Day 2, continued

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

[ Around lunchtime, the tablets and screens located all around the studio turn on, in the way that they always do when the mascots have something to announce. Unusually, however, there is no music, no fanfare; the camera is out of focus, and Ronald doesn’t even seem to be looking at it. Instead, he's turned to King, ]

—supposed to be 40! What the McFuck are you doing? Can you even count?

[ The King stares. ]

You gave out 41! The Colonel would never screw up like that!

[ The King stares. ]

And what's this, "Quarter Pounder or Whopper" garbage? Those aren't equivalent burgers, you fake-grill-line-adding piece of shit! I'd better not see this referencing this in your next ad campaign!

[ The King offers a Whopper. Ronald McDonald smacks it out of his hand. He starts to yell again, but cuts himself off, turning his head toward the camera. ]

—Are we rolling!? Grimace, kill the feed!

[ The screens switch off. ]

((lol I goofed, there are actually 41 votes to go around.

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Comments

[golden_dream]

...Oh, more fast-food?

[keybroad]

Yeah. Za kahneru. He's the mascot of "Kentucky Fried Chicken". They did this big marketing campaign before I was even born where they showed all these happy foreigners eating their chicken during Christmas.

Apparently Americans don't even do it like that. But, you know, it's good meat and it's something special...

[golden_dream]

...I think I do remember hearing something like that. Vaguely. I can't say I ever did it, myself. Too busy for Christmas, looking forward instead to shougatsu.

[keybroad]

Oh, shougatsu is nice. I know I'm kind of missing out living in the capital. Without a temple up on a hill, hatsumode isn't really the same.

[golden_dream]

Oh? You live in Tokyo too?

[keybroad]

A lot of people do. We have an apartment right in the heart of the city...

[golden_dream]

Who's that? You and your friends here? I didn't realize.

I have a nice free-standing house with my daughter... I work in Shinjuku so it's very convenient.

[keybroad]

Oh, no, sorry, I was thinking of my family. Just myself [Rosa will hear the lack of a husband immediately] and my two daughters. I don't live with with any of my friends, just close together.

A free standing house is a nice environment for a child. My parents did have one, back when I was little. [Likewise giving away a lack of siblings]

[golden_dream]

...Oh, did I mishear you earlier? I thought you said you didn't have children.

[keybroad]

Ah, sorry, I might have tried to downplay it. I'm not going to use their names on camera if I can get away with it, you know.

[golden_dream]

Ah. Of course, I understand.

[glances around] You almost forget about that... with everything else.

[keybroad]

It is strange. That they're so far away. The most important thing is their smiling faces, but thinking of it like that isn't practical to put into practice.

[golden_dream]

What?

[brief pause, before she corrects herself]

Oh, yes... That's right.

[keybroad]

I just mean, thinking, "I want to see her smile again", that doesn't really answer the question, "who should I vote for".