SIDEREAL IC INBOX TAKE 2

[begguiling]

Magolor
??? / M / a multidimensional traveler

Your friendly and adorable neighborhood extraterrestrial is open for commissions, words of wisdom, accepting your extra food, and heaps of praise! ♥

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[begguiling]

Let's do it! I'll bring yours too. You got me more than one? You may have already won!

[darkweb]

ehhh? your presents are really good so i wouldn't count you out just yet

[But he is very pleased by the possibility that he might win, nevertheless. Not that there is actually losing in this setup. Either you have the satisfaction of victory or you have the satisfaction of better presents than you gave out.]

i will go to the bakery then

[begguiling]

I'll meet you there!

[THERE IS NO LOSING! Magolor shows up shortly later, but possibly still after Taranza, wearing an outfit that is not super dressed up by his standards or anything but IS brand new, in pink and silver. He is carrying a very nicely wrapped flat box that looks a lot like it's just a box of chocolates probably.]

[darkweb]

[He gasps a little when he sees Magolor enter in his new outfit. He didn't even think of wearing a new outfit! He was a fool!!

He has with him a similar chocolate-box type box, a gift bag, and a tupperware container.]

Oh, you look so nice!

[begguiling]

[Of course he twirls to show off now that he's being seen and praised. Ta-daaaa!]

Ehehehe, thank you! I wanted it to be a little special for today. You're the first one who gets to see this! Ohhhh, you have so many presents . . . !

[SO MANY PRESENTS! FOR MAGOLOR!]

[darkweb]

I'm still wearing my regular outfit, though...

[Also, a paranoid part of him is worried that Magolor doesn't like his regular blue outfit anymore, so if Taranza made cookies of Magolor's blue outfit, then now it's unwanted!!! But he tries to repress this reaction.]

Anyway! Yeah! I have presents for you!

[begguiling]

I could make you a fancy outfit if you ever wanted. ♥ It'd be my honor to design something for you! Or not so fancy outfits, too.

[He hands over his present! And reaches for one of Taranza's, the tupperware. This one looks like food!!]

[darkweb]

Really? Some more outfits would be really nice. Probably just regular ones.

[He hesitates a little as Magolor reaches for the Tupperware. Taranza put the most effort into that gift, and so he's worried it will set expectations too high... but not enough to stop him.

He does wait to open his own present because he's busy watching this.]

[begguiling]

Let me get your measurements sometime then. We can design them together! That'd be a lot of fun . . . sooooo, what's this? Ta-da! Now unveiling~!

[TIME TO OPEN THIS TUPPERWARE!]

[darkweb]

Right—

[They are homemade cookies! Some of them are designed to look like Magolor, wearing a cheerful expression, with carefully applied icing to detail his standard look. (They look better than they taste, though they are perfectly edible.) Leftover dough was used to make some hearts to fill out the Tupperware, much more simply frosted in pink.]

I-I hope the gift pleases you...!

[He became nervous enough to talk like that, reflexively.]

[begguiling]

Ohhhhh . . . you really went all out! They're beautiful! You definitely won~!

[He has to zip around to kiss Taranza on the cheek! LOOK AT THESE ADORABLE COOKIES! His face! He's going to eat his own face and like it!!]

Thank yooooou!

[darkweb]

Really—?

[He is excited to hear it, but then gasps at the idea of SO EASILY CONCEDING VICTORY TO HIMSELF! When Magolor's present still exists and is clearly going to be wonderful!!]

Wait, it's too early to say who won!

[Now he opens Magolor's present.]

[begguiling]

Hehehe!

[He goes to settle in his seat again, watching Taranza open the gift.

IT IS . . . as it appears, a box of chocolates. They are clearly handmade milk chocolates! There are different shapes; some are very cute and simple stars, hearts, and flowers, while others are more intricate and personalized with Magolor and Taranza symbolism. A gear, a little Magolor face, a flower from the Dream Stalk, a little Taranza face. There's a ratio of maybe 1:3 Special Chocolates like that to the more plain ones.

The special ones are all solid chocolate and came out relatively well, though there are some mistakes in them too, places where the molds overfilled some or they got bubbles or whatnot. The plainer chocolates have some fillings, like caramel and strawberry and truffle. Some of those are a little messier where he didn't do the best job filling them professionally and there are dips or holes or bulges, or not enough or too much filling.

Magolor is a little nervous, wringing his hands together as he watches.]

[darkweb]

...! Oh, they're so cute!

[His joy and awe at seeing them is such that he literally doesn't process the flaws at first glance. For now, he's only seeing the touching, adorable parts.]

You made these yourself??

[That seems obvious from the customization, as was the case with his own gift. But he still feels surprised enough to ask. He knows that Magolor isn't very practiced with making any kind of food, either.]

[begguiling]

I did~!

[Indeed he's not. In fact he sobers just a little, though he's still smiling, happy at the reaction.]

Maybe you'll understand how I feel...for this, I wanted to try something I'm not good at. I really wanted to make it special by doing something that was hard and brand new for me! Instead of making you something really fancy, but that I was already skilled at. Something like this is something I'd only ever give to someone I really trusted, since it doesn't make me look that impressive. But I tried my very hardest!

[darkweb]

...! N-No way! It makes you look super impressive!

[Though he understands the context, and what exactly Magolor means. After all, that kind of trust is the only reason he made those cookies, too. And in a way... he appreciates the lack of intimidation in a gift like this. It doesn't make him feel as outmatched as a fancier gift might. Instead, the only thing he feels overwhelmed with is happiness.

But he is in fact overwhelmed with that, so he moves to hug Magolor in a tight squeeze before he can come up with any more articulate response.]

[begguiling]

[No this is good, this is a good reaction, and he's very relieved! Taranza understands! Magolor hugs back tightly, nuzzling at his hair. Cuuuute!]

You're too kind to me! I am proud of them, though. You know how it is with me and the kitchen.

[darkweb]

[This is a very coveted compliment, even if it might only be a projection from Taranza. Because "you're too kind! you're too nice!" is the sentiment he often has dealing with Magolor, when Magolor exceeds the extent of Taranza's imagination. And it is very powerful to imagine doing the same thing to Magolor in turn.]

They look really nice for your level of experience...! I wouldn't even know where to start making them!

[He holds up a Taranza chocolate in illustration.]

[begguiling]

[Praise . . . ! That one is extra cute! He titters happily.]

Weeeell, luckily, making molds is one thing I do know how to do! I use that kind of thing often enough in making things like jewelry. So I was able to carve out the little molds for the chocolate, and that was the easiest part! Making the chocolates was a lot harder . . .

[darkweb]

Ohhh... That makes sense. You had a headstart after all!

...I should probably save these for later.

[But he's not sure if Magolor wants him to try at least one right now, and so he looks very obviously like he is seeking Magolor's opinion.]

[begguiling]

Weeeeell, we could always try each other's gifts at the same time, what do you say? I want to! Maybe I should open the others first?

[Since he is pretty sure one of these is Also Chocolates.]

[darkweb]

That's a good plan! But yeah, you probably should.

I didn't make these ones though.

[He just spoils it to set expectations in advance, handing over the box of chocolates.]

[begguiling]

Hehehe, I'm a little relieved. As far as I'm concerned, I've already been outdone by you! I didn't need to be outdone even more! I'm still excited for these. Thank yooooou!

[Opening them up! Hell yes! Chocolates are romantic!]

[darkweb]

You're welcome~ Even if I didn't make them, they still taste good!

[He doesn't care about whether he objectively won. All he cares about is that Magolor thinks he won, so he is satisfied with this result.

The chocolates are the ones from Juri's shop, shaped cutely but generically, unlike Magolor's chocolates. They come in assorted flavors: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, with some caramels and nuts. There is probably a label pointing out which is which.]

[begguiling]

Ohhhh, I'm going to eat one! Ready? We can go at the same time!

[He hums and haws and carefully selects a dark chocolate caramel pecan one. This one! You shall die first]