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[ They're being ~cultural~ which is the entire point of Finnish movie/food night, and the reason why Ryoji spent much of his life going around the world trying new things. To think he can experience Finland from the comfort of his own home; he's willing to make some adjustments to make it happen. ]

Deer have four legs and so to pigs, so I'm sure that substitute will work. And pigs come with blood in them.

[ We can slaughter our own pigs! House bonding time! ]

[You know Akira's idea sounded reasonable and Elliot was willing to try it. It was a bit gross, but he's cooked enough that he'll be able to get over it. But then Ryoji just had to speak up with that idea.]

N-No way!! I-I'm not draining a pig for blood!

I don't think we can buy a pig whole right now, either...

[ That seems out of their budget? ]

Maybe we can stick to the simpler stuff. Sometimes, that's best.

[ They can try some more challenging dishes if they can substitute certain ingredients like deer for normal beef. It may not be the same, seeing that a deer is a lot leaner, but it'll have to do. ]

Do we want to split up and divide the list? Or should we go as a congregated body, like a blob with one mind.

[ :( Alright, simpler substitutes it is. Ryoji looks down at the list in his hands, mulls over something for a bit, and then makes his decision. ]

A formless blob sounds fun, but splitting the list would go faster. I can take the first three.

[ The aforementioned items; leave the blood to him! Also Akira you should really just give orders like the leader you're supposed to be, because Ryoji shouldn't be allowed to make decisions, and people get stabbed when Elliot has to play tiebreaker. ]

[Oh don't worry, Elliot's not gonna be the tiebreaker in this one. No one is getting stabbed today.

Elliot glances over at Ryoji with a look of uncertainty. He likes you Ryoji but you already nearly rammed him into a door, harassed the management, and wanted to buy a live pig for him to drain the blood out of. So for some reason? He does not trust the idea of Ryoji being left to his own devices.]

A-Actually...it'd be slower, but it might be better to stick together so we're sure we buy the right stuff...?

[He looks at Akira. It's up to the Leader to break this tie. ]

[ He just thinks they all can make decisions of their own like adults?? Why must this suddenly be a Life and Death situation. But looking at the list he can see that maybe... Just maybe... Ryoji shouldn't take the first three. He may trust him, but

Hm. ]

Don't you have snacks to buy, Ryoji? Why don't you get those first and you can come back to find us and we'll divide the list after.

[ It gives Elliot and Akira ample time to buy the weird substitutes. ]

[ Why does Elliot and Akira still like and trust him respectively. ]

I can do that! Akira hasn't had a turn in the cart yet, so Elliot, why don't you give him a spin around the store and I'll take care of these snacks?

[ Multicultural snacks!!! Except they're all prepackaged and meant for human consumption, so they're disappointingly safe and edible. Ryoji will be back in like... half an hour to find them, I guess, because he does have a lot of different snack foods that he likes and wants to share with the entire household. He also has to get his own cart, because it starts off innocently enough with things like stroopwafel, prawn crackers, and snap pea crisps, but then he gets distracted when he finds those little lychee jelly cups that come in a huge 5 pound container and of course he gets the entire container, and there's also a party tray of an assortment of baklava and there's 63 pieces and he has to get the entire thing so everyone can try one of each type, and then there's a box of toasted Sriracha-flavored crickets with the legs removed so they don't get stuck in your teeth, and everything goes into his cart. ]

[Idk about Akira, but Elliot has really bad judgement about when he should defriend someone. That's why he still likes you Ryoji. That's why.

BUT HEY a decision has been made! One that Elliot can live with too!]

Oh, okay! See you soon, Ryoji.

[A HALF AN HOUR LATER...shopping on Elliot and Akira's side went pretty smoothly! They found a number of the strange items on their list - or at least substitutes for them. Elliot even attempted to give Akira a ride in the cart! Keyword being attempted, as his sheer lack of physical strength made it a rather...slow and sad ride.

But none of that took nearly the entire time- the store isn't that big and the list isn't that large. So by the end of the half an hour, they were sitting in one of those in-store restaurants that a lot of stores have while waiting for Ryoji. And waiting. Elliot was about halfway through a fruit parfait he'd gotten for himself, when he glances at his phone's clock nervously. ]

...D-Do you think something happened to him? It shouldn't have taken this long....

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[ Akira didn’t mind the slow ride... he actually wasn’t bent on getting a ride since he had his chance as a child, even if it was by himself as a driver. In the end, it was a nice stroll as they picked up their ingredients. He also added some extra stuff he would like (herbs, tofu, and some other things) that were on sale. They had a good haul!

And now they’re here at the mini food court in the grocery store. He has with him some flan, eating it slowly in case Ryoji pops up and pleads to try their desserts for whatever reason. Does a person really take half an hour to buy snacks? For a moment, he keeps his spoon in his mouth as Elliot asks the question of the hour.

Pulling out the utensil, he hums as he ponders. ]

I think he should be fine... Who would want to kidnap him, anyway?

[ Damn. He still loves you, Ryoji. Don’t worry. ]

[ Man, international food is so interesting. Did you know people eat little fermented shark meat cubes, chips flavored with roast lamb and mint, hard candies that taste like fish, foie gras bubble gum... There's nothing Finnish he can find, but Finnish snacks are like... salt and tar and fish? or something, so he's trying hard to find something Tuuri might like.

This takes another half an hour and he still doesn't leave to rejoin them. He's getting one of everything in the store, since the manager probably is never letting them back in again. ]

Ha, ouch .... You're not wrong though.

[Elliot sure wouldn't want to kidnap him. Akira's right, he's probably fine.

~HALF AN HOUR LATER~

They are still at that restaurant. Elliot's fruit parfait has been finished and thrown away. Elliot is getting more anxious by the minute.]

Okay, I'm getting really worried. W-What if he rode a cart out of the store and got hit by a car?

[That seems completely possible with Ryoji]

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... If he did, he wouldn't die.

[ As morbid and gruesome as that sounds, it's unfortunately true. Akira isn't affronted by that, BUT he does understand they do need to check up on Ryoji. Something might have happened and he is worried. Throwing his pudding cup into the trash, he takes control of their cart of wonders. ]

Ryoji Search Party go!

[ Akira will start on this aisle. Elliot can follow him or go off on his own. ]

[ Ryoji is nowhere to be found.

Because his paid ran out and instead of renewing it, he's Pharos now, hanging off a full shopping cart and chatting with one of the store workers handing out free samples of various cheeses on wheat crackers; for all his charm, cute little kids can better cheat their way to more than one free sample. ]

[We'll just say Elliot tagged along or Akira will end up with two lost people in the store.

But Elliot, who never found out that Pharos and Ryoji were the same, keeps looking for an adult! He'll notice that Pharos is talking to a shop clerk, but he doesn't make the connection at all. Instead he makes a "huh" at seeing the kid from move-in day, and keeps looking around]

[ It's okay, Elliot. Akira remembers this little guy and scoops Pharos up from leading his samples conquest. Where are your snacks? ]

I found him. [ He says this loud enough hopefully for Elliot to hear. ] Did you finish shopping, Ryoji?

[ He peers down, not exactly disapproving, but curios why he took this form aside from the lack of icons. ]

Or should I call you Pharos.

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