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[Kennifer]

"Ah jeez, transformation stuff? That's pretty cool! I can't do any cool shit like that. Unless you count body mods, I guess? But I'm not into the extreme stuff, just ink and piercings."

Kim gives a friendly wave to the newcomer.

[KungFuCutbug]

A... very small woman?... walks up.

Hey, am I late to the party? I brought cookies.

"oh, you did? 'ey, Chili Pepper Cookie, this your chaperone?" [Pizzabug places a lot of emphasis on the "cookie" part of Chili's name.]

[Senͥtrͣeͫt]

"whoa, whoawhoawhoawhoa whoa whoa—dude, calm down! s'just me! Cut! thought the pink and red hair would've been a dead giveaway..." [Pizzabug uses the device to change back into their normal outfit, then turns to King Dedede.] "hey, least I don't eat people to get my powers. I can just sorta swap in and outta them at will. pretty nifty, if I do say so myself."

You see, Hiro is not a smart man. Therefore, it's only now that he realizes that was just a really good cosplay. He shook his head as he got back to his senses, ceasing his praying.

"...Do ya mind not pulling that again? That's like. Not cool..."

[Cassie]

"Can I have one of those cookies, please?"

[PointMaid]

Snakeweed holds out a tin of, well, pipeweed cookies.

...Uh. These.

Name's Gutierrezia, but most call me Snakeweed. I heard there was a need for organized crime around here.

[KungFuCutbug]

"yeah, yeah, sorry. didn't mean to scare ya, honest. Jack's not the only costume I got up my sleeve—I got a lot, so I... probably could've chosen a better one to demonstrate. really, the only exception is people I've personally met, and even they show up in my repertoire if they're..." [Pizzabug awkwardly pauses.] "...uh... dead. but I don't think we'll need to worry about that while we're here."

[Cassie]

"Nnnnevermind, Snakeweed."

Yukichi quickly turns down the cookies, already sus of them.

[PointMaid]

But yeah. Everyone can have a cookie. Taste the best the Southfarthing has to offer.

[IsThisAPikachu]

"whoa, whoawhoawhoawhoa whoa whoa—dude, calm down! s'just me! Cut! thought the pink and red hair would've been a dead giveaway..." [Pizzabug uses the device to change back into their normal outfit, then turns to King Dedede.] "hey, least I don't eat people to get my powers. I can just sorta swap in and outta them at will. pretty nifty, if I do say so myself."

You KNOW that Menace?!
Dedede turned to Cutbug.

[wingedcatgirl]

Pfft, got costumes and shit? Terrifying. Wait...hey, can you turn into one of us?! I'm not having someone else do my heists!

"I could turn into a cookie if I wanted to," Loren says. "... one of the weirder sentences I've said. Probably wouldn't look much like you in particular, though."

[KungFuCutbug]

[It's only now that Chili Pepper Cookie's response to Snakeweed's... err, cookies seems to click in Pizzabug's head, if their sudden decision to stare squarely at Chili and blatantly ignore Dedede in the process is any indication.] "...wait, you're an actual cookie? huh. those aren't usually sentient, but... eh, not the weirdest thing I've seen."

[Kennifer]

"Hey thanks, these look great!"

Kim will take a cookie, grinning.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

....yeah?! Man, are you that stupid? Of course I'm a damn cookie. Bunch of us out there back where I'm from. Most of them are just as annoying as you people are. ]

[Cassie]

Yukichi immediately eyes interest over Chilli Pepper Cookie being an actual cookie, and secretly overhears Cutbug and the former's conversation.

[KungFuCutbug]

"wh... listen, I know I'm not very observant, but—that doesn't make me annoying, does it?!" [Pizzabug just sighs and crosses their arms, then turns to Snakeweed.] "...well, now I feel weird about wanting to try one of those."

[Tophat_E]

Sho remained silent. A real cookie? No shot.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

...hey, pass me one of those! Always wanted to know how good I taste.

She puts her hand out to Snakeweed for a cookie.

[PointMaid]

Ah, right.

...Never met a cookie that could talk back to me.

[KungFuCutbug]

"..." [A few seconds of dumbfounded silence at Chili's reaction.]

"...or... not? I guess? hey, toss me one."

[Senͥtrͣeͫt]

Snakeweed holds out a tin of, well, pipeweed cookies.

...Uh. These.

Name's Gutierrezia, but most call me Snakeweed. I heard there was a need for organized crime around here.

Recovering from the earlier spook and trying not to be mad at Pizzabug, Yasuhiro takes notice of the cookies and immediately nabs one.

"Now THIS! This is my kinda treat! Thanks, Snakeroot!"

[PointMaid]

Snakeweed grins.

You'll see the appeal. Everyone will want some. You can get a cut of the distribution in your area.

[MadeOfMilk]

...hey, pass me one of those! Always wanted to know how good I taste.

She puts her hand out to Snakeweed for a cookie.

...Wh- why on earth are you seriously considering cannibalism?!

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Come on, fuckass. Have you never just out of curiousity just considered how you taste?! Even just hypothetically?

[wingedcatgirl]

Loren has already silently accepted one of Snakeweed's cookies and is nomming.

[KungFuCutbug]

[Oh, wait, Pizzabug could just... grab one themself. Which they do. And then they proceed to nom on it.] "what kinda cookies are these, anyway? unless you said it earlier and I missed it..."

[...They refuse to answer Chili's hypothetical question.]