Chapter 4: Animes, Gaming, & Pairings
"Hello everybody, Ace here. On the last episode of 'Ask the Gang', things got pretty hectic here in the studio."
You could see Yang lying a hospital bed, an IV line of blood attached to her arm, recovering from last time's ordeal. Garnet in regular clothes sitting by her side, and Weiss and Blake snuggling up on the couch, watching Yang in the bed, but if you looked closely. You could see faint blushes on their faces.
"So this time we're just gonna take it easy and answer some questions that, hopefully, won't land us in the emergency room." Ace grinned shuffling the cards in his hands "Everybody up for it?"
Garnet nodded rubbing Yang's hand "Yeah, sure."
Yang gave a peace sign "Let's do it."
Blake shrugged "Why not? It was pretty interesting last time."
Weiss was silent for a moment before sighing "Oh alright, I mean. It can't get any worse than LAST time right?"
"Beautiful, then if nothing else let's get started."
"Hey wait a minute," Garnet said suddenly "Where's Subaru?"
"Oh, his sister and her girlfriend got sick the other night. Something about drinking and the rain." Ace explained "So yeah, he won't be around this time."
"Oh okay."
"Now if we can, let's get this started." Ace looked through the cards "We've accumulated a fair amount of questions since last time. So let's knock what we can today. First couple of questions is for Garnet."
"Ready!"
"Okay, so the first question is…"
Garnet have you seen or read the anime/manga Tokyo Ghoul? And if so what kind of Kagune would you have?
"Tokyo Ghoul" Garnet gave a sickened shiver "I've...seen the anime somewhat. It's a bit too...gory for me."
"Says the boy who watches Hellsing Ultimate." Blake pointed out with a raised eyebrow
"HEY, Hellsing is not gory!" Garnet defended "It's an action-packed gore."
At that moment Weiss and Yang appear at Garnet's sides "Yeah." They said giving Garnet a high five
Blake just rolled her eyes.
"Gotta agree with Garnet," Ace chimed in "While Hellsing Ultimate is gory to the point where the weak hearted will either faint or vomit. At the very least, it's mainly shooting or cleaving through people in terms of its action. Tokyo Ghoul is more cannibalism."
"Nice," Weiss noted disgusted "And these are the type of shows people like to watch?"
Ace shrugged "You'd be amazed what goes through a creator's mind when they want to make a good anime/manga series. Shows like One Piece, Jojo, Kill la Kill wouldn't be what they are if they were thought up by normal people." He then smiled "It's things like that, that makes me respect them. I couldn't come up with things like that even if I tried."
Garnet nodded in agreement "Oh so true; anyways back to the question. While TG isn't really my thing. If I had choose a Kagune, from what I'd seen from the clips and episodes. I'd go with Kaneki's, his just seem so cool and very useful. Can you imagine how fast clearing out Grimms would be with those things?"
"I can think of another use for them." Yang grinned deeply
Garnet blinked "Huh, like what?"
Yang didn't respond but merely giggled stupidly with a profound blush on her face. Everyone else was wondering why the blonde was acting that way, until Ace figured it out.
"Really Xiao Long?" He said unamused, only to receive a shrug in response
Weiss had a brow raised "I'm sorry, did we missed something?"
Ace sighed and whispered to Weiss and Blake the reasoning behind Yang's giggling "The thing is with Kaneki's Kagune. It has a bit of a… tentacle/tendril like appearance."
"And?" Blake prodded, not really connecting the pieces
"I'm surprised you of all people didn't figure it out, Belladonna." Ace stated "Well…"
A few seconds a bright red Schnee was seen storming to Yang and promptly smacked the girl in the back of her head "Are you kidding me, Yang? I swear you're so vulgar sometimes!"
Yang winced at the pain but still maintained her grin "Oh come on, you can't say it isn't appealing. Can you imagine Blake having-"
"Please go to the next question!" Blake begged, equally red and feeling something beginning to trickle down her nose.
Ace chuckled "Okay then, here's the second part to this question."
And also…
"Oh…" Ace paused with wide eyes
"What's up?" Yang asked, recovering from her mirthful state
Ace glanced at Garnet with a worried look "I'm…not sure if should ask this question."
"Why, what's wrong?"
Ace showed Yang the card containing the second question and immediately the blonde's eyelids shot up and she placed a hand to her chest. At this point, Garnet, Blake, even Weiss was growing curious what was causing them to react in such a manner.
"The second question for Garnet is a cookie and anime related one." Ace pointed out
"Is it bad?" Blake questioned
"It's not bad per se, buuuut." He hesitated to finish the rest of his sentence
"Ask me the question." Garnet spoke with a smile "I'm sure it'll be fine, if it's nothing bad."
Ace still look unsure "Okay then…"
Also what would do if all chocolate chip cookies turned into oatmeal raisin or anime was made illegal?
"..."
Yang looked at her boyfriend "...Garnet?"
". . ."
*THUD*
"GARNET!"
Yang hopped out of her bed and rushed to her passed out boyfriend, she quickly pulled him into her arms "Garnet! Are you okay?! Speak to me!" She pleaded
Weiss and Blake were also at the fifteen year old's side with anxious looks on their face as well "Hey, come on Garnet snap out of it!" Blake called, shaking his shoulders
"Dear Oum, is he alright?!" Weiss stated frantically putting a head against his chest
Ace was standing in front of the sight, sighing with his eyes closed "Yep, can't say I didn't see this coming."
"DEAR LORD, HE STOPPED BREATHING!" Weiss exclaimed
Ace's eyes snapped wide open "Wait WHAT?!"
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We come back to see Garnet lying on the hospital bed that Yang had previously used. He currently had a respiration attached to him as he stared blankly into the distance. Mumbling to himself
"Oatmeal...Raisin...Anime...Illegal...No...More...Anime...Oatmeal...Anime...No...Chocolate…"
Yang, who was sitting at his side, held one of his hands as she gently caressed his face "Garnet sweetie; it was just a question. None of that happened." She said softly
Meanwhile in the background, Ace was staring at the sight before he turned his gaze to Blake and Weiss "I...think it's best we cut this episode short." He stated
The monochrome couple nodded "Right." "Agreed."
Ace faced the screen "Yeah, again; so sorry for the inconvenience ladies and gentlemen. But as you can see…" He glanced back at the bedridden Garnet "Garnet's not in the best condition to answer any more questions. So we're going to take a little break and wait for him to recover. We'll pick this up next chapter. Until then…"
"Uh, see you next time?"