[01 | Accidental Video -> Video]

[tranquilrhythm]

[The trick to cooking something when you don't know the recipe is not to guess. Therefore, having a tablet open to the recipe in question is a good thing. Which brings us to a girl standing in front of a tablet computer propped up next to a number of pots and pans; she's wearing an apron and seems like she's focused on what she's trying to do.]

Chocolate, milk, butter... I've got all that. What's next?

[Which would be great, if the tablet weren't suddenly showing something else. The girl pokes at the screen.]

No, no, I needed that...! Go back! Um...

[And then she seems to realize what she's looking at. Her protests cease and she picks the tablet up, looking at it in earnest now and scrolling through. The girl's eyebrows raise when she notices something in particular.]

I'd been wondering where she was that day... she was off playing in the snow somewhere? What is this thing? How do I get rid of it? [A moment passes.] Or maybe...

[A few more moments while she fiddles with the settings, and she notices the camera's turned on, trying to school her expression into being less confused, but it's not really working.] Huh, it worked... what is this? Why is Hibiki here? And how do I get off this? I was trying to cook something...

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[wildmelody]

Hey Kanade uh... welcome to the community?

[Well this is awkward. She was looking forward to having a private place to complain about her friend.]

[tranquilrhythm]

[There's a moment of shocked silence while Kanade wonders how to respond to this. Thankfully, she makes up her mind quickly.]

Hibiki. What is going on here?

[wildmelody]

In a nutshell, you've been 'chosen' by this community in order to interact with people on it. I got chosen a day or three before we became Precure.

[tranquilrhythm]

That's... [She fumbles for a word, shaking her head.] I don't even know where to start, that makes so little sense. Chosen by something on the internet? I just want my recipe back.

[Kanade twitches at the mention of Precure, her hand moving to a pocket absently.] And that's something else we need to talk about.

video;

[omniferous]

What are you cooking?

[tranquilrhythm]

Well, I was making cupcakes. I was trying a new recipe... but now I can't see the recipe, because this thing's in the way...

[omniferous]

Yeah. It's annoying that way.

[video]

[iwontforgivethis]

[Honoka really shouldn't be surprised anymore. Really, she shouldn't.]

Hi there. Welcome to the community.

I'm Yukishiro Honoka. It's nice to meet you.

[tranquilrhythm]

Kanade Minamino. Nice to meet you too.

I think I'm starting to get an idea of what this whole "community" thing is, but... it's a little much all at once.

[iwontforgivethis]

Yeah. I know what you mean. It definitely takes a lot to get used to.

[Locked to Precure.]

And I see that Hojo-san has already told you about there being other Precure here.

[icantbelievethis]

Hey, welcome! I'm Misumi Nagisa. This place is, well...

[tranquilrhythm]

Hi! I'm Kanade Minamino. Nice to meet you. And I think I'm figuring out enough about this thing to start to make conclusions. It's weird, though. I think that's the best way to describe it.

[icantbelievethis]

Believe me, I know. Ask anyone else. You're one of ours, right?

[embersandashes]

We didn't appear in your cookbook, did we?

[tranquilrhythm]

You did. I was looking at a recipe, and then this thing is here, and I can't get it to go away. I don't know the recipe, either, so without it I can't continue... not if I want this to turn out, at least.

[embersandashes]

Can't you look it up elsewhere?

[fightbymoonlight]

Welcome to the community. I'm Yuri Tsukikage.

Sorry for interrupting your cooking.

[tranquilrhythm]

Nice to meet you. I'm Kanade Minamino.

And it's okay, I'll come back to it. I just wish I'd had some warning, I could have printed this out first. So, um... what am I looking at here? Hibiki didn't really explain.

[fightbymoonlight]

Nice to meet you as well.

Well, basically, this is an internet community connecting many different people across universes and different times. It's very needy and takes things over until you accept being a member of it, as it did with your cookbook.

It's a little hard to believe, I know.

[pikapikapikarin]

[SempaiPrecureSempaiPrecureSempaiPrecure! Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm! Oh god, Yayoi was spazzing.]

Nice to meet you, sempai!

[tranquilrhythm]

Sempai? But I haven't met you before... have I?

[pikapikapikarin]

Mmm, not yet, but I've met your partner before! I'm from the team after yours, the Smile Precure! I'm Yayoi Kise, nice to meet you sempai!

[oceanicbutterfly]

You must be Kanade.

[Or rather, she recognizes Kanade, but that's probably not something she wants to hear.]

[tranquilrhythm]

I am. I take it you've seen the video of what happened to us earlier, then?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I did. It's the first time I've actually seen someone's first transformation.