Audio Broadcast | September 21st

[lonelysmiles]

[Admittedly, Thursday is an odd day to decide to start this on but after recovering from all that work in the reactor, Alastor is a bundle of energy and can't wait any longer.]

[Anyone who picked up a radio after Alastor's announcement last month will have their radio crackle to life at 8 AM on the nose with jazzy music and Alastor singing.]

♪♫ Wake up, honey, I've made you breakfast
Fresh coffee and bagels, too
A new day is waiting for us
We've got lots of fun stuff to do

Let's go to the zoo and feed the monkeys
I can lend 'em your baseball cap
Let's make the day a barrel of fun (And not grow up)
Growing up is just a trap

Don't it seem like a drag (It's a down right drag)
Like putting all of your joy in a big brown bag (don't do it)
I won't listen to any of that yap
No, I'll never grow up (I'll never grow up)
Growing up is just a big fat trap

I take pride in never working a day
Can't see the use of it anyway
Who can think up such a load 'a crap (just grown ups)
Growing up is just a trap ♪♫

[On the bridge, Alastor begins talking, the bridge extending as needed.]

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for tuning in to 666 AM with me, your host and local Radio Demon, Alastor!

I'm pleased to announce that Reverein's own radio facilities are now officially open! But as I always say, where's the fun in a radio with only one channel? Or one performer for that matter? So feel free to drop by and try your hand at ways to entertain your friends and neighbors, maybe just advertise your local business on the air for those who might know! Reverein is starting to get quite large, after all!

I'll be broadcasting on this frequency with news, interviews, music, and so on. Feel free to contact me either in person or via journal if you'd be interested in being on the air but aren't quite ready to jump into the pool with both feet. Or even if you just have a particular song you'd like to request!

In the meantime, enjoy the music!

[And with that, he's going to go back into singing.]

♪♫ Well, don't it seem like a drag (It's a big fat drag)
Ohh, like putting all of your joy in a big brown bag (don't do it)
No, I won't listen to any of that yap
Growing up is just a trap (Growing up is a big fat trap)
Oh yeah, well growing up is just a trap, ohh (Growing up is a big fat trap)
Growing up is just a trap ♪♫

Comments

[lonelysmiles]

How can you not know how to boil an egg?

[There's a momentary pause before the next line is added.]

Never mind. I keep forgetting that basic cooking skills aren't taught to modern people.

Perhaps it might be best if I teach you in person.

[mansbestend]

But that's not good for the show!

Unless I swing by or something.

[lonelysmiles]

Denji, I appreciate the enthusiasm but there really isn't any way to make boiling an egg sound terribly exciting.

Unless you're talking about the different kinds of ways you can cook an egg.

[Hmm...gonna have to make a note of that.]

[mansbestend]

Microwaving.

It adds a little danger to lunchtime.

[lonelysmiles]

Absolutely not. Even if we had such devices here, I would rather shoot myself in the head again than "cook" with one.

[mansbestend]

Damn. Did a microwave kill your family or???

[lonelysmiles]

Anything that can be heated up in a microwave is more preservatives than food. The modern diet is disgusting.

[mansbestend]

better than everything gettin fuckin packed in jelly

look up 1970's american recipes sometime. happy halloween. you're welcome for the nightmares.

[lonelysmiles]

You forget I'm from a time when aspic was a regular item on many menus.

[mansbestend]

did I forget, tho...?

I think I'm spitting facts right now

When is your aspic cookbook comin out?

[lonelysmiles]

Never. I can't stand the stuff.

[There's a tiny splatter of ink as Alastor shivers at the thought and has to swallow the urge to gag.]

It's the same consistency as coagulated fat but with the further misfortune of being filled with lumps of God-knows-what. Disgusting.

[mansbestend]

man, I thought such a super cook like yourself can make anything good.

you're tellin me it's beyond you, huh?

[lonelysmiles]

The issue isn't the flavor but the texture. The gelatin flavored with stock or broth has potential, but when you start adding solids in the middle of it, eating it feels like vomiting in reverse.

[You did sting his ego a bit with that comment on him not being good enough to fix the flavor.]

[mansbestend]

got it. i know what that's like, actually. not a great night.

[lonelysmiles]

It's certainly quite the unfortunate experience that you never want to relive unless you've little other choice.

[Saddest high-five ever?]

[mansbestend]

turned me off of kissing for a while, that's for damn sure.

[lonelysmiles]

[There's a pause as Alastor literally has to put down the pen and cover his mouth before he vomits all over the page at the thought.]

[Oh God, that means it was probably someone else's...]

[Takes a few deep breaths to calm his stomach before he responds.]

That's a hazard of kissing I never thought of before. I'm rather sorry I know it now.

Apologies for bringing up bad memories.

[mansbestend]

its whatever. just make sure they're not drunk or sick before you go for it, dude.

[lonelysmiles]

I sincerely doubt I will "go for it" any time soon or otherwise, but that is something to keep in mind should things change.