In fact, my performance has been so wonderful that my audience has just recently increased by one, with more to come in the next few days! Well, yeah, there is the fact that Kyrie was kicked out of her parents' house, and Chiyoko will soon follow her, and we travellers don't really have much entertainment other than desperately scrabbling for food among the detritus along the cliff's face ... but that's why I'm here!
Hoshi, whom we all know is most definitely not the anti-messiah (but might, according to Ken Izumi, probably be a space alien) was unable to attend my concert today as he was busy moving into his new apartment given to him by Okuu's Look-alike. It was nice of his dad Shou Toramaru to drop by too and give him tips on mooching off others ... I mean on healthy Gensokyo Island living.
An uncanny family resemblance in the Toramaru family ... wait, look at the time!
Of course, the number one step towards healthy living as a resident of Mii Apartments is to eat everything you can, whether it's hot, cold, sweet, sour, salty, American, Italian, looks like fish poop, is obviously inedible ... because, y'know, you might discover that it's your favouritest food ever! Despite only having first tasted it at that very moment! And then you can eat that and only that from then on, forever, because it's your favouritest food and it's the only thing you'll ever want to eat for the rest of your life! Isn't that wonderful?
Sometimes it takes a little bit of culinary adventure to discover that you might like something more than anything else in the world. Today, Kikuchiyo Kanbei, Emperor-in-exile of the very Japanese-like kingdom of Yellow Comet, tried some very Western Hot Chocolate. He absolutely loved it, more than anything else in the world, even though it was the first time he'd tasted it, except for something else which he couldn't really remember at that point in time. But we're talking about a dotty old monarch with a short-term memory more ephemeral than a goldfish's, so it's okay!
Don't food preferences make so much sense when you spell it all out and think about it for a moment? It's fascinating, isn't it? Even General Berthold Gregor living next door thought it was so fantastic that he choked on his Ice Cream Cone, and decided he now hated it more than everything else in the world except something which he also couldn't remember at the time. Old folks can be so funny sometimes, don't you think?
The wacked-out face Miis make when they get their Favourite food has been known to set some players gagging...
Of course, getting others to actually like what you give them, although perhaps beyond the ability of one so straightforward as Okuu's Look-alike, is the duty of everyone who deals with members of the public. An idol like me, for example! But there are many others who fulfil similar roles here on Gensokyo Island, like the shopkeepers, too. Unfortunately, with none of my superstar quality, the wooden, robotic heads of the faceless automatons who man the shops here on Gensokyo Island aren't really advanced enough to do anything more than carry out basic transactions.
If you had someone clever enough to actually recommend something you might want to buy and eat running those shops, wouldn't it be so much easier to find something you'd actually like? Or maybe they'd do something more unscrupulous, like try to sell you the most expensive thing in the shop at an eye-gouging price while trying to convince you it's the one thing you've always desired in your entire life?
Brr ... that's a scary thought. Oh, speaking of which, today's interview was with one such resident of Gensokyo Island who formerly worked as a shopkeeper, and decided to settle down and seek a married life here after accumulating a mountain of savings made from swindling hapless inhabitants of a fantasy town over such things as walnut bread and slime jelly... ahem. So, on that note, please allow me to introduce you to Recette Lemongrass of Pensee!
Vending machines inside a vending machine? What the heckles???
Recette Lemongrass
All information correct as of 29 January 2015
Recette hanging out with a ... hey, is that Hito??? Before all the stress bleached his hair yellow?
Name: Recette Lemongrass
Nickname: Recette
Date of Birth: 29th December 2007
Personality: Easygoing Optimist
Favourite Colour: Red
Quotation: "Yepperoni!"
Recette Lemongrass is the main character of Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, a doujinsoft game produced by EasyGameStation and localised into English by Carpe Fulgur. In Recettear, Recette discovers that her father has gone missing and has left her saddled with a massive debt, to be collected by a loanshark fairy by the name of Tear, or else risk losing her home. Recette has no choice but to convert her house into a store and collect items to sell for a profit in order to pay off her father's debts. On the way, she makes new friends, hangs out with adventurers, uncovers a nationwide conspiracy, and establishes a stranglehold over an entire town's commerce. It's as unique and unusual a game as the description makes it out to be.
I was in no doubt that Recettear, being one of my favourite doujinsoft games outside of Touhou that I've ever played, would have a representative on Gensokyo Island, and main character and cutie-pie Recette is it! Credit should also go to Carpe Fulgur, whose creative localisation gave Recettear's characters many memorable lines to work with that have etched themselves onto my consciousness, turning an already excellent game into a work of art.
Recette is, much like her game counterpart, actually a decently nice person who's always cheerful and optimistic - often irrationally so. Since she no longer runs an item store on Gensokyo Island, she can often be found mixing around with other islanders who share her interests and her innocent and childlike personality, although she is rather prone to snarking about others when things turn sour. Much better than flying into a (omnicidal, genocidal, tyrannicidal) fit of rage, I should think!
Yep, that's today's news. Recette's going to make a new investment in baby things!
Husband: Armin Arlert
Best Friend: Shou Toramaru
Children: Juan, Tia Arlert
Recette and Armin Arlert, one of the happiest and cutest albeit least productive pairings, today announced that they would like to make a new addition to their family! It almost seems like perfect timing - the same was true for Shikieiki Yamaxanadu.
It's interesting to think about how Mii couples complement each other, in story terms, and I like to imagine that Recette and Armin get along because each finds the other's most characteristic traits inoffensive, and indeed a refreshing supplement to their own personality. Recette is always sunshine and rainbows, but she knows that she needs to think and be serious every so often, and she isn't good at that. On the other hand, thinking is Armin's strong suit, but what he desires most is freedom and happiness, and Recette is someone who exemplifies and is practically overflowing with those.
Recette's best friend is Shou Toramaru, whose incarnation on Gensokyo Island is remarkably genial and approachable. They hit it off almost immediately after Shou was introduced to the island, but thankfully this isn't a threat to Recette and Armin's marriage, due to the age difference between the two. It might well be because Shou also demonstrates many of Armin's traits, but is slightly more outgoing and less morose, and Recette might find Shou as approachable as an older sister, which she never had as an only child. It's actually really satisfying to see two mostly inoffensive characters getting along well, since that means no worries that they might actually be coming up with some evil plot to take over the island!
Come buy my wares! They're really cheap! Only 300% markup! Get it now while stocks last!
Food Preferences:
Worst Ever: Salisbury Steak
Okuu's Look-alike Rating - Salisbury Steak: Love! Probably better known as "Hamburg Steak", Salisbury Steak is essentially just mince formed into a patty and served as a steak with demi-glace and garnish, rather than as a burger in a bun. What's not to like about it, Recette? Especially since she loves (the usual) Steak. Well, I guess I'd love Steak more than Salisbury Steak too, because at least you know Steak came from a single slice of meat, while the mince could have come from anywhere...
Song Participation:
Gotta Slay ' em All, Rap, backup dancer for The Recon Corps
Living Next Door to Alice, Musical, lead singer for Three Dolls Down
I guess I should explain what the Musical song, Living Next Door to Alice, is all about. It's about ... living next door to Alice ... Alice Margatroid, that is. And Alice is.... weird. And pervy. And kinky. And has a doll joint fetish. You ever hear that creepy screaming and crying deep within the night which sounds something like "Maaareeessaaaaa!!!"? That's Alice. That's living next door to Alice.
Just like currency. And influenza. Recette really loves that pirate outfit, doesn't she, that scallywag.
Apartment: Apt. 204
Islander Rating: High Tier
Recette is, above all, a joy to work with and play with thanks to her sunny disposition. Her fondness for sweets and cutesy, girly things also means that it's easy to get on her good side. She's also really friendly when approached, and it doesn't take long before a new islander either wants to meet her or gets introduced to her. That distinctive side ponytail is really cute, too!
It's true that she has yet to express a preference for a favourite food, but since she's so friendly and optimistic she rarely gets into fights or becomes depressed and needs cheering up - though there was one memorable time when she tried to confess to Overlord Laharl, then still Shinmyoumaru Sukuna's boyfriend, and was told very politely to go disembowel herself. Since then, however, she's been absolutely happy living with Armin and has yet to feel down about anything. If there was a ray of sunshine in the blackened morass that is Gensokyo Island, Recette Lemongrass is it.
It would be all too easy to give Recette the Humble interior, which bears an eerie resemblance to the game over scenario in Recettear, but I'd like to think she has moved beyond that at this point. I gave her the creepy Mask interior because I thought it looked similar to the inside of her shop, with all the weird treasures it sold, and she really hated it! But she has yet to ask for a change of interior since then, so I suppose she must have warmed up to it. And I guess her fondness for the pirate costume must be because the outfit, with its colour scheme and all its belts, buckles, and pockets, reminds her of her overalls from the game.
Here in Tomodachi Life, despite what the memes circulating on the internet might tell you, Recette is not a greedy, money-grubbing swindler, but actually a genuinely nice little girl who just wants to live a happy life, but who was thrust into a really difficult situation. Always beaming with happiness and optimism, she'll put a smile on you and your islanders' faces. Wouldn't you want a little ray of sunshine in your life?
Her hair's actually brown, not orange, but she wanted it dyed! Wash out the dye with a bath set if you'd like.
BUNBUNMARU UPDATES, 29th January 2015
Children
Recette Lemongrass announced that she was pregnant with her and Armin Arlert's third child!
Gensokyo Gourmands
Berthold Gregor tried an Ice Cream Cone today. He thought it was the Worst!
Kikuchiyo Kanbei tried some Hot Chocolate today. It's his Favourite food!
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