yeah. I've heard ten thousand rumors. What's one more?" Figaro:   "I'm sure this will be the very last one." Charles:   "We are travelers who roam the world! The dollmaker's wares are among the most exotic and surprising things we have seen!" Charles:   "Never have we seen dolls so beautiful in the entire world thus far!" Charles:   "Such clear skin, beautiful curly hair, red lips, like princesses from a distant kingdom!" Charles:   "Outside of the island, they would each fetch no fewer than two silver coins!" Charles:   "And this skilled dollmaker will trade them for just a bit of food. There aren't many people with such lack of greed!" Islander:   "T-Two silver coins?! For THOSE dirty dolls?! I don't believe it..." Charles:   "If you don't, then so be it. WE will just buy them all and sell them ourselves." Charles:   "The riches we can make from the profits! Perhaps we will buy another ship!" Islander:   "...Wait! I'll give you all the fish I've caught! Just give me a doll!" Charles:   "All right, congratulations! Dollmaker, give him a doll." Mary:   “Ah, sure...! Okay, then here's a doll that looks just like you...!" Islander:   "You're right, there's one that really looks like me. I can understand why this would be worth two silver coins...!" Islander:   "Thank you, Dollmaker! I'II take good care of it!"

The islander takes the doll and shakes the dollmaker's hand.

Mary:   "Wow, wow..." Charles:   "Come now, who's next?!"

The islanders shout out names of different food as they crowd around. Charles:   "Eggs over here! Poultry from over there! Seaweed and shellfish, too! Huh? No, no, a shirt cannot be eaten!" Mary:   "I can use shirts as clothes for the dolls." Charles:   "We got an okay on the shirts!"

The people who receive a doll shake her hand and leave.

◆Port

Charles:   "We sold them! We sold all of them! We're sold out!" Figaro:   "I think there were even a few who couldn't get one. Let's come sell them again tomorrow. We'll help you." Mary:   "...” Mary:   "Why are you both so kind to me? Everyone else hates me…” Figaro:   "You are human, same as us. That is reason enough, Dollmaker." Charles:   "Well, we've got our own reasons after seeing the world." Figaro:   "That, and we're new friends, after all." Figaro: "Now then, let us shake hands, Mary."

Figaro extends his hand.

Mary:   "...!” Mary:   "Wasn't a handshake supposed to be a challenge to a duel where you are from?" Charles:   "Oh, just forget that!" Figaro:   "This is a handshake of friendship." Mary:   "It's so warm…”

The islander's hands are cold.

Charles:   "Of course it is! We've got the same blood running through our veins. Did you not know, Mary?" Mary:   "Friends..." Mary:   "Friends who are human... just like me…”

◆Dollmaker's House (Night)

Mary:   "...I'm back." Jacob:   "Welcome back, Mary. Let's go to the ghost chapel again tonight." Jacob:   "They said everyone's bringing snacks, so we'll be having a snack party." Mary:   "I'm sorry, Jacob. Snack parties are great, but I should get to sleep. I have to wake up early and make dolls!" Jacob:   "Huh…” Jacob:   "Mary…”

(7) Human? Ghost?

◆ Harbor Town

Islander:   "Ah, it's the dollmaker! The dollmaker's here!" Mary:   "Dolls, dolls, dolls, from the dollmaker!" Islander:   "Dollmaker, I've brought some food! Sell me some dolls!"

The people crowd around the dollmaker. She quickly sells her entire stock.

Mary:   "My dolls are getting new mommies and daddies, one after the other!" Mary:   "The islanders who always called my dolls eerie are now all holding one of them!" Mary:   "Everyone is glad to see me now!"

Everyone leaves once the dolls have been sold.

Mary:   "But..." Figaro:   "Mary's dolls were a big hit again today." Mary:   "Figaro!" Charles:   "Oh? You look a bit sad, Mary." Mary:   "Th-That's not true, Charles!" Figaro:   "...How about you come for a walk with us?"

◆Harbor

Figaro:   "Mary, do you like the island?" Mary:   "Why the sudden question, Figaro?" Figaro:   "You just seemed so lonely, even when surrounded by all the townspeople." Mary:   "...!" Mary:   "...Thanks to you both, the islanders have changed. They pay notice to me now. They approach me. They buy my dolls." Mary:   "But it feels as though they aren't actually paying attention to me. That's why it feels like the islanders are even colder to me now than before." Mary:   "And that's... what makes my heart ache." Figaro:   "...I've become sure of something, Mary." Figaro:   "You must leave the island with us." Mary:   "What?" Figaro:   "A herd will always single out a runt." Figaro:   "You will find no happiness here in the midst of such disdain." Figaro:   "You must get out, Mary. As long as you live on this island, your role will never change." Figaro:   "That's why it's best for you to leave with us." Mary:   "Leave the island... But if I struggled so much on this island, how could I ever do well outside of it?" Charles:   "Hahaha! How many islands do you think there are in this world?" Mary:   "I don't know. How many?" Charles:   "I don't know, either!" Mary:   "Wha...?" Charles:   "That's how big the world is! I'm sure there is an island you can truly call home." Figaro:   "There is joy and happiness that you can hardly imagine. Please think it over. Good day."

The two of them leave. Mary:   "Outside..."

◆ Ghost Chapel

Hachipochi:   "Woof!" Jacob:   "Hello, Hachipochi." Hachipochi:   "Tch, how boring! It's no fun that Jacob never gets surprised!" Jacob:   "Maybe that's because there are snails in my ears." Hachipochi:   "In that case, I'll scare Mary. Where's Mary?!" Jacob:   "Mary goes to the harbor town each day to sell dolls." Sister Ghost:   "How splendid to work so much every day! Dear God, please grant Mary your blessings!" Jacob:   "...” Bukuro:   "Jacob, not happy." Jacob:   "That's not true." Bukuro:   "Want to flee, but nowhere to be?" Jacob:   "Why do you think that?" Hachipochi:   "I hear Bukuro tried running away in the past, but failed. Woof." Sister Ghost:   "The gunny sack and the rope on his arm are symbols of his sins. God have mercy..." Jacob:   "I see... Everyone has their own circumstances, it seems." Jacob:   "Perhaps I want to run away, too. I'm not sure." Jacob:   "I just want to mull over my thoughts awhile." Ushinoko:   "You can do anything here. Mull to your heart's content." Jacob:   "Thanks, Ushinoko." Jacob:   "...” Jacob:   "Mary. Mary is the best dollmaker. The dolls Mary makes overflow with love." Jacob:   "I'm the same. I feel Mary's love in every single stitch on my body." Jacob:   "It's not just love. Mary's pain, sadness, and the loneliness she's carried all this time, all of it is etched in me." Jacob:   "Mary. I wonder if talking to humans soothes your soul. I wonder if it makes you happy." Jacob:   "Now that you have human friends, I wonder if you don't need dolls or ghosts anymore." Jacob:   "I wonder if you won't need me anymore." Jacob:   "Say, Mary. Mary, Mary... Jacob:   "Hah…” Jacob:   "Hm…?" Jacob:   "What's that? There's a large ship on the horizon.”

Fade out.

◆Harbor Town (Night)

Islander:   "The dollmaker's doll, worth two silver coins..." Islander  "It is only a doll. but it looks iust like me." Islander:   "I remember when I look at this doll... What exactly? I remember something." Islander:   "Something I'd forgotten long ago. Something I'd thrown away. Something important." Islander:   "Something important."

The islanders cover their faces, looking at their dolls.

Charles:   "...Figaro, something strange is happening on the island." Figaro:   "I think we'll have to move a bit sooner than planned..."

◆Dollmaker's House (Night)

Mary:   "I'm back, dear dolls. Mommy's home." Mary:   "Jacob, are you at the chapel?" Mary:   "...Hm?" Jacob:   "Zzz…”

Jacob is sleeping on the sofa.

Mary:   "You'll catch a cold sleeping in a place like this... Oh, but ghosts don't catch colds!" Mary:   "Still, I'll put a blanket over you. Here you go." Mary:   "...”

She touches Jacob's cheek.

Mary:   "What a cold cheek. He's different from Figaro and Charles. He's different from a human." Jacob:   "Mrrn... Mary..." Mary:   "...” Mary:   "But when I'm with you, my heart steadily grows warm." Mary:   "I'm curious of the world outside, but I'm sure my place is here!"

(8) Burning

◆Dollmaker's House

Mary  "Hahh... Hm? The sky's as red as a ripened tomato. It's already evening." Jacob:   "Good morning, Mary." Mary:   "Jacob. 'Good evening' is more like it. Why did you not wake me?" Mary:   "I had business in town today." Jacob:   "In town, you say…” Jacob:   "Town... harbor... ship…ghost.." Mary:   "Jacob?" Jacob:   "Please stop going to town, Mary!" Mary:   "Whatever is the matter? Why do you look so sad?" Jacob:   "I have an unbearably bad feeling about this. Please, stay here." Mary:   "A bad feeling? But I must see Figaro and Charles today." Jacob:   "Those humans?" Mary:   "They're my friends now. We made plans to meet today…” Jacob:   "I'm your friend too, Mary!" Mary:   "Aah! What is the matter, Jacob? Yelling as loud as Hachipochi." Jacob:   "Even Hachipochi wanted to see you, too! Let's go to the chapel! Let's go the place where the ghosts are!" Mary:   "I told you, I can't today. Figaro invited me to go with them to the outside world." Jacob:   "The outside... world...?" Jacob:   "I guess you do prefer humans…” Mary:   "Jacob?" Jacob:   "I hate you." Mary:   "Wha…” Jacob:   "I hate you, Mary! I absolutely hate you!" Mary:   "Wh-Where has this come from?!" Jacob:   "Mary, you're... you're... not my friend!" Mary:   "...!” Mary:   "Were you the same as the islanders all along..? You were a friend only on the surface?" Jacob:   "No... I...!" Mary:   "You are! In the end, if I stay on this island, I'll never be loved by anyone!" Jacob:   "Mary...!"

The dollmaker rushes out of the house.

◆Outside the Dollmaker's House

Mary:   "Terrible, how terrible... I thought he was my friend, too..." Mary:   "My fingertips are cold. I feel they might freeze." Mary:   "Hm?" Mary:   "The setting sun is covered in black." Mary:   "What is that black color? Smoke? From where? It seems to be coming from town... Too billowing to be from any kitchen…” Mary:   "...It's a fire." Mary:   "The town is on fire!"

◆Burning Harbor Town

Mary:   "It spread so fast! The islanders, Figaro, Charles…” Islander:   "…..Dollmaker."

An islander appears, carrying a doll.

Mary:   "Ah, good gentleman of the island. I see you are safe! ...Hm?" Mary:   "My doll... Did you hold onto it so that it wouldn't be caught in the fire?" Islander:   "This doll is like me. The doll, it... speaks to me." Mary:   "This is no time for speaking. Hurry and escape or you'll be burned to a crisp." Islander:   "I didn't want to remember. I didn't want to remember, and yet. Urrgh, uurgh…!” Islander:   "This is your fault, Dollmaker!" Mary:   "…Urk! Aagh!"

Sound of a gunshot.

Islander:   "Aaaargh!" Mary:   "H-He was shot...?" Charles:   "Ahahaha! That was close, huh Mary?" Mary:   "Charles!" Mary:   "You shot the islander?! Why…” Islander:   "Agh, ugh…”

Whooshing sound of the islander disappearing.

Mary:   "He disappeared...?" Islander:   "Dooollmaaaaker!" Charles:   "Oh, there's another one!"

Gunshot.

Mary:   "Aah…” Islander:   "...Dollmaker." Islander:   "Dollmaker, dollmaker!" Mary:   "That person, and that one, they're holding dolls…” Islander:   "It's your fault that I remembered..." Islander:   "My life, my death, my rotted corpse..!" Mary:   "Death...? Rotted..?" Charles:   "Ahaha...Mary, you really didn't realize what was happening?" Charles:   "That everyone on this island aside from you are ghosts!" Mary:   "Everyone's a ghost... aside from me…?” Islander:   "Dollmaker, dollmaker, dollmaker." Islander:   "Dollmaker, dollmaker, dollmaker." Mary:   "The islanders are gathering together..." Charles:   "They were finally able to forget they had died, but remembered again thanks to your dolls. Only natural for them to hate you for that." Charles:   "Still, there are quite a few of them. Too many to clear away with a gun." Islander:   "Dollmaker, dollmaker, dollmaker!"

Sound of a blade cutting through flesh.

Figaro cuts down islanders rushing toward them.

Islander:   "Aaaaaagck!" Mary:   "The islander was cut in two..!" Figaro:   "If only you had a sword too, Charles."

Whooshing sound of the islander disappearing.

Mary:   "They disappeared…” Figaro:   "Both Charles's bullets and my sword are blessed. They have properties that are effective against ghosts." Mary:   "I don't understand, Figaro! Why are the islanders attacking me?! Why are you attacking them?!" Mary:   "Please tell me!" Figaro:   "...This island, Kakuriyo island, is a strange one. Every person who dies here becomes a ghost." Mary:   "The people become ghosts…” Figaro:   "Have you ever seen any of the islanders grow old?" Figaro:   "Have you ever seen babies growing into children, children into adults, adults into the elderly, or the elderly passing away?" Mary:   "The islanders never change! The children stay children, and adults stay adults." Mary:   "The newborns seek their mother's milk day after day, and those on the verge of death from illness live to see every sunrise." Магу "But isn't that how humans are?" Mary:   "I am the one who is strange. With my changing moods, with my hobbies. That is why everyone thinks I'm strange and avoids me." Charles:   "Your common sense was just distorted because of the ghosts." Figaro:   "...Let's leave the island, Mary. You've been burdened with a pain you were never responsible for." Charles:   "A ship's just arrived, a ship for us. Our friends are there." Mary:   "Friends...?" Mary:   "You're right. There are so many people here I don't know..." Mary:   "These strangers holding torches..." Mary:   "The flames are the same color as the fire...!" Figaro:   "This is no ordinary flame. It was brought here specifically. Flames kindled by priests, which light the depths of the great cathedral." Charles:   "The ghosts don't stand a chance with this." Mary:   "Just who are you people?" Charles:   "We are the Order of Shadows. We specialize in hunting ghosts." Charles:   "Our objective is essentially…” Figaro:   "To wipe out everyone on this island." Mary:   "...!” Figaro:   "We were actually supposed to take care of this more quickly." Charles:   "The ship we rode here is no more. Figaro and I were the only survivors." Charles:   "But reinforcements have finally arrived." Charles:   "We've got to finish this job and get home. With you." Charles:   "These ghosts pretending to be humans are almost gone. There's no reason to stay on an island all by yourself, right?" Mary:   "...” Figaro:   "Are you worried about the ghosts at the chapel?" Mary:   "How do you know of them?" Figaro:   "We are no ordinary hunters. We investigated everything about this island, down to the doll that lives in your home now." Mary:   "You mean, when you came to my house for the first time…?” Charles:   "It's our job, sorry." Figaro:   "I feel so sorry for you, Mary. To have to reached out to ghosts because you couldn't bear the loneliness." Figaro:   "However, you are not alone anymore. We are here with you." Figaro:   "We are as warm as you are, in the same form. Humans who can grow alongside you." Figaro:   "Let's leave the island, Mary." Mary:   "...” Mary:   "My best friend told me he hated me. The doll I made by sewing parts of corpses together.” Charles:   "That's a ghost for you. They'll make you trust them, then stab you in the back without blinking. I see it all the time." Mary:   "I see. That's what ghosts are... Mary: "..." Mary:   "......” Mary:   ".........” Mary:   "That can't be!" Charles:   "What can't be?" Mary:   "I... I... I still care for Jacob!" Mary:   "Even if Jacob hates me, I still care for him! I like all the ghosts in the chapel!" Mary:   "I didn't become friends with ghosts just because I couldn't get along with humans!" Mary:   "I wanted to be with them because they were so full of life!" Mary:   "None of them have done anything wrong. Please leave them alone and return to your country!" Figaro  “...” Charles:   "What we do, Figaro?" Charles:   "If that's how Mary feels, we've got no choice…” Charles:   "Yeah, you're right." Mary:   "I'm sorry. Thank you…”

Figaro knocks the dollmaker down with the hilt of his sword. Mary:   "Urgk!"

Sound of the dollmaker falling down.

Charles:   "Ahaha! A clean hit!" Mary:   "Why...?" Figaro:   "Why?" Figaro:   "Because I have to take you back to our country and crucify you for making a doll from the corpses of our friends, Dollmaker!" Mary:   "The corpses of your friends..." Charles:   "Wow, you really are stupid. You really don't get it?" Charles:   "The corpses you used to make your disgusting doll were our friends who perished in the storm!" Mary:   "Your friend's... corpses...” Charles:   "Understand now? The depth of your sins?" Mary:   "If you can love unmoving corpses so much…” Mary:   "How can you not feel for living ghosts...?" Charles:   "Yeah... She's off her rocker." Charles hits the dollmaker with the butt of his gun and knocks her out. Figaro:   "Don't put humans and ghosts together, you crazy dollmaker!"

◆Dollmaker's House (Night)

Jacob:   "...” Jacob:   "Ahh, why did I say such a terrible thing...” Jacob:   "As a ghost, I was jealous of Mary's friends for being human like she is." Jacob:   "Because of that, I lied and hurt her." Jacob:   "When she gets back, I must apologize to her…”

Sound of a door opening.

Jacob:   "Mary?" Jacob:   "Mary! I'm so sorry, Mary! I said something so terrible to you. Please, forgive me..." Sister Ghost:   "I don't know what has happened, but repenting for your sins, seeking forgiveness, and expressing your love are the very things God wishes!" Jacob:   "Sister Ghost, why are you here?" Sister Ghost:   "I'm sorry to come unannounced, Jacob. Look out the window." Jacob:   "Out the window...?....!" Jacob:   "The town is on fire...?!" Jacob:   "Mary! Mary's in town! Mary, Mary!" Sister Ghost:   "Calm down, Jacob! I'm sure Mary's fine." Jacob:   "Being sure isn't good enough!" Sister Ghost:   "But it's certainly better than what will be arriving in mere moments." Jacob:   "What will arrive...?" Sister Ghost:   "The Order of Shadows are ghost hunters, and they are on their way to kill us." Jacob:   "The Order of Shadows…” Sister Ghost:   "The dollmaker is human, so even if she's captured, she won't immediately be killed. That will not be the case for us." Sister Ghost:   "They are given enchanted weapons and sent to places where there is neither God nor devil." Sister Ghost:   "Let us escape for now, Jacob, so that we may see Mary as well." Jacob:   "...” Jacob:   "All right..."

(9) Save Jacob

Darkness.

Mary:   "…Urgh. Where are we? It's pitch black." Mary:   "Ah! Where's Jacob?! Where are the ghosts of the chapel?!" Mary:   "Figaro! Charles! Let me out of here!" Mary:   "...I cannot hear a single thing." Mary:   "Will this door reopen when everything is done? When everyone on the island has died?" Mary:   "I don't want that! Jacob, Jacob..!"

Sound of the door unlocking.

Mary:   "...!” Hachipochi:   "Wooof!!!" Mary:   "Aahh!" Hachipochi:   "Ahaha! Did I scare you, Dollmaker?!" Mary:   "Hachipochi?!" Hachipochi:   "Ushinoko said that you'd definitely be scared!" Ushinoko:   "I can see ten seconds into the future, after all." Mary:   "Ushinoko! Why are the two of you here...?" Mary:   "I see, so the Order of Shadows does not exterminate ghosts after all! You're all safe!" Hachipochi:   "I remember, that's why we're here!" Hachipochi:   "Even though we were all hiding in the chapel, the Order of Shadows came and sprayed holy water all around!" Mary:   "Holy water?" Ushinoko:   "It is like acid or poison to us ghosts. We'll melt if we touch it, and suffer when we smell it!" Hachipochi:   "Raw garbage smells way better! Woof!" Ushinoko:   "We were able to barely escape, but everyone else is still in the chapel. Jacob is there, too." Mary:   "Jacob!" Ushinoko:   "They'll grow weak and die if we don't save them quickly…” Mary:   "What do we do?!" Ushinoko:   "First we must get out of here... Though it is rather hellish outside."

◆ Burning Harbor Town

Wailing voices.

Gunshots.

Screams.

Mary:   "Ah, the islanders…”

The islanders disappear, attacked by the Order of Shadows.

Mary:   "We must find something...something to save Jacob and the others…” Ushinoko:   "If only we could find something to wash away the holy water…’ Mary:   "Wash away…” The dollmaker looks at the islanders. Mary:   "Ah, that's right...!!" Ushinoko  "Ah, I see...! I know what you'll say ten seconds from now!" Hachipochi:   "What is it, Ushinoko?! What did the dollmaker think of?!" Mary:   "If we use THAT, then maybe...!"

◆ Ghost Chapel

Charles:   "I've never heard of ghosts holing themselves up in a chapel before." Figaro:   "It must be Sister Ghost's plan. We can burn the town, but not a chapel." Charles:   "If it's a nest for ghosts, we can burn it down without guilt, can't we?" Figaro:   "Don't forget we are granted God's divine protection, Charles." Charles:   "You sure are faithful. Well, the ghosts inside must be weakened by now, anyway."

◆Ghost Chapel (Inside)

Bukuro:   "Choking, croaking..." Sister Ghost:   "Hang in there, Bukuro… Urgh." Jacob:   "The scent of the holy water is filling the chapel." Bukuro:   "Fly now or die now…” Sister Ghost:   "No! If we leave, we all be killed by the Order of Shadows!" Sister Ghost:   "Ushinoko and Hachipochi will come save us, I'm sure! Mary will come as well! Let's believe in them and hang in there!" Sister Ghost:   "Ah, but... I am losing consciousness…” Jacob:   "Me, too... My mind is beginning to fade." Jacob:   "Will I never see Mary again?" Jacob:   "If I can at least apologize to her…” Jacob:   "I want to... hug her again…” Jacob:   "Mary…”

◆Ghost Chapel

Figaro:   "...it's about time." Charles:   "Time for cleanup duty!" Mary:   "Stop!"

The dollmaker appears, holding a bucket.

Charles:   "The dollmaker?! Why is she here...?" Figaro:   "…..She's holding a bucket?" Mary:   "The ghosts saved me! That is why I'm going to save them!" Charles:   "Hah! What can you even do alone?!" Mary:   "Just watch! These are all the things the islanders have given me!" Figaro:   "That's... No! Charles, stop!" Sound of the dollmaker throwing down sludge. Charles:   "What is this stench?! It's sickening!" Mary:   "It's rotten food!" Charles:   "Rotten food...?! You're pouring it everywhere!" Mary:   "Even God would hold his nose and run away from this!" Mary:   "…..The people from this island are all dead, so they must not know what foods are rotten and what aren't…” Mary:   "All that's left is you two!"

Splashing sounds. Figaro:   "Urk." Charles:   "Ugh, I'm gonna vomit!" Mary:   "Jacob, Jacob! You're there, aren't you?! It's me, Mary!"

◆Ghost Chapel (Inside) Jacob:   "..Mary? I can hear Mary's voice…” Bukuro:   "Mary's gotten something rotten." Sister Ghost:   "The smell of the holy water's weakening…” Mary:   "Jacob, Jacob! You have to escape from here! Come outside, hurry!" Jacob:   "...Mary! Mary!" Charles:   "Hah! The entrance to the chapel's barricaded with holy wood!" Figaro:   "Even if the effect from the holy water is gone, the ghosts can't open it..." Jacob:   "Aaaagggggh!"

◆Ghost Chapel 

Sound of a wall breaking.

Ushinoko:   "Jacob! I didn't imagine you'd break through the chapel wall!" Charles:   "Are you serious...?!" Figaro:   "...What strength." Jacob:   "Mary!" Mary:   "Jacob!" Jacob:   "Mary, Mary!" Jacob:   "I'm sorry, Mary, ..." Mary:   "My precious doll. Let us rejoice in seeing each other again!" Jacob:   "Yes…! Mary, you stink!" Mary:   "This is a gift from the islanders." Charles:   "..Damn it! What 'precious doll'..?" Charles:   "Listen, Dollmaker! His face is Quoran's, his eyes, Cumero's! His feet are Ozarki's and his hands are Rinzei's!" Charles:   "His heart is of a Kariudo… all friends of ours!" Charles:   "To sew all of those together and make them into a doll! You disgusting zombie, I'll purify you first!"

Sound of a gun cocking.

Hachipochi:   "Grrrr... Woof, woof, woof, woooof!!! Charles:   "Agh!" Figaro:   "Wh-What a loud sound...!" Charles:   "It's like my eardrums are bursting! This dog of a ghost! I'lI blow your brains out!" Hachipochi:   "Dog?! Did you just call me a dog?!" Hachipochi:   "Yes! Finally, someone said I'm a dog!" Mary:   "Hachipochi!" Hachipochi:   "Oh, that's right. Now's not the time for this!" Mary:   "Everyone, run away!"

*Dance

"Hallelujah Shout the name of God, My Friend~"

Sounds of running footsteps. Figaro:   "Urk... After them, Charles!" Charles:   "Right!"

◆Forest

Mary:   "Hahh, hahh."

Sound of a gunshot. Jacob:   "...They're already right over there!" Sister Ghost:   "They'll catch up to us at this rate! Oh, God!" Bukuro:   "Gunning for us, running toward us." Ushinoko:   "My prediction for ten seconds from now! They'll shout in voices as loud as Hachipochi's!" Mary:   "Ushinoko?!" Ushinoko:   "In ten seconds, the two of them will fall into a hole I dug!" Charles:   "A hole?!" Figaro:   "...Charles, wait a second!" Charles:   "Damn it! Where is that hole…” Ushinoko:   "Now then, go!" Hachipochi:   "Ushinoko, when did you have time to dig a hole?!" Sister Ghost:   "Would it not have been better to simply say nothing and let them fall in...?!" Ushinoko:   "Heh heh, listen very, very closely!" Ushinoko:   "It takes less time to tell a lie!" Jacob:   "So there isn't a hole!" Mary:   "I guess ten seconds into the future isn't all you can see!"

Everyone runs off together.

(10) Head to the Ocean

◆Burning Harbor Town

Dolls strewn about.

Mary:   "...”

The dollmaker gazes at the dolls left behind.

Mary:   "So they were all ghosts.” Ushinoko:   "They all thought of themselves as human, unlike the rest of us." Ushinoko:   "It was what they wanted to believe." Mary:   "I see. Indeed..." Hachipochi:   "Ushinoko, what are we gonna do now?" Bukuro:   "We're not covered, we'll be discovered." Ushinoko:   "You've just given me an idea. Come, this way!"

◆Port

Mary:   "The port?"

Sound of a gunshot.

Hachipochi:   "Ah! I felt a bullet graze my fur!" Charles:   "This game of tag is over!" Mary:   "Charles." Figaro:   "We'd like to return to our country quickly." Mary:   "Figaro…” Bukuro:   "Sought us so fast, caught us at last." Figaro:   "...Charles. Aim for the dollmaker." Mary:   "...!” Jacob:   "Why?! Mary isn't a ghost, she's human!" Figaro:   "She's a sinner who has done the work of the devil and desecrated the dead." Figaro:   "There's no point in bringing her back to our country just to punish her there." Charles:   "You heard him. I happen to agree." Mary:   "Figaro, Charles…” Mary:   "Even now, I see you both as my friends..." Charles:   "That's nice." Figaro:   "But farewell all the same." Bukuro:   "…Look out!" Charles:   "Agh, what are you doing?! Let go!" Mary:   "Bukuro?!" Bukuro:   "Run away, run away!" Mary:   "Bukuro, what are you…” Bukuro:   "Run awaaaaaay!" Mary:   "Bukuro…!” Charles:   "St-Stoppp!"

Sound of them hitting the ocean water.

Charles dies.

Figaro:   "Charrrrrles!" Mary:   "Bukuro pulled Charles down into the ocean…” Ushinoko:   "Urk... Everyone, hurry onto the ship…” Figaro:   "Charles... Charles..." Figaro:   "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!" Jacob:   "...Mary, look out!" Mary:   "…..Urk!"

Jacob saves the dollmaker.

Figaro  "How could you... Charles... I won't forgive you... I’ll never forgive you…” Figaro:   "I'II kill you... I'll kill all of yoouuu!!!" Ushinoko:   "Sister Ghost, get back!!" Sister Ghost:   "Eeek!" Hachipochi:   "Look out!" Hachipochi grabs Sister Ghost and dodges the attack. Hachipochi:   "Ah, did my ear get cut?!" Figaro:   "I'II kill you... I'll kill you.. I'll kill you...!" Ushinoko:   "We can't get closer to the ship with him waving his sword around like that...!" Mary:   "Figaro…” Figaro:   "Don't speak my name with that filthy voice of yours!" Figaro:   "Everything would have ended without any problems if it weren't for you...!" Figaro:   "Yeah, that's it...Dollmaker... It's you. It's your fault... It's your fault Charles died!!!" Jacob:   "Mary!" Mary:   "Stay away, Jacob!" Figaro:   "Dieeeee!!" Mary:   "...”

A large number of dolls jump out and grab onto Figaro. Figaro:   "...Urk!! Wh-What?!" Mary:   "Dolls...?" Jacob:   "Mary, these are…” Doll:   "Mommy." Doll:   "Mommy, mommy." Jacob:   "The dolls Mary made…” Doll:   "Mommy, mommy.” Doll:   "Mommy, mommy."

Ushinoko:   "More and more are gathering together...!"

Figaro:   "Not just the pile of corpses cobbled together, but even these simple dolls have souls...?!" Doll:   "Mommy was so alone." Doll:   "Mommy was so lonely." Doll:   "But Mommy isn't alone." Doll:   "We were always there with her." Doll:   "Protect Mommy, let Mommy run away." Doll:   "Protect Mommy, let Mommy run away!" Mary:   "Ah, ah..." Figaro:   "Ugh, get off! All of you, get off…!" Ushinoko:   "Now's our chance! Let's go!" Ushinoko:   "We need to escape the island!" Mary:   "But...!" Doll:   "Protect Mommy, let Mommy run away." Doll:   "Let Mommy run away. Please Mommy, run away." Mary:   "My dears…” Jacob:   "Mary!"

Jacob grabs hold of the dollmaker. Jacob:   "Let's escape!" Mary:   "Urgh, uurrrrghh..." Mary:   "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Thank you all!" Figaro:   "Urgh! Get off... Get off!!" Doll:   "Protect Mommy, let Mommy run away." Doll:   "Protect Mommy, let Mommy run away." Figaro:   "Aaaaaaaaaaagh!"

The dolls overtake Figaro completely.

(11) On the Boat

◆Ship

Hachipochi:   "Ushinoko, this ship makes my head spin! Woof!" Sister Ghost:   "Holy Bibles, holy water, holy weapons...! There are so many things stored here that ghosts hate!" Ushinoko:   "Not to worry! We have a powerful ally with us. Mary the human, throw them all away please!" Mary:   "This is the first time I've been so happy to be a human!" Mary:   "...” Mary:   "Figaro and Charles mentioned before that the world was so big." Mary:   "There is surely an island where I can be happy. To experience joys I cannot fathom." Mary:   "I'm sure they only said that to win my favor..." Mary:   "But I want to believe in those words. They were the first human friends I had ever made." Jacob:   "Right. I'm sure that joy and happiness await. Beyond all our dreams." Mary:   "...Yes, that's true. I'm sure that's true!" Mary:   "All right, I'II throw everything we don't need into the ocean!" Mary:   "First, these heavy books! Next, these glittering candlesticks!"

Sounds of splashes as they hit the ocean. Bukuro:   "...Items pricey! Water spicy!" Mary:   "...?!" Jacob:   "That voice... Ah, look!" Hachipochi:   "There's something that looks like trash floating in the ocean!" Ushinoko:   "Oh, wait! In ten seconds we'll all be a whirl of joy after noticing what that trash is!" Mary:   "Bukuro... It's Bukuro!!" Hachipochi:   "He's okay! That's amazing, woooof!" Sister Ghost:   "Oh, what a miracle! Thank you, God!" Mary:   "We can't wait ten seconds! Let's pull him up!" Jacob:   "Right!"

◆ Harbor

Charles appears, soaked to the bone. Charles:   "Agh... To think our ship would become a ghost ship!" Figaro:   "Looks like we'll have to wait here on the island for another rescue crew." Charles:   "Still, looks like we survived by a hair." Figaro:   "I didn't know what would happen for a moment there." Figaro:   "...By the way, Charles. You look pretty terrible." Figaro:   "That pale face of yours, is like a flying fish that can't fly." Charles:   "You're one to talk, Figaro. Your skin is as pale as a fish's belly!"

◆Ship

Sounds of waves.

Ushinoko:   "Another party today, a ghost party!" Hachipochi:   "We are ghosts! Undead ghosts!" Sister Ghost:   "We lived in a wonderful chapel." Hachipochi:   "We are ghosts! One of us, a human!" Bukuro:   "Friends together, fun forever." Jacob:   "Whether you're a ghost or human doesn't matter!" Mary:   "Another party today, a party for all of us!" Jacob:   "To where the sea wind whispers us to go." Mary:   "Until we reach the end of the world!"

*Song

"!!!Ghost Party!!!"

The End

#jack jeanne #stage script #mary jane #reference #my posts #happy spooky month

[rumbelleshowdown]

Author: Rose Daughter

Prompts: Every day. Monster, fear, cold sweat. Celebrity.

Group: B

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Tomorrow

“You’re late, dearie.”

Belle jolts, whirling around, her feet skidding on the shelf of wet rock. She manages to keep her balance, wobbling on the edge of the crystalline pool. Two dark eyes bob above the water, sharp and observant, unsympathetic to her flailing.

“I’ve told you not to sneak up on me like that,” she huffs.

The creature lifts further out of the water, looking menacing with his mane of matted curls hanging in his face. Then, he shakes his head like a wet dog and grins.

“Your lack of spa-cial aware-ness has naught to do with me.”

The words are stodgy in his mouth, so he pronounces them slowly. These were acquired from the book she read aloud to him yesterday. Rumple’s mind was a funny wee lagoon; when she cast new words into it, they usually resurfaced as ammunition to tease her.

He slithers to the pool’s edge, moving through the water like an eel. He props his elbows up on the rocks.

“You’re late,” he says again.

“How can you even tell?”

His crocodilian eyes shift to a silver pocket watch that dangles from a knobbly finger of overhanging rock. It looks suspiciously like the one that used to hang from a fob on Jefferson’s waistcoat.

Belle’s lips press into a thin line. “Yes, well, it’s becoming quite tricky to leave my house without being badgered about another ‘recovery mission’. I think I might need to start charging for my services. You’re becoming too…popular in the village.”

Notorious is a more appropriate term, but she knows he would enjoy that label far too much.

It is not uncommon to see Finfolk off the coast of the Orkney Islands. It is, however, unheard of to catch more than a glimpse of talon and tail as they steal a fish off the end of your line. They don’t linger near the shore. And they certainly don’t take up residence in a grotto at the base of the headland, transforming the limestone ledges into a personal museum of pilfered trinkets.

“I hear you’ve been tipping rowboats again,” she says.

“Shouldn’t have rowed so close to the cave,” he trills, “Def-ini-tely shouldn’t have been out on the water if you don’t know how to swim.”

Rumple’s behavior has elevated him from overgrown sardine to local celebrity; a spectacle at the best of times and a menace at the worst. And when Belle’s routine visits to the grotto became public knowledge, the villagers thrust a title upon her as well. Hostage negotiator.

She scans the cave, searching for possible new additions to his hoard. She feels like she’s playing one of those ‘spot the difference’ games they print on children’s menus. Ah, there. Coiled around a stalagmite is a heart-shaped locket, its ruby pendant winking in the reflection of the pool.

“You know, Miss Lucas used to have a necklace just like that. She took it off to swim one afternoon and, by the time she’d paddled back to the docks, it had vanished.”

“Extra-ordin-ary coincidence.” His expression might have looked innocent on a small boy or a puppy, but it only succeeds in making him look all the more devilish.

Belle shakes her head and bends down to unravel the locket. She pockets it, ignoring his cry of protest.

“And I’m going to need the tackle box you nicked from Marco’s boat.”

He scowls up at her. She can just imagine his tail flicking with irritation. He must have known she’d come asking for that particular prize, as he’d stashed it beneath the water rather than displaying it above.

“What if I trade you for it?” she offers.

His gaze darts to the basket cradled in the crook of her arm. His furrowed brow gives a faint twitch, his resolve instantly weakening. Hook. Line. Sinker.

With a profane grumble, he ducks back under the water. His vocabulary has been increasing in color ever since he started spying on the sailors at the docks.

Belle watches him disappear into the deep as she sits down at the pool’s edge and begins unlacing her boots. She has learned the hard way that heels have rubbish traction.

Some say that jewelry and fishing gear aren’t all that the Fin like to steal. The villagers tell tales of those that have been ferried away to a kingdom beneath the waves. The legends serve as requiems for the men and women who were dragged to the depths and eternally imprisoned in unlawful marriages to the Fins that snatched them. Belle thinks that’s nonsense. The Finfolk detest humans and – typically – want as little to do with them as possible. It would be like kidnapping a cockroach from the gutter to keep as a pet.

Still, the superstition persists. Even when begging her to rescue his tackle box from the sea beast’s lair, Marco had cautioned, “Be careful, girl. He’ll steal you too, if he gets the chance.”

Belle dips her toes into the cool water. Marco’s words echo in her mind as she feels a clawed hand latch onto her ankle. Her scream bounces off the cave walls. Rumple’s head breaches the water’s surface again, eyes glinting with wicked glee.

“…for…for god’s sake, Rumple,” she gasps, pressing her hand over her chest, trying to work her heart out of her throat.

He laughs, baring two rows of razor-sharp teeth. She’s reminded of what a terror he must be to unsuspecting fishermen.

His grin wanes when it comes time to surrender his treasure. Rumple reluctantly hands over the tackle box, looking so forlorn that she almost regrets taking it from him. She knows how enamored he is with the little lures and bobbers.

He plants both hands on the rock and, lean muscles straining, heaves himself up onto the rim beside her. His tail hits the stone with a wet slap.

No artist has ever truly rendered the ethereal beauty of a Fin. They refuse to be pinned to a canvas and captured in a frame. There is no shade of paint that can reproduce the exact green-gold color of their tails, nor their iridescent quality in the sunlight. Belle’s eyes follow the scales up his body to where they become a smattering over his belly, just about where most human men have a trail of fine hair.

Aware of where her eyes are fixed, Rumple reaches for the basket with both hands like an impatient child. Her reflexes are a tad quicker and she slides it out of reach.

“No. Don’t grab. It’s not polite.”

He gives her a rude gesture – something else he undoubtedly picked up from the sailors. The effect is somewhat less potent with his webbed fingers.

After the thermos of hot chocolate had gone down so well last week, Belle suspects his serrated teeth might be quite sweet. She produces a small bundle from the basket, unwrapping the gingham handkerchief to reveal a crumbly stack of homemade shortbread. Rumple peers at it, captivated as the scent of honey and coriander hits his nose.

“Dry your hands first or it’ll go all mushy.”

Rumple does dry his hands; not on the handkerchief, but on her jumper, his talons snagging the woolen yellow fibers on her sleeve. He swipes a wedge before she can delay him any longer.

He takes a small, suspicious bite. She can tell the exact moment that the butter-rich biscuit dissolves on his tongue. His eyes go wide and he looks to her with such childlike delight, it makes her heart beat wildly against her rib cage.

“There are otters up the coastline. They have pups,” he says suddenly, as though trying to bolster his half of the trade. “I’ll take you to see them.”

“I’m not dressed for swimming.”

He rolls his eyes. That isn’t something he learned from the sailors. That is something he adopted from her.

“You can’t get these clothes wet, but you can put on different clothes speci-fic-ally to get wet?”

He wrinkles his nose indignantly. His derisive ‘urgh, humans’ is unspoken, but is heard all the same.

“I’ll wear something suitable tomorrow. You can bring me then.”

Tomorrow. He loves that word more than anything.

His sullen expression melts away. He leans in expectantly. Now, this is special. This is something he taught her. Belle meets him halfway, resting her forehead against his. His crooked nose presses into her cheek, their faces slotting together like two puzzle pieces. They stare at one another for a long, quiet moment. His lips twist into a lopsided smile and he pulls back.

That means, ‘I’m happy’. It means, ‘thank you’.

It means, ‘love you’.

Rumple’s tail thumps the rock again, splashing water over her legs, the droplets clinging to her calves like a sheen of cold sweat. She watches him examine a second piece of shortbread like it’s made of solid gold.

‘Yes, tomorrow’, Belle thinks, smiling down at where his fin grazes her ankles.

‘Perhaps he’ll steal me tomorrow.’

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#rumbelle showdown #round one #rumbelle fic #rose daughter

[docholligay]

Palentine’s: Haruka and Mina, eating from each other’s plates

“So what I’m saying is,” Mina stuffed her mouth full, “I think we should broaden our borders and horizons and all that.” 

“So, like, go to America?” Haruka thought for a moment, and then smiled as she picked up her fork, “I mean, I like America. If there’s whatever the hell they call senshi over there, why not?” 

Mina shook her head. ‘I don’t know if there is, anywhere else. I mean, it seems stupid that the entire globe exists and the Moon only dropped us on an island country of less than 400,000 square kilometers, but maybe there’s a homing beacon, I don’t know. Anyway,” she plucked a tater tot off Haruka’s plate, “I don’t just mean soldiers like us. There’s people who can fight all over, and with things going how they are, it might not be a bad idea. I’ve always wanted to go back to London.” 

Haruka leaned back and took a drink of her beer. “I don’t like London.”

Mina rolled her eyes. “That’s because Squidward--”

“Don’t call her that, Mina.” 

“Oh excuse the hell out of me,” She took another tater tot, “Miss Kaioh, there, you happy? Only takes you to places with the absolute worst people the entire country has to offer. I promise there’s plenty of normal-ass people in London.” 

Haruka scratched her head. “I guess we have to talk it over with Usagi.” 

Another tater tot, and Haruka lightly smacked Mina’s hand. “Those are mine!” 

“Oh what, are we not friends now?” Mina put an aggrieved hand on her chest. “I didn’t know that you were so in need of some deep fried food, you deprived creature.” 

Haruka reached over for one of Mina’s fries, and Mina dove at it like a very determined seagull, biting it out of Haruka’s hand. 

“Oh okay, so--”

“Haruka,” she swallowed the fry, “You have an unimaginably rich wife. I, on the other hand, am a  struggling working girl, who makes her own way in the world, ekeing out an--”

“I’m paying for dinner!” Haruka laughed. “I always pay for dinner!” 

Mina flagged down the waitress. “I don’t see what that has to do with anything. I’m getting another pitcher.” 

It was strange, sometimes, for Mina to think about when they’d first met. Even more than that, when they’d truly been thrown together. How she couldn’t stand Haruka, how she thought she was a self-pitying, dramatic, mess of a human being who was just trying to trip into her own destruction. 

And, okay, that wasn’t wrong, exactly. Mina was a good read of people, even without the Gift, and Haruka wasn’t exactly hard to figure out. The trick was that Haruka could be other things as well: Generous, brave, tender when she let herself be. It was a good reminder to Mina that though stripping people down to their base elements helped for snap decisions, the real tricks lived in the complication. 

“Can we get a plate of kaarage too?” Haruka tossed the menu back down on the table. 

“Ruka?” Mina leaned back for a moment, “What’d you think of me when we were first living together?” 

Haruka shrugged. ‘I didn’t, really. I had a lot going on. It was a place to sleep.” 

Mina took a fry off her own plate, swirled it in mayyo and contemplatively bit into it. “You broke up with your girlfriend, Haruka, you didn’t have a lot going on.” 

“C’mon,” Haruka looked at the table, and then took a swig of her beer, “You know it was more than that.” 

Well, maybe. Haruka was more things than Mina had taken her for initially, but resilient was never one of them. Still wasn’t, honestly. She put all her eggs in Michiru’s basket and never learned how to eat scrambled, so she’d ended up starving. It didn’t have to be more than that, but it was, and that was part of the bargain with Haruka. Everything took on as much meaning as she could carry. 

“I thought you hated me.” She still didn’t look at Mina, poking at her burger, but she chuckled, “because you did.” 

“I didn’t HATE--”

“Oh come on!” Haruka shook her head, but she smiled, “You only let me stay in your apartment because you needed a roommate and Usagi threw me at you. You couldn’t fucking stand me.” 

Mina thought for a moment. What would be the point in lying to her? She hadn’t exactly hidden the fact. 

“Well, I didn’t really know you, I guess. And, uh, by the way, you were being supremely annoying. So, jot that down. I’m taking another tater tot, even the memory fills me with horror.” 

The pitcher and chicken were dropped, and Haruka poured another. 

“I’m glad we’re friends now. I guess.” 

“As long as you keep buying beer, bud.” 

“Okay, you know what?” Haruka reached over and took the burger off her plate, smiled broadly, and took a big bite as Mina watched. 

“Ugh!” her face pulled into a grimace. “I hate avocado.” 

“Have we learned something today?” Mina grabbed Haruka’s burger and took a bite, “By the way, this bacon is great. Anyway, so as I was saying before you interrupted, I DO think you’d like London. If you went with me instead.” 

“Well Michiru speaks English.” 

“I speak English! I speak fucking amazing English! People mistake me for a native speaker! I did a summer exchange in London! Why does no one ever remember this? I don’t expect my actual life to lack narrative continuity.” 

Haruka grinned, and took another fry.

#Doc writes #Palentine's Day

[innermuse24]

Hannibal (TV Series: The Menu AU - Fanstory: 'The Feast'

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Summary: Will and his wife, Molly Graham-Foster, receive an invitation from the Famous Chef, Hannibal Lecter, to come to the Island of Varnas to celebrate the opening of his new restaurant "The Ravenstag" where also found out they are not the only ones who have been invited.

The reason being is Hannibal knows all their secrets they hide.

So begins a series of who is telling the truth? What is gain behind all of this and how is Will connected to the mysterious Head Chef known as Hannibal Lecter?

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Notes:

Inspired by the film trailer of the film 'The Menu' a black comedy horror, involving the actor Ralph Fiennes.

Invitation, Guest List and Menu created using Canva.

For @apastandfuturenerd , @hannibalsimago , @thewitchofstjohns​ and the rest of fannibals out there. 

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PART 1 - The Invitation and a Link to One's Forgotten Memories'

A cold, bitter snap is hanging in the air when Will Graham comes up the Hunting Cabin path, close to the frozen lake covered in thick ice and snow closely followed by pack of dogs, carrying in both of his hands a bundle of chopped wood for the fire, while sees waiting on the cabin porch is his wife - Molly Foster-Graham - holding two mugs in her hands.

"Got some more chopped logs for the fire." Will tells her, coming up the wooden steps to head inside where he places the chopped logs close to the fireplace where a fire is gently crackling in the hearth in the log basket, while the group of dogs - except for one, a golden mongrel retriever who waits near the doorway cocking it's head to one side to watch Will doing the task - come in, heading to the various dog beds that scattered about in the dining/sitting area. 

"You're such a darling, Will Graham." Molly says to him, making Will softly smile and getting up heads back outside onto the porch, stopping to bend down to greet Winston who wags his tail in delight at getting some attention from him.

"Hmm..." 

Continuing to give Winston skritches and rubs, Will wonders why that word 'darling' felt so familiar to him - had someone said it to him in the past maybe.

He didn't know the answers, because most of his past memories were so fractured that when he had asked Doctors about it they had said it make a take very long time before certain memories return to him because having been diagnosed with long-term amnesia.

Whether he would ever get answers he didn't know. And even if he did would they even make sense.

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Lying under the duvet cover of the king-size bed, Will finds for some unknown reason that he cannot sleep, so he rolls to lay on his back staring up at the wooden beamed cieling wondering what had woken him up. 

Had it been the strange dream again that he continued on having about a strange, mysterious creature with the body of a large stag and raven feathers covering every inch of it's body padding through a forest of tall needle-shaped trees, the autumn leaves having already fallen off them crunching under Will's bare feet and the distant sound of ravens cawing as they flew overhead in the white sky above.

Hearing Molly shifting beside him, he realises he must have woken her up so goes to turn his face to say something only notices she is checking her phone for the time - because of being small-time vet, his wife had early shifts so doubt she was checking to see if there any messages about her upcoming shift - then mutters something under her breath, before pulling her side of the duvet cover back to slip out of bed.

She says nothing, instead heads out to the bathroom leaving Will deciding he needs to make a hot cup of coffee so sliding out of the bed, picking up his threadbare night-gown to wrap around himself - one which Molly said that at some point he would gave to throw out and get a new one - and heads downstairs to the kitchen area in the dining/sitting area about to flick on the small kitchen lamp when something like paper being shoved under the door makes him look up seeing briefly the shadow of figure disappearing of the porch.

The strange thing was that the dogs hadn't barked when it had been slid under the gap of the cabin door, so heading over bends down to pick it up seeing when he turns it over his and Molly's name written in ornate script. 

Who would be writing to them?

There was no-one he really knew that would write a letter to them like this?

Most of Molly's friends emailed or sent postcards or parcels, but never a letter with ornate script on it. 

Puzzled by it, Will gets back up with it in his hand at the sametime Molly is coming downstairs towelling her damp hair dry with a small towel then stills at the sight of him holding the letter.

"What is it? Has someone sent us a letter or something?" She asks him, heading over to put the kitchen light on so can see what she is doing and placing the letter on the kitchen counter for her to see, Will decides to light the fire in the hearth to warm up the dining/sitting area.

"I don't know. Do you recognise the handwriting?" He replies, asking her whether it was familiar seeing how briefly she almost seems to recognise it - whether it been a trick in the dimmed kitchen light that her eyes had widened with shock and fear - before shaking her head at him. 

"No. Can't say I recognise it, Will." 

Accepting the answer for now, Will begins to build up the fire listening to steady whistling of the boiling of the kettle, the clinking of mugs being taken out of the cupboard and the dogs shifting in their sleep in the dog beds before settling back down again. 

"I see you later, alright. Don't forget to pick up Wally from his friend's house."

"What was the address again?"

"You forgotten?!"

"I....No....I mean...Yes...but..."

"Oh, Will. Here's the address. I'll see you later, alright!!!"

Sitting in the armchair close to the fireplace, Will once more looks at the letter which is his wife, Molly had said she didn't recognise the handwriting - but yet why would her eyes show fear and shock at the sight of it? Why had she lied to him? - then slitting the letter open, sees lying within is an invitation card, a guest list and a menu - well if one could really call it that it was more drawings of food representing what might be on it. 

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Looking at this, he finds himself complementing who would be sending this to him and Molly. 

Why were they both being invited to the opening of restaurant he had never heard of? 

And just, who was this mysterious Head Chef called Hannibal Lecter and why did the name sound so familiar to him - like in his forgotten past maybe had known this person?

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Notes:

Flashback in italics

Reference in the flashback Hannibal experiencing an illness which still affects him

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PART 2 - ' A Memory of a Past of One's Lover and Introduction to the Chef' (1 of 2)

A figure walks calmly on a long stretch of beach, listening quietly to the waves going back and forth across the sand and pebbles combined on the beach before reaches the sand-dunes covered by the swaying sea-grass where at the top of one of them a man sits on a wooden bench made from some driftwood busy sketching the view in front of them.

"Hannibal, there you are. Abigail called to say that she will be able to travel on Wednesday to visit us."

Turning his head, Hannibal Lecter - famous chef, once known for hosting amazing dinner parties at his Baltimore, Maryland Restaurant before a fateful incident had made him take a hiatus to head to the Island of Varnas - looks at his fiancé-to-be.

 Placing the pencil down in the margin of the sketchpad, he closes it to place to one side out the way before shifting on the driftwood bench to allow Will to sit down beside him.

"Are you alright?" Will asks him, taking hold of both his hands to rub some warmth with Hannibal weakly smiling that is fiancé-to-be is concerned about his health.

"I'm fine, Myilamis, just...." Hannibal replies, indicating his heart then fisting his hand into his coat to indicate gripping pain.

"You're heart has been troubling you, Should I book another appointment with the mainland Doctor?"

Lifting his head having it lowered it to look at the special wedding ring he had chosen for Will on his fiancé-to-be finger, he goes to shake his head in reply when a cough rising up makes him place a hand to his mouth where the coughing becomes more heavier feeling something more than spit cover his hand. 

Shakily pulling it back, he sees that crimson petals cover it completely before another bout of coughing happens, distantly hearing Will shouting for Chiyoh - who have been watching them from the cabin attached to the new restaurant being built - to get the boat ready and that they are taking Hannibal to the Hospital on the mainland immediately.

"Will....wait..." Hannibal tries to say, only to collapse against Will's chest as blackness sweeps into his vision covering it completely, while he swears he can hear raven cawing in the far distance before remembers nothing thereafter. 

Shooting his eyes open, Hannibal Lecter, reaches a hand up to pull the plastic oxygen mask steadily supplying him with fresh oxygen so his lungs didn't fail on him off before sitting up trembling heavily. 

Why had his mind made him experience such cruel memory?

His darling Myilamis was gone, buried six foot under close to their favourite viewing point on the Island of Varnas.

So, why?

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#Hannibal #Fanfic #hannibal/will #Emotional Angst alert #WIP mode #Slow-burn #will graham #hannibal lecter #nbc hannibal #hannigram #Canva used to create the cards #Do not copy and repost to another site #Other additional tags to be added #Inspired by the upcoming trailer for the film 'The Menu' #Hannibal Fic AU Collection (1 of ?)

[cityofdreamsrp]

YOU’RE INVITED TO THE ONE LOVE PARTY!

“LET’S GET TOGETHER AND FEEL ALRIGHT.”

When: Final night, November 30th, 2022 - all night!

Where: Sandals Resort at Jamaica’s largest exclusive beach

Join us for a night of mingling and celebrating tradition and culture. The vibe that comes alive in Jamaica - enjoy a state of mind only Jamaica can deliver! Somewhere between the vibrant energy of the culture and the warm tranquility of the island is where the magic happens. The pull of the alluring island is far more than sparkling blue waters and incredible mountainous terrain. The food is tantalizing and the weather is perfect, but it’s the charm of the people who will keep you coming back for more. The famous words of Bob Marley, “every little thing is gonna be alright” is a lifestyle they embody. No matter what hardships may hide beneath the surface: find a way to smile, dance, and be merry as you go about your night. ( x )

PARTY FEATURES BELOW:

Party enjoying world class cuisine!

Jamaican food is a feast for the taste buds. Delicious seasonal fruits bursting with flavor, deep earthy spices and a melting pot of culinary traditions, it is a foodie's escape. Have a taste of what makes their cuisine internationally recognized at fine dining restaurants at the resort, as well as corner shops, jerk shacks, and fruit stands across the beach. We'll treat you to exotic foods you've never heard of but will remember for a lifetime.

Menu includes: jerk chicken, authentic flaky Jamaican patties, ackee and saltfish, steamed fish, Jamaican curry chicken, pepper pot soup, oxtail stew, curried stew, Jamaican chickpea curry, jerk grilled eggplant, fried plantains, Jamaican rice and peas, Caribbean style corn on the cob, Jamaican fried dumplings, callaloo, stamp and go, coco bread, rum cake, breadfruit, sweet potato pudding, blue mountain coffee, ginger beer, hot chocolate tea, Jamaican rum, sorrel, and more!

Bonfire story telling!

Sit around the fire pit and mingle... and entertain! Oral tradition has a long history in Jamaica, beginning with the folktales told by Jamaican people. Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of communication and is an essential part of the history of Jamaican society. The art of storytelling has served to convey vital knowledge and information through generations. Sit with groups of your fellow celebrities and take turns sharing fact or fiction. 

Dance the night away!

The Jamaicans love to express themselves through their music and to celebrate with dance. The most popular form of Jamaican music is reggae.  Reggae has a laid back sound that has become popular worldwide. Music is the heartbeat of Jamaica! Throughout the party, discover trademark Reggae, dancehall, jam to the island beat, or just let loose to your own rhythm. Looking for the dance floor? Learn and battle out different traditional dances. Looking to relax? Lay in a hammock and enjoy the soothing sounds.

And create!

The tradition of graphic arts began with indigenous Taino sculpting and pottery and has continued with the evolution of the African tradition. Jamaica has a long tradition of pottery, including items used in everyday domestic life, which are referred to as yabba. There is a West African tradition of basket and straw mat weaving, seashell art, bead making, embroidery, sewing, and wood carving. At the party, you can find tables to practice each art. Enjoy lessons right from the beach and bring home a souvenir from your last night in Montego Bay.

#cityofdreamsevent #codgoestojamaica #food tw #fire tw

[mod-a-day]

Benoît Charcosset (MaF) "Basket Island Menu IV" Basket Island (1997, unreleased) Cocoon Soft.

#music #tracked music #module music #ProTracker #MOD #Benoit Charcosset #MaF #menu #Basket Island #1997 #unreleased #Cocoon Soft #video game music

[telomeke-bbs]

BAD BUDDY FILMING LOCATIONS 6

This post continues my five previous ones (linked here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5) on filming locations for Bad Buddy. This instalment is loosely about F&B and commercial locations.

One of the filming locations I had thought would be impossible to find was the wonton noodle stall, because it looked so much like an authentic street vendor set-up (and if that were true, looking for it would really have been a haystack-needle quest given that there are more than half a million street vendors in Bangkok, according to this article linked here).

(top) Ep.10 [3I4] 11.50; (bottom) Ep.5 [1I4] 9.20

I thought they had commandeered an actual stall because the attention to detail was just insane:

There's steam rising off that stove (see Ep.5 [1I4] 9.20);

That white Suzuki van is all kitted out with lanterns, Chinese decorations and branding stickers;

There are condiment bottles in baskets on every table and at the ordering counter too;

There is a large menu board that not only has dishes, prices and photos of what's on sale – they also canceled out two items to make it look like they're no longer available (which happens all the time in real life – when something is sold out/not saleable and is removed from the menu).

But I should have known better – because it's all artifice. The wonton loong is also an actor (he was the ice-cream vendor in My Engineer, and can be seen in that series on YouTube at Ep.7 [3I4] 0.16) and the whole stall was set up at the open forecourt of Building 7 (the RSU Library) at Rangsit University (RSU).

The following image of RSU Building 7's forecourt is from Google Street View:

These are the corroborating details in Bad Buddy, with reference to the image above:

The pink RSU Building 7 sign can be seen at Ep.7 [3I4] 3.56, Ep.7 [3I4] 4.47 and Ep.10 [3I4] 11.50;

At the far left you can see the white picket fence palings that are visible behind Ink at Ep.7 [3I4] 5.10;

The little frangipani tree in a dragon urn with a rusted white-frame impact guard all around it (between the tree on the left and the pink RSU Building 7 sign) can also be seen at Ep.7 [3I4] 3.56, Ep.7 [3I4] 4.47 and Ep.7 [3I4] 4.52;

The red-brown ramp with black railings, as well as the banana trees to the right, can be seen in BBS at Ep.3 [1I4] 6.10 and Ep.5 [1I4] 9.51;

The distinctive black and white rainwater spouts at the parapet above the round columns of the white single-story block can be seen behind the vendor van at Ep.3 [1I4] 6.08 and Ep.5 [1I4] 9.06.

Opposite the RSU Library is Building 11:

(above) This image of RSU Building 11 is from Google Street View

RSU Building 11 can also be seen in the background of some scenes at the wonton noodle stall. The following are some more corroborating details in BBS:

The poster on the left (with the slogan "Let's Go Global") is just visible at Ep.7 [3I4] 3.56 and Ep.10 [3I4] 11.50;

The glass façade with its spider clamps, as well as these elements behind it – the wide, white staircase, the round metal-clad column flanked by flags of different countries (Japan, India, USA, Canada, Brunei, Turkey, Indonesia, and Bangladesh) – are visible in BBS at Ep.7 [3I4] 3.56, Ep.7 [3I4] 4.47 and Ep.10 [3I4] 11.50.

For some reason, when I saw this building in BBS it looked like a car dealership to me, and that led me further astray in the hunt to track the location down. 🤷‍♂️ But it was RSU Library's pink signboard that finally pointed me in the right direction.

Although the wonton noodle stall wasn't a real one, the next few locations are actual F&B/commercial establishments. A number of these were easy to find because they're acknowledged in the closing credits, and the buildings they are in were also used as establishing shots – these buildings are The Promenade Mall (587,589 589/7-9 Ram Inthra Road, Khan Na Yao, Bangkok 10230, Thailand) and Fashion Island Mall (Ram Inthra Road, Khan Na Yao, Bangkok 10230, Thailand):

(top) The Promenade (Ep.8 [2/4] 0.17); (bottom) Fashion Island (Ep.10 [3I4] 17.53)

The Promenade and Fashion Island are connected by a covered skybridge that crosses the road separating them – it's really a corridor in the sky and brings the two together into one giant shopping destination.

(above) The corridor in the sky connecting Fashion Island and The Promenade (image from Google Street View off Google Maps)

A must-see location here is the dessert café where Pat had his disaster date with Ink, and it is in reality Gram Café and Pancakes on Level 2 of The Promenade:

(above) This image is from The Promenade's website (linked here) and is a match for Ep.5 [2/4] 1.42 (InkPat's disaster date), Ep.5 [2/4] 5.04 (Ink feeding Pa in front of the sign that says "I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU – I FED YOU PANCAKE") and Ep.5 [2/4] 9.46 (Pran catching sight of Ink and Pat at the café)

(above) Ep.5 [2/4] 5.03

Even if you're not a Bad Buddy fan, the fluffy pancakes served in this Japanese chain are legendary and should soothe any dessert-hungry traveler (Gram is so popular it now has outlets all across Southeast Asia and in Australia as well).

The other F&B establishment at The Promenade that was also featured in BBS is Shuushabu, and it was the locale for Ink and Pa's clumsy shabu-shabu meal (starting at Ep.8 [2/4] 0.21), as well as the setting for Pat's dream date with Pran coming true (at Ep.10 [3I4] 17.57 – which was the realization of the wish he made at Ep.8 [2/4] 3.39: "I want to go out and have a hot pot with you" 💖).

(above) This image of Shuushabu is from The Promenade's website (linked here) – Pat and Pran had the first table next to the door, right up front; Ink and Pa's table was further inside, facing the blackboard at the back

Shuushabu's Facebook (linked here) also has this: 😍

Across the bridge from The Promenade, tucked away inside the gargantuan commercial behemoth that is Fashion Island, is the one BBS shop setting here that isn't F&B – Vee Music, on Level 3 of the mall. Vee Music represented PatPran's favorite music store (seen in BBS at Ep.3 [3I4] 2.12 and Ep.5 [2/4] 5.13):

(above) This image dated 1 September 2021 is from Vee Music's Facebook (linked here); corroborating details are the framed chainlink support for the LED signage that says "Fender", the horizontal paneling on the right and left walls (beechwood on one side, pale gray on the other), the white ceiling tracklights at the front of the store, and the illuminated signboard of the Sizzler restaurant opposite, that is reflected below the "Fender" signage

(above) Ep.3 [3I4] 2.55

For a closer look around the interior of Vee Music, check out this video posted by Audy Thailand on YouTube (the signboard outside is different because the video is from three years ago, but the interior looks largely the same):

The last BBS location within the confines of Fashion Island/The Promenade isn't strictly speaking an F&B or commercial establishment, but I'm including it here because it's still mall-based. It's the corridor where PatPran had their confrontation with Ming after they shopped for groceries following their hot pot meal (Ep.10 [4/4] 0.22):

The sign that says "Momoko" (visible in the image above) was the clue to pinpointing this location on plan – it's for the Momoko Bag and Shoe Spa at Level 1 of The Promenade, meaning that this location is the walkway connecting to the car park from Main Street East, just after the corridor turnoff to the toilets:

(above) This plan graphic was adapted from The Promenade's website, linked here

The next location takes us back to Rangsit University (where the academic scenes were filmed). It's Hokkaido Coffee at the RSU Student Center:

(top) The location of Hokkaido Coffee on plan; (middle) this photo taken by วิษณุ วรรณแสวง and dated April 2019 is from Google Maps (linked here) – corroborating details are the standee (seen in BBS behind Pran at Ep.4 [1I4] 16.45) as well as the teapot sticker on the glass door (Ep.4 [1I4] 16.56); (bottom) this interior view dated 4 May 2019 is on Hokkaido Coffee's Facebook (linked here) – the mirror at the back, the Japanese-inspired mezzanine balustrading, the green text "Hokkaido Coffee" below the curved display case, and the artwork on the walls are all matching details

This is the café where Pran saw Ink buying Pat iced milk tea (Ep.4 [1I4] 16.56), where he discussed Pat's charges of gun possession with Wai, Safe and Louis (Ep.9 [4/4] 2.47), and where Ink bought dessert for Pa and her friends (Ep.10 [1I4] 16.59):

(top left) Ep.4 [1I4] 16.45; (top right) Ep.4 [1I4] 16.56; (bottom left) Ep.9 [4/4] 2.57; (bottom right) Ep.10 [1I4] 17.24

We all know that Ink's rendezvous with Pat at Hokkaido Coffee triggered Pran's memory of buying iced milk tea for Pat in high school (Ep.4 [2/4] 0.35). That flashback scene was filmed at the canteen of the Satit Bilingual School (SBS), also on Rangsit University's campus:

(above) The SBS canteen is at the first storey of this block, seen here in an image from Google Street View dated January 2022

Zooming in, you can just make out the back of the Smoothie Shake stall where teen Pran bought iced milk tea for teen Pat (although why a smoothie stall should be selling Thai iced milk tea is beyond me 😂):

(top left) Google Street View, zoomed in; (top right) this image is an old photo from the SBS Facebook (linked here) – the name of the stall is different probably because this image dates from 1 September 2012; (bottom) Ep.4 [2/4] 0.46

The staircase next to the stall is also the one that we see Pat walking up as he calls out to Pran (at Ep.4 [2/4] 0.47). Corroborating details are the vivid orange paneling and black steel framing at the stalls. I can't find a more recent image but there are a fair number of photos with other matching details on the SBS Facebook (linked here).

The university counterpart to the SBS canteen is the RSU Student Center Food Court – and this was the setting for several scenes in BBS: Ep.2 [1I4] 6.04 (Pat and Pran hustling their friend groups away from each other), Ep.3 [4/4] 2.36 (the Archi boys discussing funding to rebuild the bus stop), and Ep.10 [1I4] 13.53 (WaiKorn's wedding – see this link here for an explanation – and the post-wedding discussion about Wai's crush on Pa).

(top left) This image is extracted from a video dated May 2022 by Liu Tangyuyang on Google Maps (linked here) – the poster with a coffee cup below the counter can be seen in BBS at Ep.3 [4/4] 2.57 behind Wai, and the signboard saying "Koffee" can be glimpsed at Ep.10 [1I4] 15.17 behind Pran; (top right) Ep.10 [1I4] 16.51; (bottom left) this image is extracted from a YouTube video ("RIC" Uni Tour 2021, linked here, timestamp 5.50); (bottom right) Ep.2 [1I4] 6.06

There is one more F&B location on the RSU campus that can be seen in BBS, but I can't find corroborating images for it online – this is U Café, and it was in the background of Pat, Pran and Wai’s fight at the base of their student apartment building (Ep.5 [4/4] 1.59), as well as the scene where Pa says to Ink "Anyone taller than me is fine" (Ep.9 [2/4] 3.04).

Google Maps has some images, but they are old (dating to November 2016) and except for the U Café logo they really don't match what we see in the scene beginning at Ep.9 [2/4] 2.13.

(top left) This image of the U Café box signage is from Google Maps (linked here) and it dates from November 2016 – although the logo matches what we see in BBS, the box sign and other details don't; (top right) Ep.5 [4/4] 2.03; (bottom) Ep.9 [2/4] 3.37

Google Maps suggests that U Café is situated at the RSU Faculty of Art and Design (not the College of Engineering as I'd previously thought), but I haven't been able to find enough information to ascertain this and pinpoint a location. If anyone is visiting Rangsit University, do have a look around and let me know if you find anything! 💖

Afterpost Edit: OK, so based on some feedback from @tiistirtipii who went BBS location-spotting in Thailand (thanks dearie! 💖) and after more searching on the Internet, I'm pretty certain of where this location is. U Café is no longer there, but the location of Pat, Pran and Wai's altercation, as well as Pa's height-themed flirty come-on to Ink, is at the end of the road where Pat and Pa drop Pran off after rescuing him from being beaten up by Korn, Mo and Chang (see Ep.1 [3‌/4] 2.05):

(top) The probable location of where U Café used to be on the map; (middle) a zoomed-in screenshot from Google Street View of the location, viewed from 13°57'54.4"N 100°35'08.8"E; (bottom) a screenshot of Bad Buddy Ep.5 [4/4] 2.07 that has matching details

In the Google Street View screenshot above (apologies for the blurriness) you can just make out the air-conditioning condensers mounted between the windows above and a stretch of brick wall lower down, the dark gray doors below the café counter, and the large white uPVC rain water downpipes that bend horizontally to avoid the edge of the floor slab and enter the underground drain one step below – these are all corroborating details visible in BBS at Ep.5 [4/4] 2.07. 👍

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The last location for this post (that I've not previously written-up) is food retail but not dining F&B – it's the market where PatPran went shopping for ingredients during the Archi Volunteer Camp, and this was Chatchai Market in Hua Hin, along Petchkasem Road:

(above) Ep.6 [3I4] 3.19

(top) This image of Chatchai Market is from the Tourism Thailand website (linked here); (bottom) this photo of the interior, dated December 2020, was taken by Poomjit Sirawongprasert and is from Google Maps (linked here)

(above) This image is a screencap from the Behind-the-Scenes video at timestamp 0.01 (linked here) – the telephone number on the stall sign at the top left of the image is a match for the number in the image off Google Maps above, and helps to corroborate the location (it's for a dried seafood stall in the market: ร้านเข็มทองของแห้ง by โอ๋")

(top) At timestamp 0.08 in the same Behind-the-Scenes video linked above, we can see Ohm and Director Backaof waiting for Nanon outside Chatchai Market (one of its exits leads to this road – Hua Hin 72); (bottom) this image is from Google Street View at the same road (Hua Hin 72) – the shops are a match for what we see behind Ohm and Director Backaof

So aside from the above, there are actually three other F&B locations that I've already mentioned in previous write-ups. There's no point re-writing them up here, but if you're interested to read more –they're the Jae Si Curry House (actually Nabnuer Meat & Co. Steakhouse at Ek Thaksin Road in Rangsit; write-up linked here), the iced milk tea stall at Pat's faculty (write-up linked here) and the café at Pran's faculty where the Archi gang discussed Pat's gift of khanom thong yod (actually Decons Café at the RSU Faculty of Architecture Building; write-up linked here).

Whew! That's about it for this long post. 😊 But if you're wondering why I grouped all these F&B/commercial locations together in this one monster write-up, I did have a particular reason in mind.

Any BBS fans traveling to Thailand might find it fun to visit the filming locations – but for non-fans the experience could be rather boring if they hadn't watched the series.

F&B/commercial locations, however, should still be reasonably interesting (hopefully) to any dragged-along travel companions. Even if they aren't into BBS as much as we are, they might still enjoy themselves patronizing these places as customers, if not as fans. (OK, this wouldn't apply to the noodle stall location or the canteens, but you can't win 'em all. 🤷‍♂️)

Well I'm hoping this holds true anyway, and I'm also thinking of my own traveling companions in the future here. Heh. 😜💖

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[Afterpost Edit – here are the links to all the filming location posts:

Part 1 – The legendary rooftop, PatPran’s student apartments, their high school, the white arches behind the Engineering Canteen, the Zero Waste Village and various seaside scenes, their honeymoon suite, the hospital where Pat was treated for his gunshot graze, and the high school reunion.

Part 2 – Pat and Pran’s family homes, the Flagpole Bar, the car park fight location, and the Jae Si Curry House.

Part 3 – Various locations at and around the rugby field, including Pat’s photoshoot with Ink, the rugby bleachers, the iced milk tea (and green tea wave) picnic table, InkPa’s photography picnic, the old bus stop and the new bus stop. Also Khun Noppharnach’s pharmacy.

Part 4 – Pat’s Engineering Faculty (in and around Rangsit University’s College of Engineering).

Part 5 – Pran’s Architecture Faculty (Rangsity University’s School of Architecture).

Part 6 – Various F&B and commercial locations (eateries, shops, malls and a market).

Part 7 – Pat’s post-graduation apartment and Pran’s residence in Singapore.

Part 8 – Various campus locations filmed within Rangsit University’s Digital Multimedia Complex, including the auditorium and the Freshy Day Song Contest.

Part 9 – The LogTech Building and Pran’s architectural office in Singapore.

Part 10 – Locations for the Our Skyy 2 x Bad Buddy special episodes.

Part 11 – The apartment for rent that Pran went to view in Ep.2, the elevator scene with Pat just after the viewing, and Wai’s apartment.

Part 12 – PatPran’s elementary and high schools, as well as the location of Pa’s near-drowning.

Part 13 – Random locations (Pran searching for his lost earphones, the covered car park where Wai spied on Pat serenading Pran with Nanon's Love Score, the airport car park, the SouthTech U Library, PatPran's rainy day ointment interlude, their motorbike and truck rides in Hua Hin, the approach road to Uncle Yod's bar, the filming location for the music videos Just Friend? and Our Song, and Pran's street address in Singapore).

Will update this list if I can track down the hardware stores – the one remaining location still unidentified! 🤣]

#bad buddy filming locations #bad buddy locations #bad buddy analysis #telomeke #patpran #bad buddy f&b locations #bad buddy commercial locations

[seasthedayingreece2023]

Day 19!

Upon disembarking off the ferry in Syros, we immediately fell in love with the island. We quickly checked in to our hotel and hit the town for the night, passing several shops, restaurants, and markets that all look incredible. While walking, we stumbled upon the prettiest restaurant: Mazi. The staff greeted us with smiles and a welcoming atmosphere. They gave us a free sample of traditional tearema (blended fish eggs and parsley creama). It was delicious and paired perfectly with the bread basket we ordered. There were 8 of us and we all tried various menu items from octupus to pasta to tuna tartare. The food was absolutely incredible and you could taste just how fresh the seafood was. Personally, I got the taglioni with shrimp and vegetables which was an excellent choice. The flavors combined so well and melted on my tongue. I am so glad to have found this restaurant and experienced the night in Syros!

- Caroline Moloney

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Can Sohla Make A Meal Out Of Oreos? | Mystery Menu | NYT Cooking

Video Transcript by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] Sohla: This isn't like Top Chef 

[0:01] I’m not gonna run around

[0:02] I’m not gonna jump over the island

[0:03] Okay?

[0:04] This is gonna be the chillest

[0:06] cooking competition

[0:07] with no contestants ever

[0:10] (Sohla laughs)

[0:11] [The New York Times Cooking]

[0:13] [Presents]

[0:14] Sohla: I’m Sohla El-Waylly, we're in my kitchen

[0:15] and today we're going to try out a new thing

[0:17] where I have a mystery ingredient

[0:18] [1 SECRET INGREDIENT]

[0:19] Sohla: and then I have one hour to make

[0:20] [1 HOUR]

[0:21] Sohla: a dinner and dessert for me and Ham.

[0:22] Ham El-Waylly  -Also an excellent chef

[0:23] -Sohla's husband

[0:24] [Sohla claps.]

[0:25] Sohla: This is episode one,

[0:26] scene one.

[0:27] Yeah.

[0:28] [Sohla laughs.]

[0:30] [THE SECRET INGREDIENT]

[0:33] Sohla: What a crisp

[0:36] cleanly folded paper bag.

[0:38] There's a package inside this package.

[0:41] Oh! Ahahahaha okay!

[0:43] Oreos.

[0:44] So I have to make dinner and dessert

[0:46] using oreos in one hour.

[0:49] (whispers) Oh yeah!

[0:51] (normal) I have to just be really smart in what I decide to do

[0:53] so that I can get it done

[0:54] in an hour

[0:55] That's going to be the big thing.

[0:58] So the show doesn't have a name yet

[1:00] but we're calling it Club Sohla

[1:02] [Sohla claps slate.]

[1:03] Sohla: [be]cause I have lights that change colors.

[1:07] [Sohla laughs.]

[1:08] Sohla: Do you want to do it?

[1:09] Should I turn it on?

[1:10] Staff: I think you have to.

[1:12] Yeah!

[1:13] Sohla: Huh? Club Sohla?

[1:15] Oh, maybe we should keep the first episode unnamed

[1:16] and then the people can name it.

[1:18] [THE MENU]

[1:19] Sohla: I think maybe we could grill something.

[1:21] I want to crust some meat

[1:23] with the cookie part.

[1:25] What about Korean barbecue?

[1:26] There's this place that I used to go to

[1:28] all the time before the pandemic called

[1:30] Kang Do Bakjeong.

[1:33] I might be saying it wrong.

[1:34] and they have a special short rib

[1:36] so maybe we can do something like that.

[1:38] And then for our dessert...

[1:40] hold on, let me ask Ham.

[1:42] [The Sohla Laugh™]

[1:43] Can I consult you?

[1:45] Ham: Mhm.

[1:46] Sohla: So the ingredient is Oreos.

[1:48] Ham: Ingredients [are] Oreos?!

[1:50] Sohla: So we have Oreos.

[1:51] Okay so we're gonna do Korean barbecue.

[1:53] Ham: Oo!

[1:54] Sohla: Should I draw a picture?

[1:55] That's my basket of lettuce.

[1:57] This is my little bowl of ssamjang.

[1:58] Special short rib scored, marinade, grill.

[2:02] Toss in cookie marinade.

[2:04] Ham: That sounds good.

[2:05] Sohla: That's kimchi.

[2:06] We're gonna get banchan.

[2:09] Make some corn cheese.

[2:10] Ham: Can you incorporate the cream in the corn cheese?

[2:13] Sohla: Yes! Yes!

[2:15] Ham: I like a little sweetness.

[2:16] Sohla: Yes!

[2:17] Yes, I’m so into that.

[2:18] Ham: Do you know what dessert you're making?

[2:19] Sohla: No.

[2:20] I want fruit.

[2:22] We have our roasted pineapple.

[2:23] Or what if we coat it in the cream and char it?

[2:27] Ham: Mhm.

[2:28] Sohla: So it like maybe brûlées.

[2:30] We did it.

[2:31] We're ready to go. Wait!

[2:32] Do you think I can make all of this in

[2:34] an hour?

[2:35] I’ve got my menu,

[2:36] I’ve got my shopping list and now

[2:37] I’m ready to hit the road.

[2:39] This is like one of our favorite meals because

[2:41] we just go to H Mart,

[2:42] THE PLAN  •Oreo-Crusted Short Rib  •Corn Cheese  •Rice  •Store-Bought Banchan  •Ssamjang  •Brûléed Pineapple

[2:43] Sohla: we get kimchi and banchan

[2:44] and different lettuces and herbs,

[2:46] and then we'll have that with our meat.

[2:49] Okay, so I got - I saw some stuff and just

[2:51] went for it so we got a few extra things.

[2:53] We're adding potato salad.

[2:54] •Potato Salad

[2:55] Sohla: So I ditched the pineapple for mango.

[2:58] Cucumber!

[2:59] I think it'd be nice to do a little smashed cucumber salad.

[3:01] I love cucumber salad.

[3:03] So this looks like

[3:04] a lot of stuff but it's actually -

[3:06] it's actually pretty simple

[3:08] because a lot of this stuff is prepared

[3:09] and all I have to do is put it

[3:10] in a container.

[3:12] Staff: Ready?

[3:13] Sohla: Yeah I’m ready.

[3:15] Staff: Three!

[3:16] Two! One!

[3:17] Go!

[3:18] Sohla: Okay, cool.

[3:19] [Laughs]

[3:20] I’m gonna start by

[3:21] butterflying the beef

[3:23] so I can get it

[3:24] dry brined.

[3:25] I wanted something thicker

[3:26] but we're gonna make this work

[3:28] because this is what we found.

[3:29] Unravel it, okay.

[3:31] I’m just trying something out.

[3:33] I’ve never cut meat like this before.

[3:36] Has all of my time elapsed already?

[3:39] If I had more time,

[3:41] I would let this dry-brine

[3:42] ["00:55" in left-hand corner]

[3:44] Sohla: overnight.

[3:45] Okay, meat done.

[3:47] Okay so I’m gonna cook my potatoes.

[3:50] So we're gonna peel it,

[3:51] and cut it into cubes,

[3:53] and then cook it.

[3:56] Multi-tasking. Hmm?

[3:58] Water filling up

[4:00] while I peel.

[4:03] Going for like rough one-inch pieces.

[4:04] We're just gonna chop and drop.

[4:07] Okay lots of salt.

[4:10] Now the rice.

[4:14] Okay.

[4:16] Swish, swish, swish.

[4:18] This was one of my first jobs with my

[4:20] with my mom.

[4:21] you just want to go until you can see your hand through the water

[4:24] It's never going to get totally clear.

[4:30] Okay, let's go light some coals.

[4:32] Where are the scissors?

[4:33] Hey Ham?

[4:35] Do you know where the scissors are?

[4:38] That's not where they normally are!

[4:42] Sohla: Man! Sabotage, man, sabotage.

[4:42] [Staff laughs in the background.]

[4:47] Also not a grilling expert

[4:49] So if I’m doing this wrong, I’m sorry.

[4:52] [Sohla's backyard]

[4:53] I made a mistake, okay. So - oh no!

[4:56] I have a plan.

[5:00] Ha!

[5:01] We're gonna let that do its thing.

[5:04] Return to the kitchen.

[5:06] The whole point is the Oreos.

[5:08] It's so easy to forget.

[5:09] Hah! Let me make my smashed cucumber salad actually.

[5:12] Actually you can kind of do anything with a cucumber salad.

[5:14] Not sure what we're doing exactly,

[5:17] but it will have Oreos.

[5:18] I have some chili crisp that I made myself.

[5:20] We're gonna break the rules.

[5:22] This isn't going to be like a traditional Korean recipe.

[5:26] This looks pretty good though, right?!

[5:30] [Sohla does a swaying happy food dance.]

[5:34] Sohla: It's working, it actually works.

[5:37] I mean, worst case scenario I have one thing.

[5:39] I’m going to make my marinade for my meat,

[5:42] and that's going to go on my short rib after the first grill.

[5:45] So the short ribs are going to get grilled twice,

[5:47] and then they're going to come off,

[5:48] I'm going to snip it with scissors,

[5:50] toss it in our Oreo marinade,

[5:52] and it's going to hit the grill again.

[5:53] Am I allowed to get help?

[5:56] Wait, maybe Ham can smash.

[5:57] Hey, Ham!

[5:59] Ham!

[6:01] [The Sohla Laugh Track Continues]

[6:02] Could you smash?

[6:04] Ham: Smash?

[6:05] Sohla: Smash.

Ham: Smash smash?

[6:06] Sohla: I've decided that this is allowed in the rules that you can help.

[6:09] Staff:Yeah.

[6:10] Sohla: Yeah?

[6:11] [Sohla's Laugh Time]

[6:12] [Oreos]

[6:13] Sohla: Here you go.

[6:16] Ham: Oreo smash, look at that!

[6:17] Sohla: We're going to make a little Korean-style potato salad.

[6:20] So much sabotage.

[6:21] I gotta open bottles

[6:27] So much to unravel here. It has Kewpie,

[6:30] [Kewpie mayonnaise]

[6:31] Sohla: sesame oil, and then I’m gonna go

[6:32] [Oreo cream]

[6:34] Sohla: just the cream in here.

[6:35] [Salt]

[6:36] [Pepper]

[6:39] Sohla: and I love it because the Asian pear and the potato once they're in the dressing

[6:41] [Asian pear]

[6:42] Sohla: look exactly the same so it's like a little surprise,

[6:43] [Vinegar]

[6:45] Sohla: which one you're gonna stab.

[6:46] Sesame seeds.

[6:48] This is a lot of potato salad.

[6:50] Potato salad, done.

[6:51] ✓ Potato Salad

[6:52] Sohla: Cucumber salad, done.

[6:53] I need more Oreo cream.

[6:55] ["00:29" in the left-hand corner]

[6:57] Sohla: Okay, I want to be outside in 10 minutes.

[6:58] Do you think that's possible?

[7:08] This is ready for the grill.

[7:10] Mango!

[7:12] Cookies and cream brûlée mango! Yeah!

[7:14] Hey, Ham?

[7:16] I'm gonna recruit you again.

[7:18] Ham can wash the lettuce, that seems fair.

[7:21] 23 minutes left?

[7:22] ["00:23" in left-hand corner]

[7:23] Sohla: Plenty of time!

[7:25] Cream brûlée, I like that.

[7:28] Remember how I said you should clean as you go?

[7:35] A couple of caps per [mango slice], that feels good.

[7:42] What do I got, like 20 minutes?

[7:44] Staff: 20 minutes.

[7:45] Sohla: Let's arrange our banchans.

[7:47] Korean pickled radish  Store-Bought Banchan

[7:48] Sohla: Squid, done. The best banchan.

[7:52] Look at all these dishes I made.

[7:53] Huh!

[7:55] Cool.

[7:55] ✓ Rice

[7:56] And I guess we're gonna go grill now, right?

[7:59] I’m gonna grill some corn,

[8:01] and then on this side

[8:03] we'll hopefully melt our mango.

[8:05] And I guess we can get our short ribs on here.

[8:07] While that does its thing...

[8:09] [Corn+Oreo cream]

[8:10] Sohla: Oh the cream just like melted!

[8:11] [Oreo Cream Corn Cheese]

[8:12] Sohla: I was really worried about how that would incorporate

[8:14] but it totally just...

[8:16] melted right in there.

[8:17] I think that's gonna be tasty.

[8:18] Korean food does have like a really good balance of...

[8:20] of sweet and savory and funk.

[8:24] I really truly love Korean food.

[8:26] I'm not an expert. I just - I love it.

[8:28] This is my like favorite thing.

[8:30] I love when they do this, table side.

[8:32] Snip the meat into the marinade

[8:35] and then it's going to

[8:36] Get hit on the grill again.

[8:38] Even though we're eating a tough cut

[8:40] it's going to be really nice and tender and easy to put

[8:42] in those lettuce wraps.

[8:43] Now we tossity-toss in our Oreo,

[8:47] sesame-chili marinade.

[8:51] ["00:05" in the left-hand corner]

[8:53] Sohla: Oh yeah. It's gonna caramelize.

[8:57] Yum.

[9:00] Mango brûlée.

[9:01] Some of that sugar just fell right off.

[9:03] [Staff laughs]

[9:04] I don't know what I thought was gonna happen.

[9:06] I just wanna kiss it with the flames.

[9:09] Yeah.

[9:11] There's one extra toasty one.

[9:13] I think that looks good, we really did it.

[9:15] 10 minutes over.

[9:17] [Ham laughs.]

[9:18] [Sohla laughs.]

[9:19] Sohla: Hello!

Ham: Hello!

[9:20] Sohla: Hello, sir!

[9:21] Ham: Hi, nice to meet you.

[9:22] Sohla: Nice to meet you.

[9:23] This is my oreo meal.

[9:25] Short rib with [an]

[9:26] Oreo-red chili-ginger-garlic marinade.

[9:30] Oreo cookie smashed cucumber salad.

[9:33] Corn cheese with the cream from the Oreos.

[9:36] Cookies and cream mango creme brûlée.

[9:37] and the potato salad

[9:39] sweetened with some of the cream from the Oreo.

[9:40] Ssamjang didn't happen.

[9:41] THE PLAN  ✓Oreo-Crusted Short Rib  ✓Corn Cheese  ✓Rice  ✓Store-Bought Banchan  •Ssamjang  ✓Brûléed Mango ✓Potato Salad  ✓Smashed Cucumber Salad

[9:43] Sohla: I don't know what the hell that is.

[9:44] Potato salad!

[9:47] It's practically a photograph.

[9:48] Ham: Yeah I can't tell which one's which.

[9:50] [Sohla laugh]

[9:52] Alright, I like to double it up.

[9:53] Corn cheese is really good.

[9:55] Ham: I'll go for the corn cheese as well.

[9:57] Sohla: Oreo filling is perfect for corn cheese.

[9:59] Cucumbers are surprising, right?

[10:00] Ham: Mhm!

[10:01] Sohla: Szechuan-ish.

[10:02] Ham: I thought it would just be super sweet, it isn't.

[10:04] Sohla: It doesn't taste like oreo at all.

[10:05] Ham: No!

[10:06] Sohla: The cream, it just ended up being like a nice source of sugar and fat.

[10:09] And then the cookie just was like a nice source of bitterness.

[10:12] I really like the oreo in here.

[10:14] Ham: That one's my - I would 

[10:16] crave this again, 

[10:17] not just want it again.

[10:18] Sohla: You see -

[10:19] that looks pretty good.

[10:20] Ham: Yeah.

[10:21] It's like nice and custardy too when you

[10:23] spoon into the actual mango.

[10:26] Sohla: That's pretty good.

[10:27] Ham: Mm.

[10:28] Sohla: This is my favorite.

[10:29] I think that we'll probably do

[10:33] the mango and short rib again

[10:35] with the Oreo

[10:36] because I think the oreo actually did something here

[10:36] Ham: Yeah.

[10:38] Sohla: like it actually made it better.

[10:39] With or without Oreos,

[10:41] This is a really fun meal.

[10:42] we entertain with this meal a lot because

[10:44] it looks super impressive but

[10:47] like half of it is bought.

[10:49] It's all just real food that you're going to actually want to eat.

[10:52] Clementine  -Very Hungry

[10:53] Sohla: Oh, corn cheese.

[10:55] Man, that stuff is really delicious.

[10:57] If you haven't had it before

[10:58] you should go make some corn cheese.

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Personal Notes: Hi everyone. Long time no chat. It's been a long while, hasn't it? I've had this in my Google Drive drafts for months but I didn't know if I wanted to do it or not. And now here I am, in the middle of the year. Time really flew. Now that this one is complete, I'm going to work on the next one in my drafts.

Catch y'all on the flip side.

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Are We Living Through a Bagel Renaissance?

A New Wave of Shops Has Made Its Mark Across the Country—and Shaken New York’s Bagel Scene Out of Complacency.

— By Hannah Goldfield | April 28, 2024 | Nashville Now

Illustration By Milo Targett

A few weeks ago, after a rare earthquake in New Jersey sent tremors through New York, giving the denizens of the five boroughs a mild shock and an immoderate jolt of self-importance, a writer named John DeVore posted the following on X: “i know nyc isn’t the first city to ever experience an earthquake but imagine how Los Angelenos would react if they, one day, suddenly, ate a delicious, fresh bagel in their city.” It’s an old joke, not least because Los Angeles has lately grown rich in bagels—bagels that some New York transplants insist are actually good, bagels that have earned accolades from even the New York Times, which dared publish, in 2021, an article titled “The Best Bagels Are in California (Sorry, New York).”

I wouldn’t go quite that far, but to write off bagels made outside of New York would be a mistake—not only because there are plenty of great ones to be eaten elsewhere but because New York’s bagel culture, until recently, was growing rather stagnant. I’m hardly the first to note the broad downward spiral of New York bagels, which were first made by Ellis Island-era Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe and, over the course of the twentieth century, began to assimilate. Once uniformly small, dense, salty, and malty—traditionally, the dough is boiled in water and barley malt syrup before baking—bagels surpassed doughnuts in popularity in the U.S. but also evolved to look more like them, becoming sweeter, paler, and softer. Even in New York, they’ve attained obscene new forms (see: the rainbow bagel), adopted increasingly outlandish flavors, such as French toast (what cinnamon-raisin hath wrought!), and grown ever more puffy as traditional methods of hand-rolling gave way to high-output mechanization. Despite popular claims about the quality of municipal water or baking altitude, the science of bagel-making is not about terroir but, rather, context: every bagel reflects the tastes of the people it exists to serve.

L.A. is just one data point in what Bon Appétit has dubbed “The Great Bagel Boom,” and what Sam Silverman, the founder of New York’s annual BagelFest, calls “a bagel revolution.” Cities across America have long been home to flaccid facsimiles of New York-style bagel shops, but lately they’ve been joined by a new breed: bagel businesses undertaken by ambitious, savvy young people, who are seeking not to replicate some Platonic ideal of the bagel so much as to make it their own. Every city—see Miami’s El Bagel, where the menu includes a bagel layered with guava marmalade, cream cheese, and a fried egg, and New Orleans’s Flour Moon Bagels, which offers bagel “tartines” (plus, sometimes, a crawfish-stuffed bialy)—seems to have its own new-wave status bagel, which draws fanfare on social media and long lines in real life. “The bagel business has been, historically, a pretty terrible business, but the rise of this sandwich culture really helps,” Silverman told me. “It’s a vehicle that can infuse any sort of local culture and cuisine.”

The last time I was in L.A., I made a trip to the most famous of the city’s entries to the field. In 2020, the owners of Courage Bagels, who initially peddled their wares from the basket of a bicycle, opened a brick-and-mortar store in Virgil Village, between East Hollywood and Silver Lake. Midmorning on a Monday, I joined a line that had at first seemed reasonable and quickly became a way to spend half a day, snaking down the quiet block, opposite a dollar store and a tattoo parlor. When I started a casual conversation with the woman in front of me, she seemed almost startled. She had moved recently from New York, it turned out, to work as an assistant to an entrepreneur, whose bagel she was waiting to order. “People don’t make small talk in L.A.!” she said. Another former New Yorker in front of her, overhearing us, nodded in weary agreement.

It was easy to see how a Courage bagel could offend, if not enrage, a New York purist. It brings to mind a rustic, crusty baguette: the exterior is dark, craggy, and heavily blistered; the crumb is a little stretchy with a lot of air holes. (Courage bagels are leavened with sourdough starter, rather than commercial yeast.) If you were to scoop it, another move for which a bagel aficionado might make a citizen’s arrest—stay safe out there!—you’d be left with mostly crust. This makes it especially suited to Courage’s main offering: photogenic open-faced sandwiches. Bagel halves are topped with various combinations of cream cheese, jewel-like slices of tomato, thin coins of cucumber, smoked salmon, roe, or sardines, then painstakingly finished with salt, freshly cracked pepper, a drizzle of olive oil, fronds of dill. A Courage bagel is a Los Angeles bagel, ready for its closeup.

You could argue that the nationwide bagel revival has been a boon to New York’s own scene, shaking it out of complacency. Ten years ago, the introduction of Black Seed’s Montreal-inspired bagels, which are thinner and sweeter, boiled in honeyed water, only improved the landscape. Lately, the city has been home to a growing roster of indie bagel-makers, many of whom started by churning them out of restaurant kitchens during off-hours, or at home. On a recent Saturday morning, as I picked up a half-dozen sourdough bagels and a tub of burnt-scallion cream cheese from Wheated Brooklyn, a pizza restaurant just south of Prospect Park, the owner, David Sheridan, told me, “There’s a bagel movement happening in this country.” Louisville, Kentucky, of all places, had inspired him to get into bagels: as he prepared to open a location of Wheated there, he noticed a huge hole in the bagel market. Back in Brooklyn, he dove into R. & D., selling the fruits of his experiments on the weekends.

Earlier this spring, the people behind Leo, a sourdough-pizza place in Williamsburg, opened Apollo Bagels, in the East Village, which serves L.A.-inflected bagels, open-faced and meticulously assembled. (If I were the owners of Courage, I’d cock an eye at Apollo and remind myself that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.) The Mud Club, a wood-fired bagel, pizza, and tapas restaurant and dance club in the Hudson Valley, is currently popping up on the Lower East Side in the original location of Scarr’s Pizza, where, the other day, I ordered a bacon, egg, and cheese, oozing aioli and roasted-jalapeño-and-tomato jam, on a dense and crusty everything bagel. (They’ll soon open a permanent outpost a few blocks away.) Sakura Smith, the baker behind Bagel Bunny, supplies private clients and sometimes specialty shops with small, soft bagels made from a vegetable-flecked dough; it’s leavened with a fermented yeast that she says was first grown by a monk in Japan in the nineteen-seventies and feeds off mountain yams, rice, and carrots.

When it comes to my own bagel preferences, I am open to creative recipes but believe that a bagel should be, fundamentally, a humble staple—relatively inexpensive and sold by the dozen, or a multiple thereof. A sandwich has its place, but bagels belong, first and foremost, in a paper sack, hot from the oven (they need not be toasted unless they’ve gone stale), grab-and-go. The new-wave shops, especially outside of New York, don’t all seem to embrace the bagel’s inherent utility. In Washington, D.C., at a café called Ellē, my six sourdough bagels came packaged in individual paper sleeves, as if they were croissants or artisanal chocolate-chip cookies. At Courage, I had to wait—and wait, and wait—for my half-dozen. As the sun grew hotter, and I paced back and forth, restlessly sipping on a rose-flavored lemonade, I had to wonder, What were they doing in there? You could imagine a chef adhering sesame seeds one at a time with a tweezer.

The newcomer bagel that best fits my vision can be found in New York but it was born—sorry, haters—in Westport, Connecticut. One day in the summer of 2020, Adam Goldberg, a flood-mitigation specialist in his forties, was floating in his pool with his cousin, “having margaritas at eight-thirty in the morning,” he recalled recently. “We looked at each other and we decided that it was too hot to make sourdough like we’d been making every other day for the whole pandemic.” They decided to make bagels instead, imagining that they’d be “more refreshing.” After just a couple of weeks of recipe-developing, Goldberg settled on his ideal formula, and it wasn’t long before he was selling bagels out of his back yard. Four years later, the business, PopUp Bagels, is growing rapidly, with multiple locations in Connecticut and in tony precincts including Greenwich Village, Palm Beach, and Wellesley, Massachusetts.

PopUp offers, strictly, bagels and schmear, and if you preorder a dozen to pick up from the store, they will still be warm when the paper bag is passed to you. Goldberg is careful not to describe PopUp bagels as New York bagels. “It was the first thing we dropped from our branding,” he told me. “We’re our own style of bagel.” He uses a proprietary mix of flours and commercial yeast, no sourdough, and he has worked under the guidance of a “dough coach,” a championship baker he’s hired “to refine our recipe so that it’s more mobile.” When I asked him if he’d been aware, before getting into bagels, that there were people who called themselves dough coaches, he said, “No. In fact, my dough coach was unaware of it also. But once I told him he was my dough coach, he was very excited.”

A PopUp bagel is a bit less dense than the most traditional New York bagels; Goldberg wanted to make them light enough that you could comfortably eat more than one. In other ways, a PopUp bagel seems archetypal: small, chewy, with a crisp, golden-brown crust—urbane, and almost chic, in its restraint. Goldberg has kept the flavors classic, offering just plain, sesame, poppy, everything, and salt. He only gets playful with gimmicky (and sometimes great) cream-cheese flavors—Old Bay, ramp, coffee cake—and the occasional absurdist collaboration; just last week, PopUp and Dominique Ansel, of Cronut fame, introduced a limited-time-only Gruyère bagel with escargot butter, for a cool eighteen dollars.

This may seem like an awful lot of fuss over boiled bread with a hole in it, but pedantry is part of the fun. We enjoy outraging the purists and then posturing as purists ourselves, bringing our own tastes and associations to the image of the perfect bagel. I discussed this recently with Zoë Kanan, a pastry chef and baker who can make an excellent bagel anywhere (she once did a stint as a bagel consultant in Mexico City) and who will open a Jewish-ish bakery, called Elbow Bread, on the Lower East Side in May. Kanan and I were both introduced to bagels inauspiciously. Every day in elementary school, in New Haven, I ate a sandwich of Genoa salami on a squishy egg-flavored Lender’s bagel—the brand sold in plastic sleeves in the grocery store. Kanan grew up in Houston, where her weekly order at the Hot Bagel Shop was a strawberry bagel with strawberry cream cheese. Which is to say that, when it comes to bagels, we were blasphemers: in the High Court of Bagel, we’d be sternly sentenced to a penal colony.

Despite these beginnings, or perhaps because of them, Kanan and I now share a strong internal compass about what a bagel should be. “Chew is at the top of the list,” she said, as I nodded fervently at the other end of the line. “It should, I think, give your jaw a little bit of a workout when you’re eating it.” She explained that a low-hydration dough (as opposed to, say, the wetter dough you need for a spongy focaccia) made with high-protein flour gives you a strong gluten structure, and optimal chewiness, but can also result in a bagel that stales quickly. To extend shelf life, she’s come up with a slightly left-field solution: potatoes, roasted whole, skin-on, and mixed in with the flour, yeast, and water. “It adds starch, which locks in moisture,” she explained, and also results in “a really thin, kind of crackery shell of a crust. And then, the interior is chewy, and also tender, and moist.” I pictured an arrow hitting a bull’s-eye.

One New York bagel shop that sates both traditionalist tastes and the Internet’s appetite for absurd viral foods is Utopia, in Whitestone, Queens. Here, they hand-roll the bagels, boil them in enormous kettles, and then bake them in a carrousel oven made in 1947. They’ve got all the essential flavors, including pumpernickel—a favorite of mine, and rarer and rarer these days—but if you want sourdough they have those, too, plus rainbow, piña colada, and jalapeño-cheddar. As if to provoke the snobs who complain about ballooning bagel sizes, they also sell a ten-pound “party style bagel wheel,” an audacious rejoinder to the party sub. The giant everything bagel I ordered the other day was, I’m sad to say, completely raw in the center. (My theory was that they’d taken it out too soon, when the garlic that dotted the exterior had started to burn.) But I’d also ordered a party-style pizza bagel, a sesame ten-pounder sliced in half, scooped (the extra dough gets turned into garlic knots), and layered with marinara sauce, mozzarella, and chopped chicken cutlet. It was outrageous yet comfortingly familiar and, dare I say, spectacular. ♦

— By Vaseline

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Pensacola Beach private house rentals

Pensacola Beach private house rentals. Pensacola Beach offers a variety of private houses for visitors looking for a more intimate and personalized vacation experience. Here are some recommended activities and restaurants to explore during your stay:

Things to Do:

Relax on the Beach: Pensacola Beach is renowned for its pristine white sands and turquoise waters. Spend your days having sun baths, building sandcastles, or enjoying water activities like swimming, snorkeling, and paddleboarding.

Explore Gulf Islands National Seashore: Take a short drive to Gulf Islands National Seashore, where you can discover untouched barrier islands, hiking trails, and wildlife spotting opportunities.

Visit Pensacola Beach Boardwalk: Stroll along the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk, lined with shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues. Enjoy live music performances, browse unique boutiques, or grab a refreshing drink overlooking the Gulf.

Water Sports: Rent jet skis, kayaks, or pontoon boats to explore the beautiful coastline and waterways. Parasailing and deep-sea fishing charters are also popular options for adventure seekers.

Historic Fort Pickens: Explore the historic Fort Pickens, part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Learn about its role in American history and enjoy scenic views of the coastline.

Dolphin Cruises: Embark on a dolphin-watching cruise to observe these playful creatures in their natural habitat. Many tours also offer sunset cruises for a romantic experience.

Golfing: Tee off at one of the nearby golf courses, offering challenging layouts and stunning Gulf views. Perfect for golf enthusiasts looking to enjoy a round or two during their vacation.

Restaurants:

Peg Leg Pete's: A beloved seafood restaurant known for its casual atmosphere and delicious seafood dishes, including fresh Gulf shrimp, oysters, and crab legs.

The Grand Marlin: Enjoy waterfront dining at The Grand Marlin, offering a diverse menu featuring seafood specialties, steaks, and creative cocktails. The upscale yet relaxed ambiance makes it perfect for a special evening out.

Flounder's Chowder House: Indulge in hearty chowders, seafood baskets, and signature cocktails at Flounder's Chowder House. Don't miss their famous Flounder's Punch while enjoying views of Santa Rosa Sound.

Crabs We Got 'Em: Located on the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk, Crabs We Got 'Em offers a laid-back atmosphere and an extensive menu of seafood favorites, including crab cakes, shrimp po'boys, and steamed crab legs.

The Fish House: Experience waterfront dining at The Fish House, known for its fresh seafood, sushi bar, and Southern-inspired cuisine. Be sure to try their famous Grits à Ya Ya for a taste of local flavor.

Casino Beach Bar & Grille: Casual beachfront dining awaits at Casino Beach Bar & Grille, where you can savor burgers, sandwiches, and seafood classics while enjoying panoramic views of the Gulf of Mexico.

Red Fish Blue Fish: This vibrant restaurant offers a colorful atmosphere and a diverse menu featuring sushi, tacos, and seafood dishes with a creative twist. Outdoor seating provides stunning views of the Pensacola Beach skyline.

These are just a few suggestions to help you make the most of your stay in Pensacola Beach. Whether you're seeking relaxation or adventure, you'll find plenty to see and do while enjoying your private house rental.

Cactus Flower Cafe: For a taste of fresh and flavorful Mexican cuisine, head to Cactus Flower Cafe. Indulge in tacos, burritos, and enchiladas made with high-quality ingredients, accompanied by their famous salsa bar.

Native Cafe: Start your day with a delicious breakfast or brunch at Native Cafe, known for its laid-back atmosphere and hearty dishes. From fluffy pancakes to savory omelets, there's something for everyone to enjoy.

The Shrimp Basket: Craving fried seafood classics? Look no further than The Shrimp Basket, where you can feast on fried shrimp, fish baskets, and po'boys served with hushpuppies and coleslaw.

Dog House Deli: Grab a quick bite to eat at Dog House Deli, a local favorite known for its gourmet hot dogs, sandwiches, and salads. Don't forget to try their signature "Dog House Special" loaded with toppings.

Peggy Sue's: Indulge your sweet tooth at Peggy Sue's, a charming ice cream parlor offering a variety of flavors and toppings. Treat yourself to a classic sundae or milkshake after a day of exploring Pensacola Beach.

Sidelines Sports Bar & Restaurant: Catch the game and enjoy pub-style fare at Sidelines Sports Bar & Restaurant. With a wide selection of beers on tap and televisions broadcasting live sports, it's the perfect spot for sports enthusiasts.

The Break Beach Bar: Unwind with a refreshing cocktail at The Break Beach Bar, located right on the sand. Sip on tropical drinks while taking in panoramic views of the Gulf Coast sunset.

Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth: Don't miss out on the delectable treats offered at local bakeries and dessert shops. From homemade fudge to freshly baked pastries, there's something to satisfy every craving.

With a diverse array of restaurants offering everything from fresh seafood to international cuisine, Pensacola Beach has something to tantalize every taste bud. Whether you're in the mood for a casual beachside meal or an upscale dining experience, you're sure to find the perfect spot to enjoy delicious food and drinks during your stay.

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