video, ID is Squirrel Girl! - pretend this was on the 11th, shh

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ Squirrel Girl is hanging out on top of a telephone pole, as you do when your powers involve being able to jump crazy heights and climb things with ease! The telephone pole also doubles as a quiet spot to broadcast to the network without too much background noise getting in the way.

... No, her bedroom wouldn't have worked. She's still trying to stick with this secret identity thing! ]

Okay dudes, I have a super important question for y'all.

Where can I get the best chocolate cake around here? Preferably with hazelnut or almond cream icing? Any good bakeries that you'd recommend?

Also, and I know that this one's a bit out of left field, I need some supplies for making tiny party hats. Any thoughts?

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[helpline]

One, depends on what city you're in! Two, what about stationary paper? That way the tiny party hats have patterns!

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Heropa, but I'm open to any of the porter cities. Have teleportation, will travel, y'know?

And two! That is an excellent idea, you totally are a Claudia!

[ this is what happens when you bond over The Baby-Sitters Club books! ]

[helpline]

In that case, there's a lovely bakery right next door to the shop I own. Don't know about the cake, but they've got great cookies.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

I am 100% down for cookies. Do they have any with nuts in them? Also, dude, what kind of shop do you have?

[helpline]

Probably! They'd be an awful bakery if they didn't.

And I own a watch shop! I was assigned to work here when I arrived but a few months ago, the couple who owned it retired and I took over operations.

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[glowsferatu]

How small are the party hats you need? Would they be child-sized, or something smaller?

I've been looking at too many party supplies the last few days, I think I know where literally everything is at this point.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Squirrel-sized, actually! Sounds like you're planning a big one. What's the occasion?

[glowsferatu]

Oh, I haven't bought too many supplies. I've just shopped at too many places, looking for good ideas.

My daughter's got a birthday coming up. What's yours? [ Is it for a squirrel? That's weird. ]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

... It's actually kinda my birthday? The squirrels wanted to throw me a party, but they can't exactly get the supplies themselves, and I figured it's a good excuse to treat myself to some cake, y'know?

[glowsferatu]

Well, that's no good! No one should be made to pay for her own birthday, it just isn't right.

[ And here she is, a successful fashion designer with more money than she knows how to spend. I mean, what is she going to do, count on still being here long enough to hope they'll accept her giant moth daughter to college? ]

How old are you turning?

[ There's some other nagging feeling in her head that she might have glazed over some significant piece of information that's actually pretty weird? But it's probably no big deal. ]

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[valuemeal]

[ You know, considering some of the weird stuff that goes on here, sitting on a telephone pole while broadcasting isn't.. that weird anymore. Relatively speaking. So he just chooses to ignore that part. ]

What, are you celebrating something with ants? [ Because that's how tiny he's thinking for these party hats. ]

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[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Nah, but man that would be a budget-conscious way to do it. You'd only have to buy one cupcake, and you'd feed the party for days.

The cake's mostly for me, but I'm sharing it with some of my squirrel pals.

[valuemeal]

Oh.. right. The squirrels. [ He does remember them from last time when they attacked that guy.. that was the same person talking back then, right? It's only slowly hitting him. ]

I'm pretty sure you won't have any cake left for yourself then though. Don't they usually steal food like crazy when you're out in a park with them?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ you'd think the big ol' squirrel tail would be a tip-off! ]

Oh, no, not the ones I know! They have manners, and besides... I keep snack food at the ready for them.

[ She angles the camera down to her belt, and pops open one of the pouches. Her utility belt is full of nuts! ]

[valuemeal]

[ Aw, the idea of mannered squirrels and giving them snacks is.. kind of cute? But Hyunsoo is way too tsun to ever admit that cute animals are cute out loud, even though his cheeks grow slightly pink at the very thought. ]

Wow, that's got to be the first birthday party where squirrels are intentionally present and eating that I've heard of then. [ You know, instead of the ones where you have a picnic and not-so-mannered squirrels ruin it. ]

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[hypnotherapy]

There's a nice little bakery in Heropa that I like. [ He's just going to text the address over. ] They're lovely people. Very friendly. They specialise in chocolate cake varieties, too, so it sounds like you'd have luck there.

Do they need little straps? These party hats, I mean.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

omg my dude THAT SOUNDS PERFECT

like literally, that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for!

... and I think they would, yeah. They wouldn't stay on, otherwise, especially if they started running around and climbing up trees.

[hypnotherapy]

Glad to help.

Ah.

How tiny is tiny? You could possibly repurpose them from toy sets. Dolls have that kind of thing, I believe.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

squirrel-sized!

[ a few seconds later, she sends over a helpful visual aid! ]

this little dude isn't one of mine, but that's the general idea I'm going for

[hypnotherapy]

Oh, I see.

How many of them are there, exactly?

Also, do squirrels normally celebrate birthdays here? [ He's not so sure about squirrel etiquette. ] Or are these just special ones?

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[socialactivillain]

I worked with United Cakes of America in Heropa for a charity event a few months ago, and I can't recommend them enough.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

I've gotta say, I am lovin' all of the punny names around here! Crazy interdimensional kidnapping or not, at least this dimension has a sense of humour!

[socialactivillain]

It seems fitting to the theme of giving everyone powers. At least in my world, puns seem to go hand in hand with the whole idea of superheroes and villains. Especially the villains.

oh my god this is SO LATE I'M SORRY

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

It seems like people are more fixed on alliteration and rhyming schemes, where I'm from. I mean, not to use myself as an example, but two of my best crime-fighting buds go by Koi Boi and Chipmunk Huh.

[socialactivillain]

[ He laughs. ] Well, I go by the Pied Piper, so I'm not exactly one to judge alliteration. A lot of my former, ah... "colleagues" trended toward alliteration, as well.

[ Supervillains. He means supervillains. ]